Principal's Institute

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Schedule of Events

8:30-9AM: Registration
9-9:45 AM: Opening & Keynote: Award Presentation for Collaborative Administrator
10-10:45 AM and 11-11:45 AM: Sessions
12-12:30 PM: Lunch and Learn
12:30-1:30 PM: Whole Group Session - SPED Law: Hot Topics, and Best Practices
1:30-3 PM: Facilitated Table Discussion, Reflections, Action Planning
3PM: Closing Remarks and Evaluations

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Welcome and Keynote Address
Applied Behavior Analysis Basics
Child Complaints, Due Process, and Other Special Education Dispute Resolution Options
Co-Teaching - A Beginner's Guide
Collaborative Kindergarten Warm-Up - Paving the Way for a Successful Transition from ECSE to a Kindergarten Resource Setting
Determining the Need for Adult Support
Disproportionality and What it Means to You
Effectively Evaluation Co-Teaching - Strategies to Support Leadership Teams with Supervising and Evaluating Evidence-Based Practices in Co-Teaching
Equity in Special Education - Analyzing the Data of Your Own School
Family and Community Engagement
Functional Behavior Assessments
Keys to Literacy
MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports) - The Journey of 3 School Districts
New Principals Session - Putting the "P" in Partnerships
Principal and Coordinator Collaboration Tool
Special Education Discipline Procedures - What Principals Need to Know
SPED Process - A Deeper Drive
SSD Data Team Process - What Can It Do for General Education?
Universal Classroom Supports
Using Care Teams to Problem Solve for Students
What's Trending? - Education of Students with Disabilities

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Applied Behavior Analysis Basics - An overview of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Autism Overview - Provides an overview of Autism and effective practices for supporting students with Autism.
Care Teams- An overview of the Care Team process that focuses on problem-solving for students who may be struggling.
Career and Technical Education - An overview of Career and Technical Education (CTE) and the program offerings at North and South Tech.
Classroom Universal Supports - Overview the basic tenants of universal supports for instruction and their importance to effective classroom management and learning.
Co-Teaching - Overview of the components of effective co-teaching structures and supports.
Disproportionality and What It Means to You - Presents the basics around disproportionality funding and planning.
Early Childhood Special Education: Entry to Kindergarten - An overview of transitioning from early childhood services to school age and the considerations for services.
Equity in Education: Analyzing Data In Your Own School - Equity quality indicators and how to analyze your school's data from an equity lens.
Family and Community Engagement - Focuses on the research behind family engagement and shares first-hand experiences from schools on their family engagement journeys.
Functional Behavior Assessments - Overview of functional behavior assessments and behavior intervention plans.
Manifestation Determination - An overview of the manifestation determination process and procedures.
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support - Follows the journey of the Mehlville School District and their development of a Multi-Tiered System of Support.
New Principal Session - New principals can learn about working with SSD and special education services, resources, and supports.
Prosperous Partnerships - Highlights a school's journey in partnership between general education and special education.
SPED Process: A Deep Dive - This session takes you deeper into the tenants of special education process and what you need to know to effectively support the process.
SSD Data Team Process - A review of SSD's Data Team best practices.
Thinkery: A Collaborative Tier 2 Intervention - Focuses on a unique approach to support social-emotional learning that has been deployed in Brentwood School District.
Tiered Models: Resources for Literacy/Numeracy/SEL - This session shares Lindbergh's model of an integrated system of supports for literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning.

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