Resident Educator Mentor Academy – Day 1 and Day 2 – 6/27/2024

Resident Educator Mentor Academy Training is a hybrid event. New mentors to the Resident Educator Program are required to successfully complete the 12-hour Mentor Academy Training to receive state mentor certification. The Academy focuses on the role of the mentor and the critical components of instructional mentoring. Mentors are introduced to the essential content of mentoring to prepare them to support the instructional growth and development of Resident Educators. This is a hybrid training requiring participants to access both the ODE Learning Management System and the Virtual meetings are held by Hamilton County ESC.

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=43091

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

Empowering Administrators: Recognizing and Fostering Learner-Driven Practices and Personalized Learning through OTES – 6/27/2024

Over four 2-hour virtual sessions, we’ll tackle essential questions facing educational leaders today.
Session 1: “Decoding OTES: Recognizing Personalized Learning”
Unlock the mysteries of OTES and discover how to identify personalized learning practices within the evaluation framework.

Session 2: “Teacher-Led Innovation: Promoting Learner-Driven Practices”
Explore how to cultivate a culture where teachers embrace learner-driven approaches, fostering innovation and engagement.

Session 3: “”Empowering Learners: Goal Setting and Agency”
Delve into learner-driven practices through goal setting and voice and choice.

Session 4: “Assessment Capable Practices”
Equip yourself with strategies for fostering assessment-capable mindsets.

Join us as we empower administrators to lead the charge in recognizing and fostering learner-driven practices and personalized learning within their schools and districts.

Zoom links will be provided closer to the event start date. Sessions will be recorded to accommodate participants that may miss live meetings.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=43187

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

Inquiry-Lite in Action: Transforming Critical Thinking in the Modern Social Studies Classroom – 6/28/2024

In this summer PD series of four virtual sessions and strategy development we’ll dive into dynamic strategies that fuel curiosity and critical thinking in the classroom. Get ready for hands-on exploration, collaborative discussions, and practical tools to encourage learners to discover and reason with source evidence.
Each 1 hour, 15 minute session showcases an inquiry-lite strategy and then participants are tasked with creating the strategy for their own classroom use between sessions.

Zoom links will be sent to participants ahead of time. Sessions will be recorded in order to accommodate attendees that may need to miss a date.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=43185

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

OPES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 7/15/2024

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=43081

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

OPES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 7/16/2024

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=43081

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

Inquiry-Lite in Action: Transforming Critical Thinking in the Modern Social Studies Classroom – 7/18/2024

In this summer PD series of four virtual sessions and strategy development we’ll dive into dynamic strategies that fuel curiosity and critical thinking in the classroom. Get ready for hands-on exploration, collaborative discussions, and practical tools to encourage learners to discover and reason with source evidence.
Each 1 hour, 15 minute session showcases an inquiry-lite strategy and then participants are tasked with creating the strategy for their own classroom use between sessions.

Zoom links will be sent to participants ahead of time. Sessions will be recorded in order to accommodate attendees that may need to miss a date.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=43185

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

Principal Bootcamp – 7/19/2024

You Are a Principal Now…Now What? This one-day interactive workshop will focus on the big ideas of the first few months as a new principal. Workshop participants will examine areas of intense focus to ensure a smooth transition and to be a successful principal/assistant principal from the outset. Practical systems and practices will be shared to assist in moving from your current role to instructional leader and ways to balance the role of instructional leader with the responsibilities of leading a school!

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=43141

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

Resident Educator Mentor Academy – Day 1 and Day 2 – 7/22/2024

Resident Educator Mentor Academy Training is a hybrid event. New mentors to the Resident Educator Program are required to successfully complete the 12-hour Mentor Academy Training to receive state mentor certification. The Academy focuses on the role of the mentor and the critical components of instructional mentoring. Mentors are introduced to the essential content of mentoring to prepare them to support the instructional growth and development of Resident Educators. This is a hybrid training requiring participants to access both the ODE Learning Management System and the Virtual meetings are held by Hamilton County ESC.

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=43093

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

OTES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 7/22/2024

The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES 2.0) Evaluator Training will prepare an evaluator of teachers, as defined by the role you serve in a Local Educational Agency (LEA), for effective, high quality and consistent staff evaluation using the OTES 2.0 Model. To become a credentialed evaluator of teachers in the State of Ohio, an individual must be properly licensed, or LEA approved as a peer evaluator, participate in the three-day state-sponsored evaluator training and pass an on-line credentialing assessment. Upon successful completion of the training (attendance for all three days of the training is REQUIRED), participants will have access to the on-line assessment. The three-day state sponsored OTES 2.0 training will provide a better understanding of the OTES 2.0 Framework and Model, allow practice of skills such as scripting, evidence analysis/categorizing, coaching, data conversations and allow for sharing of resources and best practices in educator evaluation.


This 3-day OTES 2.0 FULL CREDENTIALING TRAINING is for NEW administrators and teacher evaluators who have NOT BEEN previously OTES credentialed. The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES 2.0) Evaluator Training will prepare an evaluator of teachers, as defined by the role you serve in a Local Educational Agency (LEA), for effective, high quality and consistent staff evaluation using the OTES 2.0 Model. To become a credentialed evaluator of teachers in the State of Ohio, an individual must be properly licensed, or LEA approved as a peer evaluator, participate in the three-day state-sponsored evaluator training and pass an on-line credentialing assessment. Upon successful completion of the training (attendance for all three days of the training is REQUIRED), participants will have access to the on-line assessment.

Registration cost per person is $250.00.

Purchase orders and checks can be mailed to: HCESC 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=43080

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

OTES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 7/23/2024

The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES 2.0) Evaluator Training will prepare an evaluator of teachers, as defined by the role you serve in a Local Educational Agency (LEA), for effective, high quality and consistent staff evaluation using the OTES 2.0 Model. To become a credentialed evaluator of teachers in the State of Ohio, an individual must be properly licensed, or LEA approved as a peer evaluator, participate in the three-day state-sponsored evaluator training and pass an on-line credentialing assessment. Upon successful completion of the training (attendance for all three days of the training is REQUIRED), participants will have access to the on-line assessment. The three-day state sponsored OTES 2.0 training will provide a better understanding of the OTES 2.0 Framework and Model, allow practice of skills such as scripting, evidence analysis/categorizing, coaching, data conversations and allow for sharing of resources and best practices in educator evaluation.


This 3-day OTES 2.0 FULL CREDENTIALING TRAINING is for NEW administrators and teacher evaluators who have NOT BEEN previously OTES credentialed. The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES 2.0) Evaluator Training will prepare an evaluator of teachers, as defined by the role you serve in a Local Educational Agency (LEA), for effective, high quality and consistent staff evaluation using the OTES 2.0 Model. To become a credentialed evaluator of teachers in the State of Ohio, an individual must be properly licensed, or LEA approved as a peer evaluator, participate in the three-day state-sponsored evaluator training and pass an on-line credentialing assessment. Upon successful completion of the training (attendance for all three days of the training is REQUIRED), participants will have access to the on-line assessment.

Registration cost per person is $250.00.

Purchase orders and checks can be mailed to: HCESC 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=43080

The safety and well-being of our employees, partners, and guests is our top priority. We strive to provide a healthy environment that is inclusive for all. Please understand that health-related protocols may be in effect at the time of an event and may adjust our policies accordingly.

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