East Central Educational Service Center

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/elead2022. Cost: $0-$40 Description: The eLEAD Conference is back and better than ever! Plan to join us on June 1-2, 2022, at Highland Middle School in Anderson, Indiana. Keynoting the conference this year will be Gerry Brooks and Dr. Megan Tolin with Eric Curts serving as a spotlight speaker. This event is hosted by the public school districts of Madison County.

Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/instructionalimpact. Several schools have expressed an interest in work around teacher clarity, collective efficacy, and teacher collaboration systems. This could include certification with Corwin, information from other notable presenters, and opportunities to work within and across buildilngs/districts.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/8up4jpfr. Cost: $745/Service Center Member or $1490/District not belonging to a Service Center. Title III Eligible. This training is for trainers who will be providing SIOP training in their schools. Trainers will learn the 8 components of SIOP, as well as strategies, resources and techniques for each component of the SIOP model.

Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/behaviorsandmindsets. Several schools have indicated a need for support in student behavior and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). This could include work around creating processes and systems that support tiered needs, character education, TBRI work, Crisis Prevention and safety plans among others.

Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/literacyresearchcohort. As the DOE is establishing its Early Literacy Priorities, several schools are exploring research to drive impact on their literacy instruction. This group could explore the Science of Reading, Orton-Gillingham, screeners, and other pertinent topics for Reading Specialists and curriculum leaders.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/Eh4NdYmfVXKmfkU39. The ECESC and Superintendent Study Council hosts an annual meeting where our hope is that every school district we serve is in attendance. Superintendents are invited and can invited any decision maker in your district to join you so that you can gather ideas from solution partners at the event. Solution providers may appeal to superintendents, principals, curriculum directors, technology directors and more. If the superintendent is unable to attend, it is especially recommended that the district sends a representative.

Registration: https://t.co/wYLaHVi7R6. Cost: $25 per person. Description: Yorktown Community Schools along with Liberty-Perry Schools is hosting "Be Epic" Summer of Learning Conference at Yorktown High School. Do not miss this fun, inspiring conference for educators. Keynote and Session Presenter Spotlight: Trevor Muir (author of Epic Classroom).

Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/hastemday. Cost: Free. Presenter: Whitney Coake, IDOE High Ability Specialist. Join the Indiana Department of Education Student Pathway High Ability division for a hands-on, interactive day examining the craft of differentiation in the Humanities domains in the morning and STEM domains in the afternoon. Each of the five dimensions of differentiation will be explored in depth through a cross-disciplinary approach to instruction that can be implemented in the K-12 classroom. During each session, participants will receive instructional tools and practices that will provide rich learning experiences that are rigorous and appropriately challenging in order for students to thrive. Participants will leave with templates, examples, and easily implemented pedagogical practices to ensure high ability students continue being challenged at all levels of learning.

Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/hastemday. Cost: Free. Presenters: Dana Hartzell & Kaleigh Arndt, IDOE STEM Specialists. Presenting Schools: Wes-Del Elementary & Northside Elementary in Union City. Description: Join members of the Indiana Department of Education’s STEM Team, along with schools that have recently experienced the STEM School Certification process, for an in-depth look at STEM integration and STEM Certification. During the morning session, IDOE will provide an overview of the STEM Certification process and recently revised rubric and schools will share their certification journey. In the afternoon, school teams will be provided the opportunity to network with other schools and work on their school-wide STEM goals and associated plans. K-8 schools interested in learning about STEM education, furthering STEM in their schools, or pursuing STEM School Certification are encouraged to attend. Participants will leave with robustknowledge of the STEM Certification process, connections to other schools with STEM interests, and ideas to further STEM education in their schools. *Note: This is a K-8 event only. Additional opportunities focused on high schools and career centers will be held at a later time.

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/teachersharejune. Presenter: Justin Jones. Target Audience: Teachers participating in Teacher Share. Cost: Free. Description: Teacher Share teachers will have the opportunity to hear from Justin Jones and learn about his experience participating in the first year of the ECESC Teacher Share. Justin will share how his first year went, what he learned from teaching a Teacher Share course, and share resources and samples of his course syllabus and materials. Participants will also have the opportunity to work on their course syllabus and materials with support from Justin and ECESC Instructional Specialist Lindsey Lovern. Bring your device and any course resources you might need during planning.

Our friends at Region 8 Educational Service Center are hosting a Choice Literacy Institute with Ruth Ayres on June 27, 2022, at Southwest Allen County Schools. ECESC members get Region 8’s member pricing for this event. This customizable workshop includes options for literacy instruction at the primary, intermediate, and secondary levels, and literacy leadership for coaches, providing feedback, and working with resistance. Registration Link: https://www.solutionwhere.com/ww/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowConferenceNew.aspx?courseNum=1366&cId=97&pCId=0