Upcoming Professional Development Workshops
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Lunch & Learn: Increasing Classroom Engagement with Cooperative Classroom Learning Strategies
This session will walk participants through engaging and effective cooperative learning structures for any K-12 classroom. These student engagement structures can easily be applied to any grade level and content area. Participants will have a chance to practice the models and reflect on how it can be transferred to their specific content area.
Paid for by the Area 3 SEL Hub
Lunch & Learn: Reading Across the Curriculum – Strategies for Bringing Literacy into Content Area Instruction
REGISTRATION CLOSED ON JUNE 18, 2025
This workshop will provide practical strategies for integrating literacy into content area instruction. Participants will explore methods for enhancing reading skills across subjects like science and social studies. Teachers will learn how to design lessons that support literacy development while deepening content understanding and leave feeling confident to implement these ideas in their classrooms!
Lunch & Learn: Harnessing Digital Storytelling in Secondary Humanities Classes
REGISTRATION CLOSED ON JUNE 20, 2025
Digital storytelling allows students to engage with content in creative and meaningful ways, bringing history, literature, and social studies to life. In this session, participants will explore how to incorporate multimedia tools into the classroom to enhance students’ storytelling abilities, deepen their understanding of texts, and foster critical thinking. Attendees will learn how to guide students in creating their own digital stories, using videos, podcasts, and digital art to demonstrate comprehension and analysis. By the end of the session, educators will have practical strategies and resources to integrate digital storytelling into their secondary humanities curriculum.
Co-Teaching: Planning in Action
REGISTRATION CLOSED ON JUNE 20, 2025
This course is for teachers who already understand and have implemented basic models of co-teaching and are ready to level up their practice.
This professional learning time will allow you and your co-teacher to have dedicated planning time to continue moving through the developmental stages of co-teaching (beginning, compromising, collaborative) by using your assessment results from the Gately & Gately rating scale. Some of the topics covered will be:
- Common barriers in co-teaching and possible solutions.
- A realistic way to plan SDI for students across the semester or year, unit or week, and day
- Variations of Marilyn Friend’s 6 models of co-teaching to creatively organize students for small group instruction within the general classroom
- How to maximize the effectiveness of co-teaching and maintain healthy co-teaching relationships
There will be time allotted to plan with your co-teacher.
Active Learning: Integrating Other Subjects into Your Physical Education Classes
This workshop is designed for physical education teachers, classroom teachers, curriculum coaches, and principals who want to integrate cross-curricular activities into their schools’ PE classes. Learn how to seamlessly incorporate math, reading, and other class concepts into physical activities, making learning fun AND educational. Participants will explore practical strategies, lesson ideas, and resources to enhance students’ academic skills while staying active.
Registration closes on June 23, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Lunch & Learn: Tech-Boosted Learning: Engaging Students Through Technology
Want to harness the power of technology to captivate and engage your students? In this session, we’ll explore innovative ways to integrate digital tools into your lessons to boost participation, collaboration, and critical thinking. From interactive platforms and gamification to creative assessments and student-led projects, you’ll discover practical strategies to enhance learning and keep students actively involved. Whether you’re tech-savvy or just getting started, you’ll leave with actionable ideas to make technology a seamless and impactful part of your classroom.
Registration closes on June 23, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Understanding Math IAR: What to Expect & How to Prepare
Understanding the Math IAR is key to helping students feel confident and prepared. This session will break down what to expect on the test, including the types of questions students will encounter and the skills assessed. We’ll also explore strategies to help strengthen students’ problem-solving and reasoning skills. By focusing on purposeful math strategies, we can equip students with the tools they need to tackle the test with confidence!
Registration closes on June 23, 2025, or when participant cap is reached
Lunch & Learn: Making Space-Belonging through Inclusive and Identity Affirming Practices
Join Sonya Pacey to learn how to cultivate a classroom community where people feel welcomed, valued and empowered. Identity affirming classroom and inclusive and healing practices will be defined. Strategies for how to infuse these ideas into your daily practices and habits will be presented.
Funded by the Area 3 SEL Hub
Lunch & Learn: Rethinking Research – The I-Search Paper as an Alternative to Traditional Research Papers
Traditional research papers often prioritize a thesis-driven approach, but what if we focused on the process of learning and challenging assumptions instead? The I-Search Paper offers an alternative by blending narrative and synthesis writing, encouraging students to reflect on their research journey, questions, and discoveries. In this session, participants will explore the I-Search Paper model, which emphasizes student agency, critical thinking, and self-reflection while still meeting academic standards. Attendees will learn how to guide students in crafting a narrative that weaves their personal learning process with research findings, allowing for deeper engagement and ownership of their work. By the end of the session, educators will leave with tools, examples, and strategies to implement this innovative approach in their classrooms.
Registration closes on June 24, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Keeping the Love of Reading Alive in the Upper Grades
This workshop is for grades 4-8 ELA teachers looking to encourage or increase their students’ excitement about reading. Using insights from Donalyn Miller and Kelly Gallagher, participants will gain practical, research-based strategies to engage students, foster independent reading, and build a strong reading culture. Teachers will leave with clear ideas to motivate reluctant readers, encourage diverse book choices, and create meaningful classroom discussions and experiences that inspire a love of reading.
Registration closes on June 24, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Short-Term Substitute Training
The Regional Office of Education is offering FREE three-hour trainings required for short-term substitute teacher certification.
Prospective substitute teachers must have an Associate’s degree OR have completed 60 or more semester hours of college coursework.
You must complete this training and then you are ready to apply. You will be able to substitute in all grades of public schools, pre-kindergarten through grade 12. A short-term substitute license is valid until June 30, 2028.
Although not required for regular substitute teachers, the training is also open and available to those educators as well. The chart below shows the training dates and times.
Registration closes on July 21, 2025.
A Beginner’s Guide to Canva
Are you new to Canva and ready to try it out? In this virtual session, you will learn how to search for and then create amazing designs in minutes with Canva’s templates and tools.
Registration closes on July 25, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Reclaim Your Time: Discover Brisk AI
Empower your teaching with Brisk AI! This Zoom session will introduce you to this powerful Chrome extension tool that will help with curriculum, feedback, differentiation, and more right from the apps and websites you already use. Learn how to perform many teaching tasks with ease with Brisk AI.
Registration closes on July 28, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Learn About the “Magic” in Magic School AI
Join us for this virtual workshop exploring MagicSchool, a leading AI platform, that allows educators to save time in creating lesson plans, differentiating instruction, writing assessments, creating IEP goals, communicating, and more.
Registration closes on July 29, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Using Canva’s Magic Studio
Unleash the power of Canva’s Magic Studio and transform your teaching materials with AI! This workshop dives into Magic Studio’s tools like Magic Write, Design, Edit, and Eraser to help you effortlessly generate creative text, design captivating visuals and enhance images.
Registration closes on July 31, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Applying Canva in Your Classroom
Are you familiar with the basics of Canva and want to learn more? Discover how Canva can transform your teaching and engage your students! This hands-on session will guide you through using Canva’s Presentation tool, the Whiteboard, and Docs for lesson plans and student collaboration.
Registration closes on August 1, 2025, or when the participant cap is reached.
Short-Term Substitute Training
The Regional Office of Education is offering FREE three-hour trainings required for short-term substitute teacher certification.
Prospective substitute teachers must have an Associate’s degree OR have completed 60 or more semester hours of college coursework.
You must complete this training and then you are ready to apply. You will be able to substitute in all grades of public schools, pre-kindergarten through grade 12. A short-term substitute license is valid until June 30, 2028.
Although not required for regular substitute teachers, the training is also open and available to those educators as well. The chart below shows the training dates and times.
Registration closes on August 21, 2025.
ROE #1 Worskhop Payment Information
All workshop payments must be made electronically in advance via credit/debit card or school purchase order.
ROE #1 Workshop Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be provided for workshops.
ROE #1 reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to low registration enrollment, presenter cancellation, and/or other unforeseen circumstances. All fees will be returned if a workshop is cancelled.
