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2024 RISE Conference
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Monday, August 5th - Secondary Schools

Tuesday, August 6th - Elementary Schools

Important Information
  • All Staff: Choose ONE Keynote and ONE Lunch

  • Required Sessions: Attend sessions that are noted as required for your role. This will be communicated from the department or area you work with (Exceptional Children, Student Services, etc.). 

  • Filtering Sessions: You can filter sessions by clicking “Filter By Type” on the left-hand side of the page on the desktop version of Sched. “All Teachers” Sessions are for all staff. “K-2 Teachers” are targeted for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Teachers, 9-12 Teachers for High School teachers, etc. For example, a Kindergarten teacher can click “K-2 Teachers” and see all sessions that would apply to them. You can further filter by sub-type in each area, by hovering over the type: review session titles and descriptions for more specific information. The search feature in the top right is also helpful for finding sessions using keywords.

  • Networking and Collaboration Sessions: These sessions are provided for many content areas, grade levels, and specialty areas. Filter by the session type that best matches your role to see if a Networking and Collaboration/Job Alike session is offered. 

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Monday, August 5
 

9:35am EDT

How to Find & Fund Your School Based Enterprise
Monday August 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:20am EDT
339
This session is for: EC Extended Content Standards & Occupational Course of Study Teachers.
In this session, we will discuss the various ideas and options for school based enterprises for OCS and Extended Content Standards classes. We will assist with brainstorming, set up, logistics, and marketing for your enterprise. We will also introduce various ways to fund your enterprise, including local grants and organizations to pair with.
Monday August 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:20am EDT
339

9:35am EDT

Phenomenal PWNs (EC Prior Written Notice Training)
Monday August 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:20am EDT
337
EC teachers, administrators, related service providers, and school psychologists will engage in honing their skills to craft extraordinary Prior Written Notices for IEP meetings.
Speakers
avatar for Margaret Miles

Margaret Miles

EC Compliance, Cabarrus County schools
All things Special Education. 
Monday August 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:20am EDT
337

10:40am EDT

LEA Rep Training Makeup
Monday August 5, 2024 10:40am - 11:25am EDT
307
This is the yearly, required EC LEA Rep Training. Typically EC teachers attend this training before or after school at the beginning of a school year. By providing it at RISE, teachers will not have to attend a training session before or after their work hours. It can also serve as a make-up session for any school administrator that miss the summer training opportunity.
Speakers
AF

Angela Fitzwater

Director of Exceptional Children, Cabarrus County Schools
Monday August 5, 2024 10:40am - 11:25am EDT
307

11:40am EDT

Unique Learning Systems
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 12:25pm EDT
336
The purpose of the session would be to help teachers learn the basics of using the curriculum in order to instruct students using the extend standards. The basics includes setting students up, learning how to complete benchmarks and how the lessons include 3 levels in order to meet the individual student. This session is speciifc to EC staff, specificall Self-Contain Extensions Classes.
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 12:25pm EDT
336

11:40am EDT

Alternate Assessment Eligibility Worksheet and Alternate Assessment Assurance - What? Why? Where? How? So many questions!!
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 12:25pm EDT
337
To guide and support IEP teams in determining whether a student is most appropriately instructed towards alternate academic achievement standards and assessed with an alternate assessment, the NCDPI, in consultation with stakeholders, has developed an Alternate Assessment Eligibility and Alternate Assessment Assurance Worksheets found in ECATS. This tool clarifies and requires IEP team members to have meaningful discussions around student data and evaluations, to make the most informed decision for the student’s course of study. This tool is required for IEP teams to use within ECATS in the special factors section of the IEP when discussing the Extended Content Standards pathway. Join us in answering the questions of "What does this mean? Why is it required? Where do we find the data? How do I have these conversations?" Learn how to facilitate data driven decisions for ECS students by utilizing this new tool at your IEP meetings.
Speakers
avatar for Mary Carol Clark

Mary Carol Clark

EC Instructional Coordinator, Cabarrus County Schools
CS

Carrie Swanson

EC Instructional Coordinator, Cabarrus County Schools
TW

Trina Wenzel

Principal, Cabarrus County Schools
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 12:25pm EDT
337

11:40am EDT

Administering the Brigance and DASH-3 for Educational Evaluations and IEP Goal Support
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
339
This session is specifically for Extended Content Standard EC teachers who will be explicitly trained to administer, score, and interpret standardized educational evaluation assessments including the DASH-3 and Brigance. These educational tools will help EC teachers gather student strengths, needs, and develop present levels of performance to create meaningful IEP goals. Attendees will leave the session equipped with the skills to link assessment to instruction in order to best support students with disabilities through extended content standards.
Speakers
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
339

11:40am EDT

From Inquiry to Resolution: Mastering Manifestation Determination Reviews
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
338
In this comprehensive training session, participants will embark on a journey to master the intricate process of Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs) in the realm of special education. Understanding the importance of MDRs in ensuring fairness, equity, and appropriate educational interventions for students with disabilities is paramount. This training aims to equip educators, administrators, and stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate MDRs effectively, from the initial inquiry stage to reaching a resolution that serves the best interests of the student.
Monday August 5, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
338

12:45pm EDT

Unique Reading Program (Secondary)
Monday August 5, 2024 12:45pm - 1:30pm EDT
336
This session will focus on how we incorporate the Unique Reading Program into our classrooms and show how we differentiate the lessons for all our students. We will also demonstrate how to use the data for writing IEPs. The Unique Reading Program is a county program that all self-contain teachers use.
Monday August 5, 2024 12:45pm - 1:30pm EDT
336

1:35pm EDT

Increasing Communication for Students with Autism
Monday August 5, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
338
Session will focus on strategies for increasing communication for students with autism. Share strategies to decrease behaviors by increasing communication options for our students with autism. Attendees will receive resources that they can print to make communication tools to use in the classroom.
Monday August 5, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
338

1:35pm EDT

CORE Word of the Day: Level Up Your Adapted Curriculum ELA Lesson in a Snap!
Monday August 5, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
337
This session will provide adaptive curriculum educators a simple routine for daily AAC core vocabulary instruction. This routine is intended to enhance the instructional value of common strategies like “core word of the week.” Many students with significant disabilities benefit from explicit, targeted instruction in the graphic symbols that represent words in their AAC. The goal of this instruction is to develop the thinking and problem-solving skills of using graphic symbols to communicate. The goal is not to teach rote, isolated symbol recognition, such as indicating the correct symbol on demand to mastery. However, this instruction is an opportunity for educators to monitor student progress with graphic symbol knowledge. Comprehensive literacy instruction includes the use of these symbols in emergent literacy routines such as shared writing and shared reading.  Attendees will be provided with an instantly implementable daily routine to integrate CORE words and literacy strategies into their adapted ELA lessons.
Speakers
avatar for Erika Kramer

Erika Kramer

Speech Language Pathologist, Cabarrus County Schools
Monday August 5, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
337
 
Tuesday, August 6
 

9:35am EDT

Phenomenal PWNs (EC Prior Written Notice Training)
Tuesday August 6, 2024 9:35am - 10:20am EDT
337
EC teachers, administrators, related service providers, and school psychologists will engage in honing their skills to craft extraordinary Prior Written Notices for IEP meetings.
Speakers
avatar for Margaret Miles

Margaret Miles

EC Compliance, Cabarrus County schools
All things Special Education. 
Tuesday August 6, 2024 9:35am - 10:20am EDT
337

10:40am EDT

LEA Rep Training Makeup
Tuesday August 6, 2024 10:40am - 11:25am EDT
307
This is the yearly, required EC LEA Rep Training. Typically EC teachers attend this training before or after school at the beginning of a school year. By providing it at RISE, teachers will not have to attend a training session before or after their work hours. It can also serve as a make-up session for any school administrator that miss the summer training opportunity.
Speakers
AF

Angela Fitzwater

Director of Exceptional Children, Cabarrus County Schools
Tuesday August 6, 2024 10:40am - 11:25am EDT
307

11:40am EDT

Alternate Assessment Eligibility Worksheet and Alternate Assessment Assurance - What? Why? Where? How? So many questions!!
Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:40am - 12:25pm EDT
337
To guide and support IEP teams in determining whether a student is most appropriately instructed towards alternate academic achievement standards and assessed with an alternate assessment, the NCDPI, in consultation with stakeholders, has developed an Alternate Assessment Eligibility and Alternate Assessment Assurance Worksheets found in ECATS. This tool clarifies and requires IEP team members to have meaningful discussions around student data and evaluations, to make the most informed decision for the student’s course of study. This tool is required for IEP teams to use within ECATS in the special factors section of the IEP when discussing the Extended Content Standards pathway. Join us in answering the questions of "What does this mean? Why is it required? Where do we find the data? How do I have these conversations?" Learn how to facilitate data driven decisions for ECS students by utilizing this new tool at your IEP meetings.
Speakers
avatar for Mary Carol Clark

Mary Carol Clark

EC Instructional Coordinator, Cabarrus County Schools
CS

Carrie Swanson

EC Instructional Coordinator, Cabarrus County Schools
TW

Trina Wenzel

Principal, Cabarrus County Schools
Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:40am - 12:25pm EDT
337

11:40am EDT

From Inquiry to Resolution: Mastering Manifestation Determination Reviews
Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
338
In this comprehensive training session, participants will embark on a journey to master the intricate process of Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs) in the realm of special education. Understanding the importance of MDRs in ensuring fairness, equity, and appropriate educational interventions for students with disabilities is paramount. This training aims to equip educators, administrators, and stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate MDRs effectively, from the initial inquiry stage to reaching a resolution that serves the best interests of the student.
Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
338

11:40am EDT

Administering the Brigance and DASH-3 for Educational Evaluations and IEP Goal Support
Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
339
This session is specifically for Extended Content Standard EC teachers who will be explicitly trained to administer, score, and interpret standardized educational evaluation assessments including the DASH-3 and Brigance. These educational tools will help EC teachers gather student strengths, needs, and develop present levels of performance to create meaningful IEP goals. Attendees will leave the session equipped with the skills to link assessment to instruction in order to best support students with disabilities through extended content standards.
Speakers
Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:40am - 1:10pm EDT
339

12:45pm EDT

Unique Learning Systems for Beginners (Elementary)
Tuesday August 6, 2024 12:45pm - 1:30pm EDT
308
This session will introduce our major curriculum source, Unique Learning System (ULS), to beginning teachers that will be using this curriculum and will be required to Benchmark using this same program. Our session would be for beginning teachers with little to no experience using this program.
Speakers
Tuesday August 6, 2024 12:45pm - 1:30pm EDT
308

1:35pm EDT

CORE Word of the Day: Level Up Your Adapted Curriculum ELA Lesson in a Snap!
Tuesday August 6, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
337
This session is targeted for: Adapted Curriculum EC teachers , SLP's, OT's , TA's in centralized placements (Living and Learning, Structured Learning, Abilities and Possibilities) Staff.
This session will provide adaptive curriculum educators a simple routine for daily AAC core vocabulary instruction.  This routine is intended to enhance the instructional value of common strategies like “core word of the week.” Many students with significant disabilities benefit from explicit, targeted instruction in the graphic symbols that represent words in their AAC. The goal of this instruction is to develop the thinking and problem-solving skills of using graphic symbols to communicate. The goal is not to teach rote, isolated symbol recognition, such as indicating the correct symbol on demand to mastery. However, this instruction is an opportunity for educators to monitor student progress with graphic symbol knowledge. Comprehensive literacy instruction includes the use of these symbols in emergent literacy routines such as shared writing and shared reading.  Attendees will be provided with an instantly implementable daily routine to integrate CORE words and literacy strategies into their adapted ELA lessons.
Speakers
avatar for Erika Kramer

Erika Kramer

Speech Language Pathologist, Cabarrus County Schools
Tuesday August 6, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
337

1:35pm EDT

Increasing Communication for Students with Autism
Tuesday August 6, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
338
Session will focus on strategies for increasing communication for students with autism. Share strategies to decrease behaviors by increasing communication options for our students with autism. Attendees will receive resources that they can print to make communication tools to use in the classroom.
Tuesday August 6, 2024 1:35pm - 2:20pm EDT
338
 


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