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Want to learn more about The Essential Instructional Practices in Early Mathematics: Essential Instructional Practice (EIP) 6?EIP 6 states- Engage children regularly in brief (5-15 minute) interactive number sense routines focused on developing mental strategies for seeing quantity and working flexibly with numbers. This course focuses on Whole Number Number Talks which are one type of a Number Sense Routine you might choose to implement within your classroom.This is a self-paced course in Edupaths. In this course, you will be introduced to a Number Talk and the teaching practices that support the use of a number sense routine in the classroom. You will watch videos, plan for a number talk, practice recording student thinking, and consider the questions to use to support students' conceptual understanding of mathematics.Once the course window has opened, you will receive access via an edupaths link to the course content. The cost of this workshop includes a Whole Number Number Talk book and a complete set of images to be used to support student understanding of numbers.

This professional development session provides educators with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively implement the WIN Learning Career Readiness System in the classroom. Participants will receive hands-on training on navigating the platform, assigning courseware, monitoring student progress, utilizing reporting features, and integrating academic and employability skills into instruction. The training will also cover implementation best practices, instructional strategies, and available support resources to ensure successful adoption and maximize student outcomes.

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No need to be intimidated by the WIDA English Language Development Standards! They are very accessible and can help you integrate language development and content learning that is suitable to the grade level and the various English language proficiencies of your students. This framework supports the design of educational experiences that are student-centered, culturally and linguistically sustaining, and responsive to the strengths and needs of multilingual learners. Join us as we integrate content and language to ensure the success of our multilingual students.

The Wayne County Women in Leadership Network brings together women serving in educational leadership roles across Wayne County schools and districts to learn, connect, and grow alongside one another. In a profession that continually calls leaders to navigate change, foster innovation, and support the success of others, this network provides a space to invest in your own leadership journey while building meaningful relationships with colleagues who understand both the rewards and the complexities of educational leadership.Centered on this year's theme, Built for This Moment: Leading Beyond the Title, participants will engage in meaningful conversations, strategic learning, and authentic networking designed to strengthen leadership capacity, encourage collaboration, and inspire purposeful action. Together, we will explore practical strategies, share experiences, celebrate successes, and learn from challenges while discovering new ways to lead with confidence, authenticity, and resilience.Whether you are an experienced leader or stepping into a new leadership role, this network is designed to encourage and equip you for the opportunities ahead. Every participant brings a unique perspective, voice, and leadership story that enriches our collective experience.Join us as we celebrate the power of women leading with purpose, supporting one another, and making a lasting impact on students, schools, communities, and the future of public education.

This dynamic MTSS conference brings educators, leaders, and support professionals together to strengthen systems that ensure every learner is seen, supported, and successful. Grounded in whole-child development and systemic coherence, the day focuses on aligning academic, behavioral, and social-emotional supports within a unified MTSS framework.

This professional development session provides educators with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively implement the WIN Learning Career Readiness System in the classroom. Participants will receive hands-on training on navigating the platform, assigning courseware, monitoring student progress, utilizing reporting features, and integrating academic and employability skills into instruction. The training will also cover implementation best practices, instructional strategies, and available support resources to ensure successful adoption and maximize student outcomes.

This professional development session provides educators with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively implement the WIN Learning Career Readiness System in the classroom. Participants will receive hands-on training on navigating the platform, assigning courseware, monitoring student progress, utilizing reporting features, and integrating academic and employability skills into instruction. The training will also cover implementation best practices, instructional strategies, and available support resources to ensure successful adoption and maximize student outcomes.

This interactive full-day workshop will provide attendees with key knowledge about the role of language comprehension in academics and the skills needed to identify why students may struggle with reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking. Attendees will learn how to use the free paper/pencil version of the criterion-referenced CUBED-3 Narrative Language Measures (NLM) to obtain information about a student’s language comprehension skills compared to grade-level expectations and identify priorities for intervention, if needed. Example intervention goals and objectives will be shared. Trainees will practice scoring the NLM Retell and NLM Questions subtests using real student videos and have plenty of opportunities to ask questions throughout the workshop. By the end of the day, attendees will be confident in their abilities to administer, score, interpret, and report the results of the CUBED-3 NLM assessment to facilitate data-driven decisions about language comprehension instruction and intervention. Lunch will be provided.

This workshop will offer an overview of using Boardmaker 7 to provide visual supports, low-tech communication boards and interactive activities for your students. It will include hands-on experience using Boardmaker Community Activities as well as creating materials and interactive programs to support communication, activities, and scheduling.

Resource Program and general education Co-Teaching pairs will learn about the basics of Co-Teaching. This will be geared towards new Co-teaching pairs and staff new to Co-Teaching. The training will have a greater impact if participants participate with their co-teaching counterparts.Participants will explore:-The definition and characteristics of co-teaching-Discuss critical components of a teacher’s model for co-teaching-The roles special education and general education teachers play-Describe strategies for addressing staff collaboration

This full day training, delivered by Dr. Megan Kirby, Director at Language Dynamics Group, focuses on the use of the Story Champs® 2.0 narrative intervention program for small group and 1:1 intervention targeting language comprehension skills. Attendees will review research on how oral narrative skills promote academic language learning (oral and written), leading to success in reading comprehension and writing. The trainer will model how to implement Story Champs 2.0 lessons in small group and 1:1 instructional formats to help learners meet their educational standards for English language arts and to achieve their therapeutic (i.e., IEP) language goals. Story Champs 2.0 kits are required, as attendees will participate in hands-on activities while learning how to use the kit materials. Attendees will receive models for explicit teaching procedures embedded within each Master Lesson Plan (MLP) and for using extension activities that come with the kit as digital download resources (e.g., Classroom Activities, Take Home Activities, Spot the Sparkle posters, writing/graphic organizers). Finally, Dr. Kirby will share resources to support generalization of learned skills beyond the school or therapy setting, particularly related to language and literacy development, and provide an overview of how to use the CUBED-3 Narrative Language Measures (NLM) progress monitoring forms to make data-informed decisions about continuing to use a particular lesson plan or to change the intervention target. Videos of lesson plan implementation are included in the training. Lunch will be provided.Required Materials: A complete Story Champs 2.0 kit is required but not provided to trainees. If attending with a group, up to 4 persons can share 1 kit that they bring to the training.