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Upcoming Professional Development

The Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West offers a schedule of ever-changing professional learning opportunities open to all educators. Please check back often as new topics and session are added often. Click on each image below to find out about our current sessions. If you would prefer to view a calendar of our upcoming PD sessions, please click here: Professional Development Calendar. 

If you're interested in a topic that isn't listed below, you can always request a professional development session for your building or district by clicking on and filling out this form: District or Building PD Request Form. As a reminder, these customized services are free for our PD member districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local) and may be purchased by another district for a fee, viewable here on our Non-Consulting Services Aligned Districts Fee Schedule. 

Finally, sign-up to receive regular flyers about upcoming learning opportunities by filling out this form and checking the box for 'Professional Development': Sign-Up to Receive Updates. 

November Professional Learning Opportunities

Supporting Emotional Regulation in the Classroom

Participants will learn what emotional regulation is, what it looks like in our students, and how to effectively support the development of this practice.

Date: November 29, 2023
Time: 3:45 - 5:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: FREE to ESCLEW consultant aligned districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, Washington Local), $50.00 per person for ESCLEW non-consultant aligned districts.
Vaping Support for Schools

Join us as we invite The American Heart Association to share educational programming resources, strategies, and curriculum to assist schools in creating a tobacco-free environment that helps to prevent students from using tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes, and supports students who need help quitting.

Date: November 29, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 9:30 am OR 3:00 - 3:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
Become a Master Teacher, 2023-24

In this session, we will help you begin your Master Teacher portfolio, giving you time to add, edit, and reflect carefully on your portfolio contents and written narratives. Additionally, you'll be given the opportunity for collaborative reflection on aspects of your teaching, as well as the chance to share your experiences and reflect on them.

Date: Begins November 29, 2023
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom
 
"Top 10" Teaching Practices to Support Social & Emotional Learning

Learn best teaching practices to support social & emotional learning in their classroom, such as: student-centered discipline, teacher language and rapport, teamwork and cooperative learning opportunities, and self-assessment and reflection.

Date: November 30, 2023
Time: 3:45 - 5:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free for educators from Consulting Services Aligned Districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local) and $25 for educators from all other districts.

December Professional Learning Opportunities

The Right to Read Documentary

Screening and discussion of this film, which follows the path of Oakland-based NAACP activist Kareem Weaver, who fights to improve the bleak reading scores in his own community.

Screening and Discussion: December 5, 2023
Time: 9:00 -11:00 am OR 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free
Northwest Ohio STEM Collaborative

You are invited to Hull Prairie Intermediate School to learn more about Project Invent. Jason Hubbard, TOSA with Perrysburg Schools, will facilitate this engaging session

Date: December 5, 2023
Time: 3:45 - 5:00 pm
Location: Hull Prairie Intermediate School, 25480 Hull Prairie Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
Cost: Free

Create Content-Specific Graphic Novels with Google

Join us to learn how to use Google Slides, Docs, and Drawings with your students to create graphic novels as learning projects. Includes presentation by Franco Vitella from the Toledo Lucas County Public Library.

Date: December 5, 2023
Time: 3:15 - 5:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free for educators from Consulting Services Aligned Districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local) and $25 for educators from all other districts.
 
STEM Monthly Info Series

This series will occur monthly throughout the 2023-24 school year. This month, our topic is: Diving into the 4 C's of 21st Century Learning.

Date: December 6, 2023
Time: 3:30 - 4:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
Amygdala Hijacks Part II: 
The Follow-Up

The purpose of this session is to discuss how to implement the strategies presented in the previous training, as well as discuss additional interventions and strategies for dealing with challenging behavior in the classroom.

Date: December 7, 2023
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
Supporting School Attendance

Join us as we  share out various interventions and strategies to support student attendance at the school and district level.

Dates and Times: December 12, 2023 from 9:00 - 10:00 am OR December 13, 2023 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
 
Scaffolding Strategies for Reading in ELA, Grades 4-12

These small group sessions explore the scaffolding of evidence-based, explicit & systematic reading instruction specific to research as it relates to ELA.

Date: December 14, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am OR 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free
Multimodal Creating: Expanding Reading & Composition
Ohio Writing Project for Grades 4-12, All Contents

Join the Ohio Writing Project as we look into the power of multimodal texts as a way to support students in gaining background knowledge, analyzing text and sharing their learning. 

Date: December 14, 2023
Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: FREE to ESCLEW consultant aligned districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, Washington Local), $50.00 per person for ESCLEW non-consultant aligned districts.
Crisis Intervention Full Training: Foundation Course

This training provides your staff with the skills to safely recognize and respond to everyday crisis situations that may involve more challenging behaviors.

Date: December 18, 2023
Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: $8 per person
 
Universal Design for Learning in CTE

Career-focused educators will design lessons that meet the needs of all students in the class/lab, while sharing experiences and feedback with their peers in this 4-part series.

Dates: December 19, 2023; February 7, 2024; April 16, 2024; June 18, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free

January Professional Learning Opportunities

Create Self-Grading Crossword Puzzles with Google Sheets

In this professional development session, we’ll look at how to use Google Sheets to create a self-grading crossword puzzle tailored to individual content areas and grade levels. 

Date: January 9, 2024
Time: 3:45 - 5:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free for educators from Consulting Services Aligned Districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local) and ESCLEW Sponsored Community Schools. $25 for educators from all other districts.
STEM Monthly Info Series

This series will occur monthly throughout the 2023-24 school year. This month, our topic is: Exploring the connection between STEM and SEL.

Date: January 10, 2024
Time: 3:30 - 4:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
K-3 ODE DYSLEXIA COURSE SUPPORT SERIES

Participants in this series are expected to complete modules independently through the Ohio Department of Education and then come together to engage in discussion and take part in activities within an in-person collaborative learning environment.

Date: Begins January 11, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: $30
 
ADOLESCENT LITERACY NETWORK

The purpose of this collaborative will be to discuss, coordinate. and personalize, research and supports throughout ODE's guidance documents: Implementing Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement 6-12, and, Shifting to The Science of Reading, and A Discussion Guide for School and District Teams.

Date: January 25, March 14, and May 9, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free
Scaffolding Strategies for Reading in MATH, Grades 4-12

These small group sessions explore the scaffolding of evidence-based, explicit & systematic reading instruction specific to research as it relates to math.

Date: January 30, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 pm OR 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free

Available Anytime:

Introduction to Personalized Learning: RECORDING

Find out why your school should join the Launch Personalized Learning cohort  and what you can expect from this grant-funded professional learning pathway!

Available anytime HERE.
Cost: Free
SESSION RECORDING: Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT
Learn how to use ChatGPT to create detailed lesson plans.
Cost: $25

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