SASED Professional Development 2010 - 2011
Professional Development
2010 - 2011 School Year Calendar of Events
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August 
8/5 & 8/6 – RtI Implementation at Any Tier (NEW)
Colleen Johnston & Kristen Harding
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Aurora University Program for Credit
The following University of Kansas (KU) ½ day SIM courses will be held the first 2 weeks in August:
8/2 or 8/11 - University of Kansas SIM Training - Unit Organizer Routine
Leighton Helwig
Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
8/2 or 8/11 - University of Kansas SIM Training – Course & Lesson Organizer Routine
Leighton Helwig
Hours: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
8/3 or 8/12 - University of Kansas SIM Training – Concept Mastery Routine
Leighton Helwig
Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
8/3 or 8/12 - University of Kansas SIM Training – Clarifying & Framing Routines
Leighton Helwig
Hours: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
8/5 or 8/13 - University of Kansas SIM Training
Concept Anchoring, Concept Comparison & Question Exploration
Leighton Helwig
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
8/11- STARS the Next Generation: Autism Training Series & Practicum
Coaching Tomorrows Leaders in the Education of Students w/Autism
August 11, 12, September 22, October 20, November 17
Niki Thurkow, Julie Bay, Emily Cain
Location: N I U, Naperville Campus
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm (8/11 & 12))
Hours: 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (9/22; 10/20; 11/17
Aurora University Program for Credit
8/17 – SASED Orientation
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
8/20 & 9/21 – CHAMPS for Middle School & High School (NEW)
Roslyn Martin & Hiedi Santucci
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm & 8:00 am – 4:30 pm respectively
Aurora University Program for Credit
September 
9/8 – New File Maker Program User Training
Administrators/LEA Reps who will be facilitating IEP meetings w/little or no experience)
Deb Rasper
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Administrators must register staff
9/8 – New Web IEP User Training
Web access users w/little or no experience with the Computerized IEP system
Deb Rasper
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Administrators must register staff
9/9 – New Web IEP User Training
Web access users w/little or no experience with the Computerized IEP system
Deb Rasper
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Administrators must register staff
9/9 – New File Maker Program User Training
Administrators/LEA Reps who will be facilitating IEP meetings w/little or no experience)
Deb Rasper
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Administrators must register staff
9/10 – SASED District & Program Administrators Meeting
Location: University of Illinois, Naperville Campus
Hours: 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
9/14 - Beginning Sign Language Skill Builder Series
Skill Builder for Certified & Non-certified Staff
September 14, 21 & 28; October 5, 12, 19 & 26; November 2
Kelly Story
Location: Fairwood School, Lombard
Hours: 4:00pm – 5:30 pm
9/14– CPI Certification Training
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
9/14 & 9/21 – Sensory Processing: Early Childhood Skill Builder Series
Lisa Bradley
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
Hours: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
9/16 – File Maker IEP Data Management New Users (tentative date)
Secretaries/Assistants & Administrators w/ little/no experience in Data Management & Reports
Deb Rasper
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Administrators must register staff
9/16 - File Maker IEP Data Management Advanced Users (tentative date)
Secretaries/Assistants & Administrators w/ previous experience using the File Maker program
Deb Rasper
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Administrators must register staff
9/21 - Menta Certification Training
Procedures for Crisis Intervention & Physical Management
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
Level II Beginning Sign Language
Skill Builder for Certified & Non-certified Staff
September 22 & 29; October 6, 13, 20 & 27; November 3 & 10
Jane Graening
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
Hours: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
9/24 – CPI Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
SPECIAL EVENT: 9/29 & 9/30 ILLINOIS ASPIRE
RTI Middle School & High School
Dr. Kevin Feldman & Dr. George Batsche
October 
10/1 – Menta Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
SASED IST
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
10/8 & 10/9 – Verbal Behavior/ABA (NEW)
Julie Bay & Sheila Feldbaumer
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm & 8:00 am – 4:30 pm respectively
Aurora University Program for Credit
10/19 & 10/26 - Sensory Processing Strategies for the Elementary Classroom Setting
Skill Builder Series
Richard Burns
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
Hours: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
10/21 – Menta Certification Training
Procedures for Crisis Intervention & Physical Management
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
10/22 – Menta Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
10/26 – CPI Certification Training
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
10/29 - CPI Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
November 
SPECIAL EVENT: Date TBD
RTI : Advanced Problem Solving
Dr. David Tilly
Hosted by SASED and the DuPage ROE
11/5 – SASED District & Program Administrators Meeting
Location: T B A
Hours: 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
11/5 & 11/6 – Functional Assessment
Carol Dahlquist
Location: N I U, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm & 8:00 am - 4:30 pm respectively
Aurora UniversityProgram for Credit
11/16 – PBIS Administrator Academy #540
IL PBIS Coordinator
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Hosted by SASED and the DuPage ROE
11/29, 11/30 & 12/1 SPECIAL EVENT: CHAMPS Trainer of Trainer Series
Safe and Civil Schools
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
11/30, 12/1 & 12/9 - CHAMPS for Elementary School Settings (NEW)
Mary Brzezinski & Tina Cerney
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm – 8: 30 pm
Aurora UniversityProgram for Credit
December 
12/3 - CPI Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
12/10 – Menta Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
January 
1/6 & 1/20 – Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
& Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP) Coaching (NEW)
Carol Dahlquist
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Aurora UniversityProgram for Credit
1/14 – SASED District & Program Administrators Meeting
Location: T B A
Hours: 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
1/14 & 1/15 – RtI Implementation at Any Tier
Colleen Johnston & Kristen Harding
Location: NIU, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm & 8:00 am-4:30 pm respectively
Aurora University Program for Credit
1/19 -Level II - Beginning Sign Language Skill Builder Series
for Certified & Non-certified Staff
January 19 & 26; February 2, 9, 16, 23; March 2 & 9
Jane Graening
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
Hours: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
1/21 - CPI Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
1/21 & 1/22 – Aspergers Syndrome
Mary Brzezinski & Niki Thurkow
Location: N I U, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm & 8:00 am-4:30 pm respectively
Aurora University Program for Credit
1/28 - Menta Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators will register staff
1/28 & 1/29 – Introduction to Brain-based Learning
Carol Dahlquist
Location: N I U, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm & 8:00 am-4:30 pm respectively
Aurora University Program for Credit
February
Beginning Sign Language
Skill Builder for Certified & Non-certified Staff
Dates: T B A
Kelly Story
Location: Fairwood School, Lombard
Hours: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
2/3, 10 & 24 – Autism
Emily Cain
Location: N I U, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Aurora University Program for Credit
2/25 –SASED SPRING INSTITUTE
Presenters: Dr. Paula Kluth, Mo Buti, Dr. Toni Linder, Dr. Karen Gouze, Corporal Tracy Reed, Brian King
Dr. Brian Chicoine, Bridgette Nicholson, Diane Gould, Angel Lee, Dr. Patrick McGrath, Dr. Marci Stein
Locations: Northern Illinois University, Naperville Campus; Other Venues T B A
Hours: 7:30 am – 1:30 pm
March 
3/1 - Menta Certification Training
Procedures for Crisis Intervention & Physical Management
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
3/4 - Menta Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
3/8 – CPI Certification Training
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
3/10 – PBIS Administrator Academy Blending PSIS/RTI
IL PBIS Coordinator
Location: ROE Professional Development Center, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Hosted by SASED and the DuPage ROE
3/11 - CPI Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
3/11 - SASED District & Program Administrators Meeting
Location: TBD
Hours: 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
3/11, 3/12 & 4/15 & 16 – The Fragile Brain I & II
Carol Dahlquist & Hiedi Santucci
Location: N I U, Naperville Campus
Hours: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Fridays) & 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (Saturdays)
Aurora University Program for Credit
April 
SPECIAL EVENT: Date TBD
2nd Annual DuPage County RTI Showcase
Hosted by the DuPage ROE, SASED, CASE & NDSEC
4/5 & 4/12 – Sensory Processing for Teens
Skills Builder Workshop
Jim Taylor
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Office, Lombard
Hours: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
4/8 - CPI Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Emily Cain
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
4/12 - Menta Certification Training
Procedures for Crisis Intervention & Physical Management
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
4/14 - Menta Refresher Training
Review of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program
Mary Brzezinski
Location: SASED/Highland Hills Conference Room, Lombard
Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Administrators must register staff
May 
5/18 – SASED Employee Appreciation Picnic
Location: T B A
Hours: 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
5/20 – SASED District & Program Administrators Meeting
Location: TBD
Hours: 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
August 
TBD - Culturally Responsive Education (NEW)
Roslyn Martin & Hiedi Santucci
Location: TBD
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm & 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Aurora University Program for Credit
Events TBD: Spanish for Educators
Interventions Training (Rewards, SRA, Language! etc.)
Monthly Building/District RtI Coaching Meetings
Advanced Assessment in Reading: CBE-R & CORE Reading
Updated: 8/20/2010
