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ESU 4 Summer Learning Opportunities
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Registration Guide
🔷Registration Account Information🔷
🔹Head to www.esu4.org.
🔹Click "Register" at the bottom.
🔹No account? Click "Login" on the left, then "Create ESU 4 Account." Fill it out and hit "Request My Account." Once verified, use your login info to proceed.
🔹Logged in? Click "Workshops" on the right. Choose your workshop and register.
🔹Confirmation email coming soon!
🔷UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED🔷
🔹Registration:
- Non-refundable fees: Listed in each workshop description
- Cancellation: Fees are waived for cancellations made 24 hours in advance by contacting ESU 4 (no-shows will be charged the full fee)
🔹Fees:
- Full Day: $30
- Half Day: $15
- Zoom: $15 (regardless of duration)
- Special Events: Increased fees, especially for non-IIA participants
🔹Other:
- Open to all districts: Non-consortium members may pay higher fees (check individual workshop costs)
- Stipends & Subs: Available for consortium participants
- Summer Stipends: $150/day (teachers), $110/day (paraprofessionals) for those not under contract
- ESU/NCECBVI: Same as IIA rate
Teaching & Learning
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
Learn 14 instructional practices to impact math learning in your classroom!
This books study consists of five, one-hour Zoom sessions in late May and June for all teachers K-12 involved with math instruction. There is no cost to participate, non Title IIA districts will pay for books. Title IIA teachers will receive a $250 stipend!
New & Newish Teacher Academy
June 13 & July 31, 2024
ESU4 Conference Center
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: $30 / day
This workshop is designed to support teachers in the first years of the teaching profession. We will explore ESU 4 support opportunities and topics within all domains of teaching (i.e., planning,
instruction/environment, professionalism). Opportunities for ongoing learning and reflection will be offered during the 2024-25 school year.
We strongly encourage participation on both June 13 and July 31.
Graduate Credit from Peru State College may be available upon attendance and completion of the academy.
Stipends are available for teachers whose districts are part of the ESU4 Title IIa Consortium (HTRS, Johnson-Brock, Lewiston, OR-1, Pawnee City, Sterling).
Building Better Writers
June 24, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 3
Cost: ESU 3, 4, 6, and 7 Consortia Members $25
Non-Consortia Members $65
ESUs 3, 4, 6, and 7 are excited to present a collaborative professional learning opportunity. This session offers ELA and EL/ML teachers an insight into the unique needs of multilingual writers and provides practical strategies to address these needs. The session is designed to offer teachers a variety of techniques to enhance their writing instruction for newcomer and long-term language learners. During the session, the participants will sample activities for the sentence and paragraph-level instruction and participate in simulated mini-lessons.
Classroom Creations - Innovate & Implement
June 25, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: $30
Need time, Space, and resources to work on implement new learnings from summer PD, or new classroom initiatives? Here’s your day!
NeMTSS Summer 2024 Events
Tier 1 School-Wide, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2
June 3 & 10, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Two part series on Tier 1 School-Wide supports. Tier 1 implementation begins with a school-wide
or program-wide focus. The training will offer information, guided practice, and coaching on
school-wide essential elements. It is recommended that interested schools attend with a team of
staff that can learn and apply best practice strategies to develop a multi-tiered framework for
social, emotional and behavioral learning.
Tier 1 Classroom
June 17, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Classroom training builds on already established school-wide essential elements. The focus is to
provide instruction, guided practice, and coaching on research-based social, emotional, and
behavioral practices for classroom instruction. These practices are designed to maximize student
academic engagement and time on task. School team members will have time and support for
planning the next steps for implementation.
Tier 2 Overview
June 24, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Teams will learn the essential components of Tier 2 social, emotional, and behavioral practices
within a MTSS, including the use of data to identify unmet needs and create a continuum of
support. Steps will be identified to develop a system that allows for the efficient application of
Tier 2 practices.
Don't forget!
Summer SEBL Coffee Connect
July 31, 2024
8:30 am - 9:15 a.m.
Strong Start - Essentials for New/ish EL Educators
August 1, 2024
9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Firespring
1201 Infinity Ct.
Lincoln, NE 68512
Cost: ESU 4 & 6 Title III Consortia - FREE
ESU 4 &. 6 Non Consortia Participants - $30
This is a brand new opportunity for educators who are new (or within the first few years) of supporting English Learners.
We welcome everyone who supervises, coordinates, teaches, or supports ELs, and we’ll have specific breakout options for paraeducators. We’ll explore a variety of helpful resources and study EL essentials such as stages of language acquisition, Rule 15, ELPA21, Nebraska English Language Standards, and more.
- Lunch is not provided. Please plan to go out or bring your own.
- Teachers, coordinators, or supervisors should work with their District Assessment Contact to access TIDE, the ELPS21 system, before attending if possible.
- Paraeducators, consider inviting your supervising teacher to attend with you!
- Statewide Social Studies Inquiry, Summer TBA
- EL Jumpstart for New EL Teachers/Coordinators: August 5 (tentative)
- Mental Health / Bullying Prevention Workshop with Dr. Chad Rose, June 6
- Hope Champions ReFresh for those trained in 2023
- Hope Champions - Training for new Hope Champions, TBD
Adaptive Schools Foundations Seminar, June 2024 @ ESU 3
- Multisyllabic Decoding, June 14 @ ESU 3, LaVista
Special Education
Region 4 PRT 24-25 Data Analysis & Grant Writing
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Audience:
PRT 4 member, District representatives, services providers, agency representaties
Getting Ready/Home Visitation: Refocus and Refine…
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Audience:
Service Providers, agencies and district representatives
Hope Champions: Trauma & Resilience and Teaching Hope
June 20, 2024
ESU 4 Learning Center
The 8 Week Hope Group Experience is designed to teach elementary age students the basic skills associated with being hopeful. Research is clear that hope is the #1 predictor of future well-being. When our kids experience hope, they are more likely to experience outcomes such as better grades, better attendance, better health, and better engagement in school and other activities.
In each weekly lesson a new skill is introduced along with strategies for practice and repetition.
Learning Objectives:
After participating in the complete groups, students will be able to:
- Describe the 3 components of hope – vision for the future, goals / pathways, agency / coping and emotional regulation skills.
- Apply hope science to a situation of his or her choosing.
- Use coping and emotional regulation skills and problem-solving strategies to deal with obstacles and frustrations in appropriate ways.
Fall 24 Special Education Institute
August 1, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
Cost: $30
This will be a kickoff to the 2024-25 school year in special education. Topics will include legal updates, new procedures from legislation, strategies for effective IEP meetings, and developing a special education handbook for administrators, special education teachers, and general education teachers.
CPI Certification
Initial Certification
August 7-8, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
ESU 4 Conference Center
By using Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training as part of a comprehensive crisis prevention and intervention plan you can learn how to defuse challenging and disruptive behavior before an incident escalates to a crisis situation. Successful implementation leads to a change in organizational culture, a change in adult professional behavior, and a change in staff relationships with both service users and stakeholders.
THIS IS A 2 DAY TRAINING
Recertification
*4 Possible Options
July 30, 2024 8:30 am - 11:30 am
July 30, 2024 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
August 12, 2024 8:30 am - 11:30 am
August 12, 2024 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
This half-day training provides re-certification and an opportunity to re-learn and build de-escalation skills in educators working with difficult -to -manage students.
Student Health
Medication Administration, Asthma/Anaphylaxis, Stop the Bleed, and Narcan Administration Training
Any of these trainings are offered on an as needed basis throughout the school year. Please contact any of the ESU 4 nurses for additional questions or to discuss scheduling options.
Vision Vouchers
Keep in mind, if you have a student with a financial hardship that is unable to obtain an eye exam or glasses, we have vision vouchers available. The vision vouchers cover the cost of an eye exam and one complete pair of glasses. Vouchers are available to qualifying students through the VSP Eyes of Hope Giving Sight for Students program, the National Association of School Nurses, and the Nebraska DHHS School Health program. Contact any of the ESU 4 nurses for more information or to request a voucher.
Individual Health Plan, 504 Accommodation Plan, Emergency Action Plans
Felicia is also available to write health plans, assist with 504 accommodation plans, or create emergency action plans for those students with a medical condition that will require accommodations during the school day. If you need assistance with any of these plans contact Felicia.
Felicia Martin, RN
Mary Jo Huettner, LPN
Ivon Johnson, LPN
Technology
Nebraska SMART
Nebraska SMART Free Online Tutoring for K-12 Students
Nebraska SMART (Success Made Accessible through Rural Tutoring), founded by the Nebraska State College System, provides free online tutoring to K-12 students in rural Nebraska. Teacher education candidates from Chadron, Peru, and Wayne State Colleges remotely tutor students through an online tutoring platform. Click here to view the Nebraska SMART promotional video. Nebraska SMART is expanding its service beginning in the Fall 2024 Semester to offer tutoring to K-12 students attending all school districts which are members of NRCSA (Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association). Additionally, Nebraska SMART will provide free online tutoring services to K-12 students enrolled in select smaller non-NRCSA public school districts in Nebraska while continuing to offer tutoring to students attending school districts in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13. A complete listing of eligible school districts can be found on the program’s website.
How does it work?
Parents must initially register their student(s) before they can receive tutoring services. Once registered, students or parents on behalf of students can schedule a tutoring session at least 24 hours in advance. Students can also instantly be connected with a Tutor by requesting an on-demand session during tutoring hours. The Parent Guide shows how to create an account, schedule a session, join on-demand sessions, and more.
How can I find out more information about this program?
Three informational webinars will be offered in August. Participants will join Julie Dickerson, Director of Nebraska SMART, to learn more about this free online tutoring program available for K-12 students in rural Nebraska. Click below to register for one of three live webinars about Nebraska SMART:
August 6, 2024 @ 2:00 PM Central Time, 1:00 PM Mountain Time
August 9, 2024 @ 11:00 AM Central Time, 10:00 AM Mountain Time
August 14, 2024 @ 4:00 PM Central Time, 3:00 PM Mountain Time
How can school districts help?
Your assistance in communicating with parents in your school district is essential to expand awareness and generate interest in this program. Below are ways that you can help:
- Share about Nebraska SMART in school/district/classroom parent newsletters
- Share about this program during your school/district Open House or Back to School nights
- Like, follow, and/or share Nebraska SMART on Facebook, Instagram, and X (Twitter)
- Share Nebraska SMART social media posts on your school/district social media pages
- Link Nebraska SMART as a student resource on your school district websites
- Share about this program with Teachers, Counselors, and other district staff
- Share about this program with Parent/Teacher Associations
- Distribute bookmarks to each K-12 student in your school/district (these will be mailed to school districts at the end of July)
- Hang posters in a visible location (these will be mailed to school districts at the end of July)
- Share with your district technology team the domain allowlist guide.
Please note that we are unable to support Pre-K students at this time; please refrain from distributing promotional materials to Pre-K students.
NCECBVI
Vision Services for 2024-2025
As we are entering into the last semester of the school year, we are starting to prepare for next school year! If your district anticipates needing any Teacher of the Visually Impaired and/or Orientation and Mobility time for next school year, please contact Kelly Juilfs at kjuilfs@esu4.net.
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Educational Service Unit 4 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, marital status, disability, or age in admission or access to, or treatment of employment, in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding complaints, grievance procedures or the application of these policies of nondiscrimination:
Gregg Robke, Administrator
Educational Service Unit 4
2301 Dahlke Avenue
Auburn, NE 68305
402-274-4354
If parents, employees, and students do not feel that their complaints regarding Title IX, Title VI, Section 504 have met with resolution at the local level, they can appeal their grievances to the regional Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. This would be their final opportunity for resolution. This address needs to be readily available to parents, employees, and students for their appeals.
Office for Civil Rights
8930 Ward Parkway, Suite 2037
Kansas City, MO 64114
816-268-0550
Fax: 816-823-1404
TDD: 800-437-0833