Postsecondary Transition Cadre
This professional learning cadre brings together those who work with and support students with disabilities as they prepare for life after high school. Through collaborative learning, resources, and best-practice strategies, participants will deepen their understanding of effective postsecondary transition planning. Topics will include college and career readiness, independent living skills, community-based opportunities, and connecting students with agencies and supports. The cadre will highlight practical tools, state and federal requirements, and real-world examples to help teachers design meaningful, student-centered transition plans. Educators will leave equipped to guide their students toward successful and fulfilling futures in education, employment, and independent living.
Contact sydney.green@ckec.org with questions.
This professional learning cadre brings together those who work with and support students with disabilities as they prepare for life after high school. Through collaborative learning, resources, and best-practice strategies, participants will deepen their understanding of effective postsecondary transition planning. Topics will include college and career readiness, independent living skills, community-based opportunities, and connecting students with agencies and supports. The cadre will highlight practical tools, state and federal requirements, and real-world examples to help teachers design meaningful, student-centered transition plans. Educators will leave equipped to guide their students toward successful and fulfilling futures in education, employment, and independent living.
Contact sydney.green@ckec.org with questions.
Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre
Supporting the Whole Student
Explore strategies to support sensory needs, communication, and social emotional development. In this session, you will understand sensory needs and their impact on learning, explore ways to support communication across all settings, learn strategies to promote social-emotional growth and regulation, and leave with practical tools to support the whole student.
Participants will receive a 3 hours PD/EILA credit certificate.
Participation in all cadre sessions is encouraged but not required.
For any questions, contact erica.price@ckec.org.
Beyond the Basics: ASD Cadre
Every Student Can Learn: Systematic Instruction for Meaningful Progress
Learn how systematic instruction can support skill development, engagement, and long-term academic success. In this session, you will understand the key components of systematic instruction, see how systematic instruction supports skill development, explore strategies to increase engagement and participation, and learn ways to promote independence and long-term 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.
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 3 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.
Strong inquiry doesn’t happen by accident — it’s designed. Rooted in the Science of Reading, true comprehension happens when students actively synthesize knowledge through structured inquiry and writing. In this session, explore how to build compelling questions and structure an inquiry arc that moves students through evidence toward deeper understanding. Discover low-stakes writing routines that help students “think on paper,” lock in complex vocabulary, and turn background knowledge into durable comprehension. Designed for K–12 social studies, these approaches strengthen the architecture behind every inquiry and are ready to use on Monday.
Scientists write to make sense of the world by observing, hypothesizing, arguing from evidence, and explaining. This one-hour session explores simple writing routines that strengthen scientific reasoning, build precise academic language, and make student thinking visible. Designed for K–12 science and aligned with phenomena based instruction, these strategies fit into everyday lessons and take minutes, not class periods. Leave with tools you can use in your classroom tomorrow.
Format: Virtual (Zoom) • 1 hour of PD/EILA credit provided • Zoom link sent prior to the session
When students explain their thinking, they understand math more deeply and writing makes that thinking visible. In this one-hour session, explore simple, high-impact writing strategies that strengthen mathematical reasoning, build precise language, and surface misconceptions in real time. Designed for K–12 math teachers, this session focuses on writing-to-learn and writing-to-demonstrate-learning routines that fit seamlessly into everyday instruction without adding extra workload. Leave with ready-to-use strategies you can use in tomorrow’s math lesson.
Format: Virtual (Zoom) • 1 hour of PD/EILA credit provided • Zoom link sent prior to the session
Social studies asks students to weigh evidence, take positions, and understand multiple perspectives, and writing is how they make that thinking visible. In this one-hour session, explore writing routines that strengthen argumentation, source analysis, and historical reasoning while moving students from recall to deeper thinking. Designed for K–12 social studies, these approaches fit into everyday instruction and are ready to use on Monday.
Format: Virtual (Zoom) • 1 hour of PD/EILA credit provided • Zoom link sent prior to the session
The science of reading is not just a primary-grade concern—and many upper-grade students are still struggling with the demands of complex texts. In this session, we’ll explore what the science of reading means for grades 4–12. We’ll build a clearer understanding of how skilled reading develops over time and what factors most often interfere with comprehension in later grades. We’ll connect this research to practical, classroom-ready strategies that support students in navigating complex academic texts—through vocabulary development, sentence-level understanding, knowledge building, comprehension, and disciplinary writing across content areas. Whether you teach upper elementary or secondary, you’ll leave with research-informed strategies you can use immediately, along with a clearer picture of how your instruction supports students in becoming proficient readers of increasingly complex texts.
lindsey.ellis@ckec.org