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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. 

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. 
You can also check out professional learning sessions from around the state using the Ohio Professional Learning Directory. This is a curated catalog of professional learning resources providing educators with more choice and content providers with better access to those seeking professional learning across the state of Ohio. If you see a session there that ESCLEW isn't offering, please reach out to us to discuss offering a similar session. To visit the OPLD website, click the graphic to the right.

September Professional Learning Opportunities

Back to School with INFOhio
This virtual session will offer an overview of the mission and purpose of INFOhio, as well as a look into some of the amazing resources that can supplement your curriculum and engage your students.
Date: September 18, 2024
Time: 3:15 to 4:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
FALL DATA SERIES
TIDE’s Assessment Authoring Tool
Learn how to use this free tool to build customized tests (including benchmark and checkpoint) from released Ohio Test Options using the same portal as the tests.
Date: September 25, 2024
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Provided at no cost for educators from ESCLEW-sponsored community school and consulting department aligned districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local). The cost is $125 per person per workshop for educators from all other schools and districts.
Back to School with INFOhio
This virtual session will offer an overview of the mission and purpose of INFOhio, as well as a look into some of the amazing resources that can supplement your curriculum and engage your students.
Date: September 25, 2024
Time: 3:15 to 4:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
 
School Counselor Evaluation System
This training will prepare an evaluator of school counselors for effective, high quality, and consistent school counselor evaluation using the Ohio School Counselor Evaluation System. Evaluators of school counselors and the school counselors themselves are highly encouraged to attend together.
Date: September 26, 2024
Time: All day
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: $150

October Professional Learning Opportunities

Virtual STEM Info Series: October
Daily STEM Tips
Join this monthly virtual session to keep a pulse on relevant and helpful STEM topics. These events are open to all educators interested in adding to their STEM toolkit to incorporate the STEM mindset and instructional practices into their classrooms.
Date: October 3, 2024
Time: 3:45 to 4:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
STEM 101
Incorporate the STEM mindset into your classroom and learn simple ways to implement STEM practices with the curriculum you are already using.
Date: October 8, 2024
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am
Location: Shuer Center
Cost: Provided at no cost for educators from ESCLEW-sponsored community school and consulting department aligned districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local). The cost is $25 per person per workshop for educators from all other schools and districts.
NWO STEM Collaborative Session #1
We will highlight the opportunities available to you at the Challenger Learning Center, a pioneer facility in STEM education. The Challenger Learning Center is comprised of space-themed simulated learning environments to engage students in dynamic, hands-on opportunities.
Date: October 8, 2024
Time: 3:45 to 5:00 pm
Location: Shuer Center
Cost: Free
 
Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG)
Threat Assessment Team Training
Threat assessment team members will learn to follow a decision-tree process to resolve less serious, transient threats quickly while focusing greater attention on more serious, substantive threats. Various threat assessment forms and strategies to support the threat assessment process will be shared.
Date: October 9, 2024
Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free
Establishing Outdoor Learning Spaces
Urban Conservation Technician Penny Bollin will share ideas as to how classroom teachers of all grade levels and content areas can effectively establish outdoor learning spaces.
Date: October 10, 2024
Time: 3:30 to 5:00 pm
Location: Metropark Hall at Wildwood Metropark
Cost: Free
Expanding Expressions Tool
Learn how this tool can help students from preschool to grade 12 with oral language expression, written language expression, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Date: October 18, 2024
Time: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Free
 
EVAAS Data Refresher for Teachers
You have your student test scores, and you know how much progress (or lack of progress) your students made last year. But how do you use that information? This workshop bridges the gap from data to practice.
Date: October 23, 2024
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Provided at no cost for educators from ESCLEW-sponsored community school and consulting department aligned districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local). The cost is $125 per person per workshop for educators from all other schools and districts.

November Professional Learning Opportunities

Yoga & Mindfulness Training
Learn best practices for teaching mindfulness and yoga to improve student social and emotional skills. Participants will also receive continued access to Wellity Education's K-12 mindfulness and yoga curriculum.
Dates: November 4 and 5
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: $500 per person
Virtual STEM Info Series: November
Controlling the Chaos
Join this monthly virtual session to keep a pulse on relevant and helpful STEM topics. These events are open to all educators interested in adding to their STEM toolkit to incorporate the STEM mindset and instructional practices into their classrooms.
Date: November 7, 2024
Time: 3:45 to 4:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG)
Threat Assessment Team Training
Threat assessment team members will learn to follow a decision-tree process to resolve less serious, transient threats quickly while focusing greater attention on more serious, substantive threats. Various threat assessment forms and strategies to support the threat assessment process will be shared.
Date: November 13, 2024
Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Northwest Ohio ESC
Cost: Free
 
Using TIDE’s CRS
Use TIDE’s Centralized Reporting System to drill into student data. Create customized reports to identify the strengths and weaknesses of individuals, groups, and classes.
Date: November 20, 2024
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: ESCLEW
Cost: Provided at no cost for educators from ESCLEW-sponsored community school and consulting department aligned districts (Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania, and Washington Local). The cost is $125 per person per workshop for educators from all other schools and districts.

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