No matter what season it is, we always root for teamwork and collaboration 🏆. We had championship-level discussions during our Multilingual Coaching Academy this week!
Meet Regina! 🤩 This Region 10 Reggie's Robot is ready to roll and serve a homebound student at Prosper ISD's Rushing Middle School! This robot is a VGO robot that provides an innovative solution for students to participate in the classroom from home or the hospital. Over the years, they have helped students stay connected with their peers and teachers while recovering from injuries, illness, or other factors that prevent them from being in the classroom. Reggie allows the student to develop strong teacher and peer relationships, stay socially connected, boost morale, provide tangible health benefits, and receive quality instruction without falling behind on coursework.
Collaborating and 😁s! Today, district leaders from across Region 10 joined us for the Dyslexia Coordinators Roundtable! The roundtable gave them the opportunity to connect, contribute, and build capacity to promote a culture of high expectations for students with disabilities. We shared updated information from TEA, evaluation practices, implementation practices, and service options and processes to support students in a variety of settings.
Thank you to our sponsors, Scottish Rite for Children, Learning Ally, and Reading Horizons for helping make today such a great experience!
🚧 We constructed great connections, engineered insightful discussions, and built the foundation for a great year during the first session of our Pre-K Building The Foundation Cohort! This year-long cohort of eight sessions builds upon early childhood development and instructional best practices to ensure that our educators are experts and our youngest scholars are kindergarten-ready and well-equipped for future learning. We can't wait to see all the great takeaways these participants will be building this year! 🦺
Our Abrams building was packed today, as participants at the Dyslexia Identification within the FIE session dove deep into understanding dyslexia as a specific learning disability, outlined the roles of the multidisciplinary team, learned more about the FIE process, and reviewed the two-prong requirements for eligibility for special education services. It was an action-packed, highly interactive day of learning and collaboration! 👏
Helping educators runs in the family! Today, we had the pleasure of having the granddaughters of Region 10 employees Kim Boyd and Carol Wilson join us for a fun morning at work! Just like their grandmothers, they did an outstanding job of providing excellent information during the Region 10 Early Childhood Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment training, as participants practiced their assessment skills while observing them play! 🥰
It was a 😁ing start to our 2023-2024 Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)! Today, Assistant Principals in our APLA cohort met for the first time, where they were treated to an inspiring and hands-on presentation from Peter DeWitt, Ed.D. over instructional leadership! This cohort will meet nine times over the course of the school year, and we cannot wait to see what great takeaways these participants will have from it! 🤩
What a morning of learning with Region 10 504 Leaders! 🤩 Today, these exceptional leaders gathered at Region 10 for the first Section 504 Leadership Meeting of the school year. We delved into new updates, explored hot-button topics, and engaged in hands-on activities that further deepened our understanding of the students we serve 🙌
The (book) doctor is in! Today, librarians from across Region 10 were treated to a workshop from Book Doctor Kimberly Young on how to make repairs to older books in their collection so that their books could last longer and reach more readers! 📚 Thank you to Kimberly Young for helping us provide such a useful hands-on learning experience!
It may be a short week, but there is still plenty of time for collaboration and learning! 😁 have you signed up to learn with us this summer?
Today, our first Pre-K Building The Foundations Cohort wrapped up its first year! Today, educators presented how they have applied their learning in the classroom, reflected on the past year, and enjoyed some time playing games! We are so proud of all the hard work they have put in for their young scholars! 👏😁
Today, the Dallas Association of Vocational Adjustment Coordinators (DAVAC) honored several with their end of year awards! Congratulations to these recipients for their outstanding work!
Transition Paraprofessional of the Year-Julianna Murray, Prosper ISD
Vocational Adjustment Coordinator of the Year-Kim Reed, Prosper ISD
Business of the Year-Market Street Frisco #562
Outstanding Student of the Year-Steve Diaz, Rockwall ISD
It was a day full of smiles today as 60+ athletes from districts across Region 10 joined us for the first-ever No Limits Games for students with significant disabilities! These students, who are typically unable to participate in traditional Special Olympics activities or other outdoor education experiences, had fun playing games such as basketball, bowling, cornhole, and "fishing". Thank you to everyone who helped make the day a huge success! 😁
Several of our Head Start Staff members, including our ERSA Team, Site Facilitators, and Family Resource Specialists from Crandall, Ennis, Mabank, and Royse City attended the National Head Start Conference in Dallas!
Last night, 16 outstanding educators in our National Board Cohort celebrated their completion of their National Board Certification with the NBCT Pinning Ceremony! Presenting them with their pins were Superintendents and District Leaders from their district! The National Board Certification was designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide. It is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education. Congratulations to all on their achievement!
The latest edition of Reach! Magazine is out now! From building pathways for student success in the metaverse, to a new program designed to help students achieve post-secondary success, this magazine is full of impactful stories of the many ways Region 10 and school districts are helping students reach new heights! Read it today at https://issuu.com/region10esc/docs/reach_magazine_web
Let's play some Bocce ball! Wolfe City students had a great time this week during their Special Olympics Bocce Ball Tournament! There were plenty of 😁 and high-fives to go around, as Region 10 Adapted PE Specialist Thomas Swinden helped facilitate the fun!
It's a packed house as our Destination ESL flight to McKinney has been having a great day of collaboration and learning!
Yesterday was a morning of fun as GEAR UP students at Byrd Middle School kicked off their "Hats off to Higher Education" day with a GEAR UP Pep Rally for National GEAR UP Week! Students learned more about how the GEAR UP program will aid them in exploring post-secondary options through games and a presentation from Region 10 Site Coordinator Lori Pickett. After learning more about potential options, students wrote down their post-secondary goals! 🎉
Tuesday evening, parents in Kaufman county joined us at Helen Edwards Early Childhood Center for our first-ever Early Childhood Special Education Parent Info Night! Parents got to hear from members of our Special Populations team on reading/writing and math activities, developing motor skills, and brain development while getting to connect with vendors!
