Educational Professionals
4/15/20
Resource Summer Catalog 2020
Resource's Summer Catalog is now available online! View all of the classes, workshops, and training opportunities that are available for regional educators this summer!
Equipping and recognizing educators through training and awards.
Teachers are the foundation of our communities. They are supporting the next generation to explore and lead in a new world. At Resource, we believe we cannot do enough to support them.
Resource focuses on providing relevant professional development each summer for teachers as well as other needed training to enable more people to enter this life-changing field. Resource has been a leader in equipping substitute teachers, paraprofessionals and those looking to earn their licensure or serve as principals.
Resource elevates teachers and educational support staff through annual award programs and works closely with school leaders to implement positive, sustainable change in their increasingly complex worlds.
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Trainings to equip substitute teachers
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Teachers and staff honored
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Guests celebrating educators
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Book Club - Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve SchoolsEducational Professionals
Jul 14
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Jul 21
Jul 28
Aug 4
Aug 11
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Book Club - Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools
Join regional educators to read and discuss Horn & Staker's text Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools. Weekly discussions (July 14-Aug. 10, 10-11 am each Tuesday) will take place via Zoom. Participants are responsible for purchasing the text on their own. This group will discuss the reading and how to apply what they've learned to our unknown future educational settings. Register here: https://resourcecoop.teachable.com/p/book-club-blended-using-disruptive-innovation-to-improve-schools
Differentiation for Linguistically Diverse StudentsEducational Professionals
Aug 4
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Aug 5
Aug 6
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Differentiation for Linguistically Diverse Students
English language learners need instruction that is differentiated to meet the needs unique to learning an additional language and grade-appropriate content.
Differentiation for Linguistically Diverse StudentsEducational Professionals
Aug 4
9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Aug 5
Aug 6
Educational Professionals
Differentiation for Linguistically Diverse Students
English language learners need instruction that is differentiated to meet the needs unique to learning an additional language and grade-appropriate content.
Surviving Change in Education: Self-Care in an Ever-Changing OccupationEducational Professionals
Aug 6
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
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Surviving Change in Education: Self-Care in an Ever-Changing Occupation
Change is constant and it seems to keep coming at us in education. Teachers are often left with the feeling on having to add "yet, another thing" to their plate. This on top of the already high demands of the job. Learn how to thrive when changes come and how to set boundaries to make sure you get home and leave work at work!
Good Intentions are Not Enough: Cultural CompetencyEducational Professionals
Aug 6
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Good Intentions are Not Enough: Cultural Competency
In this workshop, participants will dig deeper into equipping and empowering themselves to interrupt systems that fail to be conducive to learning for all student groups. Participants will learn how to address inequities and inequitable practices in their schools. Participants will meet the PELSB Cultural Competency requirements for re-licensure.
Implementing the New Science Standards through Team Teach with Mother NatureEducational Professionals
Aug 10
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Implementing the New Science Standards through Team Teach with Mother Nature
Join experienced educators to experiment with innovative ways to incorporate the new science standards using a nearby space as an outdoor classroom. Jump into some interactive science and engineering lessons you can do right in your own schoolyard.
#ConnectionOn! Reclaiming a Culture of Human ConnectionEducational Professionals
Aug 10
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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#ConnectionOn! Reclaiming a Culture of Human Connection
Human Connection MATTERS! However, as our society settles into our new normal, how do we not leave human connection behind? Based off Joe's 18 years of experience speaking in schools world-wide, this dynamic and high-energy keynote equips educators with easy-to-implement tools* that maximize human connection, boost personal happiness, and optimize student impact.
Institute for Personalized Learning: Standards-Based LearningEducational Professionals
Aug 11
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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Institute for Personalized Learning: Standards-Based Learning
During the Standards-Based Learning workshop, participants will explore and analyze a variety of resources from which curriculum and assessments are developed, including, but not limited to Common Core, ACT and ACT Aspire, NGSS, MAP Assessments, and Lucy Calkins and Jim Burke units of study for literacy. Through this analysis, participants will engage in dialogue around the importance of developing standards of focus and understanding how those standards develop across the learning continuum.
Understanding MN's New Science Standards: SecondaryEducational Professionals
Aug 13
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Understanding MN's New Science Standards: Secondary
This workshop explores the changes between the and Minnesota science standards. One change is the shift from students learning about science content to students engaging in the practices of science. The workshop takes a deep dive into science and engineering practice, tailored for secondary teachers. It concludes by looking at resources available to teachers as they tackle the shift.
Understanding MN's New Science Standards: ElementaryEducational Professionals
Aug 14
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Understanding MN's New Science Standards: Elementary
This workshop explores the changes between the and Minnesota science standards. One change is the shift from students learning about science content to students engaging in the practices of science. The workshop takes a deep dive into science and engineering practice, tailored for elementary teachers. It concludes by looking at resources available to teachers as they tackle the shift.
Institute for Personalized Learning How Series: Educators as Learners Educational Professionals
Aug 20
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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Institute for Personalized Learning How Series: Educators as Learners
Participants will discuss the importance of the coach's role when conferring and conferencing in the learning environment, along with learning strategies for providing timely actionable feedback. Participants will explore multiple instructional methods and modes that move educators toward the role of a coach. They will also dig into how the use of learning readiness based groupings support the shift to a learner-centered environment.