Paraprofessional Training
Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 2/21/2016 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 2/19/2016 12:01 AM
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Paraprofessional Training - February 26, 2016
9:00AM - 2:30PM
Agenda -
8:45 AM - Check-In
9:00 AM - Review of the day
9:15 AM - Session 1
10:15 AM - Break
10:30 AM - Session 2
11:30 AM - Lunch
12:30 PM - Session 3
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Wrap-up
Each paraprofessional may register for only one option.
Option #1
Autism - Brief follow up on the characteristics of the autism spectrum as a means to help facilitate the understanding and need for Self Management and the Incredible 5 Point Scale and Zones of Regulation. This is an introductory awareness of their purposes with children who need to learn social skills including emotional and behavioral understanding in themselves, in others and what they need when they are in certain zones. We will provide a case study as a means to learn and then share out. We will also tie the characteristics of the autism spectrum and why self management is an area of challenge and an area of necessity in their learning about self awareness and our responsibilities of choosing pro social, emotional and behavioral responses that allow us to be included in all environments in our lives that matter to us.
Option #2
Engaging Reluctant Learners: Fostering a Growth Mindset - Are you interested in finding ways to engage the student who appears disinterested and unmotivated and who may be facing one or more of his or her own challenges? Learning about growth mindset and the impact it can have on both the teacher and the students is an important next step.
Participants will:
- Understand the critical differences between fixed and growth mindset.
- Explore the emotional impact of shame in learning challenges and how developing a growth mindset can improve self efficacy
- Investigate several strategies to help move from a fixed to a growth mindset.
Providing Support for Language and Early Literacy Learning - This session will focus on collecting information to support language development, early reading development and early writing development.
Option #3
Providing Support for Language and Early Literacy Learning - This session will focus on collecting information to support language development, early reading development and early writing development.
Self-Determination and Peer Supports for your Students
- Investigate strategies for facilitating self-determination and self-advocacy in students
- Explore how to facilitate peer supports for students in inclusive settings
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Supports
Cost: $30.00 per person for Student Needs Professional Development (SNPD) member districts; $50.00 per person for SNPD non-member districts