SCOE U: Accessibility in Practice- Learnings from SBMHW Convenings (SCOE Only)

The School-Based Mental Health and Wellness team at SCOE has been applying principles and practices from Stephanie Coleman's wonderful workshop "Breaking Barriers" in our various convenings. We will use the session to discuss various strategies, how they fared in practice, and how to adequately set up different event contexts (e.g., small vs. large, internal vs. external, venue specifics) for success.

This will be a hybrid session, offered in person in SCOE Meeting Room A or online via Zoom. 

Starts: 10/29/2025
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Room A
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Virtual
Status: 31 open seats left
Class Size: 50 seats

2025-26 Joyful Literacy Community of Practice

Starts: 10/29/2025
Sessions: 1
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 0 open seats left
Class Size: 60 seats

Pyramid Model Practice-Based Workshop - Noticing What Matters: Positive Feedback that Builds Up

Noticing What Matters: Positive Feedback that Builds Up
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

•       Focuses on using Positive Descriptive Feedback (PDF) in playful, practical ways to show children what they did right, why it matters, and how it connects to classroom expectations.

•       Highlights how descriptive feedback is more powerful than generic praise and how it strengthens skills, relationships, and confidence.

Follows a 3-part structure:

•       45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Fun strategies and examples for noticing, describing, and reinforcing positive behaviors.

•       15-Minute Video Reflection — Real-world clips of Positive Descriptive Feedback in action with guided discussion.

•       55-Minute Tinker and Take — Hands-on practice where you’ll create ready-to-use feedback prompts, visuals, and classroom reminders.

Emphasizes cultural responsiveness, intentional language, and equitable use of feedback across all children.

You’ll leave with fresh ideas, easy tools, and strategies you can try the very next day in your classroom.

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

Starts: 11/13/2025
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 1 open seats left
Class Size: 20 seats

CPIN Region 3 Talking with Parents About Concerns

Provide a framework for caregivers when they have concerns that a child in their care might have a developmental delay, disability, or significant behavior problem. Discuss how to share concerns with a child’s parents or family members (anyone raising the child) and understand different ways family members will receive and act on the expressed concern.

Starts: 12/4/2025
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Virtual
Status: 99 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

CPIN Region 3 Talking with Parents About Concerns

Provide a framework for caregivers when they have concerns that a child in their care might have a developmental delay, disability, or significant behavior problem. Discuss how to share concerns with a child’s parents or family members (anyone raising the child) and understand different ways family members will receive and act on the expressed concern.

Starts: 1/10/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Status: 100 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

Pyramid Model Workshop - Predictable, Positive, Powerful: Why Schedules & Routines Matter

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.

Starts: 1/15/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 12 open seats left
Class Size: 20 seats

Sacramento Countywide Inclusion Academy for Teams- Year 2

Increasing meaningful, effective, and inclusive school experiences for students with disabilities requires an organization-wide vision, commitment, and careful planning focused on shifting educational policies, practices, and culture. This interactive series is designed for LEA teams to address key factors that can influence successful organization-wide transformation efforts resulting in greater inclusion and belonging for every student.

Participants will:

-Identify multi-disciplinary (GenEd & SpEd) leadership team participants who will collectively cultivate and refine inclusive policies, practices and systems.

-Calibrate understanding, language, and collective responsibility for dismantling ableist mindsets, policies, and practices.

-Identify, upack, and analyze data to create a culture of shared accountability.

Ideal Teams Include:

-Superintendent/Asst.

-Superintendent/Director of Curriculum and Instruction

-Asst. Superintendent/Director of Special Education

-Curriculum Specialists

-Program and or Inclusion Specialists

-Personnel Administrator 

This is academy will be held on two different days Friday, January 16 and Wednesday, April 29, 2026 

Starts: 1/16/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Conference Center
3661 Whitehead Street, Suite 100
Mather CA 95655
Status: 120 open seats left
Class Size: 120 seats

CPIN Region 3 Preschool/Transitional Kdgn Learning Foundations (PTKLF) - Physical Development

Starts: 1/17/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Status: 100 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

Pyramid Model Workshop - Big Feelings, Bright Futures: Empowering Through Emotional Literacy

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.

Starts: 2/19/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 10 open seats left
Class Size: 20 seats

CPIN R3 Overview, Best Practices: Family Partnership and Culture - Session 1 of 2

In this training we will:

• Review the components and structure of the Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Discuss how to utilize and apply information from Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Reflect upon and share about personal culture influences in the early childhood settin

Starts: 3/3/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Status: 100 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

CPIN R3 Overview, Best Practices: Family Partnerships and Culture (Session 2 of 2)

In Session 2 of 2, we will:

• Review the components and structure of the Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Discuss how to utilize and apply information from Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Reflect upon and share about personal culture influences in the early childhood setting.

Starts: 3/5/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Status: 100 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

Pyramid Model Practice Based Workshop - Solving Problems, So You Don’t Have To

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.

Starts: 3/19/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 13 open seats left
Class Size: 20 seats

2026 Counselor Spring Institute - GENERAL Admission (Early-Bird rate through 11/30/2025)

2026 Counselor Spring Institute
Inspiration • Motivation • Rejuvenation

March 24–25, 2026
California State University, Sacramento

Join elementary, middle, and high school counselors from across the region for two energizing days of learning, connection, and growth!

Two Powerful Keynotes

Day 1 Keynote: Lyndsay Morris
Founder of Generation Wellness | Former Teacher & School Counselor
Get inspired with strategies for well-being, resilience, and creating joyful school communities.

Day 2 Keynote: Terri Tchorzynski
Senior Director of Professional Development, Hatching Results | 2017 National School Counselor of the Year
Level up your data-driven practice and elevate student success!

Why Attend?

 Learn from expert presenters
 Build your counselor toolkit
 Engage with peers
 Attend dynamic workshops and an interactive expo
 Leave refreshed, recharged, and ready to lead!

Registration Rates

Early-Bird (through 11/30/2025)

• General Admission: $300 (After 11/30/2025 = $350)

• Counseling Students: $100 (After 11/30/2025 = $150)

• Administrators: $250 (After 11/30/2025 = $300)

• One-Day Only: $150 (After 11/30/2025 = $200)

Groups of 10+: $285 per person (After 11/30/2025 = $330 per person) - Contact Raelynn Sharp at rsharp@scoe.net to register your group.

All registrations include:
Continental breakfast + lunch each day
Parking
Keynote sessions + all workshops
Expo access

Cancellation & Substitution Policy

• Full refunds available through February 15, 2026

• No refunds after February 15, 2026

• Substitutions allowed — email rsharp@scoe.net with the following:

  • Substitute’s Full Name

  • School/Organization

  • Email & Cell

  • Position Type

Register Now!

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to grow, reflect, and connect with your fellow counselors.

**Information about registering for workshop sessions and lunch vouchers will be provided upon registration. **

Starts: 3/24/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $300
Location: CSU, Sacramento - University Union
6000 J Street
Sacramento CA 95819
Status: 283 open seats left
Class Size: 300 seats

CPIN R3 Best Practices: Responsive Early Education for Children & Families Experiencing Homelessness

In this interactive session, participants will:

•Discuss the purpose of the Responsive Early Education for Young Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness publication through reading and discussion.

•Explore the variousdefinitions of homelessness.

•Discover the diversity of families experiencing homelessness and practice critical reflection.

•Identify specific teaching strategies in communicationand classroom practice to support young children and families experiencing homelessness.

Starts: 3/24/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Status: 100 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

CPIN R3 Best Practices: Building Resiliency Through Play

In this interactive session, participants will:

Discuss the impact of trauma on children's play.

Distinguish between different types of play that support children impacted by stress and trauma to help them cope, build resilience, and heal.

Discuss strategies for discussing difficult themes in play

Starts: 4/2/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: Virtual


Status: 100 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats

Pyramid Model Practice Based Workshop - Smooth Moves: From Chaos to Calm in Classroom Transitions

Smooth Moves: From Chaos to Calm in Classroom Transitions
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

Transitions can be tricky — moving from one activity to the next often leads to waiting, confusion, and challenging behavior. But with the right strategies, transitions can become smooth, engaging, and even fun learning moments. This workshop helps educators design predictable, positive transitions that keep children connected, focused, and ready for what comes next.

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

• 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Learn how to plan and support transitions using songs, visuals, movement, and routines that reduce stress and maximize learning.

• 15-Minute Video Reflection — See successful transition strategies in action and reflect on how they support positive behavior.

• 60-Minute Tinker and Take — Create transition tools, songs, and activity cards to use right away in your program.

You’ll leave with:

• A clear understanding of why smooth transitions reduce challenging behavior and support emotional safety.

• Practical strategies to make transitions active, playful, and meaningful learning opportunities.

• Ready-to-use visuals and materials that turn tricky moments into calm, connected ones.

Starts: 4/16/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 10 open seats left
Class Size: 20 seats

Pyramid Model Practice Based Workshop - Chill Skills: Teaching Our Children to Manage Big Emotions

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.

Starts: 5/21/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 13 open seats left
Class Size: 20 seats