professional development

Multilingual Learners Summit 2026 – 6/10/2026

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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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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44650

OPES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 7/9/2026

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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

OPES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 7/10/2026

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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

Thinking Outside the Box 2.0 Camp (Day 2): Empowering Gifted Learners with the 4 C’s – 6/9/2026

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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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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44623

Teach with Your Strengths – 5/27/2026

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Join us for an in-person professional learning experience centered on the book Teach with Your Strengths. This full-day workshop is designed to help educators discover, embrace, and apply their unique strengths to create more authentic and fulfilling teaching practices.

Participants will reflect on their personal top five strengths, explore how those strengths impact teaching and learning, and collaborate with peers to develop actionable plans. Book will be provided to participants.

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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44538

Explore Mathematics Conference 2026 – 6/2/2026

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The annual Explore Mathematics Conference features noteworthy keynote speakers and can’t miss relevant breakout sessions. At this event participants will have choice on their professional learning that is engaging and hands on.

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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44491

Explicit Instruction the Anita Archer Way: How does it work with my ELA curriculum? – 6/3/2026

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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=44659

Regional Attendance Collaborative (RAC) – 6/4/2026

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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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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44399