Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz
Professional Learning HUB
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Okeechobee County Professional Learning
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING INSERVICE POINTS:
Per Section 1012.585(3)(g), F.S
(6) Awarding of Inservice Points.
(a) One (1) clock hour of participation shall equal one (1) inservice point, or as specified by the professional learning catalog based on competencies demonstrated, for successful completion of a component.
Renewal Requirements
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Bureau of Exceptional Student Education (BESE)
- 40 Hr Reading Requirement for Renewal.pdf (77.4 KBs)
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If you are ready to renew please click this link.
Staff Development Information
New Teacher Orientation 2024-2025:
- August 1st and 2nd
- At Osceola Middle School at 8 am
Professional Development Days 2024-2025
- September 23, 2024
- October 14, 2024
- January 6, 2025
- March 24, 2025
- May 30, 2025
Aspiring Leaders
District ELL Contact
Principal Preparation
- Level I Educational Leadership Programs lead to initial certification in educational leadership for the purpose of preparing individuals to serve as school administrators.
- Level II Principal Preparation Programs build upon Level I training and lead to renewal certification as a school principal.
Endorsements
- Athletic Coaching
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ESOL
- Gifted
- Pre-K with Disabilities
- Reading
- Instructional Coaching
Inservice Forms
- conference-inservice-record.pdf (74.0 KBs)
- individual-inservice-record.pdf (253.7 KBs)
- okeechobee-participation-roster.pdf (14.8 KBs)
Requesting Transfer of In-Service Record
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Transferring from Okeechobee to another County. Take your In-Service points with you. Please email kirstin.thomason@okee.k12.fl.us
How to check your Inservice Record on Skyward
Okeechobee New Educators
Purpose
ONE is designed to address competencies from the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices through a portfolio of reflections, on-going interactions with a mentor team, a school-based POST team, and quarterly in-service that provides specific support in areas of need.
WIDA
WIDA Courses
- Classroom Teachers: Engaging Multilingual Newcomers
- Developing Language for Learning in Mathematics
- Engaging Multilingual Learners in Science: Making Sense of Phenomena
- Home Languages in the Classroom
- Making Language Visible in the Classroom
- Reframing Education for Long-Term English Learners
- Social Studies: Engaging Multilingual Learners through Inquiry
- The WIDA ELD Standards Framework: A Collaborative Approach
Visit the WIDA elearning website to workshop descriptions, estimated time to complete course and more.
Student Achievement Through Language Acquisition (SALA) Bureau
2023-2024 Back to School Notes
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District ESOL Administrators, Coordinators, and Leaders.
Professional Learning
We are very pleased to share the 2023-2024 Florida WIDA Professional Learning Schedule for your reference as you plan, coordinate, and utilize these meaningful workshops for your language and content teachers. Please strongly consider sending participants who can assist your district in providing more training to content area teachers.
Florida’s WIDA Workshops are advertised on FL’s WIDA Webpage under Professional Learning at https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/
WIDA Screener Online – September 12, 2023.
Registration is now open at https://uwmadison.co1.
To Jennifer Wyatt of Sumter County ESOL Department, many thanks again for hosting this workshop.
Title III, Enhanced Instructional Opportunities for Recently Arrived Immigrant Children and Youth
Please refer to this link for more information on the approved administrative costs including indirect costs: https://www.fldoe.org/finance/
2023-2024 SALA Quarterly Virtual Meeting (ESOL and World Languages)
Welcome to 2023-2024 School Year! Please mark your calendar for the following SALA meeting dates:
- Wednesday, September 20
- Wednesday, November 15
- January 24
- March 27
- May 22
- June – Sanibel