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: 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
Dates: 10/26/2021 to 1/27/2022
Dates: 3/7/2022
Dates: 4/11/2022 to 7/26/2022
Location: Virtual Training (-, -)
Dates: 4/18/2022
Dates: 4/29/2022
Location: Bentley Administration Center (Springfield, MO) [map]
Dates: 6/6/2022 to 7/11/2022
Dates: 6/7/2022 to 7/12/2022
Location: 4 Virtual (Internet, MO)
Dates: 6/8/2022 to 7/13/2022
Dates: 6/14/2022 to 9/7/2022
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: 7/22/2022 to 3/2/2023
This program offers learning and support for mentor teachers.
MTDS Mastering: Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System.
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
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
Reflecting on Practice: Sets Growth Goals
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!
Audience: SW Region New Leaders Emerging I MLDS Springfield Cohort
Dates: 7/26/2022
Audience: Administrators, Leadership teams, behavior coaches
Dates: 7/27/2022
Dates: 7/28/2022 to 4/11/2023
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
MTDS BTAP 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
Dates: 8/1/2022 to 4/26/2023
-completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in MO
-completed at least 3 years of successful teaching
-a strong desire for professional improvement
-Statewide 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
-networking with other teachers
MTDS Teacher Academy 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: 8/5/2022 to 3/1/2023
Mastering: Mentoring is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System.
Mastering: Mentoring emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Dates: 8/8/2022 to 2/6/2023
Dates: 8/10/2022 to 3/24/2023
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 cohorts are designed:
Join us for quarterly meetings if you are a designer/facilitator of a GYO club/chapter or class who wants to:
Regional cohorts support the implementation and growth of GYO teacher recruitment programs in all Missouri school districts and charter schools. The state MTDS GYO Teacher Development Specialist, a former Ed Pathways Dual Credit Class Teacher & Ed Club Sponsor who completed doctoral work on Missouri's GYO programs, will be facilitating cohort gatherings.
Dates: 8/30/2022 to 4/12/2023
Location: Park Central Office Building Room 209 (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 9/2/2022 to 5/5/2023
Dates: 9/6/2022 to 2/8/2023
Location: Virtual Meeting (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 9/8/2022 to 2/9/2023
Dates: 9/9/2022 to 1/13/2023
Audience: All educators who serve students who are blind/visually impaired. Teachers, special education teachers, paraprofessionals, parents, and administrators.
Dates: 9/9/2022
Location: Alumni Center, 300 S Jefferson, Springfield (Springfield, MO) [map]
Dates: 9/12/2022 to 1/9/2023
Dates: 9/13/2022 to 1/30/2023
Dates: 9/15/2022 to 4/18/2023
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, MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program 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.
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program 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
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program 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.
Dates: 9/15/2022
Dates: 9/16/2022
Audience: Classroom teachers, administrators, behavior coaches, instructional coaches, team leaders, building level teams
Dates: 9/19/2022 to 2/28/2023
Dates: 9/21/2022 to 3/6/2023
Dates: 9/22/2022 to 3/14/2023
Dates: 9/22/2022 to 4/27/2023
This program offers support for mid-career teachers. MTDS Teacher Academy Graduates is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has:
-completed MTDS Teacher Academy
-a strong desire for continuous professional improvement
-State event with national expert, John Antonetti
-a copy of John's book: Powerful Task Design
MTDS Teacher Academy Graduates emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies:
Reflective Learner: Engages in On-Going 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: Develops Research-Based Instruction (Develops innovative instruction based on conducting and using action research that: (a) emphasizes essential concepts of content; (b) uses supplementary primary sources; (c) connects to student experience and culture; (d) meets the unique needs of diverse learners; and/or promotes student inquiry and interdisciplinary approaches)
Professional: Understands & Promotes the Profession (Gains awareness of the larger professional community, including regional, state, national, and global professional educational communities and governmental bodies that impact the profession; and revises personal philosophy of teaching)
Location: Virtual (any place, MO)
Dates: 9/26/2022 to 3/29/2023
Dates: 9/27/2022 to 3/27/2023
Dates: 9/28/2022
Dates: 9/29/2022 to 1/31/2023
Dates: 9/29/2022
Location: Park Central Office Building Room 016 (Springfield, MO)
Audience: Classroom teachers, administrators, behavior coaches, team leaders, building leadership teams
Dates: 9/30/2022
Dates: 10/6/2022 to 2/21/2023
Dates: 10/6/2022
Dates: 10/10/2022
Dates: 10/13/2022 to 10/14/2022
Audience: Classroom teachers, administrators, behavior coaches, instructional coaches, team leaders, building leadership teams
Dates: 10/14/2022
Dates: 10/17/2022
Dates: 10/17/2022 to 4/4/2023
Dates: 10/17/2022 to 4/3/2023
Dates: 10/19/2022 to 2/22/2023
Dates: 10/25/2022 to 4/6/2023
Dates: 11/4/2022
Dates: 11/9/2022 to 4/25/2023
Dates: 11/11/2022
Dates: 12/13/2022
Dates: 12/14/2022
Dates: 1/13/2023
Dates: 1/26/2023
Dates: 2/9/2023
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: 2/10/2023
Dates: 2/23/2023 to 6/8/2023
Dates: 4/14/2023
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