2023 Summer Training Schedule

Graduate Credit Opportunities Available

Ask us about our customized programming to meet your graduate credit needs!

Effective Teaching and Learning Practices

Cracking the Code to Critical Thinking ∙ June 14-15

As with every code, there is a specific combination that will result in success. Cracking the code of critical thinking is no different. This class is designed to equip educators with the knowledge that will lead to the implementation of instructional techniques and strategies to promote critical thinking in students.

Areas addressed are:


  • Understanding of the characteristics of critical thinking
  • Creating an environment that is optimal for learning
  • Questioning techniques before, during, and after instruction that allow students to think critically
  • Strategies for manipulation of content that will allow students to make their thinking visible


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers

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Developing Assessment Capable Learners (DACL) ∙ June 20-21

DACL training provides teachers with an effective teaching/learning practice with a very high effect size for student growth. This training shows teachers how becoming an Assessment Capable learner can benefit students. Teachers will learn to identify what an assessment capable learner is, and how to use current practices as a base point for next steps. In addition, teachers will:


  • reflect and discuss strategies they currently use for developing assessment capable learners.
  • identify the benefits of developing assessment capable learners.
  • learn about the importance of the following questions:
  • recognize what it means to develop assessment capable learners?
  • recognize how they may already be implementing pieces of assessment capable learners?
  • Identify where to go from here?


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers

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Standards-Referenced Proficiency Scales ∙ June 27-28 (Trenton), July 19-20 (Maryville)

What is the purpose of a proficiency scale? A clear learning target provides students with what they should know, but it does not provide guidance regarding the building blocks necessary to attain the goal. Proficiency scales articulate learning progressions for each prioritized standard. Well-articulated sequence of knowledge and skills makes it much easier to provide students with feedback. Once proficiency scales have been created, how do you use them to assess a student’s level of proficiency? We will explore different assessment methods, look at sample assessment questions that align to scales, and have the opportunity to generate summative scores.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Administrators

Trenton Location-Register Here!
Maryville Location-Register here!

Catapult Students into Learning: Effective Classroom Instructional Strategies ∙ July 13

Do you have students who are unmotivated and do not seem to care about learning? Do you wonder what you could do to help them be more internally driven to learn? 

This summer session will give you the boost you need to set up a collaborative learning space for your students. Join us to gain instructional strategies that will increase engagement and classroom achievement for all students. Examples of strategies you will learn are:

  • Metacognition
  • Jigsaw
  • Reciprocal Teaching
  • Cooperative Learning

These strategies are effective during class instruction, data teams, and at all levels of interventions. We will model them for you during the session and will fill your toolbox with take home strategies to use in August as you greet your learners during those Back to School days.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers

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Hidden Treasures ∙ July 25 (Maryville) or July 27 (Trenton)

Ahoy Mateys! As a classroom teacher do you struggle to find helpful resources to use in your instruction? Look no farther than the DESE website! Use the DESE website as your map to explore a plethora of resources to fill your teacher treasure chest. Come explore the gems DESE has to make navigating the “seas of instruction,” your bountiful prize. During this session, participants will learn: 


  • where to locate and use various resources such as, MOLEAP Blocks, Item Specifications, literacy strategies.
  • plan a lesson using resources from one of the websites explored in class.
  • align lessons to the Missouri Learning Standards (MLS).


*Participants will need a laptop.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Administrators

Maryville Location-Register here!
Trenton Location-Register Here!

How to Bring Clarity to Student Outcomes ∙ July 26

Clarity in teaching and learning is the one thing that makes a significant impact on the growth in learning for students in any classroom. In this session, teachers gain clarity through constructing learning intentions and success criteria aligned to the standards that allow students to identify where they are going, how they are progressing and where they will go next. This training will focus on answering two critical questions: 1) How can clarity improve teaching and learning? 2) How does clarity serve as the foundation for other powerful, evidence-based practices? During this session, participants will:


  • reflect on why they need to gain clarity.
  • craft learning intentions and success criteria.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Administrators

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Content Specific

LETRS 2023-2024 (Volume 1, 2 and Early Childhood)

LETRS provides teachers with the tools and understanding to teach the essential skills needed for literacy. LETRS is NOT a program. Teachers learn the "science of reading" so they are able to apply research into classroom application no matter the curriculum or program used. Instruction is a mixture of face-to-face learning sessions through structured modules along with units of online videos including examples of effective classroom instruction. Teachers will be asked to apply the information on chosen students.


All training facilitated by a LETRS certified trainer.


Each participant must purchase materials for implementation. You must have the materials prior to session 1. Please contact RPDC at 660-562-1995 for further information. 

*If you are a recipient of the Read, Lead, Exceed scholarship funding, materials and training cost will be covered.


Audience: Early Childhood, K-12 Classroom Teachers

LETRS

Number Talks 101 ∙ June 6 (Maryville) or June 29 (Trenton)

Number sense and fluency are important for student success in mathematics. Because students have the “correct” answer does not mean that they “understand” what they are doing. Many students can “use” an algorithm correctly, but have no understanding of what they are doing and why. How do we find out what students are thinking as they are performing the mathematical operations? Number talks is one way that we can help develop student understanding as well as develop number sense and fluency.


Have you heard of a number talk, but aren’t really sure what it is? Do you know what a number talk is, but aren’t sure how to conduct one with your students? Have you tried number talks with your students, but are looking for additional information and strategies? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this session is for you!


By the end of the session, participants will:


  • understand what a number talk is and what it is not.
  • learn how to develop a culture of learning and collaboration.
  • review effective strategies for number talks.
  • know how to use number talks to elicit student thinking.


Audience: K-12 Mathematics Teachers

Maryville Location-Register here!
Trenton Location-Register Here!

Comprehensive Literacy Plans-Work Session ∙ May 26 (Trenton) or June 1 (Maryville)

This session will dive into preparing your District Comprehensive Literacy Plan based on the outlines of Senate Bill 681 and DESE Guidance Documents. Participants will revise, create or develop plans for maintenance. This work session will build upon earlier spring sessions that outlined Step 1. Please bring information and a laptop with any supporting documents to help complete the tasks required.


Audience: Administrators, Literacy Team Members/Teacher Leaders

Trenton Location-Register Here!
Maryville Location-Register here!

Developing Individual Reading Success Plans ∙ June 20 (Maryville) or July 14 (Trenton)

Let’s take a look at what foundational skills might need to be targeted and how to write Reading Success Plans which will produce results. Time will be spent on meeting the needs of students struggling with literacy. This training will use the DESE template for success.


Audience: Administrators, Literacy Team Members/Teacher Leaders

Maryville Location-Register here!
Trenton Location-Register Here!

Mathematics: Introduction to Building Thinking Classrooms ∙ June 22

Thinking in the math classroom! Are your students actively engaged in thinking about math? What practices need to be incorporated to ensure students are thinking about math? Join us for this full-day session focused on the first three research-based practices highlighted in Peter Liljedahl’s book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. In this session, participants will learn:


  • problem-solving and collaboration techniques for the mathematics classroom.
  • practices for motivating and engaging K-12 mathematics students.
  • about rich tasks, visibly randomized student grouping, and vertical, non-permanent work spaces.


Audience: K-12 Mathematics Teachers

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Social Studies: Spark Interest and Ignite Inquiry with Primary Sources ∙ June 22-23

Are you wanting to learn new trends and innovative ideas for teaching social studies? Come learn more about inquiry-based approaches to teaching social studies and powerful pedagogies for teaching with primary sources. During the two-day workshop, participants will:


  • become familiar with the C3 Framework and its inquiry arc.
  • promote critical thinking through inquiry-based strategies and primary sources.
  • locate meaningful and relevant primary sources.
  • evaluate primary sources.
  • learn powerful pedagogies for teaching with primary sources.
  • leave with lessons and activities ready to use in their classroom.


Presenter: Dr. Ellsworth is an Assistant Professor of Education at Northwest Missouri State University and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Council for the Social Studies. She has taught secondary and elementary methods for teaching social studies, has served as a K12 Social Studies Coordinator, and has served as an economic education specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. 


Audience: K-12 Social Studies Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Curriculum Coordinators, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

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Write on Track! ∙ July 18-19

Are you wanting to increase student writing proficiency? This session will examine sample prompts, rubrics, and exemplar student writing samples to identify strengths and areas to develop proficiency. Teachers will learn and experience strategies that promote best practice in writing instruction. Time will also be spent scoring student writing to strengthen the understanding of skills needed to move beyond each level of writing. These practices along with the knowledge of DESE resources will set your students on the path to writing proficiency.


Audience: Grades 3-8 ELA Teachers

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Let's MAP it Out! Grades 3-8 ELA MAP Overview ∙ July 31

Have you MAPped out your year with research based instructional strategies and planning that aligns to Missouri Expectations? In this session, we will discuss DESE updates, tools, and resources for aligning classroom questioning to MAP-like assessments. We will learn about ELA best practices that when implemented year long, will prepare students ‘to show what they know’ on MAP assessments.


Audience: Grades 3-8 ELA Teachers, Title I Teachers, Special Education Teachers

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Early Childhood

Emotional Upsets in the Early Childhood Classroom: How Could a Feeling that Big, Come out of Someone So Little? ∙ June 21

If you have chosen to read on, you know exactly why you need this session! The one child that you wish you could understand, the one who seems so lost and angry, the one who you just can’t seem to reach, how can we help them to be successful in our preschool learning families? If you would like to hear what others have done and collaborate to find solutions, as well as learn how to help develop:


  • coping skills and self-awareness.
  • an understanding of emotional thoughts.
  • self-regulation and a calm state.


Join a working group of preschool teachers as we sort through ways to learn these skills and create items for our learning family environments to come back to in August.


Audience: Early Childhood and PreK Teachers

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Putting it All together in Preschool: From MELS, Formative Assessment, to Creating a Visible Learning Environment ∙ July 19

Have you wondered how Missouri’s Early Learning Standards (MELS) fit into your preschool learning environment?  Join us to start putting the pieces together for this balancing act we call preschool. Learn how to actively use the MELS to create a Visible Learning environment for your students!


Join us as we:


  • network with fellow early educators over their experience and practice, specifically about using formative assessments and keeping data on student progress.
  • take a deep dive into the puzzling thoughts around the curriculum for our youngest learners in schools.
  • learn tips for using adaptive strategies in the regular ed classroom with children who have atypical behaviors.
  • take home new visual schedules and visual supports that could help the children in your room transition more successfully. Create sample items or projects your peers share, that will help you to set up an inclusive environment for your new school year.


Audience: Early Childhood and PreK Teachers

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Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) and Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) ∙ July 27 and July 31

Are you new to ECSE? Gain skills in identifying and assessing young children, writing ECSE evaluations and IEPs, and or completing ECO. Early Childhood Special Education services are designed to promote child development and learning. Families, teachers, and other professionals work together as a team to develop and implement an Individualized Education Programs that supports the growth, development, and continuous learning. The Early Childhood Outcomes are goal areas for all children receiving ECSE services. They focus on how children use their skills to accomplish meaningful tasks in the following three areas:


  • Gaining positive social-emotional skills, including social relationships
  • Learning and using new knowledge and skills
  • Using appropriate behaviors to meet their need


Audience: Early Childhood Special Education Teachers or Directors

Register here!

Positive Behavior and Student Learning Culture

Strategies to Develop Improved Executive Function Skills ∙ June 23

Do you have students who are disorganized don’t have needed materials, or lose the homework they have completed? Is their desk space, locker or backpack a 'black hole' for papers and materials? Do you have students who struggle to initiate complex academic assignments, procrastinate, and then run out of time to do their 'best work'? Do you see students who are constantly multitasking, so tasks/assignments take twice as long as they should? Do students seem prompt dependent? Are you constantly reminding them of the materials they need and the steps to take?


Whether your student needs to complete tasks, classwork, or homework, you will learn strategies and be given tools to help students to manage their attention, time and materials to successfully record, break down, complete tasks. Practical strategies will be given to help students who struggle with Executive Function Skills. 


  • Defining executive functions
  • Identifying areas of struggle based on executive functions
  • Exploring strategies to utilize based on executive function weaknesses


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Counselors

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Using the Great 8 for Effective Behavioral Management ∙ June 28

Are the daily demands of behavior management in your classroom getting you down? Join us to learn proven strategies that will assist in this dilemma. Participants in this session will learn how to implement the 8 Effective Teaching and Learning Practices that are research and evidence based. These practices will then lead into a discussion of function-based thinking that will help classroom teachers identify the purpose of student behavior. Use of these practices will increase the engagement of your students while increasing the likelihood of the appropriate behavior occurring in your classroom. Participants will:


  • gain a working knowledge of the 8 Effective Teaching and Learning Practices.
  • become familiar with function-based thinking to manage behavior in the classroom.
  • be able to implement the 8 Effective Teaching and Learning Practices in their classroom.
  • identify a student’s function of behavior.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Counselors

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Time to Stop Putting Out Behavioral Fires ∙ July 12 (Trenton) or August 3 (Maryville)

Behaviors taking too much of your instructional time? Stop putting out fires and explore the proactive processes that work for students with challenging behaviors. Participants will walk away with knowledge and the tools to:


  • understand the Science of Behavior.
  • learn techniques to identify the Function of Behavior through data collection. 
  • identify the stages of the Acting Out Cycle.
  • understand and utilize de-escalation strategies.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Counselors

Trenton Location-Register Here!
Maryville Location-Register here!

Social Emotional Learning for All: Deep Dive into Developing Student Skills

Assertiveness (AM) Conflict Management (PM) ∙ July 12

When looking at the future for our students, soft skills are important as an adult to maintain employment. Experiences to support Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for our students should become an embedded practice utilized throughout all content areas at school. This process includes intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies to build lifelong skills for our students.

*Participants can select areas of interest or attend all to obtain graduate credit.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Counselors

Assertiveness (AM)
Conflict Management (PM)

Social Emotional Learning for All: Deep Dive into Developing Student Skills

Self-Regulation (AM) Self-Efficacy (PM) ∙ July 13

When looking at the future for our students, soft skills are important as an adult to maintain employment. Experiences to support Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for our students should become an embedded practice utilized throughout all content areas at school. This process includes intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies to build lifelong skills for our students.

*Participants can select areas of interest or attend all to obtain graduate credit.


Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Counselors

Self-regulation (AM)
Self-efficacy (PM)

(Year 1) Trauma Responsive: Building Student Support Team Capacity ∙ Begins August 8

As an educator you face the impact of trauma in your school every day. Whether it is acute or complex trauma, those experiences disrupt brain activity and can lead students to exhibit disruptive and/or disengaged behaviors. This year-long cohort (6 sessions) requires a team of five* building representatives which could include, but are not limited to: building leader, classroom teacher, counselor, special education teacher, school nurse, school resource officer, etc. School representatives must attend all six sessions. We will use the Missouri Model for Trauma-Informed Schools to address the underlying causes of trauma, identify student responses and implement highly effective school-wide systems of support.


Session 1: Intro to Trauma (August 9)

  • Define what it means to be a trauma-informed school.
  • Understand what trauma is and how it impacts the brain.
  • Identify student behaviors that may indicate trauma has occurred.

Session 2: Reframing Responses to Trauma (September 13)

  • Restructure how your staff thinks about destructive student behaviors.
  • Learn systems and practices to help students break negative cycles of behavior.
  • Apply evidence-based practices to cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and education settings.

Session 3: Missouri Model Implementation (November 15)

  • Review the Missouri Model for Trauma-Informed Schools.
  • Look at existing student support systems and determine alignment to trauma informed practices.
  • Analyze current student behavior data to establish a baseline to measure implementation progress.

Session 4: Emotional Poverty Part 1 (January 10)

  • Identify emotional realities in the classroom.
  • Learn tools to address student anger, anxiety, resentment, avoidance, relationship building, disruptive behaviors and disengagement.
  • Address factors that create “emotional noise”.

Session 5: Emotional Poverty Part 2 (March 13)

  • Separate discipline strategies from interventions.
  • Learn tools to motivate good behavior.
  • Identify differences between male and female emotional processing.
  • Address staff frustration and burn-out with self-care strategies that will benefit both teachers and students.

Session 6: Data Analysis, Reflection, and Next Steps (May 22)

  • Compare baseline and end of year student behavior data.
  • Discuss what building- wide systems and practices were most successful.
  • Plan for further implementation and assessment of trauma-informed practices.


*School wide teams will be based on the student population.

Audience: K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Nurses, Counselors

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(Year 2) Trauma Responsive: Building Student Support Team Capacity ∙ Begins in Fall

Prerequisite: Team members must have completed Year 1 Trauma Responsive training.


During the trauma-informed journey, schools will address all of their practices and policies, introduce new supportive practices and policies and work to measure the efficacy of their work through student and staff responses. Following the foundation of knowledge from the Year 1 cohort, this year will focus on putting that knowledge into practice by creating trauma responsive systems and incorporating research and evidence-based practices to support all members of the school community. These sessions will be aligned to the Missouri Model for Trauma-Informed Schools. The four full day sessions will focus on the following: 



Session 1: Prioritizing Staff Needs

Session 2: Changing Discipline through Restorative Practices

Session 3: Creating Space to Regulate

Session 4: Connecting Community


Audience: K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Nurses, Counselors

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SW-PBS

New to School-Wide PBS ∙ August 14

All buildings experience turnover at one level or another each year. If your building has created a School-wide Positive Behavior Support system and desires to maintain fidelity of implementation, it's important to train new staff and administrators in the system. New to SW-PBS is designed to meet this need. The session will include an introduction to SW-PBS and all system pieces, as well as an opportunity for a representative from your existing SW-PBS team to share specific artifacts from your building's system. Save time and ensure fidelity of implementation by sending your new staff and a building coach to this session. During this session, participants will:


  • gain a working knowledge of the essential components of SW-PBS and how they are being implemented in your specific building.
  • familiarize new staff with the specific artifacts being utilized in their SW-PBS building.
  • gain a working knowledge of the 8 Effective Teaching and Learning Practices.



Audience: New to SW-PBS, current team members and/or coaches

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Special Education

Special Education Bootcamp

Maryville Location: July 10, 11, and 17

Trenton Location: July 19, 20 and 24


New to the profession, need a refresher? Join us as we look at “Special Education”. This session is designed to help answer the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How’s, we have and assist educators as they navigate the Special Education Standards and Indicators. Participants will receive information to support them in the following areas:


Day 1

SPED Process - Golden Thread

Referral

Review of Existing Data

Eligibility Criteria including Observations 

Evaluation including Negative Education Impact


Day 2

IEP

Present Level

Goals (SMART)

Accommodations/Modifications

Progress Monitoring - Data Collection


Day 3

Specially Designed Instruction

SPED Organization

SPED data collection

Parent Communication 

Collaborating with Peers

Other Documentation



Audience: Special Education Teachers

Maryville Location-Register here!
Trenton Location-Register Here!

Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) and Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) ∙ July 27 and July 31

Are you new to ECSE? Gain skills in identifying and assessing young children, writing ECSE evaluations and IEPs, and or completing ECO. Early Childhood Special Education services are designed to promote child development and learning. Families, teachers, and other professionals work together as a team to develop and implement an Individualized Education Programs that supports the growth, development, and continuous learning. The Early Childhood Outcomes are goal areas for all children receiving ECSE services. They focus on how children use their skills to accomplish meaningful tasks in the following three areas:


  • Gaining positive social-emotional skills, including social relationships
  • Learning and using new knowledge and skills
  • Using appropriate behaviors to meet their need


Audience: Early Childhood Special Education Teachers or Directors

Register here!

Transition for Newbies ∙ August 15

Are you a new teacher or new to secondary special ed? This is a one-day session on meeting the compliance expectations of Indicator 13. This is specific for middle and high school special education teachers.


  • Transition Assessments *including an overview of 3 Missouri Connections versions: CareerTrek, Junior, High School
  • Transition Goals
  • Transition Services
  • Transition Progress


Audience: New Special Education Teachers or Directors

Register here!

College and Career Readiness

Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP)/Course Planner Work Sessions ∙ TBD

ICAP/Course Planner Work Sessions are designed to assist school districts in the implementation and setup of the ICAP and Course Planner in the Missouri Connections CIS360 system. If you need assistance as well as time to work on entering courses, consider joining us for a hands-on work day in a small group setting.


Audience: MS/HS counselors, career educators, technical support and others who will be responsible for the setup of the district course planner and implementation of the ICAP

Register here!

Leadership

Comprehensive Literacy Plans-Work Session ∙ May 26 (Trenton) or June 1 (Maryville)

This session will dive into preparing your District Comprehensive Literacy Plan based on the outlines of Senate Bill 681 and DESE Guidance Documents. Participants will revise, create or develop plans for maintenance. This work session will build upon earlier spring sessions that outlined Step 1. Please bring information and a laptop with any supporting documents to help complete the tasks required.


Audience: Administrators, Literacy Team Members/Teacher Leaders

Trenton Location-Register Here!
Maryville Location-Register here!

Social Emotional Learning for ALL-Overview ∙ June 5

Social emotional Learning for All (SEL for ALL), is a customizable SEL for all curriculum that supports educators in systematically embedding into and interpersonal competencies into course content. These competencies are integral to in-school and postsecondary success. Participants will learn about their school's options to take a deeper dive into the skills for our students in 4 areas:


  • Assertiveness
  • Self-efficacy
  • Self-regulation
  • Conflict management


*Participants may also sign up for an individual “deep dive” into ½ day sessions over each competency in June.


Audience: Administrators, Leadership Team Members, PDC

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Federal Programs Technical Assistance Workshop for 2023-2024 ∙ June 6

EpeGs Consolidated Application Session – 9 am -noon


Agenda content will include:


  • General FedPro Update and review of program requirements for Title 1A, Title 2A, Title 4A, etc.
  • Consolidated Application & Plans 2023-2024 including budget updates and revisions, updates for required plans and needs assessments, including coordination between budgets and plans
  • Navigating the Federal Programs ePeGs system including submittal for the 2023-2024 Consolidated Application as well as location of required plans for distribution to families for Fall 2023
  • Information and resources regarding Title programs, uses of funds, programmatic information for targeted assistance and schoolwide implementation


Cohort 1 Tiered Monitoring information and resources regarding Title programs monitoring requirements will be introduced. Extensive preparation for the Tiered Monitoring requirements will be covered at later trainings.


Audience: Federal Programs coordinators or District personnel responsible for Federal Programs Consolidated Application, compliance plans, tiered monitoring, and/or federal programs implementation.

Register here!

Conducting a Data Treasure Hunt: Navigating the Data Dashboard ∙ June 12 (Maryville) or June 15 (Trenton)

This session will support leaders in navigating, understanding and using the DESE Dashboard. Time will be spent on how to determine areas of strength and areas of growth, using MSIP indicators and APR reporting. From there, leaders will walk away with a vision of how to organize data to show trends that are aligned to current CSIP goals. CSIP in progress? This session will support strong data analysis towards setting data-driven SMART goals.


Audience: Superintendents, Principals, Teacher Leaders Serving on Leadership Teams

Maryville Location-Register Here!
Trenton Location-Register here!

Academic Data Drill Down ∙ June 20 (Trenton) or June 27 (Maryville)

Julia Schmitz will be sharing processes and tools to assist leaders in organizing MAP/EOC and other academic data into a useful format. These tools will assist educators in taking a deeper dive to determine patterns that exist over time. During the session, participants will have time to analyze these trends to ultimately identify specific strengths and areas for growth. 


Audience: Superintendents, Principals, Teacher Leaders Serving on Leadership Teams

Trenton Location-Register here!
Maryville Location-Register Here!

Developing Individual Reading Success Plans ∙ June 20 (Maryville) or July 14 (Trenton)

Let’s take a look at what foundational skills might need to be targeted and how to write Reading Success Plans which will produce results. Time will be spent on meeting the needs of students struggling with literacy. This training will use the DESE template for success.


Audience: Administrators, Literacy Team Members/Teacher Leaders

Maryville Location-Register here!
Trenton Location-Register Here!

Leadership Academy (year 3+) ∙ State Kickoff June 13-15

Register now to be a part of the 38th class of Leadership Academy, which begins June 2023! Leadership Academy is part of the Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS), which develops effective school leaders who:


  • engage with school and community.
  • serve as catalysts for meaningful and productive change.
  • recognize and develop excellent instruction.
  • create and sustain a culture of continuous learning.


Gain access to national speakers and both regional and statewide networking opportunities. Outdoor Leadership Experience (OLE) is a critical piece and a professional highlight of the Leadership Academy experience. Register online to be an Academy participant by May 5! Access flyer here!


Audience: Year 3+ Building Level Leaders

Register here!

CSIP Facilitation Services

Looking to develop a focused and meaningful school improvement plan that will truly guide your school on a progressive path? A plan that motivates others to invest in growth? A plan that is user-friendly for all staff, as well as clear to parents and your school community?

Let us help you!


  • 2 skilled facilitators to facilitate stakeholder input
  • Step-by-step guidance on process
  • MSIP aligned
  • Reasonable fees


Please email or call Northwest RPDC if interested in any facilitation services.

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