SEEC Monthly
news & updates
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This month's newsletter highlights include:
- Reading/Math Corps Tutor Recruitment + Funding available for NEW sites! | Curriculum Guidance
- NDMTSS: Virtual Conference Registration open | SEL Network Exploration Events
- Healthy Schools Summit | Active Classrooms | Trauma Sensitive Schools Training
- Educator Self-Care for Summer: books, videos, 36-wk plan for low-cost self-care (Tina Boogren)
- ND Afterschool Opportunities: Quality Standards for OST Programming, Summer programs, ARP
- Outside opportunities: Steve Dunn Book Club Workshop | Overcoming Dyslexia Book Study
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Summer... Summer... Summer - it's really here! |
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You all have done OUTSTANDING and the Summer months will hopefully bring you time for quiet, reflection, lazy days in the sun by a lake, reading books, sleeping, and giving yourself thanks and grace for a job well done.
We know you're exhausted and we understand why. We feel it. We see it. We hear it. We also want to make sure we're prepared to meet you where you're at and have things in place for when you're ready and the next school year comes calling!
We're hiring!
- MTSS Behavior Coach
- Benefits Coordinator
- PT Assistant
- Reading/Math Corps Tutors
- Afterschool Program Staff
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NDMTSS Virtual Conference &
ND SEL Network Exploration Events / Summit
are just around the corner!
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ND Multi-Tier System of Supports:
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Reading Corps again receives Expansion funds from ND Legislature!
If you are interested in bringing Reading Corps to your community - please reach out to jolene.garty@k12.nd.us as we have funds to help offset program costs for new sites!
Tutor Applications are also OPEN NOW for both 21-22 Reading & Math Corps. Your local connections and word-of-mouth efforts are our BEST recruiting outlets.. please consider sharing!
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Considering a new ELA Curriculum?
SEEC & CREA have worked collaboratively to develop a guidance document based on conversations/work with stakeholders and national guidance documents. We hope this will help guide your discussions and decision-making process!
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Health & Wellness Summer 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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Active Classrooms Training - 2 options! |
Credit available
This course provides an understanding of the importance and benefits of daily school-wide physical activity. 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.
This course builds upon the knowledge and skills developed within the original SchoolsAlive! Active Classrooms course. Classroom teachers and school professionals will participate in a community of practice and share movement implementation experiences within both the classroom and other school settings. The course will also develop participants’ working knowledge of the Sanford fit program and promote the integration of this program as a mechanism to encourage healthy choices.
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Credit available!
This course provides an understanding of the importance and benefits of daily school-wide physical activity. 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.
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Healthy Schools Summit
Aug. 4, 2021 | FREE!
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We made it to May in one of the most stretching, taxing, and transformational school years ever.
From all of us here at SEEC, we want to commend you on your efforts this year responding, adapting, and staying committed to the goal of student success amidst all the unique circumstances this year has brought.
We also hope that once the school year is over you are able to take some time to reflect on all of the good things that occurred this school year and engage in some much-needed rest and relaxation – that’s right self-care. Self-care oftentimes gets neglected throughout the school year, but summer is a great time to continue to engage (or re-engage) in this practice to ensure that you come back next year feeling rejuvenated and recharged. Keep reading...
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Learn to shine bright- the importance of self care for teachers.
Kelly Hopkinson | TEDxNorwichED
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Outside opportunities to take advantage of! |
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Reimagine & Reinvent
June 23-24 | N. Cass School
Sessions will be led by educators from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, California, Ohio, and many other places. These sessions will focus on practical strategies for reinventing your organization by focusing on a personalized approach to teaching and learning.
Keynote: Thomas Murray
What else to expect?
Learner Panel, Educator Panel
Breakouts from over 20 different presenters
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RESP Overcoming Dyslexia Book Study June 3 - Aug. 26 Virtual
Participants will:
- Read Overcoming Dyslexia: Second Edition by Dr. Sally Shaywitz and Dr. Jonathan Shaywitz.
- Learn what dyslexia is and effective methods for teaching students with dyslexia.
- Answer weekly questions to reflect new learning.
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NESC Steve Dunn Book Clubs Workshop June 1-2 | Virtual
Book Clubs provide a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection, as well as applying the comprehension strategies as they read, discuss and react to books. Through conversation with other readers, students reshape, add to their thinking, while questioning and clarifying their way through texts.
- Planning book clubs that extend instruction
- Teaching comprehension strategies that become roles
- Training students to independence
- Guided book clubs
- Gradual release and book clubs
- Monitoring book clubs
- Evaluating book clubs
- Management of book clubs
- Fiction & Non-fiction book clubs
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Highlights / Articles Worth Sharing |
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- MetaMetrics, the creators of the Lexile + Quantile Framework.s
- Read the research on summer learning loss; Learn how the Lexile® Find a Book tool + Quantile® Summer Math Challenge can enhance your summer learning initiatives.; Utilize our social media calendar to raise awareness and encourage summer activity.; Access artwork to visually support your summer learning social media campaign.; Find recommended strategies to boost engagement.
- Offers personalized online instruction in math, reading, and language arts to students in K-12.
- Adaps to each student's needs and provides assessments that documents learning progress.
- John Almarode, John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey | AESA, AASA, Corwin
- In the age of post-pandemic teaching and learning, educators can leverage their expertise to accelerate student learning and achievement by meticulously deciding what ideas, content, and skills are crucial for our students to understand and practice. The brief provides a dive into tips, tools, and data-driven evidence from education experts that will aid readers in the following areas:
- Assessing where to invest funds to maximize learning recovery;
- What action items to implement immediately to support acceleration;
- How best to support the nurturing of teacher morale and student engagement;
- Understanding how the investments we make today will have a lasting impact on the future of education
- How much students have grown at each grade level
- Schools' success in reversing the pandemic's impact
- How performance varies by subgroup
- Actionable next steps for spring and summer learning
- "Even with the knowledge and skills gained relative to tech-based educational tools, there is still a serious lack of understanding about the differences between Web 2.0 tools and a well-designed virtual learning model. Perhaps it is time to put a finer point on defining remote, online, and virtual learning. I like to call these terms “the 3 cousins” because they are related but they are not the same. (Note that “digital learning” is often used as an umbrella term, with “digital” similar to “online” referring to the technology.)"
- Provides resources for communities, schools, educators, and families as we work together to continue to support the needs of all students.
- Student Supports | Educator Supports | District Spotlight Videos
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