SEEC Monthly
news & updates
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This month's newsletter highlights include:
- Literacy Opportunities: ELA Curriculum Fair, LETRS for Teachers
- Trauma Sensitive Schools Training
- Prioritized Instructional Planning Online Series - Access coming!
- Creating Digital Portfolios
- NDMTSS: ND SEL Network Exploration Events | Behavior Interventions for All Tiers
- ND Afterschool Opportunities: Resources for Summer Planning, Quality Coaching PD
- ND Reading & Math Corps: Host Site & Tutor Applications Open
- Outside opportunities: Schoolhouse.World | You're Hired!
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Spring brings a breathe of fresh air each year and this year is no different. With students back in school and students being able to look forward to some normal events such as prom, outdoor sports/activities, and hopefully a majority of their extracurriculars are back on track.
With that said, we as educators can hopefully find our schedules looking a bit more familiar as well. We hope this month's newsletter will provide you some planning ideas for the summer and into next year.
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ELA Curriculum + Science of Reading |
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As many districts have continued to expand their learning around the science of reading, we want to make sure you are aware of some great opportunities that will help you and your teams along your learning and implementation journey!
There are opportunities that are informative and provide exploration, while others dive into a more intensive study of how the brain learns to read.
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ND Multi-Tier System of Supports:
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Host Site Applications
Get your application in NOW if you have interested in hosting Reading or Math Corps in your school/districts for 2021-2022.
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Health & Wellness Opportunities |
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Trauma Sensitive Schools
One in four children have been exposed to a traumatic event that may have a lasting impact on the well-being and functioning of students and their families. By understanding how trauma impacts students and adopting a trauma-informed approach, educators can play a crucial role in mitigating both the short and long-term effects of trauma. This interactive workshop will leave you with a renewed commitment to reach some of the most vulnerable students and their families.
- Intro to Childhood Trauma
- Neurobiology of Trauma & Resilience
- Trauma-Sensitive Strategies (Pts. 1 & 2)
- Taking Care of You
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Healthy Schools Summit
Aug. 4, 2021
Watch for communication with Summit details and info on how to register coming SOON!
Until then, mark your calendars for this year's summit as the planning committee works to create a culture of wellness by equipping schools with innovative tools to strengthen the connection between healthy students and improved learning!
The Healthy Schools Summit it a partnership between SEEC, PartnerSHIP 4 Health, Schoolsalive!, and Fargo-Cass Public Health.
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The Prioritized Instructional Planning webinar series is a collaborative project requested by the ND Healthy Return to Learning Team, developed and executed by the SEEC, NESC, and CREA regional education associations and funded by the ND Department of Public Instruction to support all ND Schools in accelerating learning and addressing learning loss due to COVID-19. The focus of the 5-part webinar series is increasing the effectiveness of instructional cycles centered on the ND Prioritized Standards for ELA and Math.
Facilitated by Jan Hoegh from Marzano Resources, the sessions include:
- Session 1: Determining What Students Still Need to Learn
- Session 2: Effective Planning for Teaching the Most Critical Content (Part 1)
- Session 3: Effective Planning for Teaching the Most Critical Content (Part 2)
- Session 4: Effective Monitoring of Student Learning – Types of Assessment and how to design effective assessments
- Session 5: Effective Monitoring of Student Learning – High-quality common assessments & how to use the results
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Participants were offered the opportunity to participate in the Live webinars and will also receive access to the recorded webinars thru June 2022. In addition, SEEC, NESC, and CREA staff have provided school support sessions for additional planning and brainstorming sessions on how the content and resources can be used now – during the 4th quarter, and also going forward into the summer and 2021-22 school year.
All ND REAs are engaged in additional conversations about how regional opportunities and support sessions may be made available going forward. All resources will be shared at the conclusion of the series and available for statewide use.
If your school or district is working on establishing or strengthening your Tier 1/guaranteed and viable curriculum to ensure equity for all students – check out all of the resources available to you at https://ndrea.org/index.php?id=111 with more to come! |
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Paperless Portfolios for Lifelong Learning |
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Seesaw is an online platform allowing students to upload photos, videos, drawings, documents, and links into a digital portfolio.
Teachers can invite parents to access these accounts to see what their child has been working on!
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bulb is a website for creating digital portfolios where users can create, compile and share multimedia content in private, groups, or even to the world!
Useful for students when adding audio to assignments and embedding videos and images to document evidence of learning.
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Google Sites is a web-page creation tool that is available for free and allows users to embed multimedia content including videos, images, presentation slides, and other Google-based content.
Educators can create a class website and set privacy restrictions to limit who has access to site and individual student pages.
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During the past few months, NDDPI Supt. Baesler and Sal Khan have discussed how to better meet the needs of North Dakota students and schools.
Together, they reached a solution to provide free tutoring to ND students. Through a MOU with the NDDPI, Schoolhouse.world will provide free tutoring for math (pre-algebra through calculus), SAT prep, and college applications through their website.
Tutoring can be used independently or to complement Khan Academy lessons. Small-group, high-impact tutoring is immensely effective in closing achievement gaps, and this partnership can be beneficial for students, as well as for teachers and administrators. The free network is now available to all North Dakota schools and students.
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Watch the presentation recording with NDCEL from late March 2021 below. |
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NESC Statewide STEAM Event Series for Students in Grades 3-12 - You're Hired!
You're Hired! is an experience that allows students to use STEAM along with 21st Century Skills to solve real, present-day problems. Students work as a team (company) to find a unique solution and then present their proposals to a boardroom. Through strong research and planning, innovative design, and persuasive presentation, a team will hear the words, "You're Hired!"
You're Hired! can be an introduction to project or problem-based learning. There is no right answer to the problem presented within each of the You're Hired! modules. These problems are designed to engage students in the 4 C's (communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking) and STEAM. With this event, the process is more important than the product, although the students delight in showcasing the product!
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Highlights / Articles Worth Sharing |
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Family Partnership Strategy Playbook
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NDDPI will continue to fund Exact Path for students, schools, and districts who have implemented the program and are using it with fidelity for the remaining 2021 school year or will use it for summer 2021 programming. These users will have their licenses funded through September 2023!
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Please contact Ann Ellefson, aellefson@nd.gov, with any questions and how to get started!
Aspiring Principals/Superintendents Seminars
- Panel discussions, interviews, and expert advice will be presented. Register to attend the live sessions or listen to the post-event recordings. More sessions will be rolled out over the coming months, so please return frequently to stay connected.
Legislative Update Resources
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What's coming up on the SEEC Calendar... |
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4: Healthy Schools Summit
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