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**This book study is worth one graduate credit or fifteen CECH.** Educators will have a vital role to play in the rapidly emerging artificial intelligence revolution. Humanity and technology are teaming up to unleash a brand-new world of possibilities filled with groundbreaking advances that will allow us to reimagine teaching and learning! Are you an educator looking to stay ahead in the ever-changing world of education? Look no further than The AI Classroom, the ultimate guide for navigating the complexities of AI in education. This thought-provoking book provides practical strategies for incorporating AI tools into your teaching practices, while exploring the potential of AI to transform traditional models of teaching and learning. Discover how AI can help you create inclusive and accessible learning environments, personalize learning, reach more students, and get your time back. Let’s unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence and embrace its transformative power to take your craft to the next level! In The AI Classroom you will find: Prep and Edit Prompting Framework 40+ Prompts for Educators 20+ AI Tools to Aid UDL Guidelines 30+ AI Tools Educators can use NOW Strategies to Save Teachers Time   Disclaimer for The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education This book provides an extensive and wide-ranging exploration of artificial intelligence in education, including a large number of tools, platforms, and practical applications. While it offers valuable insights and suggestions, it is not intended to serve as a step-by-step tutorial guide for each platform mentioned. We strongly encourage readers to approach the book as a launch point for exploration. Given the rapidly evolving nature of AI tools, it is important to set aside dedicated time to independently explore, experiment, and determine which platforms best align with your goals and context. Our role is to support your learning journey, but we cannot provide individual tutorials for the many tools referenced. Embracing curiosity, trial and error, and self-guided discovery will be key to making the most of the resources shared.   Book: The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education by Dan Fitzpatrick, Amanda Fox, and Brad Weinstein Website: The AI Classroom Resources Read more

* This course is worth either 15 continuing education contact hours (CECH) or one graduate credit.    Podcast PD is an innovative, asynchronous professional development opportunity offered by SDEA. This format allows you to engage in learning at your own pace—no weekly deadlines, in-person meetings, or Zoom sessions required.   With ten different podcasts to choose from, you can select topics that align with your content area, professional interests, and learning goals. Each session includes a reflection component, and participants can mix and match podcast episodes.   This flexible approach empowers educators to take control of their professional growth while fitting learning into their busy schedules.   Participants will listen to ten podcast episodes of their choice from the list provided. If you have an education-related podcast you’d like to use that is not included, please reach out for approval. Cult of Pedagogy Truth for Teachers The Resilient Teacher Shake Up Learning Show The Creative Classroom The Learning Scientists Podcast The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast The Intentional IEP Special Educators Resource Room School ME neaToday Read more

**This book study is worth one graduate credit of 15 continuing education contact hours.  Are you a teacher who struggles with emotional storms in your classroom? Do you wonder how this impacts your students' learning and wellbeing? And what about the impact these storms have on you? In today's world, many children struggle to manage their emotions at school, which can negatively affect the learning of others. But what if you could reduce stress and disruption in the classroom and instead support a calm and connected learning environment? Emotional Storms will increase your knowledge of the various causes of dysregulation. In this easy-to-follow guide, you'll learn simple, time-efficient prevention strategies you can use in your classroom every day. You will also gain ideas on how to turn the tide if a storm is imminent and minimize the impact of those that do occur. Your role in supporting and educating children is vital and inherently stressful, so this must-read book also provides crucial information on self-care and wellbeing. Teachers aim to change the world by educating young minds, and children learn best when they are 'safe and social'. Armed with the powerful information in this text, you can connect the two and benefit students today as well as the generations who follow.   BOOK: “The Emotional Storm: Preventing Dysregulation in the Classroom” by Anne Maree Tadey  Read more

*This is a blended learning course that will meet online for six Thursdays. It is worth 15 CECH or one graduate credit. The Zoom meeting will take place at 9:00 AM Mountain Time / 10:00 AM Central Time. May 28 (Introduction meeting - 30 minutes) June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2  July 9   Principals and teachers, can you imagine being empowered with the knowledge to: work with super-charged confidence because you have clarity about how to ensure equity for EVERY student at your school? identify the difference between cosmetic gestures of equity and powerful equitable practices that are practical and impactful? leverage equitable practices that will make student achievement both measurable and predictable? lean into the collective genius at your school because you understand that the answers are in the room? Can you imagine never again wondering if you make a difference because you now understand you are the difference? IF YOU ANSWERED “YES” TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, YOU NEED RUTHLESS EQUITY. In this powerful, unvarnished, status-quo-disrupting examination of the internal obstacles to providing genuine equal opportunities for every student at every school, bestselling author Ken Williams shows readers how to identify and defeat the enemy of equity by unlocking these barriers through mindset and practice.   RUTHLESS EQUITY is a provocative, empowering coach and guide guaranteed to galvanize every educator who dreams of being an equity warrior able to deliver on the promise of ensuring learning, excellence and achievement for ALL students, regardless of background.   Book: Ruthless Equity: Disrupt the Status Quo and Ensure Learning for ALL Students by Ken Williams Website: https://unfoldthesoul.com/podcast https://www.youtube.com/user/unfoldthesoul/videos Ruthless Equity Book Videos                            Read more

**This book study is worth one graduate credit of 15 continuing education contact hours.  This book study is designed for teachers who want to better understand the IEP process or for SPED teachers seeking a refresher. Explore strategies for data collection, goal writing, and family engagement. Learn how to put together IEPs with the power to make a real difference for students The Intentional IEP shows special education teachers how to successfully collaborate with all stakeholders―parents or guardians, general ed teachers, therapists, and beyond―to work toward students’ success. Too many of us aren’t trained to write the Individualized Education Programs that help millions of students thrive in school. This book fills that training gap, explaining the importance of assembling an IEP team and inviting this team to confront and improve its current processes and habits to make IEP writing simpler and more effective. With all the pressures that educators are under, it’s easy to cut corners when it comes time to write IEPs. Writing them in isolation, leaving them to the night before, making decisions without consulting data and research, letting family collaboration fall to the wayside―most special educators have made these mistakes at some point. The Intentional IEP equips you with the resources you need to feel confident in approaching IEPs the right way, including prioritizing the many competing demands you face so you can find the capacity to show up for your students.  The Intentional IEP is a timely resource for special education teachers, general education teachers, and support staff, as well as teacher training programs. Parents and guardians with students will also benefit from this clearly written guide to the IEP.   Book: The Intentional IEP: A Team Approach to Better Outcomes for Students and Their Families by Stephanie DeLussey Website: The Intentional IEP More brainpower. Less paperwork. Read more

**This book study is worth one graduate credit of 15 continuing education contact hours.    Fed up with students who talk over you and ignore instructions? Drained and worn out by disruption, disobedience, and defiance? Does the thought of facing some groups fill you with utter dread?   Drawing on 20+ years experience in special education and mainstream settings, teacher-trainer Rob Plevin explains a proven, step-by-step plan for successfully managing the most challenging individuals and groups in today’s toughest classrooms. Packed with powerful, fast-acting techniques – including a novel routine to get any class quiet in 15 seconds or less – this book helps teachers across all age groups connect and succeed with hard-to-reach, reluctant learners. You’ll discover: The simple six-step plan to minimise & deal with classroom behaviour problems How to gain trust & respect from tough, hard-to-reach students How to put an end to power struggles & confrontation How to have students follow your instructions… with no need to repeat yourself The crucial importance of consistency (and how to achieve it) Quick and easy ways to raise engagement and enjoyment in your lessons The ‘Clean Slate’ – a step by step method you can use to ‘start over’ with that particularly difficult group of students who won’t do anything you say.   Take Control of the Noisy Class provides hundreds of practical ideas and interventions to end your classroom management struggles & create a thoroughly enjoyable lesson climate for all concerned.   Book: Take Control of the Noisy Class: Chaos to Calm in 15 Seconds by Rob Plevin Website: https://www.needsfocusedteaching.com/book-resources                      Read more