SEEC Monthly
news & updates
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Get Registered for the 2022 NDMTSS Conference! |
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What's new with SEEC?
- Meet Delaney Halloran, ND Reading & Math Corps Program Coordinator
- SEEC's NDSoR: A Shared Responsibility course is complete and open for registration!
Member HIghlights:
- Richland: Standards-Based Learning Journey
- West Fargo Liberty Middle School: Learning Walks
- Northern Cass: What We Measure Matters Understanding the "what" and "why" of student data
- County Teachers of the Year Congratulations
- NDDPI Summer Academic Program Grants: Central Cass, Valley City, Griggs, Edgeley
Upcoming Opportunities:
- ND Science of Reading: A Shared Responsibility (Audience: Art, PE, Music, Library)
- Paraeducator & Tutors training - Register now!
- Improving Academic Literacy dates set for 2022-23
- Early Learning Corps (Formally PreK Reading Corps) Host Site application is open
- ND Reading & Math Tutor Applications and Host Site Applications are open
- 2022 ND School-Based Occupational & Physical Therapy Conference - Save the Date
Shared Resources & Outside Opportunities
- ND Afterschool Network: ND Out-of-School Time Conference registration open
- B-HERO Round-up of Resources
- Para-to-Teacher Pipeline Online Program in Elementary Education - University of Mary
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SEEC news... come and get it! |
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Rounding out the year by coming together |
It's been a big year, a lot of adjustments, the ability to get BACK IN YOUR SCHOOLS, seeing so many of you in-person at training, new faces, new programs, expanded and/or redesigned professional learning and services, and so much FUN! We loved every bit of our year and working with our SEEC member schools and many more around the state. THANK YOU for every day that you chose to be there for our students, every day that you dove deeper into the good work to make positive change in our districts, and for every day of taking care of yourself and ensuring you are healthy and equipped to be the best you can be.
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Responsibility
Featuring footage from ND classrooms highlighting implementation exemplars and includes the following content: Introduction to SOR, Systematic, Explicit Instruction, the 5 Big Ideas of Reading, and Data-Informed Decisions (MTSS). Intermittent checks for understanding support participants in knowledge acquisition.
Targeted Audience:
K-3 Educators who do not teach reading directly (Art, PE, Library, Music, etc.)
Course completion: 2 hours
Cost: FREE for North Dakota educators
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Delaney Halloran joins the SEEC!
We are excited to announce that we have a new ND Reading & Match Corps Program Coordinator... Delany!
"I will be working directly with people and school districts—through recruitment, hiring, relationship-building, management, and collaboration. I'm a people-focused person, so having this as the main focus of my work couldn't be more ideal."
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Richland's Standards-Based
Learning Journey
Over this past school year, Richland #44 School District engaged in a local adoption process of the state standards. Their entire K-12 staff participated in continuous professional learning surrounding the prioritization of content area standards, proficiency scale writing, and prioritized instructional planning. Sounds like a big lift, right? Well, you are correct, but the planning and effort put in by leadership made it possible to build in and/or create time for teachers to do this work!
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West Fargo Liberty Middle School
Learning Walks
Begin together, progress together, succeed together. How can educators help their students reach their highest potential? The answer: Teaching solo comes with multiple encouraging relationships not only from their students but from other educators. Liberty Middle School in West Fargo involved their receptive educators, grades 6-8, in learning walks to improve collective teacher efficacy.
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Northern Cass feature in KnowledgeWorks: What We Measure Matters Understanding the "what" and "why" of student data
Excerpt from www.knowledgeworks.org/resources/what-we-measure-matters/.
“We’re really looking at the body of experiences a kid has, and how we can pull those together,” said Tom Klapp, director of personalized learning with Northern Cass. “Content is important, but we really want to get kids thinking about the skills we want them to have first: What can I do to work on that skill, to grow in that skill and eventually be able to show it? Our kids are growing up in a world where information is readily available and our job as educators is to teach them about what we do with that information, how we apply it.”
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Congrats to County Teachers of the Year
NDDPI Superintendent Kirsten Baesler applauded 47 ND educators named as 2022 County Teachers of the Year, praising them as examples of professional excellence in education.
Shoutout to our SEEC regions teachers!
Jodi Miller, Barnes County North
Megan Margerum, Northern Cass
Becca Roberts, Oakes
Laura Risovi, Carrington
Francine Tunseth, Griggs County Central
Patsy Schlosser, Edgeley
Barb Sweet, Lisbon
Tammy Goerger, Wahpeton
Theresa Wittich, Milnor
Lynette Ryan, Jamestown
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Summer Academic Program Grants
NDDPI awarded $200,000 in grants to 11 summer learning programs across the state.
Shoutout to our SEEC region programs!
Central Cass Summer Squirrel Learning Camp ($20,000)
James Sheyenne Valley Cooperative Summer Learning - Valley City, Griggs County Central, and Edgeley ($20,000)
Valley City Jr/Sr High School STEAM Camp ($15,000)
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Opportunities to reach you when you need it! |
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These trainings are 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. Through a 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 (listed below under each training opportunity) prior to engaging in 2 scheduled synchronous, virtual connections per training opportunity 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
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Mark your calendars - registration will open July 1, 2022
In this three-part professional development series—Student Engagement, Academic Vocabulary, and Critical Thinking and Comprehension—participants will become familiar with and implement research-based literacy strategies that will increase student achievement for learners in grades K-8. The courses, co-facilitated by Dr. Kevin Feldman and Kerri Whipple, Professional Learning Specialist, will focus on combining research-based strategies (IES Practice Guide) with implementation, feedback, and coaching.
"To be a part of the Improving Academic Literacy Project has been a privilege and I am extremely thankful that my principal realized the impact this project will have on our school. I foresee some wonderful changes in our school--full of collaboration, engagement, and student growth. Thank you to SEEC and Dr. Feldman for this wonderful opportunity!"
You won’t want to miss these learning opportunities surrounding surefire teaching practices to get kids engaged in your classroom!
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ND Reading and Math Corps Tutor Application is Open!
The 2022-23 school year tutor application is open for all Reading Corps and Math Corps tutors. Please share the link below with individuals you believe this would be a great fit for: retirees, college students, and stay-at-home parents... the impact you see on students makes every second worth it!
Do you want to bring it to your district? Consider being a Host Site!
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Additional Resources & Opportunities! |
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B-HERO Round-Up of Resources
Tell Us Something Good - Click to view program features that highlight collaboration between schools and surrounding communities.
Training Tools to Support Schools - Click to view features that highlight professional learning opportunities aligned with required behavioral health training requirements.
Just in Time! - Click to view features, highlighting evidence-based strategies to support the behavioral health of students, families, and school staff through key moments in the school year.
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Rural Para-to-Teacher Pipeline Online Program in Elementary Education
University of May Education Programs has just been awarded $575,000 by NDDPI to use for SRSA-eligible community members who wish to become elementary education teachers.
This online asynchronous program was designed with the following people in mind: your paras, recent graduates from high school, and your community members who want a career change to education.
WHO: Recent high school graduates, career-changers, and current paras who wish to become fully licensed in elementary education.
WHEN: The online program begins Fall 2022 (September); applications are being taken now to enroll in time.
HOW to APPLY:
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What's coming up on the SEEC Calendar...
(Events with active links are open for registration.)
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June
July:
August:
January 2023
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2022 Innovative Education Summit | Dickinson, ND |
At the 2022 Innovative Education Summit, we will dig deep into the essential skills for life and learning all students need to be Choice Ready. An incredible lineup of speakers and panelists are prepared to discuss the importance of social, physical, mental and emotional well-being as we engage in this vital conversation with partners across North Dakota. |
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Gain the tools to ensure every student is cyber educated! Attend and learn from dynamic speakers: Leslie Fischer, Heather Keeler, and more! Also get the chance to network with teachers from around the state and earn professional development credits. |
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ND School-Based Occupational & Physical Therapy Conference is back this Fall! |
Save the Date for the 2nd North Dakota School-Based Occupational & Physical Therapist Conference coming back to West Fargo on Nov. 3-4, 2022.
More details to come... stay tuned!
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Northern Cass Personalized Learning Institute | Hunter, ND |
Keynotes:
Dr. Katie Martin, author or Learner-Centered Innovation and Evolving Education & Chief Impact Officer at Learner-Centered Collaborative
Dr. Corey Martin, founder of Bounce Back Project, practicing private group physician, former Bush Fellow, Chrief Medical Officer, and lead physician in response to clinician burnout
Eric Sheninger, Associate Partner with the International Center for Leadership in Education
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