Join us as we celebrate and showcase the amazing work of our Teacher Leader Fellows from this school year! Refreshments and light snacks will be served. This is a great opportunity to celebrate diverse learner educators, network with likeminded professionals, and learn about strategies to support all students.

Intended Audience: General public

Facilitated by: Brooke Allen

Takeaway resources to include: DLC informational pamphlet

Are you struggling to find the time to boost student autonomy on top of your many other daily responsibilities? Join us for a 30-minute micro professional learning opportunity. You'll leave with tangible skills and resources to help you support autonomy through specific, student-friendly feedback tools.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches, General Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Student-friendly writing rubrics, student-friendly speaking rubrics

This session also offered on April 1, 2024.

Are you struggling to find the time to boost student autonomy on top of your many other daily responsibilities? Join us for a 30-minute micro professional learning opportunity. You'll leave with tangible skills and resources to help you support autonomy through specific, student-friendly feedback tools.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches, General Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Student-friendly writing rubrics, student-friendly speaking rubrics

This session also offered on April 3, 2024.

Reinforcing appropriate behavior is a central component of behavior plans. But, sometimes the reinforcement we are using isn't strong enough for our students! We have to know how to manipulate reinforcement to make it more effective. In this session, we will discuss three parameters of reinforcement (quantity, quality, and immediacy) in order to thoughtfully amplify reinforcement. You'll leave with a deeper understanding of how to make adjustments to reinforcement to make them bigger, better, and quicker.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches, administrators, behavior specialists

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: Parameters of Reinforcement Tip Sheet

This session also offered on March 25, 2024.

Reinforcing appropriate behavior is a central component of behavior plans. But, sometimes the reinforcement we are using isn't strong enough for our students! We have to know how to manipulate reinforcement to make it more effective. In this session, we will discuss three parameters of reinforcement (quantity, quality, and immediacy) in order to thoughtfully amplify reinforcement. You'll leave with a deeper understanding of how to make adjustments to reinforcement to make them bigger, better, and quicker.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches, administrators, behavior specialists

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: Parameters of Reinforcement Tip Sheet

This session also offered on March 27, 2024.

Data, data, and more data! As special educators, IEP goal progress monitoring can be immensely important as it helps us understand our students' progress toward mastery. However, without clear organizational systems in place, IEP progress monitoring can result in data-drowning. Join us for this free 30-minute training where you will learn tips and tricks to revamp and refine your progress monitoring organizational systems.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Department Chairs, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: IEP Data Tracking Google Form, Academic Data Collection Tool, Behavior Data Collection Tool

*This session is also offered March 18, 2024.

Data, data, and more data! As special educators, IEP goal progress monitoring can be immensely important as it helps us understand our students' progress toward mastery. However, without clear organizational systems in place, IEP progress monitoring can result in data-drowning. Join us for this free 30-minute training where you will learn tips and tricks to revamp and refine your progress monitoring organizational systems.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Department Chairs, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: IEP Data Tracking Google Form, Academic Data Collection Tool, Behavior Data Collection Tool

*This session is also offered March 20, 2024.

Multilingual learners enter our classrooms with a wealth of prior knowledge and experiences. As educators, we can enhance their connections to our content by activating that prior knowledge. In this workshop, we will explore SIOP strategies that activate and build prior knowledge and experience within students and explicitly teach key vocabulary in context.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches, General Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Building background checklist, building background strategies guide

This session also offered on March 4, 2024.

Multilingual learners enter our classrooms with a wealth of prior knowledge and experiences. As educators, we can enhance their connections to our content by activating that prior knowledge. In this workshop, we will explore SIOP strategies that activate and build prior knowledge and experience within students and explicitly teach key vocabulary in context.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches, General Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Building background checklist, building background strategies guide

This session also offered on March 6, 2024.

Check-in/Check-out is an evidence-based Tier II behavioral intervention that can have a big impact on student behavior when implemented effectively. Are you interested in using Check-in/Check-out at your school? Or, maybe you've tried using it, but want to refine your implementation systems? If so, this session is for you. In this 30-min free training, you will learn about the basic tenets of Check-In/Check-Out, access resources to help you improve the intervention's success, and leave with clear next steps.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches, administrators

Facilitated by: Mary Matthews Coffey

Takeaway resources to include: Check-in / Check-out Guidance Tool

This session also offered on February 26, 2024.

Check-in/Check-out is an evidence-based Tier II behavioral intervention that can have a big impact on student behavior when implemented effectively. Are you interested in using Check-in/Check-out at your school? Or, maybe you've tried using it, but want to refine your implementation systems? If so, this session is for you. In this 30-min free training, you will learn about the basic tenets of Check-In/Check-Out, access resources to help you improve the intervention's success, and leave with clear next steps.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches, administrators

Facilitated by: Mary Matthews Coffey

Takeaway resources to include: Check-in / Check-out Guidance Tool

This session also offered on February 27, 2024.

You've written meaningful, aligned IEP goals ... now, how do you monitor progress toward these goals? Join us for this free, 30-minute session where we will provide a framework for understanding and monitoring an IEP goal. You'll leave feeling confident in how to break down an IEP goal and collect appropriate data to monitor progress.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: IEP Goal Progress Monitoring Template

*This session is also offered February 20, 2024

You've written meaningful, aligned IEP goals ... now, how do you monitor progress toward these goals? Join us for this free, 30-minute session where we will provide a framework for understanding and monitoring an IEP goal. You'll leave feeling confident in how to break down an IEP goal and collect appropriate data to monitor progress.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: IEP Goal Progress Monitoring Template

*This session is also offered February 21, 2024

Are you looking to provide more intentional support for English language development in your classroom without sacrificing content? Join us for a 30-minute "micro" professional learning opportunity. You'll leave with tangible skills and resources to help you both support and track language development for all students, especially your multilingual learners.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches, General Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Language Objectives Guide, WIDA Language Expectations x Grade Band, Verbs and Uses Chart for Language Objectives

This session also offered on February 12, 2024.

Are you looking to provide more intentional support for English language development in your classroom without sacrificing content? Join us for a 30-minute "micro" professional learning opportunity. You'll leave with tangible skills and resources to help you both support and track language development for all students, especially your multilingual learners.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches, General Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Language Objectives Guide, WIDA Language Expectations x Grade Band, Verbs and Uses Chart for Language Objectives

This session also offered on February 14, 2024.

What is the difference between a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)? What important information is included in each of these documents, and how can I interpret this information to better support my students? Join us for this 30-min free session to learn more about how to understand key elements of your student's FBA and BIP.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: FBA vs. BIP Tip Sheet

This session also offered on February 5, 2024.

What is the difference between a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)? What important information is included in each of these documents, and how can I interpret this information to better support my students? Join us for this 30-min free session to learn more about how to understand key elements of your student's FBA and BIP.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: FBA vs. BIP Tip Sheet

This session also offered on February 7, 2024.

When a student spends most of their day with their general education peers, how do we develop IEP goals that will support their progress in these settings? In this free, 30-minute session, we will introduce a collaborative approach to developing IEP goals that will help students become more independent at their grade level.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: IEP Goal Creation Template + Collaboration Template

*This session is also offered January 29, 2024

When a student spends most of their day with their general education peers, how do we develop IEP goals that will support their progress in these settings? In this free, 30-minute session, we will introduce a collaborative approach to developing IEP goals that will help students become more independent at their grade level.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: IEP Goal Creation Template + Collaboration Template

*This session is also offered January 31, 2024

Do you feel like your ML (ESL/ELL) Department operates within a silo? Are you looking for ways to increase your visibility and presence within your school? Join us for this 30-minute workshop on building effective communication systems and practices. Participants will leave with communication strategies, a communications calendar, and tips for increasing ML Dept. visibility in a school of any size.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Email templates, communications calendar, communication quick-reference guide

This session also offered on January 22, 2024.

Are you co-teaching, but struggling to effectively co-plan? Co-planning is central to effective co-teaching. However, busy schedules often interfere with formal co-planning meetings. If this is happening to you and your co-teacher, have no fear! In this session, we will share some high-leverage strategies that can help you and your co-teacher(s) collaborate efficiently and effectively.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: Co-teaching agenda, co-planning tip-sheet

This session is also offered on January 16, 2024.

Are you co-teaching, but struggling to effectively co-plan? Co-planning is central to effective co-teaching. However, busy schedules often interfere with formal co-planning meetings. If this is happening to you and your co-teacher, have no fear! In this session, we will share some high-leverage strategies that can help you and your co-teacher(s) collaborate efficiently and effectively.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: Co-teaching agenda, co-planning tip-sheet

This session is also offered on January 17, 2024.

Collaboration is key when developing robust and appropriate IEPs. In this free, 30-minute session, learn about 4 facilitation techniques to create welcoming, productive, and solutions-oriented IEP team interactions! You’ll leave feeling empowered to facilitate IEP meetings that feel inclusive, collaborative, and student-centered.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: Team roles & facilitator stems cheat sheet

*This session is also offered January 8, 2024.

Collaboration is key when developing robust and appropriate IEPs. In this free, 30-minute session, learn about 4 facilitation techniques to create welcoming, productive, and solutions-oriented IEP team interactions! You’ll leave feeling empowered to facilitate IEP meetings that feel inclusive, collaborative, and student-centered.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, Related Service Providers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Facilitated by: Laura Bantle and Katava Johnson

Takeaway resources to include: Team roles & facilitator stems cheat sheet

*This session is also offered January 10, 2024.

Are you looking for a way to review for WIDA ACCESS that pushes students to demonstrate their growth in each language domain without falling into the tired rhythms of "test prep" simulations? Join us for a short WIDA Olympics workshop, in which we walk you through how to set up your own encouraging, energizing, and engaging "Olympic" games in your classroom.

Cost and Location: Free, in-person at Nashville office

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: WIDA Olympics teacher instructions, slides, templates, materials, and medals

WIDA ACCESS will be upon us before we know it! Get ahead of the game and join us for this 30-minute session, in which we will review tools and resources that will ensure scheduling success and clarity for students, staff, families, and administrators alike!

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Sample schedule templates, ACCESS preparation checklist

This session also offered on November 27, 2023.

WIDA ACCESS will be upon us before we know it! Get ahead of the game and join us for this 30-minute session, in which we will review tools and resources that will ensure scheduling success and clarity for students, staff, families, and administrators alike!

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Multilingual Learner Educators, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Chloe Walters

Takeaway resources to include: Sample schedule templates, ACCESS preparation checklist

This session is also offered on November 30, 2023.

What are the 6 co-teaching models? What might they look like in practice? How can I effectively plan for each of these models? In this free, 30-minute virtual session, we will cover the basics of the 6 co-teaching models and how you could incorporate them within the co-taught classroom.

Cost and Location: Free, virtual

Intended Audience: Special Educators, General Education Teachers, Multilingual Learner Teachers, Instructional Coaches

Facilitated by: Sage Pickren and Justine Katzenbach

Takeaway resources to include: Co-teaching models guide

This session also offered on November 13, 2023.