SEEC Monthly
news & updates
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Celebrate Heart Health Month
Action for Healthy Kids has some great ideas out there to engage with students around the importance of a healthy heart and actions they can take to live a heart healthy life!
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What's new with SEEC?
- SEEC Innovation Fund Awards
- We're moving to a new office in March!
Member HIghlights:
- Edgeley High School team tops 'We the People' finals
- TechSavvy, STEMtastic Returns to Jamestown March 7th
- Cheryl McIntyre, Elise Opp from Jamestown High School receive awards for music work
- Bethel quilters, Wahpeton schools spread comfort
- Northern Cass Launches Wellness Pantry
Upcoming Opportunities:
- Paraeducator & Tutors: Instructional Support for Reading & Writing Course
- Assessing to Inform: AimsWeb, NWEA
- EL Enacting Equity through the Genre Approach | WIDA ELD Standards, 2020 Edition
- Trauma Sensitive Schools
- Active Classroom Training
- ND Reading and Math Corps Host Site Application open for 22-23 school year
Shared Resources & Outside Opportunities
- Dates of Recognition: National Heart Month, CTE Month
- Teacher Innovation Grant via NDDPI ($10,000)
- Mandated Reporter Training
- NDMTSS: Implementing Science of Reading within MTSS Framework
- ND Afterschool Network: Afterschool Quality Coaching, ND Out-of-School Time Conference!
- ND Full Service Community Schools: Year 3 report, PartnerGuidance.org
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SEEC news... come and get it! |
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SEEC Innovation Fund Awards
The SEEC Innovation Fund is an account used for key initiatives or emerging needs of member schools. Each year the Board of Directors by majority vote can designate the excess revenue from the previous fiscal year to this fund.
Each year districts will be able to apply for funding for innovative projects that encourage growth, expansion, and capacity building. Below are the first Innovation Fund awardees that were announced in mid-January. Awarded districts are required to complete a report when the project is complete or by June 15th of the current school year. We cannot wait to see and share the impact and outcomes of these projects that could potentially be a starting or jumping-off point for other districts in our region or across the state!
Superintendents are still able to apply on a monthly basis until all funds are awarded or until June 15th. Then the application process will begin again in August for the next school year.
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Kindred
Connecting to a strategic plan goal around Social-Emotional Learning and aligning SEL programs and practices throughout the district, these funds will go towards creating a comprehensive assessment and screening system to assist counselors with being proactive with delivering direct and indirect student services to meet a variety of student needs.
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LaMoure
Building upon previously gained knowledge of the staff through two years of professional learning this funding will be used to support each individual staff member to plan and implement two successful Project-Based Learning units in their curriculum area for the Fall of 2022.
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Northern Cass
As a piece of the progression of the district’s competency-based system, these funds will be directed at developing the alternative graduation pathway and engaging in building studios (levels 6-12) to ‘pilot’ with learners (at-risk and on-pace) during the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year.
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February is National Career and Technical Education Month |
CTE Month® is an annual national public awareness campaign to celebrate accomplishments of Career and Technical Education (CTE). CTE prepares the workforce across a wide range of industries and occupations such as:
- Architecture and Construction
- Information Technology
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
- Human Services
- and more!
CTE is delivered at comprehensive and CTE-dedicated high schools, area technical schools, community and technical colleges, and some four-year universities.
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#CyberMadness Champions - James Valley Career and Technology Center
James Valley Career and Technology Center wins the 2022 State Championship for Cyber Security in the first-ever Cyber Madness tournament pitting 13 teams in the first statewide tournament for high school competitors in America!
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Edgeley High School team tops 'We the People' finals
Excerpt from Newswire article by State of North Dakota Courts
After a morning of simulated congressional hearings that tested their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, one North Dakota School took top honors at the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution State Finals Challenge. The State Finals champion is the Edgeley High School team, taught by Melissa Entzi. The students qualified to advance to the National Finals scheduled for April.
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TechSavvy, STEMtastic Returns to Jamestown March 7Excerpt from Jamestown Sun
Nearly 350 area eighth grade students will participate in a fun, day-long event to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). STEM professionals will be leading hands-on and interactive workshops over the day, which students sign up for ahead of time.
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Cheryl McIntyre, Elise Opp receive awards for music work
The North Dakota chapter of the American Choral Directors Association honored two Jamestown musicians at its recent state conference in Bismarck. Cheryl McIntyre, Jamestown High School Choir Director, was selected as the North Dakota Choral Director of the Year for outstanding work with her JHS students, leadership in ACDA, and activities in music throughout the state.
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Central Cass Treehouse | Re-Pack Project
The Central Cass Treehouse is a non-profit that provides clothing, hygiene items, and food to Central Cass students in all grade levels. Every student is empowered to reach their academic goals through the alignment of support provided by the Treehouse.
The Re-Pack Project allows Central Cass to utilize unserved food from the cafeteria by portioning it into single-serve microwavable containers and deep freezing for grab-and-go options for middle and high school students!
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Opportunities to reach you when you need it! |
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Fair begins with SEEC literacy staff familiarizing your team with Science of Reading along with two tools (The Reading League's Curriculum Evaluation Tool and Colorado's Approved Curriculum List K-3) along with implementation considerations.
Then you can dig into the materials listed to the left!
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Make your data work for you!
Learn how to really understand and apply the data to guide instruction and intervention, plan student groupings, etc.
- Reflect on the purpose of benchmark screening and progress monitoring, as well as the key principles of data analysis and utilization within your school system
- Access key group benchmark reports and distinguish what reports can predict future outcomes and/or how each can drive timely, standards-based instructional choice
- Practice using specific benchmark data for program evaluation, as well as individual student support and instruction development
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aimswebPlus: Feb. 23
- K-1 | 9:00 - 10:30am
- 2-5 | 10:40am - 12:10pm
- 6-12 | 1:00 - 2:30pm
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NWEA: March 1
- Admin | 8:30 - 10:00am
- K-5 | 10:10 - 11:40am
- 6-8 | 12:30 - 2:00pm
- 9-12 | 2:10 - 3:40pm
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The training is designed to support North Dakota schools' paraeducators and tutors in the acquisition and application of instructional practices deemed effective for increasing K-12 students' learning outcomes.
In partnership with The Master Teacher, a company that has developed an online training platform that includes 148 self-paced courses, participants will have free access to all courses for one year.
Participants will complete designated courses prior to engaging in 2 scheduled synchronous, virtual connections in which they will collaborate with others in the field to:
- Synthesize their learning
- Ask Questions
- Provide insight into their work
- Practice their new learning and skills in a safe and inclusive setting.
Participants will engage in the following courses:
1- Supporting Reading Instruction in Social Studies, Science, and Math Pt. 1
2- Supporting Reading Instruction in Social Studies, Science, and Math Pt. 2
3- Supporting Adolescents Who Have Learning Disabilities in Writing
4- Providing Strategies for Struggling Readers in All Areas
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WIDA ELS Standards, 2020 Edition Training
May 16 | Fargo
Wondering how to use the new WIDA standards? Join us for a one-day training with one of the authors!
Participants will learn about how to recognize school genres and connect those to their own life and the new edition of the WIDA 2020 Standards. Walk away with a mapped-out unit of instruction to apply your understanding of the standards components!
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+ Train the Train option
June 6-10 | Virtual
Training provides educators with knowledge related to trauma, its effects on students and learning, strategies for interacting with students exposed to trauma, and strategies for taking care of oneself when interacting with students who have been exposed to trauma.
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.
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June 20-23 | Virtual
9am-12pm each day
Classroom teachers will learn how to research and implement a variety of interdisciplinary classroom physical activities and
movement breaks that facilitate improved academic performance, classroom behavior, and student health.
Classroom teachers will also build a working knowledge of the
national Active Schools initiative and the classroom teacher’s role in Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs (CSPAPs).
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ND Reading and Math Corps Host Site Application Open!
A host site means taking the lead on tutor recruitment for your school Program staff works closely with sites to provide recruitment support, materials, and work in partnership with your school to screen and select a tutor for your site!
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Plus find some great resources:
- Whole Child Approach to Supporting Positive Student Behavior
- Improve Reading Outcomes: Implementing the Science of Reading Within an MTSS Framework
- MTSS Interventions: Increasing Effectiveness at Tier 2, Tier 2, and Tier 3
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- SAVE THE DATE: ND Out-of-School Time Conference: Aug. 2-3, Fargo
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Additional Resources & Opportunities! |
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NDDP is soliciting proposals from North Dakota teachers that encourage innovation in our classrooms. Over the next two and a half years of the ESSER funding period, the department will fund one innovative proposal each quarter submitted by a North Dakota teacher. Teachers currently employed by public LEAs are eligible to receive funding.
The intent of the grant is to support proactive teaching approaches that integrate new instructional strategies and
methods in the classroom. These projects are new to the teachers and students involved and will transform learning in specific and viable ways. DPI is interested in projects that enhance curriculum and/or community at the school, grade, or department in which they are
implemented.
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Apply by March 1, 2022 for priority consideration - Classes begin May 2022
Earn your Master of Education (MEd) in
Elementary or Secondary Administration
through the University of Mary’s Rural School Leadership Institute. In this unique program, a cohort of motivated K-12 educators, with at least one year of teaching experience, will be prepared to
become effective rural school leaders.
This program is designed for teachers, with classes online during the fall and spring, and an innovative two-week summer residency at our campus in Bismarck, ND.
Scholarships of up to $5,000 are available to teachers who are selected for the program.
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What's coming up on the SEEC Calendar...
(Events with active links are open for registration.)
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February
22: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort B
23: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort C
23: SEEC Governing Board Meeting
24: NDMTSS: Developing Academic Pathways
24: NDMTSS: Evaluating Your System
25: NDMTSS: Advanced Applications of Data-Based Decision Making
28: NDMTSS: Developing Schoolwide Behavior Expectations
March
7: Foundations of Reading
8: Supporting Secondary Struggling Readers
22: SEEC Principals Meeting - AmericInn, Valley City
April
26: SEEC Principals Meeting - AmericInn, Valley City
June
13-15: NDMTSS Conference
January 2023
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NDMTSS Conference Session Ideas |
NDMTSS Conference planning is underway and we want to make sure you have the opportunity to share your individual, school, and/or district wants and needs when it comes to session topics and presenters. |
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