Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities

Asbestos Hazard (AHERA) Refresher Course (Virtual)

Tuesday, October 6th, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
2020-21 AHERA Refresher Course Registration Form Please register by October 2nd

Regulations require all maintenance employees who perform small-scale asbestos work to attend an annual refresher course. Please have your asbestos notebook available during the training. The first two hours of training will be the mandatory awareness session and those who plan to attend this session only will be excused at noon.

If you have staff in need of the 2-day LEA Designated Person/16-hour Operations & Maintenance Training, please contact Phil Johnson at pjohn@midwesttrainingsite.com or call 402-505-2940.

Cost: $25/person for the awareness session; $50/person for the refresher course 

New Gifted/Talented Teacher Orientation Training (Virtual)

September 22, September 29, October 5 (3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.)

Course #190224 - click on link to register 

Rosanne Malek is the workshop presenter. New Gifted/Talented teachers are invited to join us for an orientation session.

K-6 SDI Literacy Foundations Webinar Series Information (Virtual)

September 22, 2020-May 14, 2021

Course #190320 - click on link to register 

This course will be a series of webinars along with question and answer sessions designed to help you accelerate the learning of your K-6 students through the implementation of a comprehensive literacy instruction approach. Those attending this course will be implementing Specially Designed Literacy Instruction which includes high impact focus skills in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and writing.

Secondary SDI Literacy Foundations Webinar Series Information (Virtual)

September 22, 2020-March 3, 2021

Course #190315 - click on link to register 

This course will be a series of webinars along with question and answer sessions designed to help you accelerate the learning of your secondary students through the implementation of a comprehensive literacy instruction approach. Those attending this course will learn about the implementation of the SDI Framework (Diagnose, Design, and Deliver). Content will include screening, progress monitoring, assessments, and diagnostic tools, instructional frameworks and strategies, data analysis, and intensifying interventions. Attendees are expected to have access to screening data. 

Imagine Learning Language and Literacy Training (Virtual)

October 5, 2020 (9 am - 11 am)
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A representative from Imagine Learning will walk you through how to use the language and literacy tools.

Imagine Learning Math Training (Virtual)

October 5, 2020 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm)

Register Here

A representative from Imagine Learning will walk you through how to use the math tools.

Rosetta Stone (Virtual)

October 5, 2020 (2:00-3:30 pm)

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A representative from Rosetta Stone will walk you through RS and share how you add students and view progress

Face-to-Face Professional Learning Resumes October 1

Beginning October 1, 2020, face-to-face professional learning opportunities will be reinstated in GHAEA offices. Face coverings will be required and 6 feet of social distancing will be implemented. We will continue to follow the guideline limiting a 50% capacity in our meeting spaces.

Depending on the course, participants may have the option to Zoom in.

In addition, several ongoing virtual/webinar opportunities will continue to be offered this fall and beyond.

In order to minimize community spread, instructors will have participants keep track of safety requirements and complete a health survey. 

Using the most recent COVID data, this decision will be reviewed, renewed, and communicated no later than the 20th of each month through December 2020.

Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities

Building Back Better 1.1 (Virtual)

Course #190189 - click on link to register 

September 14-October 12 

Building Back Better is designed with The Distance Learning Playbook as the foundation of the course. The Distance Learning Playbook is an incredible resource with support for teachers and administrators. It provides information for areas that many schools may be experiencing gaps in for students in multiple learning environments. Throughout this course, with the support of the playbook, we introduce practical easy to implement ideas. For example, participants will see how to start and end a class, the social-emotional support needed, and setting up norms to develop a safe culture for students to learn at high levels. This resource is ideal for schools that are looking for answers to a whole-child approach within a gradual release model.

Materials Note: Participants must purchase the book The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting (1st Edition). *This resource is currently available via Kindle version with anticipated print availability August 2020.

Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (Virtual)

Course #154185 - click on link to register
September 14-30

Born at Google and based on neuroscience, the SIY program teaches emotional intelligence skills that lead to sustained peak performance, strong collaboration and effective leadership. SIY increases self-awareness, empathy, communication and resilience. All of these help create positive emotional and mental states for a strong and inspiring leadership presence. The program includes sessions on mindfulness (the science of being present), self-awareness (understanding your thoughts, emotions and habits), self-management (skillfully managing your impulses and reactions), motivation (aligning your values and work), empathy (understanding others’ feelings and experiences) and leadership (influencing with compassion).

The mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills you'll learn will help you:

• Experience greater well-being, resilience and stress management.
• Improve performance, collaboration and empathy.
• Increase effectiveness and decision-making capacity.
• Cultivate innovative, creative thinking.

Digitize Your Classroom (Virtual)

Course #189685 - click on link to register
September 8-22 

Learn best practices for delivering learning in an online platform. Digitize Your Classroom is a course that guides participants through the design process and how to use selected digital tools while creating online learning opportunities for students.

Suicide Risk Assessment Training (Virtual)
Green Hills AEA is offering a Suicide Risk Assessment Training virtual workshop on September 9. Details about the workshop including a registration link can be found in this flyer.

Ongoing Webinar Series:
Social-Emotional Behavioral Health Fall Return to Learn Session Series Schedule
Special Education Fall Return to Learn Session Series Schedule

We Went Virtual…. and So Did You!

Green Hills is so proud of all the virtual training we were able to provide for educators, especially during a time of such uncertainty. Check out this graphic to see how many people we reached!

AEA Learning Online Practicing Educator Course

Take control of your professional learning when you choose relevant trainings for license renewal credit. Enroll in AEA Learning Online's Practicing Educator course today! 

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