Captain and Rainbow Collaboration: Celebrating Success: Navigating the Busy End-of-Year School Calendar

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Event Date 04/30/2025
Presenters: Michele Harding, Program Specialist, Ventura County Office of Education
Julie Affronti, Behavior Specialist, Ventura County Office of Eduction
Shayna Stern-Tolkmitt, School Psychologist, Oxnard Union High School Distric
Spanish presentation by: 
Maria Isabel Garcia-Thomas, School Counselor, Oxnard School District

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
The end of the school year can be a time of celebration and excitement, but it can also bring unique challenges for children with autism. From graduations and dances to parties and other social events, these activities can overwhelm children, disrupt routines, and cause anxiety for both parents
and kids. This workshop is designed to equip parents and caregivers with the tools, strategies, and insights needed to help their children navigate the end-of-year events with confidence and ease

This fulfills requirements towards Ventura County SELPA Autism Certification Program Module VI Instructional Methodology (Para).

There is no cost associated with this event,
however, online registration is required.

Zoom link will be emailed the day prior

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SOBRE LA CONFERENCIA: El final del curso escolar puede ser un momento de celebración y emoción, pero también puede suponer dificultades únicas
para los alumnos con autismo. De las graduaciones y bailes a las fiestas y otros eventos sociales, estas actividades pueden abrumar a los alumnos, interrumpir las rutinas, y causar ansiedad tanto para los padres como para los alumnos. Este taller está diseñado para dotar a los padres y cuidadores de las herramientas, estrategias y conocimientos necesarios para ayudar a su
hijo/a superar los acontecimientos de fin de año con confianza y facilidad.

Este taller cumple con uno de los requisitos para VC SELPA del Módulo VI de
metodología instruccional de nuestro proceso de Certificación de Autismo (Para)

El enlace del zoom se enviará por correo electrónico el día anterior. 

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ITCC Meetings

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

(4 Day Event) 10/10/2024 - 04/30/2025
These meetings will be held both in person and virtually, please indicate your prefered attendance manner.

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Leading a Quality Program in Expanded Learning

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Event Date 04/30/2025

Join us for an engaging professional development session hosted by CynDee Zandes from Consult 4 Kids, where you will take a close look at the components of a high-quality Expanded Learning program. In this session, you will learn how to develop detailed component rubrics that ensure accountability and clarity of goals, while also exploring opportunities for program growth. As part of the Expanded Learning PD series for site coordinators, this interactive session is designed to provide you with practical strategies and actionable insights to enhance your program's quality and impact.

Supporting Exemplary Performance

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Event Date 04/30/2025
A key component to high quality Expanded Learning programs involves high quality staff. In this session we will review the Arc or Professional Development, discuss the vision and mission to retaining staff, and conclude with recruitment and retaining quality staff.

Adopted Budget Training and Fiscal53 Excel template discussions.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Event Date 04/30/2025
Adopted Budget training and a district panel discussion on Fiscal53 Excel template.

Spring (Preparing for the Dashboard) Statewide CALPADS Leadership Training Series CDE-FCMAT-CSIS

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Event Date 04/29/2025
CALPADS data has an impact on funding, accountability, compliance, and decision making. Session 3 of the CALPADS leadership training series will focus on the connection between the CA School Dashboard and the CALPADS End of Year (EOY) submission. District/Charter Administrators will be provided with resources to prepare for the EOY submission deadline in preparation for the 2025 Dashboard. LEA Administrators are encouraged to bring their CALPADS Coordinators. This is an interactive workshop; participants should bring a fully charged electronic device. CLICK HERE FOR FLYER.

Spring Roadshow- CDE CALPADS Special Education

Monday, April 28, 2025

Event Date 04/28/2025
Presented by: Brandi Jauregui, Information Technology Specialist Data Evaluation and Analysis Unit, Special Education Division California Department of Education

Join the California Department of Education (CDE) Special Education Division staff for its Fall CALPADS Special Education Data Roadshow!

These sessions will train local special education data coordinators and Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)-level staff on the updates and changes for the CALPADS End of Year Submission as well as other special education-related data. The training will cover:

• IEP Implementation Data Collection
• Preparing for End of Year

• End of Year Deadlines
• Example EOY Calendar
• Local special education data system audit

• Data Submission and Error Resolution

• High Frequency Data Discrepancies

• Reviewing EOY Reports

• EOY State Performance Plan Indicators
• Other data used in the Annual Determination Letter

• Timeline Compliance Prong II and CALPADS Monitoring Report 16.21
• Other Local Auditing in preparation for Fall 1 2025
• 2025-26 Changes

SELPA staff, district, and site-level special education data coordinators are welcome to attend. CALPADS local educational agency (LEA) administrators may attend only if space is available.

Ventura County Mathlete Challenge

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Event Date 04/26/2025
4th and 5th grade students in public schools throughout Ventura County are invited to participate in a mathematics competition event that is exciting and challenging. 

Each school may use a screening process of its own design in order to select four students from each grade level (4th and 5th) who will best represent the school at the Ventura County Mathlete Challenge. 

Registration is $50 per school.  Ventura County Public Schools can register a 4th and 5th grade team for a total of $50.  Registration opens November 1 and ends January 31. 

Classified Personnel Professional Development Series

Friday, April 25, 2025

Event Date 04/25/2025
We are pleased to announce the fourth workshop in our Classified Personnel Professional Development Series titled Empowering Excellence:  Building Skills for the Future.  This fourth workshop will focus on "How to Make Better Decisions with Critical Thinking". 

All employees should seek supervisorial approval. 

We look forward to your participation!

2024/25 State and Federal Programs Directors' Meeting

Friday, April 25, 2025

(8 Day Event) 08/29/2024 - 06/26/2025
The Department of State & Federal Accountability at the Ventura County Office of Education presents a FREE virtual collaboration opportunity with local districts. This initiative aims to offer a unified system of support in line with The California Department of Education's evolving and integrated accountability system. Come join us for the latest updates, key highlights, assistance, and valuable resources.

Empower Your Student's Future: CCGI Training for K-12 Counselors & Adminstrators

Friday, April 25, 2025

Event Date 04/25/2025
The California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) manages CaliforniaColleges.edu, the official state platform for college and career planning. Our mission is to simplify the path to college for all California students, close opportunity gaps, and provide seamless transitions from K-12 to college and career.

Training Topics:
CCGI Partnered Districts with Live Data: Hands-on training and foster collaboration among Districts actively utilizing live data.

Future Partnerships & Data Onboarding: Overview, demonstration, and collaborative discussions for Districts exploring opportunities for data onboarding.

Join us to learn more

Multilingualism Leadership Network 2024-25

Friday, April 25, 2025

(5 Day Event) 10/18/2024 - 05/23/2025

The Ventura County Multilingualism Leadership Network is a professional learning and collaborative growth space for educators from across our county who serve and support multilingual communities, students and their families. Sessions are fundamentally designed on assets-based pedagogies that elevate the cultural and linguistic fortitudes of the varied typologies of multilingual learners in our schools while concurrently supporting their needs. California's overarching vision of educational equity for multilingual students is that each classroom is an equitable, inclusive, responsive, and supportive learning environment where all students thrive and develop the competencies that will allow them to pursue the greatest number of postsecondary options and live a fulfilling and rewarding adult life of self-actualization attainment.

*Two books will guide the focus and learning outcomes of our network - Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation written by Shane Safir & Jamila Dugan AND Bilingual First Language Acquisition by Annick De Houwer*

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UPK/UTK Professional Development Series, 2024-25: Play, Explore, and Count for Early Math Learning

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Event Date 04/24/2025

VCOE's Early Childhood Programs is excited to offer this UPK/UTK Workshop series for ECE and TK Teachers, Aides and Administrators.

In this workshop, participants will:

• Experience ways to help students learn and enjoy math concepts using simple materials and conversations
• Explore opportunities to play and reason
• Consider developmental stages as young learners begin to understand numbers, quantities, shapes, and patterns.

Q Administrator Support Training

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Event Date 04/24/2025
This training is by invitation only and is intended to for Technology Staff who support their LEA using Q SIS Software. 

Topics covered include:

• Q Permissions and protection of student data, 
• CALPADS Overview, 
• Programs, 
• Marks Setup
• Track Review
• New Year
• Year End
• PreEnrollment/ReEnrollment Overview
• EL Overview
• Ticket best practices/recommendations
• Grad Requirements

Expanded Learning Leadership Meeting

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Event Date 04/23/2025

Join us for an engaging Expanded Learning Leadership Meeting designed to foster collaboration, provide timely updates, and expand your professional network. This meeting will feature:

• Guest Presenters: Hear from distinguished experts who will share insights and best practices on advancing learning initiatives.
• CDE Updates & Representatives: Receive the latest updates from CDE and engage directly with their representatives to discuss new policies and initiatives.
• Interactive Q&A Session: Participate in a dynamic Q&A segment where you can address your questions and explore in-depth discussions on current challenges and opportunities.
• PD Offerings: Learn about upcoming professional development offerings designed to enhance your skills and leadership within our learning community.
• Community Engagement Opportunities: Discover exciting opportunities to connect and collaborate with community partners, furthering our collective mission and impact.

We look forward to your participation as we drive forward innovative solutions and strengthen our network of learning leaders.

Wellness Community of Practice Meeting

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

(6 Day Event) 09/23/2024 - 04/23/2025

VCOE is excited to announce this year’s schedule of meetings for our “Wellness Community of Practice”! The Wellness Community of Practice is a blending of the former Wellness Center Community of Practice along with SEL School Counselor Community of Practice. We are choosing to consolidate these meetings and bring you an engaging and useful series of gathering this school year that mix up live meetings with Zoom meetings.  Altogether, these gatherings aim to highlight effective practices and to invite discussion around them. We welcome all educators with an interest in supporting student wellness into the community of practice.

What: A gathering of educators who support student wellness

Who: School Counselors, Therapists, Teachers, Administrators and Administrative staff, Support staff, and anyone who supports student wellness

Why:To learn together; to share best ideas; to find solutions; to improve our practice; to connect with fellow educators; to be uplifted

VC SIS: Scheduling in Q for Elementary

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Event Date 04/22/2025

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This class will provide you with an overall understanding of the scheduling process at the elementary school level. You will gain hands-on experience, learn the best practices of elementary scheduling and receive additional resources focusing on the scheduling module in Q SIS software.  By taking this class you will acquire the necessary skills in QSIS to:

• Assign courses to teachers

• Schedule students into teacher’s courses

• Maintain and update student schedules

• Utilize appropriate reports

• Align courses and standard sets for Standards Based Report Cards

Purchasing and Accounts Payable Roundtable and Training

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Event Date 04/22/2025
Purchasing and Accounts Payable Roundtable and Training for district fiscal staff.

Fee Schedule Workgroup

Thursday, April 17, 2025

(6 Day Event) 12/19/2024 - 05/15/2025

VC SIS: Q Behavior Training

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Event Date 04/16/2025
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Q Behavior is a class that will teach you how to enter Incidents, Policies and Penalties so that they are properly reported to CALPADS. You will also explore the Behavior application broadly learning all of its features and commonly pulled reports.

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Event Date 04/16/2025
Mental Health First Aid from National Council for Mental Wellbeing. 

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/population-focused-modules/youth/

VC SIS: Intro to Q Reports Canvas Training

Monday, April 14, 2025

Event Date 04/14/2025

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Intro to Q Reports is a course that will walk you through all of the areas of a report in Q. You will learn where to find reports, how to sort and filter selections to get the most meaningful data, how to save custom settings, and how to publish your report results to a .pdf or export to Excel. Additionally, you will delve into Report Writer, learn to design a custom report and how to effectively use Pivot Tables allowing you to drill down to the precise data you need.

This robust class is designed to conveniently fit into your busy work schedule. It is held over a 3 week period of time asynchronously. It’s flexible in that you may choose to finish all 4 hours of instruction in one setting, or to spread out the material over a span of time during the 3 weeks. You will receive feedback from your instructor throughout the time you spend in the course. Upon successful completion you will receive a digital badge/certificate you can add to your resume/portfolio and or provide to your LEA showing off your new skill set and ability in Q.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
This is a hands-on, self-guided, asynchronous, Canvas course. Participants will need a desktop / laptop computer with internet access to be able to complete the assignments in Q SIS game training database. Your instructor will send you information about how to get started in Canvas and how to log into our training system prior to the beginning date of the class.

PM. NCPI Refresher

Friday, April 11, 2025

Event Date 04/11/2025

Everyone who is certified in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention MUST attend a 3.5 hour refresher every 12 months in order to keep the certification active.  This is critical to maintain your skills and also very important for liability reasons.

Dress Code:  Wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes.  No open toed shoes or sandals or you will NOT be allowed to participate. 

Please Be Prompt: Participants must be checked in prior to the 8am start time. Participants who arrive more than15 minutes after the training begins will NOT be admitted.                                                                               
                      

NOTE: The Ventura County SELPA is only authorized to certify employees of VC SELPA school districts, charter schools, non-public schools and contractors.  We are not able to oversee the integrity of the interventions utilized by persons who are not our employees or ensure their attendance at required annual refresher courses.  People who do not meet these criteria are welcome to attend but will not be CPI certified.

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Recruiting and Maintaining Attendance plus Assisting with Homework

Friday, April 11, 2025

Event Date 04/11/2025

In this session, we will discover key strategies for attracting and sustaining high attendance in your Expanded Learning program by creating an environment that meets the diverse needs of youth. Learn how to design activities that align with their interests and passions, fostering a sense of belonging and engagement. Additionally, explore ways to transform homework time into a meaningful opportunity for academic growth. Rather than simply providing answers, develop techniques to guide and support youth in building essential problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

AM. NCPI Refresher

Friday, April 11, 2025

Event Date 04/11/2025

Everyone who is certified in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention MUST attend a 3.5 hour refresher every 12 months in order to keep the certification active.  This is critical to maintain your skills and also very important for liability reasons.

Dress Code:  Wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes.  No open toed shoes or sandals or you will NOT be allowed to participate. 

Please Be Prompt: Participants must be checked in prior to the 8am start time. Participants who arrive more than15 minutes after the training begins will NOT be admitted.
                                                                                                                

NOTE: The Ventura County SELPA is only authorized to certify employees of VC SELPA school districts, charter schools, non-public schools and contractors.  We are not able to oversee the integrity of the interventions utilized by persons who are not our employees or ensure their attendance at required annual refresher courses.  People who do not meet these criteria are welcome to attend but will not be CPI certified.

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