Cortical Vision Impairment - Overview Course   
ONGOING REGISTRATION - Closes 12/31/2023 - If you have recently started working with a student with Cortical / Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), this course is perfect for you! The course is designed to provide foundational information surrounding the condition of cortical/cerebral visual impairment, its causes, associated medical conditions, and the educational impacts of this brain-based visual impairment. The content within this course pulls from multiple practitioners and researchers currently active in the field of CVI to allow for an inclusive and growing understanding of current promising practices and research-based methodology. After your enrollment is confirmed, you will be sent access to the course. Must be completed by 5/15/2024.
Course # 241-24-913-067  
Subjects # [Visual Impairment]

Begin Date: 07/01/2023
Course # 241-24-913-067
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Small Group Instruction for Multilingual Learners (ELs) (Canvas Course)   
**ONGOING REGISTRATION - Closes 12/31/2023** In order to support multilingual learner’s English development, we need to effectively plan and structure small group instruction to best meet their needs and foster language development. To do this, we need to know what our students are able to do and what their next steps in development are. In this course, participants will conduct an in-depth analysis of their students’ language capabilities and development and use this information to plan and structure effective, focused instruction. This course covers all topics needed to understand MLs/ELs language development, making it appropriate for new ML/EL educators or those with little knowledge about working with these students. It is also highly beneficial for more experienced ML/EL educators in that it provides a process and structure to delve deep into students’ language profiles and design effective, focused small group instruction. Coursework must be completed by 6/1/2024.
Course # 241-24-913-015  
Subjects # [ESL - English as a Second Language/ELL], [K-12 Education]

Begin Date: 09/01/2023
Course # 241-24-913-015
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Structured Literacy Series: Systematic Teaching of Basic Literacy Skills   
Learn systematic, structured methods for teaching decoding, encoding, oral, and written expression to students with learning disorders and specific language disabilities. Participants will: Define and model strategies to teach students who have specific reading disabilities; Identify skills needed to develop basic proficiency in reading and spelling; and Learn the developmental progression of oral language skills that prepare students for reading proficiency. This workshop will begin with one, “live”, synchronous day of instruction. The rest of the coursework will be completed asynchronously by June 1. Asynchronous instruction will cover the following: federal and state definitions; the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for students with, or at risk for, SLD/Dyslexia or other reading-related learning disabilities; structured literacy lesson design and implementation; virtual structured literacy instruction; and assistive technology. Provided books include Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers by Louisa Moats Ph.D. and Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills by Judith Birsh Ed.D. and Suzanne Carreker. Participants are responsible for picking up books needed for the course from CRG at Soundbridge, 123 Progress Dr., Wethersfield, CT 06109 .You will be notified when books are available for pick-up. No cost to attend.
Course # 241-24-913-127  
Subjects # [Secondary Education], [Special Education], [Speech/Language Instruction]

Begin Date: 12/05/2023
Course # 241-24-913-127
Status: CLOSED
Type: Blended
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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English Language Learners Council (Title III)   
English Learner district coordinators and educators in the CREC region are invited to attend meetings to share best practices and emerging research on improving outcomes for EL students. Members will engage in new thinking about instructional practices and collaborate to proactively respond to EL needs in their district. No cost to attend.
Course # 241-24-913-027  
Subjects # [Equity], [ESL - English as a Second Language/ELL], [K-12 Education]

Begin Date: 12/07/2023
Course # 241-24-913-027
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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OpenSciEd 101: For School and District Leaders   
Like many states, Connecticut has adopted OpenSciEd for the middle level model science curriculum. The approach to teaching and learning through OpenSciEd presents a challenge for school and district leaders ~~ that is, what does it look like? Many leaders in districts responsible for supporting teachers do not have a science background or are simply not familiar with the shifts in science education from The Science Framework, NGSS, and ~~ more immediately ~~ the OpenSciEd Instructional Model.
Course # 241-24-913-146  
Subjects # [Science Instruction]

Begin Date: 12/08/2023
Course # 241-24-913-146
Status: CLOSED
Type: Face to Face
Location: CREC CENTRAL
State: Connecticut
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Assistive Technology Consortium - Session 2 - Cutting Edge AAC Best Practices   
Join us for engaging conversation as we discuss assistive technology in education. Learn about new devices and software to improve the experience of learning for students and techniques to facilitate success and independence for students while they work toward their academic, social, and communication goals. The consortium meets four times a year and free to consortium members.
Course # 241-24-913-108  
Subjects # [Assistive Technology], [Special Education], [Speech/Language Instruction]

Begin Date: 12/13/2023
Course # 241-24-913-108
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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ETS® ParaPro Assessment Testing   
ENROLLMENT ONLY VIA CREDIT/DEBIT CARD not accepting any other form of payment.CREC is now a testing site for the ETS® ParaPro Assessment. ETS developed the ParaPro Assessment as a way to satisfy the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires that Paraeducators serve in an instruction capacity: 1) Have an associate of arts degree. 2) Have completed two years of college. 3) Have demonstrated, through an academic assessment, the knowledge and ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and mathematics.
Course # 241-23-906-056  
Subjects # [Career Development]

Begin Date: 12/14/2023
Course # 241-23-906-056
Status: OPEN
Type:
Location: CREC PROGRAMS AND DIVISIONS - Community Education
State: Connecticut
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ETS® ParaPro Assessment Testing   
ENROLLMENT ONLY VIA CREDIT/DEBIT CARD not accepting any other form of payment.CREC is now a testing site for the ETS® ParaPro Assessment. ETS developed the ParaPro Assessment as a way to satisfy the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires that Paraeducators serve in an instruction capacity: 1) Have an associate of arts degree. 2) Have completed two years of college. 3) Have demonstrated, through an academic assessment, the knowledge and ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and mathematics.
Course # 241-23-906-057  
Subjects # [Career Development]

Begin Date: 12/21/2023
Course # 241-23-906-057
Status: CLOSED
Type:
Location: CREC PROGRAMS AND DIVISIONS - Community Education
State: Connecticut
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Small Group Instruction for Multilingual Learners (ELs) (Canvas Course)   
**ONGOING REGISTRATION - Closes 4/15/2024** In order to support multilingual learner’s English development, we need to effectively plan and structure small group instruction to best meet their needs and foster language development. To do this, we need to know what our students are able to do and what their next steps in development are. In this course, participants will conduct an in-depth analysis of their students’ language capabilities and development and use this information to plan and structure effective, focused instruction. This course covers all topics needed to understand MLs/ELs language development, making it appropriate for new ML/EL educators or those with little knowledge about working with these students. It is also highly beneficial for more experienced ML/EL educators in that it provides a process and structure to delve deep into students’ language profiles and design effective, focused small group instruction. Coursework must be completed by 6/1/2024.
Course # 241-24-913-065  
Subjects # [ESL - English as a Second Language/ELL], [K-12 Education]

Begin Date: 01/02/2024
Course # 241-24-913-065
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Structured Literacy Series: Systematic Teaching of Basic Literacy Skills   
Learn systematic, structured methods for teaching decoding, encoding, oral, and written expression to students with learning disorders and specific language disabilities. Participants will: Define and model strategies to teach students who have specific reading disabilities; Identify skills needed to develop basic proficiency in reading and spelling; and Learn the developmental progression of oral language skills that prepare students for reading proficiency. This workshop will begin with one, “live”, synchronous day of instruction. The rest of the coursework will be completed asynchronously by June 1. Asynchronous instruction will cover the following: federal and state definitions; the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for students with, or at risk for, SLD/Dyslexia or other reading-related learning disabilities; structured literacy lesson design and implementation; virtual structured literacy instruction; and assistive technology. Provided books include Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers by Louisa Moats Ph.D. and Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills by Judith Birsh Ed.D. and Suzanne Carreker. Participants are responsible for picking up books needed for the course from CRG at Soundbridge, 123 Progress Dr., Wethersfield, CT 06109. You will be notified when books are available for pick-up. No cost to attend.
Course # 241-24-913-129  
Subjects # [Secondary Education], [Special Education], [Speech/Language Instruction]

Begin Date: 01/09/2024
Course # 241-24-913-129
Status: OPEN
Type: Blended
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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LRE/Inclusive Practices for Students with Significant Learning Disabilities   
The session will provide educators (special education, general education, related services providers and administrators) with evidenced based practices and curriculum frameworks to support learners with significant disabilities access the curriculum to demonstrate success.
Course # 241-24-913-145  
Subjects # [Special Education]

Begin Date: 01/10/2024
Course # 241-24-913-145
Status: OPEN
Type: Face to Face
Location: CREC CENTRAL
State: Connecticut
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IM 6-12 Focus on Vertical Alignment: Expressions and Equations   
How might teachers leverage the coherence of IM 6–12 Math in order to enhance access to grade-level mathematics for students? The purpose of this session is to uncover and explore the development of topics, mathematical diagrams, and representations for expressions and equations in the curriculum.
Course # 241-23-913-205  
Subjects # [Mathematics Instruction]

Begin Date: 01/12/2024
Course # 241-23-913-205
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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TEAM Mentor Initial Support Training   
This training for prospective mentors and cooperating teachers is available for individuals selected by the district (or volunteered) to serve in one of these roles. Following sessions, there will be an additional time for follow up offered for more in-depth work on the modules or the process chosen by your districts. The training prepares participants to lead beginning teachers through the TEAM module process and a successful completion of the five mentoring modules. In addition, participants are prepared to support a student teacher while developing effective coaching strategies to assist both beginning and student teachers. Participants must attend all sessions. At the end of the training, participants qualify to work with either a new teacher or a student teacher. Pre work is required. The instructor will send information to participants prior to the session. No cost to attend this event.
Course # 241-24-913-079  
Subjects # [TEAM]

Begin Date: 01/12/2024
Course # 241-24-913-079
Status: CLOSED
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Implementation: Charting the LifeCourse/Person Centered Planning   
This workshop is a follow up the the Introduction: Charting the LifeCourse series. Participants will become more well versed in the implementation of Charting the LifeCourse using real examples. Participants must have participated in the introduction course to enroll.
Course # 241-24-913-148  
Subjects # [Special Education]

Begin Date: 01/18/2024
Course # 241-24-913-148
Status: OPEN
Type: Face to Face
Location: CREC CENTRAL
State: Connecticut
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IM 6-12 Coaching Problem-Based Teaching and Learning: Enhancing Access and Challenge for All Students   
This 8-part series was designed to provide coaches with a deeper understanding of the structures and beliefs along with the core components and practices embedded in the IM 6–12 Math curriculum, supplemental materials, and professional learningfor teachers. Part 1: Examining Structures and Beliefs; Part 2: Observing in a Problem-Based Classroom; Part 3: Valuing Student Thinking; Part 4: Enhancing Access and Challenge for All Students; Part 5: Coaching with Universal Design for Learning; Part 6: facilitating Instructional Decision-Making with IM Resources; Part 7: Leveraging Vertical Alignment for Planning; Part 8: Putting It All Together. NOTE: Participants register for individual sessions.
Course # 241-24-913-020  
Subjects # [Mathematics Instruction]

Begin Date: 01/19/2024
Course # 241-24-913-020
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Structured Literacy Series: Systematic Teaching of Basic Literacy Skills   
Learn systematic, structured methods for teaching decoding, encoding, oral, and written expression to students with learning disorders and specific language disabilities. Participants will: Define and model strategies to teach students who have specific reading disabilities; Identify skills needed to develop basic proficiency in reading and spelling; and Learn the developmental progression of oral language skills that prepare students for reading proficiency. This workshop will begin with one, “live”, synchronous day of instruction. The rest of the coursework will be completed asynchronously by June 1. Asynchronous instruction will cover the following: federal and state definitions; the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for students with, or at risk for, SLD/Dyslexia or other reading-related learning disabilities; structured literacy lesson design and implementation; virtual structured literacy instruction; and assistive technology. Provided books include Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers by Louisa Moats Ph.D. and Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills by Judith Birsh Ed.D. and Suzanne Carreker. Participants are responsible for picking up books needed for the course from CRG at Soundbridge, 123 Progress Dr., Wethersfield, CT 06109. You will be notified when books are available for pick-up. No cost to attend.
Course # 241-24-913-130  
Subjects # [Secondary Education], [Special Education], [Speech/Language Instruction]

Begin Date: 01/23/2024
Course # 241-24-913-130
Status: CLOSED
Type: Blended
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Leadership for Equity   
This professional learning opportunity will engage participants in discovering their own identity in order to serve and work with others while centering race, including white privilege, implicit bias, and systemic racism. Participants will: •Identify the values, behaviors, policies, and practices within your school and which stage they reflect within the cultural proficiency continuum; •Identify institutional challenges negatively impacting students of color; •Learn about the role implicit bias plays in educator expectations of black and brown student performance and behavior, along with strategies to counteract bias; and •Discuss racial equity within schools and existing barriers at the individual, institutional and systemic levels, as well as strategies to address them.
Course # 241-24-913-141  
Subjects # [Equity], [Inclusive Education], [Leadership], [Racial Equity]

Begin Date: 01/25/2024
Course # 241-24-913-141
Status: OPEN
Type: Face to Face
Location: CREC CENTRAL
State: Connecticut
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Introduction: Charting the LifeCourse/Person Centered Planning   
Participants in this workshop will become familiar with the Charting the LifeCourse materials and learn how to utilize them for futures planning. You must attend both am and pm sessions. No cost to attend.
Course # 241-24-913-147  
Subjects # [Special Education]

Begin Date: 01/29/2024
Course # 241-24-913-147
Status: OPEN
Type: Face to Face
Location: CREC CENTRAL
State: Connecticut
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Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Secondary Science Classroom   
Secondary science teachers will be introduced to a variety of strategies that support multilingual learners in the science content areas as well as enhance instruction for all students. Teachers are encouraged to bring a lesson or a unit of study from their current science curriculum that they will use to determine where specific strategies can be implemented to augment science teaching and learning.
Course # 241-24-913-138  
Subjects # [Mathematics Instruction]

Begin Date: 01/30/2024
Course # 241-24-913-138
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: CREC Central
State: Connecticut
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Coaches Council   
Instructional Coaches in the CREC region are invited to attend bi-monthly council meetings to share best practices and engage in new thinking about coaching. Topics will be determined based on participant interests. Council will meet from 9-11 and an optional book club from 11-11:30. No cost to attend this workshop.
Course # 241-24-913-048  
Subjects # [Administration and Supervision]

Begin Date: 02/02/2024
Course # 241-24-913-048
Status: OPEN
Type: Face to Face
Location: CREC CENTRAL
State: Connecticut
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IM K-2 Adapting a Lesson Using Learning Goals   
How can focusing on pedagogical decisions in our planning support the focus and pacing of the lessons? This session provides teachers with strategies for making adaptations to lessons, based on the learning goals, in order to maintain pacing. The session builds on teachers’ understanding of the problem-based lesson structure developed in Teach & Learn. Teachers will gain an understanding of how the learning goals can help inform day-to-day choices to help with pacing in this flexible curriculum. In later sessions, they will build on this knowledge as they incorporate responding to student thinking, and using their growing understanding of math progressions.
Course # 241-24-913-119  
Subjects # [Mathematics Instruction]

Begin Date: 02/02/2024
Course # 241-24-913-119
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Structured Literacy Series: Systematic Teaching of Basic Literacy Skills   
Learn systematic, structured methods for teaching decoding, encoding, oral, and written expression to students with learning disorders and specific language disabilities. Participants will: Define and model strategies to teach students who have specific reading disabilities; Identify skills needed to develop basic proficiency in reading and spelling; and Learn the developmental progression of oral language skills that prepare students for reading proficiency. This workshop will begin with one, “live”, synchronous day of instruction. The rest of the coursework will be completed asynchronously by June 1. Asynchronous instruction will cover the following: federal and state definitions; the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for students with, or at risk for, SLD/Dyslexia or other reading-related learning disabilities; structured literacy lesson design and implementation; virtual structured literacy instruction; and assistive technology. Provided books include Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers by Louisa Moats Ph.D. and Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills by Judith Birsh Ed.D. and Suzanne Carreker. Participants are responsible for picking up books needed for the course from CRG at Soundbridge, 123 Progress Dr., Wethersfield, CT 06109. You will be notified when books are available for pick-up. No cost to attend.
Course # 241-24-913-132  
Subjects # [Secondary Education], [Special Education], [Speech/Language Instruction]

Begin Date: 02/06/2024
Course # 241-24-913-132
Status: OPEN
Type: Blended
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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TEAM Mentor Initial Support Training   
This training for prospective mentors and cooperating teachers is available for individuals selected by the district (or volunteered) to serve in one of these roles. Following sessions, there will be an additional time for follow up offered for more in-depth work on the modules or the process chosen by your districts. The training prepares participants to lead beginning teachers through the TEAM module process and a successful completion of the five mentoring modules. In addition, participants are prepared to support a student teacher while developing effective coaching strategies to assist both beginning and student teachers. Participants must attend all sessions. At the end of the training, participants qualify to work with either a new teacher or a student teacher. Pre work is required. The instructor will send information to participants prior to the session. No cost to attend this event.
Course # 241-24-913-080  
Subjects # [TEAM]

Begin Date: 02/09/2024
Course # 241-24-913-080
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Assistive Technology Consortium - Session 3 - “What We Learned at the Assistive Technology Industry of America (ATIA) Conference”   
Join us for engaging conversation as we discuss assistive technology in education. Learn about new devices and software to improve the experience of learning for students and techniques to facilitate success and independence for students while they work toward their academic, social, and communication goals. The consortium meets four times a year and free to consortium members.
Course # 241-24-913-109  
Subjects # [Assistive Technology], [Special Education], [Speech/Language Instruction]

Begin Date: 02/13/2024
Course # 241-24-913-109
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING
State: Connecticut
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Harnessing Resilience Through Peer Support    UPLIFT Trauma-Informed Care Practice Series: Harnessing Resilience Through Peer Support
Peer support can be an effective means of fostering resilience in individuals and systems when interventions are implemented intentionally. In this module, participants will explore how trauma-informed peer support programs can become protective factors that mitigate the impact of negative messages received through traumatic or retraumatizing experiences. This module focuses on steps for building trauma-informed peer support programs that build on shared experiences and foster mutually supportive relationships. Specific strategies for students, staff, and caregiver-focused peer support programs and practices will be explored. Additionally, strategies will be provided to increase self-care capacity for individuals that choose to provide support to others.
Course # 241-24-956-003  
Subjects # [Behavioral/Mental Health], [Family Support], [Guidance and Counseling], [Health and Wellness], [Professional Development], [Social Emotional Learning], [Social Skills], [Social Work], [Teacher Training]

Begin Date: 02/13/2024
Course # 241-24-956-003
Status: OPEN
Type: Online
Location: CREC PROGRAMS AND DIVISIONS - Student Services
State: Connecticut
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