SWWC February Member Newsletter

February 2018 Member Newsletter

Make Plans to Attend

SWWC's 2017-18 Conferences!

Registration for This is IT ² 2018 is open!

Redwood Area High School will be the place to be on Sunday, March 11 and Monday, March 12 for our annual education technology conference, This is IT ² 2018!

This year’s keynote speaker and workshop leader - Kayla Delzer, Top Dog Teaching, Inc.

And you won’t want to miss out on featured speakers and workshop leaders:

Kevin Honeycutt, Technology Integrationist, ESSDACK
Marc Johnson, Executive Director, ECMECC
Jon Larson, Technology Integrationist, ESSDACK
Marcy Mehsikomer, Technology Integrationist, TIES
Kara Damm, Technology Integrationist, SWWC

Visit www.swsc.org/techconf for more information and registration!

2018 Behavior Conference: Meeting the Challenge

Registration Link for April 9 in Marshall

Registration Link for April 10 in Brookings

Annual School Business Conference: April 11 at SMSU/Marshall

Registration Link

Summer Leadership Conference: June 18-20 at Arrowwood/Alexandria

Registration Link

Speakers:

Clay Cook, University of Minnesota
Stephanie Graff, MDE
Dawn Zimmerman, The Write Advantage

In addition to conferences, we have a lot of other PD to offer!

www.swsc.org/workshops

Read the Winter Professional Development Catalog!

Take Part in our

Virtual Career Fair!

March 13-15, 2018

9am - 3pm each day

Connect with job seekers

without leaving your office!

Read more on our flyer!

Administrative Services

What State Ranks Highest in Wellbeing?

The Gallup-Sharecare Wellbeing Index includes more than 2.5 million surveys, and aims to capture how Americans feel about their daily lives, how wellbeing varies by state, and which states lead (and lag) across the five essential elements of wellbeing. This week, Gallup-Sharecare released their 2017 Wellbeing Index rankings. While South Dakota claimed the top spot, with a wellbeing score of 64.1 (out of 100 possible points), Minnesota came in at #4 (up for #9 in 2016).

Read full article

Education Services

Teaching & Learning Updates

Regional Spelling Bee Winners

1st Place: Jenna Hoffman, Grade 8

Worthington Middle School

2nd Place: Brenna Springborg. Grade 8

Marshall Holy Redeemer School

3rd Place: Reese Magnuson, Grade 6

Glencoe Silver Lake Lincoln Jr High

4th Place: Delaney Sebora, Grade 8

Lester Prairie Public

Alternate: Eleanor-Habben, Grade 8

Benson Secondary School

(click image at right for larger view)

The top four advance to the Multi-Region Spelling be on February 20. The winner of that event will advance to the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.

Congratulations to all!

2018 Teacher Licensure Renewal Webinars

Find more information about each webinar and register at www.swsc.org/workshops .

All webinars will be held from 3:30pm - 4:30pm unless otherwise noted .

February 22 - Onset of Mental Health Webinar

March 5 - Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies

March 15 - Best Practices for EL Learners

March 16 - Protecting our Students with Interactive Tools

March 19 - Suicide Prevention

April 10 - Reading Strategies for Non-ELA Teachers

April 10 - 7am - 8am Onset of Mental Health Webinar

May 2 - Teaching All Students: A Guide to Accommodations and Modifications

May 15 - Engaging Students with Interactive Tools

May 21 - Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies

24 ^th Annual Science & Nature Conference

May 9 at SMSU in Marshall

Keynote Mike Billington and his birds, from the U of M Raptor Center, will share knowledge about these incredible birds. In addition, your students in grades K-8 will have the chance to experience and learn in a variety of science related topics such as rocket building, science magic, crime scene investigation, engineering, tree trivia, stars, bee, STEM, robots and much more.

Early Registration Deadline : March 20

Final Registration Deadline : March 27

More conference information and registration link can be found at www.swsc.org/sn .