Did you know that the Nebraska Department of Education has different definitions for School Improvement & Continuous School Improvement? Check it out here: https://www.education.ne.gov/csds/
The Kim Foundation put on an incredible NE Mental Health Conference! They went virtual and it was a success! A few of ESU 16 Mental Health Team Members attended and will be sharing the resources we learned in Fall 2020!!! The main theme was Trauma-Informed Care. https://www.thekimfoundation.org/
TLC On-demand Class: The Importance of Sleep
Free if register before June 30th, 2020
https://go.unl.edu/ondemandsleep
Distance Education Incentives from the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund are available to Nebraska school districts for qualified distance education courses for the 2019-20 school year. ESU 16 assists schools to apply for the 138 DEI credits earned by the SNDEN districts this year.
NeMTSS will hold a virtual summit beginning in August. Each week will two sessions will be hosted. More information will be posted here: http://nemtss.unl.edu/nebraska-mtss-summit/
The NeMTSS Reading Symposium is offering three days of virtual professional learning in July. The series for PK-12 instruction supports, "From Research to Practice." Register at : https://mtss.events.education.ne.gov
9 Ways to Help Your Child's Language Development https://www.parents.com/baby/development/talking/9-ways-to-help-your-childs-language-development/
Thank you @ESU_16 teachers for all your hard work closing the school year with remote learning. You are all leaders!
No Time to Read to Your Child? 6 Ideas to Try https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/encouraging-reading-writing/no-time-to-read-to-your-child-6-ideas-to-try
Do something lasting, memorable and free with your children this summer. Read to them! Research has shown that children whose parents read to them have better vocabulary and are better readers themselves.
Is your child ready for kindergarten? This checklist from Understood.org will help you answer that question.
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy
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ESU 16 Early Childhood has a new logo!!! We will also be updating our Early Childhood website in the near future. Don't forget our ESU 16 Early Childhood You Tube channel. Check us out! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCurBPsKj2z1q_uDNUIMwxqA?view_as=subscriber
ESU 16 is participating Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) instructor renewal training. Workshops for 2020-21 will be scheduled in the fall and spring.
ADVISER workdays are being held on zoom this spring statewide, with a statewide registration. The schedule and registration link is here: http://shorturl.at/acezM Questions, email mengel@esusixteen.org
Remote Learning in Remote Nebraska
“In a matter of a few days, I had to completely kind of flip the way that I teach,” says Mullen Public Schools science teacher Sarah Hardin. “I think we’re in uncharted territory.” http://netnebraska.org/basic-page/radio/remote-learning-remote-nebraska
Noise-induced hearing loss is a real thing and appears to be happening at younger ages. Once you lose your hearing it doesn't come back. Students think they are invincible and it won't happen to them, but it can and will if they don't protect their hearing now.
Most student who are evaluated by the ESU 16 Audiologist are referred because they failed a hearing screening that is part of their school's health screening. These evaluations are completed at no charge to the families. Below is a graphic showing the 3 types of hearing loss.
Today two students from the Owls Program celebrated their Educational Program Completion! We are so proud of Hannah Boden and Donavan Freeman! We are so proud of all that these two students have accomplished academically, vocationally and socially! They both will have paid jobs after this celebration of Program Completion! We wish both of you great success in the future! We will miss you but remember, We will be Friends Forever!
