Target Audience: General Education Teachers working with students with IEP’s, Co-Teachers, Interventionist, Instructional Coaches, Resource Teachers
This in-person session will give participants an understanding of what dyslexia is and is not, cover the awareness signs of dyslexia, participate in multiple simulation activities, and create simple tools for student use. Upon completion, participants will receive a 6 hour PD/EILA certificate. For additional questions, contact erica.price@ckec.org.
Target Audience: General Education Teachers working with students with IEP’s, Co-Teachers, Interventionist, Instructional Coaches, Resource Teachers
The in-person training will be on structured literacy and specific ways to implement this in the classroom. The focus will be on lesson plans, teaching new concepts, dictation, vowel practice, and more. In addition, participants will be given modules to complete before attending the training. (Each completed module earns PD hours.)
Each attendee will receive a copy of Recipe for Reading by Frances Bloom and Nina Traub. Plus, additional supplies to assist in teaching using this method in the classroom. Each participant needs to bring a computer for this session.
For additional information, contact Erica at erica.price@ckec.org.
Target Audience: ARC chairperson
This is a follow-up session to the self-paced ARC Chairperson Training On-line Module. Participants must complete the on-line training prior to the follow-up session. The follow up session will provide activities, discussions and individual practice to clarify the requirements of chairing an ARC meeting.
Link to self-paced module ARC Chairperson Training Self-Paced On-line Agenda
Target Audience: Special Education teachers, General Education Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Occupational Therapists who support students with disabilities who have writing difficulties (including students who receive services for SLD in writing and pragmatics, EBD, and mild Intellectual Disabilities
In some ways, writing is rocket science. Lots of things need to go right for students to express themselves. This session will look specifically at text writing, the skill of composing multiple words that make sense into sentences and paragraphs.
In this session, you’ll learn how to design and deliver evidence-based interventions to improve the handwriting, spelling, sentence writing, and story/essay writing of K-12 students with disabilities.
Target Audience: MSD classroom staff
MSD teachers often struggle with interconnected learning when teaching academic skills, functional skills, and vocational skills. This in person interactive workshop will walk participants through a process of developing a unit plan for their classrooms by taking a concept, topic, literature piece, or subject and creating lessons across instructional areas (academic, functional, and vocational) that weave together to support student learning. Participants will be provided and will create materials to use in their classrooms. If you have any questions, please contact sally.miracle@ckec.org.
This session will provide an overview of the Sept 2020 KDE Guidance Document for Related Services. Emphasis will be on the integration of related services between therapists and the special and general education teachers/staff. An outcome of the session will be for participants to understand how related services are documented and implemented as part of the IEP. Participants should have a copy of the manual available during the session. Follow this link to access the document Sept 2020-Related Service Manual.pdf
Session Outcomes:
1.Therapists will understand the role of the therapist in developing an IEP.
2.Therapists will have tools to integrate therapy with other therapists/parents/teachers.
Target Audience: General Education Teachers working with students with IEP’s, Co-Teachers, Interventionist, Instructional Coaches, Resource Teachers
Between May 20, 2021 and June 10, 2021, participants will work through approximately 10 modules at their own pace. The modules include guided notes, narrated slide decks, videos, readings, and a self-check. As participants work through the modules, they will be able to earn up to 18 hours of PD/EILA credit. Participants will need a copy of Recipe for Reading by Frances Bloom and Nina Traub. This session is set up to include 4 online Zoom Q&A calls to offer support and additional information. The Zoom sessions are not required. These are for support. For any questions, please contact erica.price@ckec.org
Target Audience: Anyone who has completed the 8-day Cognitive Coaching Foundations Seminar
This 2-hour virtual (synchronous) workshop serves to support those who have completed the 8-day Cognitive CoachingSM Foundations Seminar. The outcomes for this session are:
*CKEC will apply for 2 EILA hours
Target Audience: Special Education and General Education Teachers working with students with IEPs, Interventionists, Instructional Coaches
Participants will receive 3 hours of PD credit.
This hybrid session is an overview of how to use explicit instruction to build and grow writing skills and the importance of writing across content areas. Initial content will be delivered in a 2 hour virtual session on July 21st 9:30-11:30. A self-paced module will be assigned to complete the 3 hours of PD.
Please contact laura.smith@ckec.org with any questions.
Target Audience: Special education teachers, general education teachers, teachers in alternative school settings, administrators, counselors, paraprofessionals, school social workers
Education is one of the toughest professions in the world! This session will explore the differences and causes of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. Participants will learn about different types of boundaries and how to set them. Participants will leave with a self-care plan and easy to implement strategies. This training is a hybrid training. There will be a self paced component as well as a virtual trainer led component. Self paced materials will be sent to participants by July 1, 2020. The link to the virtual trainer led component will be sent by the morning of July 8. The virtual component will take place at 12:30 on July 8. At the conclusion of the trainer led portion participants will receive a certificate for 3 hours of credit. Please contact Christina Krantz at christina.krantz@ckec.org if you have any questions.