Professional Development Event

The Ohio School Counselor Evaluation System (OSCES) Evaluator Training will prepare an evaluator of school counselors for effective, high quality and consistent school counselor evaluation using the Ohio School Counselor Evaluation System (adopted by the State Board of Education in April 2016).

Evaluators of school counselors and the school counselors themselves are highly encouraged to attend together.
To become a certified evaluator of school counselors in the State of Ohio, an individual must successfully complete this one day, 6 hour training, delivered by an OSCES State Trainer.

Upon successful completion of the training, a certificate of completion will be issued for verification.

The training will provide for better understanding of OSCES Framework and Model and allow practice of skills and sharing of resources and best practices in evaluations.

*Space is still available!  YOU MUST REGISTER VIA ODE USING THE OH|ID PORTAL (formerly SAFE/STARS).

Please follow this link for registration: https://safe.ode.state.oh.us/portal/

Registration questions? 

Call Sara Cole at 513-674-4274 or email sara.cole@hcesc.org

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Elevate is a research-based, transformational leadership program designed to equip and elevate aspiring and early career assistant principals and principals with the skills, confidence, and professional networks to thrive in leadership roles.

This is a year long leadership program with full-day learning sessions from October 2025 through June 2026 with additional leadership training and networking opportunities in June 2025.

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Step into an exciting two-day camp themed workshop designed to ignite the minds of gifted learners and those who support them! This immersive experience focuses on developing the 4 Cs — Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Communication — to support educators in creating learning experiences built for expanding gifted students’ thinking and meeting the unique needs of neurodivergent learners.

Note: While the two days are intended to be attended together, participants can engage in sessions individually without missing content. This is a repeat of the version from summer 2025.  If you attended previous versions, this is all new content.

Through engaging challenges, hands-on activities, and dynamic discussions, participants will:

• Explore outside-the-box thinking to enhance problem-solving and innovation.

• Develop critical and creative thinking strategies for stretching learning.

• Foster effective communication and teamwork in gifted learning environments.

• Nurture a culture of curiosity that drives deeper exploration and discovery.

• Gain practical tools and strategies to apply in all learning settings. Whether you’re an educator, administrator, instructional coach, or gifted learner yourself, this camp-style workshop will inspire new ways to think, create, and collaborate.

Get ready to break boundaries and elevate gifted education in a fun, hands-on learning environment!

Important session information: This June 9th session will fulfill 7 hours of the annual gifted HQPD requirement. Taken with the June 8th session, you will earn 15 contact hours of gifted HQPD.

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Join Valentina Gonzalez—renowned expert in multilingual education, founder of Rooted Linguistics, and author of Equitable Instruction for English Learners in the Content Areas—for an engaging and transformative professional development experience.

This session is designed to empower educators to more effectively meet the needs of English learners in their classrooms. Valentina will model practical, research-based strategies that help teachers across grade levels maintain rigorous instruction and hold all students to high expectations, while also providing English learners meaningful opportunities to engage with content-area language and excel in academic learning. Each participant will receive a copy of her book to annotate and reference throughout the presentation.

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Important Session Information:

This two-day training will introduce the essential components within the OPES 2.0 Framework and rubric. Upon completion of the one-day training, participants must complete the online OPES 2.0 assessment to be a credentialed evaluator of principals.

Lunch will be on your own. The cost is $150 per participant. Personal checks or purchase orders made out to the Hamilton County ESC located at 11083 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.

YOU MUST REGISTER VIA ODE USING THE OH|ID PORTAL (formerly SAFE/STARS).
Please follow this link for registration: https://safe.ode.state.oh.us/portal/

Registration questions? Call Sara Cole at 513-674-4274 or email sara.cole@hcesc.org.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44540

Important Session Information:

This two-day training will introduce the essential components within the OPES 2.0 Framework and rubric. Upon completion of the one-day training, participants must complete the online OPES 2.0 assessment to be a credentialed evaluator of principals.

Lunch will be on your own. The cost is $150 per participant. Personal checks or purchase orders made out to the Hamilton County ESC located at 11083 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.

YOU MUST REGISTER VIA ODE USING THE OH|ID PORTAL (formerly SAFE/STARS).
Please follow this link for registration: https://safe.ode.state.oh.us/portal/

Registration questions? Call Sara Cole at 513-674-4274 or email sara.cole@hcesc.org.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44540

SPARK: Foundations for Paraprofessionals is a one-day professional learning experience designed specifically for paraprofessionals supporting students in specialized, self-contained, and inclusive settings. This training equips paraprofessionals with practical strategies to support student independence, respond effectively to behavior, and implement classroom systems with consistency and dignity. Grounded in evidence-based practices, SPARK emphasizes clear roles, collaboration with teachers, and the essential impact paraprofessionals have on student success.



SPECIAL GROUP PRICING AVAILABLE!

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The Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I Online encompasses 16 weeks of instruction, including 45 hours of lecture and a 12-hour practicum. The course focuses on the phonology, orthography and structure of the English language; takes a comprehensive look at how students learn to read and write; and helps teachers to recognize the characteristics of learning disabilities. What makes Hamilton County ESC’s program unique is the practicum: each participant is assigned to a Master Teacher who provides one-to-one coaching and feedback on the creation and teaching of 9 lesson plans custom-tailored for the student the participant is tutoring during the course. Using the Sibme platform, participants upload their lessons and videos of their instruction, enabling instructors to give specific feedback at point of need on both planning and implementation of OG methodology. The maximum instructor/participant ratio in any cohort is 8:1.

Optional College Credit can be purchased for an additional cost through Ashland University

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The Regional Attendance Collaborative is designed to bring together area districts to explore ideas, invest time with your team, and support energy into addressing attendance successes and challenges. Attendance teams of area districts are invited to participate in this 4 session Collaborative throughout the 2025-2026 school year.

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You have your curriculum, now what? Strengthen your curriculum through proven instructional moves. This half-day session introduces the core components of Explicit Instruction, grounded in Anita Archer’s Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching. Learn how to apply these evidence-based practices to strengthen curriculum implementation and ensure students master essential content with clarity and confidence.

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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44671