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Overview: The New Coordinator Support Sessions will provide an opportunity for new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Assessments for California (ELPAC) coordinators (in their job for three years or less) to receive small group support from experienced coordinators.

The LEA assessment coordinator position has a huge learning curve, including many deadlines and few, if any, ‘job alikes’ within a district. The sessions will be guided by the activities listed in the Coordinator Checklist and will include other timely activities. The support sessions will be offered monthly via Zoom. These sessions will be co-facilitated by SCOE and PCOE LEA coordinators. The facilitators will help address questions and offer support. These support sessions are designed to provide new LEA assessment coordinators an opportunity to connect with other coordinators, build community and to ask questions related to their job in a small group setting.

Overview: The New Coordinator Support Sessions will provide an opportunity for new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Assessments for California (ELPAC) coordinators (in their job for three years or less) to receive small group support from experienced coordinators.

The LEA assessment coordinator position has a huge learning curve, including many deadlines and few, if any, ‘job alikes’ within a district. The sessions will be guided by the activities listed in the Coordinator Checklist and will include other timely activities. The support sessions will be offered monthly via Zoom. These sessions will be co-facilitated by SCOE and PCOE LEA coordinators. The facilitators will help address questions and offer support. These support sessions are designed to provide new LEA assessment coordinators an opportunity to connect with other coordinators, build community and to ask questions related to their job in a small group setting.

Overview: The New Coordinator Support Sessions will provide an opportunity for new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Assessments for California (ELPAC) coordinators (in their job for three years or less) to receive small group support from experienced coordinators.

The LEA assessment coordinator position has a huge learning curve, including many deadlines and few, if any, ‘job alikes’ within a district. The sessions will be guided by the activities listed in the Coordinator Checklist and will include other timely activities. The support sessions will be offered monthly via Zoom. These sessions will be co-facilitated by SCOE and PCOE LEA coordinators. The facilitators will help address questions and offer support. These support sessions are designed to provide new LEA assessment coordinators an opportunity to connect with other coordinators, build community and to ask questions related to their job in a small group setting.

Overview: The New Coordinator Support Sessions will provide an opportunity for new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Assessments for California (ELPAC) coordinators (in their job for three years or less) to receive small group support from experienced coordinators.

The LEA assessment coordinator position has a huge learning curve, including many deadlines and few, if any, ‘job alikes’ within a district. The sessions will be guided by the activities listed in the Coordinator Checklist and will include other timely activities. The support sessions will be offered monthly via Zoom. These sessions will be co-facilitated by SCOE and PCOE LEA coordinators. The facilitators will help address questions and offer support. These support sessions are designed to provide new LEA assessment coordinators an opportunity to connect with other coordinators, build community and to ask questions related to their job in a small group setting.

Overview: The New Coordinator Support Sessions will provide an opportunity for new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Assessments for California (ELPAC) coordinators (in their job for three years or less) to receive small group support from experienced coordinators.

The LEA assessment coordinator position has a huge learning curve, including many deadlines and few, if any, ‘job alikes’ within a district. The sessions will be guided by the activities listed in the Coordinator Checklist and will include other timely activities. The support sessions will be offered monthly via Zoom. These sessions will be co-facilitated by SCOE and PCOE LEA coordinators. The facilitators will help address questions and offer support. These support sessions are designed to provide new LEA assessment coordinators an opportunity to connect with other coordinators, build community and to ask questions related to their job in a small group setting.

Overview: The New Coordinator Support Sessions will provide an opportunity for new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Assessments for California (ELPAC) coordinators (in their job for three years or less) to receive small group support from experienced coordinators.

The LEA assessment coordinator position has a huge learning curve, including many deadlines and few, if any, ‘job alikes’ within a district. The sessions will be guided by the activities listed in the Coordinator Checklist and will include other timely activities. The support sessions will be offered monthly via Zoom. These sessions will be co-facilitated by SCOE and PCOE LEA coordinators. The facilitators will help address questions and offer support. These support sessions are designed to provide new LEA assessment coordinators an opportunity to connect with other coordinators, build community and to ask questions related to their job in a small group setting.

Learn how to navigate SEIS from the dashboard alerts to IEP/IFSP forms to data reporting fields. This training focuses on teachers and providers new to SEIS, but all are welcome.

This session will equip site and district leaders with strategies to drive system-wide shifts toward NGSS-aligned assessment. Participants will learn how to guide instructional teams in creating sensemaking tasks that turn assessments into empowering, confidence-building experiences. Leaders will leave with actionable tools to support, monitor, and scale student-centered assessment practices across their schools.

Location: David P. Meaney Education Center, 10474 Mather Blvd., Mather CA, 95655

This session will be offered twice. Please choose one date to attend based on your schedule:

• Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 | 9:00am–12:00pm

• Thursday, Feb 25, 2027 | 9:00am–12:00pm

This learning sequence will guide educators as they work to design deeply impactful assessment experiences for students. Building on the insights and success of our previous session, this second iteration has been thoughtfully streamlined into a condensed, high-impact 3-day format. Throughout this intensive experience, participants will explore strategies to fundamentally shift the culture of assessment in their classrooms. 

Educators will learn to craft carefully designed tasks and targeted prompts that empower learners to actively demonstrate their understanding. Ultimately, this approach invites students to showcase their true thinking through authentic sensemaking, transforming assessment into a tool for empowerment.

Dates:

September 22, 2026

November 17, 2026

January 12, 2027

Location:

SCOE Conference Center 

3661 Whitehead Street

Suite 100

Mather, CA 95655

Lunch will be provided. Participants are also welcome to bring their own lunch if preferred.

Join us for our first 2-day in-person Community of Transformative Practice for the 2026-2027 year. A detailed agenda will be available before the convening. 

Day 1 l 8:30am -4:00pm

Day 2 l 8:30am-3:30pm

*Breakfast will be served from 8:30-9:00am, lunch will be provided. 

How Paraprofessionals Can Support the Communication of Students Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Are you a paraprofessional who works with students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)? Ever wonder how you can help support your students' communication? Well, this is the training for you. We will start with an overview of AAC. Then we will dive deep into two research-based techniques to support communication. First, we will discuss augmented language input. What it is and why it is essential for your students. Next, we will talk about storybook interactions and how to get the most out of them. Plenty of examples and opportunities to practice will be provided.

Presenter(s)

• Janet McLellan, Ph.D., M.A., CCC-SLP-L, Speech-Language Pathologist

Intended Audience

• Para-educators
• Teachers new to supporting students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Session

• Monday, September 28, 2026
• 1:30–3:30 PM
• Virtual (2 hours)

Participants Will

• Describe augmentative and alternative communication--what it is and why it is important
• Support students who use AAC with techniques such augmented language input and storybook interactions

The Parent Café Host Community of Practice (CoP) is a supportive, collaborative space designed for Parent Café hosts to connect, share strategies, and build their leadership skills. Grounded in the core agreements of mutual respect, active listening, and non-judgmental support, the CoP provides peer inspiration and continuous learning to help Hosts effectively strengthen their Parent Cafe teams and support the families in their communities. Participants engage in interactive activities—such as community conversations and team-building exercises around key operational areas like coordination, outreach, and logistics—to foster deep social connections, refine their hosting practices, and expand their local community networks.

*Please note, this CoP is open to certified Parent Café Hosts. If you are interested in becoming a certified Parent Café  Host, please contact earlylearning@scoe.net.

The Parent Café Host Community of Practice (CoP) is a supportive, collaborative space designed for Parent Café hosts to connect, share strategies, and build their leadership skills. Grounded in the core agreements of mutual respect, active listening, and non-judgmental support, the CoP provides peer inspiration and continuous learning to help Hosts effectively strengthen their Parent Cafe teams and support the families in their communities. Participants engage in interactive activities—such as community conversations and team-building exercises around key operational areas like coordination, outreach, and logistics—to foster deep social connections, refine their hosting practices, and expand their local community networks.

*Please note, this CoP is open to certified Parent Café Hosts. If you are interested in becoming a certified Parent Café  Host, please contact earlylearning@scoe.net.

Becoming Super Friends: Where Friendship Skills Begin

A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

• Focuses on teaching foundational friendship skills: sharing, turn-taking, inviting others, problem-solving, expressing feelings, and giving compliments.

• Follows a 3-part structure:
o 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Evidence-based strategies for teaching friendship skills.
o 15-Minute Video Reflection — Real classroom examples with guided discussion.
o 55-Minute Tinker and Take — Make-and-take session to create friendship skill tools for immediate use.

• Highlights peer-mediated strategies and everyday teaching opportunities.
• Provides child-friendly vocabulary cards, family engagement resources, and peer-coaching ideas.
• Includes ready-to-use classroom activities for any early learning setting.
• Designed for all educators—center-based, family child care, Head Start, and FFN providers.

Chill Skills: Teaching Our Children to Manage Big Emotions
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

Big feelings can be overwhelming for young children — and for the adults supporting them. Learning to calm down and manage strong emotions is a critical life skill. This workshop helps educators teach and model self-regulation strategies, using Tucker Turtle resources and other calming activities to support children in developing the skills they need to cope with stress and frustration.

This is a practice-based workshop with a hands-on structure:

• 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Explore evidence-based strategies for teaching calming techniques, supporting children through intense emotions, and embedding Tucker Turtle practices into daily routines.

• 15-Minute Video Reflection — Watch examples of calming strategies in action and reflect on what makes them effective.

• 60-Minute Tinker and Take — Create calming toolkits, Tucker Turtle visuals, and classroom materials to help children practice their chill skills.

You’ll leave with:

• A deeper understanding of why self-regulation is essential for children’s emotional well-being and learning.

• Practical strategies to guide children through strong emotions with calm, supportive responses.

• Ready-to-use visuals, calming tools, and Tucker Turtle resources you can bring to your classroom right away.

Solving Problems…So You Don’t Have To: Teaching Children to Work Through Conflict
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

Conflict is a natural part of childhood — from toy struggles to turn-taking troubles. But when children learn to solve problems together, they build skills that last a lifetime: cooperation, empathy, and self-confidence. This workshop helps educators support children in working through peer conflicts using the evidence-based NCPMI Solution Kit and other practical strategies.

This is a practice-based workshop with a hands-on structure:

• 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Explore strategies for teaching problem-solving steps, modeling conflict resolution, and guiding children through real-life challenges.

• 15-Minute Video Reflection — See children using the Solution Kit in action and discuss what makes adult guidance effective.

• 60-Minute Tinker and Take — Create and customize problem-solving visuals and Solution Kit tools you can use immediately in your setting.

You’ll leave with:

• A clear understanding of how problem-solving builds independence, empathy, and stronger peer relationships.

• Practical strategies for guiding children step-by-step through conflicts in positive ways.

• A ready-to-use NCPMI Solution Kit and conflict-resolution visuals to bring back to your classroom tomorrow.

Big Feelings, Bright Futures: Empowering Young Children Through Emotional Literacy
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

Children experience big feelings every day — joy, frustration, excitement, sadness — but they need guidance to understand and talk about them. This workshop focuses on the foundations of emotional literacy, helping educators teach children to recognize and label their feelings while developing empathy and stronger social connections. These skills build the groundwork for managing emotions, which will be explored in future workshops.

This is a practice-based workshop with a hands-on structure:

• 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Learn evidence-based practices for teaching emotional vocabulary, modeling recognition of feelings, and supporting children’s early understanding of emotions.

• 15-Minute Video Reflection — Watch emotional literacy practices in action and reflect on strategies that help children connect feelings to experiences.

• 60-Minute Tinker and Take — Design tools such as emotion charts, feeling cards, and story-based supports you can use immediately with children.

You’ll leave with:

• A clear understanding of why emotional literacy is foundational to social-emotional development and lifelong learning.

• Practical strategies to help children recognize emotions, use feeling words, and build empathy with others.

• Ready-to-use visuals, games, and activities that make big feelings easier to notice and talk about — starting tomorrow.

Building the Foundation: Creating Community with Expectations and Rules
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

• Focuses on helping children understand and follow expectations and rules as part of a positive classroom community.
• Covers key strategies for teaching expectations, creating rules with children, using visuals, and reinforcing positive behavior.
• Follows a 3-part structure:
o 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Evidence-based practices for teaching expectations and building community.
o 15-Minute Video Reflection — Real-world examples of expectations in action with guided discussion.
o 55-Minute Tinker and Take — Hands-on creation of expectation charts, rule visuals, and support tools for daily routines.
• Emphasizes the role of visuals, modeling, and family partnerships in supporting behavior.
• Provides practical tools for embedding expectations and rules across classroom routines and transitions.
• Includes adaptable activities and strategies for all

Predictable, Positive, Powerful: Why Schedules & Routines Matter
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

•       Focuses on creating predictable, positive schedules and routines that help children feel safe, confident, and ready to learn.

•       Explores how consistent daily structures support self-regulation, independence, and smoother transitions.

•       Highlights the role of visuals, modeling, and intentional practice in helping children understand “what comes next.”

Follows a 3-part structure:

•       45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Practical strategies for building and teaching classroom schedules and routines.

•       15-Minute Video Reflection — Real-world examples of children engaging in routines with guided discussion.

•       55-Minute Tinker and Take — Hands-on creation of visual schedules, transition supports, and daily routine tools.

Emphasizes how predictable routines reduce challenging behavior and build community.

You’ll leave with ready-to-use tools and strategies to bring calm, confidence, and consistency into your daily schedule.

Includes adaptable strategies for all early learning settings—centers, family child care, Head Start, and FFN.

California's reclassification landscape is in motion. The four state criteria still anchor local policy, three of them locally determined, while proposals to simplify those criteria continue to move through the Legislature. This series invites program administrators to steady their systems amidst that movement: to align local policy with current guidance, to build assessment practices teachers can act on, and to keep students who are at risk of becoming Long-Term English Learners (LTELs), as well as current LTELs, visible in the data. By examining reclassification pathways, ELD progress monitoring, and instructional decision-making, leaders can identify barriers earlier, strengthen supports, and create more equitable opportunities for multilingual learners to achieve English proficiency and academic success.

August 18 · In Person at SCOE

 Reclassification in a Shifting Policy Landscape

Reclassification is one of the few decisions where policy, assessment, and a student's daily experience of school converge. This working session brings administrators together with their own data to examine where local practice and state guidance meet, and where they don't. Participants will analyze reclassification trends, identify students at risk of LTEL status, examine outcomes for EL students, and explore system-level actions that can accelerate student progress. Facilitated with time reserved for collaborative problem-solving across districts.

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

September 15 · Virtual

 From Data to Daily Practice: ELD Monitoring Structures and Formative Assessment | Part 1

This session turns to the evidence teachers generate in the course of instruction and to the structures that let educators see it in time to act. Participants will explore ELD progress monitoring practices, formative assessment strategies, and data routines that help identify multilingual learners who may be at risk of LTEL status before gaps become entrenched.

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

October 13 · Virtual, EL Data 

 From Data to Daily Practice: ELD Monitoring Structures and Formative Assessment |Part 2 

Building on Part 1, this session focuses on intentional teacher moves, instructional planning, and intervention structures that address the unique strengths and needs of At-Risk LTEL and LTEL students. Participants will examine how ELD implementation, language-rich instruction, and strategic progress monitoring can support stronger language growth and improve reclassification outcomes.

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Let's work together to unlock the potential of California's Multilingual-English Learners to receive the support, instruction, and opportunities they need to thrive.

The SCOE Community Schools Initiative team designs and facilitates a monthly community of practice focused on the Community Schools Forward Framework to support the planning and implementation of community schools. The Community of Practice (CoP) is an opportunity to build community, highlight  right spots, bring forward problems of practice, receive transformational assistance, share resources, and learn about statewide updates.

Recommended for Sacramento County educators, including principals, teachers, paraeducators, coordinator, and district leaders.

Virtual Sessions from 9am-10am

• 9/2 (Virtual)
• 10/28 (In-person)*
• 11/18 (Virtual)
• 1/27 (In-person)*
• 2/17 (Virtual)
• 3/17(Virtual),
• 4/21 (Virtual)
• 5/19 (In-person)*

*In-Person Micro-Visits from 9am-11am and will have separate registration links for each in-person session. 

Join us in year four of our county-wide reading and literacy initiative designed for LEA Literacy leadership teams. Sessions will include keynote speakers, collaborative learning within and accross LEAs, district spotlights, and team time.

Sessions are designed for LEA literacy leadership teams. All members of LEAs are included: Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Chief Academic Officers, Site Leaders, Instructional Coaches. We also encourage LEA Elementary and Secondary leaders in Curriculum & Instruction, Equity, MTSS, Special Education, Multilingual Education, Early Learning, Expanded Learning, and Assessment & Research to attend.

Join us in year four of our county-wide reading and literacy initiative designed for LEA Literacy leadership teams. Sessions will include keynote speakers, collaborative learning within and accross LEAs, district spotlights, and team time.

Sessions are designed for LEA literacy leadership teams. All members of LEAs are included: Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Chief Academic Officers, Site Leaders, Instructional Coaches. We also encourage LEA Elementary and Secondary leaders in Curriculum & Instruction, Equity, MTSS, Special Education, Multilingual Education, Early Learning, Expanded Learning, and Assessment & Research to attend.

Join us in year four of our county-wide reading and literacy initiative designed for LEA Literacy leadership teams. Sessions will include keynote speakers, collaborative learning within and accross LEAs, district spotlights, and team time.

Sessions are designed for LEA literacy leadership teams. All members of LEAs are included: Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Chief Academic Officers, Site Leaders, Instructional Coaches. We also encourage LEA Elementary and Secondary leaders in Curriculum & Instruction, Equity, MTSS, Special Education, Multilingual Education, Early Learning, Expanded Learning, and Assessment & Research to attend.