Best Practices Handouts

Keynote Speakers

  • Melissa Oberg | Chasing Greenlights

  • Phil Januszweski | LESS TIRED. MORE INSPIRED.


Thu 05/15/2025 | 9:45 am

  • Creating Culture Competence in our Schools | Materials

  • ECSE attendance and membership, show me the money | Slides

  • Empowering Leadership: Leveraging Registered Teacher Apprenticeships to Enhance Leadership Opportunities by Utilizing Current Staff Abilities | Slides

  • Limited Resources and Unlimited Expectations: Provision of Special Education Services with Finite Resources | Slides | Outline

  • Optimizing Special Services: Staffing Projections, Workload Insights, and Data-Driven Impact for Student Success | Slides

  • Unilateral 45-Day Placements: A Deep Dive | Slides


Thu 05/15/2025 | 11:00 am

  • Bridging the Gaps: A Continuum of Support for Youth Mental Health | Slides

  • Building Bridges: Creating Effective IEPs for Student Success | Slides

  • Serving and Discipling Students with Special Education Behavior Needs | Slides | Outline

  • Transforming Secondary Special Education: Reimagining Our Service Continuum | Slides


Thu 05/15/2025 | 1:15 pm

  • 3rd Party Reimbursement for Mental Health- Maximizing School Social Workers as Mental Health Professionals | Slides

  • AI for Minnesota Standards Aligned IEP Goals & Differentiated Lesson Plans

  • Mood Meter - Be Proactive, Not Reactive! | Slides

  • Section 504 -- The Tough Questions | Outline

  • The Year in Review: Special Education Cases Educators Need to Know | Slides | Outline


Thu 05/15/2025 | 2:45 pm

  • Building Strong Support Structures for Collaborative Special Education Programming

  • Change is Good - YourGo First | Slides | Outline

  • Cracking the Code of the WJ-V: What Administrators Need to Know to Lead the Transition | Slides

  • In-School Tutoring That Works: Supporting Struggling Readers Through Embedded Intervention | Slides

  • Supporting Educator Well-Being | Slides

  • We Can't Intervene Our Way Out of A Tier 1 Problem!


Fri 05/16/2025 | 9:00 am

  • Connect. Amplify. Engage.

  • Cultivating Wellness Through the Power Of Human Connection | Slides

  • Handling Special Education Complaints Like a Pro | Slides

  • HAPPINESS HACKS I STOLE FROM HEAVY METAL

  • In Sync: Harmonizing SpEd Forms with Your Workflow | Slides

  • The School Day is a Thing


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