We know many of our students have experienced trauma in their lives. Those traumatic experiences, along with the fear associated with COVID-19 over the past few months, have created an urgent need for teachers to understand and utilize trauma-informed instructional strategies as a daily part of their professional practice. In this course, participants will learn how trauma impacts a person’s development and education as well as several trauma-informed instructional strategies to meet the needs of all learners. This training is applicable to all educators. This course includes three (3) hours of required pre-work and seven (7) hours of face-to-face training in one (1) day. Upon successful completion, participants can apply for 1 CEU or 5 SEMIs at no additional cost. The session will be held in person on Oct. 12 @ Insight Park in Oxford from 8:30-4:30. An online session (via Zoom) is available also on Oct. 13 & 15 from 12 noon to 3:30 each day. Register at www.northmsec.com
Writing Defensible IEPs
Writing defensible IEPs means creating a PLAAFP which creates a story of the student, SMART goals that provides FAPE, placement which ensures LRE, and transition while providing the documentation which meets the compliance of monitoring. This training does not comprehensively cover transition.
Target Audience: Special Education Teacher, Special Education Administrators, Administrators
This online training will focus on how to create a defensible IEP in today’s litigious environment. This online session (Zoom) will be held on Sept. 17, 24 & Oct. 1 from 1:30-3:30 each day. Register at www.northmsec.com
Special Education in Times Like These
This online training will provide guidance on providing defensible IEPs ensuring FAPE during this reopening after the COVID-19 closure in traditional, blended, or hybrid situations.
IDEA has not prepared educators for the pandemic thus, we must work to ensure the students are receiving the requirements of the services in the individual educational plans. Reviews, documentation procedures, strategies, and support to survive times like these! This online (Zoom) session will be on Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6 from 1:30-3:30. Registration www.northmsec.com
Active Family, Community, School Partnerships in Response to Covid-19
Our school buildings have faced closures, re-openings have been indefinite, and implementation of virtual learning has our typical school and family partnerships evolving. Schools and families have shifted in how they communicate and support one another, as families are more responsible for their children’s learning at home. Teachers are reaching into each family’s home to help guide student learning through a new variety of engagement methods. Engaging all families will require true partnerships and the building of mutual trust and respect to ensure every student has the opportunity to participate in equitable learning is a priority. School leaders are faced with a number of barriers to this work, but also want to create opportunities to support students and their families despite the current health crisis. Hopefully, the challenges will bring about deepened relationships with families and engagement in their children’s learning. NISL/NCEE is proposing a leadership team of 4 representatives from the school/ district participate in the collaborative along with other MS districts creating other teams in the collaborative. The intended audience for this institute includes superintendents, principals, federal programs directors, assistant principals, counselors/ social workers, lead teachers, parent leaders, and community leaders. This professional learning opportunity for schools/ districts includes other MS districts by providing 2 days of professional learning focused on the effectiveness of creating partnerships for families, communities, and schools during crises. Along with the 2 days of professional learning, we will provide a half day virtual session to the cohort, and an optional, if requested, customized one day virtual or on-site technical assistance to each participating school/district team.
This virtual training session (Zoom) will be on Sept. 21-22 from 8:30-4:00 each day. Registration at www.northmsec.com
SUSAN KAY SCOTT <sscott@olemiss.edu>