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 - South Central
Location: 6 Columbia College (Rolla, MO)
Audience: Elementary K-5 Teachers, Title Reading Teachers, Special Education Teachers or Interventionists, & Administrators
Dates: 8/1/2023 to 4/2/2024
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.
Audience: K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Nurses, Counselors
Dates: 8/7/2023 to 4/30/2024
Dates: 8/9/2023 to 5/1/2024
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
Location: 6 West Plains (MSU-West Plains--Lybyer Center) (West Plains, MO) [map]
Dates: 8/15/2023 to 4/16/2024
Dates: 8/15/2023 to 4/18/2024
Location: 6 Mountain View Birchtree Schools (Mountain View, MO)
Dates: 8/15/2023 to 4/29/2024
Location: 6 Raymondville Elem. School (Raymondville, MO)
Dates: 8/16/2023 to 4/26/2024
Dates: 8/28/2023 to 3/11/2024
Dates: 8/30/2023 to 2/16/2024
Location: 6 S&T Phelps Health Annex E101 Seminar Room (Rolla, MO) [map]
Dates: 8/30/2023 to 4/11/2024
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.
Program: RPDC - Southeast
Location: 1 Catapult (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]
Dates: 9/8/2023 to 4/26/2024
Location: TBD (Springfield, MO)
Dates: 9/11/2023 to 3/4/2024
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
Dates: 9/19/2023 to 5/2/2024
Dates: 9/20/2023 to 4/9/2024
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: 9/27/2023 to 4/17/2024
Location: 5. Virtual (Virtual, MO)
Audience: K-12 Administrators
Dates: 9/27/2023 to 4/24/2024
Location: 3 KCRPDC-Union Station (Kansas City, MO) [map]
Audience: School Leaders of with six plus years of school leadership experience.
Dates: 9/28/2023 to 5/2/2024
Dates: 9/29/2023 to 2/28/2024
Dates: 10/2/2023 to 3/5/2024
Dates: 10/3/2023 to 5/2/2024
Dates: 10/3/2023 to 2/6/2024
Dates: 10/5/2023 to 5/14/2024
Audience: By Invitation Only
Dates: 10/9/2023 to 5/7/2024
Audience: EL Directors/Coordinators
Dates: 10/9/2023 to 5/27/2024
Dates: 10/10/2023 to 5/8/2024
Dates: 10/11/2023 to 5/13/2024
Dates: 10/12/2023 to 5/14/2024
Audience: First year teachers
Dates: 10/12/2023 to 2/21/2024
Dates: 10/16/2023 to 3/18/2024
Dates: 10/17/2023 to 2/6/2024
Dates: 10/24/2023 to 5/9/2024
Location: B105 Assessment Resource Center, 2800 Maguire Blvd, University of MO (Columbia, MO)
Dates: 10/24/2023 to 5/1/2024
Prerequisite: LETRS Volume 1 course completion verified by Heart of MO-RPDC facilitator.
Volume 2 includes 4 on-line units with a face-to-face training for each unit. All components are required, and participants must attend all four face-to-face trainings in person. The units include: The Mighty Word: Oral Language and Vocabulary; Digging for Meaning: Understanding Reading Comprehension; Text-Driven Comprehension Instruction; and The Reading-Writing Connection. 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, Bridge to Practice activities that ensure they can transfer what they learn in LETRS to the classroom.
If participant is not part of the MO Read, Lead, Exceed program, there will be a $1040.00 charge per participant. Contact instructor listed below for possible funding solutions.
Location: 5 Varies, St. Joseph (St. Joseph, MO)
Audience: Title I Teachers, Interventionists
Dates: 10/26/2023 to 5/3/2024
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
Audience: Speech Language Pathologists and Speech Language Pathologist Assistants
Dates: 12/5/2023 to 4/25/2024
Dates: 1/11/2024
Dates: 1/18/2024
Audience: First and Second year teachers needing to complete the BTAP requirements.
Dates: 1/19/2024 to 5/1/2024
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:
-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: 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
Dates: 4/25/2024
Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Counselors, Social Workers, School Psychologists
Dates: 4/29/2024 to 4/30/2024
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
Location: Springfield, MO (Springfield, MO)
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)
Location: 4 Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Audience: professional development committees
Audience: Teachers, Admin, Counselors, Social Workers, School Psychologists
Dates: 5/1/2024
Dates: 5/1/2024 to 7/25/2024
Dates: 5/2/2024
Location: 1 University Center (Cape Girardeau, MO) [map]
Dates: 5/3/2024
Program: DESE - Teacher of the Year
Location: Governor Office Building (Jefferson City, MO)
Dates: 5/6/2024
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
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.
Dates: 5/15/2024
This session is designed for participants who missed all regularly schedule Face-to-Face Units from Volume 2. 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 components are required, and participants must attend all four face-to-face trainings in person. Units include: The Mighty Word: Oral Language and Vocabulary; Digging for Meaning: Understanding Reading Comprehension; Text-Driven Comprehension Instruction; and The Reading-Writing Connection. Teachers also learn: How to implement instructional routines and activities, Approaches to differentiate instruction to meet the literacy needs of all students, Bridge to Practice activities that ensure they can transfer what they learn in LETRS to the classroom.
If participant is not part of the MO Read, Lead, Exceed program, there will be a charge of $1040.00 per participant. Contact instructor listed below for possible funding solutions.
Location: Virtual (any place, MO)
Dates: 5/16/2024
Dates: 5/20/2024