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2026 Summer Professional Learning CESA 7

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Join us for a free, one-day (8-hour)

SSuicide uicide Prevention Prevention TTraining raining

Joinusforafree,one-day(8-hour)SafeSideCAREFrameworktrainingdesignedforschoolbasedmentalhealthprofessionals,teachers,administrators,supportstaff,andcommunity serviceprofessionals.

Thiscomprehensivesessionprovidespractical,evidence-informedstrategiestorecognize suiciderisk,engageinsupportiveconversations,andrespondeffectivelytostudentsin crisis.

ParticipantswilllearnthefullSafeSideCAREframeworkandgaintoolstoconfidently supportstudentsafetyandwellbeing.

BONUS!

After completing the training, participants will receive access to SafeSide videos and materials, allowing participants to train their own teams and share the framework with colleagues and community partners.

Registration:

Join us for a transformative 2-day Train the Trainer event designed to helpPreK-12educators. Here’s a breakdown:

Address educatorburnout, student behavior through the lens of the nervous system, and school culture using The Regulated Classroom® framework.

Learn science-backed strategies, practical techniques, and tools to support both educator and student regulation

Deepen your understanding of stress patterns, co-regulation, and the four core practices that drive success.

Earn a certificate, along with training materials and an Educator Self-Care Toolkit to implement immediately Walk away fully prepared & empowered to bring these transformative strategies back to your school or district.

Train the Trainer Prioritize Educator Regulation

Increase Teacher Retention:

Create a culture where educators feel supported at the physiological level. Give educators the tools to manage stress in real-time, preventing burnout.

Improve Student Engagement & Behavior: Students co-regulate with their teachers, leading to improved attention and emotional resilience.

Strengthen School Culture:

A regulated staff creates a positive, connected, and thriving school environment.

Enhance Learning Outcomes:

When teachers and students feel safe and supported, meaningful learning occurs.

Visualizing School Data

ARE YOU DROWNING IN ROWS, COLUMNS, AND ENDLESS CSV FILES? FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS, MAKING DATA ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO READ IS HALF THE BATTLE.

Join us for a hands-on, intensive workshop where you will learn the basics of Google Looker Studio.

You won’t just listen to a presentation: you will walk away with a fully functioning dashboard.

LEARN THE BASICS:

Connect data sources, navigate the LookerStudio interface, and understand basic data visualization principles.

BUILD A DASHBOARD:

Either use your own attendance data from WISEdash for Districts or a provided example dataset to build an interactive dashboard step-by-step

TAKE IT HOME:

Leave with a completed model project and the skills to start visualizing your own district’s data immediately.

Add+Vantage: Numeracy Foundations

The next evolution of AVMR 1: Building the foundation every student deserves.

Add+Vantage: Numeracy Foundations empowers educators to use dynamic student interview tasks and research-based learning progressions to analyze lessons for core instruction and guide instruction in early numeracy, focusing on number words and numerals as well as addition and subtraction concepts within 20.

July 20, 21, 22, 23, 2026

(4 consecutive days) at CESA 7

8:30 am - 3:00 pm - lunch provided Registration fee: $1130

Participant Assessments

Number Words & Numerals

Quantitative Patterns

Counting & Keeping Track

Additive Structuring & Strategies

General & special education teachers

Math interventionists

Math coaches

Learning Outcomes

Analyze student thinking using early numeracy Use interviews, tasks, & observations to collect evidence

Adjust instruction using students’ zones of understanding Build students’ confidence as capable mathematical thinkers

Course Includes

Add+Vantage: Numeracy Foundations

TeacherHandbook

4 Interview-based assessments& assessmentkits

2 coursetextbooks

Samplesof instructional materials

Ongoing support options are available

ACT 20

2026-2027

JOIN US

8:30 AM - 3 PM at CESA 7

Attention Attention

New Reading Specialists New Reading Specialists & Elementary Principals! & Elementary Principals!

Only Two Days Out of School!

July 22, 2026

July 23, 2026

July 30, 2026

Nov. 5, 2026

March 2, 2027

June 8, 2027

Act 20 requires all administrators of K-3 and district reading specialists to attend literacy training focused on the systematic implementation of curriculum and practices that meet the definition of the Science of Reading.

Learn about the connection between reading research, theoretical models, and best practices for language and literacy instruction.

Review and reflect on the current curriculum and practices in your schools.

Acquire tools to guide you in conducting walkthroughs and look-fors in your buildings.

Learn to work closely with coaches and staff to implement the highest quality literacy instruction.

Develop assessment and intervention systems to target students in need of support.

Create actionable steps in order to affect change in your system.

ANGIE MEIER

Literacy Specialist

ameier@cesa7org

REGISTRATION

Cost: $1,200

AQUIRE RESOURCES from leading Holocaust and Genocide Education Organizations GET HANDS-ON HELP incorporating this vital history into your curriculum

LEARN THE DETAILS of the Act 30 Mandate EXPLORE FRAMEWORKS for teaching Holocaust & Genocide Education

AUTISM

Registration Fee: $320

JULY 29, 2026 - NEW DATE! plus quarterly Community of Practice 8am-noon light breakfast provided bit.ly/4k3nsdh

CESA 7

595 Baeten Road Green Bay, WI

Join us for an engaging learning session exploring evidence-based strategies to support students with autism across school environments.

RACHEL KADERABEK

Regional Special Education Director

rk d bek@cesa7.org

KATIE TENNESSEN

Behavior Specialist

ktennessen@cesa7 org

Participants will be invited to quarterly Community of Practice sessions which will be scheduled to best meet the group’s needs. These sessions will support educators as they apply strategies, refine practice, and learn alongside colleagues over time.

New Director of Special Education Academy

(for those in the first three years)

This in-person event for new directors from CESAs 7, 8, & 9 will provide valuable time with new directors from your region. Additionally, it will feature statewide virtual presenters from DPI, WCASS and district leaders.

Tuesday August 4, 2026

Registration: 8:30 am

Event: 9 am - 2 pm

$25 Registration Fee includes lunch

CESA 7 595 Baeten Road Green Bay, WI 54304

Contact: Rachel Kaderabek

Email: rkaderabek@cesa7.org

Phone: 920.617.5626

MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT

Setting the Rhythm Setting the Rhythm

This inter active session refr ames behavior through the lens of br ain science ,

helping educators understand how regulation, environment, and instruction work together to shape student success. Participants will explore how to create predictable, inclusive spaces, explicitly teach behavioral expectations, and increase engagement through high-impact strategies.

Grounded in an understanding of the adult and student nervous system,

this session also builds practical approaches for co-regulation and de-escalation—equipping educators to respond with intention, reduce power struggles, and maintain connection during moments of challenge.

Walk away with concre te tools, ready-to-use str ategies, and a clear “Monday morning pl an” to strengthen both cl assroom systems and student rel ationships.

Suggested Audience: Elementary educators & coaches, and student support staff. bit.ly/489zQUD

KICKOFF&LAUNCH

AUGUST10,2026 8-8:30AM

The first 20 people to register will get a free copy of the book!

Join us for a collaborative book study of The Essentials of Adolescent Literacy: IntegratingEvidence-BasedReadingand WritingInstructioninGrades5-12. byJoanSedita.

Through a combination of pre-recorded webinars featuring Joan Sedita and facilitated discussion sessions led by Charla Meyer, participants will explore actionable strategies to improve reading, writing, vocabulary, and comprehension across all subject areas while learning alongside fellow educators committed to student success.

This study is designed for grade 5-12 educators who want to deepen their understanding of literacy instruction and support student success in every classroom. CHARLAMEYER Literacy Specialist

VIRTUAL MEETING DATES

$75 per person *August10,20268-8:30am *Kickoffmeetingtosetexpectations&launchthebookstudy October15,20263:30-4:30pm December1,20263:30-4:30pm February2,20273:30-4:30pm

Joanwillalsobe joiningourSept.24th LiteracyLeader Networkvirtually! Hopetoseeyou there!

Date & Time Registration: August 10, 2026 8:30-11:30 Cost & Place $45 per person

DR. JESSICA WILLENBRINK Program Director, School Psychology Program; Project Director, Bilingual and Multicultural School Mental Health Professionals Program at Alverno College

JOANISABEL CORONADO Bilingual School Psychologist

ERIN MORENO Bilingual School Psychologist

Questions?

K-5 Educators (Districts utilizing Bridges in Mathematics SECOND Edition)

Ready to launch Bridges SECOND Edition? Dive into the core components, experience a thriving math classroom in action, and leave with your first month fully planned for day-one success!

Experience firsthand how Problems & Investigations, Work Places, and Number Corner connect to build a vibrant, equitable math community. See, hear, and feel what a thriving Bridges classroom looks like in action. Demystify the annual learning arc to keep student growth on track. Leave with Unit 1 and September Number Corner planned and ready for day one!

August 10, 2026 8:00-3:00 At CESA7 Cost: $170

Computer Science, & Digital Learning Specialist tlemmens@cesa7.org Registration

tinyurl.com/4dayk99m

BridgesinMathematics Bridges in Mathematics ThirdEdition

AnIntroductionforEducatorsNewtotheCurriculum

August 11, 2026

8:00-3:00 at CESA 7

Cost: $170

Ready to launch Bridges THIRD Edition? Dive into the core components, experience a thriving math classroom in action, and leave with your first month fully planned for day-one success!

Experience firsthand how Problems & Investigations, Work Places, and Number Corner connect to build a vibrant, equitable math community.

See, hear, and feel what a thriving Bridges classroom looks like in action.

Demystify the annual learning arc to keep student growth on track.

Leave with Unit 1 and September Number Corner planned and ready for day one!

K-5Paraprofessionals(DistrictsutilizingBridgesinMathematics)

Equip yourself with practical tools, visual models, and questioning strategies you need to confidently support student independence in the Bridges classroom.

Get hands-on practice with key tools like Number Racks, Ratio Tables, and Area Models. Understand the structure of Problems & Investigations, Work Places, and Number Corner to maximize your impact. Learn to use a prompting hierarchy to support students without doing the thinking for them.

Swap "answer-giving" for openended sentence frames that promote productive struggle. Walk away with a handy cheat sheet of visual models and math talk stems for immediate classroom use.

Cost: $135

Registration August 25, 2026 8:00-3:00 at CESA 7

tinyurl.com/4wxhd49e

Math, Computer Science, & Digital Learning Specialist tlemmens@cesa7.org

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Add+Vantage: Addition and Subtraction Concepts

The next evolution of AVMR 2: Building confidence in every learner’s additive thinking

Add+Vantage: Addition & Subtraction Concepts

empowers educators to use dynamic student interview tasks and research-based learning progressions to guide instruction in the concepts related to addition and subtraction to 100 and beyond.

Aug 12, 17, 20, 28, 2026

(4 day course) at CESA 7

8:30 am - 3:00 pm - lunch provided Registration fee: $1130

Participant Assessments

Additive Structuring and Strategies

Counting in 100s, 10s, and 1s

Jump and Split Strategies

Designed For

General & special education teachers

Math interventionists

Math coaches

Learning Outcomes

Analyze student thinking

Gather evidence of student reasoning Differentiate instruction Empower students to see themselves as confident, capable mathematical thinkers

Course Includes

Add+Vantage:Addition &Subtraction ConceptsTeacher Handbook 3 Interview-based assessments& assessmentmaterials 1coursetextbook

Samplesof instructional materials

Ongoing support options are available

LIVEMATH WEBINAR

MathTrajectories: ExploringtheDevelopmental WorldofYoungLearners

Earlymathematicsplaysafarmoresignificantrolethan onceimagined.Learningtrajectoriesofferapowerful instructionaltool,providingaclearroadmapfor understandingandadvancingchildren’smathematical growth.Joinusinexploringtheamazingandjoyfulworldof earlylearnersthroughresourcesfromMathTrajectoriesfor YoungLearners,anewNCTMresourcebookthatprovides videoclips,assessmentprotocols,andclassroomactivities forchildrenages3–7.Duringthiswebinar,wewillexamine videoclipsofchildren,highlightwayseducatorsareusing assessmentprotocolstouncoverchildren’smathematical strengths,anddiscusshowtheseinsightsshape intentionalnextstepsininstruction.

TheStandardinSafety— Elevated:SupportingtheWholeChild NonviolentCrisisIntervention®(NCI™)provides theessentialskillstosafelyrecognizeand respondtoeverydaycrisissituationswith confidenceandcompliance.Thisyear,we’re takingthatfoundationfurtherbyputtingallour knowledgetogether.

REGISTRATION

COST: $300

Byintegratingneuroscienceand trauma-informedpracticesinto ourcoretraining,wemove beyondmere"behavior management"tounderstandthe "why"behindthecrisis.

We’llexplorehowthedeveloping brainrespondstostressand provideyouwithbrain-based strategiestoturnchallenging momentsintoopportunitiesfor regulationandconnection.

8 am -3:30 pm

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