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Program: RPDC - Agency for Teaching, Leading and Learning
Location: Park Central Office Building (ROOM 112) (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 9/21/2021 to 2/1/2022
SPECIAL NOTES: 1) There are four 'face to face' dates for this workshop series. We will focus on each of the four LETRS units respectively: Day 1/Launch and Unit 1, The Challenge of Learning to Read; Day 2/Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English; Day 3/Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling Day 4/Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition.
Registration fee for all four 'face to face' dates is $340, including parking and breakfast.
(2) Participants must purchase LETRS manual and online course from robyn.rogers@voyagersopris.com at $350 per person. For more information on how/where to purchase materials, please call Jana Loge at 417-836-6319 or janaloge@missouristate.edu The total cost for the four-day training, manual, and online course is $690.
Dates: 9/28/2021 to 3/1/2022
Completion of LETRS Vol. 1 (Units 1-4) is a prerequisite to Vol. 2.
The 'blended learning' format of Vol. 2 series includes four face-to-face training dates (one day for each of the units), and an online course (through Voyager Sopris) that includes tutorials/videos of effective classroom instruction.
Registration for four F2F dates includes parking and breakfast for $340. Lunch on your own. Estimated cost for LETRS Vol. 2 manual and online course is $350 per person. Total cost $690.
Dates: 10/5/2021 to 3/29/2022
Program: RPDC - Northwest
Location: 5 To Be Determined (To Be Determined, MO)
Audience: K-12 Educators & Administrators
Dates: 10/19/2021
Dates: 10/26/2021 to 1/27/2022
Program: RPDC - Southeast
Location: Virtual Training (-, -)
Dates: 12/1/2021
Dates: 3/7/2022
Dates: 4/11/2022 to 7/26/2022
Program: RPDC - South Central
Location: 6 Crocker Elementary School (Crocker, MO)
Audience: Elementary K-5 Teachers, Title Reading Teachers, Special Education Teachers or Interventionists, & Administrators
Dates: 4/18/2022 to 2/17/2023
Dates: 4/29/2022
Location: Bentley Administration Center (Springfield, MO) [map]
Dates: 6/6/2022 to 7/11/2022
Location: 4 Virtual (Internet, MO)
Dates: 6/8/2022 to 7/13/2022
Location: 5 Varies, St. Joseph (St. Joseph, MO)
Audience: Year 1 Building Leaders
Dates: 6/9/2022 to 4/11/2023
Program: DESE - Leadership Academy
Location: Varies (Varies, MO)
Audience: Principals or those in a leadership role in year 3 or more in administration
Dates: 6/13/2022 to 1/13/2023
Program: RPDC - Heart of MO - Regional Professional Development Center
Dates: 6/13/2022 to 6/16/2023
Program: RPDC - Central
Audience: Building Leaders in Year 3 and Beyond
Dates: 6/13/2022 to 6/14/2023
Location: 1 Southeast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]
Dates: 6/14/2022 to 9/7/2022
Location: 5 Varies (Maryville/St Joseph, MO)
Audience: Teachers that have completed LETRS Units 1-4 Training
Dates: 6/28/2022 to 4/5/2023
Location: 9 Central RPDC (Warrensburg, MO) [map]
Audience: Building administrator & at least 2 additional staff members w/expertise and/or interest in specialized behavior support
Dates: 6/29/2022 to 2/23/2023
Location: 5 Troester Media Center (St. Joseph, MO) [map]
Audience: PreK - K Teachers, Title, Special Education or Interventionists, Administrators
Dates: 7/11/2022 to 1/27/2023
Location: 5 emPowerU Building (St Joseph, MO)
Audience: K-6 Teachers, Title, Special Education or Interventionists, Administrators
Dates: 7/12/2022 to 3/17/2023
Dates: 7/14/2022 to 4/4/2023
Audience: Elementary K-5 Teachers, Title Reading Teachers, Special Education or Interventionists, & Administrators
Dates: 7/14/2022 to 2/7/2023
Dates: 7/14/2022 to 3/23/2023
Location: Joplin Administration Building (Joplin, MO)
Audience: SW Region MLDS New Leaders Emerging I JOPLIN Cohort
Dates: 7/20/2022
Start time: 9:00 a.m. End time: 2:00 p.m. Location: Joplin Administrative Building, 825 S. Pearl, Joplin
Lunch will be provided!
Come join us to learn about the support MLDS offers, network with your regional colleagues and conquer the Critical Firsts for 2022-23!
If you have questions or need additional information, please email Annette Cozort: acozort@missouristate.edu
Dates: 7/20/2022 to 3/29/2023
Dates: 7/22/2022 to 3/27/2023
Location: Holiday Inn North, 2720 N Glenstone Ave, Springfield (Springfied, MO) [map]
Audience: New Leaders Emerging I Springfield MLDS
Dates: 7/22/2022
Start time: 9:00 a.m. at the Holiday Inn North, Springfield End time: 2:00 p.m.
Brunch will be provided!
Program: RPDC - Kansas City
Location: 3 Grain Valley High School (Grain Valley, MO)
Dates: 7/25/2022 to 3/22/2023
This program offers learning and support for mentor teachers.
Mastering: Mentoring is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System.
This opportunity provides:
-coaching, observation, and feedback training and support.
-consultant support
-regional networking with other mentor teachers
-opportunities to apply newly acquired skills with beginning teachers
-competency-based programming
Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Managing a Classroom: Manages Behavior, Creates & Manages a Learning Environment, Communicates Progress Toward Learning Goals
Being a Professional: Supports School District Vision, Mission, & Goals
Designing Instruction: Develops Research-Based Instruction
Reflecting on Practice: Sets Growth Goals
Audience: Any teacher who has not yet completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri
Dates: 7/26/2022 to 3/1/2023
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 This opportunity provides:
-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
BTAP A meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements and emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
-promote student interaction
-meet student needs and well-being
-minimize disruption
-allow teacher movement for monitoring student progress
-increase & manage student productivity
-encourage self-directed student learning
-lesson targets
-activities, tasks, and/or experiences
-research-based and/or evidence-based strategies
-methods for monitoring/communicating student progress towards meeting lesson target
Location: 6 Columbia College (Rolla, MO)
Audience: First and Second year teachers needing to fulfill Missouri BTAP for certification
Dates: 7/26/2022 to 2/21/2023
MTDS BTAP meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements and emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Audience: SW Region New Leaders Emerging I MLDS Springfield Cohort
Dates: 7/26/2022
Dates: 7/27/2022 to 2/1/2023
Dates: 7/27/2022 to 2/22/2023
Audience: Any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (year 1) in Missouri
Dates: 7/28/2022 to 4/12/2023
You made it through year one, but your learning never stops! Continue your growth as an emerging teacher!
This program offers continued support for early career teachers.
To celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, BTAP B includes a statewide event featuring Mike Rutherford, author of The Artisan Teacher! Participants will also receive a copy of Mike's book The Artisan Teacher.
BTAP B is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri.
-access to experts- statewide event with Mike Rutherford!
-access to on-demand learning, including Mike Rutherford's MTDS series
-networking with other teachers
Emerging B emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Differentiates to Meet Unique Student Needs
Design lesson variations to: content, process, product, and/or environment based on analysis of student needs.
Plans Student Progress Monitoring
Plans formal and informal assessment strategies and documentation structures to check and record understanding of lesson targets during instruction.
Works in a Community of Practice
Participates in a community of practice to share evidence of effectiveness and progress towards curricular goals, plan curricular revisions, and discuss meeting student needs.
Location: 6 West Plains- Lybyer Center (West Plains, MO) [map]
Dates: 7/28/2022 to 3/2/2023
Dates: 7/28/2022 to 4/11/2023
Audience: K-12 educators
Dates: 8/1/2022 to 4/28/2023
-completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in MO
-completed at least 3 years of successful teaching
-a strong desire for professional improvement
-State Kick-off event with national expert, John Antonetti
-a copy John's book: 17,000 Classroom Visits Can't Be Wrong
-access to on-demand learning modules to enrich teacher learning anywhere and anytime
Developing A emphasizes these MTDS Competencies:
Community Builder: Works in a Community of Practice (Shares innovative practices and revisions to instruction obtained from conducting action research and the use of emerging research within a community of practice)
Reflective Learner: Engages in Ongoing Reflective Practice (Reflects on, in, and for practice, focusing on: (a)directing future instruction by reflecting; and (b)monitoring progress, evaluating results, and adjusting instruction based on the use of action research and student growth data)
Instructional Designer: Uses Data to Make Decisions (Designs and adjusts lessons &/or learning goals in response to ongoing analysis of student needs based on multiple sources of data to meet individual learning needs and promote student progress)
Facilitator of Student Thinking & Learning: Engages Students in Content (Facilitates learning experiences that combine engaging qualities of work, high level thinking, and high-yield instructional strategies to engage students intellectually, academically, &/or emotionally in content and in advancing their own learning.
Dates: 8/1/2022 to 4/26/2023
-Statewide event with national expert, John Antonetti
MTDS Teacher Academy emphasizes these MTDS Competencies:
Program: RPDC - Northeast
Location: 4 Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Audience: Those who have completed LETRS-Volume 1
Dates: 8/1/2022 to 2/27/2023
Location: 3 KCRPDC-Union Station (Kansas City, MO) [map]
Dates: 8/2/2022 to 2/28/2023
Audience: PK-12 Mentors of first year teachers
Dates: 8/2/2022 to 2/21/2023
Mastering: Mentoring emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Dates: 8/2/2022 to 2/22/2023
Dates: 8/2/2022 to 3/3/2023
Location: 4 Kirksville, MO (Kirksville, MO)
Audience: K-6 Teachers, Title Teachers, Special Education Teachers or Interventionists, Administrators
Dates: 8/2/2022 to 2/27/2023
Location: 6 Washington District Technology and Learning Center (Washington, MO)
Audience: Building Leaders in year 3 and beyond
Dates: 8/3/2022 to 4/13/2023
Location: 5 Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO) [map]
Dates: 8/3/2022 to 3/21/2023
Dates: 8/3/2022 to 12/8/2022
Audience: District Leadership Teams
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 5/3/2023
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 4/6/2023
Location: 5 North Central Missouri College (Trenton, MO)
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 5/2/2023
Location: 4 Palmyra, MO (Palmyra, MO)
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 4/25/2023
Location: 4 Huntsville, MO (Huntsville, MO)
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 5/19/2023
DATES & TIMES: Launch: Mon, August 4 - 9:00-11:00am Unit 1: Fri, October 21, '22 - 11:30am-3:30pm Unit 2: Mon, January 2 - 8:30am-3:30pm Unit 3-Part 1: Tues, February 17 - 11:30am-3:30pm Unit 3-Part 2: Tues, April 4 - 11:30am-3:30pm Unit 4: Fri, May 19 - 8:30am-3:30pm LOCATION: Westran R-I COST: $400 + *Materials-includes manual & on-line course (scholarship recipients, see special note below) *Participants must purchase materials from Lexia Learning prior to the launch. For information on ordering materials or about the training, please contact either sthurman@truman.edu or sdaniels@truman.edu. [Estimated cost for manual/on-line course is $360 & face-to-face training is $100/day ($400), making the total cost $760.] SPECIAL NOTE: There is no cost for training or materials to scholarship recipients. (When registering, mark "PO" in the payment section. Charge removed later.) LETRS provides teachers with the tools and understanding to teach the essential skills needed for literacy. LETRS is NOT a program. Teachers learn the "science of reading," so they are able to apply research-based application into their classroom, no matter the curriculum or program. The trainings will consist of a launch, 5 face-to-face sessions through structured modules + 4 units of on-line tutorials/videos (through Lexia Learning) which include examples of effective classroom instruction. Teachers will be asked to apply the information to 3 students. Unit Topics Launch: Introduction and Pre-Assessment Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, & Spelling Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, & Word Recognition
LOCATION: Westran R-I
COST: $400 + *Materials-includes manual & on-line course (scholarship recipients, see special note below) *Participants must purchase materials from Lexia Learning prior to the launch. For information on ordering materials or about the training, please contact either sthurman@truman.edu or sdaniels@truman.edu. [Estimated cost for manual/on-line course is $360 & face-to-face training is $100/day ($400), making the total cost $760.] SPECIAL NOTE: There is no cost for training or materials to scholarship recipients. (When registering, mark "PO" in the payment section. Charge removed later.) LETRS provides teachers with the tools and understanding to teach the essential skills needed for literacy. LETRS is NOT a program. Teachers learn the "science of reading," so they are able to apply research-based application into their classroom, no matter the curriculum or program. The trainings will consist of a launch, 5 face-to-face sessions through structured modules + 4 units of on-line tutorials/videos (through Lexia Learning) which include examples of effective classroom instruction. Teachers will be asked to apply the information to 3 students. Unit Topics Launch: Introduction and Pre-Assessment Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, & Spelling Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, & Word Recognition
SPECIAL NOTE: There is no cost for training or materials to scholarship recipients. (When registering, mark "PO" in the payment section. Charge removed later.) LETRS provides teachers with the tools and understanding to teach the essential skills needed for literacy. LETRS is NOT a program. Teachers learn the "science of reading," so they are able to apply research-based application into their classroom, no matter the curriculum or program. The trainings will consist of a launch, 5 face-to-face sessions through structured modules + 4 units of on-line tutorials/videos (through Lexia Learning) which include examples of effective classroom instruction. Teachers will be asked to apply the information to 3 students. Unit Topics Launch: Introduction and Pre-Assessment Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, & Spelling Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, & Word Recognition
LETRS provides teachers with the tools and understanding to teach the essential skills needed for literacy. LETRS is NOT a program. Teachers learn the "science of reading," so they are able to apply research-based application into their classroom, no matter the curriculum or program. The trainings will consist of a launch, 5 face-to-face sessions through structured modules + 4 units of on-line tutorials/videos (through Lexia Learning) which include examples of effective classroom instruction. Teachers will be asked to apply the information to 3 students. Unit Topics Launch: Introduction and Pre-Assessment Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, & Spelling Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, & Word Recognition
The trainings will consist of a launch, 5 face-to-face sessions through structured modules + 4 units of on-line tutorials/videos (through Lexia Learning) which include examples of effective classroom instruction. Teachers will be asked to apply the information to 3 students.
Unit Topics Launch: Introduction and Pre-Assessment Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, & Spelling Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, & Word Recognition
Audience: School Leaders in their first few years of school leadership.
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 4/26/2023
Dates: 8/4/2022 to 4/27/2023
Location: 1 Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 4/14/2023
This 4-meeting program offers learning and support for mentor teachers.
MTDS Mastering: Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System.
MTDS Mastering: Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Location: MOREnet Conference Room, Stadium Shoppes (Columbia, MO)
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 5/1/2023
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 3/23/2023
Location: 3 Grandview SD-TLC Room (Grandview, MO)
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 3/14/2023
Location: 3 Kearney School District & Early Education Center (Kearney, MO)
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 4/13/2023
Location: 5 Missouri Western State University (St. Joseph, MO)
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 3/24/2023
Audience: Elementary K-5 Teachers, Title Reading Teachers, SPED or Interventionists, & Administrators who have completed LETRS Volume 1
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 4/4/2023
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 3/21/2023
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 3/1/2023
Dates: 8/5/2022 to 3/2/2023
Dates: 8/5/2022
These sessions are designed for members of professional development committees who want to provide powerful professional development opportunities for their schools and districts.
Participants will:
-Understand the roles and responsibilities of effective Professional Development Committees (PDCs)
-Examine the relationship between student growth, educator evaluation and professional learning
-Explore the criteria for evaluating professional development and the appropriate budgeting of funds.
- Draft or review their PDC Plan for the school year using Missouri Professional Learning Guidelines (revised 2020) and district/building goals.
This program is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System (mo-mtds.net)
Suggested items to bring to aid in discussion:
-Current PDC Plan
-CSIP
-Building school improvement goals
-Needs assessment results (if available)
-District/building focus areas for educator evaluation and teacher growth plans (if available)
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 4/4/2023
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 3/2/2023
Audience: First Year Teachers
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 This opportunity provides:
Emerging A meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements and emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 3/15/2023
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 2/6/2023
Location: 4 Macon, MO (Macon, MO)
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 3/24/2023
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 4/14/2023
Dates: 8/9/2022 to 3/31/2023
To celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, Emerging B includes a statewide event on October 19 featuring Mike Rutherford, author of The Artisan Teacher! Participants will also receive a copy of Mike's book The Artisan Teacher.
Emerging B is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri.
Dates: 8/9/2022 to 3/30/2023
Dates: 8/9/2022 to 3/22/2023
Dates: 8/9/2022 to 4/13/2023
Dates: 8/10/2022 to 3/22/2023
Dates: 8/10/2022 to 4/25/2023
Audience: North Callaway Mentors
Dates: 8/11/2022 to 4/3/2023
Audience: Mentors to Beginning Teacher Assistance Program A Participants
Dates: 8/11/2022 to 10/3/2022
Dates: 8/11/2022 to 3/29/2023
TIME: 9:00am-3:00pm
LOCATION: Truman TBA
COST: $250 (scholarships available)-lunch included
Beginning teachers are one of our greatest assets. Yet, 17% of teachers leave the career within the first 5 years (Gray et al., 2015). Research shows 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). This opportunity provides-- -networking with other new teachers & 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. MTDS BTAP meets MO's BTAP certification requirements & emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies: Builds Relationships & Culture creating culturally responsive relationships built on trust & mutual respect for all; Creates & Manages a Learning Environment implementing classroom layouts & organizational strategies to -- >promote student interaction; >meet student needs & well-being; >minimize disruption; >allow teacher movement for monitoring student progress; >increase & manage student productivity; & >encourage self-directed student learning; Develops Research-Based Instruction using research-based lesson planning models/practices to plan lessons that include: >lesson targets; >activities, tasks, &/or experiences; >research-based &/or evidence-based strategies; & >methods for monitoring/communicating student progress towards meeting lesson target; Engages Students in Content evaluating lessons to identify engaging qualities of work, higher-level thinking, and high-yield instructional strategies.
MTDS BTAP meets MO's BTAP certification requirements & emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Builds Relationships & Culture creating culturally responsive relationships built on trust & mutual respect for all;
Creates & Manages a Learning Environment implementing classroom layouts & organizational strategies to -- >promote student interaction; >meet student needs & well-being; >minimize disruption; >allow teacher movement for monitoring student progress; >increase & manage student productivity; & >encourage self-directed student learning;
Develops Research-Based Instruction using research-based lesson planning models/practices to plan lessons that include: >lesson targets; >activities, tasks, &/or experiences; >research-based &/or evidence-based strategies; & >methods for monitoring/communicating student progress towards meeting lesson target;
Engages Students in Content evaluating lessons to identify engaging qualities of work, higher-level thinking, and high-yield instructional strategies.
Audience: K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Nurses, Counselors
Dates: 8/11/2022 to 5/23/2023
Dates: 8/12/2022 to 4/26/2023
Audience: 1st Year Teachers
Dates: 8/12/2022 to 3/3/2023
Audience: Limited to MO Read, Lead Exceed Participants
Dates: 8/15/2022 to 3/6/2023
Dates: 8/15/2022 to 5/19/2023
Location: 4 Salisbury, MO (Salisbury, MO)
Audience: Mentor Teachers
Dates: 8/15/2022 to 3/1/2023
This program offers learning and support for mentor teachers. MTDS Mastering: Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System (MTDS). This opportunity provides-- -a state-wide event with Mike Rutherford; -coaching, observation, and feedback training and support; -consultant support; -regional networking with other mentor teachers; -opportunities to apply newly acquired skills with beginning teachers; and -competency-based programming. MTDS Mastering: Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies: Managing a Classroom: Manages Behavior, Creates & Manages a Learning Environment, Communicates Progress Toward Learning Goals; Being a Professional: Supports School District Vision, Mission, & Goals; Designing Instruction: Develops Research-Based Instruction; and Reflecting on Practice: Sets Growth Goals.
Dates: 8/16/2022 to 3/29/2023
To celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, Emerging II includes a statewide event featuring Mike Rutherford, author of The Artisan Teacher! Participants will also receive a copy of Mike's book The Artisan Teacher.
Location: 6 Rolla Administration Building (Rolla, MO)
Dates: 8/17/2022 to 4/14/2023
Dates: 8/18/2022 to 3/27/2023
Location: 6 Union School District (Union, MO)
Dates: 8/19/2022 to 4/11/2023
Location: TBA-Central Missouri (Central Missouri, MO)
Dates: 8/24/2022 to 11/15/2022
Dates: 8/25/2022 to 3/13/2023
Dates: 8/29/2022 to 5/4/2023
Dates: 8/29/2022 to 3/13/2023