Author: Webster

“Designing Learning for a New Age”

Dates: June 22 – 24, 2022

Place: Doubletree Biltmore  Asheville, NC

Cost:

Summer Conference  June 22 – 23, 2022 

Early Bird Rates:  $249 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022   $299

NCSSA Conference  June 23 – 24, 2022  (Superintendents Only)

Early Bird Rates:  $149 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022 $199

Summer Leadership Conference and NCSSA Conference (Superintendents Only) 

Early Bird Rates:  $350 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022  $450

Registration Full

Hotel Room Information

Date:     December 2, 2021
Time:     9:00am – 11:00am

Type:     Virtual Webinar  (A link will be sent to you close to the time of the event)

Fee:      WRESA Members:  Free thanks to the Dogwood Trust 
          Non-Members:    $45 
          *** Includes HyperDoc for your use later
Audience: K-5 Teachers  
Credit:   3 Contact Hours

This two-hour virtual workshop with Dr. Connie Kamm will focus on engaging, inclusive, and evidence-based practices to support whole-class learning and individual student success. During this two-hour interactive virtual workshop, educators will explore how to implement Tier 1 practices including: feedback, error corrections, monitoring and assessing student progress by gathering real time data and articulating clear goals and expected outcomes. There will be a HyperDoc provided that is perfect to use for additional professional learning sessions, faculty meetings, teacher-based teamwork, and individual reflections. The HyperDoc will contain evidence-based practices, videos of classrooms in action, interviews with teachers, as well as an interactive literature review. If you have additional questions email April Spencer aspencer@wresa.org

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Date:     January 28, 2022
Time:     9:00am – 12:00pm

Type:     Virtual Webinar  (A link will be sent to you close to the time of the event)

Fee:      WRESA Members:  Free thanks to the Dogwood Trust 
          Non-Members:    $45

Audience: K-12 Teachers  
Credit:   3 Contact Hours

Do you have a plan for what to do when a student doesn’t comply with your request? Do you want to avoid power struggles with challenging students? Amie Dean, the Behavior Queen, is returning to offer behavior strategies that work. Whether you are a beginning teacher or a veteran, there will be something for everyone.   This session will guide you in developing a preventative plan for handling issues from low level distractions to more chronic behaviors.  You will reflect on your current practices, learn the purpose of behavior, how to respond vs. react, and how to reboot your current systems to support student behavior and GAIN instructional minutes. This is a practical, strategy filled session with concrete steps you can implement immediately to help students – and yourself.  A link will be sent to you close to the time of the webinar. If you have any questions please contact April Spencer  aspencer@wresa.org

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Date:     January 5, 2022
Time:     9:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Virtual

Cost:     $30 - WRESA Members
          $35 - Non-Members
Audience: K-5th Grade teachers with ELL students, curriculum coaches, ESL teachers, administrator 
and anyone who works with English Learners and is responsible for their progress.
Credit: : 4 Contact hours

Presenters:
Eden Fals, OCDE Project GLAD Trainers
Omar Lemus Rodriguez, OCDE Project GLAD Trainers

Steps to English Proficiency This course is a visual method for helping ELL students understand and internalize the WIDA standards for speaking and writing so that they can produce, self-assess, peer-assess and improve their language production and understand expectations both in the classroom and on the ACCESS for ELLs assessment. Contact Candie Sellers at cseller@wresa.org

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UNC WorldView

INTRODUCING AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU Coming to You Virtually

Developing Intercultural Competencies with UNESCO Story Circles

January 27, 2022 – 4:00-6:00

UNESCO Story Circles is a thoughtful process that involves a group of people sharing personal experiences for developing intercultural competences.

Charle LaMonica, director of UNC World View and Hazael Andrew, Associate Director of UNC World View will lead this highly interactive Story Circle training to build intercultural competencies based on the Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies:

Story Circles, by UNESCO and Routledge, a $50 value downloadable free for attendees.

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Date:  Friday, Nov 10,2021
Time:  9:00am - 3:00pm
Type:  In-person 

Location:
A-B Tech Ferguson Allied Health Workforce Development Building, Room 431
10 Genevieve Circle
Asheville, NC 28801

Fee:       $45 WRESA members    $65 Non-members
Credit:    5 Contact Hours

Participants in this session will explore North Carolina’s 4 pillars of personalized learning and apply them to create resources for their classrooms including learner profiles, data trackers, learning paths and more. Resources and exemplars will be shared from teachers across North Carolina. Strategies for designing and managing a face-to-face personalized learning classroom will be shared and tips for flexing to remote learning will also be discussed. Bring a laptop or Chromebook and a copy of a lesson that you plan to teach soon to work with during this session. This session will count towards your digital learning competencies. Stacy Lovdahl, our Digital Teaching and Learning Teacher on Loan, will be leading this workshop. If you have questions, email April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org

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Date:     February 11 and 25, March 18 and 25, 2022   
Time:     9:00am to 3:00pm
Type:     In-person

Location: WCU at Biltmore Park (Room 346 on Feb 11th, 25th and Room 336 on March 18th and 25th)
          28 Schenk Pkwy
          Asheville, NC 28803

Cost:     WRESA Members: No Cost thanks to Dogwood Health Trust
          Non-Members:   $85
Credit:   20 Contact Hours 
Presenter: Tamara M. Houchard, M.Ed., MSA, NBCT    

This series of four full-day sessions is intended for school leadership teams to take a deep dive into the framework that supports all the work within the school. Day 1: Overview and review of FAM-S data; Day 2: Attendance and Academic Protocols; Day 3: Behavior and Social Emotional Learning Protocols; and, Day 4: Problems of Practice.

Requirements: Attendance of administrator each session (principal recommended); completed FAM-S (assistance provided if needed) and NCStar results; and fully charged laptops each session. Recommended number of participants are 4-8.

Definitions 

MTSS:  Multi-Tiered System of Supports

FAM-S:  Facilitated Assessment of MTSS – School level
School Leadership Team:  Selected by the principal as members who have a broad view of various aspects
of the school and who will move the work forward.

Registration

Dates: Sept 10, 24, Oct 8, and  Oct 22, 2021

Times: 9:00 – 3:00

Location: WCU Biltmore Park and Virtual Option ( WCU at Biltmore Park currently requires mask wearing throughout the entire facility)

Cost: Free to WRESA Members         Thanks to the Dogwood Health Trust

This series of four full-day sessions is intended for school leadership teams to take a deep dive into the framework that supports all the work within the school. Day 1: Overview and review of FAM-S data; Day 2: Attendance and Academic Protocols; Day 3: Behavior and Social Emotional Learning Protocols; and, Day 4: Problems of Practice.

Requirements: Attendance of administrator each session (principal recommended); completed FAM-S (assistance provided if needed) and NCStar results; and fully charged laptops each session. Recommended number of participants per school are 4-8. Tamara Houchard, the Gaston County District MTSS will be leading these workshops. Please register each team member separately and include the Team Name (School Name is Fine).

Definitions 

MTSS:  Multi-Tiered System of Supports

FAM-S:  Facilitated Assessment of MTSS – School level
School Leadership Team:  Selected by the principal as members who have a broad view of various aspects of the school and who will move the work forward.

Registration is CLOSED