SEEC Monthly
news & updates
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Happy Holidays and New Year from our staff to yours!
SEEC staff (not all of us, but most of us) were able to find some time to have some fun at Rough Cut Social - Fargo, ND and learn how to throw some axes... after signing waivers of course! It was a great team-building day and a little competitive! Plus we were also able to get a bit of Hammerschlagen in, too!
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What's new with SEEC?
- Meet the new SEEC Governing Board Lead Admin. Justin Fryer, Lisbon Superintendent!
- Erin Kitzman and Cassie Tofteland join the Child Care Aware Team as Coaching Specialists.
Member HIghlights:
- Wahpeton-SRCTC nationally honored for ag education
- Hankinson senior named as a U.S. Senate Youth Program Delegate
- Brain food: North Dakota schools serving up North Dakota beef
- Oakes Public School to make playground more inclusive for visually impaired students
Program/Service Updates:
Get up to speed on what SEEC has been busy with:
- LETRS for Administrators; Assisting the Teacher, SEEC Staff engage in Making Presentations Meaningful
Canceled - Improving Academic Literacy High-Quality Engagement & Academic Vocabulary Series
Upcoming Opportunities:
- Paraeducator & Tutors: Instructional Support for Reading & Writing Course
- Assessing to Inform: FastBridge, STAR, AimsWeb, NWEA
- EL Enacting Equity through the Genre Approach | WIDA ELD Standards, 2020 Edition
- HB1388 Supports: Foundations of Reading & Supporting Secondary Struggling Readers
Shared Resources & Outside Opportunities
- Big List of Teacher Reflection Questions
- 100 Questions that Promote Mathematical Discourse
- Illuminate Education - Universal Screening Toolkit
- NDMTSS: Conference idea submission + Great resources
- ND Afterschool Network: Afterschool Quality Coaching, ND Out-of-School Time Conference!
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SEEC news... come and get it! |
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Meet Justin Fryer, SEEC Governing Board Lead Administrator
Mr. Fryer is the superintendent for Lisbon public schools and has recently stepped into the Lead Administrator position on the SEEC Governing Board.
Prior to his position in Lisbon, Fryer was the superintendent of the Solen School District where he made some noteworthy changes: he worked diligently to receive $5.5 million in grant funds that, in combination with the district's building fund, was utilized to build a brand – new school that replaced the 80-year-old facility. To note a few of his career achievements include increasing the graduation rate of students from 10 percent to 70 percent, increasing elective offerings with the help of suggestions from his students and administration, and establishing after-school programs that assisted students with essential skills that allowed them to flourish through their studies.
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CCA® Team fills its Coaching Specialists positions - welcome Erin Kitzman & Cassie Tofteland!
SEEC, CCA® hired two coaches to provide technical supervision and coaching support to early childhood providers and center staff geared towards improving the quality of programming within the human service regions. Erin and Cassie will collaborate with several child care providers wanting to make improvements or emphasize strengths on their efforts to create a safe and educating atmosphere for children in the North Dakota area. We can't wait for you to meet them!
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We know school districts are anxious to receive more detailed information about requirements and supports around House Bill 1388. This legislation adds requirements to North Dakota Century Code for ALL educators and administrators who teach kindergarten through grade three at a school district or nonpublic school, and each principal of a public or nonpublic school with kindergarten through grade three to receive training in instructional practices aligned with research that reveals the science of how the brain learns and engages in reading and to utilize scientifically-based instructional materials and approaches.
The public comment period for the law, 67-31-01, Professional Development for Grades Kindergarten Through Three Reading, to create the administrative rules for this legislation, closed on December 13, 2021 and a draft of the administrative rules was recently finalized. In March, the Administrative Rules Legislative Committee will review and approve the final set of rules to go into effect in April 2022. A copy of the draft can be found here. The Department of Public Instruction recently released guidance to address frequently asked questions on the legislation.
Finding the training you need…
As you know, one of the challenges around this new legislation is the timeline of implementing these expectations before the 2022-23 school year. To achieve meaningful change in teacher practice to improve student reading scores, we know that effective implementation requires a systematic and long-term approach. The messaging received by the Regional Education Associations (REAs) is that the intended goal is for districts to create their plan for this professional development and use of instructional materials and to be on the road to implementing it by next fall.
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Wahpeton-SRCTC nationally honored for ag education
Excerpt from Wahpeton Daily News article by Frank Stanko. Photo courtesy of NAAE.
At the National Association of Agricultural Educators conference, held from Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in New Orleans the Wahpeton- Southeast Region Career and Technology Center’s agriculture program received the Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Program award for Region III, making it one of six winners for 2021.
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Brain food: North Dakota schools serving up North Dakota beef
Excerpt from Tri-State Livestock News article by Carrie Stadheim
Many students around the state of North Dakota will soon have the chance to try beef produced in their own backyard. The Independent Beef Association of North Dakota spearheaded a project to provide at least 12 different North Dakota schools (including Medina, Valley City, and Central Cass) with donations of North Dakota ground beef, which has started the schools thinking about buying more in the future.
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Ebach, Kratcha Named As ND U.S. Senate Youth Program Delegates
Emma Kratcha, a Hankinson senior, was one of two high school seniors named as North Dakota’s delegates for the U.S. Senate Youth Program. The honor includes a $10,000 college scholarship and the opportunity to attend a weeklong online leadership program in Washington, D.C., next spring.
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Oakes Public School to make playground more inclusive for visually impaired students
Excerpt from article by Alexandra Hardle, Aberdeen News
A donation of $2,500 from the Larson family and Starion bank will go towards giving students as much independence as possible.
Having several blind students enrolled within the district led the school to want to focus on making the playground more inclusive. While children are accommodated in school, it might be difficult for them to do things like using the playground.
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Learning has been happening at all levels: SEEC staff, Administrators, and paraeducators/tutors!
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As an organization that prides itself in the work professional learning, it provides to educators and administrators in our region and sometimes across the state, we also acknowledge the need to stay on top of our game!
Beginning in early January, 17 SEEC staff, along with nearly 120+ more professionals around the state began a 6-part series on “Making Your Presentations Meaningful” presented by Tammy Heflebower from Marzano Resources and Solution Tree.
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On Jan. 12 SEEC hosted its first in-person session of LETRS for Administrators in Fargo for 30 individuals from 19 school districts (14 SEEC member districts), two special education units, and ND Department of Public Instruction!
The course is designed to help instructional leaders create the systems and structures needed to improve overall literacy instruction. The research-based course complements LETRS and guides state, district, or building leaders in implementing research-based, multitiered instruction.
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On Jan. 17, nearly 100 individuals from around the state (30+ from SEEC region) jumped online to learn how they all play a part in modeling responsible behavior and contribute to students’ success.
Attendees gathered the information needed to support students in a way that allows them to focus more on schoolwork and less on misbehavior.
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Program/Service Upcoming Opportunities |
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In collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction, SEEC and NESC are excited to introduce multiple High-impact Tutor and Paraeducator Training opportunities.
Participants will receive FREE access to all The Master Teacher courses for one year with their registration of the virtual course.
Within the course, they'll cover four modules in an asynchronous fashion online and then have to virtual Check-Ins with SEEC Professional Learning Specialist Danette Brown. These connections will provide time for collaboration with others to:
- Synthesize their learning
- Ask Questions
- Provide insight into their work
- Practice their new learning and skills in a safe and inclusive setting.
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Active Recess Training Asynchronous Course
This FREE online course consists of 10 modules (8 hours) of learning that includes how to get started and sharing the importance of recess along with the $ss Philosophy and Appropriate/Inappropriate practices. Then they dive into committees and supporting CDC/SHAPE America resources, safety, and direct/indirect strategies. Finally, they look at indoor recess options, behavior management, and other Comprehensive School Physical Acitivyt program strategies.
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Assisting the Teacher - Coming again in January 2023 and August 2023
The virtual, six-hour workshop is for paraeducators/tutors and their supervisors. Participants will learn how to be a part of the school team, supervise common areas and independent work periods, and work with small groups or individuals while building relationships with students through increasing their positive interactions, teaching expectations for behaviors, and correcting misbehavior effectively.
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Three sessions: Feb. 7, March 7, April 4
Multiple locations: Minot, Jamestown, Williston, and Bismarck
Audience: K-5 classroom teachers, Title teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, coaches, and administrators that wish to improve outcomes for students in the area of reading.
This three-part learning series is designed to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to address a variety of students' needs and the Five Big Ideas of Reading: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.
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K-1 | 8:30-10:30am
2-3 | 10:40am-12:40pm
4-12 | 1:20-3:20pm
Feb. 3
K-2 | 12:30-3:30pm
Feb. 4
3-5 | 9:30am-12:00pm
6-12 | 12:30-3:00pm
Stay tuned for AimsWeb & NWEA!
Learn how to really understand and apply the data to guide instruction and intervention, plan student groupings, etc. See how to use data to facilitate improved educational outcomes for students.
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Two sessions: Feb. 8 and March 8
Multiple locations: Minot, Jamestown, Devils Lake, and Bismarck
Audience: 6-12 classroom teachers, ELA teachers, interventionists, special education teachers, literacy coaches, at-risk leaders, and administrators interested in "digging deeper" into the instructional needs of secondary struggling readers.
This two-part learning series is designed to provide secondary educators with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to respond to student reading needs by matching them to appropriate instructional strategies at the secondary level.
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WIDA ELS Standards, 2020 Edition Training
May 16 | Fargo
Wondering how to use the new WIDA standards? Join us for a one-day training with one of the authors!
Participants will learn about how to recognize school genres and connect those to their own life and the new edition of the WIDA 2020 Standards.
Walk away with a mapped-out unit of instruction to apply your understanding of the standards components!
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Plus find some great resources:
- Universal Screening Toolkit
- Kognito
- Foundational Reading Assessments
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- Travel Funding Available for ND 21CCLC
- SAVE THE DATE: ND Out-of-School Time Conference: Aug. 2-3, Fargo
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Additional Resources & Opportunities! |
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Great for new teachers, veteran teachers, and everyone in between!
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Get your learners engaging with all things mathematics at a high level by adding a few of these sentence starters to your teacher toolbox.
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Presented by Pati Montgomery, Schools Cubed | FREE!
Feb. 3, 2022 | 9:30 - 11:30am CST
A quality assessment can guide our instruction in the teaching of the foundational skills in literacy. During this session you will learn what assessments you could be using, the subskills they measure, and general instructional strategies for each of the subskills.
Schools Cubed is an educational consulting group that takes underperforming schools and works with district and school leaders to create self-sustaining, high-achieving school systems. We focus on the three S’s: Systems, Structures and the Science of Reading.
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What's coming up on the SEEC Calendar...
(Events with active links are open for registration.)
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January
18: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort B
19: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort C
19: Safety Care
20: NDMTSS Developing Academic Pathways
24: NDMTSS Developing Schoolwide Behavior Expectations
February
8: SEEC Principal Meeting
10: NDMTSS Evaluating Your System
10: LETRS Volume 2 - Cohort A
14: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort D
22: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort B
23: LETRS Volume 1 - Cohort C
24: NDMTSS: Developing Academic Pathways
24: NDMTSS: Evaluating Your System
25: NDMTSS: Advanced Applications of Data-Based Decision Making
28: NDMTSS: Developing Schoolwide Behavior Expectations
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NDMTSS Conference Session Ideas |
NDMTSS Conference planning is underway and we want to make sure you have the opportunity to share your individual, school, and/or district wants and needs when it comes to session topics and presenters. |
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