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1. Learning Blade: STEM/CS/CTE Career Awareness Resources - Agency for Teaching, Leading, and Learning

Program: RPDC - Agency for Teaching, Leading and Learning

Location: Park Central Office Building (ROOM 112) (Springfield, MO)

Dates: 6/5/2024

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?

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)

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 exercise

3D printing projects and models

CS:

20+ hours coding course CS

Career Exploration

Online and offline engagement of CS principles

CTE:

Exploration of 100+ careers with interactive lessons

Career videos

This session 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.

Participants will receive a $150 stipend for attending. (paid after the workshop)

2. Math Momentum: Energizing Learning with Consistent Routines in Grades 3-9

Program: RPDC - Northwest

Location: 5. St Joseph (St Joseph, MO)

Audience: Grades 3-9 math educators, interventionists, administrators or curriculum specialists

Dates: 7/9/2025

Discover how to create a dynamic and engaging math classroom where consistent routines build momentum for student success. In this session, participants will:
* explore research-based strategies for establishing routines that support conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and problem-solving skills
* learn how to implement structured, yet flexible, practices that energize learning, foster collaboration, and promote mathematical thinking
* walk away with practical tools and ready-to-use ideas to help students build confidence, independence, and a love for math through the power of well-designed routines

Whether you're looking to refine your current practices or start fresh, this session will empower you to ignite Math Momentum in your classroom!

Lunch on your own

Optional 1 hour graduate credit available if you take an additional learning training and complete additional course work for both.

3. MAP-A Lunch & Learn: Qualifying for MAP-A--Eligibility & Pervasive Supports

Program: RPDC - Northeast

Location: Virtual (online, MO)

Dates: 7/21/2025

New

DATE: Monday, July 21, 2025

TIME: 11:30am-12:30pm

LOCATION: Virtual by Zoom (link will be sent prior to workshop)

COST: Free

MAP-A Lunch & Learn will be a series of once a month--July through May--one-hour virtual workshops provided by the Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Effective Practice Special Education Improvement Consultants. Each month will focus on a different MAP-A topic. Please register for each month you'd like to attend separately. Dates and topics for each month are listed below.

Dates and topics (register for each separately):
Monday, July 21: Qualifying for MAP-A--Eligibility & Pervasive Supports
Monday, August 18: Essential Elements to Create Goals with Benchmarks/Objectives
Monday, September 15: Teach then Test--What Instructionally Embedded Means
Monday, October 20: Strategies for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Monday, November 17: What Engagement Looks Like--Math, Science, & ELA
Monday, December 15: Life Skills/Function Classes*Crosswalk*Transition Assessments *What Do You Use?
Monday, January 26: Using the Individual Score Report to Plan Instruction and Develop IEP
Monday, February 23: What is the Difference Between MAP, EOC, and MAP-A?
Monday, March 16: MAP-A District Test Coordinator--What Should be in the District's Testing Policies?
Monday, April 20: Caryn's Corner - Frequent Concerns & Misconceptions
Monday, May 18: To Be Determined

4. Leveling Up Math Skills with Cooperative Structures in Grades 3-5

Program: RPDC - Northwest

Location: 5. St Joseph (St Joseph, MO)

Audience: Grades 3-5 math educators, interventionists, administrators or curriculum specialists

Dates: 8/6/2025

Design inclusive and collaborative math lessons that meet the diverse needs of every learner! In this session, participants will explore how to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles with cooperative learning structures to create engaging, student-centered math lesson plans.

Learn how to design flexible math lessons that provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression while fostering collaboration and peer support. Through hands-on activities and practical examples, you'll discover strategies to remove barriers to learning and empower all students to succeed.

Whether you're new to UDL or looking to enhance your cooperative teaching practices, this session will equip you with tools to make math lessons accessible, interactive, and impactful.

Lunch on your own

Optional 1 hour graduate credit available if you take an additional learning training and complete additional course work for both.

5. MAP-A Lunch & Learn: Essential Elements to Create Goals with Benchmarks/Objectives

Program: RPDC - Northeast

Location: Virtual (online, MO)

Dates: 8/18/2025

New

DATE: Monday, August 18, 2025

TIME: 11:30am-12:30pm

LOCATION: Virtual by Zoom (link will be sent prior to workshop)

COST: Free

MAP-A Lunch & Learn will be a series of once a month--July through May--one-hour virtual workshops provided by the Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Effective Practice Special Education Improvement Consultants. Each month will focus on a different MAP-A topic. Please register for each month you'd like to attend separately. Dates and topics for each month are listed below.

Dates and topics (register for each separately):
Monday, July 21: Qualifying for MAP-A--Eligibility & Pervasive Supports
Monday, August 18: Essential Elements to Create Goals with Benchmarks/Objectives
Monday, September 15: Teach then Test--What Instructionally Embedded Means
Monday, October 20: Strategies for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Monday, November 17: What Engagement Looks Like--Math, Science, & ELA
Monday, December 15: Life Skills/Function Classes*Crosswalk*Transition Assessments *What Do You Use?
Monday, January 26: Using the Individual Score Report to Plan Instruction and Develop IEP
Monday, February 23: What is the Difference Between MAP, EOC, and MAP-A?
Monday, March 16: MAP-A District Test Coordinator--What Should be in the District's Testing Policies?
Monday, April 20: Caryn's Corner - Frequent Concerns & Misconceptions
Monday, May 18: To Be Determined

6. Advanced Math Academy: Teaching Mathematics for Understanding K-6

Program: RPDC - Southeast

Location: 1 Southeast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]

Dates: 9/10/2025 to 3/2/2026

Note: Please ensure you have completed Math Academy or Coaches Cohort first. This four-part series will focus on instruction for developing conceptual understanding across the domains in grade levels K-6. We will explore strategies for promoting student reasoning and critical thinking.

Session 1- Fluency: Building Strong Foundations
Session 2- Number and Operations: Unlocking Mathematical Thinking
Session 3- Fractions: Bridging the Gap
Session 4- Data and Statistics: Making Sense of Information

7. MAP-A Lunch & Learn: Teach then Test--What Instructionally Embedded Means

Program: RPDC - Northeast

Location: Virtual (online, MO)

Dates: 9/15/2025

New

DATE: Monday, September 15, 2025

TIME: 11:30am-12:30pm

LOCATION: Virtual by Zoom (link will be sent prior to workshop)

COST: Free

MAP-A Lunch & Learn will be a series of once a month--July through May--one-hour virtual workshops provided by the Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Effective Practice Special Education Improvement Consultants. Each month will focus on a different MAP-A topic. Please register for each month you'd like to attend separately. Dates and topics for each month are listed below.

Dates and topics (register for each separately):
Monday, July 21: Qualifying for MAP-A--Eligibility & Pervasive Supports
Monday, August 18: Essential Elements to Create Goals with Benchmarks/Objectives
Monday, September 15: Teach then Test--What Instructionally Embedded Means
Monday, October 20: Strategies for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Monday, November 17: What Engagement Looks Like--Math, Science, & ELA
Monday, December 15: Life Skills/Function Classes*Crosswalk*Transition Assessments *What Do You Use?
Monday, January 26: Using the Individual Score Report to Plan Instruction and Develop IEP
Monday, February 23: What is the Difference Between MAP, EOC, and MAP-A?
Monday, March 16: MAP-A District Test Coordinator--What Should be in the District's Testing Policies?
Monday, April 20: Caryn's Corner - Frequent Concerns & Misconceptions
Monday, May 18: To Be Determined

8. Math Academy Grades K-2

Program: RPDC - Southeast

Location: 1 Southeast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]

Dates: 9/17/2025 to 3/18/2026

This four part series will focus on instruction for developing conceptual understanding across the domains. We will explore strategies for promoting student reasoning and critical thinking. Each session will show the learning progression of the priority standards in Grades K-2. Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate with peers across the region and explore quality resources.

Session 1- Fluency
Session 2- Early Number Sense
Session 3- Numbers & Operations in Base Ten
Session 4- Geometry & Measurement

9. Math Academy Grades 6-8

Program: RPDC - Southeast

Location: 1 Southeast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]

Dates: 9/26/2025 to 3/19/2026

This four-part series will focus on instruction for developing conceptual understanding across the domains. We will explore strategies for promoting student reasoning and critical thinking. Each session will show the learning progression of the priority standards in Grades 6-8. Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate with peers across the region and explore quality resources.

Session 1- Fluency
Session 2- Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Session 3- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Session 4- Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

10. NW Curriculum Leader Network

Program: RPDC - Northwest

Location: 5 Varies (Maryville/St Joseph, MO)

Audience: Curriculum leaders, Building leaders, Teacher leaders

Dates: 10/2/2025 to 4/2/2026

This network will provide information about current trends and issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Participants will be informed about current happenings at DESE, such as literacy and math updates, State assessment information, etc.. Time will be allowed to share ideas of what is working in districts to help improve learning.

11. Math Academy Grades 3-5

Program: RPDC - Southeast

Location: 1 Southeast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]

Dates: 10/3/2025 to 3/27/2026

This four part series will focus on instruction for developing conceptual understanding across the domains. We will explore strategies for promoting student reasoning and critical thinking. Each session will show the learning progression of the priority standards in Grades 3-5. Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate with peers across the region and explore quality resources.

Session 1- Fluency
Session 2- Multiplication and Division
Session 3- Fractions
Session 4- Geometry

12. New SPED Teacher Bootcamp

Program: RPDC - Heart of MO - Regional Professional Development Center

Location: Harry S Truman Building (Jefferson City, MO) [map]

Dates: 10/3/2025 to 3/20/2026

Session 1: Special Education Process

*Referral to IEP

*RED

*Observations

*Eval. Report

Session 2: Golden Thread

*Present Level

*BCCT Goals

*Services

*Accommodations/Modifications

Session 3: Specially Designed Instruction

*HLPs

*Teaching ELA and Math in the Sped setting

*Data Collection

*Progress Monitoring-Data Collection

13. 6-12 Math Network: Aligning Instruction with Assessment Expectations

Program: RPDC - Northwest

Location: 5. St Joseph (St Joseph, MO)

Audience: 6-12 Math Teachers

Dates: 10/7/2025 to 3/5/2026

This professional learning opportunity is designed for grades 6-12 math teachers. Network Objectives:
* Data Analysis: What it really means and why it matters
* Instructional Alignment: Participants will align their instruction with assessment expectations, ensuring that students are prepared for rigorous state standards.
* Assessment Development: Educators will create formative and summative assessment items that reflect the depth of knowledge required by state assessments.
* Collaboration & Networking: Teachers will engage in discussions and share best practices with peers across the northwest region, fostering a professional learning community.

Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of assessment data, a toolkit of aligned instructional strategies, and a collection of assessment items ready for classroom use. Additionally, they will establish ongoing connections with other math educators in the region to continue professional growth.

Lunch provided. Graduate credit available.

14. K-5 Math Network: Fluent & Flexible: Strengthening Math Skills Across Operations

Program: RPDC - Northwest

Location: 5. St Joseph (St Joseph, MO)

Audience: K-5 Math Teachers

Dates: 10/14/2025 to 3/10/2026

Building mathematical fluency goes beyond memorizing facts-it's about developing accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility with numbers. This multi-session series will explore research-based strategies to strengthen fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division across grade levels. Each session will focus on different aspects of fluency, including:
* Understanding Fluency: What it really means and why it matters
* Building Strong Foundations: Number sense, strategies, and visual models
* Operations in Action: Deepening fluency with games, routines, and hands-on learning
* From Facts to Flexibility: Encouraging multiple strategies for problem-solving
* Assessing Fluency: Monitoring progress and supporting diverse learners

Through engaging activities, cooperative learning structures, and ready-to-use resources, participants will leave each session with practical tools to help students develop fluency with confidence and understanding. Join us to create a math classroom where fluency is more than fast facts-it's the key to mathematical success!

Lunch provided. Graduate credit available.

15. Revitalizing Secondary Mathematics

Program: RPDC - Southeast

Location: 1 Southeast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]

Dates: 10/16/2025 to 4/14/2026

This four part series is intended for math teachers grades 6-12. The focus of the group will be to share research based teaching strategies, examine new resources, and provide participants the opportunity to network and collaborate with other teachers who teach the same content/ courses. During our sessions together we will focus on a variety of teaching strategies such as algebra tiles, BTC toolkits, and fluency routines. We will also focus on increasing engagement and meeting the needs of struggling students in the secondary setting.

16. MAP-A Lunch & Learn: Strategies for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities

Program: RPDC - Northeast

Location: Virtual (online, MO)

Dates: 10/20/2025

New

DATE: Monday, October 20, 2025

TIME: 11:30am-12:30pm

LOCATION: Virtual by Zoom (link will be sent prior to workshop)

COST: Free

MAP-A Lunch & Learn will be a series of once a month--July through May--one-hour virtual workshops provided by the Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Effective Practice Special Education Improvement Consultants. Each month will focus on a different MAP-A topic. Please register for each month you'd like to attend separately. Dates and topics for each month are listed below.

Dates and topics (register for each separately):
Monday, July 21: Qualifying for MAP-A--Eligibility & Pervasive Supports
Monday, August 18: Essential Elements to Create Goals with Benchmarks/Objectives
Monday, September 15: Teach then Test--What Instructionally Embedded Means
Monday, October 20: Strategies for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Monday, November 17: What Engagement Looks Like--Math, Science, & ELA
Monday, December 15: Life Skills/Function Classes*Crosswalk*Transition Assessments *What Do You Use?
Monday, January 26: Using the Individual Score Report to Plan Instruction and Develop IEP
Monday, February 23: What is the Difference Between MAP, EOC, and MAP-A?
Monday, March 16: MAP-A District Test Coordinator--What Should be in the District's Testing Policies?
Monday, April 20: Caryn's Corner - Frequent Concerns & Misconceptions
Monday, May 18: To Be Determined

Program: RPDC - Northeast

Location: Virtual (online, MO)

Dates: 5/18/2026

New

DATE: Monday, May 18, 2026

TIME: 11:30am-12:30pm

LOCATION: Virtual by Zoom (link will be sent prior to workshop)

COST: Free

MAP-A Lunch & Learn will be a series of once a month--July through May--one-hour virtual workshops provided by the Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Effective Practice Special Education Improvement Consultants. Each month will focus on a different MAP-A topic. Please register for each month you'd like to attend separately. Dates and topics for each month are listed below.

Dates and topics (register for each separately):
Monday, July 21: Qualifying for MAP-A--Eligibility & Pervasive Supports
Monday, August 18: Essential Elements to Create Goals with Benchmarks/Objectives
Monday, September 15: Teach then Test--What Instructionally Embedded Means
Monday, October 20: Strategies for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Monday, November 17: What Engagement Looks Like--Math, Science, & ELA
Monday, December 15: Life Skills/Function Classes*Crosswalk*Transition Assessments *What Do You Use?
Monday, January 26: Using the Individual Score Report to Plan Instruction and Develop IEP
Monday, February 23: What is the Difference Between MAP, EOC, and MAP-A?
Monday, March 16: MAP-A District Test Coordinator--What Should be in the District's Testing Policies?
Monday, April 20: Caryn's Corner - Frequent Concerns & Misconceptions
Monday, May 18: To Be Determined

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