Look at this group!
Speech and Language Pathologists from across the region recently converged on CESA 8 to work on continuing education opportunities.
CESA 8 Director of Communications Dean Leisgang recently spent time with our friends at CESA 9 in Tomahawk to film a UDL Forward Implementation Trials Panel Presentation.
Thanks for the hospitality, CESA 9!
CESA 8's Director of Continuous Improvement, Jo Miller, recently worked with our staff on our professional development. There are always ways to improve, and we are eager to learn.
Reminder: spoil your mom today.
Today is School Communicators Day. CESA 8 recently created a communications department led by Dean Leisgang, and we are so happy to use Dean's services to help our districts tell their stories and engage their stakeholders.
"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom." –Michael Morpurgo
The Northwoods Youth Apprenticeship Consortium recently held a YA Coordinator meeting. The agenda included guest presentations from the Wisconsin DWD - Equal Rights Division, Wisconsin Virtual School, and Wisconsin Laborers' Apprenticeship and Training Fund. It was a great day of learning for our team, which will continue to help support our growing number of YA students.
#YouthApprenticeshipWeek
"Good teachers are the ones who can challenge young minds without losing their own." –Unknown
Everyone Engaged in Educational Excellence
"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together." –Scott Hayden
In honor of National Youth Apprenticeship Week, we have some fun facts for you:
● In our Northwoods YA Consortium, the highest participation is in the Manufacturing career pathway - with 23 apprentices. The average pay for those students is $15.01!
● The highest paying pathway is Health Science, with eight students averaging $17.94 per hour!
● There are 79 different career pathways in 13 areas. The average pay in all of these pathways is $14.17.
If you want to learn more about Youth Apprenticeships, please get in touch with CESA 8's Brooke Holbrook.
Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning. -Unknown
CESA 8 Director of Communications Dean Leisgang spent some time filming youth apprenticeship students in their work-based learning environment. It's great to see businesses like Metal Works in Gillett getting involved with local school districts by providing hands-on opportunities for students.
Teachers are those who help find strengths, wipe away tears, overpower demons, and conquer fears. -Unknown
Oh, baby, the new CESA 8 gear is awesome, especially when you have a model as good as this one. Thanks to Annie Schumacher, one of our teachers of the visually impaired, for sharing this photo of her son with his new CESA 8 onesie. The future is bright!
CESA 8 Teacher Retention & Induction DPI Project participants recently completed their final training session. Our CESA team is so proud of this group of new special education teachers as they continue to support and positively impact students in our region. They engaged in six face-to-face training sessions and six networking sessions and received six on-site coaching sessions. Twenty-three teachers completed the project from the following school districts: Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine, Bonduel, Crandon, CESA 8, Gillett, Gresham, Niagara, Oconto, Peshtigo, Shawano, Suring, Wabeno, Wausaukee, White Lake, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood. Congratulations to our outstanding special educators!
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We will be sharing links to resources throughout the month.
Educators from Shawano, Clintonville, and Florence School Districts recently converged on CESA 8 for the third installment in this year's Assessment Professional Learning series. This session focused on assessing writing across content and grade levels. CESA 8's Jennifer Ambrosius facilitated the session.
Students with visual impairments recently participated in an Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) lesson at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. The students practiced their orientation and mobility (O&M) skills while learning about pond habitats using auditory and tactile senses. The outing brought together students from nine different districts receiving vision services provided by CESA 8 Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVI) and O&M Specialists.
