ESU 4 Summer Learning Opportunities
Registration Guide
🔷Registration Account Information🔷
🔹Head to www.esu4.org.
🔹Click "Register" at the bottom.
🔹No account? Click "Login" on the left, then "Create ESU 4 Account." Fill it out and hit "Request My Account." Once verified, use your login info to proceed.
🔹Logged in? Click "Workshops" on the right. Choose your workshop and register.
🔹Confirmation email coming soon!
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🔹Registration:
- Non-refundable fees: Listed in each workshop description
- Cancellation: Fees are waived for cancellations made 24 hours in advance by contacting ESU 4 (no-shows will be charged the full fee)
🔹Fees:
- Full Day: $30
- Half Day: $15
- Zoom: $15 (regardless of duration)
- Special Events: Increased fees, especially for non-IIA participants
🔹Other:
- Open to all districts: Non-consortium members may pay higher fees (check individual workshop costs)
- Stipends & Subs: Available for consortium participants
- Summer Stipends: $150/day (teachers), $110/day (paraprofessionals) for those not under contract
- ESU/NCECBVI: Same as IIA rate
Teaching & Learning
ELL Network
April 23, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
NCSA (455 S 11th St) Lincoln / Zoom
Cost: $0
The ELL Network is a forum for district personnel to discuss issues related to the education of English Learners. For agenda details and additional offerings, please visit http://bit.ly/4ellnetwork-gatherings.
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
Learn 14 instructional practices to impact math learning in your classroom!
This books study consists of five, one-hour Zoom sessions in late May and June for all teachers K-12 involved with math instruction. There is no cost to participate, non Title IIA districts will pay for books. Title IIA teachers will receive a $250 stipend!
Data Retreat
June 4-5, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: $60 (includes working lunch both days)
A day providing time, space, and guidance for continued analysis of multiple measures of trend data as part of the continuous improvement process.
What's Important:
- This year, we will integrate content from the NeMTSS Continuously Improve Day. The work will begin with the NeMTSS Self-Assessment as one critical data source and end with focused problem-solving using the NDE/NeMTSS CIP Template.
- Experts from NDE and NeMTSS will be onsite to present information and support the work.
- During analysis time, district teams will choose one of two ways to work:
- District-Led Analysis
- Guided Analysis
- Please include a team member who understands the district Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP).
ESU 4 Counselors Cadre
June 12, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
ESU 4 Main Offie Boardroom
No Cost
Collaborate with other counselors to develop Lesson Plans with the ASCA Model.
Title IIA Stipend Available to Title IIA Consortium Member Schools
New & Newish Teacher Academy
June 13 & July 31, 2024
ESU4 Conference Center
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: $30 / day
This workshop is designed to support teachers in the first years of the teaching profession. We will explore ESU 4 support opportunities and topics within all domains of teaching (i.e., planning,
instruction/environment, professionalism). Opportunities for ongoing learning and reflection will be offered during the 2024-25 school year.
We strongly encourage participation on both June 13 and July 13.
Graduate Credit from Peru State College may be available upon attendance and completion of the academy.
Stipends are available for teachers whose districts are part of the ESU4 Title IIa Consortium (HTRS, Johnson-Brock, Lewiston, OR-1, Pawnee City, Sterling).
CTE Curriculum Collaboration Day
June 14, 2024
9:00 - 3:00
ESU4 Conference Center
Cost: $30
CTE, Math, Special Education educators and counselors are invited to attend this one-day workshop intended to support math instruction in the Career Technical Education Classes. Breakout opportunities will be available for support with work-based learning and course coding by CTE and data professionals from the Nebraska Department of Education. Stipends will be available for CTE, Sped teachers and counselors through the ESU4 Perkins Consortium. Math educators attending may be eligible for stipends with Title IIa funding.
Curriculum Collaboration
June 10 & 11, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: $30/day
Join Tara and Jen to learn and collaborate with colleagues around High-Quality Instructional Materials! We will focus on structures for effective and efficient materials implementation in K-12 math and ELA such as strong vision, feedback, and unit/lesson internalization. In addition, we will offer Zooms with common publishers for Q & A. Our best hope is that districts with similar materials are able to collaborate with one another for deep understanding and effective use!
Details:
All K-12 math and ELA HQIM (high-quality instructional materials) are welcome
Publisher Zooms for ESU 4 majority materials will be provided (i.e., Wonders K-6, StudySync 6-12, and enVision K-12)
Register for one or both days: June 10 Math / June 11 ELA
Bring the Unit/Topic 1 Teacher’s Edition for each relevant content area
Title IIa district personnel are eligible for $150 stipend (HTRS, Johnson-Brock, Lewiston, OR-1, Pawnee City, Sterling)
Science of Reading: Foundations of Literacy in Practice
June 18-19, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: Title IIa $60; non-Title IIa $85 (Fee includes lunch both days and 7 Mighty Moves book)
Join Jen Madison, ESU 4 and Mary Jo McElhose, NeMTSS to learn and apply the Science of Reading. This session targets K-3 reading teachers and other teachers of striving readers. We’ll use the book 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success (Kemeny, 2023) to highlight important, practical instructional moves. We’ll take it a step further with application to participant High-Quality Instructional Materials.
Details:
Title IIa district participants are eligible for a stipend.
Please register by May 17 to receive a book!
Participants should bring a Teacher’s Edition from their core reading materials.
AI 101
June 20, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: $30
Learn how AI tools are different from any other tech tools we've seen to date, and gain an understanding of how the tools work so you can put them to work for you!
🔷Multiple AI platforms
🔷Tasks AI can accomplish for you
🔷Digital citizenship for students
Building Better Writers
June 24, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 3
Cost: ESU 3, 4, 6, and 7 Consortia Members $25
Non-Consortia Members $65
ESUs 3, 4, 6, and 7 are excited to present a collaborative professional learning opportunity. This session offers ELA and EL/ML teachers an insight into the unique needs of multilingual writers and provides practical strategies to address these needs. The session is designed to offer teachers a variety of techniques to enhance their writing instruction for newcomer and long-term language learners. During the session, the participants will sample activities for the sentence and paragraph-level instruction and participate in simulated mini-lessons.
Classroom Creations - Innovate & Implement
June 25, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: $30
Need time, Space, and resources to work on implement new learnings from summer PD, or new classroom initiatives? Here’s your day!
NeMTSS Summer 2024 Events
Tier 1 School-Wide, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2
June 3 & 10, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Two part series on Tier 1 School-Wide supports. Tier 1 implementation begins with a school-wide
or program-wide focus. The training will offer information, guided practice, and coaching on
school-wide essential elements. It is recommended that interested schools attend with a team of
staff that can learn and apply best practice strategies to develop a multi-tiered framework for
social, emotional and behavioral learning.
Tier 1 Classroom
June 17, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Classroom training builds on already established school-wide essential elements. The focus is to
provide instruction, guided practice, and coaching on research-based social, emotional, and
behavioral practices for classroom instruction. These practices are designed to maximize student
academic engagement and time on task. School team members will have time and support for
planning the next steps for implementation.
Tier 2 Overview
June 24, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Teams will learn the essential components of Tier 2 social, emotional, and behavioral practices
within a MTSS, including the use of data to identify unmet needs and create a continuum of
support. Steps will be identified to develop a system that allows for the efficient application of
Tier 2 practices.
Don't forget!
Summer SEBL Coffee Connect
July 31, 2024
8:30 am - 9:15 a.m.
- Statewide Social Studies Inquiry, Summer TBA
- EL Jumpstart for New EL Teachers/Coordinators: August 5 (tentative)
- Mental Health / Bullying Prevention Workshop with Dr. Chad Rose, June 6
- Hope Champions ReFresh for those trained in 2023
- Hope Champions - Training for new Hope Champions, TBD
Adaptive Schools Foundations Seminar, June 2024 @ ESU 3
- Multisyllabic Decoding, June 14 @ ESU 3, LaVista
Special Education
SPED Talk
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
- Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (Topic - TBA)
- Tuesday, May 14, 2024 (Topic - TBA)
Register for zoom link and recording on the ESU 4 Registration Website.
Region 4 PRT 24-25 Data Analysis & Grant Writing
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Audience:
PRT 4 member, District representatives, services providers, agency representaties
Getting Ready/Home Visitation: Refocus and Refine…
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Audience:
Service Providers, agencies and district representatives
Hope Champions: Trauma & Resilience and Teaching Hope
June 20, 2024
ESU 4 Learning Center
The 8 Week Hope Group Experience is designed to teach elementary age students the basic skills associated with being hopeful. Research is clear that hope is the #1 predictor of future well-being. When our kids experience hope, they are more likely to experience outcomes such as better grades, better attendance, better health, and better engagement in school and other activities.
In each weekly lesson a new skill is introduced along with strategies for practice and repetition.
Learning Objectives:
After participating in the complete groups, students will be able to:
- Describe the 3 components of hope – vision for the future, goals / pathways, agency / coping and emotional regulation skills.
- Apply hope science to a situation of his or her choosing.
- Use coping and emotional regulation skills and problem-solving strategies to deal with obstacles and frustrations in appropriate ways.
Hope Champions Train the Trainer
June 27-28, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Participants will be trained to act as a Hope Champion, an individual who
can help school leaders, educators, and community members make connections between hope
science and any school initiatives.
Participants in this two-day Train the Trainer course will be equipped to deliver four 2-hour
training courses for their school community:
Trauma and Resilience
Empathic Strain
Building Hope in Yourself and Others
Using Hope Science to Drive School Outcomes
Upon completion of the training, participants will have access to the following opportunities to
support their new role:
A quarterly zoom call open to all members of the Hope Champions Network.
Ongoing opportunities to learn more about Hope Science including access to an
on-line book study of the book Hope Rising.
Four (4) coaching calls to a Project Harmony trainer to review the content of the
courses trained.
A monthly email newsletter highlighting the work of members of the Hope
Champions Network.
The opportunity to share requests for the development of additional training content.
Graduate Credit from Peru State College will be available upon attendance and completion of the academy.
After registration, you'll receive a link to sign up for accessing your resources!
CPI Certification
Initial Certification
August 7-8, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
By using Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training as part of a comprehensive crisis prevention and intervention plan you can learn how to defuse challenging and disruptive behavior before an incident escalates to a crisis situation. Successful implementation leads to a change in organizational culture, a change in adult professional behavior, and a change in staff relationships with both service users and stakeholders.
THIS IS A 2 DAY TRAINING
Recertification
*4 Possible Options
July 30, 2024 8:30 am - 11:30 am
July 30, 2024 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
August 12, 2024 8:30 am - 11:30 am
August 12, 2024 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
This half-day training provides re-certification and an opportunity to re-learn and build de-escalation skills in educators working with difficult -to -manage students.
School Mental Health Conferences
The Middle America School Mental Health Conference and Nebraska School Mental Health Conference gather professionals from across the state and region to promote the need for strong mental health services in schools; to provide resources and training; and to advance early intervention and wraparound services for youth and families.
Middle America School Mental Health Conference
May 29-30, 2024
CHI Health Center Omaha
244 N 10th St Omaha, NE 68102
Nebraska School Mental Health Conference
May 31, 2024
Omaha Marriott Downtown
at the Capitol District
222 N 10th St. Omaha, NE 68102
Student Health
PowerSchool - Health Screens
June 7, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
The PowerSchool ESUCC team will be at ESU4 to help school nurses and health office staff learn how the health screens already available in PowerSchool can help track and report health-related data for students.
- Emergency & Medical Contacts
- Health Concerns
- Health Plans
- Medication
- Monitoring
- Physical
- Screenings
- Immunizations
- Exporting data and reviewing reports
- Monitor compliance
- Pull vaccination lists to upload to the state
- Quickly enter screening data for a group of students
- Daily Health To-Do List
- Other system reports
Medication Administration, Asthma/Anaphylaxis, Stop the Bleed, and Narcan Administration Training
Any of these trainings are offered on an as needed basis throughout the school year. Please contact any of the ESU 4 nurses for additional questions or to discuss scheduling options.
Vision Vouchers
Keep in mind, if you have a student with a financial hardship that is unable to obtain an eye exam or glasses, we have vision vouchers available. The vision vouchers cover the cost of an eye exam and one complete pair of glasses. Vouchers are available to qualifying students through the VSP Eyes of Hope Giving Sight for Students program, the National Association of School Nurses, and the Nebraska DHHS School Health program. Contact any of the ESU 4 nurses for more information or to request a voucher.
Individual Health Plan, 504 Accommodation Plan, Emergency Action Plans
Felicia is also available to write health plans, assist with 504 accommodation plans, or create emergency action plans for those students with a medical condition that will require accommodations during the school day. If you need assistance with any of these plans contact Felicia.
Felicia Martin, RN
Mary Jo Huettner, LPN
Ivon Johnson, LPN
Technology
Nebraska SMART
Nebraska SMART is a free virtual tutoring program for students in grades K-12 in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13. Teacher education candidates from Chadron State, Peru State, and Wayne State Colleges remotely tutor students through an online tutoring platform.
Hours
Tutoring will be offered during the Spring 2024 Semester through May 3.
3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Connect with us here: Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter)
NCECBVI
Vision Services for 2024-2025
As we are entering into the last semester of the school year, we are starting to prepare for next school year! If your district anticipates needing any Teacher of the Visually Impaired and/or Orientation and Mobility time for next school year, please contact Kelly Juilfs at kjuilfs@esu4.net.
Spring Fling Conference
We’re thrilled to welcome back Patty Obrzut, M.S., O.T.R., Executive Director for the Penrickton Center for Blind Children, for the second part of our two-part conference series on Active Learning! In Part II, join Patty Obrzut as she dives deeper into the world of Active Learning environments and equipment. Learn to advance a student’s participation and progress in fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive development. Identify how to use the functional scheme assessment and FIELA curriculum to create a child-specific daily program while establishing an IEP with meaningful Active Learning short-term and long-term goals. This exciting conference will feature lectures, videos, and demonstrations with Active Learning equipment and materials on display.
Registrations for Spring Fling are due by February 26, 2024. The registration fee is $50, which includes a light breakfast and lunch. This training is open to general and special education teachers, teachers of the visually impaired, orientation and mobility specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, administrators, early childhood specialists, and anyone else that a district or ESU may feel would benefit from attending!
Spring Fling Flyer with Registration Link
NCECBVI PROM
Come experience Prom at NCECBVI on Thursday, April 11, 2024!
Prom is designed for high school and transition students (9th grade through age 21) who are blind or visually impaired through the state of Nebraska or are in life skills programs in the ESU 4 area. Our “Lights, Camera, Action” Prom will be a fun & elegant way to socialize & dance the night way!
Ticket Cost: $20 (per individual)
Cash or Check (checks written to: NCECBVI) Due on day of prom - April 11, 2024
REGISTER HERE (due March 21st):
Participants should plan to arrive at NCECBVI on April 11 between 3:00-5:00pm. Students will have the opportunity to get their hair and makeup done by volunteers. Please be sure to bring your own hair and make-up supplies! Karaoke will also be available during this time.
Dinner will be served at 5:00pm with party bus rides available between 5:30pm-7:30pm. The dance will take place between 6:00pm-9:00pm. Crowning of the prom king and queen will take place at 8:00pm.
We will again be asking students for song requests prior to prom. There will be a variety of songs programmed in advance so students can spend their time dancing, socializing, and enjoying the prom experience. The registration form allows the students to request one song in advance. (We cannot promise that all song requests will be played due to time and appropriateness of the song request.)
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Gregg Robke, Administrator
Educational Service Unit 4
2301 Dahlke Avenue
Auburn, NE 68305
402-274-4354
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