Increasing Instructional Rigor at a Drop Out Recovery School
2024-01-30 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
This workshop will be a collaboration between instructors and leaders to help increase the DOK level of instruction in a dropout recovery setting. We will go over tool and strategies to move from DOK level 1 instruction to DOK levels 3 and 4.

Mathematical Discourse: Using and Connecting Mathematical Representation
2024-01-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Prepare yourself to unleash the full potential of mathematical communication! Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of mathematical representations and explore how they can deepen our understanding of concepts. Engage in a mathematical task using a variety of representations to enrich your understanding and spark meaningful discourse. Reflect on the incredible impact different representations can have on mathematical discourse and discover practical strategies for fostering connections and enhancing mathematical communication skills. This is a unique opportunity to discover the exhilarating possibilities of mathematical discourse!

The Writing Revolution - Part 2
2024-01-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
The Writing Revolution (TWR) aims to enable all students, especially those from historically marginalized communities, to become proficient writers, readers, and critical thinkers. Join us for any or all of our 4 part series helping teachers learn to incorporate writing into every aspect of their teaching. Start with us from the foundational sentence building block to more complex writing tasks. Appropriate for all grade levels

The Science of Reading for Secondary Teachers
2024-02-01 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
What’s all the talk about the Science of Reading? So much emphasis is being placed on SOR and the early literacy grade levels, but not much is being said about the secondary students. Let’s explore ways to incorporate the SOR into secondary instruction.

The Writing Challenge Check In
2024-02-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Now that you are starting the Writing Challenge with your students, what are the next steps? How can you organize instruction to make sure that students are turning the writing in on time!

The Writing Revolution - Part 3
2024-02-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom

Primary Cohort #3
2024-02-08 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Join us for our collaborative session where colleagues can engage in discussions about current topics in their primary classrooms. Our goal is to cultivate a professional learning community where people can share their best practices, concerns, experiences, and knowledge. During the sessions, we encourage participants to bring any current issues to discuss.

Case Studies in School Culture: Problems and Pitfalls in School Discipline
2024-02-12 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual via Zoom
May a school legally ask a student to “just leave” if they are acting up? Or ask parents to keep students home for the day? What is the difference between time out and seclusion? In this session, we explore these questions and similar ones. Code of conduct violations and disciplinary consequences DO impact overall school culture. Join us for a lively discussion of cases and consequences. This session is intended especially for assistant principals, deans, or others who deal regularly with student discipline and culture.

The Writing Revolution - Part 4
2024-02-13 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom

Student-Centered Learning: Turning Students into Teachers
2024-02-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Are your students disengaged? not interested? not motivated? Enter the world of Student-Centered Learning and your job will turn from “safe on a stage” to “guide on the side.” Learning a variety of quick and easy student engagement strategies that will turn the emphasis on students discovering their own learning.

Math Cohort Session II: Implementing Tasks that Promote Reasoning and Problem-Solving
2024-02-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Join us for a 60-minute “chat and chew” style session on implementing effective teaching practices for mathematics using the resource “Taking Action” from NCTM. In this session, we will discuss Chapter 3, which covers implementing tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving. While purchasing the resource is not mandatory, it’s highly recommended. In advance of the session, we will share pre-work to help guide our conversation.

Diverse Assessments for Diverse Learners
2024-02-21 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Are all of the students on your roster “typical learners?” Right, we didn’t think so! Fortunately, there are many ways to adapt and differentiate the assessment process without driving yourself crazy, no matter what grade or content area you teach. Participants will discover creative approaches to formative and summative assessment that truly invite students to show what they know and can do. If you are looking for ways to break out of the essay-and-quiz rut, this session is for you.

Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Workshop 2: MTSS Implementation in Action
2024-02-26 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual via Zoom
BCHF is pleased to offer a 5-workshop series on Multi-tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS). Participants may attend one or more individual workshops in the series. However, participants in at least four workshops will receive an MTSS micro-credential and MTSS handbook. Learn to truly understand and use the MTSS process to improve student outcomes in academics, behavior, and social emotional status. The second workshop, offered in February, will walk through MTSS implementation. Student case studies will be used to illustrate implementation processes.

Mathematical Discourse: Posing Purposeful Questions
2024-02-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Get ready to unlock the magic of mathematical discourse! Dive into the world of questioning strategies and discover the power of models like Initiate-Respond-Evaluate, assess and advance questions, and the Principles to Actions framework. Unleash your ability to craft purposeful questions that ignite rich mathematical discussions in your classroom while stimulating student thinking and reasoning. Join us on this thrilling journey to unlock the power of purposeful questioning and revolutionize how your students learn math!

Workforce Literacy-February-WF Literacy Support for SWD and EL
2024-02-28 14:30 - 16:30 | Virtual via Zoom
The focus for this session will be implementing the literacy program for students with disabilities and for English Learners

Project Based Learning - An Introduction
2024-02-29 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Have you heard the “buzz” around Project Based Learning? (PBL). PBL is one thing that you can do to help energize your students, your teaching, and your entire building. Join us to learn the basics of a Gold Standard PBL project, and following this session, anyone who is interested in going further with PBL…we will form a consortium.

Increasing Attendance at a Drop Out Recovery School
2024-03-05 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual via Zoom
DOR Workshop – What strategies work best for increasing attendance? Come join school leaders as we discuss strategies to improve attendance with a specific focus on students at a DOR.

Special Education Cohort #3: Collaborative Teaching Models: Enhancing Classroom Interventions through Effective Co-Teaching Strategies
2024-03-05 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual via Zoom
In this interactive professional development session, we will explore the dynamics of Collaborative Teaching Models, focusing on the integration of effective co-teaching strategies to support intervention in regular classroom settings. Participants will gain insights into various co-teaching models such as team teaching, parallel teaching, station teaching, and alternative teaching, and learn how to implement them in a way that maximizes student engagement and learning outcomes.

Multi Lingual Learners Spring Gathering
2024-03-12 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual via Zoom
If you work with multilingual learners, this session was inspired by questions YOU asked the BCHF MLL specialist this year! We’ll discuss best practices in identifying, supporting and advocating for dually-identified multilingual students, and also have some real talk about leading TESOL professional development sessions for general education teachers. Whether you are excited to share your expertise with colleagues or dread being “voluntold” to lead a session next fall, you’ll be ready!

Math Cohort Session III: Build Procedural Fluency from Conceptual Understanding
2024-03-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Join us for a 60-minute “chat and chew” style session on implementing effective teaching practices for mathematics using the resource “Taking Action” from NCTM. In this session, we will discuss Chapter 4 which covers how to build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding. While it’s not mandatory to purchase the resource, it’s highly recommended. In advance of the session, we will share pre-work to help guide our conversation.

Workforce Literacy - Growing and Sustaining Effective WF Programs
2024-03-20 10:00 - 15:00 | BCHF Training Room, 3021 E Dublin Granville Rd, Columbus, OH, 43231, United States
Now that planning and organizing has been accomplished, how can we, as school leaders and teachers sustain what we have implemented plus begin to grow the program using the pilot programs as model templates.

Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Workshop 3: Data based Decision Making
2024-03-25 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual via Zoom
BCHF is pleased to offer a 5-workshop series on Multi-tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS). Participants may attend one or more individual workshops in the series. However, participants in at least four workshops will receive an MTSS micro-credential and MTSS handbook. Learn to truly understand and use the MTSS process to improve student outcomes in academics, behavior, and social emotional status. The third workshop, offered in March, will deal with examination of important data and indicators to make MTSS decisions that truly improve student outcomes.

An Understanding of Phonemic Awareness and Phonics for Upper Elementary
2024-04-03 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
This session is intended for the classroom and content teachers that teach grade 3 and older. Many of you have expressed a desire to understand how to best assist your students in filling in the foundational gaps. In this interactive session, we will talk about the basics and how your students can increase their skills in all areas. We will have opportunity to discuss what you see as the primary needs and gather information from colleagues about their best practices.

Hacking the ADHD Brain
2024-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Your students with ADHD need help tackling complex tasks. Maybe you have ADHD yourself and aren’t sure how to thrive in this profession. Either way, the reality is that traditional organization strategies work well…. for neurotypical people. Let’s stop trying to force round pegs in square holes! Participants will develop a deeper understanding of ADHD, learn approaches to supporting students (and surviving as educators) with this condition, and learn how people of all ages can make their neurodivergent brains work with them rather than against them.

School-Wide Verbal De-Escalation
2024-04-12 08:30 - 11:00 | Dohn Community High School, 608 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45206, United States
This training will cover research-based prevention and de-escalation strategies. It is designed for all staff to develop a universal language and overall approach to challenging behaviors. Participants will identify and explore causes of behaviors and how to best communicate and respond to individuals in an escalated state.

Case Studies in School Culture: Success Stories
2024-04-15 15:30 - 17:00
What happens when school leaders are asked to turn around a chaotic culture? How do you address disruptions that detract significantly from learning? How do you keep teachers when they are constantly challenged by off-task or disrespectful students? Histories of school leaders show us that we can successfully overcome these very challenging situations!! Join us as we learn from leaders’ success stories, and as we take the opportunity to share out our own successes in building a positive school culture.

Mathematical Discourse: Developing Routines for Discourse
2024-04-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Remember that moment in your math class where you had the most engaging and fruitful discussion? Imagine if you could experience that level of excitement and productivity every day. By working with your fellow educators, you can harness the power of practical classroom discourse to create dynamic routines that energize your students and revolutionize your teaching approach. Prepare to shake things up and take your classroom to the next level!

Industry Recognized Credentials as a Graduation Pathway
2024-04-18 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual via Zoom
Are your students struggling with EOCs? Do your students need a graduation pathway? Have you been using Industry Recognized Credentials but want to know what else is out there? This session is designed to help you. Come learn about different vendors, options, and strategies to improve your IRC offerings and ensure your students are matched with the best graduation pathway.

Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Workshop 4: MTSS for Secondary Schools
2024-04-22 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual via Zoom
BCHF is pleased to offer a 5-workshop series on Multi-tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS). Participants may attend one or more individual workshops in the series. However, participants in at least four workshops will receive an MTSS micro-credential and MTSS handbook. Learn to truly understand and use the MTSS process to improve student outcomes in academics, behavior, and social emotional status. This fourth workshop, offered in April, will explore the unique needs and configurations of high schools and drop out recovery schools in implementing Multi-tiered Systems of Supports.

Math Cohort Session IV: Pose Purposeful Questions
2024-04-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Join us for a 60-minute “chat and chew” style session on implementing effective teaching practices for mathematics using the resource “Taking Action” from NCTM. In this session, we will discuss Chapter 5, which covers how to pose purposeful questions. While it’s not mandatory to purchase the resource, it’s highly recommended. In advance of the session, we will share pre-work to help guide our conversation.
