September
9/28/2023
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
9/28/2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
October
10/5/2023
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
10/5/2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10/10/2023
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10/11/2023
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
10/16/2023
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
10/17/2023
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
10/18/2023
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
ROE/District Health/Life Safety (HLS) WorkshopTarget Audience: Superintendents and ROEs
Join us to receive and discuss the most up-to-date HLS requirements, processes, guidance documents, forms, practices, and financing options. ISBE-approving architects will be present to provide information and share requirements, the approval process, common stumbling blocks, and practices. Small and whole-group discussions will occur to gain an understanding and share perspectives on all aspects of the Health/Life Safety processes: Amendments, 10-year Surveys, building permits, annual inspections, and financing.
Lunch, and the event, sponsored by Scott Engstrom and GRP/Wegman.
10/20/2023
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
10/23/2023
8:00 AM - 10/24/2023 3:30 PM
PECS: Level 1 TrainingThis workshop will meet October 23rd and 24th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day.
Target Audience-
This session is designed for all members of the educational team who would like to learn about the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) including speech-language pathologists, parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, behavior analysists, psychologists, social workers, and/or other professionals who are providing services to/for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Description of Workshop-
This two-day training is designed to teach participants the theory behind the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and the protocols for how to appropriately implement the six phases of PECS.
This Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is used to rapidly teach communication skills to those with limited functional speech. PECS promotes communication within a social context, without lengthy prerequisite training. Training in PECS begins by teaching a spontaneous request and goes on to teach additional communicative functions such as responding to questions and commenting. An added attraction for preschool children with autism and related disabilities is the high proportion of children who acquire independent speech. Participants will learn how to implement the six phases of PECS, plus attributes, through presenter demonstrations, video examples, and role-play opportunities. Participants will leave the workshop with an understanding of how to implement PECS with individuals with autism, related developmental disabilities, and/or limited communication skills.
10/24/2023
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
10/26/2023
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Youth Mental Health First Aid TrainingYouth Mental Health First Aid is a designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
Courses will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Regional Office of Education #17 location at 201 E. Grove Street in Bloomington. Please plan to arrive prior to 8:30 a.m., doors open at 8:00 a.m. ROE #17 is the recipient of grant funding to offer this at no cost to individuals working in districts located within or serving McLean County students, or parents of McLean County students. If you are unsure whether you qualify, please email malottt@roe17.org to inquire.
Lunch will be included and each individual will have a section of Avanti's gondola and chips. If you have food allergies, it is recommended to bring your own lunch or notify us a week in advance.
A stipend of $150 will be payable to districts to offset the cost of sending staff during a school day. The stipend is grant funded and will be issued until, and unless, funding is exhausted. Priority of payment for the stipend will be for those who register first.
10/28/2023
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
November
11/9/2023
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Youth Mental Health First Aid TrainingYouth Mental Health First Aid is a designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
Courses will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Regional Office of Education #17 location at 201 E. Grove Street in Bloomington. Please plan to arrive prior to 8:30 a.m., doors open at 8:00 a.m. ROE #17 is the recipient of grant funding to offer this at no cost to individuals working in districts located within or serving McLean County students, or parents of McLean County students. If you are unsure whether you qualify, please email malottt@roe17.org to inquire.
Lunch will be included and each individual will have a section of Avanti's gondola and chips. If you have food allergies, it is recommended to bring your own lunch or notify us a week in advance.
A stipend of $150 will be payable to districts to offset the cost of sending staff during a school day. The stipend is grant funded and will be issued until, and unless, funding is exhausted. Priority of payment for the stipend will be for those who register first.
11/9/2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
11/17/2023
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
December
12/7/2023
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
12/8/2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
12/14/2023
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
12/15/2023
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Applying Restorative Practices through a Trauma Informed LensTrauma doesn’t discriminate; it affects people of every race, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic level. Trauma can be a single isolated event or a series of events, and a traumatic experience involves some type of a threat to one’s physical or emotional well-being and can bring out feelings of terror, helplessness, and lack of control and power.
Traumatic experiences can impact and alter an individual’s perception of themselves, their world, and the people around them and can disrupt the victim’s biological, cognitive, and emotional functioning as well as their identity, relationships, and social interactions.
Participants will learn how to respond to adversity and trauma through a restorative lens.
12/18/2023
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
January
1/19/2024
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
1/23/2024
8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
1/25/2024
8:30 AM - 1/26/2024 3:30 PM
1/25/2024
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
1/26/2024
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
February
2/1/2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2/2/2024
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
2024 History Symposium- It's Not About the Answer: Using Social Studies to Ask Big QuestionsThis in-person Symposium is open to Illinois Pre-K, Elementary, Middle and Secondary Level History-Social Sciences Educators, Community Educators, Pre-Service & Student Teachers.
Disciplines represented: History (US & World), Government, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, & Geography
2/16/2024
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
2/22/2024
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2/27/2024
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
March
3/7/2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
3/15/2024
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
April
4/12/2024
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
4/16/2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4/18/2024
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
May
5/17/2024
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
June
6/4/2024
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM