WEA Professional Development & Events

Showing Events From Jan 23, 2018 - Feb 23, 2018

• Culturally Responsive Classroom Management - PSUC Jan. 2018

  Jan 23, 2018 4:30pm Clock Hours Federal Way
  This training helps educators develop culturally responsive classroom management practices to ensure that students experience a positive, consistent, safe and equitable classroom. Participants learn strategies to appreciate and appropriately integrate their students’ culture and family backgrounds into the into the classroom culture. $5.00 - Puget Sound UniServ
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• Loan Forgiveness

  Jan 25, 2018 5:00pm Poulsbo
  NEA research tells us that more of our members are coming into our union with greater student loan debt than ever before. WEA Olympic would like to assist our members with this burden and help them lead more financially secure lives. This workshop will cover the Federal Loan Forgiveness Programs
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• Teacher Certification Workshop

  Jan 31, 2018 4:30pm Clock Hours Sumner
  Teacher Licensure • Washington state requirements for teacher certification • Overview of changes to second-tier licensure/Professional Certification • Latest certificate renewal requirements including new STEM and TPEP training requirements and Professional Growth Plans (PGPs) • Adding endorsements • National Board information and timelines If you are a Non-Member
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• Summit TPEP- Evidence & Artifacts

  Feb 8, 2018 4:30pm Clock Hours Puyallup
  This 3-hour course is aimed at helping you get ready for the certificated TPEP 4-tiered evaluation process. This session will: - Demystify the magnitude of collecting and providing evidence - Introduce tips to "harvest" evidence to best represent your instruction - Develop skills to identify relevant, meaningful
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• Special Education Law & Advocacy

  Feb 9, 2018 9:00am Clock Hours Federal Way
  This two–day course (12 hours total) will provide participants with the collective power to identify special education issues and develop action plan(s) to prepare and protect themselves while advocating for students with disabilities. Attendees must attend in teams of two or more. Laptop and CBA are required
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• Special Education and the Law

  Feb 10, 2018 8:30am Clock Hours Spokane
  This course is intended for teachers, specialists, paraprofessionals and other staff working with special education students. Topics covered will be referral and qualification of special needs students, 504 and IEP plans, behavioral interventions and disciplining of special education students
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• Culturally Responsive Classroom Interactions - PSUC February 2018

  Feb 13, 2018 4:30pm Clock Hours Federal Way
  This training helps educators explore culturally responsive classroom interaction practices to ensure that students experience a positive, consistent, safe and equitable classroom. Participants will learn to facilitate classroom interactions that appropriately integrate their students’ culture and family backgrounds. There is a special fee for our UniServ
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• Educator Certification 101 Workshop

  Feb 13, 2018 5:00pm Clock Hours Vancouver
  Teacher Licensure • Washington state requirements for teacher certification • Overview of changes to second-tier licensure/Professional Certification • Latest certificate renewal requirements including new STEM and TPEP training requirements and Professional Growth Plans (PGPs) • Adding endorsements • National Board information and timelines
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• Communication Strategies for Challenging Conversations

  Feb 13, 2018 5:00pm Clock Hours Tukwila
  Do you often face challenging situations communicating with parents, students, administrators or colleagues? This course will examine strategies to help you communicate clearly and effectively even under the most difficult circumstances. Please note: this event requires a $20 "good faith" check to hold space - the check will
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