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2024 October REN/IMESD Professional Development Summit
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Welcome to the scheduling platform for the 2024 Professional Development Summit, hosted by the Oregon Trail Regional Educator Network and Intermountain ESD in cooperation with Pendleton School District.  
* Click on sessions to create your schedule for October 11th, 2024.
* Please note that some sessions are 2 hours in length. Session times are specified in the session description. 
* All sessions are IN-PERSON at Pendleton High School: 1800 NW Carden Avenue Pendleton, OR

*All participants must park in the student parking lot (located on the east side of the school) OR the main parking lot. All participants will enter the cafeteria next to the east side student parking lot. Registration & breakfast will occur in the cafeteria. 
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Friday, October 11
 

8:45am PDT

Keynote Address: "Fired Up for Education: Elevate Your Life with Purpose, Wellness, and Connection"
Friday October 11, 2024 8:45am - 9:45am PDT
Centered around the five pillars of her book, From Burnt Out to Fired Up!—reflect, reframe, refocus, reconnect, and reveal—Morgane’s 50 minute keynote, Fired Up for Education, promises to equip educators and leaders with a robust toolbox of strategies for enhancing resilience, wellness, and purpose in their professional lives through engaging narratives, relatable examples, and simple but applicable approaches.
Speakers
MM

Morgane Michael

Keynote Speaker & Educator
Friday October 11, 2024 8:45am - 9:45am PDT
Pendleton High School Auditorium 1800 NW Carden Ave.

10:00am PDT

SB 13: Tribal History, Shared History
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
We will dive into the senate bill and discuss the requirements of school districts to implement the Tribal history lesson plans within the available grade levels. We will also discuss the Tribal place-based lessons that compliment the state generated lessons.
Speakers
BS

Brent Spencer

Indian Education Coordinator, Oregon Department of Education
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Room 327

10:00am PDT

The CARE Program: Reducing Childhood Adversity
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Join us for an interactive session discussing helpful tools when working with dysregulated students, tips on identifying secondary trauma in yourself and others, and ways to build healthy connections to reduce childhood adversity.
Speakers
JG

Jenni Galloway

Umatilla County CARE Coordinator, CARE
MK

Maggie King

Umatilla County CARE Specialist, CARE
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Room 311

10:00am PDT

Teacher and Staff Wellness through a Dynamic Wellness Partnership between EOU Health and Human Performance and La Grande School District
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
This session will present the structure and impact of our ongoing wellness collaboration between the EOU Lab for Exercise Assessment and Performance and the La Grande OR School District. This collaboration offers LGSD Teachers and Staff access to lab based wellness testing including metabolic rate, physiologic stress analysis, exercise efficiency, and blood pressure. This provides participants with individualized information for increased understanding of aspects of health and an information for following changes. Additionally, we offer Nutrition Q and A sessions to teachers, healthy cooking classes, and produce a wellness podcast to address questions and topics teachers are interested in.  
Speakers
DK

Dr. Kyle Pfaffenbach

Associate Professor Dept. of Physical Activity and Health, Eastern Oregon University
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Room 302
  Wellness

10:00am PDT

Yoga and Meditation
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Come relax with us! Learn how to utilize yoga, breath work and meditative practices to maximize your work day.
**Yoga equipment will be provided, but if you would prefer to bring your own mat, please do so!
Speakers
AM

Auriana Miller

Yoga Instructor, Miller Movement
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
PHS Gold Gym (gym by student parking lot & cafeteria)
  Wellness

10:00am PDT

Truly Trauma-Informed? Actionable Systems & Practices for Implementing Trauma-Informed Care
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
**PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A 2-HOUR SESSION

How can educators, schools or agencies know they are aligned with trauma-informed principles on the journey of meeting the needs of children with trauma histories, and how do we measure that progress?

When we create systems and processes that meet the needs of students with impacts of trauma, how can we be assured that our systems meet the needs of ALL students to achieve?

What will I learn?
  1. PRINCIPLES that clearly define what it means for a system or an individual classroom to be trauma-informed
  2. COMPARISONS of how traditional systems align to trauma-informed principles as compared to trauma-informed systems 
  3. PROCESSES to assess where your classroom, school or agency is currently at on the journey to becoming trauma-informed 
  4. ACTIVITIES to plan actionable steps and strategies to continue down the road to becoming more trauma-informed 
  5. APPLICATION of how to take the information learned and create successful and effective systems, routines and approaches.
This workshop-style training is intended for educators - administrators, classroom teachers, school counselors, educational assistants, etc., and those from other human-serving agencies.

Participants will experience a combination of didactic instruction, visuals, and examples, followed by hands-on creation of a plan to take back to their particular setting to implement with students who struggle due to trauma impacts or other causes of chronic challenging behavior.
Speakers
avatar for Doris Bowman

Doris Bowman

Consultants, Bowman Consulting Group
Nationally regarded experts on the topics of Trauma-Informed and Resiliences practices, Bowman Consulting Group is known for their content solidly anchored in the most current neuroscience and coherence research, and translating these into actionable practices for educators and mental... Read More →
Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Room 230

11:00am PDT

Finding Solutions!
Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
This will be a discussion-based session in which we explore solutions that YOU can feel good about in your classroom. Based on the book "The Anxious Generation" --exploring how social media and smartphones have impacted mental health for students--let's explore solutions together!
Speakers
DA

Dr. Angela Vossenkuhl

College of Education faculty, Eastern Oregon University
Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Room 315

11:00am PDT

Health is Wealth: Discussing the Importance of Personal Wellbeing
Before we can prepare our students for their futures, we have to be willing to put our health first.  I believe we are not able to give our best to our students when we neglect our bodies and put other things in front of our personal wellbeing. During this session we will discuss the importance of self-care as educators. We will practice meal preparation, discuss the importance of physical activity, define personal wellbeing as individuals, and allow for a round-table discussion to learn tips and tricks from other educators on how they promote a healthy lifestyle. Please reach out to me at kclark@pendletonsd.org if you have any food allergies, as we will be making a couple small food items to practice meal preparation.  
Speakers
KC

Kaden Clark

Culinary Arts & Hospitality Instructor, Pendleton High School
  Wellness

11:00am PDT

The New World of Financial Literacy
Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
The world of finance is always changing.  What used to be common knowledge and easy has evolved to become complex.  Participants will learn some key components of a strong financial foundation in today's world.  
Topics will include:  
  • How does Credit work today?   
  • How to prepare for housing options
  • Retirement Essentials  
  • Q & A 
Speakers
GG

Greg Galloway

Regional Manager, American Pacific Mortgage
Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Room 304
  Wellness

11:00am PDT

Yoga and Meditation
Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Come relax with us! Learn how to utilize yoga, breath work and meditative practices to maximize your work day.
**Yoga equipment will be provided, but if you would prefer to bring your own mat, please do so!
Speakers
AM

Auriana Miller

Yoga Instructor, Miller Movement
Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
PHS Gold Gym (gym by student parking lot & cafeteria)
  Wellness

1:00pm PDT

Finding Solutions!
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
This will be a discussion-based session in which we explore solutions that YOU can feel good about in your classroom. Based on the book "The Anxious Generation" --exploring how social media and smartphones have impacted mental health for students--let's explore solutions together!
Speakers
DA

Dr. Angela Vossenkuhl

College of Education faculty, Eastern Oregon University
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Room 315

1:00pm PDT

The Skills You Thought You Had
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
We will be exploring the executive functioning skills of adults and children and their connection to behavior. In this presentation, you will learn how to identify your strong and weak skills and how to lend your strong skills to students.  
Speakers
MD

Maria Davis

Behavior Specialist, Pendleton School District
JH

Jolene Hudson

Interventionist, Pendleton School District
avatar for Josh McGraw

Josh McGraw

Teacher, Pendleton School District
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Room 206

1:00pm PDT

SB 13: Tribal History, Shared History
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
We will dive into the senate bill and discuss the requirements of school districts to implement the Tribal history lesson plans within the available grade levels. We will also discuss the Tribal place-based lessons that compliment the state generated lessons.
Speakers
BS

Brent Spencer

Indian Education Coordinator, Oregon Department of Education
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Room 327

1:00pm PDT

The CARE Program: Reducing Childhood Adversity
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Join us for an interactive session discussing helpful tools when working with dysregulated students, tips on identifying secondary trauma in yourself and others, and ways to build healthy connections to reduce childhood adversity.
Speakers
JG

Jenni Galloway

Umatilla County CARE Coordinator, CARE
MK

Maggie King

Umatilla County CARE Specialist, CARE
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Room 311

1:00pm PDT

"Proactive" Isn't Just for Cleaning Your Face
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
"BEING PROACTIVE" is the number one strategy for curbing discipline issues and anticipating classroom surprises!  In this session we will share strategies, tips and tricks as well as provide time to plan and collaborate with your peers! Together we will wash away classroom chaos and stress, leaving behind only a refreshed and stress-free learning environment everyone will love!  
Speakers
LT

Lela Thieme

Secondary science teacher, Pilot Rock School District
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Room 340

1:00pm PDT

Oregon's Early Literacy Framework: Joyful Research-Aligned Literacy Learning
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
To provide a research-aligned and joyful vision for literacy learning, in 2023 the Oregon Department of Education released the Oregon Early Literacy Framework. The framework, along with the Early Literacy Success School District Grants, provided investment and guidance to enhance early literacy instruction in Oregon. Join us for an engaging session designed to develop participants’ understanding and importance of Oregon’s Early Literacy Framework. After an overview of the framework, participants will choose a section of the framework that they would like to explore more deeply. Educators will reflect on their own practice and role in promoting early literacy and leave with concrete ideas for enhancing literacy instruction.
Speakers
MS

Martha Sandstead

ODE Literacy Specialist, Oregon Department of Education
AP

Alexa Pearson

ODE Assistant Superintendent, Oregon Department of Education
AC

Angelica Cruz

Early Learning Specialist, Oregon Department of Education
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Room 233

1:00pm PDT

Health is Wealth: Discussing the Importance of Personal Wellbeing
Before we can prepare our students for their futures, we have to be willing to put our health first.  I believe we are not able to give our best to our students when we neglect our bodies and put other things in front of our personal wellbeing. During this session we will discuss the importance of self-care as educators. We will practice meal preparation, discuss the importance of physical activity, define personal wellbeing as individuals, and allow for a round-table discussion to learn tips and tricks from other educators on how they promote a healthy lifestyle. Please reach out to me at kclark@pendletonsd.org if you have any food allergies, as we will be making a couple small food items to practice meal preparation.  
Speakers
KC

Kaden Clark

Culinary Arts & Hospitality Instructor, Pendleton High School
  Wellness

1:00pm PDT

Yoga and Meditation
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Come relax with us! Learn how to utilize yoga, breath work and meditative practices to maximize your work day.
**Yoga equipment will be provided, but if you would prefer to bring your own mat, please do so!
Speakers
AM

Auriana Miller

Yoga Instructor, Miller Movement
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
PHS Gold Gym (gym by student parking lot & cafeteria)
  Wellness

1:00pm PDT

What About That Kid Who’s Always Dysregulated? The One Who’s Triggered No Matter What?
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
**PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A 2-HOUR SESSION in the PHS Auditorium

Full Description of Workshop:
Taking a trauma-responsive approach to student intervention and discipline can mean making a lot of changes to how we respond to students. We can focus on using regulation, we can use neuroscience-aligned interventions, and we can provide significant levels of support, but what about when it’s STILL NOT WORKING? What can we do when all the things that SHOULD be working AREN’T?!

Consultations with school districts across the country, often on their most difficult student cases, have provided Rick & Doris with a unique opportunity to see themes in the deeper layers of how to help staff effectively work with students who are struggling and suffering the most, and often presenting the most challenging behaviors.

A sampling of strategies that will be covered includes: using patterned language during times of regulation in order to desensitize the nervous system, using the trauma-informed principle of control to proactively impact the nervous system, using physiological practices to set a new baseline for the nervous system and brain.

Objectives for the Workshop:
1) Participants will be able to identify the indicators of a student nervous system that requires a different approach
2) Participants will be able to identify the starting point of ANS work required for a given student
3) Participants will be able to describe the two most important steps/strategies to start with for a given student who shows chronic dysregulation
Speakers
avatar for Doris Bowman

Doris Bowman

Consultants, Bowman Consulting Group
Nationally regarded experts on the topics of Trauma-Informed and Resiliences practices, Bowman Consulting Group is known for their content solidly anchored in the most current neuroscience and coherence research, and translating these into actionable practices for educators and mental... Read More →
Friday October 11, 2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Pendleton High School Auditorium 1800 NW Carden Ave.

2:00pm PDT

The Skills You Thought You Had
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
We will be exploring the executive functioning skills of adults and children and their connection to behavior. In this presentation, you will learn how to identify your strong and weak skills and how to lend your strong skills to students.  
Speakers
MD

Maria Davis

Behavior Specialist, Pendleton School District
avatar for Josh McGraw

Josh McGraw

Teacher, Pendleton School District
JH

Jolene Hudson

Interventionist, Pendleton School District
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Room 206

2:00pm PDT

Health is Wealth: Discussing the Importance of Personal Wellbeing
Before we can prepare our students for their futures, we have to be willing to put our health first.  I believe we are not able to give our best to our students when we neglect our bodies and put other things in front of our personal wellbeing. During this session we will discuss the importance of self-care as educators. We will practice meal preparation, discuss the importance of physical activity, define personal wellbeing as individuals, and allow for a round-table discussion to learn tips and tricks from other educators on how they promote a healthy lifestyle. Please reach out to me at kclark@pendletonsd.org if you have any food allergies, as we will be making a couple small food items to practice meal preparation.  
Speakers
KC

Kaden Clark

Culinary Arts & Hospitality Instructor, Pendleton High School
  Wellness

2:00pm PDT

Teacher and Staff Wellness through a Dynamic Wellness Partnership between EOU Health and Human Performance and La Grande School District
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
This session will present the structure and impact of our ongoing wellness collaboration between the EOU Lab for Exercise Assessment and Performance and the La Grande OR School District. This collaboration offers LGSD Teachers and Staff access to lab based wellness testing including metabolic rate, physiologic stress analysis, exercise efficiency, and blood pressure. This provides participants with individualized information for increased understanding of aspects of health and an information for following changes. Additionally, we offer Nutrition Q and A sessions to teachers, healthy cooking classes, and produce a wellness podcast to address questions and topics teachers are interested in.  
Speakers
DK

Dr. Kyle Pfaffenbach

Associate Professor Dept. of Physical Activity and Health, Eastern Oregon University
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Room 302
  Wellness

2:00pm PDT

The New World of Financial Literacy
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
The world of finance is always changing.  What used to be common knowledge and easy has evolved to become complex.  Participants will learn some key components of a strong financial foundation in today's world.  
Topics will include:  
  • How does Credit work today?   
  • How to prepare for housing options
  • Retirement Essentials  
  • Q & A 
Speakers
GG

Greg Galloway

Regional Manager, American Pacific Mortgage
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Room 304
  Wellness

2:00pm PDT

Yoga and Meditation
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Come relax with us! Learn how to utilize yoga, breath work and meditative practices to maximize your work day.
**Yoga equipment will be provided, but if you would prefer to bring your own mat, please do so!
Speakers
AM

Auriana Miller

Yoga Instructor, Miller Movement
Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
PHS Gold Gym (gym by student parking lot & cafeteria)
  Wellness

3:00pm PDT

Feedback Surveys LIVE + PDUs
Friday October 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:15pm PDT
Thank you for participating!
Feedback surveys will be emailed out to all participants. PDU certificates will be generated following completion of the survey. Questions? Contact: emily.williams@imesd.k12.or.us

Friday October 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:15pm PDT
 

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