The Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS) is a continuum of learning and supports provided to school leaders from aspiring to retiring. In addition to content available for aspiring school leaders, five levels of support comprise MLDS: New Leaders Year I, New Leaders Year II, Sustaining Leadership Year III, Sustaining Leadership IV and Transformational Leadership V & VI.

Missouri Leadership Academy:
Leadership Academy is part of the Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS), which develops effective school leaders who: Engage with school and community, serve as catalysts for meaningful and productive change, recognize and develop excellent instruction, and create and sustain a culture of continuous learning. Leadership Academy is comprised of school leaders across the state of Missouri and aims to promote the success of each student by building leadership capacity in the following domains: Relational, Instructional, Visionary, Innovative and Managerial. Leadership Academy offers four regional meetings, a three-day outdoor learning experience and statewide meetings. Statewide meetings will be held in mid-Missouri and Potosi areas, and regional meetings will be conducted in cohorts in your area.

You made it through year one, but your learning never stops! Continue your growth as an emerging teacher!

Purposeful Lesson Planning (formerly BTAP B) offers continued support for early career teachers.

To celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, MTDS: Purposeful Lesson Planning 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.

MTDS: Purposeful Lesson Planning is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri.

This opportunity provides:

-access to experts- statewide event with Mike Rutherford!

-access to on-demand learning, including Mike Rutherford's MTDS series

-consultant support

-networking with other teachers

-competency-based programming

Fees: $75 for Non-Members and $50 for Members

Struggle in mathematics is easy to find, but what makes it productive is that feeling of making sense of things, of seeing relationships between quantities or shapes, and making progress towards a strategy that may yield a viable solution, and, more importantly, a better understanding of the underlying mathematics. Letting students find this place of productive struggle, and staying there for a while, often takes more patience and restraint than teachers are accustomed to having. This is why the NCTM Effective Teaching Practices are so important. When these practices are put in place it becomes far more likely that students will persist rather than give up, take risks without fear, and persevere when the work becomes challenging.

Presenters: Deann Clawson is a K-12 Math Consultant for the Kansas City Regional Professional Development Center. She is a former middle and high school math teacher, K-12 math coach, and Director of Curriculum and Assessment. Deann is excited to work with others who share her love for mathematics.
Phil Gegen is a K-12 Math Consultant for the Kansas City RPDC. Before joining RPDC, Phil taught HS math for 26 years, including 4 years in rural NW Missouri followed by 22 years at Oak Park High School in Kansas City. He also taught in the Upward Bound Program at NWMSU, coached high school tennis and cross country, and prior to teaching worked in banking for 10 years.

Cost: $20/participant for member districts; $25/participant for nonmember districts

The Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS) is a continuum of learning and supports provided to school leaders from aspiring to retiring. In addition to content available for aspiring school leaders, five levels of support comprise MLDS: New Leaders Year I, New Leaders Year II, Sustaining Leadership Year III, Sustaining Leadership IV and Transformational Leadership V & VI.
Sustaining Leadership III Cohort:
The Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS) Sustaining Leadership III Cohort provides principals: Training and support through research-based learning experiences, opportunities to develop formal and informal professional networks. MLDS Sustaining Leadership III includes four regional meetings which provide practical, relevant learning as well as one coaching lab providing hands on experiences to improve skills in assessing school culture. Participation in New Leaders/Emerging Level content is a pre-requisite for this course. If you are in your first years of school leadership and did not participate in New Leaders content, please contact the RPDC Leadership Development Specialist, Tamara Moore-Callahan at tymtc7@umkc.edu to discuss your best cohort placement.

You made it through year one, but your learning never stops! Continue your growth as an emerging teacher!

Purposeful Lesson Planning (formerly BTAP B) offers continued support for early career teachers.

To celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, MTDS: Purposeful Lesson Planning 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.

MTDS: Purposeful Lesson Planning is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri.

This opportunity provides:

-access to experts- statewide event with Mike Rutherford!

-access to on-demand learning, including Mike Rutherford's MTDS series

-consultant support

-networking with other teachers

-competency-based programming

-Cost: $50-KCRPDC Members or $75 Non Members

This professional learning opportunity will build participant knowledge in the process of completing the Dynamic Learning MAPs (DLM) for our students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Teachers will learn to utilize the process and components of this assessment, including the use of the educator portal, to embed the essential elements from the DLM into daily instructional opportunities for students. This process builds students' knowledge and capacity to demonstrate growth on the summative version of the MAP-A.

Presenters: Dr. Kent Yocum has over 25 years of experience working in elementary education, starting in the classroom, advancing to instructional coaching and building/district leadership. Stacey Martin has over 40 years of experience working in the field of special education, especially in the areas of autism and behavior. She has spent the last 9 years at Summit Behavioral Services as Assistant Director of the clinical preschool.

Cost: $15.00 for KCRPDC Members and $20.00 for Non-Members

The Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS) is a continuum of learning and supports provided to school leaders from aspiring to retiring. In addition to content available for aspiring school leaders, five levels of support comprise MLDS: New Leaders Year I, New Leaders Year II, Sustaining Leadership Year III, Sustaining Leadership IV and Transformational Leadership V & VI.

Transformational Leadership Cohort:
The Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS) is a series of professional learning experiences specifically tailored to develop leadership capacity across multiple domains of leadership. Research and practical experience confirm the impact of leadership on multiple aspects of school life, personal satisfaction, recruitment and retention of faculty and staff, and student achievement, to name a few. Essential activities will include, but are not limited to comprehensive and progressive learning treatments designed to meet principals' needs at their current level of experience (Emerging, Sustaining or Transformational), opportunities to develop formal and informal professional networks, relevant leadership learning facilitated by MLDS specialists, delivered in a format that honors a principal's time, experience and areas of expertise in the education field. This cohort is well suited for school leaders with 6+ years of administrator experience. Completion of Sustaining Leadership content is recommended. If you have 6+ years of leadership experience but did not participate in Sustaining Leadership content, please contact the RPDC Leadership Development Specialist, Tamara Moore-Callahan at tymtc7@umkc.edu to discuss your best cohort placement.

You made it through year one, but your learning never stops! Continue your growth as an emerging teacher!

Purposeful Lesson Planning (formerly BTAP B) offers continued support for early career teachers.

To celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, MTDS: Purposeful Lesson Planning 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.

MTDS: Purposeful Lesson Planning is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri.

This opportunity provides:

-access to experts- statewide event with Mike Rutherford!

-access to on-demand learning, including Mike Rutherford's MTDS series

-consultant support

-networking with other teachers

-competency-based programming

Fees: $75 for Non-Members and $50 for Members

By invitation only

Classroom management strategies are essential to building a positive and productive learning environment. If you are new to the classroom, or looking to enhance your skills and build confidence in dealing with difficult students, this 3-part series will help you create a positive learning environment where students feel engaged motivated and empowered to success academically and socially.

This professional development includes 3 - ½ day sessions. Attend 1 session or all.

Part 1 - Getting Started on the Right Foot: setting expectations, establishing procedures and routines, organization and room arrangements, providing positive feedback and building relationships.

Part 2- Keeping it Going: Creating Positive Transitions, Building a Community of Learners, Responding to minor disruptions, engaging students and teaching self-regulation.

Part 3 - Responding to Challenging Behaviors: Function-based thinking, Keys to De-escalating students, Trauma approach to behavior.

Cost:$100.00 Non-Members OR $75.00 per KCRPDC Members for all three sessions.

10/01: Special Education Process: As a result of this training, participants will have a basic understanding of special education laws that focus on the implementation of the special education process, which is the process used for referring students for evaluation, finding children eligible for services, establishing an Individualized Education Program for them, and continued review of services and progress of and for the child.

11/15: Writing Quality Individualized Education Plans (IEP): As a result of this training, participants will know the best practices in preparing for an IEP meeting, be able to write present level of academic achievement and functional performance, write SMART goals related to the students' needs and understand all components of the IEP,

01/16: Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) & Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP)/ Progress Monitoring: As a result of this training, participants will learn how to conduct formal and informal functional behavior assessments and translating the data to a behavior intervention plan.

03/03: Intro into Science of Reading/Math: As a result of this training, participants will dive deeply into the science of reading in the morning with our ELA consutlants. In the afternoon participants will work with our math consultants and learn effective teaching strategies that can be incorporated into their K-12 classrooms for students with disabilities.

Bailey has worked with students with disabilities for over 15 years. While receiving her Bachelor's Degree at Missouri State University in Cross Categorical Special Education K-12. While working as a Special Education teacher, Bailey obtained her ESL certification and received her Master's Degree in Teacher Leadership from Park University. Currently, she serves as the Special Education Compliance Consultant for the Kansas City area and surrounding region. She is a strong advocate for students with special needs and believes every child has the right to learn.

Cost: $75.00