BAY-ARENAC ISD

Join us this year to continue learning effective practices to increase knowledge and skills that enhance the educational programming and outcomes for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). 

This year we will continue to address classroom structure and instructional strategies to increase learning opportunities across the school day. The training will include presentations, videos, and team activities related to effective practices of behavior strategies, structured work systems, and teaching play.

November 2, 2018 (8:30 am - 3:30 pm) Prevent, Teach, Reinforce - (Original date: 9/21/2018)
Learn how to improve the social-emotional development and prevent challenging behaviors of young children in preschool settings by Preventing behavior problems; Teaching proactive communication and social skills and Reinforcing positive behavior. Build on your team problem-solving skills for engaging students with extensive support needs.

February 1, 2019 (8:30 - 11:30 am) Winter Data & Teaching Play
Participants will review target student data and build on existing strategies for teaching play.

May 3, 2019 (8:30 - 11:30 am) Spring Data & Engaging Students
Participants will review spring target student data and build on skills for engaging and motivating learning activities to improve child outcomes.

The VB-MAPP is a criterion-referenced assessment tool, curriculum guide, and skill tracking system that is designed for children with autism, and other individuals who demonstrate language delays. It is based on verbal behavior, established developmental milestones, and research from the field of behavior analysis. Verbal Behavior teaches communication by connecting words with
their purposes by looking at the conditions under which a person will use language (functional analysis of language). With the focus on the meaning of words being found in their function, verbal behavior is based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Verbal behavior is classified using the following verbal operants: mand, tact, intraverbal, echoic, imitation, and listener responding (B.F. Skinner, 1957).

The components of the VB-MAPP collectively provide a baseline level of performance, a direction for intervention, a system for tracking skill acquisition, a tool for outcome measures and other language research projects, and a framework for curriculum planning. For more information, visit: http://www.marksundberg.com/vb-mapp.htm

Course Narrative:
START Mini-Intensive Training Program includes modules on understanding autism, behavior supports, educational supports, and more. Each multidisciplinary team member that work with an identified target student diagnosed with ASD will attend each module. Teams may also include parents in these training sessions.

The following Modules are included in the entire Mini Intensive Training {Each team member would be requested to attend each session}

Mini Session Information:

October 5, 2018
Orientation and Foundations in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
This module provides participants with an orientation to the START Project and an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

November 7, 2018
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Participants will gain an understanding of PBIS, functional behavioral assessment (FBA), positive behavior support plan development, how to collect relevant data, and use that information to guide the development of behavioral strategies.

December 6, 2018
Looking at ASD Differently
This module is about respecting the characteristics of ASD manifested by people on the spectrum and using their intense interests and needs to their advantage. The focus will be on a new way of thinking about behaviors associated with ASD, which is foundational for staff.

February 5, 2019
Educational Strategies
Participants are provided an opportunity to experience ASD through sensitivity awareness activities which lead to a better understanding of the learning challenges for these students. Participants learn to provide curricular accommodations and modifications so students with ASD have access to the appropriate grade-level curriculum.

April 25, 2019
System Change & Peer to Peer
Teams will meet to discuss the data collected and transition to next year for target student. The specific steps for developing a peer to peer support program will be presented including: recruitment, training, and maintenance of the peer to peer support students.

Time for all sessions unless noted in session information: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD ?
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Cost:
None

Credit:
SCECHs available upon application approval, which will be awarded after attending the series.

Maximum Participants: 30

Minimum Participants: 8

Questions?
Jennifer VanTol, OTRL
(989) 667-3285 ext. 3569
vantolj@baisd.net

 To view a copy of the flyer for this event, please click here.

Audience: High School, Middle School, and Elementary Counselors

Course Narrative: 
The purpose of this series is to assist members in the counselor community regarding current topics in their educational arena through networking, moderated discussion forums and educational workshops.

Facilitator: Salle O´Neill

To view the flyer, please click here~

Date: February 27, 2019

Registration: 7:30 – 8:00 am
CNS: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: 
Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Cost: $15

Event Questions: 
Contact Salle O´Neill at oneills@baisd.net

Registration Questions: 
Call Instructional Services:
989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net 
or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

Please send payment to:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Attn: Instructional Services
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI  48706

This program is for Bay-Arenac ISD staff only!

BAISD New teachers will have the opportunity to dive deeper into curriculum and standards, enhance instructional strategies, build on knowledge of district and community resources, work with peers towards resolving common classroom concerns and build action plans to enable program success.

2018-2019 goal ~ Support each other as colleagues in our implementation of the Michigan standards with professional learning and collaboration around essentials in literacy.

Facilitators:  Alicia Kubacki and Heather Phelps

Dates:   September 13, 2018, November 8, 2018, February 7, 2019 (cancelled) & March 14, 2019

Location:   Bay-Arenac ISD, 4228 Two Mile Road, Bay City, MI  48706

Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Event Questions:
Alicia Kubacki Heather Phelps
kubackia@baisd.net hphelps@sisd.cc

Registration Questions:
Call Instructional Services: (989) 667-3280

Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net  or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

Click here to see the flyer~

Grades 6-9 Math Teachers (for teams of regular & special education teachers).

This session is co-facilitated by two people with math expertise and two people with special education expertise, taught to mixed audiences of general math and special education educators. Within the program we will use Learning Activities to use and analyze math content, observe and discuss video case lessons, analyze learning demands and analyze teaching practices and instructional strategies that build on individual strengths and difficulties. Based on research based practices the participants will collaboratively plan and adapt accessible math lessons and enact teaching practices and instructional strategies based on student strengths and needs. 

Participants will learn to:
-Improve student learning by making math more accessible.
-Address students" needs and build on their strengths.
-Increase student success and independence.
-Improve student outcomes in math without losing the integrity of the math or setting  
          expectations too low for students.

Districts should plan on sending teams of special education and general education that teach collaboratively.

Facilitators:
Mike O’Neill and Kathy Lupp

Dates: February 11, March 1, and March 14, 2018

Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Cost: $150/person for the series

Event Questions:
Contact Mike O’Neill
oneillm@baisd.net

Registration Questions:
Call Instructional Services:
989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net
or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

Dates:  December 4, 2018; February 12, March 12, and May 14, 2019 

Facilitator:  Michelle Goaley

Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Lunch: on your own

Location: 
Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Event Questions:
Contact Michelle Goaley?
goaleym@baisd.net

Registration Questions: 
Call Instructional Services: 989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net 
          Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net
          Sara Lodewyk - lodewyks@baisd.net

Course Narrative:
The Great Lakes Bay New Teacher Academy has been designed for the following: newly hired teachers, 2nd and 3rd year teachers, teachers new to their grade level/content area. The series is specifically designed to address Section 1526 of the Michigan School Code which requires 15 days of professional development during the first three years of teaching. New teachers must participate in all sessions, as each session builds on the previous session.

Facilitators:
Kim Clark and guest speakers

Dates:
September 5, 2018
September 26, 2018
October 24, 2018
November 23, 2018
January 23, 2019
February 20, 2019 - Canceled due to forecasted inclement weather
May 1, 2019
September 2018 - May 2019 – Online reflection and journaling

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Time: 4:00 - 8:00 pm

Cost: $150

Registration Questions:
Call Instructional Services:
989-667-3280

Email: Diane Joles-jolesd@baisd.net
Sara Lodewyk-lodewyks@baisd.net
or Erika Rupert-ruperte@baisd.net

The flyer for New Teacher Academy is located here.

Description: With all the changes from ESSA and Michigan´s response to it, it is more important than ever to collaborate with our colleagues to support educational improvement. Join us at BAISD as a monthly State and Federal Programs Network facilitated by our MDE Field Consultant, Michele Sandro.

Facilitator:
Michele D. Sandro
Education Consultant
Office of Field Services
Michigan Department of Education

Dates:
September 18, 2018
October 16, 2018
December 18, 2018
February 19, 2019
March 19, 2019
April 16, 2019
May 22, 2019

Time
12:30 - 2:30 pm (includes lunch)

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Registration Questions:
Call Instructional Services: 989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net
or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

This program is for BAISD staff only!

The Trauma -Informed committee meetings will be offered 8 times during the 18-19 school year to provide staff members with an education and awareness around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma-Informed Communities. The goal of these committee meetings is to promote resiliency among children, their families, and practitioners who may be at risk for experiencing secondary trauma. The team will work to develop strategies and action steps to minimize trauma and build resiliency in our school community.

This program is for Bay-Arenac ISD Early On staff only.

The program will consist of multiple 1.25 hour programs beginning in November 2018 and running through May 2019.

November - PSP Model, Strategies, & Early On Protocol

December - Sensory Processing

January - We"ve Ditched the Toy Bag, Now WHAT?

February - Vision & Hearing Impairments

March - Community Medical Resources for families in Bay and Arenac Counties

April - Project ImPACT

May - Infant/Toddler Feeding Difficulties and Treatment Interventions

Facilitator:Steve Seward, Associate Director MASSP

NOTE: This a is four-day training. Participants should be in attendance all four days.

Description: A Collaborative Learning Experience presented by Steve Seward, Associate Director MASSP Adaptive Schools develops the collective identity and capacity of organization members as collaborators and inquirers. In the four-day Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar, participants gain:

• An increased capacity to initiate, develop and sustain high functioning groups
• New lenses for diagnosing the stages and phases of group development
• An expanded repertoire of practical facilitation tools
• Understandings of when and how to engage groups in dialogue and discussion, the limitations, forms and values of each
• Skills to move groups beyond consensus to common focus
• Ways to value and use dissension, argument and conflict
• Strategies for keeping group members on track, on topic, energized and resourceful

Date: February 26 & 27; June 10 & 11, 2019

Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Cost: $150 registration and $40 for the Adaptive Schools Learning Guide that will be used during the training.

MASSP will be offering SCECHs for this four-day training.

Flyer: The flyer can be viewed here.

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706 48706

Registration Questions:
Call Instructional Services:
989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net
or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

Please send payment to:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Attn: Instructional Services
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI  48706

Facilitators:
Dr. Donald Clark, John Mertz and Guest Presenters

Dates:
January 22, 2019  
February 2 6, 2019
March 2 6, 2019
April 2 3, 2019

Time: 4:00 – 8:00 pm

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Cost: $50

To view the flyer, please click here.

Registration Questions:
Contact Diane Joles
jolesd@baisd.net
989-667-3280

Erika Rupert
ruperte@baisd.net
989-667-3285 x3375

Sara Lodewyk
lodewyks@baisd.net
989-667-3246

This 4-part series examines the connections between spatial (geographic) thinking and its integration with the disciplines of history, civics, and economics using the context of Michigan studies (post-statehood) and a regional approach of fundamental concepts organized by topic or issue. Comprehensive curricular units that include research-based instructional strategies for teaching spatial thinking through the Arc of Inquiry, hands-on activities, literacy strategies, and best practices in both formative and summative assessment will be modeled at each session.As a result of the incorporation of disciplinary specific, critical thinking skills brought about by the design of The C3 Framework, this curriculum and accompanying professional development network are the best tools to assist 3rd and 4th grade social studies teachers in developing inquiry-based instructional units.

Kick-off date: August 15, 2018 (9:00 am - 3:30 pm)

Evening Dates - 4:30 - 8:30 pm
October 16, 2018
February 26, 2019
May 21, 2019

Cost: $125, includes lunch on the kick-off date and dinner the remaining evening sessions.

Audience: High School, Middle School, and Elementary Counselors

Course Narrative: 
The purpose of this series is to assist members in the counselor community regarding current topics in their educational arena through networking, moderated discussion forums and educational workshops.

Facilitator: Salle O´Neill

To view the flyer, please click here~

Date: February 27, 2019

Registration: 7:30 – 8:00 am
CNS: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: 
Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706

Cost: $15

Event Questions: 
Contact Salle O´Neill at oneills@baisd.net

Registration Questions: 
Call Instructional Services:
989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net 
or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

Please send payment to:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Attn: Instructional Services
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI  48706

Facilitator:Steve Seward, Associate Director MASSP

NOTE: This a is four-day training. Participants should be in attendance all four days.

Description: A Collaborative Learning Experience presented by Steve Seward, Associate Director MASSP Adaptive Schools develops the collective identity and capacity of organization members as collaborators and inquirers. In the four-day Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar, participants gain:

• An increased capacity to initiate, develop and sustain high functioning groups
• New lenses for diagnosing the stages and phases of group development
• An expanded repertoire of practical facilitation tools
• Understandings of when and how to engage groups in dialogue and discussion, the limitations, forms and values of each
• Skills to move groups beyond consensus to common focus
• Ways to value and use dissension, argument and conflict
• Strategies for keeping group members on track, on topic, energized and resourceful

Date: February 26 & 27; June 10 & 11, 2019

Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Cost: $150 registration and $40 for the Adaptive Schools Learning Guide that will be used during the training.

MASSP will be offering SCECHs for this four-day training.

Flyer: The flyer can be viewed here.

Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Educational Service Center
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706 48706

Registration Questions:
Call Instructional Services:
989-667-3280
Email: Diane Joles - jolesd@baisd.net
or Erika Rupert - ruperte@baisd.net

Please send payment to:
Bay-Arenac ISD
Attn: Instructional Services
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI  48706

This program is for BAISD Staff only!

Transition committee meetings will be offered 8 times during the 18-19 school year to allow staff members who have an interest in increasing their knowledge of transition-related topics. 

The 5th-grade 7-part series examines the connections between spatial (geographic) and temporal (historical) thinking. Within the context of the revised 5th grade GLCEs, (U.S. history from the 15th century to approximately 1795), comprehensive curricular units, that include research-based instructional strategies for teaching spatial thinking through the Arc of Inquiry, hands-on activities, literacy strategies, and best practices in both formative and summative assessment will be modeled at each session.As a result of the incorporation of disciplinary-specific, critical thinking skills brought about by the design of The C3 Framework, this curriculum and accompanying professional development network are the best tools to assist 5th-grade social studies teachers in developing inquiry-based instructional units.

Kick-off date: August 16, 2018 (9:00 am - 3:30 pm)

Evening Dates run 4:30 - 8:00 pm
October 10, 2018
December 5, 2018
February 2 7, 2019
April 10, 2019
May 22, 2019

Cost: $175, includes lunch on the kick-off date and dinner the remaining evening sessions.