📝 Is your special education system ready?
✔ Timelines
✔ IEP records
✔ Progress monitoring
✔ Student schedules
✔ Consultation tips
Join us September 9 for this ElevatED SPED Learning Series session!
UFLI Foundations can make structured literacy more accessible for students with extensive support needs. With explicit instruction, individualized pacing, repetition, and meaningful practice, every learner can build foundational reading skills and experience success. 📚✨
Join the SESC PBIS District Coaches Cadre—a collaborative learning community designed to strengthen coaching practices, build district capacity, and support high-quality PBIS implementation across your schools.
Throughout the year, we'll work together to explore practical coaching strategies, strengthen Tier 1 systems, use data to drive decision-making, and develop sustainable supports that lead to positive school climates and improved student outcomes.
This cadre is an opportunity to:
✅ Collaborate with PBIS coaches from across the region
✅ Share successful practices and solve common implementation challenges
✅ Strengthen your coaching skills and leadership capacity
✅ Learn strategies to improve implementation fidelity
✅ Leave each session with practical tools and actionable next steps
📅 2026–27 Cadre Dates
🗓 September 14, 2026
🔗 Register: bit.ly/PBIScoach1
🗓 April 12, 2027
🔗 Register: bit.ly/PBIScoach2
Whether you're an experienced District-Level PBIS Coach or new to the role, this cadre will provide the support, resources, and professional network to help you lead meaningful change in your district.
Together, we can build stronger systems that create safe, predictable, positive, and engaging learning environments where every student can succeed.
SESC is excited to welcome Leila Arthur, Wesley Ruth, and Alicia Whitworth to our team! 🎉 We're also excited to celebrate Holly Hibbard and Ashley Judd as they step into new roles within SESC!
We are grateful to have each of these outstanding educators on our team. Their knowledge, experience, and commitment to educational excellence will strengthen our support for schools and districts across the region. We look forward to the impact they will make as they empower, elevate, and inspire educators and students alike.
Please join us in welcoming Leila, Wesley, and Alicia to the SESC family, and in congratulating Holly and Ashley on their new roles! 💙💚
Family conversations are changing. Is your team ready?
AI is changing how families access information. Advocacy is growing. Expectations are evolving.
Join Dr. David Bateman for a practical, one-hour conversation on building trust, strengthening communication, and moving from conflict to collaboration.
☕ Learn-A-Latte with David Bateman
📅 August 20 | 10:30 to 11:30 AM ET
📍 In Person or Virtual
Reserve your spot today:
https://app.sesccoop.org/landings/join_activity/bdVnZkDv
📧 Registering to attend virtually? We'll send the Zoom link to all registered participants before the event.
Help your students participating in the Alternate Assessment build meaningful pathways to employment and independence!
Join us for a hands-on day of learning as we explore:
✨ Career Work Experience Certification
✨ Work-Based Learning
✨ Experiential Curriculum
✨ Data Collection
✨ Person-Centered Planning
Walk away with practical strategies you can put into action immediately!
📅 September 9
⏰ 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
📍 SESC
https://bit.ly/4ff7En1
Today, 37 general and special educators at Whitley County Middle School refined their co-teaching skills with Dr. Brandi Bray, exploring how intentional planning, purposeful instructional decisions, and the right co-teaching structure can increase student engagement and learning.
When educators collaborate, students thrive! 💙💚
#CoTeaching #InclusivePractices #WhitleyCounty #ProfessionalLearning #SESCSERTAC
Our SESC consultants, Missy Conlin, Rachel Grider, Shelly Hargis, and Ashley Judd, had an incredible day with dedicated educators, sharing practical strategies and innovative tools designed to make an immediate impact in classrooms.
Throughout the day, teachers explored practical, classroom-ready strategies to strengthen instruction and student engagement through sessions on:
📚 Co-Teaching
🙋 Opportunities to Respond
💙 Practical Behavior Support Strategies
⭐ Positive Reinforcement
🤖 Google Gemini for Social Studies, Science, Arts & Exploratory Classes
💬 Socratic Seminar
✍️ Writing with AI
🎙️ NotebookLM
Thank you to Pulaski County Schools for partnering with us and for creating opportunities for educators to learn, collaborate, and grow together. We appreciate the opportunity to be part of your day!
These educators experienced the impact of Community Circles—a simple yet meaningful practice that builds trust, strengthens relationships, and creates classrooms where every student feels seen, heard, and valued. Developing a sense of belonging is a pre-requisite for learning. These teachers learned a strategy for developing community agreements in their classrooms.
Thank you to everyone who invested in learning with us today! 💙💚
Build a strong foundation for positive behavior and engaged learning this fall with our Classroom Practices Power Hour virtual after-school series!
Designed specifically for Kindergarten and 1st Grade educators, this practical, interactive series will provide classroom-ready strategies to help you create positive, predictable, and engaging learning environments where every student can thrive.
📚 Session Topics:
✅ September 9– Encouraging Appropriate Behavior-
REGISTER HERE---> bit.ly/PH0909
✅ September 23– Responding to Inappropriate Behavior
REGISTER HERE---> bit.ly/PH0923
✅ October 14– Environment & Active Supervision
REGISTER HERE---> bit.ly/CPPH1014
✅ October 28– Engagement & Opportunities to Respond
REGISTER HERE---> bit.ly/CPPH1028
🖥️ Virtual
🕞 3:45–4:45 PM (ET)
Whether you're new to the classroom or looking to strengthen the systems you already have in place, each one-hour session is packed with practical tools you can implement the very next day.
📲 Register for one session or join us for the entire series! Simply scan the QR codes on the flyer or visit the registration links provided above.
📣 Calling all PBIS Principals!
We are ecstatic to offer a PBIS Principal Cadre designed just for you! This virtual cadre will provide time to reflect on your role as a principal on the PBIS team, explore effective practices across the region, and collaborate with fellow principals throughout the Southeast South-Central region.
📅 September 30, 2026
📅 March 9, 2027
⏰ 8:30–10:00 a.m.
💻 Via Zoom—connect right from your office!
Shelly and Holly cannot wait to see you! See the flyer below for registration information.
🚣 Find Your Crew. Fill Your Toolbox. Fuel Your Passion.
The MSD Teacher Network is your place to connect with educators who understand the work you do every day.
Spend a day learning, collaborating, and leaving with ideas you can put into practice immediately.
See you at SESC!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nVdCNbgEWsd3x9ewaNIkup6bDy0RdV5I/view?usp=sharing
We loved the staff’s incredible work ethic and dedication to supporting students. We felt right at home as Harlan County Black Bears! 🐻💚
#HarlanCountyBlackBears #ChronicAbsenteeism #IEPImplementation #SpecialEducation #StudentSuccess #ProfessionalLearning #Teamwork #SESC
Participation in Kentucky's Alternate Assessment should be based on evidence, not assumptions.
Join Annie Conner for a practical session that will walk administrators, ARC chairpersons, LBD teachers, and MSD teachers through:
✅ State eligibility criteria
✅ Common misconceptions
✅ Defensible, data-based decision making
📅 September 3
🕣 8:30-11:30 AM
💻 Virtual via Zoom
Register today!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12J7rC1C4Myh_u9I1z1jlNkRstFu0OkmN/view?usp=sharing
#SpecialEducation #AlternateAssessment #KentuckyEducation #SESC
📢 ARC Chairperson Training
Are you serving as an ARC Chairperson or preparing to step into the role? Join us for this in-person training designed to support you in leading effective Admissions and Release Committee (ARC) meetings with confidence!
🗓 August 27, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 GC Garland Building, London, KY
This session is ideal for individuals who will be facilitating ARC meetings and want to strengthen their understanding of responsibilities, processes, and best practices.
Don’t miss this opportunity to build your leadership skills and ensure compliance in ARC meetings!
👉 Register using the link or QR code on the flyer.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a6KeaXD1QdQFV7EyE5NDUxT7rk3qjLNj/view?usp=sharing
For questions, contact:
📧 brandi.bray1@sesccoop.org
📧 april.brock@sesccoop.org
Are you looking for Certified Evaluation Update training for the 2026-27 school year? SESC and P3 are ready to support you! SESC will once again offer a 5-hour Asynchronous Certified Evaluation Update training followed by a required 1-hour debrief session. The guidesheet will be shared with school and district leaders on May 18th.
In-person options will be offered by the Principal Partnership Project (P3) on Sept. 15th at SESC, with other virtual options available. If you have questions, contact renee.hibbard@sesccoop.org or connie.brookins@sesccoop.org
📣 MSD Teachers: You Belong Here.
Join a community built specifically for educators serving students with significant disabilities.
✔ Practical learning
✔ Real conversations
✔ Shared problem solving
✔ Ongoing support
Because your work matters, and so do you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nVdCNbgEWsd3x9ewaNIkup6bDy0RdV5I/view?usp=sharing
✨ Less stress. More confidence.
Learn practical organizational tips and ARC processes that help special educators stay compliant and focused on students.
📅 Sept. 9 | 12:00-3:00 PM ET | Zoom
Register today: https://bit.ly/4dq4ETQ
#SESC #SERTAC
