Summer 2023 Learning Opportunities

In preparation for the 2023-2024 school year, this workshop will provide Building Principals and Asst. Principals at the elementary, middle, and high school levels with the latest research on school absenteeism. Attendees will learn about the areas of focus that all school buildings should be examining to prevent and reduce chronic absenteeism.

Coming soon...

Dyslexia K-3 Course with Facilitation
Participants attending this week-long course will have the opportunity to complete online modules, engage in discussion, and take part in activities within a collaborative learning environment. At the conclusion of the week, participants will receive a certificate stating that they have met the professional development requirements of the Ohio Dyslexia Law (HB436).

Day 1 June 8 | This innovative training will help all teachers transform their classrooms into vibrant spaces where students can use academic language to talk, read, write, and think about each lesson's content. This 7 Steps training outlines a dynamic process for structuring, planning, and facilitating a language-rich classroom.

Day 2 June 9 | The literacy spaces we create for our learners and the experiences they have as readers and writers can make an impact in their learning outcomes. This training offers educators a deep dive into reading and writing instruction with a special focus for increasing the effectiveness of instructional methods to serve multilingual learners. Participants will explore and engage in techniques they can implement immediately with students. 

Javier Zamora shares his harrowing journey and explores how identity influences our ideas of home, and brings humanity and warmth to the figure of the "immigrant,” stressing there are always moments of joy, love, and hope, even in the worst of circumstances. Zamora puts a face to child immigrants and the humanitarian crisis along the US-Mexico border.

Join Central Ohio educators for a full day of intentional equity conversations and reflections with both national and local experts.
June 20 | Learn more and register

The ESC is hosting an in-person professional development opportunity for teachers and GIS’s on June 5 & 6, 2023. The two-day professional development will focus on talent development models to increase gifted identifications and support for high achieving, high ability students. Participants will also receive the Primary Education Thinking Skills 4-book set.

This hands-on boot camp will span two days and is open to K-12 educators from all content areas. Attendees will learn how to apply design thinking to their teaching practices through interactive experiences with maker equipment. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to create and develop lesson plans tailored to their classrooms, providing a unique opportunity to personalize the student experience.

Want to help “make learning irresistible”? Bring a team (or just yourself) and join us for two inspiring days filled with hope, creativity, collaboration, and innovation where we:

Reimagine education…
Reconnect with the joy of teaching…
Empower students to change the world!

This K-12 conference will help you:

Most importantly, you’ll find ways to help students connect intellectually and emotionally with their own learning.

LETSGO-OH created the Summer Symposium in 2019 to bring together educators and district staff using Apple devices in K-12 school districts. Designed for teachers, instructional and technology coaches, and technical support staff, the symposium provides an opportunity for attendees to engage in hands-on learning, collaborate, and network with other Apple users. Attendees will leave the event with proven strategies for integrating Apple-based technology in instruction.

Want to help “make learning irresistible”? Bring a team (or just yourself) and join us for two inspiring days filled with hope, creativity, collaboration, and innovation where we:

Reimagine education…
Reconnect with the joy of teaching…
Empower students to change the world!

This K-12 conference will help you:

Most importantly, you’ll find ways to help students connect intellectually and emotionally with their own learning.

Join Central Ohio educators for a day full of intentional literacy conversations and reflections, with both national and local experts. Shifting the Balance authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates will join the early literacy conversations alongside Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle as they expand our range of knowledge in adolescent literacy.

Based on the TEACCH methodology out of the UNC at Chapel Hill, STACK is an approach for working with students on the autism spectrum. Workshop topics include the characteristics of autism, fundamentals of structured teaching, classroom designment and management, development of work systems, visual supports, schedules, and strategies for effective use of classroom staff. 

This hands-on boot camp will span two days and is open to K-12 educators from all content areas. Attendees will learn how to apply design thinking to their teaching practices through interactive experiences with maker equipment. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to create and develop lesson plans tailored to their classrooms, providing a unique opportunity to personalize the student experience.

Educators will gain valuable insight to the skills, training and education needed to help prepare their students for the workforce. Participants will gain knowledge directly from local industry leaders in the pathways of construction, modern manufacturing, information technology and healthcare. Conveying Central Ohio career pathway opportunities to students will enhance their understanding of career options.