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PD by Design: Belonging Together [In Person]

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Monday, July 01, 2024 - Monday, June 30, 2025   iCalendar Mountain Standard Time

Please disregard the dates shown here. The training can be scheduled any time during the 2024-2025 school year.  

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PD by Design: A Turn-Key Offering for In-House Professional Development Events

A digital professional development offering for teachers on the theme of Belonging Together. With 6 CEUs worth of rich content from experts in this theme, ACSI PD by Design allows administrators flexibility in hosting their own in-house PD by choosing a date and schedule that works best for their staff. ACSI PD by Design provides access to affordable, high quality professional development for teachers so they can grow in their profession, acquire CEUs, and advance Christ-centered education with excellence. 

What’s included:

  • A Facilitator Guide for a representative from the school to utilize in setting the agenda and in guiding discussion with their staff
  • Suggested schedule that includes 6 hours of content/engagement
  • 6 Educational CEUs (6 clock hours) of engaging professional development

Objective, Speaker and Session Details
Do you personally desire to be more inclusive? Does your school desire to be an inclusive community? As part of our Flourishing School Culture Model, Responsiveness to Special Needs has been identified as a construct under the Expertise & Resources Domain and an indicator of a flourishing school. Flourishing is made possible when educators work together to serve students with special needs, aided by processes and resources for identifying and responding to those needs.
 
Learning objectives for this offering:
  • The participants will analyze learning strengths and challenges so that they can be committed to inclusively reaching and teaching every student in their classrooms. 
  • The participants will recognize their students’ unique learning profiles.  
  • The participants will utilize strategies to effectively teach every student in their class.    
     

Elizabeth Dombrowski, Executive Director, All Belong
Elizabeth Lucas Dombrowski serves as a champion for ability inclusion in schools and churches. Her training is in fundraising and nonprofit administration, serving at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago for nine years, and at All Belong since 2012. Her calling to All Belong and advocacy for places of belonging are the backbone to her thoughtful and creative leadership of an organization that is transforming communities nationwide. Elizabeth has a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University and is currently studying for her Master’s degree at Grand Valley State University.  
 

Pam Maat, Teacher Consultant, All Belong

Pam has been a teaching consultant for All Belong for more than 20 years. She loves mentoring and supporting teachers. “I’ve been blessed to have had a variety of experiences within the educational system which I draw on when problem solving student concerns.” She is also a facilitator for Schools Attuned/Teaching All Kinds of Minds.    
 

Session One: Biblical Belonging  

  • All Belong
  • Our Response  
     

Session Two: Teaching the Whole Child

  • Knowing Students Excellently
  • Neurodevelopmental Framework
  • Social-Emotional Framework  
     

Session Three: Putting Knowledge into Practice

  • Planning for Doing
  • Application