Professional Learning and Sustainability

INTERNAL PD INFO: Multi-Tier Behavior Supports (MTBS) Year 1

  • Mon, Mar 20 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors:

Are you concerned about the current rate of suspensions and expulsions at your school or district? Do you feel students are losing valuable class time due to disruptions and other behavior problems? Are teachers struggling to be successful with classroom management? Are administrators spending too much time dealing with discipline issues?  If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then you might find the solution in Multi-Tier Behavior Supports.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Expanding Expression Training (EET) for SLPs, SLTs and SLPAs

  • Mon, Mar 20 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Greetings,

The ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the 2023 Seminar for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists: Expanding​ ​Expression​ ​Training: ​ A​ ​Multi-Sensory​ ​Approach​ ​for​ ​Improved​ ​Writing,​ ​Oral Expression,​ ​and​ ​Comprehension​ Across​ ​the​ ​Curriculum with Sara​ ​L.​ ​Smith,​ ​MS,​ ​CCC-SLP​ ​​(and founder​ ​of​ ​EET). The intended audience for this seminar is Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Technicians, and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: We are recruiting SLPs, SLTs, and SLPAs for you! Post your open positions now!

  • Fri, Mar 3 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

The Arizona Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ArSHA) will be holding its annual convention in Phoenix on March 31–April 1. There will be hundreds of Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Technicians, and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants attending this event. 

The Arizona Department of Education sponsors the public school strand at the convention to support high-quality, relevant professional learning for school-based speech personnel. This year’s sponsored topics include remediation of speech sound disorders and developmental language disorders, assistive technology (AT), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and supporting students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: We are recruiting at CEC for you! Post your open positions now!

  • Mon, Feb 27 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) will hold its annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 1–4. Thousands of special educators and related service providers will attend this event. It also will draw large numbers of students enrolled in special education teacher preparation programs.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Register Now for "Creating Goals That Are Easy to Monitor" - April 28, 2023

  • Thu, Feb 9 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

 

Greetings,

Writing better goals and effectively monitoring student progress towards those goals are foundational skills for Related Service Providers. Positive student outcomes can only be achieved when school-based therapists are able to do both consistently. Good data on good goals leads to effective interventions and allows therapists to write better progress reports in less time. And we know that “time spent on paperwork” is a leading cause of therapist burnout. For all of these reasons, we are very excited about the next presentation in our series of Related Service Provider Seminars: Creating Goals that Are Easy to Monitor and a Stress-Free Companion Monitoring Tool with Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA, and Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP. This workshop is designed for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists and will convey ASHA, APTA, and AOTA CEUs. Please share with your staff.

Creating Goals That Are Easy to Monitor and A Stress-Free Companion Monitoring Tool

 

SPED RECRUITMENT & RETENTION UPDATE: GETSET/SETTA Applications now available! Due February 24, 2023

  • Mon, Jan 23 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

The ADE/ESS Professional Learning and Sustainability unit is pleased to announce two “grow your own” opportunities for educators in Arizona public schools.

  • The General Education Teacher to Special Education Teacher (GETSET) program provides tuition reimbursement to certified general education teachers who want to pursue a career change to become certified in an area of special education. 
     
  • The Special Education Teacher Tuition Assistance (SETTA) program provides tuition reimbursement to paraprofessionals and educational interpreters that leads to special education teaching certification.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Spring 2023 ADE ESS Math Professional Learning Offerings

  • Mon, Nov 28 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please share the following math professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.

Virtual Professional Learning Opportunities:

The following virtual sessions are being offered via Zoom and are free to attend.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Reserve Your Spot at the Arizona Educator Job Fair and Career Expo! Registration Deadline December 5

  • Mon, Nov 21 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

The Arizona Education Job Fair & Career Expo will take place on February 4, 2023, from 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Conference Center.

The Job Fair and Career Expo is an excellent opportunity for you to recruit new employees to your school community.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Registration for spring 2023 SELECT classes is now open!

  • Wed, Nov 9 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Looking for self-paced professional learning on current special education topics of interest?

Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT) is a federally funded program sponsored by ADE/ESS and offered through the Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University. SELECT courses are recommended for special and general education teachers, administrators, related service personnel, paraeducators, and other interested individuals.

Certified school personnel can take SELECT classes for renewal hours.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: We are recruiting SLPs and SLPAs for you!

  • Wed, Nov 2 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Are you looking for Speech-Language Pathologists or Speech-Language Pathology Assistants?

From November 17–19, 2022, ADE/ESS will staff a recruitment booth on behalf of all public education agencies in Arizona at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (AHSA) annual national convention. Over 20,000 SLPs and graduate students attend ASHA’s convention each year.