Professional Learning and Sustainability

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Create your own Grow Your Own program!

  • Thu, Sep 22 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ADE/ESS is acutely aware of the shortage of qualified special education teachers and related service providers across Arizona. ESS has multiple activities and programs to support PEAs to confront this shortage every school year. The ESS Recruitment and Retention team has created Developing a Grow Your Own Program: A Guide for Special Education Administrators as a reference as you consider developing and implementing a Grow Your Own program as part of your own recruitment and retention efforts.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: 2022–2023 Project EASEL Professional Learning Series: Exploring Strategies for Social Emotional Learning

  • Wed, Sep 7 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Project EASEL, in partnership with ADE, would like to invite you to tune into the Exploring Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) fall and spring professional learning series. We plan to share a variety of information and strategies that will support your understanding and implementation of assertiveness, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: Fall 2022 ADE ESS Literacy Professional Learning Offerings

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please share the following literacy professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers.

The following virtual sessions are being offered via Zoom and are free to attend. 

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INFO: Teacher Attrition Survey Opens November 1, 2022

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ESS collects data each year through the Teacher Attrition Survey to make informed decisions about recruitment and retention efforts in Arizona. Participation in the survey is mandatory for all public education agencies in Arizona.

For the past few years, the survey has opened in February and closed in May of each fiscal year. This school year, the Teacher Attrition Survey will open on November 1, 2022, and close on January 31, 2023.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: SELECT Needs Assessment

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Administrators,

Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT) is a federally funded program sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services and is offered through the Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University. SELECT courses are recommended for special and general education teachers, administrators, related service personnel, paraeducators, and other interested individuals.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Fall 2022 ADE ESS Math Professional Learning Offerings

  • Tue, Aug 23 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please share the following math professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.

The following virtual sessions are being offered via Zoom and are free to attend.  Click the session link to view the session description and to pre-register.

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Free Professional Learning for Paraeducators

  • Mon, Aug 22 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

 In collaboration with the Paraprofessional Resource & Research Center and the CEEDAR Center, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has developed Effective and High-Leverage Practices for Paraeducators, a free, on-demand, eLearning program for paraeducators.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: 2022–2023 Project EASEL Professional Learning Series: Exploring Strategies for Social Emotional Learning

  • Mon, Aug 15 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Administrators,

Project EASEL, in partnership with ADE, would like to invite you to tune into the Exploring Strategies for Social Emotional Learning fall and spring professional learning series. We plan to share a variety of information and strategies that will support your understanding and implementation of assertiveness, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. 

Registration is required for each session. Please view the this flyer with details of upcoming sessions and registration links. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: The Heart, Art, Craft, and Sciences of Reading/Writing for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities

  • Wed, Aug 3 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please see the following professional development opportunity jointly offered by ADE/ESS teams:

The Heart, Art, Craft, and Sciences of Reading/Writing for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Deafblind Intervener Training Registration is now OPEN

  • Tue, Aug 2 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please see the following information regarding an external professional development opportunity made available by the Arizona Deafblind Project:

Do you or someone you know work with a student with combined vision and hearing loss?

We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the Arizona Deafblind Project's Intervener Training Program. This training addresses the need for high-quality, evidence-based practices for anyone who serves children and youth with combined vision and hearing loss.