Meeting Sensory Needs To Manage Student Behavior

We teach students every day in Aldine ISD who are labeled with emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders, and who exhibit problem behaviors that interfere with learning and relationships. Research shows that the use of outdated approaches to control behaviors does not necessarily address the needs of students. This workshop will explore the basics of sensory integration and focus on ways to identify and address sensory needs to manage behavior in the classroom.

Getting Started With Edgenuity

This session builds a solid understanding of Edgenuity's essential features by exploring student and educator experiences. Participants will learn how to manage courses and student accounts and identify the different ways to use data to drive student engagement, progress, and achievement. They will walk away with the initial tools needed to begin using Edgenuity.

Basics of Freckle 

This session will teach you how to navigate Freckle, create assignments, and use performance data to make instructional decisions in the Math and ELA.

SEL: Restorative Circles

This session will provide participants with basic circle elements. Participants will participate in circles during this session as well. Restorative Circles enable a group to get to know one another. They build inclusion. Allows for the development of mutual respect, trust, sharing, and concern.  They also provide students with opportunities to share their feelings, ideas, and experiences in order to establish relationships and develop social norms on a non crisis basis. In addition, when there is wrongdoing, circles play an active role in addressing the wrong and open dialogue on what needs to happen to make those “wrongs” right!

Meeting Sensory Needs To Manage Student Behavior

We teach students every day in Aldine ISD who are labeled with emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders, and who exhibit problem behaviors that interfere with learning and relationships. Research shows that the use of outdated approaches to control behaviors does not necessarily address the needs of students. This workshop will explore the basics of sensory integration and focus on ways to identify and address sensory needs to manage behavior in the classroom.

Getting Started With Edgenuity

This session builds a solid understanding of Edgenuity's essential features by exploring student and educator experiences. Participants will learn how to manage courses and student accounts and identify the different ways to use data to drive student engagement, progress, and achievement. They will walk away with the initial tools needed to begin using Edgenuity.

Basics of myON 

Using myON as part of the Classroom - This session will explore key features of myON, define best practices, and look at campus level data.

SEL: Restorative Circles

This session will provide participants with basic circle elements. Participants will participate in circles during this session as well. Restorative Circles enable a group to get to know one another. They build inclusion. Allows for the development of mutual respect, trust, sharing, and concern.  They also provide students with opportunities to share their feelings, ideas, and experiences in order to establish relationships and develop social norms on a non crisis basis. In addition, when there is wrongdoing, circles play an active role in addressing the wrong and open dialogue on what needs to happen to make those “wrongs” right!

Inclusive Practices

Co-teaching in Special Education and ESL has benefits. It lowers the Student/ Teacher ratio, students who work in smaller groups are able to learn and retain more information.  Teachers that use this practice are more cohesive as they share their teaching styles.During this session I will share some of the great examples of co-teaching and how to implement effective co-teach models.

Role Of A Case Manager

This session will include: 

Roles and responsibilities of the special education teacher 

How to support students and staff on the campus

Proper preparation for ARDs

Snap and Read Co Writer

Are you having trouble with blending technology in your instruction? Are you having difficulty keeping the learners engaged? We have several digital ideas that will keep the learners engaged. We will share a number of Ed Tech tools that will help you enhance your teaching.  So are as simple as adding an extension to your chrome browser and others are just a click away. Ds

Alternatives To Suspension/Classroom Management: Preventive Classroom Behavior Strategies

Provide a framework that supports a variety of rituals, routines, rules, consequences and motivational techniques to ensure that students are academically engaged and emotionally thriving. 

Universal Design for Learning

Have you heard of Universal Design for Learning? Well, you are in luck. This presentation is made for you. This presentation will focus on how to incorporate UDL for young learners. The attendee will learn different suggestions on implementation and progress monitoring.

Getting Started With MyPath

This session builds a solid understanding of MyPath's essential features by exploring student and educator experiences. Participants will learn how to manage courses and student accounts and identify the different ways to use data to drive student engagement, progress, and achievement. They will walk away with the initial tools needed to begin using MyPath.

Back to the Basics of Star Assessments

This session will explore basic understanding and functionality of the Renaissance Growth Platform, how to administer Star

assessment, and key reports for monitoring. 

Understanding the BIP To Deescalate Behaviors 

The focus will be to teach the learners how to review the students FIE to find the FBA which drives how the BIP is developed for students identified as needing specialized support. Once the why is established the learners will learn how to use the BIP to deescalate student behaviors based on the data provided from the FBA. The course will further unpack how to track to understand if the student is making gains towards achieving their goals. The research to support best practices will be provided from TEA and special education case law.

Lets Go Learn Edge

Participants will engage and interact with the Lets Go Learn Edge platform  designed to monitor progress from interventions in specific areas, while building detailed reporting and data to support the development and tracking of IEP content and goals

Role Of A Case Manager

This session will include: 

Roles and responsibilities of the special education teacher 

How to support students and staff on the campus

Proper preparation for ARDs

Alternatives To Suspension/Classroom Management: Preventive Classroom Behavior Strategies

Provide a framework that supports a variety of rituals, routines, rules, consequences and motivational techniques to ensure that students are academically engaged and emotionally thriving. 

Universal Design for Learning

Have you heard of Universal Design for Learning? Well, you are in luck. This presentation is made for you. This presentation will focus on how to incorporate UDL for young learners. The attendee will learn different suggestions on implementation and progress monitoring.

Getting Started With MyPath

This session builds a solid understanding of MyPath's essential features by exploring student and educator experiences. Participants will learn how to manage courses and student accounts and identify the different ways to use data to drive student engagement, progress, and achievement. They will walk away with the initial tools needed to begin using MyPath.

Renaissance Data – Now What?

Analyze student performance by interpreting data from essential Renaissance reports to create groups and support instructional decision-making for personalized learning.

Snap and Read Co Writer

Are you having trouble with blending technology in your instruction? Are you having difficulty keeping the learners engaged? We have several digital ideas that will keep the learners engaged. We will share a number of Ed Tech tools that will help you enhance your teaching.  So are as simple as adding an extension to your chrome browser and others are just a click away. 

Understanding the BIP To Deescalate Behaviors 

The focus will be to teach the learners how to review the students FIE to find the FBA which drives how the BIP is developed for students identified as needing specialized support. Once the why is established the learners will learn how to use the BIP to deescalate student behaviors based on the data provided from the FBA. The course will further unpack how to track to understand if the student is making gains towards achieving their goals. The research to support best practices will be provided from TEA and special education case law.