**This session is for GATE Special Education Teachers.** Participants will receive an overview of the procedures, strategies, and best practices for a GCS special educator.
Participants will learn about each high school exit option for students with disabilities. This session will also provide in-depth information of the SC High School Employability Credential including required courses and curriculum, best practices for IEP development, procedural requirements, school-based businesses, and available resources.
All students need support! Each and every student might have different needs. We will look at patterns, data, and processes for determining language and/or disability needs for possible idenification for MLs in SPED.
An appropriate level of challenge - or rigor - just may be the "secret sauce" to student achievement and engagement. Come experience practical, student-centered, UDL-ified strategies for building students' content vocabulary and incorporating peer to peer academic discussion in the classroom.
Academic conversations improve students’ confidence and competence. But with limited class time, how can teachers engage every student in meaningful discussions? This session will explore strategies that can be done in 15 minutes or less. Access to a laptop or iPad is required. Access to past or upcoming lesson plans are required.
**For teachers that use Reading Horizons Discovery.** This segment provides detailed information on how to use both informal and formal assessment data to drive instruction. Attendees will be guided through how to evaluate the data and create instruction plans based on the data to best meet their needs of their students.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
**This session is for Kindergarten Teachers, Special Education Teachers of Discovery and Elevate, and Interventionists.** This segment provides information on how to effectively use Student Transfer Cards to build students' phonemic awareness skills, increase fluency through accurate and automatic word recognition, build vocabularty knowledge, and apply comprehension strategies. Attendees will also learn how to use Student Transfer Cards for writing prompts and practice. This is also includes hands-on activities and additional resources that teachers can use in the classroom immediately to aid students in transferring their skills to their reading and writing.
**This session is for ELEMENTARY Special Education Teachers.** Participants will learn how to utlize the FastBridge program to screen and progress monitor students as well as pull reports to analzye and communicate growth.
**This session is for Secondary Special Education Teachers.** Participants will learn how to gather and utilize data to properly montior student progress on IEP goals. They will be provided an overview of how Goalbook can be utilized to help with progress monitoring.**
**This session is for GATE Special Education SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM Teachers.** This initial session of Blueprint for all models focuses on key concepts to establish a strong classroom foundation including classroom organization, effective scheduling, managing staff supports, and IEP notebook development. Students will develop a classroom organization plan, draft schedule including student grouping, teacher planning, team planning, staff breaks, staff roles and procedures contract, a communication plan for classroom team and grade level teams, and IEP notebooks for each student in their class. Simple data collection systems will be provided for use for the first few weeks of school.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
Participants will get an overview on co-teaching fundamentals. We will discuss the 6 models of co-teaching, planning with a co-teacher, and how to use variability & differentiatiation in an inclusive setting.
**For teachers that use Reading Horizons Elevate.** This segment provides detailed information on how to use both informal and formal assessment data to drive instruction. Attendees will be guided through how to evaluate the data and create instruction plans based on the data to best meet their needs of their students.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.** Transition assessment training for Secondary Teachers using Brigance . Teachers will learn how to utilize this assessment tool in assisting students for a successful transition into adult life, assessing student’s mastery of skills within the key skill areas identified by the IDEA guidelines for Indicator 13.
**This session is for Preschool and Elementary Self Contained Special Education Teachers.** Participants that support students in preschool or elementary self-contained classrooms within the district will be provided an overview of best practices in these specialized settings. Topics will cover a range of items from how to set up a classroom for success to how to write a compliant IEP. For the second hour of the training, participants will participate a breakout one hour session that is specifically geared toward the particular specialized setting where they teach.
**For teachers that use Reading Horizons Elevate** This segment provides detailed information on how to use decodable text to build students' fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and confidence. Attendees will learn how to use activities before reading, during reading, and after reading to build both decoding and language comprehension skills using hte RH Elevate Decodable Passages, RH Elevate Reading Library, and authentic text. Attendees will also learn how to assess fluency and comprehension using decodable and leveled text and how to determine if students need additional practice. Finally, attendees will learn how to guide students through the last stage of transfer using grade-level, content area text to increase students' decoding and comprehension skills.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
WHAT IS A LEARNING TARGET? Learning targets are concrete goals written in student-friendly language that clearly describe what students will learn and be able to do by the end of a class, unit, project, or even a course. They begin with an “I can” statement and are posted in the classroom. Learning targets are most effective when visible to students. Educators can post learning targets on bulletin boards and white boards, homework assignments, rubrics, test prep, and assessments.
In this hour breakout Blueprint Session, participants will be provided all the components necessary to successfully teach students in an ID Moderate elementary classroom. Topics will cover curriculum, behavior, compliance, classroom management, data collection, communication, visual supports, inclusion, and overall best practices for these specific classrooms.
WHAT IS A LEARNING TARGET? Learning targets are concrete goals written in student-friendly language that clearly describe what students will learn and be able to do by the end of a class, unit, project, or even a course. They begin with an “I can” statement and are posted in the classroom. Learning targets are most effective when visible to students. Educators can post learning targets on bulletin boards and white boards, homework assignments, rubrics, test prep, and assessments.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.** Transition assessment training for Secondary Teachers using Brigance . Teachers will learn how to utilize this assessment tool in assisting students for a successful transition into adult life, assessing student’s mastery of skills within the key skill areas identified by the IDEA guidelines for Indicator 13.
**This session is for Kindergarten Teachers, Special Education Teachers of Discovery and Elevate, and Interventionists.** This segment provides instruction and practice on how to address Most Common Words that are decodable, Most Common Words that contain skills that have not ben taught, and Most Common Words that are irregular. Attendees will also participate in games and activities using Reading Horizons resources to help students map the sounds and letters for automatic recognition and accurate spelling of the Most Common Words that are irregular. Attendees will also participate in games and activities using Reading Horizons resources to help students map the sounds and letters for automatic recognition and accurate spelling of the Most Common Words.
Participants will learn about each high school exit option for students with disabilities. This session will also provide in-depth information of the SC High School Employability Credential including required courses and curriculum, best practices for IEP development, procedural requirements, school-based businesses, and available resources.
Help students with autism and other disabilities be successfull in the classroom with Structure Teaching. The WHAT and WHY of Structured Teaching. Structured Teaching is a system for organizing their environments, developing appropriate activities, and helping people with autism understand what is expected of them. Structured Teaching addresses challenging behaviors in a proactive manner by creating appropriate and meaningful environments that reduce the stress, anxiety and frustration which may be experienced by children with autism.
**This session focuses on ELEMENTARY Special Education.** Participants will get an overview on curriculum that provides hands-on instruction in the most reliable indicators of reading success: phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and understanding letter-sound relationship, as well as handwriting. Participants will be engaged in learning the 5-step lessons that follow a structured literacy approach, helping students quickly master 20 consonants and short a.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
Academic conversations improve students’ confidence and competence. But with limited class time, how can teachers engage every student in meaningful discussions? This session will explore strategies that can be done in 15 minutes or less. Access to a laptop or iPad is required. Access to past or upcoming lesson plans are required.
**For teachers that use Reading Horizons Kindergarten or Discovery.** This segment provides detailed information on how to use decodable text to build students' fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and confidence. Attendees will learn how to use activities before reading, during reading, and after reading to build both decoding and language comprehension skills. Attendees will also learn how to assess fluency and comprehension using decodable text and how to determine if students need additional practice. Finally, attendees will learn how to guide students through the last stage of transfer using grade-level, content area text to increase students' decoding and comprehension skills.
School administrators who work with students protected by IDEA and Section 504 will learn when to conduct a manifestation determination review, how to conduct a manifestation determination review, and the steps following a manifestation determination review.
**This session is for ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** In this two hour session, participants will be provided an overview on the use of task boxes in ID Moderate specialized classrooms. They will have time to ask questions and get feedback on the tasks analysis sheets for each task box. Lastly, participants will have the opportunity for hands on learning by creating a task box to use in thier classroom.
Special education service providers will learn the transfer procedures, how to apply the procedures to in-state and out-of-state transfers, and how to complete the processes in Enrich. Participants will also learn the IEP amendment procedures, correct steps for completing an amendment in Enrich, and the next steps after an amendment is completed.
Teachers will make data collection more efficient, accessible, and meaningful in order to drive and inform further instructional decisions, interventions, and goals. Training includes behavior data as well as academic and functional data.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
**This session is for New Elementary Resource Teachers or teachers who started during the school year that have not yet received or need full Initial Training.** Participants will learn the rationale behind Reading Horizons’ research-based approach. Attendees will receive explicit instruction and a hands-on overview of the Reading Horizons method and learn key program instruction processes. Teachers will also receive practice in online resources and instructional materials.
**This session focuses on Elementary Special Ed Multicat Teachers.** Participants will get an overview of the intensive reading intervention program to make every student a reader. Participants will be engaged in multisensory activities that meet different learning styles to engage all students, learn about explicit instruction that is data driven, and practice and review the material to help students make permanent gains.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.** Transition assessment training for Secondary Teachers using Brigance . Teachers will learn how to utilize this assessment tool in assisting students for a successful transition into adult life, assessing student’s mastery of skills within the key skill areas identified by the IDEA guidelines for Indicator 13.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR SECONDARY SELF CONTAINED TEACHERS.** Participants will be provided an overview of the Environmental Print curriculum for verbal and nonverbal students. The curriculum is based on language arts standards while teaching students common signs and other forms of environmental print.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR GATE ELEMENTARY SELF CONTAINED TEACHERS.** GATE teachers that will serve in Elementary ED self-contained settings will have the opportunity to work with experienced ED teachers in the district to learn best practices for classroom structure, working with paraprofessionals, and daily routines.
**This session is for Special Education SELF-CONTAINED Classroom Teachers.** Participants will learn how to effectively use classroom paraprofessionals to provide increased instructional time. Learn how to establish clear and consistent communication and ensure paraprofessionals are an integral member of the instructional team.
**This session is for ELEMENTARY ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** During this hour long training, participants will be provided best practices and examples of visual supports to use in an elmentary ID Moderate setting to include visual schedules, first/then boards, low tech communication visuals, and basic environmental print. Participants will have time to share resources and collaborate with one another.
**This session is for ID Mod Special Education Elementary Teachers.** Brigance Training for Elementary ID Moderate and Preschool Special Education teachers will provide an overview of how to adminster the Brigance Assessment. Brigance supports exceptional students in our specialized settings and will aid educators with pinpointing students' strengths, interests, and needs to support writing compliant IEPs.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
**This session is for ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** Participants will be provided an overview of the Unique Learning Systems products. Learning targets consist of topics covering monthly curriculum items using Unique, visual supports using Symbol Stix, and current news articles using News 2 You.
Special education teachers will learn the importance of self-care and build a plan to include recognizing patterns in emotions, stress management, decompression activities, and a social support system.
Participants will learn how to utlize FBA data/results to create a meaninful and thorough behavior intervention plan (BIP) for students. Resources and supports will be discussed and shared regarding both common and unique BIP interventions and accommodations.
**This session is for ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** In this one hour training, teachers will be active participants in a modeled lesson from the Look-n-Cook curriculum. Teachers will be able to ask questions realted to the material and also be provided with an overview of the curriculum tool.
Participants will learn about each high school exit option for students with disabilities. This session will also provide in-depth information of the SC High School Employability Credential including required courses and curriculum, best practices for IEP development, procedural requirements, school-based businesses, and available resources.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.** Special education teachers will learn the principles of the Social Thinking curriculum. Social Thinking is a language and cognitive-based methodology that focuses on the dynamic and synergistic nature of social observation, social interpretation, social problem solving, and social communication skills, all of which require self-regulation.
**This session is for ELEMENTARY ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** In this 3 hour long session, elementary ID Moderate teachers will be introduced to the STAR Program. STAR teaches children with various disabilities critical skills that they will need throughout their lives. Instructional methods of discrete trial training, pivotal response training and teaching functional routines form the instructional basis of this comprehensive program for children with disabilities.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
**THIS SESSION IS FOR SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.** Transition assessment training for Secondary Teachers using Brigance . Teachers will learn how to utilize this assessment tool in assisting students for a successful transition into adult life, assessing student’s mastery of skills within the key skill areas identified by the IDEA guidelines for Indicator 13.
**This session is for ELEMENTARY Special Education Teachers." Participants will dive deeper into the Saxon Math Curriculum through review of instructional strategies to refine their skills and improve practice with implementation. This session is being offered for teachers who have participated in the initial training for Saxon Math.
**THIS SESSION FOR GATE ELEMENTARY RESOURCE TEACHERS.** Teachers that will serve in Elementary Resource / Inclusion settings will have the opportunity to learn best practices with resource and inclusion settings, structuring the day, using progress monitoring tools, and co-teaching methods.
**This session is for Special Education SELF-CONTAINED Classroom Teachers.** Participants will learn how to effectively use classroom paraprofessionals to provide increased instructional time. Learn how to establish clear and consistent communication and ensure paraprofessionals are an integral member of the instructional team.
**This session is for ELEMENTARY Special Education Teachers." Participants will dive deeper into the Saxon Math Curriculum through review of instructional strategies to refine their skills and improve practice with implementation. This session is being offered for teachers who have participated in the initial training for Saxon Math.
**This session is for ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** Participants will be provided an overview of the Unique Learning Systems products. Learning targets consist of topics covering monthly curriculum items using Unique, visual supports using Symbol Stix, and current news articles using News 2 You.
**This session is for ELEMENTARY Special Education Teachers.** Participants will learn how to implement Saxon Math, a curriculum that scaffolds inctruction of mathematical concepts to review previously learned information. Teachers will become more familair with hands on activities to engage all learners.
This 3-hour training provides an overview of the facilitation process and prepares IEP team stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants work to learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation. Additionally, participants develop skills to broker more effective and efficient communication resulting in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and compliant student-centered IEP meeting.
Special education teachers will learn the importance of self-care and build a plan to include recognizing patterns in emotions, stress management, decompression activities, and a social support system.
Participants will learn how to utlize FBA data/results to create a meaninful and thorough behavior intervention plan (BIP) for students. Resources and supports will be discussed and shared regarding both common and unique BIP interventions and accommodations.
**This session is for GATE Special Education Teachers.** Participants will learn about utilizing Goalbook for developing IEP Present Levels, Impact Statements, and Goals.
**This session is for ID Moderate Special Education Teachers.** In this two hour session, participants will be provided an overview on the use of task boxes in ID Moderate specialized classrooms. They will have time to ask questions and get feedback on the tasks analysis sheets for each task box. Lastly, participants will have the opportunity for hands on learning by creating a task box to use in thier classroom.
**This session is for Special Education SELF-CONTAINED Classroom Teachers.** Participants will learn how to effectively use classroom paraprofessionals to provide increased instructional time. Learn how to establish clear and consistent communication and ensure paraprofessionals are an integral member of the instructional team.
