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2024-25 Offerings

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Professional Learning Focus Professional Learning Support
Literacy

 

  

ND Science of Reading

NDSoR Professional Development Decision-Making Flowchart

NDSoR Hotline / Monthly Virtual Meetings

thinkSRSD Writing Instruction

LETRS Volume 1

LETRS Volume 2

Engaging Learners in Academic Vocabulary

Supporting Learners in Reading Comprehension

Foundations of Reading Instruction & Intervention

Aspire Literacy for Older Students

Supporting Secondary Struggling Readers

NDSoR: Leading for Literacy Impact

NDSoR: Reaching All Learners

NDSoR: A Shared Responsibility

UFLI Implementation Community of Practice

Evaluating Curricular Resources for ELA Adoption

Leveraging Reading Diagnostic Assessment Tools to Maximize Instructional Time

High Leverage Literacy Practices for All

The Big Ideas in the Science of Reading

Literacy Lite: 50 Nifty Activities for 5 Components and 3 Tiers of Reading Instruction (see weekly NESC email)

NDSBL resources and professional learning

ND Content Standards/ Educational Hub courses

  • All About ELA Standards: From Basics to Best Practices
  • Leveraging the ND English Language Arts Standards

MetaMetrics: Lexile resources

ND A+ / Navvy support

Assessing to Inform (FastBridge, STAR, AIMSweb, NWEA, ACT, and Pre-ACT support)

The Master Teacher Paraeducator Online Training
Mathematics

 

  

NDREA Effective Math Instruction Website

Driving Math Success

Features of Effective Math Instruction: Explicit, Systematic Instruction

Features of Effective Math Instruction: Retention Strategies

NDSBL resources and professional learning

ND Content Standards/ Educational Hub courses

  • All About Math Standards: From Basics to Best Practices
  • Leveraging the ND Mathematics Standards

MetaMetrics: Quantile resources

ND A+ / Navvy support

Assessing to Inform (FastBridge, STAR, AIMSweb, NWEA, ACT, and Pre-ACT support)

The Master Teacher Paraeducator Online Training
Standards-Based Learning

 

  

NDSBL resources and professional learning

ND Priority Standards & Proficiency Scales

NDSBL: School Leadership Series (Part 1)

NDSBL: School Leadership Series (Part 2)

ND Educational Hub courses

  • All About ELA Standards: From Basics to Best Practices
  • All About Math Standards: From Basics to Best Practices
  • Leveraging the ND English Language Arts Standards
  • Leveraging the ND Mathematics Standards

Prioritized Instructional Planning

Leadership team support

Classroom assessment practices

ND A+ / Navvy support
Essential Skills

 

  

NDSBL Essential Skills Proficiency Scales

ND Learning Continuum

Mind Brain Education ND Educational Hub course

Growth Mindset, Student Perseverance, & Student Ownership workshops

Relationship Mapping

NESC Community of Practice (Ron Clark’s The Excellent 11 strategies)

B-HERO Restorative Conferencing

B-HERO Proactive Circles

B-HERO

The Master Teacher Paraeducator Online Training
Student Engagement

 

  

NESC Regional Fall In-service (Ron Clark strategies)

NESC Community of Practice (Ron Clark’s The Excellent 11 strategies)

Beginning Teacher Workshop Series

Relationship Mapping

Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot®) observations by trained staff

Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning

Visible Learning

The Master Teacher Paraeducator Online Training
School, Family, and Community Partnerships

 

  

ND Family Engagement

Family Engagement PD Day with Dr. Steve Constantino

Planning for School, Family, and Community Partnerships (Six Types of Engagement)
ND Multi-Tier System of Supports (NDMTSS)

 

  

NDMTSS

ND Full-Service Community Schools

Behavior Advantage – Various supports offered through NESC & SEEC (contact Erin Lacina for more info at Erin.Lacina@nescnd.org)

Tier 1 practices (see all focus areas & programs & services noted above)

Explicit Instruction Academy – Training of Trainers with Anita Archer

Paraeducator’s Guide to Supporting Students

Supporting Paraeducators in the School System

Model of Instruction

Instructional Rounds support
Technology  

Technology Learning Cooperative

EduTech options

The NESC offers customized professional learning for member schools on a variety of topics.

For more information, contact NESC Director of Professional Learning and Operations, Erin Lacina:

Erin.Lacina@nescnd.org or 888-701-NESC (6372).

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NESC has provided me with invaluable resources and knowledge to refine my craft and keep our school district competitive and progressive in twenty first century learning. They have provided professional development that has changed the direction of our district and helped us to refocus our school improvement goals (Marzano High Reliability Schools training). They have been available for support on every level for our administration and staff, and provided some of the best training I’ve ever attended in my 25 years of teaching (Steve Dunn Writing Workshop). Without their expertise and commitment to our schools, we would not have the resources and strategies available for effective instructional practices. I can’t imagine not having the NESC as our main professional development support system. They are the solid foundation of collaboration and excellence that small rural districts in North Dakota need.

Melissa HiltnerFormer K-12 Instructional Coach, Langdon Area Public Schools
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As the former High School Principal and current Superintendent at Dakota Prairie Schools, I have witnessed first-hand the benefits of the NESC’s Succeed 2020 program. These benefits range from technology assistance, data retrieval, professional development analyzing data, and support. In the time I have been at DP, we have transitioned to a one-to-one school, implemented data teams at both campuses, implemented a data intervention time with our students, and begun wrestling with best practices in regards to classroom teaching and data usage. All of these improvements are due directly to the assistance and guidance allowed to us by the NESC’s Succeed 2020 Grant.

Jay SladeSuperintendent, Dakota Prairie Public Schools