Join other science educators from the Southeast Region as we share resources and evidence-based practices. Come ready to network and collaborate across southeast districts at these free sessions on September 8, November 17, February 16, and April 26 from 9am-2pm at the Southeast RPDC.

This program offers support for mid-career teachers.

MTDS Teacher Academy is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has:

-completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in MO

-completed at least 3 years of successful teaching

-a strong desire for professional improvement

This opportunity provides:

-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

-consultant support

-networking with other teachers

-competency-based programming

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)

THIS WORKSHOP COVERS:
• Common signs and symptoms of mental illnesses in this age group, including: Anxiety, Depression, Eating disorders and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
• Common signs and symptoms of substance use.
• How to interact with an adolescent in crisis.
• How to connect the adolescent with help.

Attention elementary literacy leaders! This is the place for you! We will explore best practices in reading and writing instruction as we work together collaboratively to problem solve issues relevant to our work in intervention. Each session will involve new learning that can be taken back and shared with teachers in your buildings to deeen their understanding of how children learn to read. The format will be very interactive and adaptive. (Note: You must enroll in each session separately. It is not mandatory to attend all five sessions. Each session will have a different topic.)

Evaluating young children as they transition into the school setting can present unique challenges for evaluation personnel. This presentation will review different assessments that can be utilized in a holistic evaluation of young children. Participants will define differences between norm referenced assessments and criterion referenced assessments. During this workshop, learners will recognize different stages of developmental milestones to enhance the interpretation of evaluation results. Participants will learn how to provide a detailed account of a child's developmental strengths and weaknesses to make individualized, student specific recommendations and interventions for school-based teams.

  Learning Objectives:
Learners will recognize different stages of developmental milestones to enhance the interpretation of evaluation results.

Participants will learn how to provide a detailed account of a child's developmental strengths and weaknesses to make individualized, student specific recommendations and interventions for school-based teams.

Participants will define differences between norm referenced assessments and criterion referenced assessments.

Training on the new Civics and Patriotism framework that will be released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for the 2024-25 school year. Designed for teachers who will be teaching Patriotic and Civics Education during the 2024-25 school year.

During this three- hour workshop, participants will:
• learn about the new framework.
• interact with Missouri teachers who developed the lessons.
• Discover strategies to integrate content into existing curricula.
• collaborate with fellow teachers.
• receive a $150 stipend for attending.
• be eligible for their district to receive $1000 to purchase resources that support Civics and Patriotism instruction.

Lesson Topics Include:
• Character Traits of Famous Missourians
• Ellis Island
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Electoral College
• Trail of Tears
• Miracle on Ice
• Veterans Day
• Patriot Day
• Being an Active Citizen
• Purpose of the Bill of Rights
• Presidential Bravery
• Twelve Tables
...AND MORE!

ALL LESSONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DESE WEBSITE IN FALL 2024

Training on the new Civics and Patriotism framework that will be released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for the 2024-25 school year. Designed for teachers who will be teaching Patriotic and Civics Education during the 2024-25 school year.

During this three- hour workshop, participants will:
• learn about the new framework.
• interact with Missouri teachers who developed the lessons.
• Discover strategies to integrate content into existing curricula.
• collaborate with fellow teachers.
• receive a $150 stipend for attending.
• be eligible for their district to receive $1000 to purchase resources that support Civics and Patriotism instruction.

Lesson Topics Include:
• Character Traits of Famous Missourians
• Ellis Island
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Electoral College
• Trail of Tears
• Miracle on Ice
• Veterans Day
• Patriot Day
• Being an Active Citizen
• Purpose of the Bill of Rights
• Presidential Bravery
• Twelve Tables
...AND MORE!

ALL LESSONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DESE WEBSITE IN FALL 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?
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 exercises

• 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

In addition, these sessions 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 receive a $150 stipend.

Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences in 21st Century Schools and Classrooms!

Learn - Connect - Grow - Lead - Innovate. Calling all educators! Join us for EdTech Academy @ Southeast on June 18, 2024! This is a next generation teaching and learning conference for PK-20 educators. Discover ways to implement effective teaching and learning practices in an ever-evolving educational landscape. Gain fresh and innovative ideas, strategies, tools, and resources that engage and empower students, enhance curriculum, improve instruction, and deepen learning. Learn ways to effectively leverage the power of technology to create meaningful, authentic, and relevant learning experiences in 21st century schools and classrooms-experiences that provide students opportunities for critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. Explore with other educators ways to transform teaching and learning in your classroom, and discover how together we can lead next-gen learning.

You don't want to miss this distinct learning opportunity with inspiring and dynamic educational leaders! Kicking off the event as Keynote Speaker, will be none other than MR. WESTON KIESCHNICK! He will inspire us to go forth, be bold, and educate for the future!

The EdTech Academy Team is also looking for relevant breakout session proposals that show a passion for education, effective and innovative teaching & learning practices, active student-centered learning, student engagement, or other educational topics. Submit a proposal here.

Visit the event site for more info.

Lunch will be provided, and there will be prizes at the end of the day!

Please bring a device for hands-on, interactive learning.

MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's certification requirements. This specific cohort is specifically designed for any new teacher who is or will be alternatively certified.

This opportunity provides:
- networking with other new teachers and educational consultants;
- critical firsts learning;
- awareness of the phases of a new teacher;
- relationship-building skills; and
- on-demand learning.

MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's certification requirements.

This opportunity provides:
- networking with other new teachers and educational consultants;
- critical firsts learning;
- awareness of the phases of a new teacher;
- relationship-building skills; and
- on-demand learning.

This program is designed to offer support and strategies for instructional coaches. Building on John Antonetti's work, Instructional Coach Academy will lead instructional coaches through the process of defining and planning systems to support teachers in their districts.

Fluency contributes to success in the math classroom and everyday life. Acquiring mathematical fluency enables students to have a greater cognitive capacity to solve more complex problems in the real world. In this full day session teachers will learn how to engage students in strategies and games that build mathematical fluency. Teachers will have time to plan opportunities for students that can be implemented in the classroom.

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; and
-competency-based programming.

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

MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's certification requirements.

This opportunity provides:
- networking with other new teachers and educational consultants;
- critical firsts learning;
- awareness of the phases of a new teacher;
- relationship-building skills; and
- on-demand learning.

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

MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's certification requirements.

This opportunity provides:
- networking with other new teachers and educational consultants;
- critical firsts learning;
- awareness of the phases of a new teacher;
- relationship-building skills; and
- on-demand learning.

Fluency contributes to success in the math classroom and everyday life. Acquiring mathematical fluency enables students to have a greater cognitive capacity to solve more complex problems in the real world. In this full day session teachers will learn how to engage students in strategies and games that build mathematical fluency. Teachers will have time to plan opportunities for students that can be implemented in the classroom.

MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's certification requirements.

This opportunity provides:
- networking with other new teachers and educational consultants;
- critical firsts learning;
- awareness of the phases of a new teacher;
- relationship-building skills; and
- on-demand learning.

MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's certification requirements.

This opportunity provides:
- networking with other new teachers and educational consultants;
- critical firsts learning;
- awareness of the phases of a new teacher;
- relationship-building skills; and
- on-demand learning.

Fluency contributes to success in the math classroom and everyday life. Acquiring mathematical fluency enables students to have a greater cognitive capacity to solve more complex problems in the real world. In this full day session teachers will learn how to engage students in strategies and games that build mathematical fluency. Teachers will have time to plan opportunities for students that can be implemented in the classroom.

This program offers support for mid-career teachers.

MTDS Teacher Academy is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has:

-completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in MO

-completed at least 3 years of successful teaching

-a strong desire for professional improvement

This opportunity provides:

-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

-consultant support

-networking with other teachers

-competency-based programming

This program offers support for mid-career teachers. 
 
MTDS: Developing Stories Through Powerful Task Design is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has:

-a strong desire for continuous professional improvement

- It is recommended to attend MTDS Teacher Academy prior to attending this program, but it is not a requirement

 

This opportunity provides:

-State event with national expert, John Antonetti

-a copy of John's book: Powerful Task Design

-consultant support

-networking with other teachers

-competency-based programming

This program focuses on engaging students as assessment-capable learners. Using student engagement and self-regulation, teachers can help students transition to taking ownership of their own learning.

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

This three-day series is designed to deepen your understanding of the what, why, and how of early literacy and language development, including assessment and instruction strategies. LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) provides the "science of reading” application of research into the classroom no matter the curriculum or program used. The blended learning format of this series includes three days of face-to-face training and self-paced online tutorials/videos of effective early childhood classroom instruction. The training dates are 9/25/24, 12/17/24, 2/17/25. SPECIAL NOTES: If not covered by other funding, participants must purchase LETRS Early Childhood Educator manual and online course from Lexia Learning for $209, prior to the first session. Cost for face-to-face training is $25 per day. Total cost is $209 for course materials + $75 Trainings. RPDC billing occurs after the first day of attendance. For more information, please contact crodgers@semo.edu.

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.

This three-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- Expressions, Equations, Inequalities & Number Sense and Operations
Session 2- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Session 3- Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

This three-day training will focus on the basics all new Special Education Teachers need to know and understand in order to have a successful start to their Special Education teaching career. Tiffiney Smith, Special Education Compliance Consultant and Berkley Rosenquist, Special Education Improvement Consultant, will provide teachers new to Special Education, an overview of the foundational components of Special Education law, Special Education state regulations, compliance requirements for IEPs, evaluations, eligibility determinations, as well as, best practices for specially designed instruction and crafting appropriate transition plans. The information provided will be targeted towards teachers who are just starting their teaching careers in the field of Special Education.

*** Use this link to register for IN-PERSON viewing of hybrid training****

Tatyana Elleseff, MA CCC-SLP, will present this two-day training that will provide in-depth information regarding effective assessment and treatment practices in speech-language pathology with an emphasis on literacy, executive functions, as well as contextualized evidence-based interventions. She will explain which areas of language and literacy need to be tested for assessment purposes, as well as which speech-language standardized and clinical tests and tasks are most sensitive to detecting language and literacy difficulties in children with literacy impairments. Popular educational tests (e.g., WIAT-4, WJ-IV, KTEA, and FAR) will be briefly discussed for performance comparison purposes. The presenter will describe both SLP therapy-specific and collaborative literacy-based management options available to SLPs in the area of literacy disorders management before moving on to the discussion of the executive functions in speech pathology.

The presenter will then explain how to provide effective evidence-based practice (EBP) language and literacy interventions to improve executive functioning in children with language and literacy deficits.

Learning Objectives:
1.Discuss the connection between language and literacy
2.Identify risk factors associated with language and literacy disorders
3.Describe both the definition and the controversy surrounding the term "dyslexia”
4.Explain which assessment tasks sensitive to detection of literacy-based deficits
5.Clarify the role of SLPs in the management of literacy disorders in both therapy and classroom settings
6.Describe executive functions (EFs) models and discuss the current research on the role of executive functions in language and literacy (reading, spelling and writing) acquisition
7.List EBP language and literacy-based interventions aimed at improving executive functions in school aged children

This two 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- Number Sense & Operations
Session 2- Geometry & Measurement

*** Use this link to register to access the training virtually****

Tatyana Elleseff, MA CCC-SLP, will present this two-day training that will provide in-depth information regarding effective assessment and treatment practices in speech-language pathology with an emphasis on literacy, executive functions, as well as contextualized evidence-based interventions. She will explain which areas of language and literacy need to be tested for assessment purposes, as well as which speech-language standardized and clinical tests and tasks are most sensitive to detecting language and literacy difficulties in children with literacy impairments. Popular educational tests (e.g., WIAT-4, WJ-IV, KTEA, and FAR) will be briefly discussed for performance comparison purposes. The presenter will describe both SLP therapy-specific and collaborative literacy-based management options available to SLPs in the area of literacy disorders management before moving on to the discussion of the executive functions in speech pathology.

The presenter will then explain how to provide effective evidence-based practice (EBP) language and literacy interventions to improve executive functioning in children with language and literacy deficits.

Learning Objectives:
1.Discuss the connection between language and literacy
2.Identify risk factors associated with language and literacy disorders
3.Describe both the definition and the controversy surrounding the term "dyslexia”
4.Explain which assessment tasks sensitive to detection of literacy-based deficits
5.Clarify the role of SLPs in the management of literacy disorders in both therapy and classroom settings
6.Describe executive functions (EFs) models and discuss the current research on the role of executive functions in language and literacy (reading, spelling and writing) acquisition
7.List EBP language and literacy-based interventions aimed at improving executive functions in school aged children