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Professional Development Plan

CESA 8 2013-14

2nd Semester


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Educator Effectiveness 4-5

Curriculum Instruction Assessment 6-11

Literacy 12-13

Tools ● Data ● Technology 14-16

Virtual Learning Communities 17

Students ● Parents ● Community 18

Crisis Intervention 19

Leadership ● Governance 20-21

Information 22-25

Quality

Educational

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Table of Contents

“Education is the most

powerful weapon which you can use

to change the world.”

- Nelson Mandela

2nd Semester – Professional Development Plan 2013-2014

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Effectiveness Coaches’ Network Group

February 26, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

CESA 8 Office – Maple Room

Educator Effectiveness Coaches will meet to discuss their role, and help shape it in the Educator

Effectiveness System. Topics will include WI EE system overview, SLO development, instructional

coaching, Teachscape navigation, timeline management, and directing district work-flow.

Audience: District Educator Effectiveness Coaches

Cost: Free for participants from Educator Effectiveness member school districts.

$100.00 for all other participants.

Teachscape Focus-Training/Certification March 3, 5, 10, and 12, 2014, OR

June 16, 17, 18, and 19, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

CESA 8 Office

Participants will view the Charlotte Danielson Framework training videos as a group and have brief

conversations with colleagues over the course of four days. Before leaving, participants will

individually take the certification test.

Observers MUST complete this training and pass the certification process prior to evaluating

teachers in the system.

Cost: Free for participants from Educator Effectiveness member school districts


SLOs March 21, 2014

April 25, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


More information to come…

Audience: District Educator Effectiveness Coaches, Teachers, Administrators

Cost: $50.00 for participants from Educator Effectiveness or Curriculum Instruction and

Assessment member school districts. $150.00 for all other participants.

Danielson Domain 2: Classroom Environment April 2, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

CESA 8 Office – Aspen/Birch Rooms

Participants will engage in a dig into Danielson’s Domain 2: Classroom Environment. This will

include both a general overview and dig into teaching concepts and practices in each of the 4

subdomains:

Creating an Environment of Respect and Report

Establishing a Culture for Learning


Cost: $50.00 for participants from Educator Effectiveness or Curriculum Instruction and

Assessment member school districts. $150.00 for all other participants.

Danielson Domain 3: Instruction April 17, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

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EE Update(s)

Date(s) TBN

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Online

CESA 8 will provide a review of updates provided by the DPI and a chance for questions and

answers.


Cost: Free for participants from Educator Effectiveness member school districts.


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Title I Math February 4, 2013

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

CESA 8 Office

This workshop is uniquely designed to assist Title I teachers in using engaging standards-based

performance tasks for instruction and assessment to improve student performance. Participants will

learn how to integrate problem solving in the classroom and use effective classroom practices to

better meet the needs of Title I students.

Presenter: Carole Foreman

Audience: Elementary Teachers

Cost: $30.00 for all CESA 8 School Districts - Funded by Title I Grant

$75.00 for any district outside of the CESA 8 region

Developing Effective Fraction Instruction - Grades K-5

February 11, 2014 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM


This hands-on workshop will focus on instruction that can be used to build deep conceptual

understanding of fractions. In this workshop we will look at the current research on how children

learn fractions developmentally.

Presenter: Carole Foreman Audience: Teachers Cost: $75.00 per participant for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment member school

districts. $125.00 per participant for all other school districts.

Smarter Balanced Assessment: Are you Ready for the Rigor? February 19, 2014 – ELA

February 24, 2014 - Math

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM


Participants will experience the SBA practice test and discuss its implications for instructional

practices. How will we provide SBA-like experiences to students BEFORE they take the tests?

Participants will walk away with some practical strategies for increasing the rigor in their daily

instruction.

Audience: All Educators

Cost: $50.00 per participant (per workshop) for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment

member school districts.

$100.00 per participant per workshop for all other school districts.

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Personalized Learning Day 1 – Staging for Commitment

February 20, 2014 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM


This session will hone in on the critical pieces to understanding the work that will take place under

the Personalized Learning Action Network. It will focus on the readiness, commitment, and

preparation needed to create an effective action network and launch your efforts to personalize

learning for your students. This full-day workshop will address:

Overview of the work to gain a shared understanding of personalized learning

Network role, levels of engagements, norms of operation

Readiness tool - diagnosis

Innovation paths - based on a district's culture and situation

Analysis of video examples of personalized learning

Overview of research supporting the work

This session can be useful whether you know you are committed to personalized learning and the

action network or if you are still unsure. After this session, expect to have the clarity needed to make

a decision regarding moving forward with an action network focused on personalized learning. This

session is critical to have a shared understanding of the Action Network and the vision of

personalized learning. This will be the basis of the collaborative work of the Network. The Action

Network will help accelerate results and scaling - even at different points, we can all benefit from

learning from each other.

Attendance: District teams made up of a core group of the Superintendent, 1 or 2 key district

office administrators, 1 or 2 key principals & teacher leaders.

Cost: $100.00 per participant from CESA 8 School District

Using the QEI to Write Your PDP February 20, 2014

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Online This workshop will introduce you to QEI, an electronic platform, where you can create, edit, and

complete the entire PDP process. Questions about the PDP process will also be answered.

Cost: $15.00 per participant for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment member school


Daily Learning Targets March 4, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Learning Targets and Goals are a researched tool to increase student performance. Providing purpose

and direction for learners in the classroom allows for a 20 percent increase in achievement (Marzano,

2009).

Learn to research approaches to developing learning goals and targets. Participants will develop a

clear understanding of their impact on student learning, and develop tools to use LTs for assessment

and curricular support.




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Creating Collaborative Learning Environments

for Productive Group Work March 6, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


21st Century Learning Skills require the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with

peers. Participants will engage in developing and practicing proven strategies to create a culture of

collaboration in their classroom.




Focus on Formative: Assessment for Student Learning Featuring: Dr. Donald Viegut, Author of “Common Formative Assessments”

March 18, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


“When teachers (1) realize the vast gold mine of information that formative assessments can provide,

and (2) analyze strengths and weaknesses in student understanding so as to set and achieve definite

goals for improvement, they are utilizing formative assessment results to their fullest potential.”

(Ainsworth and Viegut, 2006)




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Personalized Learning

Day 2 – Project Preparation and Design Session March 20, 2014

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM


This first part of this day will delve deeper into the steps and process of designing personalized

learning. Participants will engage in activities around the Design Principles and team thinking on entry

points to leverage. Deeper information will be provided on the implications of technology and

personalization for 21st century learners. Developing Learner’s Profiles and strategies for fostering

independence of learners will also be examined. The second part of the day will provide “hands-on”

time to design and plan, whether initially planning a project, evaluating or redesigning. Staff will be

on-hand for coaching and support as the team plans and designs their work for the year.

Districts in the past have found this time to be useful to get work done: uninterrupted time away from

your district with staff available to coach and support!

Attendance: District and/or school teams that will discuss, plan or review a project related to the

Personalized Learning Initiative.

Cost: $100.00 per participant for CESA 8 school districts.

The Next Generation Science Standards Part 1

April 3, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM


This session is an overview of the shifts and changes in the NGSS standards. Learn what they mean

for your own teaching K-12, and how you can navigate infusing them into your instruction.

Presenter: Chad Janowski, Shawano High School, CESA 2, 7, & 8 Leadership Team

Audience: Administrators, Curriculum Directors, and K-12 Science Educators are encouraged to

attend.



PBIS Tier 2 – Day 2 (S200)

April 10, 2014

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

CESA 8 Office

The school PBIS team, including administrator and coaches, participate in these four training days

which consists of intense, interactive activity-based preparation for implementation of tier 2 PBIS.

These are guided team work days to begin developing and refining the systems, data, and practices

necessary for sustainable tier 2 implementation.

Audience: Building-level tier 2 team that includes: Building administrator, external and internal

coaches, regular education representatives, special education representative, social

worker and/or psychologist. Target group size: six members.

Cost: Tier 2 training day 2 was included in the tier 2 building team registration fee.

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Instructional Coaching Certification

April 24, May 1, 2014 - CESA 8 Office

and May 7, 2014 with Jim Knight – location TBN

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (each day)

1 (optional) Graduate Credit (Pending Viterbo)

We are excited to introduce the CESA 8 Instructional Coaching Certification course. This 3 session

course will help educators and administrators develop skills to lead through coaching models in their

school district. Effective coaches build positive, trusting, relationships with staff in order to foster

growth in professional practice. Training coaches and sourcing their efforts leads to proven wide

range fidelity of school change.

Rolls Coaches may play:

Leaders in Professional Development

Educator Effectiveness Coaching

Co-Planning

Co-Teaching

Facilitating PLCs

Requirements:

Practice Coaching with a colleague

Develop action plan for coaching in district

Audience: Educators, Administrators

Presenters: Nathan Breitholtz, Associate CIA Director, CESA 8

Jim Knight, Director of the Kansas Coaching Project

Information: You must attend all three dates for certification and credit.

Participants not interested in certification or credit may just attend the presentation on

May 7th with Jim Knight.

Cost: $225.00 per participant (for all three dates) for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment

member school districts for the workshop. $450.00 per participant for all other school

districts. Registration fee includes Jim Knight’s book, “Instructional Coaching: A

Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction.”

$125.00 for May 7, 2014 only with Jim Knight for Curriculum Instruction and

Assessment member school districts. $250.00 for all other school districts.

Registration fee includes Jim Knight’s book, “Instructional Coaching: A Partnership

Approach to Improving Instruction.”

Credit: In addition to the workshop fee $110.00 payable to Viterbo first day of class for

anyone wishing to take this for 1 graduate credit.

The Next Generation Science Standards Part 2 May 14, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM


Participants will delve deeper into the major changes that come with NGSS. Learn what new

development there are around implementation and share major changes in the new

standards. Develop curriculum tools for mapping the standards into your classroom curriculum.

Presenter: Chad Janowski, Shawano High School, CESA 2, 7, & 8 Leadership Team

Audience: Administrators, Curriculum Directors, and 6-12 Science Educators are encouraged to

attend.



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“Education is not the filling of a pail,

but the lighting of a fire.” ― W.B. Yeats

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PBIS Coaches/Administrators Training - C100 May 28, 2014

8:30AM – 3:30 PM CESA 8 Office

Network with other coaches and discuss perceived and realistic roles of coaching, review the PBIS coaching role, and become acquainted with PBIS assessment tools. Coaches will identify three strengths and three areas that need improvement in their school-wide plan based on their SAS report and create an ongoing action plan to be utilized with the universal team during tier 1 universal training:

Understand the basic rationale and features of school-wide PBIS Define the coaches roles, functions, outcomes, and competencies Understand system assessments Gain and understanding of team roles and functions Understand the importance of tier 1/universal training components

Audience: Internal coaches at the universal level, external coaches, building principals Cost: $100 per building team (includes 1 external and 1 internal coach per team)

PBIS Universal Team Training – U100 & U200 Part I: Reflecting on Practice with the Use of a Framework

June 17-18, 2014

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM - daily

CESA 8 Office

The school PBIS Team, including administrator and coaches (internal and external), participate in these

two training days which consists of intense, interactive activity-based preparation for implementation of

school-wide PBIS. These are guided team work days to begin developing the materials needed for PBIS

Kick-Off and implementation. Teams will leave the training with an understanding of the essential

components of a multi-tiered system of support that provide behavior supports to all students.

Audience: Teachers, Administrators

Cost: $1600 per building team (up to 8 members), $100 for each additional building team

member. This price includes U100, U200, U300 & Coaches Integrated Networking

Meetings.

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In order to respond to the needs of 21st Century learners, we must transform our curriculum and

instruction to include explicit instruction of expository literacy. College and career readiness demands

that learners are skilled in critical reading and responding to informational text in all disciplines.

Exploring Expository Literacy: Increasing Academic Rigor through Critical Reading and Written Responses for Grades 7-10

March 19th, 2014

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM


In this workshop, participants will receive a packet of materials that can be used in the classroom and explore

specific strategies to develop critical reading and written response to expository text including:

differentiating between narrative and expository text features/structures

understanding expository text features and structures and their role in comprehension and author’s

purpose

using structured note-taking to distinguish among central ideas, main ideas and supporting details

utilizing close reading scaffolds to annotate expository text

differentiating between paraphrasing and summarizing and using explicit instruction techniques to

teach both

using the “Great Short Answer” organizational scaffold to guide short answer, text dependent written

responses

exploring rubrics for assessing text annotations and short answer responses

Workshop Objectives: Improve teaching instruction and increase expectations for student performance in academic literacy as

recommended by Common Core Standards for ELA, including History/Social Studies, Science and Technical

Subjects.

Presenter: Darla Brink, Director of CESA 8 Literacy Center

Audience: Seventh through tenth grade educators, including social studies, science, allied and encore

teachers

Cost: $75.00 per participant for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment member school districts.

$150.00 per participant for all other school districts.

Exploring Expository Literacy: Close and Critical Reading Strategies for Grades 4-7

March 25, 2014

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

CESA 8 Office - Aspen/Birch Rooms


specific strategies to develop critical reading skills in reading expository text, including:

exploring elements of expository text

differentiating between narrative and expository text features/structures

understanding expository text features and structures and their role in comprehension and author’s

purpose

creating main idea statements and determining relevant supporting details

learning a three step close reading process

exploring a variety of summarizing scaffolds

Workshop Objectives:

Improve teaching instruction and increase expectations for student performance in academic literacy as

recommended by Common Core Standards for ELA.

Provide explicit instructional strategies and scaffolds to specifically address the needs of struggling

readers


Audience: Fourth through seventh grade teachers, Title I teachers, interventionists, reading specialists, special

education teachers.

Cost: $45.00 per participant for CESA 8 Title I School Districts.

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Creating Quality Written Responses:

Responding to Narrative, Expository and Persuasive Text for Grades 5-10 April 9, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM


The 21st century learner must be able to think critically about text and create quality written responses to text

dependent questions from all modes of writing. Next year, the Smarter Balanced Assessment will assess our students’ abilities to construct written responses using specific evidence from text through both listening and text

comprehension.


specific strategies to develop written responses to narrative, expository and persuasive text including:

learning organizational scaffolds for teaching to students to create quality written responses

exploring a variety of short texts and text dependent questions to understand how to support our students

in understanding the academic language used in the questions

using close reading techniques to locate evidence in text to support responses

utilizing summarizing strategies for varying text structures


Improve writing instruction and increase expectations for student performance in academic literacy as

recommended by Common Core Standards for ELA, including History/Social Studies, Science and

Technical Subjects


writers


Audience: Fifth through tenth grade teachers, including social studies, science, allied and encore teachers,

Title I teachers, special education teachers.


Brain Based Vocabulary Instruction: Teaching Critical Vocabulary for Grades 4-12

April 30, 2014 - 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM


Teaching vocabulary is a key component of the Common Core State Standards. Helping our students “own” the

vocabulary is critical to their achievement on assessments and their success in career and college. Education and memory research reveal several vocabulary exercises that help students retain vocabulary.

In this workshop, participants will receive a packet of materials that can be used in the classroom and learn how

to identify vocabulary for explicit instruction and explore specific research supported vocabulary activities to

help students build their listening, speaking, reading and writing vocabularies, including:

Current research on vocabulary instruction involving tier two words, indirect and direct instruction,

multiple exposures, structural analysis, context clues, and using resources

Strategies such as semantic and mind mapping, word art, right/left brain definitions, context mapping,

synonym circles, vocabulary tableau, vocabulary links, Wordle walls, shades of meaning chains,

grammar connection

Technology enhancements


Improve vocabulary instruction and increase expectations for student performance in academic literacy

as recommended by Common Core Standards for ELA, including History/Social Studies, Science and

Technical Subjects.


students


Audience: Forth through tenth grade teachers, including social studies, science, allied and encore teachers,

Title I teachers, special education teachers.


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Google 101 February 25, 2014

9:00 AM- 3:00 PM


(3 additional online components)

Gmail – March 5, 2014, 3:30 – 4:30 PM

Drive – March 12, 2014, 3:30 – 4:30 PM

Apps and Extensions – March 20, 2014, 3:30 – 4:30 PM

Are you thinking of jumping aboard the Google band wagon or has your district deployed Google Apps and

you are feeling left in the dust? If so this Google 101 workshop is for you!

Join us for this one-day, hands-on workshop specifically designed for beginning and non-Google users. We

will start with the basics and go on to discover some of the online collaborative tools (apps) that are free for

educational institutions and non-profits.

When you leave you will have a new comfort level and understanding of Google Apps.

No prior experience with Google products is needed as this is a basic knowledge workshop.




Technology Coaches Network

February 6, 2013 – CESA 8 Office

March 26, 2013

May 1, 2013

(Times and locations to be determined)

Technology can do great things to improvement student engagement and increase productivity, but that’s

only if we know how to use the technology. These series of meetings will split time between demonstrating

how to use various technologies (participants will help determine areas of interest) and participants sharing

their current success stories/strategies.

Audience: District technology coaches, administrators, lead teachers

Cost: Free for all participants from CESA 8 Level 1 – Technology Services Member Districts.

$165.00 per participant for all other districts

iPads 101 March 14, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM CESA 8 Office – Maple Room

Are you thinking about purchasing an iPad and want to learn more about it, or do you have one and want to

put it to better use? Is your iPad just an expensive toy to play solitaire on? If so this workshop is for you.

Whether you are a newbie to iPads or a veteran user join us to learn how to make the iPad indispensable in

your life. We will spend a great deal of time going through the many, many settings. What are they? What do

they do? Should I change them…or not?

Are you using the iPad in your classroom…with children? Is security an issue? What about organization,

how can you find all of your apps? These questions and many more will be answered.

Then we will delve into the apps that came with your iPad. Is there enough to use in your classroom without

ever purchasing another app? Come and find out.




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Smart Boards 101

March 20, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Learn how to create dynamic presentations and key into student engagement through the use of your

smart board. Participants will be introduced to the tool and teaching strategies on the implementation of

its use.




CCSS/Smarter Balanced: How to Teach Elementary Keyboarding

March 24, 2014

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM


The Common Core State Standards and Smarted Balanced Assessment will require a certain level of

keyboarding skills by students in elementary grades. This workshop, designed for elementary teachers

and administrators will define the need, outline the standards, and explore ways in which students can

be prepared to enter text efficiently.

Presenter: Becky Dickson, Suring High Business Teacher

Cost: $75.00 per person for CESA 8 Curriculum Instruction and Assessment Department

member school districts. $150.00 for all others

iPads 101 ½ March 28, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Now that you know the basics come back and learn more…

Join in this- session where we will take the time to really experience the iPad. This workshop will begin

with “must see” apps and websites for educators. We will showcase apps, search and download, and

then we will peer up and share apps that we have previously used or new apps that we find. The day will

include plenty of hands-on time.

(This workshop is intended for participants who have a good working knowledge of iPad basics.)




Smart Boards Advanced Training

March 31, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM





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Flipping Your Classroom

April 1, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


This workshop will introduce participants to the flipped classroom model. They will engage in the

creation and use of recording tools to develop flipped content

Develop an understanding of the use of Camtasia, Screencast o matic, Recording lessons, and

more Discover how to post content and share with students and/or staff




Google Jedi Gmail, Docs, Flubaroo, Doctopus, Chrome,

Designing a Virtual Learning Community

April 7, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


This workshop will start with a brief overview of the Google suite of digital tools, dig deep with third

party tools like Doctopus, Autocrat, and Flubaroo (tools to make your educational life easier), and wrap

up with 60 exciting extensions in 60 minutes.



member school districts. $150.00 per participant (per workshop for all other school

districts.

Separate Tech Modules: Tech Time Series (See individual dates below)

3:30 – 5:00 PM – daily

Online

Twitter in the Classroom – April 2, 2014 Learn how to use the amazingly wide variety of possibilities in Twitter for learning, assessment,

organization, and much much more.

Blogger, Ning, and EdMoto - Oh My! – April 10, 2014 Learn how to create your own collaborative workspace with staff or students to promote

engagement and 21st century learning.

Free Website Creation – April 24, 2014 Discover how to use FREE and easy online platforms to create your own classroom or school

website.



member school districts. $30.00 per participant (per workshop) for all other school

districts.

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EPortfolios to Monitor Growth in Learning Date – TBN

3:00 – 5:00 PM

Online

Develop the use on an E Portfolio to monitor growth, create goal setting, and develop an awareness of

where students are in their learning. Create a feedback loop with live and continuous comments

enabling the student and teacher to engage in conversations synchronously and asynchronously.




Regional Virtual Learning Communities

Supporting all Teachers in Their Collaboration

Six Sessions - Dates and Times TBN

Specific content area groups scheduled monthly

Topics determined by group

Support singleton teachers in their professional growth

Collaborate on common state and local initiatives


member school districts. $40.00 per participant (per workshop) for all other school

districts.

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Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System’s

Dispute Resolution Options

March 12, 2014

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CESA 8 Office

It is important for parents and school staff to resolve any issues right away, before these issues fester

and negatively impact their relationship.

Learn how the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System can help with early dispute resolution.

Workshop includes information about free WSEMS services for mediation, facilitated IEPs, and

facilitated resolution meetings; when to use each option; how to make a request; who are the

mediators and facilitators as well as related federal and state laws; and more.

Cost: FREE

Audience: Directors of Special Education, Principals, School Psychologists, Special Education

Teachers, Counselors, District Family Engagement Liaisons, and Parents Presenter(s): Nissan Bar Lev, CESA 7 Special Education Director & Jan Serak, WI FACETS

Executive Co-Director

Self-Advocacy Training March 17, 2014

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM CESA 8 Office

Self-advocacy means speaking up for oneself. It requires knowledge of personal strengths and

challenges, understanding of rights as a citizen, and involves acting in an assertive manner to make

needs known to others. Self-advocacy includes the following essential components: 1. Knowledge of

self; 2. Knowledge of rights; 3. Communication; 4. Leadership During this seminar participants will explore a self-advocacy curriculum that helps students become

self-advocates and discover their potential. All participants will receive a copy of the “Becoming a

Self-Advocate” curriculum. Cost: Free Audience: School/District Staff, Paraprofessional, General Education Teacher, Special Education

Director, Transition Coordinator/Designee, CESA Staff, RSN Director, WSPEI

Coordinator, WSTI Coordinator, CESA Educational Consultant, Other Post-

Secondary Education, UW, Independent, WTCS, Family/Parent, others.

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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training

February 11, 2014

7:30 AM – 3:30PM

Crivitz School District

A potentially violent situation is an unsettling situation for everyone involved. The person who has “acted out”

may run the gamut of emotions from fear to embarrassment. The person who attempts to intervene is subjected

to tremendous stress and fear for his/her own personal safety.

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training will teach you how to prevent an emotionally and physically

threatening situation from escalating out of control. The training will teach you practical techniques to help you

defuse and explosive situation and feel confident about it. The NCI techniques emphasize both the staff person

and the acting out person. NCI only recommends physical restraint when all verbal and paraverbal techniques

have been exhausted.

Presenter: Bill Verschay, Certified NCI Trainer (CESA 8)


Cost: $70.00 per person for SNPD Member Districts

$100.00 per person – Non-member Districts

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Refresher Training -

Trauma-Informed Care Refresher February 28, 2014

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

CESA 8 Office A potentially violent situation is an unsettling situation for everyone involved. The person who has “acted out”





defuse an explosive situation and feel confident about it. The NCI techniques emphasize both the staff person

and the acting out person. NCI only recommends physical restraint when all verbal and para-verbal techniques


Presenter: Bill Verschay, Certified NCI Trainer (CESA 8)

Cost: $70.00 per person - SNPD member districts (Includes training workbook and lunch)

$100.00 per person - SNPD non-member districts (Includes training workbook and lunch)

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training

February 28, 2014 ~ 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM

March 1, 2014 ~ 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

CESA 8 Office

A potentially violent situation is an unsettling situation for everyone involved. The person who has “acted out”





defuse an explosive situation and feel confident about it. The NCI techniques emphasize both the staff person

and the acting out person. NCI only recommends physical restraint when all verbal and para-verbal techniques


Presenter: Deb Wall, Certified NCI Trainer (CESA 8)

Cost: $70.00 per person - SNPD member districts (Includes training workbook and lunch)

$100.00 per person - SNPD non-member districts (Includes training workbook and lunch)

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School Psychologist Networking Meeting

February 13, 2014 April 11, 2014


Cost: $45.00 per person for SNPD member districts

$70.00 per person for SNPD non-member districts

Technology Technician Team Meetings February 12, 2014

Other dates throughout the year TBN 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Participants in the CESA 8 technology network will meet throughout the school year to discuss and

trouble shoot critical technology issues local districts are facing.

Audience: District Network Technicians

Cost: Free for all participants from CESA 8 Level 1 – Technology Services Member

Districts. $15.00 per participant (per workshop) for all other districts

CD Networking Meeting

February 27, 2014


Cost: $45.00 per person for SNPD member districts

$70.00 per person for SNPD non-member districts

DAC Meetings

February 18, 2014 – 12:30 – 3:30 PM April 8, 2014 - 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM


The DAC learning network will focus on a variety of timely topics. The network sessions are designed

to provide important learning and network sharing opportunities.

Audience: District/School Assessment Coordinators

Cost: $25.00 per participant (per meeting) for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment

member school districts. $50.00 per participant (per meeting) for all other school

districts.

CESA 8 RSN-Special Education Leadership Network Meetings March 7, 2014

May 16, 2014

9:00AM – 2:30PM

CESA 8 Office These are valuable meetings that provide directors an opportunity to receive legal, federal, and DPI

updates, along with sharing of district initiatives and presentations of current topics of interest.

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Forest County/LEA Interagency Agreement Meeting April 29, 2014

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Crandon School District

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this opportunity to come together with your area

school districts and County Birth to 3 Program to discuss current transition practices and update

transition/inter-agency agreements.

Spring Title I Meeting May 22, 2014

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM CESA 8 Office

Spring ESEA Meeting. This event will provide the most current updates and support in ESEA

planning and Title I reporting. Our DPI representative will be here. CESA 8 staff will share the

results of the Needs Assessment and will identify Title I professional development needs of school

staff across the CESA 8 region.

Audience: Title I Coordinators Cost: This workshop is free but registration is required

Principal’s Network Meetings February 28, 2014

(Other dates to be determined)

9:00 – 11:30 PM


February Topic - SLOs for Administrators

Audience: All administrators are welcome to come

Cost: Free for participants from Curriculum Instruction and Assessment member school


CESA 8 Board of Control Meetings CESA 8 PAC Meetings

Thursdays 5:30 PM

CESA 8 Office-Aspen/Birch Rooms

February 6, 2014 March 6, 2014 April 3, 2014 May 1, 2014

May 29, 2014 (BOC meeting and Annual Meeting)

Fridays 9:00 AM

CESA 8 Office-Aspen/Birch Rooms

February 7, 2014 March 7, 2014 April 4, 2014 May 2, 2014

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Registration Information

Registration for any CESA 8 workshop or class is done through our online registration website

www.myQuickReg.com.

Login or register (to create an

account).

Click on the workshop you

would like to register for.

Then click on the registration button.

It’s just that easy!

Once you are a registered user

in myQuickReg.com you will be

able to see all of the

professional development

activities that you have

attended or registered for by

clicking on My Events.

John Smith

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District Membership Information

Curriculum Instruction and Assessment (CIA)

Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine, Clintonville, Coleman, Crandon, Crivitz, Florence, Gillett, Goodman-

Armstrong Creek, Lena, Marinette, Menominee Indian, Niagara, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo,

Suring, Wausaukee, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Educator Effectiveness

Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine, Bonduel, Bowler, Crandon, Crivitz, Florence, Gillett, Goodman-Armstrong

Creek, Gresham, Laona, Lena, Menominee Indian, Niagara, Oconto, Peshtigo, Shawano, Suring,

Tigerton, Wausaukee, and White Lake

Level 1- Technology Services

Coleman, Crandon, Crivitz, Marinette, Peshtigo, Suring, Wabeno, White Lake, and Wittenberg-

Birnamwood

RSN

Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine, Bonduel, Bowler, Clintonville, Coleman, Crandon, Crivitz, Florence, Gillett,

Goodman-Armstrong Creek, Gresham, Laona, Lena, Marinette, Marion, Menominee Indian, Niagara,

Oconto, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo, Shawano, Suring, Tigerton, Wabeno, Wausaukee, White Lake, and

Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Students Needs Professional Development (SNPD)


Gresham, Laona, Lena, Marinette, Marion, Menominee Indian, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo,

Shawano, Suring, Tigerton, Wabeno, Wausaukee, White Lake, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Title I


Goodman-Armstrong Creek, Gresham, Laona, Lena, Marinette, Marion, Menominee Indian, Niagara,

Oconto, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo, Shawano, Suring, Tigerton, Wabeno, Wausaukee, White Lake, and

Wittenberg-Birnamwood

For more information visit our webpage at www.cesa8.k12.wi.us

or call us at 920.855.2114

Check out www.myQuickReg.com for more information about these opportunities and more.

CESA 8 Office Hours

Monday – Thursday 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Fridays 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

http://www.cesa8.k12.wi.us/

http://www.myquickreg.com/

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Cooperative Educational Service Agency 8 223 West Park Street

Gillett, WI 54124-0320 920.855.2114

920.855.2299 fax www.cesa8.k12.wi.us

For workshop and registration information go to:

www.myQuickReg.com

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