Writing High-Quality IEPs
6-Hour Professional Learning

Develop IEPs that are both legally compliant and meaningful for students. This interactive workshop walks participants through each component of the IEP, including Present Levels, measurable annual goals, specially designed instruction (SDI), accommodations, supplementary aids and services, and progress monitoring. Through real-world examples and hands-on practice, participants will strengthen their IEP writing skills and leave with practical tools they can immediately apply in their work.

Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre
Teaching on the Edge of Trauma and Autism

Educators will explore how trauma-informed practices and specially designed instruction intersect to support autistic students. You’ll gain practical, brain-based strategies to foster self-regulation, reduce behavioral challenges, and build inclusive environments where all students can thrive. In this session, you will understand the impact of trauma on autistic students, explore trauma-informed, strength-based practices, learn brain-based strategies to support self-regulation, and reduce behavioral challenges through proactive support.

Participants will receive a 6 hour PD/EILA credit certificate.
This session is the third in the Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre. Participation in all cadre sessions is encouraged but not required.

For any questions, contact erica.price@ckec.org.

Build the knowledge and confidence to effectively lead Admission and Release Committee (ARC) meetings. This interactive workshop covers the roles and responsibilities of the ARC chair, special education timelines, procedural safeguards, meeting facilitation, documentation, and legal compliance. Through real-world scenarios and guided practice, participants will strengthen their leadership skills and leave with practical tools to conduct efficient, student-centered, and compliant ARC meetings.

Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre
Seeing Success: Using Video Modeling to Teach Skills and Independence

Teachers will discover how video modeling can build skills, increase independence, and promote positive outcomes across settings. In this session, you will understand the power and purpose of video modeling, explore steps for creating effective video models, learn strategies for teaching a variety of skills, and apply video modeling across settings to support independence and success.

Participants will receive a 2 hour PD/EILA credit certificate.
This session continues in the Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre. Participation in all cadre sessions is encouraged but not required.

For any questions, contact erica.price@ckec.org.

Building the Foundation: The Foundational 5 for Student Success.

Teachers will explore the essential five EBPs that support meaningful learning, participation, and independence for students with ASD. In this session, you will explore the foundational 5 evidence-based practices (EBPs), understand how these practices support meaningful student outcomes, and learn practical strategies for implementation in your own educational setting.

Participants will receive a 6 hour PD/EILA credit certificate.
This session is the first in the Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre. Participation in all cadre sessions is encouraged but not required.

For any questions, contact erica.price@ckec.org.

Strong inquiry doesn’t happen by accident — it’s designed. In this session, explore how to build compelling questions and structure an inquiry arc that moves students through evidence toward deeper understanding, along with low-stakes writing routines that help students think on paper as they work. Designed for K-12 social studies, these approaches strengthen the architecture behind every inquiry and are ready to use on Monday.

Historical thinking doesn’t stop at the page. In this session, explore strategies that extend inquiry beyond primary and secondary text sources — reading images, artifacts, and data, and using discussion structures that push students to reason, question, and build understanding together. Designed for K-12 social studies, these approaches widen the toolkit for inquiry-based instruction and are ready to use on Monday.

Before students can argue or analyze, they need to know how to read like a historian. In this session, dig into the core historical thinking skills — sourcing, contextualization, close reading, and corroboration — and explore practical routines for teaching students to question where evidence comes from, when and why it was created, and how it stacks up against other sources. Designed for K-12 social studies, these approaches build the foundation every inquiry depends on and are ready to use on Monday.

You’ve designed your plan, built your culture, and sharpened your instruction — now how do you keep it going? In this session, you’ll explore Danielson’s Domain 4 and focus on the professional habits that separate good years from great ones. You’ll dig into reflective practice that goes beyond “that went well” or “that was a disaster” and learn how to use student data to drive real decisions about your teaching. You’ll build sustainable family communication systems — not ones that burn you out by October — and explore what it means to contribute to your professional community through collaboration, mentoring, and advocacy. You’ll also tackle the conversation no one has enough — preventing burnout through boundaries, realistic self-care, and sustainable practice.

Whether you’re a veteran ready to mentor and model for the next generation, a new teacher building professional habits that will serve you for decades, or an alternatively certified teacher learning how to navigate the professional side of education, this session helps you finish the series with a plan that lasts. Walk away with a reflective practice template, a family communication toolkit, a professional growth plan aligned to Danielson, and a one-page classroom system summary that connects all four sessions into a system that works together.

Great instruction isn’t a performance — it’s a responsive conversation between you and your learners. In this session, you’ll dive into Danielson’s Domain 3 and explore what it takes to move beyond delivering content to truly reaching every student in the room. You’ll examine the difference between student engagement and student compliance, and learn how to build classroom learning systems that keep students thinking, discussing, and participating at every level. From questioning techniques that push past recall into critical thinking, to differentiation strategies you can adjust in real time, this session is about sharpening your instructional toolkit. You’ll also explore academic mindsets — how what students believe about their ability to learn shapes everything they do in your classroom, and what you can do to shift those beliefs.

Whether you’re a veteran who’s ready to take instructional risks again, a new teacher building a repertoire of go-to strategies, or an alternatively certified teacher learning how to make instruction land for diverse learners, this session meets you where you are and pushes you forward. Walk away with an engagement strategy menu, a questioning stems guide, formative assessment tools you can use tomorrow, and a differentiation framework that won’t overwhelm you.