BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WRESA - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20261103T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T150000 DTSTAMP:20260714T192350Z CREATED:20260714T192350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260714T192350Z UID:49814-1793705400-1793718000@wresa.org SUMMARY:Finance Series for Superintendents\, Finance Officers & HR Directors DESCRIPTION:Date:  September 22\, 2026\, October 13\, November 3\, January 12\, 2027\, and March 9\, 2027 \nTime:  11:30am – 3:00pm\n\nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: WRESA\n 200 Ridgefield Ct. Suite 206\n Asheville\, NC 28806\n\nFee: FREE with lunch included\n\nCEUs: 3.5 Contact Hours per session or 1.75 for the entire 5 sessions\nLimit: 45 Participants\nAudience: Superintendents\, Finance Officers & HR Directors\nWhat to bring?: Your own device\n\n\nDescription:\nWRESA\, in partnership with NCASBO\, is providing  a structured\, professional development series\nfor superintendents\, finance officers\, and human resource directors across the Western Carolina\nRegion.\nThis series will strengthen financial leadership capacity\, improve transparency\, and ensure\naccountability in the management of public school funds. Training to be led by teams consisting of\none superintendent and one finance officer – a pairing that reflects the essential collaboration\nrequired for effective financial management in school districts. \nOUTCOMES –  Participants will:\n• Leave each session with at least one ready to use tool\n• Strengthen collaboration\n• Increase operational efficiency\n• Improve compliance readiness\n• Understand the fiscal cycle\n• Build a regional network of peers \nSession 1: September 22\, 2026 – Laying the Foundation\n• NC Public School Fiscal Control Act/Fund Accounting/Chart of Accounts\n• Financial Reporting Requirements\n• Current Year Allotments\n• Continuing Budget Resolutions & Budget Adoption\n• Position Control & Staffing Alignment \nSession 2:  October 13\, 2026 – Building & Communicating the Budget\n• Presenting Budgets to Boards of Ed. & Stakeholders\n• Working on Budgets with Central Office Directors & Principals\n• Annual External Audit & Preparing for Annual Audit Presentation\n• Spending Projections for Current Year\n• State & Federal Allotments for Special Populations\n• Cash Management Requirements\n• Investment of Idle Funds \nSession 3: November 3\, 2026 – Operational Controls & Assets\n• Purchasing & Compliance – Board Approval Requirements\n• Fixed Asset Tracking\n• Property Disposal Rules\n• Internal Controls & Risk Management\n• Long Term Planning for Declining Enrollment \nSession 4: January 12\, 2027 – Preparing for the New Fiscal Year\n• State Planning Allotments for 2027-2028\n• Budget Projections for 2027-2028\n• Salary Audit Exceptions \nSession 5: March 9\, 2027 – Fiscal Year End Close\n• Planning and Preparing for Year-End Fiscal Close out\n• Allotment Projects\n• Fund Balance Projects \nREGISTER URL:https://wresa.org/event/finance-series-for-superintendents-finance-officers-hr-directors/2026-11-03/ LOCATION:WRESA\, 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Finance-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260602T173401Z CREATED:20260602T153153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T173401Z UID:49703-1793782800-1793804400@wresa.org SUMMARY:Facilitating Meaningful Math Discourse DESCRIPTION:Date:  November\, 4\, 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:  $ 65 WRESA Members\n $100 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: K-5 Classroom Teachers and Instructional Coaches\nWhat to bring?: Your own device\n\n\nDescription:\nThis session focuses on strengthening classroom discourse through purposeful\nplanning and facilitation using the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive\nMathematical Discussions and the Launch–Explore–Discuss framework. Participants\nwill explore how to anticipate student thinking\, monitor and select student work\,\nand sequence and connect ideas to build deep mathematical understanding. Through\nhands-on tasks and reflection\, educators will learn strategies to create inclusive\,\nstudent-centered discussions that elevate reasoning\, promote equity of voice\, and\nmake thinking visible. By the end of the session\, teachers will leave with practical\ntools to support meaningful discourse that advances both engagement and conceptual\nunderstanding. \nPresenter:\nMeredith Stanley is a K–8 math specialist who partners with schools and districts\nacross North Carolina to provide student-centered professional learning. A former\nelementary classroom teacher and instructional coach in Buncombe County\, Meredith is\na two-time finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and\nScience Teaching\, a Buncombe County Teacher of the Year\, a Buncombe County\nMath Teacher of the Year\, and a National Board–certified educator. She earned her\nMaster of Mathematics Teaching from Mount Holyoke College\, where she also serves\nas an instructor.\nMeredith’s passion is helping students and teachers see themselves as confident\,\ncapable mathematicians—a mission that drives all of her professional work. Learn more\nand explore her recommended instructional resources at meredith4math.com. \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/facilitating-meaningful-math-discourse/ LOCATION:WRESA\, 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FacilitatingMeaningfulMath400x230-.png ORGANIZER;CN="Candie Sellers":MAILTO:csellers@wresa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T150000 DTSTAMP:20261016T153129Z CREATED:20261016T153129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T153129Z UID:50025-1793955600-1793977200@wresa.org SUMMARY:Amy Dean: Behavior Interventions That Work - Nov 2026 DESCRIPTION:Date:  November 6\, 2026\nTime:  9:00am – 3:00pm\n\nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: WCU Health and Human Sciences Building\n 3971 Little Savannah Road\n Cullowhee\, NC 28723\n\n***Note that parking directions will be provided in an email\ncloser to the time of the event.\n Fee:  $25 (Lunch Provided)\n FREE for NC NTSP teachers - Contact your BT Coordinator for\n the registration 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. 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: K–12 general education teachers\, special education teachers\, \ninstructional coaches\, interventionists\, related service providers\,\nschool leaders\, and district staff\nWhat to bring?: Your own charged device\n\n\nDescription: 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? 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.  \nPresenter:  Amie Dean is an educator who spent years teaching in classrooms with challenging students. She believes most teachers want to help these students\, but they are not trained on HOW to do it. Amie’s mission is to help teachers implement positive\, practical strategies to reach the most challenging students.  \nIf you have additional questions\, contact Michelle Bean at mbean@wresa.org \nIf you are unsure whether your school system is a WRESA member\, click  WRESA MEMBER List.\nREGISTER URL:https://wresa.org/event/amy-dean-behavior-interventions-that-work-nov-2026/ LOCATION:WCU Health and Human Sciences Building\, 3971 Little Savannah Road\, Cullowhee\, NC\, 28723\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AmieDean2024-BehaviorInterventions.png ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Bean":MAILTO:mbean@wresa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T150000 DTSTAMP:20260930T150621Z CREATED:20260216T163557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T150621Z UID:49141-1794214800-1794236400@wresa.org SUMMARY:Hands-On Math Learning for Middle Grades (BADGE 2) DESCRIPTION:Date:  November 9\, 2026 \nTime:  9:00am – 3:00pm \nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: WRESA \n 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\n          Asheville\, NC 28806\n\nFee:  $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: 25 Participants\nAudience: Teachers and Math Coaches\, Grades 6 - Math 1\nBring: Your Own Charged Device\n\n\nDescription: \nThis session will focus on conceptual teaching and learning in the middle-grade mathematics classroom. Join us as we examine the concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) model and delve into work with manipulatives such as Hands-on Equations and Algebra Tiles. This program is intended for math teachers in grades 6- Math 1. \nPresenter: Emily Myers – Senior Math Specialist NCCAT \n***IMPORTANT NOTE: Join us as we explore strategies that allow all students to thrive and grow into successful mathematicians who ask questions\, engage in math discourse\, and think critically. This program is intended for teachers in grades 6 through Math I and is part of a 4-day NCCAT badge series for secondary math. WRESA participants can take any number of the sessions; however\, all four sessions must be completed to earn the NCCAT Math Badge. Below are the dates and the topics of the four sessions of the Secondary Math Badge series: \n\nSept 30\, 2026 – Core Math Instruction Models and Practices\nNov   9\,  2026 – Hands-On Math Learning for Middle Grades\nFeb  4\,   2027  – Facilitating Number Sense Routines\nMar 11\,  2027 – Authentic Problem-Solving in Middle Grades\n\nYou must sign up and pay the fee for each session individually. \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 URL:https://wresa.org/event/hands-on-math-learning-for-middle-grades-badge-2/ LOCATION:WRESA\, 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States CATEGORIES:High School 9-12,Middle School 6-8 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/HandsOnMath-NCCAT-MathBadge2-.png ORGANIZER;CN="April Spencer":MAILTO:aspencer@wresa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T150000 DTSTAMP:20260917T182010Z CREATED:20260917T181740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T182010Z UID:49947-1794906000-1794927600@wresa.org SUMMARY:Productive Math Intervention DESCRIPTION:Date:  November 17\, 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:  $ 70 WRESA Members\n $105 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: 35 Participants\nAudience: K-5 Classroom Teachers and Curriculum Coaches\nWhat to bring?: Your own charged device\n\n\nDescription:\nIn this interactive one-day learning experience\, educators will explore how to use student\nthinking to identify instructional priorities\, make key mathematical ideas explicit through\npurposeful representations and mathematical language\, and design intervention experiences\nthat include routines\, contextual problems\, and meaningful practice or games.\nTogether\, we will consider how intervention can go beyond “more practice” to offer students\nintentional access to important mathematical ideas. Participants will engage in examples and\nplan instructional experiences that connect conceptual understanding\, problem solving\, fluency\,\nand communication. \nPresenter: \nMeredith Stanley is an independent math coach and specialist for K-8. A former\nelementary classroom teacher and instructional coach for Buncombe County\, she is a\ntwo-time finalist for the Presidential Award for Math and Science\, a Buncombe County\nTeacher of the Year\, a Buncombe County Math Teacher of the Year\, and a National\nBoard certified teacher. She received her Master’s in Mathematics Teaching from Mount\nHolyoke College and currently lives in Asheville with her husband and two children. She\nloves to run\, hike\, and gather random assortments of objects for counting collections.\nYou can find her (and a bank of her recommended instructional resources) at\nwww.meredith4math.com and @meredith4math. \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/productive-math-intervention/ LOCATION:WRESA\, 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ProductiveMathIntervention400x230.png ORGANIZER;CN="Candie Sellers":MAILTO:csellers@wresa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T153000 DTSTAMP:20261016T162517Z CREATED:20261016T154112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T162517Z UID:50031-1795165200-1795188600@wresa.org SUMMARY:PEAK: Purposeful\, Ethical AI for K-12 - AI Conference DESCRIPTION:Date:  November 20\, 2026 \nTime:  9:00am – 3:30pm \nType: In-Person\n\nLocation: Haywood Community College\n Health and Sciences Building\n 185 Freedlander Dr.\n Clyde\, NC 28721\n\nFee:  WRESA Members - $45\n Non-members - $70\n (Lunch Included)\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\n\nCEUs: 6 Contact Hours \nLimit: 30 Participants\nAudience: K-12 Educators\, Curriculum Coaches and Administrators\nWhat to Bring: Your own device\n\n\nDescription: \nJoin us on November 20\, 2026\, at Haywood Community College for PEAK: Purposeful\, Ethical\nAI for K–12 Learning—a hands-on conference designed to help educators move beyond AI hype and\nuse emerging tools with intention.\nExplore how AI can strengthen human agency\, standards-aligned instruction\, assessment\, accessibility\,\nand authentic learning. Sessions will help educators build practical skills\, create useful teaching tools\, and\nredesign learning experiences while keeping human judgment at the center. Breakout sessions for\nelementary and secondary educators\, as well as beginners to experienced AI users. Not more screen time.\nMore purposeful learning time. \nPresenters: \nVera Cubero \nVera recently retired after 30 years in public education in NC\, from the classroom to the state level.  Most\nrecently\, she served as the Emerging Technologies Consultant\, where she led the NC AI implementation\nand the NC AI Guidelines.  After retiring\, she started Cubero Consulting\, where she supports districts and\nbusinesses in implementing responsible AI and serves as Strategic K12 Advisor to MagicSchool AI. \nStacy Lovdahl\nStacy Lovdahl is the Western Digital Learning Consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public\nInstruction (NCDPI) and an AI literacy trainer with more than 24 years of experience in educational\ntechnology. A former middle school science teacher and instructional technology facilitator\, she helps\neducators thoughtfully integrate AI\, digital tools\, and high-impact instructional practices to strengthen teaching\nand learning. Stacy has led professional learning across North Carolina and nationally\, empowering educators\nto use generative AI in purposeful\, ethical and standards-aligned ways. \nIf you have additional questions\, contact Candie Sellers at csellers@wresa.org \nREGISTER URL:https://wresa.org/event/peak-purposeful-ethical-ai-for-k-12-ai-conference/ LOCATION:Haywood Community College\, 185 Freedlander Drive\, Clyde\, NC\, 28721\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wresa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PEAK-400x230-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR