Back by Popular Demand the 2025-2026 Special Education Summer Academy is offering a one day conference style workshop. The workshops are designed for Special Education staff members who teach in an Achieve, Connect, Elevate, Strive, or Rise classrooms AND staff members who provide behavior support to students in the resource & inclusion settings (i.e. "Focus Programming"). During the one day conference staff will have the opportunity to choose the sessions they are interested in taking and collaborate within their professional learning communities to explore the foundations of behavior & instruction, identify critical attributes of highly effective structured programs, and practice the skills needed to arrange classroom environments and be ready to welcome students on the first day of school!
To register for a session, simply click the radio button on the upper left side next to the title and the session is automatically added to your schedule. If the session is full, DON’T WORRY, register anyway for the wait list. We will be checking the numbers throughout the month and make room for all the waitlisters.
This session explores how NotebookLM can help educators streamline everyday tasks such as organizing instructional materials, summarizing important documents, and managing behavior data. Participants will walk through practical, real-world use cases that demonstrate how AI can reduce paperwork, enhance planning, and support more efficient decision-making across the school day.
Join us to learn about this often misunderstood intervention and how a CICO system allows you to integrate multiple common behavior interventions in one simple procedure. The interactive implementation guide provided is a “can’t miss!”
Putting the VB-MAPP into Action will walk you through the analysis of the VB-MAPP assessment that you have already completed, determining which skills need to be prioritized, which skills could become IEP goals and how to teach the identified skills in your classroom. Please bring a completed VB-MAPP to analyze and get a leg up for the beginning of the school year.
I received my Masters degree in Special Education with a focus on Autism from UNT. My Bachelors is from SMU in English letters. I have worked for Plano ISD for 20 years, and I have been in Education for 25 years having previously worked in Highland Park ISD as an English 1 and English... Read More →
Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:20pm CDT PESH B1-207 Classroom3000 Los Rios Blvd, Plano, TX
Participants will explore ways to integrate work based learning into their classrooms (grades 6-12) as well as opportunities to partner with local businesses and take students into the community. As a hands-on instructional strategy, WBL can be a powerful tool in many different subject areas to support your student's future employment goals.
