BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WRESA - ECPv6.17.5//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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T170000 DTSTAMP:20260902T141518Z CREATED:20260902T141412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T141518Z UID:49901-1793520000-1797354000@wresa.org SUMMARY:Get Your Co-Teaching Off on the Right Foot! DESCRIPTION:Date:  Schedule a time between Sept 1st and Dec 15th\, 2026\nTime:  45 minutes\, scheduled at the team's convenience\n\nType: Virtual - 45-Minute Meeting with Rick Welsh\n\nFee:  $35 (Note that both team members must register and pay)\n\nCEUs: 2 Contact Hours\nLimit: One co-teaching pair per session\nAudience: Co-teachers Grades 2-12\nWhat to bring to the meeting with Rick Welsh?: 2 devices\, 1 device for\nthe Zoom meeting and another to run a Microsoft Powerpoint.\n\nDescription: \nEarly in the school year is the right time to establish strong co- teaching behaviors. Provide your co-teaching staff with a live\, team-by-team\, professional development\, designed to help them reflect\, recalibrate\, and strengthen their collaborative practice. \nTeams Receive: \n\nA Window into Co-Teaching- An introduction to 20 behaviors that contribute to successful co- teaching.\nA detailed analysis of their co-teaching relationship (based on a brief\, confidential\, 5 – 10 – minute survey).\nYour PlayBook for Co-Teaching- a digital resource with over 100 field-tested coteaching strategies.\nA 35–45-minute private consultation\, via Zoom\, with Rick Welsh\, Director of CoTeach America\, to discuss their data and to learn how to use Your PlayBook for Co-Teaching to enhance their co-teaching practices throughout the year.\n\nPresenter: Rick Welsh has over 40 years of experience working with teachers and students. He is currently the Director of Co-Teach America. Following Graduate School at UNC in 1980 he served as a Public School Speech/Language Pathologist. Since 1994 he has worked in the field\, consulting with teachers to support their co-teaching efforts. \nIf you have additional questions contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org   \nIf you are unsure whether your school system is a WRESA member\, click  WRESA MEMBER List. \nREGISTER\n  URL:https://wresa.org/event/get-your-co-teaching-off-on-the-right-foot/ LOCATION:Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CoTeachingRickWelsh-400x230-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="April Spencer":MAILTO:aspencer@wresa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T150000 DTSTAMP:20260429T144828Z CREATED:20260429T144628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T144828Z UID:49557-1796806800-1796828400@wresa.org SUMMARY:Unlocking Learning for Secondary Multilingual Learners DESCRIPTION:Date:  December 9\, 2026\nTime:  9:00am – 3:00pm\n\nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: WRESA\n 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\n  Asheville\, NC 28806\n\n Fee:  $45 WRESA Members\n $70 Non-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. If you need to change the\nname of the person attending\, send an email to registrations@wresa.org\nwith the information of the person who will attend in your place.\n\nCEUs: 5 Contact Hours\nLimit: 45 Participants\nAudience: Secondary Classroom Teachers and Instructional Coaches\nWhat to bring?: Your own device and Standards or Curriculum Materials\nfor Planning\nDescription:  \nMaking Grade \nLevel Content Accessible\, Memorable\, and Meaningful for Secondary \nMultilingual Learners \nThis workshop will cover the fundamentals of second language acquisition and provide an overview of multilingual learners in Western North Carolina. It will include a review of best practices\, along with an explanation of why these approaches are effective\, supported by relevant brain research. \nParticipants will be introduced to specific instructional strategies and will have dedicated time and support to develop lessons and activities aligned to grade-level content. \nParticipants are asked to bring standards or curriculum materials for planning\, a fully charged device\, and a colleague. If possible\, ACCESS scores for the multilingual learners they serve should also be brought. While all teachers are welcome\, the session focuses on strategies general education teachers can use when delivering content. \nParticipants will leave with: \n\nAn understanding of multilingual learners\nKnowledge of effective instructional practices and the rationale behind them\nAwareness of how targeted strategies are developed and implemented\nClassroom-ready plans and materials\n\nPresenter:   \nSimone Wertenberger serves as the Director of ESL\, Migrant Education\, and World/Dual Language for Henderson County Public Schools. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish\, Psychology\, and Education from Kalamazoo College in 2000\, followed by a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Foundations of Education and Human Development from DePaul University in 2004. Wertenberger has been a National Board Certified Teacher in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages since 2009 and is an OCDE Project GLAD® (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Certified Agency Trainer. Her professional background includes extensive K–12 classroom teaching experience\, as well as both school-based and district-level administrative leadership. \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.\nREGISTER URL:https://wresa.org/event/49557/ LOCATION:WRESA\, 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Unlock2ndaryMultilingual400x230.png ORGANIZER;CN="Candie Sellers":MAILTO:csellers@wresa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR