K-12 Instructional Coaching Symposium

St. Clair ROE IL
Join your fellow Instructional Coaches for the last symposium of the 2024-2025 school year! This event is a two-part symposium to support Instructional Coaches and the various roles encountered in the daily school setting. Coaches should bring a fully charged device and early drafts of a Coaching Model Handbook. The first session will be facilitated by Joe Cipfl, Computer Science Director for ROE # 50: Transformative Coaching: Integrating AI to Innovate Teaching and Learning
In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, instructional coaches play a critical role in guiding teachers toward effective and innovative practices. This workshop will empower you to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to support teachers in creating dynamic and engaging content that aligns with learning standards and diverse student needs. You will explore AI-powered tools for developing adaptable instructional strategies, enhancing curriculum materials, and meeting the varied learning styles in classrooms. From generating interactive lessons to creating personalized assessments, we will demonstrate practical ways AI can elevate content creation and curriculum delivery. Walk away with actionable insights on integrating AI into your coaching practices to inspire teachers and improve student outcomes across all grade levels.
Coaches should plan to bring a lunch as 35 minutes will be provided upon the conclusion of the first session.
The second session will allow district coaches to share the progress made thus far on updates and drafts to a Coaching Model Handbook/Playbook.  Time will be provided for each district to share out their current plan, its challenges, resources and details for the future additions and rollout.  Questions and collaboration will be afforded by other attending coaches in addition to discussions regarding end of the year coaching objectives and program evaluations.
Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event unless tickets are sold out.
Free – $100.00

Attributes of Dyscalculia/Fact Fluency K-12 (Virtual)

This free virtual event is thanks to the IL SLDS Project.  Basic attributes of students at all ages with specific learning disabilities in math will be addressed.  The presentation will include brief ideas to help with the screening process for at risk students. Selecting specific strategies that can help these students access math will be discussed. A virtual link will be sent prior to the event. Registration will close 4-5 days prior to the event.
Free

Neurodiversity-Affirming Care: Supporting Our K-12 ND Students

St. Clair ROE IL
Neurodiversity-Affirming Care: Supporting Our ND Students
Our understanding of Autism, ADHD, and Neurodiversity as a whole has changed over the years, requiring unlearning and relearning. Let's forget what we thought we knew and tackle topics like Autistic Culture, Regulation and Communication, The Double Empathy Problem, and Gestalt Language Processing while we troubleshoot classroom difficulties as a group. You will walk away with a new outlook and plenty of strategies to use immediately! If you want to feel more confident in helping the Neurodivergent children in your class, while making them feel heard, supported, and empowered, look no further. Who should attend? Administrators, Directors, Instructional Coaches, General & Special Educators, and Related Support Personnel. Attendees are encouraged to bring lunch to this session as 40 minutes will be given for a lunch break. Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event unless tickets are sold out.
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Making Math Meaningful in 6th-12th Grade

St. Clair ROE IL
Join Janet Moore, Instructional Math Coach for ROE # 17 in this informative and interactive session.  Do you want your students to be more engaged in math class? Do you wish your students had more perseverance to do critical thinking and problem-solving in math? If so, you are not alone! Join us for a day of exploration and collaboration as we tackle these common math class struggles. In this session, participants will learn about proven strategies for increasing student engagement in math and explore a variety of tools and resources for classroom implementation. Teachers will have opportunities to collaborate with their grade-level specific colleagues to brainstorm and plan together. Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event unless tickets are sold out. Teachers are encouraged to bring a lunch as 30 minutes will be given for a lunch break.
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Virtual Book Study: Seven Mighty Moves: Researched-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success

This is an exciting opportunity to begin learning or continue to learn about the Science of Reading.  Upon reading 7 Mighty Moves by Lindsay Kemeny, and participating in discussions and reflections with group members, this book study will help create a reading teacher blueprint to map out important changes with the goal of delivering solid reading instruction. The author is a current elementary teacher who has embraced research backed strategies for delivering impactful literacy instruction.  She shares her knowledge in a way that makes it accessible to teachers no matter where they are on their Science of Reading journey.  The book study facilitator, Lisa Smithe, is an RtI Educator at William Holliday (Pontiac # 105).  Lisa will share her passion and knowledge for the subject content while answering questions and providing guidance along the way.  Her hope is that after the book study has ended, participants will be excited to apply reading strategies in their classroom and share their enthusiasm for learning with their students and fellow teachers.  Educators will have to purchase the book independently; however 5 books have been purchased by the ROE and will be raffled off to registered attendees.  If attendees who receive the book do not successfully complete the requirements, the cost of the book must be reimbursed to the ROE. For this specific event, cancellations must be made no later than February 25, 2025 or a $35.00 invoice will be sent.    Participants must attend all 4 sessions, do not register if you cannot attend all 4 sessions.  Additionally, educators must participate and complete all requirements to earn the full 12 PD credit hours (no partial hours will be issued).  The requirements include keeping a Google Doc where you share your thoughts as you read through each “Move”.  The document should include if there was a paragraph that stood out, new terminology or strategy you have learned, was there a part that was unclear, and an action step you would like to take. Registration for this event will close Friday, February 21, 2025.  Additional details and the virtual link(s) will be sent out by Lisa Smithe prior to March 3, 2025.   Meeting #1- Monday, 3/3 (4:00-5:00 p.m.) Our first meeting covers the book’s introduction and Move #1: Teach Phonemic Awareness with Intention.   Meeting #2Monday, 3/10 (4:00-5:00 p.m.) The topics will be Move #2: Teach Phonics Explicitly and Systematically along with Move #3: Teach Decoding Strategies Not Cueing Strategies.   Meeting #3Monday, 3/17 (4:00-5:00 p.m.) The topics will be Move #4: Use Decodable Texts Instead of Predictable Texts with Beginning Readers plus Move #5: Embrace a Better Approach to Teaching “Sight Words”.   Meeting #4- Monday, 3/24 (4:00-5:00 p.m.) We will complete the book with Move #6: Focus on Meaningful Fluency Practice and the final move, Move #7: Improve Comprehension by Developing Vocabulary and Background Knowledge.  
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K-12 Social Worker/School Counselor Symposium

St. Clair ROE IL
This event is free thanks to an SEL Grant.  Join Dr. Catherine Daus, SIUE Professor and Program Director, in this session titled, 'Stress & Coping with Workplace Attitudes'. As School Social Workers and Counselors many times you are the frontline person that intercepts various workplace drama or complaints.  Your jobs can be stressful; however, your role often serves as a way to ease the stress of those you support.  This session will cover the basics of stress response and its role in the workplace along with identifying stressors.  Additionally, we will examine the importance of workplace attitudes, including job satisfaction/morale, organizational commitment and work engagement. We will cover several healthy coping strategies which can be easily implemented with work life. Prior to this session you will be asked to fill out a few self-report measures regarding workplace personality and workplace stressors which will be used as a part for reflection. While this session is geared towards School Social Workers & Counselors, all are welcome to anyone attend. Registration closes 4-5 days prior to this event, CEU's are available.
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K-12 Behavior Interventionist/Coach/Specialist Roundtable

St. Clair ROE IL
This newly formed roundtable is to allow a space for those with a specific behavior job title to collaborate. Who should attend?  Any person serving in your district as a Behavioral Coach/Specialist/Interventionist who is looking to build a network.  We will work to problem-solve and share information that will be of benefit to our school community.
Goals:
1. Establish a collaboration group for those serving in this role
2. Find PD presenters that will help us further expand this role and the topics we find we need support in
3. Discuss roles and responsibilities and what resources you are using in your district
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Spring Clean Your Classroom – Realistic Strategies to Get 6-12 Students Off Screens (Virtual)

This event is FREE thanks to an SEL Grant.

Join Freeburg Community High School # 77 English teacher Erin Asher and Psychology teacher and Erin Shook as they present this timely virtual session as we near the end of the school year.  Let’s give your 6-12 classrooms a spring refresh with strategies that not only reduce screen time but also get students chatting, collaborating, and engaging in meaningful ways! This session will be full of creative, fun ideas you can easily implement to transform your classroom into a buzz of collaboration, and creativity.  Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event date. A virtual link will be sent out prior to March 19, 2025.

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Instructional Leadership in Action 30 Second Feedback Part 2!

Mascoutah # 19 (school tbd)
Building on the work of the 30 Second Feedback Protocol, join other instructional leaders as we dive into CRAFT CONVERSATIONS  based on the work of Mike Rutherford. 
The Craft Conversation protocol goes deeper into the specific cause and effect feedback by adding in a quick dialog about a specific, successful aspect of the teacher's work.  It is about skillful teaching and successful learning and is more conversational and inquisitive than the 30 Second Feedback.  It adds a layer of complexity and depth- while still considered informal, yet powerful.
 
Join your fellow administrators on March 20th at Mascoutah # 19 (school tbd) from 8:30-11:30 for a morning of learning, observing classrooms, providing feedback and reflecting on the power of this impactful instructional protocol.  This session is for any leaders who provide instructional feedback to teachers including principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, and any other instructional role.  Space is limited to 12 participants.
Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event unless tickets are sold out.
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Tiny Tweaks, Big BOOM!

Join Dr. Tom Webb on Tuesday, March 25th, from 3:30-5:00 for a FREE transformative virtual session, "Tiny Tweaks, Big BOOM!", designed for K-12 educators, paras, related support personnel, administrators, etc. seeking significant improvements through manageable changes. In this interactive session, you'll learn to pinpoint problem areas in your school or classroom, articulate clear goals, and establish daily actions that form the backbone of sustainable improvement. Instead of focusing solely on outcomes, we'll craft organized, sustainable systems to transform these tiny tweaks into major impacts over time. Discover how consistent, small adjustments can lead to the big, explosive results you aim for! Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event date. A virtual link will be sent prior to March 25.

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