Congratulations! You are beginning the journey to prioritize your well-being and happiness this upcoming school year! Being happy both at home and at work means we're not just cheerier, but more clear-eyed and effective at what we do. In this inventive book-part professional development resource, part personal journal-educator, author, and podcaster, Suzanne Dailey contents that small shifts bring big gifts. Small positive changes, practiced over time, will help you feel fore balanced, content, and aligned. One grad credit through University of St. Francis will be available at an additional fee payable to the University. More information on this credit will be available at the Zoom on May 23.

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Date:  May 23 - July 17, 2024
Time: Zoom face-to-face from 4-5 PM
Cost:  $100.00
Location:  Zoom and Canvas
PD Hours:  15 or 1 grad credit
Audience:  All Educators
Presenter:  Deb Taber
Registration Deadline:  5/16/2024

Each of these book choices will connect teachers and administrators to the variety of struggles our community, families, and students face. Readers are provided with insights of daily experiences and challenges of our students in and outside of their education. Teachers will receive a common language, tools for implementation, and background information. It's your choice, choose 1 of the 6 books to read or all 6. After reading the book choose three activities from the choice board to complete. Submit all 4 activities in one email. Receive 6-12 PD hours depending on the book read/choice board activities completed. These activities can be completed from November 16, 2023 - February 16. 2024. The cost of this book study is $55 per book choice read. You will need to register & pay for each book separately. You can register for this workshop by going to our website at www.riroe.com please include the name of your Book Choice.

• The Coffee Bean and How to be a Coffee Bean by Jon Gordon and Damon West 6 PD

• The Deepest Well-Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris - 12 PD

• Define your Why: Own Your Story so You Can Live and Learn on Purpose by Barbara Bray - 10 PD

• Reading for Life: High Quality Literacy Instruction for All by Lyn Stone - 10 PD

• Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics Gr. K-12 by Peter Liljedahl - 12 PD

• Habits of Resilient Educators: Strategies for Thriving During Times of Anxiety, Doubt, and Constant Change by Lindsey Prendergast and Piper Lee - 10 PD

• From Burnt Out to Fired Up: Reigniting Your Passion for Teaching, 2022, by Margane Michael - 8 PD hours

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Date: June 4 - July 30, 2024
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Cost: $55.00 per book
Hours: different per book
Location: Zoom
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Deb Taber
Registration Deadline: 5/28/2024

The Rock Island County Regional Office of Education and Living Lands and Waters are pleased to offer to you, this summer, a wonderful learning opportunity at the Mississippi River Institute! On this day you will board the Classroom Barge, and learn about the many career opportunities available for our students on the river such as: STEM jobs, barge and boat crew, navigators and pilots, conversation and wildlife rangers, hospitality, and more! You will get first hand experience and the knowledge to take back and share with students and adults, the many wonders of our great river, and the career path the river may just take them on. Please join us for a fun morning, and unique experience...on a barge! This session is presented by the Living Lands and Waters full time educators! Lunch on the barge is provided!

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Date: June 10, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 101 Beacon Harbor Parkway, East Moline
Cost: $40
PD Hours: 3
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Kaitlyn Sticker & Mike Coyne-Logan
Registration Deadline: 6/3/2024

For this book study, bestselling book educational consultant, Carla Tantillo Philbert, will share practical strategies for teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mindfulness, and well-being to help improve the human connection between you and your students. Topics include: mindful practices, well-being strategies to combat stress and anxiety, give students the space to understand their emotions and strengthen peer-to-peer communication, developing the foremost and essential social emotional competencies, and engaging in experiential activities to strengthen SEL skills. This unique Book Study will include three books: Elementary, Middle and High School. You will select and read the book that fits your grade level, yet your Discussion Responses will be shared across all levels to support our growth. This is an 8-week Book Study with specific chapters every 2 weeks. Please join us to learn how SEL strategies support our students at all grade levels! University of St Francis Grad Credit available at an additional $100 cost through St. Francis. More information on the grad credit at the zoom meeting. The ROE will purchase the book with funds provided through the SEL Hub. Please indicate which book you will want when registering.

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Date: June 11- August 12, 2024
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Cost: $100.00
Location: Zoom
Hours: 15 or 1 grad credit
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Deb Taber
Registration Deadline: 6/4/2024

Have you heard of Canva but not taken the time to dive into its features? Have you used it before but want to learn more? Maybe you've never heard of it but are looking for a fun new way for your students to create with their Chromebooks! Well, this workshop is for any and all teachers who are looking to learn practical applications of Canva for all subjects and grade levels.

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Date: June 12, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: ROE Moline
Cost: $40.00
Hours: 5
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Ben Sondgeroth
Registration Deadline: 6/4/2024

What if I told you that beyond Docs, Slides, and Forms, there is an entire Google verse of lesser-known tools that can infuse creativity and collaboration into your classroom? Discover how Google Arts & Culture and Experiments with Google use cutting-edge A.I. and multimedia tools to provide rich multimedia experiences. See how CS First and Applied Digital Skills can get your students coding, creating, and connecting with ready-made lessons you can use tomorrow. Create music, dive into art, tour museums, draw masterpieces, and more! Find out what the cool kids know about Google's secret menu of tools!

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Date: June 18, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: ROE Moline
Cost: $40
PD Hours: 3
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Ben Sondgeroth
Registration Deadline: 6/11/2024

Dr. David Krupke, Clinical Assistant Professor at St. Ambrose College will be joining us for an Introduction to Visual Phonics! Hope you can join us!

Children's brains are hard wired for sound but not for print. When they enter school, a great deal of emphasis is placed on developing the ability to map sound to print. This process involves learning the letters of the alphabet and associating each letter with the common sound(s) letters can represent. The best outcomes are seen when foundational literacy skills build from sound awareness/recognition and pairing of sounds and letters. Stable, consistent sound-letter knowledge is essential to decoding and encoding (spelling). Since English is a semi-transparent language, there is variability in the sound (phoneme) letters or letter combinations represent. Some words don't look like they sound, and some do. For some children, mapping sound to letter combinations (graphemes) represent the sounds of English. See the Sound-Visual Phonics (STS-VP) is a multimodal system of hand shape cues and corresponding written symbols that represent 52 sounds of the English language. STS-VP makes the mapping of sound to print more concrete and visible. Participants will learn about See the Sound-Visual Phonics and how its use can aid students in developing sound mapping skills necessary for reading and spelling.

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Date: June 20, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Location: ROE Moline
Cost: $75
PD Hours: 2
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Dr. David Krupke
Registration Deadline: 6/13/2024

In this workshop, we will explore how Artificial Intelligence can revolutionize your classroom! We'll dive into practical applications, from tailoring lessons to each student's strengths and weaknesses using AI-powered insights to automating tasks like grading and generating reports. Discover AI tools that can empower you to focus on what matters most: fostering meaningful connections and igniting your students' passion for learning.

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Date: June 20, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: ROE Moline
Cost: $40
PD Hours: 5
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Ben Sondgeroth
Registration Deadline: 6/13/2024

Are students exhibiting signs of fake reading? Looking at the text but not actually reading? Relying heavily on online summaries? Doing the tasks but not getting what you hoped from the texts? Do you feel that as the teacher you are doing all the heavy lifting? Making small but manageable changes to reading instruction in upper grade classrooms puts the learning responsibility back where it belongs-with students. Discover how utilizing independent choice reading, read-aloud, book clubs, book advertisements, competitions, and more can turn your apathetic teen readers into students who can't wait to read more! Join us for a wonderful afternoon of hands-on and interactive learning!

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Date: July 16, 2024
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Cost: $125.00
Audience: Middle and High School Teachers
PD hours: 4
Presenter: Dr. Katie Hoving & Kimberly Millard
Registration Deadline: 7/9/2024

Are you looking for new and innovative ways to harness the power of Google apps with your students? In this session we'll dive into the untapped potential of Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings, discovering fresh approaches to lesson design. Uncover tips and tricks for fostering student engagement, collaboration, and creativity within the Google ecosystem. From interactive assignments to collaborative projects, this session empowers educators with practical strategies to elevate their use of technology in the classroom. Don't miss this opportunity to reimagine your teaching toolkit and make Google apps your allies in crafting dynamic and imaginative lessons to start the next school year!

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Date: July 24, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: ROE Moline
Cost: $40
PD Hours: 5
Audience: All Educators
Presenter: Ben Sondgeroth
Registration Deadline: 7/17/2024