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October 2023
Special Education Finance Year at a Glance
Josh Hart, DESE-OSE Funding and Finance, will provide an in-depth overview of the responsibilities of Local Education Agencies in relation to Special Education funds. Participants will learn the why and how on topics including June 1 application, maintenance of effort, excess cost, private school proportionate share, budget amendments, CEIS/CCEIS, ARP IDEA supplemental funds and allowable expenses. Updates will be provided on the following areas: Supporting Inclusive Practices with Special Education Funds, and Fiscal Monitoring. Attendees should bring technology to access…
Find out more »Content Area Reading Strategies
Content Area Reading Strategies will explore the connection between literacy and content area courses. In this session, participants will learn how to embed literacy strategies into their core content classrooms. Practical tools, strategies, and resources will be shared with teachers as they make connections between ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. This session is designed for core content teachers in grades 3-12. This session will be held in the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375, in the Victory Building at 1401…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 3: Morphology & Etymology
Participants will examine how etymology can improve decoding and encoding, and analyze how morphology instruction supports decoding and encoding. The session will be held at the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 4: Vocabulary
Participants will discover the role of vocabulary in comprehension and word-level reading. The session will be held in the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking.…
Find out more »November 2023
R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 5: Comprehension
Participants will examine factors that affect reading comprehension. Effective methods for teaching comprehension will be reviewed. Comprehension is a product of decoding and language comprehension. Participants will understand that weaknesses in comprehension cannot be addressed until the weaknesses in the subskills of reading are identified and remediated. The session will be held in the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 6
Participants will examine how to use data to inform instruction. The session will be held in the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 5: Oral Language, Vocabulary, and Fluency
Participants will learn all about oral language, morphology, and vocabulary. The session will be held at the APSRC Boardroom, Suite 315 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 6: Comprehension
Participants will learn all about comprehension. The session will be held at the APSRC Boardroom, Suite 315 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available. Presenters:…
Find out more »School Board Training for Charters – Central Arkansas
State law requires that all new school board members must obtain a minimum of 9 hours of professional development by December 31st of the year after they begin their term. All other board members must obtain 6 hours of professional development each calendar year. APSRC ensures that its members remain in compliance with the statute by offering free school board training on- and off-site. Each year, APSRC staff travel throughout the state to help school board members complete the necessary…
Find out more »Progress Monitoring in the Literacy Classroom
Progress Monitoring in the Literacy Classroom will focus on walking teachers through collecting a writing sample, administering the Developmental Spelling Analysis (DSA), and administering an Oral Reading Fluency Assessment. In addition to how to administer these progress monitoring tools, we will also discuss how to score each assessment, how to analyze the data, and how to use your findings to drive effective literacy instruction. This session will be held in the APSRC Boardroom, Suite 315, in the Victory Building at…
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