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Date: 10/5/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
Date: 10/16/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
The focus of this session is developing present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP) development based on student data, drafting annual goals (academic and/or functional) and objectives, if appropriate, and collecting data for reporting progress. Participants will understand the importance of these components and how their alignment results in an appropriate and ambitious individualized education program for students receiving special education and related services. The intended audience for this training is special education teachers, related service providers, and any other professional staff responsible for drafting a student’s IEP, including present levels of academic achievement and functional performance and measurable annual goals. This training was created by the Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Support Statewide Technical Assistance Network in collaboration with the Texas Education Agency with state and federal grants.
Max Participants:
25
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/6/2023
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
Behavior with SAISD
Max Participants:
1000
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/9/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
Safety-Care provides staff with crisis behavior skills they need to confidently, safely, humanely, and respectfully enhance the lives of students who sometimes exhibit violent or otherwise challenging behaviors. The result can be a dramatic improvement in safety, fewer injuries, and decreased liability. One Day refresher. Participants are require to get approval from district administration (principal, sped director, or immediate supervisor). Due to the physical elements of STT participants must have the following physical abilities in order to participate: • ability to comfortably perform a series of flexibility exercises • ability to maintain a balanced stance with feet shoulder-width apart and weight on the balls of the feet • ability to perform three fundamental movements of STT (i.e. steps, shuffles and pivots)
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
6
Date: 10/10/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Angelo State University
Please join us in reviewing the Foster Care & Student Success initiative and any updates. This session will be at Angelo State University, Junell Center President's Room and lunch will be provided by ASU.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/10/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Inclusion For ALL! Students with disabilities need to be educated in the least restrictive environment possible! For most of our students, that starts in the general education classroom with appropriate supports, which increases the likelihood of student success. During this session we will discuss inclusive practices for classroom climate and culture, instructional practices that include universal design for learning, and transition planning for all levels.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/10/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Mesquite/Pecan Rooms
Are you a new G/T Coordinator? This session is for YOU! Participants will explore the Texas State G/T Plan through the lens of a district leader. Come connect with other GT Coordinators from across Region 15, as we discuss testing and training requirements, program evaluation, and parent involvement. Resources will be shared and participants are encourage to stay for the afternoon GT Coordinator Annual Fall Meeting (separate registration required).
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/10/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite/Pecan Rooms
This meeting is for district G/T coordinators and administrators who are responsible for G/T services and programs. Current TEA updates regarding gifted and talented services will be shared along with resources available to districts regarding gifted/talented education. Participants will collaborate with the other G/T coordinators to share best practices and challenges while implementing gifted services. Q & A time will be allotted afterward.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
10
Date: 10/10/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 11/7/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 11/14/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 11/28/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 12/5/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 12/12/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
School counselors should consult with teachers, parents, and administrators to help develop strategies and skills that assist in classroom behavior. This book study will focus on "Hacking Classroom Management: 10 Ideas to Help You Become the Type of Teacher They Make Movies About". Although written for teachers, we will look at it through the lens of the school counselor and consultation. Join us for an hour each week to see how you can help hack into this responsibility domain!
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/11/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Rio Grande Room
In this training, we will dissect the Grades 2-12 TELPAS Speaking and Writing Rubrics, so we can better understand what is expected from our Emergent Bilinguals on these online tests. We will also do a deep dive in the 2023 TELPAS results to help determine our instruction along with different speaking and writing activities that will help our EB students be successful on the TELPAS.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
10
Date: 10/11/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
This meeting is for district G/T coordinators and administrators who are responsible for G/T services and programs. Current TEA updates regarding gifted and talented services will be shared along with resources available to districts regarding gifted/talented education. Participants will collaborate with the other G/T coordinators to share best practices and challenges while implementing gifted services. Q & A time will be allotted afterward
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
5
Date: 10/11/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
This class teaches menu planners of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) how to plan a basic menu, advanced techniques that increase student acceptance and support nutritional requirements and tools that support the menu plan.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/12/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Online Webinar
The Title II, Part A program assists districts in improving student achievement by supporting effective instruction This informative session provides an overview of the program to help district leaders implement effective, compliant Title II programs.
Max Participants:
1000
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/13/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Nina Reeves, M. A., CCC-SLP Description After reviewing a list of basic concepts that are foundational to effective stuttering therapy, this presentation will outline how SLPs can learn and grow in their knowledge of “next steps.” Participants will be encouraged to create their list of strengths and challenges in providing effective stuttering therapy in schools. Following this reflection, the focus will be on how to implement practical, disability-affirming practices as well as how to access available resources for further learning. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/16/2023
Start Time: 7:00 AM
End Time: 11:45 PM
Location: Online Webinar
How can teachers provide effective instruction for students with learning disabilities while meeting the needs of all students? The second edition of this accessible text gives K–12 educators research-based answers, straight from two highly respected voices in the field. The first teacher training text to cover all four learning disabilities that require differentiated instruction—dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, and oral and written language learning disability (OWL LD)—this book prepares educators to deliver explicit and engaging instruction customized to the needs of their students. Critical insights from diverse fields blend with lessons learned from actual teaching experience, making this an ideal preservice text and a great in-service professional development tool. **Being an online, self-paced course means you have until December 18, 2023 for all assignments to be completed to get your CPE hours.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/16/2023
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 11:45 PM
Location: Online Webinar
THE KNOWLEDGE GAP focuses on a long-overlooked issue lying at the heart of what is known as the achievement gap: the failure of most elementary schools, and especially those serving low-income children, to systematically build knowledge of the world. **Being an online, self-paced course means you have until December 18, 2023, for all assignments to be completed to get your CPE hours.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/16/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Date: 10/18/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Date: 10/19/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Date: 10/20/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Participants will learn the fundamentals of dyslexia intervention through a review of Texas dyslexia laws and current research, as well as best practices in dyslexia instruction. We will delve into evidence-based components of instruction and explore continuums for developing reading ability in students with dyslexia. Participants will learn how to deliver daily intervention utilizing Reading by Design, a systematic, explicit, and intensive reading program. Participants will receive the entire Reading by Design program with supplemental resources necessary for small group instruction. This course requires attendance for 5 full days of training.
Max Participants:
10
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Pecos Room
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Rio Grande Room
MIGDAS 2 PROVDES A SENSORY-BASED PROCESS FOR GATHERING AND ORGANIZING THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE AUTISM IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS. THE END RESULT IS A COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL PROFILE THAT DESCRIBES THE INDIVIDUAL'S DISTING WAY OF RELATING TO THE WORLD, SUPPLEMENTING ASSESSMENT SCORES AND INFORMING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING.
Max Participants:
70
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
We will discuss all things ACT, including the college and career landscape in Texas, methods to track and improve student scores and performance, ways to utilize the data to drive curriculum and instruction, and we will break down the new Texas CCMR Accountability requirements. This workshop is great for counselors, academic advisors, assessment and accountability departments, high school and middle school administrators, as well as classroom educators. Workshop is led by Rose Gardner from ACT.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Online Webinar
Behavior is a buzz word around the Region. Let's talk about how to address behavior by being explicit.
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
Calling all Homeless Liaisons! Welcome to an opportunity to review and learn information concerning assisting students who are experiencing housing transition or housing insecurity. Come join us for hands on activities and take-away materials to assist you in program compliance and implementation.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
75
Date: 10/18/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite/Pecan Rooms
Note: This is NOT similar content to Youth Mental Health First Aid! Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic incident. PFA was developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD, with contributions from individuals involved in disaster research and response. PFA is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/18/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
If you don't have time to come to our three Just in Time sessions this fall, come to this 3-in-1. We will unpack tested student expectations and practice STAAR aligned instructional activities which are easy to adapt and implement in multiple grade levels.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/18/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
TDA is transitioning the following functions from the TX-UNPS Food Distribution Program (FDP) module to USDA's Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system to manage USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): Ordering Entitlement Management Receipting (for Direct Ship RAs only)
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/18/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
TDA is transitioning the following functions from the TX-UNPS Food Distribution Program (FDP) module to USDA's Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system to manage USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): Ordering Entitlement Management Receipting (for Direct Ship RAs only)
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/19/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
This module is a study of the types of tasks and focusing on analyzing instructional choices.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/19/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Colorado Room
Superintendents participating in Region 15's job board will have a hands-on opportunity to work in the program.
Max Participants:
25
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/23/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Quad (Concho/Nueces/Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms)
This is the highly recommended annual state training for District Testing Coordinators. It will include information on the administration of STAAR and TELPAS state assessments. The DTC training will also include an overview of Cambium, Accessibility Features, Test Attributes, Test Security and Reporting Systems.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/23/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
Come join our PLC so we can work better as one and smarter to create change for our students who are served in self contained settings. We will spend each meeting digging into the needs -picked by teachers- of the classroom. We will use research, experiences, and each other to leave each meeting with a resource or system that is ready to be put in place.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/23/2023
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Meeting for Regional Transportation Directors. Opportunity for ESC 15 Transportation Directors to get updates in the world of school transportation and network. We will have presentations on issues that affect school transportation. Presentations will start at 10:00am. LUNCH IS PROVIDED.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/23/2023
Start Time: 3:30 PM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Online Webinar
As a paraprofessional, you do so much to make sure students are successful in the classroom! We want to make sure that we utilize your time to be the most beneficial for you! In our 9/27 paraprofessional training, we will take a poll in order to determine what topic(s) best suit your needs for this 10/23 training! We will update this session once we get the results from that poll!
Max Participants:
150
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Online Course
Virtual Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is designed for adults regularly interacting with young people. This course requires 2 hours self-paced work prior to the 4.5 hours Instructor-led training. The training introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. YMHFA addresses multiple points of the TEC and TEA Best Practices List. ida.hambrick@wtcmhmr.org
Max Participants:
28
Min Participants:
5
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
This six-hour workshop is a component of the required thirty hours for teachers delivering services to identified G/T students. Participants will examine the process of nominating, screening, selecting, and placing students in gifted programs. (Part 2 of 5)
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
This workshop is a detailed review of the Fall PEIMS data requirements. We will also review the timelines, checklist, and best practices to assure data quality in preparing for Fall PEIMS. All Student personnel and TSDS personnel are encouraged to attend. Student and Business will have separate sessions in the morning then come together after lunch for State Reporting.
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
Failure is Not an Option! The New Counselor Academy is geared towards school counselors with less than 3 years of experience, but all are welcome. Region 15’s New Counselor Academy allows counselors to seek guidance while collaborating and networking with other new counselors across the region. Through this experience, counselors will gain tools to build successful programs while being supported and inspired. These collaboration opportunities will provide an empowering environment for counselors to learn effective proactive strategies while building professional confidence and forming powerful toolkits. Topics will vary by month.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms
This workshop is a detailed review of the Fall PEIMS data requirements. We will also review the timelines, checklist, and best practices to assure data quality in preparing for Fall PEIMS. Business personnel, Finance personnel, Payroll personnel and TSDS personnel are all encouraged to attend. Business and student will have separate sessions in the morning then come together after lunch for State Reporting.
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
Come spend some time making things you can use in guidance, small groups, or individual counseling! We will have a variety of options for you to choose from. This workshop is geared for the secondary level.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/25/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Get ready for real Native American Prehistory to come alive with Jessica Hester from Seminole Canyon State Park and Historical Site! The indigenous peoples of West Texas left behind incredible clues through the storytelling found in Lower Pecos style rock art shelters, along with a variety of artifacts that have been found at archeological dig sites. These items provide much insight to how these peoples lived and survived in the extreme wilderness of their times. Jessica has designed a TEKS-aligned, interactive, and cross-curricular workshop for all teachers of students with diverse learning styles and needs. Participants will engage in hands-on activities that incorporate materials from nature and simply, budget-friendly ideas that will help transform the learning environment into a prehistory learning portal that digs deep back in time! Participants will leave with lesson plans that accommodate multiple grade levels, as well as a certificate for future FREE day pass admissions to visit Seminole Canyon State Park and Historical Site and are encouraged to take a class field trip upon completing training and classroom implementation of the lesson explorations! *Teachers at high needs Title I school districts and campuses preferred and encouraged to apply early for this limited space workshop*
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/25/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms
Date: 10/25/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
Do you have students who seem to be in constant motion? Do some of your kiddos talk excessively or continuously blurt out their thoughts? Do you know students who have difficulty getting motivated or perhaps even struggle to concentrate? This session will cover strategies and ideas to support students with ADD/ADHD. Core concepts that will be discussed: evidence-based problem-solving framework, executive function, and using movement and socialization to enhance learning/behavior outcomes.
Max Participants:
150
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/25/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Online Webinar
This training features the requirements outlined in the CACFP meal patterns for all ages along with tips and strategies for implementation.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/25/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
This class teaches the importance of counting, collecting and claiming procedures based on student eligibility, and how they relate to filing claims for reimbursement. Various mediums of exchange and the acceptable methods for coding them will be reviewed. A daily record of edit checks and Accuclaim will also be reviewed.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
Only through proper identification can our 2E students truly be served, so join us as we explore the characteristics and needs associated with the 2E students! Participants will dig into the implications for identification and testing these students, service design options that are available, Curriculum and Instruction best practices, as well as Family and Community Resources. This session meets the annual 6-hour update requirement for the Texas State Plan for Gifted Education.
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
This workshop is a detailed review of the Fall PEIMS data requirements and responsibilities for Financial Services team and clients. We will also review the timelines, checklist, and best practices to assure data quality in preparing for Fall PEIMS. Business personnel, Finance personnel, Payroll personnel and TSDS personnel are all encouraged to attend.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
Time must be scheduled for meeting on the work of building and maintaining efficient and effective school counseling programs. If you are the only counselor at your site (rural, small, elementary, etc.), you will need to schedule time off-site to collaborate with other PSCs. These Counselor Networking sessions are designed to do just that! Topics will vary by month.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
This workshop is the second in a series of six. Based on regional 2023 STAAR assessment data, each workshop will target the lowest-performing student expectations for the given six weeks. Participants will fully explore each targeted student expectation and practice easily implemented activities, which are adaptable to specific grade levels.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In the CACFP, at least one offering of grains per day must be whole grain-rich for children and adults. In Part 1, the learner will learn how to determine what a creditable grain is, what whole grain-rich means, and how to apply grain ounce equivalents. In Part 2, the focus shifts to using ounce equivalents with the USDA measuring tool and on nutritional facts labels.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
Participants will learn how to serve more students with similar needs using small group counseling. We will talk about the dynamics of group counseling from needs assessment, organization, consent, topics, and follow up.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/30/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Quad (Concho/Nueces/Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms)
This is the highly recommended annual state training for District Testing Coordinators. It will include information on the administration of STAAR and TELPAS state assessments. The DTC training will also include an overview of Cambium, Accessibility Features, Test Attributes, Test Security and Reporting Systems.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/31/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Quad (Concho/Nueces/Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms)
This is the highly recommended annual state training for District Testing Coordinators. It will include information on the administration of STAAR and TELPAS state assessments. The DTC training will also include an overview of Cambium, Accessibility Features, Test Attributes, Test Security and Reporting Systems.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
This is only the room reservation.
Max Participants:
1000
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Brownwood ISD - Administration
This is the highly recommended annual state training for District Testing Coordinators. It will include information on the administration of STAAR and TELPAS state assessments. The DTC training will also include an overview of Cambium, Accessibility Features, Test Attributes, Test Security and Reporting Systems.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
This course is designed for New Administrators and is aligned to the Texas State Plan for the Education of the Gifted/Talented Students and meets Texas state requirements for the six-hour G/T administrator. Participants will learn about the cognitive, social, and emotional characteristics of the G/T learner. G/T Program best practices will be explored as they relate to the State G/T and their local G/T plan before taking an introductory view of the TPSP program options available to districts. THIS COURSE IS IN PERSON ONLY.
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Conference Room #3
Texas Dyslexia Academy 1: Dyslexia Foundations is the first of seven training opportunities developed to assist school districts and charter schools regarding dyslexia and related disorders. In this course, participants will learn how students acquire reading skills, why some students struggle in reading, what dyslexia is, and how to know whether dyslexia is the cause of a student’s reading difficulties. The objectives for this course are: • Explore the elements of reading • Define dyslexia, its characteristics, and related disorders • Explore the common risk factors for dyslexia • Understand associated academic difficulties and other conditions
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos Room
This workshop is the first in a series of six. Based on regional 2023 STAAR assessment data, each workshop will target the lowest-performing student expectations for the given six weeks. Participants will fully explore each targeted student expectation and practice easily implemented activities, which are adaptable to specific grade levels.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Location: San Felipe-Del Rio CISD - Administration
Behavioral Threat Assessment provides a proactive, evidence-based approach for identifying individuals who may pose a threat and for providing interventions before a violent incident occurs. This course introduces the concept of threat assessment and outlines how a threat assessment program functions in a school setting. An effective, functioning threat assessment team is a critical component of keeping your school safe and preventing violence. You will learn the process of how a threat assessment team identifies, assesses, and manages threats. The course also includes guidance for forming and implementing a team in your school or district. Fulfills requirements for this training under SB 11, 86th Texas Legislature and updates under HB 3, 88th Texas Legislature.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Conference Room #3
Date: 11/1/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Texas Dyslexia Academy 5: Screening for Dyslexia focuses on the universal screening process for dyslexia and reading development. The objectives for this course are: · Understand the importance of early screening · Understand the state screening requirements · Define universal screening for dyslexia and related disorders · Become familiar with guidelines for the administration of screening instruments · Explore interpretation of screening results · Understand the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) requirements related to screening · Understand best practices for ongoing progress monitoring
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/2/2023
Start Time: 4:00 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Online Course
Virtual Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is designed for adults regularly interacting with young people. This course requires 2 hours self-paced work prior to the 4.5 hours Instructor-led training. The training introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. YMHFA addresses multiple points of the TEC and TEA Best Practices List. aanderson@hillcountry.org
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
5
Date: 11/6/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Date: 11/13/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
The Student Learning Objective (SLO) Model in Texas provides a framework for continuous dialogue between students, teachers and principals to support teacher development and student growth. throughout the year. SLOs drive both teacher practice and student learning by strengthening instruction. The use of SLOs has been associated with improved student outcomes on standardized assessments. Teachers crafting SLOs report improved understanding of how to use data to determine student needs and to measure progress toward goals. SLOs encourage collaboration among teaching peers as well as between teachers and their appraisers. SLOs also encourage the adoption of a long-term vision for student learning and contribute to more meaningful discussions about vertical planning. For teachers, SLOs are often seen as a growth measure that provides specific feedback about which instructional strategies and choices prove effective with particular students. The process prompts deliberate thinking about what decisions a teacher makes and why he or she makes them. They enable teachers, in collaboration with their appraisers, to assess their strengths and weaknesses, such as analyzing data or linking instruction to standards. Those insights then allow for specifically tailored professional development, improvement of instruction, and, ultimately, improved student learning.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/6/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
The purpose of this session is to learn about the nature of gifted students, identification measures to find the gifted, and program options that meet their needs. You will also learn what is required by Texas law for gifted students and what identification and program practices should be followed. This workshop meets Texas state requirements for a 6-hour initial counselor training and the 6-hour update.
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/7/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
The goal of the Aspiring Administrator Academy is to build future administrators in their current skill set and prepare them for their role as an administrator. Workshop topics will include building capacity within yourself and your staff; “all” things that principals must know and understand (Special Education, 504, Title I, CNA, CIP, STAAR Accountability, Interviewing and hiring; Scheduling your day; Culture and Routines; Professional Development) and lastly, to understand your role as the instructional leader of the school. The Academy is designed to equip you, as an aspiring administrator, to refine and extend your knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to lead a successful school.
Max Participants:
25
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/7/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
The first semester is winding down - are you up to date on the latest news regarding your federal programs? Join us for this session and hear the latest ESSA and ESSER news!
Max Participants:
500
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/7/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
This six-hour workshop is a part of the required thirty hours for teachers delivering services to identified G/T students. Participants will be introduced to differentiated instruction as a way to meet the needs of gifted/talented learners in the regular classroom. They will examine models of differentiation including anchor activities, tiered instruction and menus along with a variety of low-preparation strategies. (Part 3 of 5)
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/7/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
This training provides an overview for those supporting children with intellectual disabilities (IDD) who have experienced trauma . Learn skills and values to support children's safety, well-being and recovery through trauma-informed practices.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
5
Date: 11/7/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
To meet the needs of the K-1 students who have been identified at risk for dyslexia, the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children has developed a 100-lesson reading intervention called Build: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention. Build is a small group intervention that addresses five specific components of reading intervention. Each component is taught developmentally using a direct, systematic, cumulative, multisensory method of introduction and practice to meet the specific needs of Kindergarten and first-grade students struggling in reading.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Conference Room #3
Texas Dyslexia Academy 3: Considerations for Emergent Bilingual Students is the third of six training opportunities developed to assist school districts and charter schools regarding dyslexia and related disorders. In this course, participants will receive a general overview of the unique needs of emergent bilingual students within the dyslexia evaluation process. The objectives for this course are: • Understand how The Dyslexia Handbook, 2021 Update addresses emergent bilingual students • Understand the process of second language acquisition • Learn about the benefits of bilingualism • Explore the various types of alphabetic systems that exist around the world • Understand data gathering and formal evaluation • Explore instructional programming for emergent bilingual students
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Dr. Georgeanne Warnock, parent, presenter, and Superintendent of Schools for Terrell ISD since January of 2020. Dr. Warnock holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and English from Trinity University, a Master's of Education in Secondary Education from the University of North Texas, a Master of Education in Education Administration from the University of North Texas, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of North Texas. Prior to becoming Superintendent, Dr. Warnock served as Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Associate Superintendent of Educational Services for seven years. She also held positions as high school principal, high school associate principal, and high school English and Social Studies teacher. Dr. Warnock is married to Matt Warnock, who serves as Director of Recruitment and Retention. They are the proud parents of four sons: Connor, Mitchell, Matthew, and Caden. A bit of what to expect in her presentation of “What it Takes to Lead a School”… “One of our littlest Tigers lost a shoe at last night’s Meet the Teacher Night. The PreK Principal sent me a picture of this tiny shoe as a reminder of the precious feet that will walk through the doors of our schools tomorrow as we begin a new year. So, I had to make a comparison to my youngest son’s shoe…he’ll start his sophomore year tomorrow. From size 2 to 12, they are all precious feet that will step into our hallways tomorrow with excitement, trepidation, joy, anxiety, & a need for connection and belonging. The feet that will walk our halls tomorrow are connected to big feelings, big hopes, and big dreams. New shoes make us feel some kind of way—optimistic, shiny, peppy. New shoes mean we are growing, and sometimes new shoes pinch and hurt as we break them in…they have to adjust to us and we have to get to know them. But, that little bit of pain is good as it means we are adjusting to the new. Praying for all of the feet who will be walking through the doors of our schools tomorrow—student feet, parent feet, teacher feet, staff feet…and the hearts & minds attached to them!??”
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
This session covers the requirements of the School-Parent Compact as outlined in ESSA 1116 (d). Attendees will discuss ways to get parent input as well as different evaluation methods. Even if the School-Parent Compact already exists, this training can help attendees revise it as needed to meet compliance as well as better serve their families and school(s). Attendees will walk away with sample compacts, compact templates, evaluation methods, and knowledge on the requirements outlined in ESSA 1116.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Conference Room #3
Texas Dyslexia Academy 6: Dysgraphia provides educators with foundational information about dysgraphia, which is a related disorder to dyslexia. In this course, participants explore how students acquire writing skills, what dysgraphia is, the identification process, and provision of services for students with dysgraphia as outlined in the Dyslexia Handbook. The objectives for this course are: • Understand the simple view of writing and the stages of handwriting development • Understand the definition and characteristics of dysgraphia • Understand the procedures for the identification of dysgraphia • Explore instruction for students with dysgraphia • Explore instructional accommodations and technology tools
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/9/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/9/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
In this 6-Hour GT Update, participants will explore ways to differentiate and increase the rigor of their content area. Teachers will plan how to use the strategies and activities presented to differentiate content and meet the needs of their gifted students. This session meets the annual 6-hour requirement for the Texas State Plan for Gifted Education.
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/10/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Joel Shaul, LCSW Description: All professionals working with school-age children on speech and social-emotional concerns learn that there is much common ground between the domains of speech, mental health, and teaching. The presenter, an autism specialist who has closely studied speech-based approaches to helping children on the spectrum, will first review some mental health approaches that have the potential to be incorporated into school-based speech interventions. We will then examine practical mental health and social skills tools and strategies to address problems such as anxiety, anger, challenging social situations, and social isolation. The presentation includes access to several free downloads of games, worksheets, and other tools from the presenter’s website. The strategies presented are designed for verbal, motivated school-age children. This session will also address cultural and linguistic aspects of learning differences, provide ideas for adaptations to accommodate specific disabilities as well as meet student needs in inclusive settings. This session will satisfy the DEI requirements for the maintenance of ASHA certification. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/13/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/13/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms
Participants will learn about the RLA STAAR Redesign. Participants will work through the assessed curriculum, new blueprints, and new item types specific to RLA. This training will also dive into the requirements and expectations for the writing portion of the redesigned STAAR and breakdown the 2023 released STAAR assessment by grade levels.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/14/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
In this module, you'll learn the nuances of proportional reasoning that commonly trips students up.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/14/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
District staff will be led in a data dig through the lens of state accountability system, A-F rating. The process for calculating a score for each domain will be explained and participants will be given time to dive into their campus data related to each domain and overall score. In order to get the most out of the session, please bring you accountability reports.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/14/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms
Participants will learn about the RLA STAAR Redesign. Participants will work through the assessed curriculum, new blueprints, and new item types specific to RLA. This training will also dive into the requirements and expectations for the writing portion of the redesigned STAAR and breakdown the 2023 released STAAR assessment by grade levels.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/14/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
A research-based fluency and comprehension program from the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. This program can be used as supplemental or intervention instruction by classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special education teachers, and utilized in conjunction with a variety of core curriculum that employ evidence-based components in phonemic awareness and phonics. Data collected through TSRH demonstrates clinically significant improvements in reading rate on curriculum-based and standardized measures. Progress monitoring included.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/16/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
This module studies intentional teacher moves meant to help teachers reflect on their own classroom practices.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/16/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
In this training, we will dissect the Grades 2-12 TELPAS Speaking and Writing Rubrics, so we can better understand what is expected from our Emergent Bilinguals on these online tests. We will also do a deep dive in the 2023 TELPAS results to help determine our instruction along with different speaking and writing activities that will help our EB students be successful on the TELPAS.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
10
Date: 11/16/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
: Updates and current information to accelerate student achievement relating to dyslexia will be our focus throughout the year. Additionally, networking will provide us with the opportunity to tackle challenges as a Region 15 team.
Max Participants:
80
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/16/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
District staff will be led in a data dig through the lens of state accountability system, A-F rating. The process for calculating a score for each domain will be explained and participants will be given time to dive into their campus data related to each domain and overall score.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/17/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
These days will be for networking with your fellow diagnosticians, LSSPs, SLPs, Dyslexia therapists, or anyone completing evaluations, who are participating in either administering assessments to students or writing reports interpreting the data gathered. We all need to be collaborating as a group to learn from each other and stay up to date on events and changes from TEA.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/28/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Note: This is NOT similar content to Youth Mental Health First Aid! Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic incident. PFA was developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD, with contributions from individuals involved in disaster research and response. PFA is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/28/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
This workshop is the third in a series of six. Based on regional 2023 STAAR assessment data, each workshop will target the lowest-performing student expectations for the given six weeks. Participants will fully explore targeted student expectations and practice easily implemented activities, which are adaptable to specific grade levels.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/30/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Brand new, TEA-approved best practice training for staff wellness and trauma sensitivity! We begin with a focus on maintaining educator wellness in session one, followed in the afternoon by a focus on crafting trauma-sensitive classrooms and campuses.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/30/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
This workshop is the first in a series of six. Based on regional 2023 STAAR assessment data, each workshop will target the lowest-performing student expectations for the given six weeks. Participants will fully explore each targeted student expectation and practice easily implemented activities, which are adaptable to specific grade levels.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/1/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
This class is part of a series of Reading by Design® intervention trainings. This course will introduce participants to Volume 0- Getting Ready for Reading by Design®, a volume of 20 lessons designed for students who need extra support with foundational skills. This material is designed to support foundational literacy before beginning a program like Reading by Design®. Lesson components include phonological awareness, alphabet, fine motor, oral language, and components of language. Participants will receive as part of this training Volume 0, an alphabet deck, a feelings poster, and a set of vocabulary picture cards.
Max Participants:
45
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/4/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
ESC 15 will provide ESF/TIP Overview for Districts Engaged in Continuous Improvement and required to complete a TIP and/or ESF Diagnostic.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/5/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
This six-hour workshop is a component of the required thirty hours for all teachers delivering services to identified Gifted/Talented students. Participants will be introduced to select teaching models and instructional strategies that promote cognitive and affective growth for gifted students. Specific topics for this day of the training include: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Convergent & Divergent Thinking and Creativity (Part 4 of 5).
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/5/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Online Webinar
When looking at behavior and wanting to change behavior, we have to make sure that we are modeling the expected behavior and giving opportunities for the student to also model those behaviors throughout the day.
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/8/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite/Pecan Rooms
Come join our PLC so we can work better as one and smarter to create change for our students who are served in self contained settings. We will spend each meeting digging into the needs -picked by teachers- of the classroom. We will use research, experiences, and each other to leave each meeting with a resource or system that is ready to be put in place.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/12/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
This six-hour workshop is a component of the required thirty hours for teachers delivering services to identified G/T students. Participants will be introduced to select teaching models and instructional strategies that promote cognitive and affective growth for gifted students. The focus of the session will take an in-depth look at Sandra Kaplan’s icons of depth and complexity. (Part 5 of 5)
Max Participants:
35
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/12/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Open to All ESC and LEAs: Join the RP Coordinators Support Group to connect with others in your field, share experiences, and problem-solve together. This collaborative effort spans across multiple Texas Education Service Centers and will help you build your campus and district capacity for successful Restorative Practices implementation. This group works together to foster discipline and accountability through relation building practices.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
50
Date: 12/15/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Joel Shaul, LCSW Description: The social and communication challenges facing children and young adults on the autism spectrum become more complex during the transition from child to teen to young adult. This workshop session is to enable speech-language pathologists, as well as others assisting youth on the spectrum, to develop a better understanding of these challenges and to build a stronger repertoire of professional responses. First, after reviewing some of the difficult aspects of the transition years, the presenter will show ways to adapt younger-child social skills teaching strategies for older youth. Next, he will introduce several free resources developed for teens and young adults. This session will also address cultural and linguistic aspects of learning differences, provide ideas for adaptations to accommodate specific disabilities as well as meet student needs in inclusive settings. This session will satisfy the DEI requirements for the maintenance of ASHA certification. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/5/2024
Start Time: 8:30 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Participants will learn to utilize aggressive monitoring strategies during student independent practice to increase student engagement and rigor and decrease disruptive behavior and grading.
Max Participants:
90
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/10/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Leading Through & Through Leadership Series: Leadership Implementation Support You have learned about Culture, Systems and Routines. You have created calendars and schedules to support these things. Additionally you have learned about lesson planning, formative assessments and how to create systems to use data to drive instruction. So what is next? Lets gather to “digest” all that you have learned and talk through implementation, application and anything else that you want to discuss. We will save the afternoon for collaboration, problem solving and discussions that will help propel your school forward.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/10/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: San Felipe-Del Rio CISD - Administration
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
10
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/12/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Jan Watson, J.D Description: This session will provide the most current information regarding legal issues that specifically affect the SLP in daily job activities. The training is designed to prepare participants to deliver speech-language pathology services in their school districts based on the most current legal state and federal framework, IDEA, ESSA, and the Texas Commissioner’s Rules be included in the discussion of current legal requirements. Legal briefs & court decisions involving current legal regulations will be reviewed. This session will satisfy the Ethics requirements for the Texas state license and ASHA certification maintenance. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/12/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
These days will be for networking with your fellow diagnosticians, LSSPs, SLPs, Dyslexia therapists, or anyone completing evaluations, who are participating in either administering assessments to students or writing reports interpreting the data gathered. We all need to be collaborating as a group to learn from each other and stay up to date on events and changes from TEA.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/17/2024
Start Time: 8:30 AM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Date: 1/18/2024
Start Time: 8:30 AM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
The Sport and Special Event Evacuation and Protective Actions course helps sport and special event managers prepare and/or enhance their event action plan through incorporation of flexible and scalable protective measures. These measures can be used in isolation or in response to a larger, multi-agency response initiative. This innovative course helps venue operators, first responders, emergency managers, law enforcement, contractors, promoters, and owners of events to collaborate on evacuation and sheltering plans with actionable decision criteria that can be adapted for almost any event. This course represents a cooperative effort between The University of Southern Mississippi’s National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (USM/NCS4) and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center (TEEX/NERRTC), a member of the Texas A&M University System.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/18/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
What is a CNA? CIP? Don’t be bamboozled! In this session, we will give you an overview of the Title I-A requirements for conducting your Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA). We will also give you all the information you need to take your CNA and create an effective Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) that will correctly document use of your Title I-A funds. This session is offered virtually through Zoom, only!
Max Participants:
1000
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/19/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: San Felipe-Del Rio CISD - Administration
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
10
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/22/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/24/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/24/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms
Changes in science are on the horizon for the 2024-2025 school year. Come join us and explore two critical components of the newly adopted science standards: Scientific and Engineering Practices and Recurring Themes and Concepts. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or Chromebook.
Max Participants:
52
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/25/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
Blended Plus reading academy participants will be given time and guidance as as they navigate through the 12 modules presented in the canvas course. The Reading Academy is an engaging opportunity fo teachers and administrators to learn about evidence based content and methods that are aligned and support the Science of Teaching Reading.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
10
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/30/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Online Course
The Title II, Part A program assists districts in improving student achievement by supporting effective instruction This informative session provides an overview of the program to help district leaders implement effective, compliant Title II programs.
Max Participants:
1000
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/30/2024
Start Time: 3:30 PM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Online Webinar
As a paraprofessional, you do so much to make sure students are successful in the classroom! We want to make sure that we utilize your time to be the most beneficial for you! In our 10/23 paraprofessional training, we will take a poll in order to determine what topic(s) best suit your needs for this 1/30 training! We will update this session once we get the results from that poll!
Max Participants:
150
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/31/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
The goal of the Aspiring Administrator Academy is to build future administrators in their current skill set and prepare them for their role as an administrator. Workshop topics will include building capacity within yourself and your staff; “all” things that principals must know and understand (Special Education, 504, Title I, CNA, CIP, STAAR Accountability, Interviewing and hiring; Scheduling your day; Culture and Routines; Professional Development) and lastly, to understand your role as the instructional leader of the school. The Academy is designed to equip you, as an aspiring administrator, to refine and extend your knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to lead a successful school.
Max Participants:
25
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/5/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In this training, participants will hike through the following domains: Language Concepts and Language Acquisition, ESL Instruction and Assessment, and Foundation of ESL Education, Cultural Awareness, and Family and Community Involvement. This workshop will also help prepare these participants to be better prepared to work with our Emergent Bilingual students and challenge the ESL Supplemental Certification Test (154) .
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/5/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite/Pecan Rooms
Come join our PLC so we can work better as one and smarter to create change for our students who are served in self contained settings. We will spend each meeting digging into the needs -picked by teachers- of the classroom. We will use research, experiences, and each other to leave each meeting with a resource or system that is ready to be put in place.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/7/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
Updates and current information to accelerate student achievement relating to dyslexia will be our focus throughout the year. Additionally, networking will provide us with the opportunity to tackle challenges as a Region 15 team.
Max Participants:
80
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/7/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Online Webinar
All the holiday breaks are done, it is back to schedule routine. You might be seeing an increase of challenging behaviors you saw at the beginning of the year. How do you address those challenging behaviors, and get back on track? Come learn with us!
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/9/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Marilyn J. Monteiro, Ph.D Description: School-based speech and language pathologists increasingly face the challenge of recognizing the full range of autism spectrum differences and engaging students in productive diagnostic interviews. Participants in this workshop will learn to engage children and adolescents in sensory-based interviews using the MIGDAS-2 diagnostic interview system to obtain meaningful and distinctive qualitative communication samples to better identify the autism spectrum language profile. The session will highlight the use of the MIGDAS-2 visual framework and strength-based descriptive language to individualize the diagnosis of autism spectrum differences across age and ability levels in the school setting. Integrating the use of this qualitative set of protocols with autism-specific standardized communication measures will be discussed, along with outlining how the MIGDAS-2 strength-based process aligns with the IDEA special education eligibility guidelines for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Topics include gaining proficiency in structuring the sensory-based diagnostic interview using the Descriptive Triangle positive language, defining the role of the SLP on multidisciplinary autism assessment teams, differential diagnosis considerations, and discussing the diagnosis with parents. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/15/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
Blended Plus reading academy participants will be given time and guidance as as they navigate through the 12 modules presented in the canvas course. The Reading Academy is an engaging opportunity fo teachers and administrators to learn about evidence based content and methods that are aligned and support the Science of Teaching Reading.
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/15/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
Join us with Ayo Jones to discover how to implement community-referenced and community-based instruction, even if stepping into the community isn't feasible. From classroom to home, we're bridging the gap and equipping you with the tools to make a lasting impact on transition skills. This is your opportunity to empower your students for success beyond the classroom walls. In this session, you'll explore: Community-Referenced Instruction (CRI), Community-Based Instruction (CBI), Community-Based Vocational Instruction (CBVI), and The Parent Connection: Accessing the Community from Home Learn why and how to integrate community-based instruction into your classroom, ensuring meaningful learning experiences that shape future outcomes. Get ready to level up your teaching and make a real-world impact. Join us for an inspiring session that's all about turning education into preparation for life.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/15/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
Join DMAC Specialists as we focus on how to help students excel at online state testing. Learn how to create, administer, and report on online assessments. We’ll also provide tips for how to create and manage documentation for both students and teachers (i.e., Student Portfolio, Learning Plans, LPAC, T-TESS and more). Have questions about Accountability? We’ll share new reports and settings in DMAC. Aside from what’s new, this is YOUR meeting. DMAC offers 20+ different web-based applications and we will tailor the rest of the meeting to fit your specific needs. Please bring any questions, feedback or suggestions that would help your school take full advantage of the software.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/15/2024
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Online Webinar
Open to All ESC and LEAs: Join the RP Coordinators Support Group to connect with others in your field, share experiences, and problem-solve together. This collaborative effort spans across multiple Texas Education Service Centers and will help you build your campus and district capacity for successful Restorative Practices implementation. This group works together to foster discipline and accountability through relation building practices.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
50
Date: 2/16/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
Cracking the code of differentiation for students with significant disabilities? We've got you covered in "Lesson Plans That Work! Differentiation for Students with Significant Disabilities". This session is your compass to crafting lessons that truly resonate and meet diverse needs. Join us with AYO JONES to uncover: Simplified TEKS understanding, Practical lesson planning, Effective use of stations and rotations, Quick differentiation techniques, Empowering student independence, Unlocking various response modes, Expect hands-on practice and even create a personalized lesson plan for your classroom. Ready to transform your teaching? Let's make it happen together.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/16/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Participants at ESC Region 15 will learn how to determine staffing needs early in the spring based upon student choice requests and student PGP's. Once staffing needs are determined, participants will work through the process of how to build a master schedule of classes based upon the needs of the students and ensure they can go into hiring season knowing whom they need to hire!
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/20/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Failure is Not an Option! The New Counselor Academy is geared towards school counselors with less than 3 years of experience, but all are welcome. Region 15’s New Counselor Academy allows counselors to seek guidance while collaborating and networking with other new counselors across the region. Through this experience, counselors will gain tools to build successful programs while being supported and inspired. These collaboration opportunities will provide an empowering environment for counselors to learn effective proactive strategies while building professional confidence and forming powerful toolkits. Topics will vary by month.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/20/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
Calling all Homeless Liaisons! Welcome to an opportunity to review and learn information concerning assisting students who are experiencing housing transition or housing insecurity. Come join us for hands on activities and take-away materials to assist you in program compliance and implementation.
Max Participants:
75
Min Participants:
75
Date: 2/20/2024
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Come spend some time making things you can use in guidance, small groups, or individual counseling! We will have a variety of options for you to choose from. This workshop is geared for the elementary level.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/21/2024
Start Time: 7:00 AM
End Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
Date: 2/22/2024
Start Time: 7:00 AM
End Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Concho/Nueces Rooms
TCOLE 4064 is a two-day, 20-hour training designed to assist SBLE officers and school districts with compliance of legislative mandates requiring districts employing a peace/resource officer to create a policy requiring officers to complete education and training.
Max Participants:
150
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/22/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Time must be scheduled for meeting on the work of building and maintaining efficient and effective school counseling programs. If you are the only counselor at your site (rural, small, elementary, etc.), you will need to schedule time off-site to collaborate with other PSCs. These Counselor Networking sessions are designed to do just that! Topics will vary by month.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Colorado Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Concho Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Nueces Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecan Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Pecos Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Rio Grande Room
Date: 2/29/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Science Lab
Leap into Proclamation 2024 with Region 15! Proclamation 2024 includes Science (K-12), Technology Applications (K-8), and CTE. CTE features career clusters in: STEM, Education & Training, Hospitality & Tourism, and Law & Public Safety. Personal Financial Literacy and Economics (Social Studies) is also included. Publishers will be on-site presenting content. Materials will be available for ordering the Spring of 2024 and implemented school year 2024-2025.
Max Participants:
200
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/1/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Bluebonnet Room
These days will be for networking with your fellow diagnosticians, LSSPs, SLPs, Dyslexia therapists, or anyone completing evaluations, who are participating in either administering assessments to students or writing reports interpreting the data gathered. We all need to be collaborating as a group to learn from each other and stay up to date on events and changes from TEA.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/6/2024
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Quad (Concho/Nueces/Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms)
Cluster
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/6/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
The Annual Title I Meeting and PFE evaluation are vital requirements that help a school build strong parent-school relationships. This workshop will provide an overview of the these requirements to ensure your school is compliant and implements effective parent programs.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/8/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Nathalie LeBrun, CCC-SLP, Courtney Montreuil, CCC-SLP & Lacey McBride, CCC-SLP Description: SLPs play a key role in supporting student success in transition programs by applying dynamic utilization of communication skills needed for life beyond public education through meaningful assessment and authentic implementation of therapy services. This training will present how SLPs in the MOSAIC Program in Humble Independent School District engage in interprofessional collaboration with educational professionals and families to develop and execute individualized post-secondary plans for students transitioning into young adult life. The presenters will also share practical examples on how to implement treatment goals beyond the therapy room and into the community by addressing skills needed for employability, independent living, recreation/leisure, and lifelong learning. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/19/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Mesquite/Pecan Rooms
This training provides an overview for those supporting children with intellectual disabilities (IDD) who have experienced trauma . Learn skills and values to support children's safety, well-being and recovery through trauma-informed practices.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
5
Date: 3/25/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Room
Come join our PLC so we can work better as one and smarter to create change for our students who are served in self contained settings. We will spend each meeting digging into the needs -picked by teachers- of the classroom. We will use research, experiences, and each other to leave each meeting with a resource or system that is ready to be put in place.
Max Participants:
20
Min Participants:
1
Date: 4/2/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
This training will focus on the duties of the LPAC at the end of the school year. We will explore the following: 2023-2024 exit/reclassification criteria, LPAC documentation, LPAC parent notification/approval, and a plan of action for all LPACs being held before the last day of school.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 4/2/2024
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Llano Room
This training will focus on the duties of the LPAC at the end of the school year. We will explore the following: 2023-2024 exit/reclassification criteria, LPAC documentation, LPAC parent notification/approval, and a plan of action for all LPACs being held before the last day of school.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/11/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
This meeting is for district G/T coordinators and administrators who are responsible for G/T services and programs. Current TEA updates regarding gifted and talented services will be shared along with resources available to districts regarding gifted/talented education. Participants will collaborate with the other G/T coordinators to share best practices and challenges while implementing gifted services. Q & A time will be allotted afterward
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
5
Date: 10/11/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
This class teaches menu planners of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) how to plan a basic menu, advanced techniques that increase student acceptance and support nutritional requirements and tools that support the menu plan.
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/13/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Nina Reeves, M. A., CCC-SLP Description After reviewing a list of basic concepts that are foundational to effective stuttering therapy, this presentation will outline how SLPs can learn and grow in their knowledge of “next steps.” Participants will be encouraged to create their list of strengths and challenges in providing effective stuttering therapy in schools. Following this reflection, the focus will be on how to implement practical, disability-affirming practices as well as how to access available resources for further learning. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Online Course
Virtual Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is designed for adults regularly interacting with young people. This course requires 2 hours self-paced work prior to the 4.5 hours Instructor-led training. The training introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. YMHFA addresses multiple points of the TEC and TEA Best Practices List. ida.hambrick@wtcmhmr.org
Max Participants:
28
Min Participants:
5
Date: 10/26/2023
Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In the CACFP, at least one offering of grains per day must be whole grain-rich for children and adults. In Part 1, the learner will learn how to determine what a creditable grain is, what whole grain-rich means, and how to apply grain ounce equivalents. In Part 2, the focus shifts to using ounce equivalents with the USDA measuring tool and on nutritional facts labels.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/2/2023
Start Time: 4:00 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Online Course
Virtual Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is designed for adults regularly interacting with young people. This course requires 2 hours self-paced work prior to the 4.5 hours Instructor-led training. The training introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. YMHFA addresses multiple points of the TEC and TEA Best Practices List. aanderson@hillcountry.org
Max Participants:
30
Min Participants:
5
Date: 11/6/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Date: 11/13/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
The Student Learning Objective (SLO) Model in Texas provides a framework for continuous dialogue between students, teachers and principals to support teacher development and student growth. throughout the year. SLOs drive both teacher practice and student learning by strengthening instruction. The use of SLOs has been associated with improved student outcomes on standardized assessments. Teachers crafting SLOs report improved understanding of how to use data to determine student needs and to measure progress toward goals. SLOs encourage collaboration among teaching peers as well as between teachers and their appraisers. SLOs also encourage the adoption of a long-term vision for student learning and contribute to more meaningful discussions about vertical planning. For teachers, SLOs are often seen as a growth measure that provides specific feedback about which instructional strategies and choices prove effective with particular students. The process prompts deliberate thinking about what decisions a teacher makes and why he or she makes them. They enable teachers, in collaboration with their appraisers, to assess their strengths and weaknesses, such as analyzing data or linking instruction to standards. Those insights then allow for specifically tailored professional development, improvement of instruction, and, ultimately, improved student learning.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/8/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
This session covers the requirements of the School-Parent Compact as outlined in ESSA 1116 (d). Attendees will discuss ways to get parent input as well as different evaluation methods. Even if the School-Parent Compact already exists, this training can help attendees revise it as needed to meet compliance as well as better serve their families and school(s). Attendees will walk away with sample compacts, compact templates, evaluation methods, and knowledge on the requirements outlined in ESSA 1116.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/9/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 11/10/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Joel Shaul, LCSW Description: All professionals working with school-age children on speech and social-emotional concerns learn that there is much common ground between the domains of speech, mental health, and teaching. The presenter, an autism specialist who has closely studied speech-based approaches to helping children on the spectrum, will first review some mental health approaches that have the potential to be incorporated into school-based speech interventions. We will then examine practical mental health and social skills tools and strategies to address problems such as anxiety, anger, challenging social situations, and social isolation. The presentation includes access to several free downloads of games, worksheets, and other tools from the presenter’s website. The strategies presented are designed for verbal, motivated school-age children. This session will also address cultural and linguistic aspects of learning differences, provide ideas for adaptations to accommodate specific disabilities as well as meet student needs in inclusive settings. This session will satisfy the DEI requirements for the maintenance of ASHA certification. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 12/15/2023
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Joel Shaul, LCSW Description: The social and communication challenges facing children and young adults on the autism spectrum become more complex during the transition from child to teen to young adult. This workshop session is to enable speech-language pathologists, as well as others assisting youth on the spectrum, to develop a better understanding of these challenges and to build a stronger repertoire of professional responses. First, after reviewing some of the difficult aspects of the transition years, the presenter will show ways to adapt younger-child social skills teaching strategies for older youth. Next, he will introduce several free resources developed for teens and young adults. This session will also address cultural and linguistic aspects of learning differences, provide ideas for adaptations to accommodate specific disabilities as well as meet student needs in inclusive settings. This session will satisfy the DEI requirements for the maintenance of ASHA certification. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/12/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Jan Watson, J.D Description: This session will provide the most current information regarding legal issues that specifically affect the SLP in daily job activities. The training is designed to prepare participants to deliver speech-language pathology services in their school districts based on the most current legal state and federal framework, IDEA, ESSA, and the Texas Commissioner’s Rules be included in the discussion of current legal requirements. Legal briefs & court decisions involving current legal regulations will be reviewed. This session will satisfy the Ethics requirements for the Texas state license and ASHA certification maintenance. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/24/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In this training, we will cover the following items: (1) Guide LPACs in making decisions about the inclusion of EBs in the Texas Assessment Program and (2) promote an increased awareness of the educational needs of our EBs. This will help you prepare for your Middle of the Year (MOY) LPAC as you make decisions about STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate along with test attributes.
Max Participants:
40
Min Participants:
1
Date: 1/30/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Online Course
The Title II, Part A program assists districts in improving student achievement by supporting effective instruction This informative session provides an overview of the program to help district leaders implement effective, compliant Title II programs.
Max Participants:
1000
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/5/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Online Course
In this training, participants will hike through the following domains: Language Concepts and Language Acquisition, ESL Instruction and Assessment, and Foundation of ESL Education, Cultural Awareness, and Family and Community Involvement. This workshop will also help prepare these participants to be better prepared to work with our Emergent Bilingual students and challenge the ESL Supplemental Certification Test (154) .
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 2/9/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Marilyn J. Monteiro, Ph.D Description: School-based speech and language pathologists increasingly face the challenge of recognizing the full range of autism spectrum differences and engaging students in productive diagnostic interviews. Participants in this workshop will learn to engage children and adolescents in sensory-based interviews using the MIGDAS-2 diagnostic interview system to obtain meaningful and distinctive qualitative communication samples to better identify the autism spectrum language profile. The session will highlight the use of the MIGDAS-2 visual framework and strength-based descriptive language to individualize the diagnosis of autism spectrum differences across age and ability levels in the school setting. Integrating the use of this qualitative set of protocols with autism-specific standardized communication measures will be discussed, along with outlining how the MIGDAS-2 strength-based process aligns with the IDEA special education eligibility guidelines for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Topics include gaining proficiency in structuring the sensory-based diagnostic interview using the Descriptive Triangle positive language, defining the role of the SLP on multidisciplinary autism assessment teams, differential diagnosis considerations, and discussing the diagnosis with parents. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/6/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
The Annual Title I Meeting and PFE evaluation are vital requirements that help a school build strong parent-school relationships. This workshop will provide an overview of the these requirements to ensure your school is compliant and implements effective parent programs.
Max Participants:
50
Min Participants:
1
Date: 3/8/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online Course
Presenter: Nathalie LeBrun, CCC-SLP, Courtney Montreuil, CCC-SLP & Lacey McBride, CCC-SLP Description: SLPs play a key role in supporting student success in transition programs by applying dynamic utilization of communication skills needed for life beyond public education through meaningful assessment and authentic implementation of therapy services. This training will present how SLPs in the MOSAIC Program in Humble Independent School District engage in interprofessional collaboration with educational professionals and families to develop and execute individualized post-secondary plans for students transitioning into young adult life. The presenters will also share practical examples on how to implement treatment goals beyond the therapy room and into the community by addressing skills needed for employability, independent living, recreation/leisure, and lifelong learning. 2.5 TSHA CEUs
Max Participants:
100
Min Participants:
1
