Resident Educator (RE)Support at the ESCResident Educator Year-1 and Year-2 NetworkTarget Audience: Year-1 and Year-2 Resident EducatorsThis network is designed to create a community of Resident Educators to meet and support one another through study and collaboration as they complete Year-1 or Year-2 of the Resident Educator Program. Its intent is to help Resident Educators understand the overall structure, alignment and purpose of the RE Program and the thinking behind the required processes/activities. The RE Network is intended to supplement (not supplant) mentor support for developing artifacts and evidence of practice. Fee includes light refreshments – and a network of peers to last your career. REs attending all four sessions will receive a waiver to attend a one-day workshop during the 2015 June Academy.•Fee: $10 Member per session/$15 Non-member per session OR $35 Member/$55 Non-member for full series•Dates: Oct. 29, Dec. 9, March 3 and April 21•Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Mentor Teacher NetworkTarget Audience: RE Program Coordinators and Mentor TeachersThis network is designed to help program coordinators and mentor teachers successfully navigate the intricacies of the four-year induction system required of ODE’s Resident Educator (RE) program. Linda Williams, an ODE Resident Educator State Trainer, will help participants continue to deepen their understanding of the needs of beginning teachers and the RE Program Tools to differentiate mentor support. Engage in RE-focused learning topics, receive ODE updates and have opportunities to share and learn successful support strategies to help Resident Educators thrive through their four-year journey.•Fee: $29 Member/$35 Non-member OR $109 Member/$129 Non-member for full series•Dates: Oct. 6, Nov. 18, March 10 and April 28•Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.

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Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA) Facilitator and Year-3 RE NetworkTarget Audience: Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA) Facilitators and their Year-3 Resident Educator(s)Join this network to get an overview of RESA and dive into learning more about the required elements of each of its required tasks. Each meeting date will focus on a different RESA task. Learn facilitator strategies critical to supporting RE’s success in capturing their teaching performance with accuracy and depth through videos, artifacts and written commentaries. RESA Facilitators need to complete the free ODE online RESA Facilitator Certification course before attending. RESA Participant Handbook will be provided. RE state trainers will facilitate.•Fee: $29 Member/$35 Non-member OR $79 Member/$89 Non-member for full series•Dates: Oct. 9, Dec. 4 and Feb. 26•Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.

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Career Technical Center (CTC) Mentor Teacher and RE NetworkTarget Audience: CTC Mentors, Program Coordinators and Resident EducatorsResident Educators working in Career Technical Centers have unique needs to REs working in mainstream LEAs. This new network, led by Wendy Nichols, a former CTC RE Program Coordinator, will provide networking and support to better understand these unique intricacies and to provide a differentiated model of the Resident Educator program aligned to the teacher standards, RESA model and the Ohio Continuum for Professional Development.•Fee: $29 Member/$39 Non-member OR $109 Member/$129 Non-member for full series•Dates: Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Feb. 17 and April 14•Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.

ODE Resident Educator Courses at the ESCPlease register for all these courses through STARS, with the exception of the online module offered below. One hour Ashland University graduate credit option available for an additional $249 for those attending two full-day workshops. Contact Rob Engel for registration assistance at Rob.Engel@escco.org or 614.542.4187.

Instructional Mentoring: This first day of required training for ODE mentor certification defines the role of mentors and provides foundational context and content that addresses the questions: What does it mean to be an instructional mentor in a four year resident induction program? What must certified mentors in the RE program know and understand? What instructional mentoring practices and tools will they use? - Oct. 8, 13, 22, 29; Nov. 3, 5, 12, 19 (select one)

•Target Audience: RE Mentor Teachers and Program Coordinators (but available to anyone)

Analysis of Student Work: Understand and collaboratively participate in the analysis of student work. Learn to making connections among student work responses and lesson design decisions - and move beyond correcting and tracing trends and patterns. - Oct. 2; or Nov. 6 (select one)

•Target Audience: Principals

Principals Matter: Written by principals, for principals, explore the principal’s critical supportive role in the Resident Educator Program and learn alignment of principal engagement with the RE Program to OPES. - Oct. 8

•Target Audience: Required for ODE-certified Resident Educator Mentors

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Resident Educator-1: In Day 2 of required mentor training, participants deepen their RE program content knowledge. Focus is on instructional mentoring skills and how to use these skills to tailor their mentoring to the professional needs of Resident Educators. - Oct. 9, 14, 23, 30; Nov. 4, 6, 13, 20 (select one)

Providing Effective Feedback for Professional Growth: Providing feedback to Resident Educators that is deliberate, focused and transformative is critical. Learn how to construct effective feedback that supports REs as they progress from guided reflective conversation to self-reflection on practice. - Oct. 27; or Nov. 17 (select one)

Data Beyond the Numbers (online module) - Please register at www.escco.org. - This three-week online course supports and extends mentor learning for Year 2 of the Ohio Resident Educator Program. In this 15-hour interactive course, mentors will learn to recognize and experience data from a variety of sources as a result of a study of data-related words and the complexities of teaching. Additionally, the Inquiry Cycle will be introduced and mentors will have the opportunity to practice gathering data by using the cycle to deepen their skills, knowledge, and practice. - Oct. 6-24, 2014 - Nov. 3-21, 2014 (select one)

Customized Resident Educator Program SupportContact Dr. Teresa Dempsey, Director of Professional Development | Teresa.Dempsey@escco.org | 614.753.4649

•Fee: $85 for each session, except Data Beyond the Numbers, which is $65.

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