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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.

September Professional Learning Opportunities

Amygdala Hijacks: What are They and How Should Educators Deal with Them?

Learn how trauma re-wires the brain, as well as how to safely and effectively manage "hijacked" students.

September 28, 2023
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Zoom
Cost: Free

OSCES Evaluator Training

The Ohio School Counselor Evaluation System (OSCES) Evaluator Training will prepare an evaluator of school counselors for effective, high quality, and consistent school counselor evaluation using the Ohio School Counselor Evaluation System.

September 28, 2023
Click the link above for more details

October Professional Learning Opportunities

Get Spooky with Google

Feeling 'ghosted' by your students? Has the start of the school year been 'ghoul'-ish? Finding lesson planning too 'grave' to handle? Then don't be 'scared' to join the ESCLEW for some creative ways to use Google this autumn!

Date: Every Monday through October 16, 2023
Time: 4:00 – 4:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free

Fall/Winter Book Study: But He Spit in My Coffee

The goal of this book study is to help educators better understand how to help students who have Reactive Attachment Disorder.

Begins October 2, 2023 with regular meeting through December 15, 2023
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Zoom
Cost: Free

STEM Monthly Info Series

This series will occur monthly throughout the 2023-24 school year. This month, our topic is: Integrating technology isn't scary!

October 4, 2023
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Zoom
Cost: Free

Resident Educator Mentor Training

New mentors to the Resident Educator Program must successfully complete the 12-hour Mentor Academy Training to receive state mentor certification.

October 6 - 16, 2023
Asynchronous
+ 2 Zoom Meetings
Cost: $125

Supporting School Attendance

Educators will discuss the importance of early intervention and learn prevention strategies to improve student attendance and lower chronic absenteeism as outlined by the new 2023-2024 Attendance Guide for Ohio Schools and Districts.

October 9 from 9:00 - 10:00 am
OR
October 10, 2023 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Zoom
Cost: Free

Stay Informed with INFOhio

In this fun, interactive, scavenger-hunt-style session, we will take a look at what the INFOhio website has to offer educators and students alike, as well as brainstorm ways to integrate those resources into lessons.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 from 3:00 - 4:15 pm (Grades 6-12)
OR
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15 pm (Grades K-5)

Location: Zoom

Cost: Free

Northwest Ohio STEM Collaborative: REIMAGINED

Using the feedback from past participants, the NWO STEM Collaborative has been reimagined and innovated for the 2023-2024 school year! Each event will focus more deeply on one relevant STEM resource, expert, or topic.

October 11, 2023
3:45 - 5:00 pm
BGSU at Levis Commons
Cost: Free

Scaffolding Strategies for Reading in Social Studies, 4-12

This session explores scaffolding evidence-based reading instruction specific to Social Studies.

October 12, 2023
9:00 -11:00 am or 1:00 -3:00 pm
ESCLEW
Cost: Free

Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT

Save time in your busy day by using ChatGPT to create lesson plans customized to the specific needs of your students and content area.

Date: October 17, 2023 at 4:00 pm

October 19, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Cost: Free for consulting services-aligned districts, $25 for non-consulting services aligned districts

Using the 5E Model & ChatGPT to Support High Quality Instructional Materials

In this 3-part series, you will modify a lesson of your choice into an engaging, rigorous plan to support high quality instructional materials by using the 5E model and ChatGPT.

Date: Begins October 26, 2023

Time: 3:45 - 4:45 pm

Location: Zoom

Cost: Free for consulting services-aligned districts, $25 for non-consulting services aligned districts

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

List View of Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities

10/02/2023 Fall/Winter Book Study: But He Spit in My Coffee

The goal of this book study is to help educators better understand how to help students who have Reactive Attachment Disorder.

10/02, 10/09, and 10/16/2023 Get Spooky with Google

10/04/2023 STEM Monthly Info Series: Integrating Technology Isn't Scary!

This series will occur monthly throughout the 2023-24 school year.

10/6-10/16/2023 Resident Educator Mentor Academy Virtual

New mentors to the Resident Educator Program are required to successfully complete the 12-hour Mentor Academy Training to receive state mentor certification.

10/9 or 10/10/23 Supporting School Attendance

10/10 or 10/11/23 Stay Informed with INFOhio

10/11/2023 Northwest Ohio STEM Collaborative: REIMAGINED

10/12/2023 Scaffolding Strategies for Reading in Social Studies, 4-12

Participants will grow an understanding of how these components grow cumulative practice in increasingly more complex text & with a gradual fading of supports with an ultimate goal of student independence.

10/17 & 10/19/2023 Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT

Teachers are busy and lesson planning can be exhausting - especially when it needs to be tailored to the specific learning needs of dozens of students. When used effectively, ChatGPT can act as a personal assistant.

10/26/2023 Using the 5E Model & ChatGPT to Support High Quality Instructional Materials

In this 3-part series, you will modify a lesson of your choice into an engaging, rigorous plan to support high quality instructional materials by using the 5E model and ChatGPT.

Available Anytime - Personalized Learning - Recording

Recorded sessions on Personalized Learning