BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WRESA - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:WRESA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wresa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for WRESA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T150000 DTSTAMP:20260514T163300 CREATED:20250904T004021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T151750Z UID:48550-1763456400-1763478000@wresa.org SUMMARY:MTSS for Reading Improvement DESCRIPTION:Date:  November 18\, 2025\nTime:  9:00am – 3:00pm \nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: Holiday Inn Asheville Biltmore West (Forest Ballroom) \n 435 Smokey Park Highway\n Asheville\, NC 28806\n\nFee:  $100 WRESA Members\n \n**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However\, you\nare welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder\nat lsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change\nthe name of the person attending.\n\nCEUs: 5 Contact Hours\nLimit: 90 Participants\nAudience: K-5 teachers\, EC teachers\, interventionists\, coaches\, SLPs\, and psychologists\nWhat to Bring: Your own device \nDescription: \nMTSS is the framework for implementing the science of reading. Without\nteams using data in a structured process for making decisions\, MTSS may\nbecome random acts of improvement that aren’t integrated with local\nneeds and resources. \nParticipants will learn:\n• the definition and components of MTSS for reading improvement\n• the characteristics of and processes used by effective teams\n• the characteristics of tiered supports and how to evaluate their\neffectiveness\n• the common MTSS misconceptions and missteps and how to avoid\nor correct them \nThis workshop supports implementation of the concepts\, actions and tools\ncontained in the book\, MTSS For Reading Improvement by Sarah Brown\nand Stephanie Stollar. Reading the book ahead of time is not required but\nwill enhance the learning experience. Participants are encouraged to\nattend as a Building Leadership Teams including representation from\nbuilding leadership\, classroom teachers (general education and special\neducation\, and support staff (interventionists\, SLPs\, school psychologists\,\ncoaches\, etc.) \nPresenter: Stephanie Stollar \nStephanie Stollar is passionate about using MTSS as the framework for helping all students\nbecome skilled readers. Her books include MTSS for Reading Improvement\, Promoting Effective\nMTSS Implementation\, and Reading Assessment Done Right. She’s the founder of the Reading\nScience Academy\, an online community where over a thousand educators support each other to\nimprove results in their schools. She supports effective educator preparation through her\nwork with the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) network\,\nSTARS in Higher Education.\nDr. Stollar serves on the boards of the Evidence Advocacy Center and the Innovations in\nEducation Consortium. Her past roles include Assistant Professor\, Vice President at Acadience\nLearning\, Inc.\, consultant to hundreds of schools\, and School Psychologist.\nDr. Stollar believes that by supporting all educators\, high achievement is possible for every\nstudent. \nIf you have additional questions\, contact Candie Sellers at csellers@wresa.org \nIf you are unsure whether your school system is a WRESA member\, click  WRESA MEMBER List.    \nREGISTRATION CLOSED  URL:https://wresa.org/event/mtss-for-reading-improvement-2/ LOCATION:Holiday Inn Asheville Biltmore West\, 435 Smokey Park Highway\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MTSS-READINGIMPROVE-Stollar.png ORGANIZER;CN="Candie Sellers":MAILTO:csellers@wresa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T150000 DTSTAMP:20260514T163300 CREATED:20250918T180015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T180015Z UID:48666-1763456400-1763478000@wresa.org SUMMARY:Amie Dean: Behavior Interventions That Work – Nov 2025 DESCRIPTION:Date:  November 18\, 2025 \nTime:  9:00am – 3:00pm \n \nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: Western Carolina University\n Blue Ridge Hall (Conference Room on the First Floor)\n 515 Centennial Dr\n Cullowhee\, NC 28723\n\n***Note that parking directions will be provided in an \nemail closer to the time of the event.\n\nFee:  $25\n NCNTSP Participants: FREE-Contact your BT Coordinator for code\n\n**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However\, you\nare welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder at\nlsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change the \nname of the person attending.\n\nCEUs: 5 Contact Hours \nLimit: 200 Participants\nAudience: K-12 Educators\nWhat to Bring: A charged device \nDescription: \nThrough teaching and coaching in classrooms with many behavioral challenges for almost 30 years\, Amie knows what works to help students succeed. Her goals have always included helping students build confidence\, promoting social emotional literacy\, and teaching positive habits that will help them be successful adults. The strategies shared in this course are practical\, simple\, and proven. Behavior Interventions that Work is Amie’s most requested course. \nTopics covered in this course: \n\nSetting up a classroom system\nSetting up a positive classroom community\nPurpose of behavior\nBuilding motivation in your students\nDealing with defiance and maintaining self-control\nConsistency – Setting up a Classroom Discipline Cycle\nMinimizing noise with group contingencies\n\nPresenter: Amie Dean \nAmie is also the author of four books\, including her workbook\, Your Roadmap for Creating a Positive Classroom Community\, which includes over 200 pages of strategies and ideas for building a positive classroom community and responding to behavior. She has worked with thousands of teachers across the U. S. and is thrilled to work with Western Carolina University and WRESA! \nIf you have additional questions\, contact Jill Chambers at jchambers@wresa.org  \nIf you are unsure whether your school system is a WRESA member\, click  WRESA MEMBER List.\nREGISTER URL:https://wresa.org/event/amie-dean-behavior-interventions-that-work-nov-2025/ LOCATION:WCU Blue Ridge Hall\, 515 Centennial Dr\, Cullowhee\, NC\, 28723\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AmieDean2024-BehaviorInterventions.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR