Professional Learning
formerly MLPPDMS
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Program: RPDC - Agency for Teaching, Leading and Learning
Location: Park Central Office Building (ROOM 112) (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 5/31/2023 to 8/8/2023
Program: RPDC - Northwest
Location: 5. St Joseph (St Joseph, MO)
Audience: Teachers that have completed LETRS Units 1-4 Training
Dates: 7/31/2023 to 5/9/2024
Program: RPDC - Heart of MO - Regional Professional Development Center
Location: TBA-Central Missouri (Central Missouri, MO)
Dates: 8/7/2023 to 5/20/2024
Volume I includes 4 on-line units of study, complemented with a textbook manual for study. The online platform makes up the biggest portion of the work for course completion. Participants must complete a six-hour face-to-face training for each unit. All-day, in-person attendance is required, and missed sessions must be made up. Units include: The Challenge of Learning to Read; The Speech Sounds of English; Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling; and Advanced Decoding, Spelling and Word Recognition. LETRS gives teachers the skills they need to master how to teach the five essential components of literacy, plus writing, spelling, and oral language. Teachers also learn: How to implement instructional routines and activities, Approaches to differentiate instruction to meet the literacy needs of all students. Participants will complete a portfolio of Bridge to Practice activities that ensure they can transfer what they learn in LETRS to the classroom.
NOTE: Materials are provided to participants by the MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education only if they have applied to MO Read, Lead, Exceed. Participants should also note that registration using the Frontline system only schedules the required face-to-face training sessions - it does NOT initiate a materials order by the Heart of MO-RPDC.
If participant is not part of the MO Read, Lead, Exceed program, there will be charge of $1040.00 per participant. Contact instructor listed below for possible funding solutions.
Location: 5 To Be Determined (To Be Determined, MO)
Audience: District Leadership Teams
Dates: 8/10/2023 to 5/14/2024
Location: To Be Announced (To Be Announced, MO)
Dates: 8/14/2023 to 4/1/2024
Location: Bolivar, Missouri (Bolivar, MO) [map]
Location: Forsyth High School Cafeteria (Forsyth, MO) [map]
Dates: 8/15/2023 to 4/8/2024
Program: RPDC - South Central
Location: 6 West Plains (MSU-West Plains--Lybyer Center) (West Plains, MO) [map]
Audience: Elementary K-5 Teachers, Title Reading Teachers, Special Education Teachers or Interventionists, & Administrators
Dates: 8/15/2023 to 4/16/2024
Dates: 8/28/2023 to 3/11/2024
Dates: 8/30/2023 to 2/16/2024
Location: 5. Maryville (Maryville, Mo)
Audience: K-6 Teachers, Title, Special Education or Interventionists, Administrators
Dates: 9/5/2023 to 5/21/2024
Dates: 9/6/2023 to 5/10/2024
Location: Park Central Office Building (Springfield, MO)
Audience: First / Second year teachers that were unable to attend the first session
Dates: 9/8/2023
Beginning teachers are one of our greatest assets. Yet, 17% of teachers leave the career within the first five years (Gray et al., 2015). Effective professional development is a key factor of teacher retention (Podolsky et al., 2018).
This program is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements. This opportunity provides:
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements.
-networking with other new teachers and educational consultants
-just-in-time learning (critical firsts)
-awareness of the phases of a new teacher
-relationship-building skills
-on-demand learning, including videos by Mike Rutherford
Dates: 9/8/2023 to 2/1/2024
MTDS Grow Your Own (GYO) Network
Missouri students need great teachers. Your role as a builder of the next generation of educators is SO important! Together we can help build the future of Missouri teachers.
Regional Grow Your Own networks are designed:
-to connect district GYO program designers/facilitators through active collaborative groups.
-to promote resource/information sharing among colleagues.
-to create opportunities that inspire students to become great educators.
-using the Aspiring Level state competencies as a focus.
Join us if you are a designer/facilitator of a GYO club/chapter or class who wants to:
-connect with other leaders who work with the next generation of educators.
-hear relevant guest speakers.
-learn about resources and opportunities that support your program.
-share the fantastic happenings of your group of future teachers.
Regional networking sessions support the implementation and growth of GYO teacher recruitment programs in all Missouri school districts and charter schools. The state MTDS GYO Coordinator, Sandy Humbyrd, a former Ed Pathways Dual Credit Class Teacher & Ed Club Sponsor, who completed doctoral work on Missouri's GYO programs, will be facilitating network gatherings.
Location: Alumni Center, 300 S Jefferson, Springfield (Springfield, MO) [map]
Dates: 9/11/2023 to 2/26/2024
Dates: 9/12/2023 to 2/13/2024
Location: Conway Elementary / Ezard (Conway, MO) [map]
Dates: 9/15/2023 to 4/12/2024
Dates: 9/18/2023 to 1/22/2024
Dates: 9/19/2023 to 1/23/2024
Location: TBD (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 9/25/2023 to 1/29/2024
Program: RPDC - Kansas City
Location: 3-Kansas City MO-TBD (Kansas City, MO)
Audience: Limited to MO Read, Lead Exceed Participants
Dates: 9/26/2023 to 4/1/2024
Location: 3 Kansas City MO-TBD (Kansas City, MO)
Dates: 9/29/2023 to 2/28/2024
Dates: 10/2/2023 to 3/5/2024
Dates: 10/3/2023 to 2/6/2024
Dates: 10/5/2023 to 5/14/2024
Location: 5. Virtual (Virtual, MO)
Audience: EL Directors/Coordinators
Dates: 10/9/2023 to 5/23/2024
Location: 3 KCRPDC-Union Station (Kansas City, MO) [map]
Audience: By Invitation Only
Dates: 10/11/2023 to 5/13/2024
Dates: 10/12/2023 to 5/14/2024
Dates: 10/16/2023 to 3/18/2024
Dates: 10/17/2023 to 2/6/2024
Location: 6 S&T Phelps Health Annex E101 Seminar Room (Rolla, MO) [map]
Dates: 10/24/2023 to 5/9/2024
Dates: 11/3/2023 to 3/6/2024
Location: Online Learning (Online Learning, On)
Dates: 11/13/2023 to 4/15/2024
Dates: 11/13/2023 to 4/22/2024
Dates: 11/29/2023 to 4/2/2024
Program: DESE - Grants
Dates: 11/29/2023
Dates: 1/11/2024
Dates: 1/18/2024
Dates: 1/24/2024
Dates: 1/25/2024
Location: Virtual Meeting (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 2/1/2024 to 4/4/2024
Dates: 2/2/2024 to 4/29/2024
Dates: 2/6/2024 to 5/7/2024
Location: Mountain Grove Elementary School (Mountain Grove, MO) [map]
Dates: 2/19/2024 to 4/29/2024
Location: Exceptional Pupil Cooperative (Bolivar, MO) [map]
Dates: 2/23/2024 to 4/12/2024
Dates: 3/11/2024 to 5/17/2024
Location: 9 Central RPDC (Warrensburg, MO) [map]
Audience: Registered Youth Apprenticeship Coordinators; CTE Directors; Superintendents/Principal; H.S. Counselors
Dates: 4/3/2024
Location: Park Central Office Building Room 209 (Springfield, MO)
Audience: k-5 teachers, coaches, interventionists, special ed teachers
Dates: 4/4/2024
Program: RPDC - Central
Audience: 1st Grade Teachers, 2nd Grade Teachers, 3rd Grade Teachers
Dates: 4/5/2024
Audience: Skyline School District Staff ONLY - K-5 Teachers, Title, Special Education or Interventionists, Coaches, Administrators
Dates: 4/8/2024 to 4/7/2025
Dates: 4/24/2024
Location: Lebanon: Robert W Plaster Center for Student Success (Lebanon, Mo) [map]
Dates: 4/30/2024
Program: RPDC - Northeast
Location: 4 Virtual (Internet, MO)
Audience: Administrators serving grades 6-8
Dates: 5/1/2024 to 7/25/2024
Dates: 5/2/2024
Location: 4 Palmyra, MO (Palmyra, MO)
Audience: Those in the school dealing with the Reading Success Plan and Dyslexia Assessments
Dates: 5/8/2024
Audience: 6-12 teachers, coaches, interventionists, special ed teachers
Dates: 5/9/2024
Location: 4 Macon, MO (Macon, MO)
Location: Missouri State University - Springfield (Springfield, MO) [map]
Dates: 5/10/2024
Location: B105 Assessment Resource Center, 2800 Maguire Blvd, University of MO (Columbia, MO)
Dates: 5/14/2024
This session is designed for participants who missed all regularly schedule Face-to-Face Units from Volume 1. If you were unable to attend your assigned cohort and were unable to attend any other cohort for the Unit scheduled throughout our region, please sign up for the following Unit needed. All of these Units will take place at the ARC from 9-3, with a 30-minute lunch break.
All-day, in-person attendance is required, and missed sessions must be made up. Units include: The Challenge of Learning to Read; The Speech Sounds of English; Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling; and Advanced Decoding, Spelling and Word Recognition. Teachers also learn: How to implement instructional routines and activities, Approaches to differentiate instruction to meet the literacy needs of all students. Participants will complete a portfolio of Bridge to Practice activities that ensure they can transfer what they learn in LETRS to the classroom.
Program: RPDC - Southeast
Location: 1 University Center (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]
Location: Virtual (any place, MO)
Dates: 5/16/2024
Location: 6 Eminence School District (Eminence, MO)
Dates: 5/17/2024 to 3/31/2025
Dates: 5/20/2024
Location: 4 Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Audience: Any 5th-9th Grade Teacher
Location: 6 Waynesville - Freedom Elementary (St. Robert, MO)
Dates: 5/21/2024 to 3/11/2025
Audience: 5th-9th grade math, science, ELA, social studies, and technology teachers
Dates: 5/21/2024
Dates: 5/21/2024 to 8/7/2024
Location: Frontier School of Innovation – Elementary (Kansas City, MO)
Dates: 5/23/2024 to 3/24/2025
Dates: 5/28/2024 to 8/6/2024
Location: 4 Kirksville, MO (Kirksville, MO)
Audience: 6-12 Grade Teachers, Counselors, Administrators
Dates: 5/29/2024 to 5/30/2024
Audience: Any/All Subjects; Professional Learning; Social Studies
Dates: 5/29/2024
Dates: 5/30/2024
Location: Stonegate Elementary School (Raymore, MO)
Audience: Limited to Raymore Peculiar School District teachers preregistered through MO Read, Lead, Exceed
Dates: 5/31/2024 to 5/5/2025
Audience: Elementary teachers who will be teaching Civics & Patriotic Education during the 24-25 school year
Dates: 5/31/2024
Audience: Middle school & high school teachers who will be teaching Civics & Patriotic Education during the 24-25 school year
Location: University of Missouri, Townsend Hall, 2nd Floor Reflector (Columbia, MO)
Dates: 6/3/2024
Join us for an enriching learning experience at our Regional Learning Blade Professional Development sessions across Missouri. In these sessions, you will learn how Learning Blade supports STEM, computer science, and CTE, and how our program can be implemented in a variety of classroom settings!
What is Learning Blade?
An online system that allows ANY teacher to provide Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Computer Science (CS) and Career and Technical Education (CTE).
Aligned to MO 5th-9th grade math, science, ELA, social studies, and technology standards.
Builds skills, awareness and interest in STEM, CS, and CTE careers and technologies
STEM-Hands-on projects: Interdisciplinary lessons Design: thinking exercices: 3D printing projects and models
CS-20+ hours coding course: career exploration: Online and offline engagement of CS principles
CTE-Exploration of 100+ careers with interactive lessons: Career videos
In addition, these sessions will cover:
Best practices for integrating interdisciplinary curriculum.
How to implement support to educators and the whole school building.
How to train other building instructors to work with Learning Blade.
Teacher participants will receive a $150 stipend for attending.
*In strategic partnership with eDynamic Learning. Fully funded by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.*
Audience: Lead Teachers, Administrators, Special Education Directors, PDC, Leadership Teams
Audience: Grades 5-9 Educators
Dates: 6/4/2024
Audience: Federal Programs coordinators or District personnel responsible for Federal Programs Consolidated Application, compliance plans, tiered monitoring, and / or federal programs implementation.
Dates: 6/5/2024
Learning Blade is an online system that allows ANY teacher to provide Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Computer Science (CS) and Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Location: 5. Trenton (Trenton, MO)
Audience: K-12 Classroom, Title I and SPED Teachers, Administrators, Curriculum Directors
Audience: Administrators of teachers who are enrolled in LETRS
Dates: 6/5/2024 to 3/4/2025
Training on the new Civics and Patriotism framework that will be released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for the 2024-25 school year.
During this three- hour workshop, participants will:
Learn about the new framework.
Interact with Missouri teachers who developed the lessons.
Discover strategies to integrate content into existing curricula.
Collaborate with fellow teachers.
Teacher participants will receive a $150 stipend for attending. (The Heart of MO-RPDC registration cap and eligibility of stipend payment to teacher (s) and district payment will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis).
Be eligible for their district to receive $1000 to purchase resources that support Civics and Patriotism instruction.
To accommodate the greatest number of educators possible, please register for only one session.
LESSON TOPICS INCLUDE...
Character Traits of Famous Missourians; Ellis Island; Whiskey Rebellion; Electoral College; Trail of Tears; Miracle on Ice; Veterans Day; Patriot Day; Being an Active Citizen; Purpose of the Bill of Rights; Presidential Bravery; Twelve Tables....AND MORE!
Teacher participants receive a $150 stipend for attending.(The Heart of MO-RPDC registration cap and eligibility of stipend payment to teacher (s) and district payment will be determined on a first-come, first served basis).
To accommodate the greatest number of educators possible, please register for only one session.?br>
Audience: Principals, Instruction coaches, reading specialists, adminintrators, PD providers, curriculum and instruction
Dates: 6/6/2024 to 6/7/2024
Location: 5 Varies, St. Joseph (St. Joseph, MO)
Audience: Year 1 Building Leaders and Mentors
Dates: 6/6/2024 to 5/29/2025
Audience: MS/HS Social Studies Teachers
Dates: 6/6/2024
Location: 4 TBA in the NE RPDC Region (Kirksville, MO)
Audience: Teachers of reading and reading support personnel
Audience: Elementary Teachers
Dates: 6/7/2024