- Child Nutrition Summer Workshop Day 2 - July 31, 2025
Join fellow child nutrition professionals at this annual event to attend training sessions related to managing compliant school nutrition programs. Receive updates and guidance on operating the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and After School Care Programs to comply with federal and state guidelines. Professional standards credits will be provided to help meet annual training requirements. Participants may choose from a variety of interactive training sessions on the second day, July 31, 2025.
- Child Nutrition Summer Workshop Day 1 - July 30, 2025
Join fellow child nutrition professionals at this annual event to attend training sessions related to managing compliant school nutrition programs. Receive updates and guidance on operating the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and After School Care Programs to comply with federal and state guidelines. Professional standards credits will be provided to help meet annual training requirements. Participants may choose from a variety of interactive training sessions on the second day, July 30, 2025.
- Access to the General Curriculum (AGC) Conference
Join education professionals for this exciting annual conference as we explore evidence-based practices for creating effective learning environments for all learners. The Access to General Curriculum (AGC) Conference provides expertise and networking support to help students access academic content and achieve rigorous state assessment standards, as well as navigate federal and state accountability systems, create 21st-century digital learning environments, increase student engagement, and implement effective practices for students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Participants will leave the conference with practical strategies to promote access to and progress in the general curriculum.
Session and materials costs are partially funded through state or federal grants.
- Access to the General Curriculum (AGC) Conference
Join education professionals for this exciting annual conference as we explore evidence-based practices for creating effective learning environments for all learners. The Access to General Curriculum (AGC) Conference provides expertise and networking support to help students access academic content and achieve rigorous state assessment standards, as well as navigate federal and state accountability systems, create 21st-century digital learning environments, increase student engagement, and implement effective practices for students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Participants will leave the conference with practical strategies to promote access to and progress in the general curriculum.
Session and materials costs are partially funded through state or federal grants.
- Bluebonnet Learning Conference: Learning and Launching
Region 4 has got your back with Bluebonnet Learning!
Join fellow educators at the virtual Bluebonnet Learning Conference, where leaders, administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers will participate in tailored sessions designed to support the implementation of the Bluebonnet Learning high-quality instructional materials.
Sessions will cover a variety of topics in mathematics and reading and language arts, all aimed at ensuring successful adoption and implementation. Engage with experts and peers to empower your school community for a successful launch!
- Early Childhood Special Education Collaboration Conference
This multi-day conference is designed to support teachers who are working with young children with disabilities. Conference sessions will cover a variety of topics including; utilizing best practices to support specially designed instruction, language and communication, literacy, math, improving social and behavioral skills, and much, much more. Participants will gain information, strategies, and materials that will support service delivery to young children with disabilities in various classroom settings. Session and materials costs are partially funded through state or federal grants. You must be in attendance to receive the conference materials.
- Region 4 Dyslexia Conference (HYBRID)
This annual conference, to be held virtually and face-to-face, features various sessions in relation to dyslexia, including research, response to intervention, assessment, accommodations, legal issues, and much more. The goal of the conference is to bring current and practical information to a diverse audience of teachers, reading specialists, interventionists, speech language pathologists, diagnosticians, administrators, and others.
- Region 4 Dyslexia Conference (HYBRID)
This annual conference, to be held virtually and face-to-face, features various sessions in relation to dyslexia, including research, response to intervention, assessment, accommodations, legal issues, and much more. The goal of the conference is to bring current and practical information to a diverse audience of teachers, reading specialists, interventionists, speech language pathologists, diagnosticians, administrators, and others.
- Region 4 Instructional Coaching Conference
Every educator needs a coach, but not everyone needs to be coached the same. Expand your instructional coaching repertoire and learn how to best help teachers build their instructional capacity. In this virtual conference, session topics include differentiating the roles of a coach, improving your coaching cycle, acquiring new coaching methods, virtual-remote coaching, refreshing PLCs, planning for student success, building relationships with teachers and administrators, and many more. Join us for this exciting virtual professional learning experience at Region 4!
- Region 4 Social Studies Conference
Join other social studies professionals in this one-day conference exploring general, grade level, and content-specific best practices for the 21st century social studies classroom. Strands may include the major themes in social studies, instructional strategies that address the needs of all learners, differentiation, technology applications, and sound assessment. The conference will include a full day of concurrent presentations, vendor product demonstrations, and an exhibit hall.
- Signing Exact English (SEE) Skillshop
This week-long workshop for adult learners is designed to meet the needs of beginning as well as advanced users of Signing Exact English. Participants will improve their expressive and receptive signing skills, sign vocabulary, visual features of sign language, and song and storytelling techniques. All skill levels will be addressed through intensive work in level-matched small groups. Recent research findings on the effectiveness of Signing Exact English will also be presented. Session materials and costs are partially funded through state or federal grants.
As a result of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Demonstrate beginner, intermediate, or advanced signing skills at the conclusion of the Skillshop through a small group 'performance' of their skills.
2. Discuss the benefits of Signing Exact English for the development of English syntax and vocabulary for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
3. Identify the visual features of sign language that correspond to grammar and semantics of the English language.
4. Apply the principles and techniques of SEE to song and storytelling.
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