SEIS Issue 17

Virginia Department of Education sent this bulletin at 11/20/2020 08:12 AM EST

November 20, 2020

Virginia Special Education Instructional Services provides a direct line of communication with Virginia’s educators, paraprofessionals, and special education administrators and focuses on specially designed instruction for students with disabilities. This publication provides a way to share new resources as well as make special educators aware of professional development opportunities and resources of interest to special educators.

All educators are encouraged to sign up to receive these Special Education Instructional Services emails directly from VDOE.

Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative (VMPI)

Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is hosting regional 45-minute webinars to collect stakeholder feedback specifically from Kindergarten (K)-12 mathematics teachers and to provide an overview of the VMPI recommendations as they specifically relate to the classroom teacher. Any interested K-12 teacher, including special education teachers, is encouraged to register.

Targeted regional webinars will be held to ensure that space is available in each session.

December 8 at 4 p.m.: VMPI K-12 Teacher Webinar - Regions 1 & 8

December 9 at 4 p.m.: VMPI K-12 Teacher Webinar - Regions 2 & 7

December 14 at 4 p.m.: VMPI K-12 Teacher Webinar - Regions 3 & 6

December 15 at 4 p.m.: VMPI K-12 Teacher Webinar - Regions 4 & 5

Just in Time Mathematics Quick Checks Professional Development Opportunities

The VDOE will be offering two professional learning webinars on December 8, 2020, to assist teachers in using the newly developed Geometry and Algebra II Just in Time Mathematics Quick Check resources to support 2020-2021 lesson planning and instruction.

December 8 at 4:30 p.m.: Just in Time Professional Development for Geometry

December 8 at 6:30 p.m.: Just in Time Professional Development for Algebra II