MARCH 2025 EVENTS
3/11/25 - LETRS UNIT 4
MARCH 11, 2025 | 8:30 - 3:30
UNITS 1 - 4 DATES:
Unit 1 - 9/24/24
Unit 2 - 11/12/24
Unit 3 - 1/21/25
Unit 4 - 3/11/25
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR EACH DATE
Audience: Literacy Educators (primarily K-3)
Participants have independently purchased LETRS? Online Course and Print Participant Book for Units 5-8 from Lexia (previously Voyager Sopris) at 800.547.6747 or visit
https://www.voyagersopris.com/professional-development/letrs/letrs-k-12.
In Unit 4, we will focus on understanding “Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition.”
A cohort of educators will embark on an in-depth professional development in the Science of Reading to support all learners. Participating in this cohort will increase their knowledge of tools used to assess and teach language and literacy skills to every student. This learning supports any curriculum as it is intended to bridge educators' deep understanding of literacy with strategies that are evidence-based to support learning.
Participants will complete the online learning units/sessions between each Face to Face training (a pacing guide will be provided).
Location: ESC of Lorain County
Facilitator: Olivia Weisman
Event Fee: $100 (10 person minimum; cost will decrease if we have more than 10 participants)
Registration Assistance: Debbie Shannon - shannon@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1112
3/12/25 - otes support series
10:00 - 11:00 am
NETWORK DATES:
2024: SEPT 4 | OCT 2 | NOV 6 | DEC 11
2025: MAR 12
Click the date link to register.
Registration and payment (if non-member) are required for each date you plan to attend.
This series will provide support to OTES 2.0 Evaluators as they conduct evaluations throughout the 2024 - 2025 school year.
TOPICS:
OhioES overview/PGPs; State Updates; Providing Feedback in Coaching/HQSD; Rubric/Holistic/Targeted Observations; Improvement Plans and PGP Mid-Year Review; and Holistic Rating/Closing out OhioES
Location: Virtual
Facilitators: Kelly Dever. Mike Triska
Event Fee: Free - District Members* | $50 - Non-Members
*Member Districts: Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Elyria, Firelands, JVS, Keystone, Lorain, Midview, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake, Wellington
Registration Assistance: Debbie Shannon - shannon@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1112
3/13/25 - LETRS UNIT 8
MARCH 13, 2025 | 8:30 - 3:30
UNITS 5 - 8 DATES:
Unit 5 - 9/26/24
Unit 6 - 11/14/24
Unit 7 - 1/23/25
Unit 8 - 3/13/25
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR EACH DATE
Audience: Literacy Educators (primarily K-3)
Participants have independently purchased LETRS? Online Course and Print Participant Book for Units 5-8 from Lexia (previously Voyager Sopris) at 800.547.6747 or visit
https://www.voyagersopris.com/professional-development/letrs/letrs-k-12.
In Unit 8, we will focus on understanding “The Reading-Writing Connection.”
A cohort of educators will embark on an in-depth professional development in the Science of Reading to support all learners. Participating in this cohort will increase their knowledge of tools used to assess and teach language and literacy skills to every student. This learning supports any curriculum as it is intended to bridge educators' deep understanding of literacy with strategies that are evidence-based to support learning.
Participants will complete the online learning units/sessions between each Face to Face training (a pacing guide will be provided).
Location: ESC of Lorain County
Facilitator: Erica Kaufmann
Event Fee: $100 (10 person minimum; cost will decrease if we have more than 10 participants)
Registration Assistance: Debbie Shannon - shannon@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1112
3/21/25 - regional curriculum network
12:00 - 2:30 PM
NETWORK DATES:
2024: AUG 30 | SEPT 27 | OCT 25 | DEC 6
2025: JAN 24 | FEB 21 | MAR 21 | MAY 9
Registration is required for each date you plan to attend by clicking on the date links.
This network is designed to provide updates from the field to district curriculum specialists as well time for participants to hear from one another about how they are handling curricular and assessment topics within their district.
Location: ESC of Lorain County
Facilitators: Dave Kish, Assistant Superintendent
Event Fee: Free
Registration Assistance: Debbie Shannon - shannon@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1112
3/8/25 - literacy coaches lounge
(please register for each date you plan to attend by clicking the date link)
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
This network is an opportunity for literacy coaches to share ideas with one another around the planning and implementation of the coaching process for your school/district, to share evidence-based strategies, and to gain ideas or support from one another. During these network meetings, we will also facilitate a book study (Literacy Coaching in the Secondary Grades: Helping Teachers Meet the Needs of All Students, 1st Edition by: Jade Wexler, Elizabeth Swanson, and Alexandra Shelton) throughout the year at each meeting (Participants are required to purchase their own text). These times will also be used to update you on guidance from Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement, Ohio’s Dyslexia Guidebook, and any other relevant updates in law related to or in support of literacy.
The network will meet every other month in person. Network discussions from 8:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30 will be collaboration time with room available and support from ESC Literacy Consultants/Specialists.
Location: ESC of Lorain County
Facilitators: Erica Kaufmann, Jennifer Martinez, and Olivia Weisman
Event Fee: $50 - LC MEMBER DISTRICTS* | $75 - NON-MEMBERS
*Member Districts: Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Elyria, Firelands, JVS, Keystone, Lorain, Midview, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake, Wellington
Registration Assistance: Debbie Shannon - shannon@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1112