OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Corey Mello Participants: Individuals looking to prepare for the Para Pro Test-Math focus Date/Times: 12/09/21 3:00-6:00 on Zoom Location: 27 Russells Mills Rd Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02748 Course #: 2021-44 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 130, [email protected] Course Description: Virtual Para Pro Prep Class Attention: Para Pro Test Takers When: 12/9/21 Time: 3:00 – 6:00pm Cost: $ 40 Where: ZoomPara Pro Assessment Review This class is designed to assist students who are preparing to take the ParaPro Assessment. Instruction, review, and practice are provided in requisite mathematics. This class will offer prospective paraprofessionals instruction and practice using [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Laurie Sullivan Date/Times: 01/04/22,01/11/22,01/18/22,01/25/22,02/01/22,02/08/22,02/15/22,03/01/22,03/08/22,03/15/22,03/29/22,03/29/22,04/05/22,04/07/22 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-40 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 130, [email protected] Course Description: The RETELL initiative (Rethinking Equity in the Teaching of English Language Learners) represents a commitment to address the persistent gap in academic proficiency experienced by ELL students. At the heart of this initiative are training and licensure requirements for the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement, which core academic teachers of ELLs and principals/assistant principals and supervisors/directors who supervise or evaluate such teachers must obtain. The purpose of this course is to prepare the Commonwealth’s teachers with the knowledge [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Allan Blume Participants: Teachers, Administrators, Guidance Counselors, Therapists Date/Times: 2021 Virtual SEI Full Teacher Endorsement Course /3:00-5:00 Location: ONLINE- Virtual sessions and Online Course Work Assignments Course #: 2021-23 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 5089985599 ex 130,[email protected] Course Description: Dates:  1/10/22,1/24/22,1/31/22 Time:  Virtual Sessions 3:00-5:00 Cost:  $250 SMEC Member District $275 Non Member This workshop is designed to assist participants in meeting the requirements for renewing a professional license with particular focus on the requirements for instruction and participation of students with special needs.  This workshop provides an overview of federal and state special education laws and regulations.  Other [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Alicia Serafin Participants: Teachers, Administrators, Guidance Counselors Date/Times: 1/20/22/Online 15 hour course Ends 2/28/22 Location: Online Course #: 2021-43 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 23, [email protected] Course Description: This online 15 PDP ESL course involves 4 (approximately 2-hour) weekly self-paced modules. After finishing the 4 weekly modules, participants will have an additional week to complete the other 7 hours of the course by developing a Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Lesson Plan to synthesize learning from the reading and modules. This 15 hour course fulfills the requirement that all educators must have 15 PDPs related to [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Polly Bath Participants: General & Special Educators, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Guidance counselors, Social workers Date/Times: 01/24/22, 9:00-11:30 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-45 Course Description: Many of the difficult behaviors that get in the way of teaching and learning occur because kids don’t have the social and emotional skills that are being asked of them. The solution is straightforward: identify the social and emotional skills you need your students to have and teach them those skills. Don’t get hung up on thinking you aren’t qualified to do this, or that you need a curriculum. YOU can teach kids the [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Polly Bath Participants: General & Special Educators, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Guidance counselors, Social workers Date/Times: 01/24/22, 12:30-3:00 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-46 Course Description: These uncertain times have made both behaviors and student engagement worse. But, exhausted though many of us may be, we can still take a clear-eyed look at what we can do to improve behavior and engagement now. This workshop will look at how every educator can : • Reduce chronic student stress and anxiety with simple, doable changes . • Increase student engagement by recognizing and responding to hidden signs of student trauma and [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Laurie Sullivan Date/Times: 01/31/22,02/07/22,02/14/22,02/28/22,03/07/22,03/14/22,03/21/22,03/28/22,04/04/22,04/11/22,04/25/22,05/02/22/4:00-7:00 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-43 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 130, [email protected] Course Description: The RETELL initiative (Rethinking Equity in the Teaching of English Language Learners) represents a commitment to address the persistent gap in academic proficiency experienced by ELL students. At the heart of this initiative are training and licensure requirements for the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement, which core academic teachers of ELLs and principals/assistant principals and supervisors/directors who supervise or evaluate such teachers must obtain. The purpose of this course is to prepare the Commonwealth’s teachers with the knowledge and [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Laurie Sullivan Participants: Teachers Date/Times: 3/03/22,03/10/22,03/17/22,03/24/22,03/31/22,04/07/22,04/14/22,04/28/22,05/05/22,05/12/22,05/19/22,05/26/220/4:00--7:00 Location: Virtual Course #: 2022-04 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 130, [email protected] Course Description: The RETELL initiative (Rethinking Equity in the Teaching of English Language Learners) represents a commitment to address the persistent gap in academic proficiency experienced by ELL students. At the heart of this initiative are training and licensure requirements for the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement, which core academic teachers of ELLs and principals/assistant principals and supervisors/directors who supervise or evaluate such teachers must obtain. The purpose of this course is to prepare the Commonwealth’s teachers with [...]