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Virtual: Understanding the Individual Education Program (IEP) Goal Process, December 4, Session #94402, Register now!

Virtual: Understanding the Individual Education Program (IEP) Goal Process

In this session, participants will review the required components in their child's special education Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) statements and Individualized Education Program (IEP) Goals and discuss techniques for working with school personnel to develop appropriate programming for your child. December 4, Session #94402, Register now!
Parenting the Love & Logic Way. Session #93562, Register Now!

Parenting the Love & Logic Way

Love and Logic is an approach to raising children that provides loving support from parents while at the same time expecting children to be respectful and responsible. Love allows children to grow through their mistakes. Logic allows them to live with the consequences of their choices. Love and Logic is easy to use, raises responsible children, and changes lives. By attending this training, you will learn to use humor, hope, and empathy to build up your adult-child relationship, provide real limits in a loving way, and learn how to teach consequences and healthy decision-making.

The session is a two-part session. Part 1 will be held on 09/28/23 and Part 2 will be held on 12/07/23, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on both days. Session #93562, Register Now!
Worries and Anxieties and Everything in Between, December 12, Session #94404, Register now!

Worries and Anxieties and Everything in Between

Worry and stress are basic parts of our everyday life, but how do we know when worry has crossed over to anxiety? How can we explain this to our kids? Join us as we explore worries to anxiety and everything in between! Take back some strategies for your children to try to see what works best for them! December 12, Session #94404, Register now!

We will be providing a hybrid model for this session. If you would like to attend virtually, please register for Session ID 99546.
Learning Off Site Wondering with the Witte: Where Curiosity Drives Mastering Outcomes! December 13, Session #97107, Register Now!

Learning Off Site Wondering with the Witte: Where Curiosity Drives Mastering Outcomes!

Let your own curiosities lead you in exploring the Witte through an immersive professional development day! This unique experience will allow participants to be an active part in planning their day and exploring the museum. Attendees will get first hand experience at planning for student’s in-depth connections across content areas! This session is best suited for PK-5th grade educators. December 13, Session #97107, Register Now!
Virtual: Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO/SPPI 7) for Teachers and Administrators, January 9, Session #94707, Register now!

Virtual: Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO/SPPI 7) for Teachers and Administrators

This virtual session is for Teachers AND Administrators. Since the fall of 2007, school districts in Texas have been responsible to assess and report the progress of all preschoolers aged 3-5 with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). This workshop explains the history behind the Early Childhood Outcomes and how it relates to the State Performance Plan Indicator 7 (SPPI 7). Participants will learn to complete the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) as well as the process involved in reporting data to TEA and how to interpret district outcomes data. January 9, Session #94707, Register now!
Virtual: Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) 101, Session #93619, Register now!

Virtual: Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) 101

ECSE 101 is a *Virtual* training (01/17/24; 01/31/24; 02/21/24; 03/06/24) designed to build a foundation for all first year ECSE teachers. Participants will learn about special education as it pertains to the early childhood settings. A variety of developmentally appropriate activities will be discussed to target the diverse needs in the early childhood/ ECSE setting. LRE Settings and Federal Regulations will also be addressed. On site campus visit is provided between days 2 and 3 to support implementation. Session #93619, Register now!
Virtual: Afterschool Special: Superkid Stories, February 7, Session #94649, Register now!

Virtual: Afterschool Special: Superkid Stories

Join us Virtually after school as we learn how to write social narratives that positively impact student behavior. This session is appropriate for special ed and general ed Pre-K and Kinder Educators. Participants will create social narratives that are individualized to meet the needs of the students they service AND will have the opportunity for their narratives to be color printed and mailed to them by the ECSE consultants. Social Narratives that have already been created to teach a variety of behaviors will be shared electronically. February 7, Session #94649, Register now!
3rd Annual Special Education Charter School Leadership Conference,  3rd Annual Special Education Charter School Leadership Conference on Thursday, February 15th! Session #93554, Register now!

3rd Annual Special Education Charter School Leadership Conference

Thinking Outside the Box…. Stories from the Field to Ignite Hope and Spark Ideas to Influence Change. Join us for the 3rd Annual Special Education Charter School Leadership Conference on Thursday, February 15th! Session #93554, Register now!

This day will be filled with stories from other Charter School leaders across the state that exemplify out of the box thinking that have influenced positive change for students receiving special education services.

You will have the opportunity to network and learn from other charter school leaders and leave with new ideas and resources to support the great work you do!

*Lunch is provided.
Melding Minds, Please join us for our Instructional Services Conferences this June!  June 21 - RLA & Social Studies - Session #97868 June 24 - Math & Science - Session #92997

Instructional Services Conferences

Please join us for our Instructional Services Conferences this June!

June 21 - RLA & Social Studies - Session #97868
June 24 - Math & Science - Session #92997

Register now!

State and Federal Initiatives

pax Good Behavior Game Texas

PAX Good Behavior Game®

When the evidence-based PAX Good Behavior Game® is implemented in schools, children benefit from improved behavior, academic achievement, and lifetime outcomes. Elementary teachers interested in new classroom management strategies are invited to register here. New dates are added every month.
Statewide ESSA Title I Part A Capacity Building Initiative

Statewide ESSA Title I - Part A Capacity Building Initiative

The Title I, Part A Capacity Building Initiative is funded by the Texas Education Agency and produced by Education Service, Region 20. This website serves as a central location for Title I, Part A resources on compliance and best practice.
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Texas Migrant Interstate Program (TMIP)

The mission of the Texas Migrant Interstate Program (TMIP) is to help reduce the effects of educational disruption that Texas’ mobile, migratory students often face as they migrate intra/interstate to seek qualifying temporary or seasonal employment in the agriculture or fishing industry. The TMIP assists migratory students, their families, school counselors, and intra/interstate MEP staff.
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