Learning Connections
Muskingum Valley ESC - September 2018
Kindness ROCKS - Spreading Friendship and Respect
Interactive Character Education Program
Appropriate for Grades Pre-K – 3rd
Building student citizenship and soft skills through respect are an important component of any classroom setting. Students will look at gaining and giving respect to each other through interactive literature extensions and hands-on demonstrations. The perfect distance learning event for building friendships in the new school year OR reminding students of the importance of getting along and working out problems. Kindness is CONTAGIOUS!
This program is available on the following dates/times. If something doesn’t fit your schedule, please feel free to email me to see if a “by request” time can be arranged. leslie.charles@mvesc.org
See flyer for all available dates and times.
Register here for a session.
September 12-14- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Trainng
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Course
Enhance your leadership and facilitation skills with problem solving, analytical tools. Apply Lean Six Sigma principles and lead a team through an improvement project with guidance from an experienced Black Belt instructor.
The project facilitation fee is waived for MVESC members. Space is limited.
See flyer for more information.
September 12 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Gifted Forum
Registration Is very important to get an accurate lunch count. Register here.
Contact Susan Larson at susan.larson@mvesc.org with any questions.
September 13 - 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Planning for Progress Monitoring of I.E.P. Goals
Register for this event on the SST 12 website.
September 17 - 8:30 a.m. Curriculum Council
Join the MVESC Curriculum Council Network to:
- Learn from others and generate ideas!
- Hear how others are approaching best practices, state requirements, and common educational topics.
- Stay tuned in to current legislature, current research, state requirements and district happenings!
- Energize your leadership and learning skills through collaborative conversations, shared learning experiences and brainstorming!
- Connect with with other leaders to learn new and better ways of doing things!
September 19, 2018 - 11:00 a.m. School Counselor Forum
Registration Is very important to get an accurate lunch count. Register here.
Contact Ruth Ware at ruth.ware@mvesc.org with any questions.
September 20, 2018 - Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies and ELA, September 21, 2018 in Science and ELA
Meet Timothy Shanahan, one of the world’s premier literacy educators. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he was Founding Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Tim will share his expertise in adolescent literacy. Participants will learn about the concepts of disciplinary literacy, how it differs from content-area literacy and practices that support student literacy growth within the science and social studies content.
See flyer for more details.
September 20, 2018- 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Grading Conversations with Dr. Douglas reeves
What practices have created a shift in the way educators are grading? How are districts accomplishing a system-wide impact on improved grading practices?
See flyer for registration and webinar connections.
Attention Gifted, Enrichment and After School Staff
Do you need enrichment programming for accelerated students, Talented and Gifted Programs or After School Clubs?
CHECK OUT our American Sign Language Enrichment Courses
American Sign Language Enrichment Classes are being offered during or after the school day for elementary, middle or high school students. Classes are delivered through interactive video conference connections, which allow students to see, hear and interact with instructors. Classes can be taken as a singleton or in a series.
Schools choose from a variety of topics. Each class is 40 minutes long and consists of live instruction with supplemental materials. Instructors use a variety of fun and interactive activities to keep students engaged. Times are dependent on the availability of the instructor. We have openings in our fall and spring semester series.
See flyer for list of topics. Register Online At CILC.ORG
September 24, 2018 - 8:30 a.m. OTES Next Steps Day 1
Would you like to dive deeper into OTES as a growth model for teachers?
Attend OTES Next to learn strategies in collecting, sorting and interpreting evidence that supports professional learning for teachers. Learn about the importance of professional conversations and unpack the roles of reflection, feedback, coaching and developing action steps. Examine practices to build educator capacity for individual teachers or teams of teachers.
Day 1 focuses on the use of high quality evidence and artifacts.
Day 2 supports professional conversations, reflections and feedback.
Day 3 examines practices and professional learning community structures that could be used to support growth.
Are you renewing your OTES evaluator credential?
Principals and school administrators who have previously completed their initial OTES evaluator credential by taking the online test can consider the three days of OTES Next and a capstone project as an alternative means of renewing their evaluator credential.
See flyer for further details.
September 25, 2018 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Elem/MS/HS Principal Collaborative
Each learning session will host a speaker, a panel of superintendents, an open forum and the sharing of practices. Topics to be explored include:
September 25, 2018 - Investigations and Critical Conversations @ Northern LSD
October 17, 2018 - Building the Culture @ Maysville LSD
November 15, 2018 - Finance/Budgeting & Data @ Crooksville EVS
January 8, 2019 - Crisis in School @ Franklin LSD
February 26, 2019 - Leading Evaluation, Coaching & Professional Growth
May 7, 2019 - Work/Life Balance
Sessions will be held in member school districts where highlights of practices will be shared with attendees! Session 1 features Dalton Summers, Superintendent of River View Local Schools, as speaker on the topic of Investigations and Critical Conversations along with a panel of superintendents from MVESC member school districts.
September 26 - 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 8th Grade Connections
Contact Christie McGee at christie.mcgee@mvesc.org with questions.
September 26 & 27, 2018 - RE Mentor Academy
Get Credentialed to Serve as a Mentor in Ohio’s Resident
Educator Program.
Resident Educator Mentor Academy Day 1
Day 1 focuses on the role of the mentor and the critical components of mentoring. Mentors are introduced to the essential content of mentoring to prepare them in supporting the instructional growth and development of Resident Educators.
Resident Educator Mentor Academy Day 2
Day 2 focuses on formative/summative assessment, providing feedback and observations for learning. Mentors apply knowledge and skills learned on Day 1 to design, practice and implement differentiated mentoring to support and accelerate the instructional growth and development of the Resident Educator.
See flyer for further details.
Center for Leading and Learning
Email: mary.archer@mvesc.org
Website: www.mvesc.org
Location: 205 North 7th Street, Zanesville, OH, United States
Phone: 7404524518