Professional Learning & Development Opportunities
Tech talk webinar series | Leading the way through technology
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Tech talk webinar series | Leading the way through technology
Date: September 16, October 21, November 18, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Every 3rd Monday of the Month
AALRR is excited to announce the launch of our virtual Tech Talk Webinar Series. We understand that technology has changed drastically over the past decade with smart phones, social media and apps for every need and want. Educational institutions have been transformed into networked institutions to deliver interactive learning to students. Today's schools need the best technologies to enhance learning and boost productivity while complying with the law, protecting privacy, and promoting safety and security.
Join us as our team of experienced attorneys lead the way through technology. They will share issues to watch for and best practices. You do not want to miss these informative sessions! Registration is free.
Upcoming Topics:
September 16, 2024 | Updates in AI Law
October 21, 2024 | Technology & Site Safety
November 18, 2024 | Deepfakes & AI
Registration Link: Click here to register
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Implementation for the School Team
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Implementation for the School Team
Date: September 17, 2024; October 15, 2024; November 12, 2024; December 17, 2024; January 14, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
Effective communication is a fundamental human need, and it is important to provide students with the tools and strategies they need to communicate independently and spontaneously. In order to support students who use AAC to be successful communicators, it is important to consider various factors such as the student's communication abilities, preferences, and needs. An AAC Implementation Plan can be a powerful tool for supporting students who use AAC to communicate effectively. By involving the student and their communication partners in the process, and by breaking down activities into smaller steps and identifying specific communication strategies, you can help ensure that the student is able to communicate independently and spontaneously across a variety of settings and activities.
Note: Participants must attend all sessions to receive their certificate of attendance at the end of the series.
Registration Link: Click here to register.
tech tuesday
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tech tuesday
Date: Various
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
Assistive technology (AT) in the classroom helps to ensure students with disabilities have the same opportunity for education as students who do not have disabilities. AT helps schools and teachers deliver on the promise of educational equity. Exploring how students with learning disabilities and other impairments use assistive technology in virtual and physical classrooms illuminates its vital role. AT can help improve a child's participation, well-being, confidence and self-esteem by improving a child's functioning and opportunities for play and social interaction, and give children a level of autonomy and self-determination to direct their own care and ambitions.
The Diagnostic Center, Central California will be hosting a series of learning opportunities which focus on assistive technology to support individuals in the areas of organization, engagement, learning, reading, writing, mathematics, and communication each month for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Topic & Registration
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| September 24, 2024 | AT to Support Organization and Learning |
| October 22, 2024 | AT to Support Augmentative and Alternative Communication/Communicative Competence |
| November 19, 2024 | AT to Support Reading Disorders/Dyslexia |
| January 21, 2025 | AT to Support Writing/Dysgraphia |
| February 18, 2025 | AT to Support Literacy for Complex Communication |
| March 18, 2025 | AT to Support Math/Dyscalculia |
| April 22, 2025 | AT to Support Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| May 20, 2025 | AT to Support Transition |
The Data advantage: season 5
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The Data advantage: season 5
Dates: October 15, 2024; February 26, 2025; May 7, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Description by SELPA Administrators of California
The 2-425 school year will present some interesting challenges for data professionals. We are making further adjustments to smooth out some rough edges from the 23-24 SPED File Redesign. Our reporting periods and approval timelines are also changing. Fall 1 has an earlier than usual deadline in December and the EOY Amendment window keeps marching closer to a July finalization date. In response, this year we are focusing on learning about everything that has changed, but we are also looking for opportunities to become even more proactive in our quest for good, quality data. This year's training series will go through our reporting periods and continue to learn about our reporting processes, always working to do more earlier, and finish our reporting season with a smile and reassured that we are reporting accurate data. We will also begin to dig into your systems to get to the root of data issues. This season is going to be FUN!!
Flyer & Registration Link: Click here to register.2024-2025 CCLA Virtual Mathematics workshops
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2024-2025 CCLA Virtual Mathematics workshops
Throughline: High-quality instruction with acceleration in mind. Learning acceleration is successful when it focuses on meaningful lesson design for whole group instruction and practice (structures) so that students can demonstrate their understanding through scaffolding that accelerates learning to meet success criteria and build student independence.
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Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Date: December 5, 2024
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Date: February 27, 2025
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Date: April 3, 2025
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Title: Fostering Engagement and Belonging while Unveiling Student Assets
Learning Intention:
Participants will grasp the significance of fostering inclusivity within the math classroom through nurturing positive relationships and embracing asset-based thinking to accelerate learning.
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Title: Utilizing Learning Progressions to Accelerate Student Learning
Learning Intention:
Participants will explore and engage in resources around the Learning Acceleration Design process to support clarity of learning intentions that bridge current content knowledge with grade level content.
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Title: Leveraging Evidence-Based Strategies to Accelerate Student Learning
Learning Intention:
Participants will investigate evidence-based strategies and consider their application within the classroom.
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Title: Designing Scaffolds for Learning Acceleration
Learning Intention:
Participants will explore various scaffolding strategies to accelerate learning in a math classroom.
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Registration Link: Click here to register.
2024-2025 CCLA Virtual literacy workshops
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2024-2025 CCLA Virtual literacy workshops
Throughline: High-quality instruction with acceleration in mind. Learning acceleration is successful when it focuses on meaningful lesson design for whole group instruction and practice (structures) so that students can demonstrate their understanding through scaffolding that accelerates learning to meet success criteria and build student independence.
| Date: September 5, 2024 Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm |
Date: November 14, 2024
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Date: January 23, 2025
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Date: March 20, 2025
Time: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Title: Boosting Engagement: Creating a Classroom Where Everyone Belongs!
Learning Intention:
Participants will:
- learn the elements of belonging. (Fisher adapted from EW Carter)
- explore engagement as a continuum and be introduced to strategies to boost engagement.
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Title: Leveraging What Students CAN DO to Bridge Their Learning
Learning Intention:
Participants will:
- learn how to use student data to identify student needs and inform instruction in order to accelerate student learning in priority content areas.
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Title: Ignite your Reading Comprehension Lessons!
Learning Intention:
Participants will:
- explore how to ignite, chunk, chew, and review reading comprehension lessons.
- leave with instructional streategies to accelerate reading comprehension that can be used in their classroom tomorrow!
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Title: Empowering Choice: Refining Scaffolds in Lesson Design
Learning Intention:
Participants will
- learn the concepts and benefits of scaffolding in lesson design, focusing on accelerating learning.
- learn to design lessons that offer students choices in the types of scaffolds that promote engagement and self- directed learning
- consider cues for fading scaffolds (gradual release to independence).
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Registration Link: Click here to register.
sensory-supportive environments: classroom structures for success
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sensory-supportive environments: classroom structures for success
Date: November 19, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
Designing sensory-supportive environments and classrooms is a transformative approach that caters to the diverse sensory needs of students. It involves creating spaces that reduce sensory overload and enhance learning experiences, particularly for those with sensory processing differences. Key elements include flexible seating options, visual organization, sensory breaks, and controlled lighting and noise levels. These strategies not only support individuals with sensory sensitivities but also foster an inclusive atmosphere where all students can thrive, and, consequently, learn strategies for self-care and self-advocacy. This training will cover ways of incorporating sensory-friendly design principles so that educators can craft classrooms that are welcoming, comfortable, and conducive to learning for every student.
Participants will
- Increase their awareness of sensory differences and how they affect student behavior and learning.
- Recognize the signs of sensory overload and learn how to quickly adapt the environment to help regulate students' sensory systems.
- Develop plans for enhancing the inclusivity of their learning environments by supporting the diverse sensory needs of students.
Registration Link: Click here to register.
making everyday a learning day
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making everyday a learning day
Date: December 3, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Presented by California Department of Education:
Language, concepts, communication, and relationships can all be strengthened in child centered and child driven active learning. This workshop provides insight and ideas for enhancing engagement and learning in everyday tasks, routines, and play. Related technology, learning and behavior considerations, as well as interaction with others, will be included.
Participants will be able to:
- Better utilize child-centered developmental opportunities for learning within typical daily activities.
- Hear/see examples of language and concept learning in typical activities of a young child's day.
- Gain insight into addressing children's developmental limits, risks, and growth.
- Enhance activities for immediate application in early childhood home or school settings.
Registration Link: Click here to register.
Fun, Phonemes, and Future reading success
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Fun, Phonemes, and Future reading success
Date: December 3, 2024
Time: 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Time: 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Presented by California Department of Education:
Research has shown that the foundations to reading success begin as early as infancy. If you are a parent, care provider, or early childhood educator, this workshop will clarify key features of evience-based, structured literacy instruction and how it applies to the very yound child.
Specific focus will be given to phonological and phonemic awareness skills developed between birth and first grade. Evidence-based resources and practical activities for teachers, families, and care providers will be shared.
Participants will be able to answer:
- What is phonological awareness and how do we enhance it through fun, developmentally appropriate activities?
- What is a phoneme, and what are the phonemes of the English language?
- What might we consider for the child who struggles to communicate adequately in the English language?
- How do we set a strong foundation in these (and other) pre-reading skills?
Registration Link: Click here to register.
Assistive technology and dyslexia
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Assistive technology and dyslexia
Date: January 21, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
The term Assistive Technology (AT) refers to the services and devices that enable people with disabilities to help achieve independence and enhance their quality of life. For people with dyslexia, assistive technology provides tools that ease the demands of reading and writing and allow them to learn and function independently. Assistive technology helps students with dyslexia save time and overcome challenges, such as messy notetaking, slow reading speed, and poor handwriting allowing them to demonstrate their abilities in ways that were once unimaginable. As a result of using assistive technology, a student may actually develop a love of reading while building their vocabulary, decoding skills, fluency, comprehension, and confidence. Assistive technology is not a substitute for good teaching or remediation. It simply gives a student access to the curriculum while the student continues to build skills through quality instruction. According to the California Dyslexia Guidelines, "it is never too early to introduce assistive technology to a student. If the student is struggling despite the use of interventions and strategies, assistive technology may help them experience more success. It can help a student to develop independence, bolster self-esteem, and reduce time and stress spent on schoolwork."
Participants will be able to
- Understand the cognitive elements of reading and its relationship to assistive technology.
- Analyze student data using assistive technology assessment to determine appropriate tools.
- Create a list of possible assistive technology tools to support students with dyslexia.
Supporting multi-disciplinary teams serving dually identified students: a systems improvement and equity approach series
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Supporting multi-disciplinary teams serving dually identified students: a systems improvement and equity approach series
Date: February 13, 2025; April 3, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Participants will apply systems lens to instruction and community involvement in the education of students who are multilingual learners with exceptional needs via a multi-disciplinary team approach focusing on Pre-referral, Linguistically Appropriate Goals and Objectives, and Reclassification Procedures.
Must attend in Multi-Disciplinary Teams: 3-5 participants per team.
Flyer Link: Click here for flyer.
Legal updates & pro-tips for 2025
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Legal updates & pro-tips for 2025
Date: February 18, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Hosted by SELPA Administrators of California:
SELPA Administrators of California is proud to host this unique professional learning opportunity intended to support practitioners with primary responsibility for IEP development and facilitation, as well as IDEA implementation, and for working proactively with parents as partners in the IEP process.
- 8:30 - 9:30
- Notetaking Pro-Tips: Capturing the Essence of Your IEP Meetings
- 9:45 - 10:45
- How to Avoid the Lawsuit: Early Collaboration and Resolution
- 11:00 - 12:00
- 2025: The Year In Review and Landmines for Teams to Avoid
- 1:00 - 2:00
- Properly Responding to Requests for Paraprofessional Support
- 2:15 - 3:15
- Before & After School Programs: Is it FAPE or Access?
Our panelists are providing services at no cost to the Association. Proceeds from the event support philanthropy and student and parent participation at our Legislative Sharing Day, where we collaborate with families, allies, educational partners, and legislators in furtherance of our mission, which is to champion educational access and opportunities for students with disabilities in California.
Registration fee: $75 + 2.25% service fee
Flyer Link: Click here for flyer.
Registration Link: Click here to register.
emotional Disability: assessment & case law
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emotional Disability: assessment & case law
Date: February 27, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
One of the more challenging IEP team eligibility determinations is that of Emotional Disability (ED). To address this reqlity, the workshop provides a unique combination of best-practice guidance (from a school psychologist's perspective) while attending to relevant case law (from a special education attorney's perspective).
Agenda:
- 9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome and Review of Learning Objectives
- 9:15 - 9:45 - Prefacing Comments
- 9:45 - 10:45 - What is a "Condition" and "The Social Maladjustment Exclusion?"
- 10:45 - 11:00 - Break
- 11:00 - 12:00 - Requirements and Characteristics of an Emotional Disability
- 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
- 1:00 - 1:45 - Requirements and Characteristics of an Emotional Disability (continued)
- 1:45 - 2:00 - Break
- 2:00 - 3:30 - The Application of Limiting Criteria
* $99 registration fee (plus a 2.25% service fee) via OMS
Registration Link: Click here to register.
Registration Password: 02272025
Assistive technology to support individuals with autism spectrum disorders
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Assistive technology to support individuals with autism spectrum disorders
Date: February 28, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 3;30 p.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
Students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder process visual information easier than auditory information. Research has shown that use of Assistive Technology (AT) can support individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Assistive Technology is defined as: "Any item, piece of equipment, or product system acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or customized that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities." When addressing AT needs, the assessment process includes a feature match to student needs. Assistive Technology enables students with autism spectrum disorders to process information through their stronger learning modality. This training will discuss a variety of Assistive Technology tools that can support individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
Participants will be able to:
- Identify student characteristics/needs that can be addressed through Assistive Technology.
- List assistive technology tools to support students with an autism spectrum disorder.
- Organize AT into core areas to support every aspect of daily living in order to improve the functional capabilities of individuals with autism.
what is dyslexia
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what is dyslexia
Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Presented by The Diagnostic Center of Central California:
This training is designed to help educators and families understand what dyslexia is according to the definition provided in the California Dyslexia Guidelines (2017). Key features of the definition will be highlighted and explained, followed by a brief discussion of identifying dyslexia through assessment. Finally, best practices for teaching students with dyslexia are described.
Participants will be able to
- Be familiar with the key characteristics of California Dyslexia Guidelines (2017).
- Identify assessment considerations given this definition of dyslexia.
- Learn about recommended teaching strategies to address educational needs of students with dyslexia.
Registration Link: Click here to register.
bridge to the future 6 institute
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In-person
bridge to the future 6 institute
Date: March 11 - 12, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Presented by California Transition Alliance:
Your future, your way! Empowering students to take the lead.
* More details to come
Target Audience: All Pre-K through age 22 educators, administrators, families, students, and community stakeholders committed to ensuring ALL students are prepared for competitive, integrated and family-sustaining employment.
Flyer Link: Click here for flyer.
