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Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.Building Bridges: Developing Relationships and Establishing Rigor!We know that, as special education and general education teachers, you typically work with students who have various strengths, and we are here to support you in making it all work!
Program Area: Special Education
The Heart, Art, Craft, and Sciences of Reading/Writing for the Inclusion of Students with DisabilitiesThe Exceptional Student Services Professional Learning and Sustainability, Special Populations, and Assistive Technology teams are partnering to offer a professional learning opportunity focused on a literacy strengths-based teaching and learning approach for students with low-incidence disabilities in grades K–12.This three-part series will focus on the sciences of reading and writing, adapted to meet the complex needs of all students at Tier 1. The Assistive Technology team will also share tips, tricks, and tools on using technology to enhance reading and writing for all students. Educators will walk away with skills and strategies that can be implemented the next day. This literacy series is for all educators! Participants can earn a total of 4.5 professional development credits for attending the entire series.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following message about upcoming math professional learning with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach algebra.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach algebra.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following in-person math professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.Count Me In: Foundations for Fluency is a one-day professional learning opportunity that will focus on the key components of fluency. Participants will make connections across mathematics standards that specify fluency as the intended, end-of-year outcome in each grade level from K–6. Additionally, educators will explore instructional routines, strategies, and games that help all students develop the flexibility to solve contextual and mathematical problems involving whole numbers. We strongly encourage school teams of special education and general education teachers who teach mathematics in Kindergarten through Grade 6 to register.
Program Area: Special Education
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.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,Please see the following information regarding an external professional development opportunity made available by the Arizona Deafblind Project:Do you or someone you know work with a student with combined vision and hearing loss?We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the Arizona Deafblind Project's Intervener Training Program. This training addresses the need for high-quality, evidence-based practices for anyone who serves children and youth with combined vision and hearing loss.
Program Area: Special Education
Looking for self-paced professional learning on current special education topics of interest?Register today for Summer 2024 NAU SELECT courses!
Program Area: Special Education
In this free webinar, we will explore multiple representations to build conceptual understanding of operations with integers. We will apply and extend previous understandings of operations with whole numbers to create zero-sum pairs. Additionally, we will demonstrate how to develop grit and creative problem-solving with accessible low-floor/high-ceiling tasks.
Program Area: ESSER
Find updates on new SEL trainings and other free professional learning events for educators; examples of creative ESSER investments; and reminders of key upcoming deadlines.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,Please see information about a external professional development opportunity:Are you interested in improving individualized education programs (IEPs)? Are you looking for resources and strategies to help prepare educators to promote progress for students with disabilities? Join the PROGRESS Center for a free two-day virtual learning event, Prepping for PROGRESS! Adding New Tools to Your Backpack (Toolbox) for the Start of School on August 3-4, 2022. The event will focus on sharing information, resources, and lessons learned to support the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. Learn more about the event and register for sessions on the PROGRESS website!
Program Area: Special Education
ESS is excited to announce a unique professional learning opportunity for speech-language pathologists. Please share information about this free webinar with your SLPs.Comprehensive Assessment for SLI Eligibility: Research, Regulations, and Resources
Program Area: Special Education
Please join ADE/ESS for the next Special Education Professionals Check-In on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,Please share the following virtual math professional learning opportunity with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.Creating Accessible Mathematics Classrooms (Grades K–5)
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Administrators,Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT) is a federally funded program sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services and is 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.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,The following is a free professional learning opportunity available to you and your staff.The Power of Strengths-Based IEPs with Carol KosnitskyThursday, March 3, 2022, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,With input from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, the ADE/ESS developed policies and procedures for Early Childhood Special Education Transition that are aligned with the IDEA. Following the public participation process set forth in IDEA and GEPA regulations during Spring 2022, ESS considered all public comments and finalized its policies and procedures document. The finalized document is also available on the ADE/ESS website.