Resident Educator Mentor Academy – Day 1 and Day 2 – 8/27/2026

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.

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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44708

OPES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 8/27/2026

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.

*Space is 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.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44821

OPES 2.0 Evaluator Training – 8/28/2026

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.

*Space is 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.

Click for full details and registration.

http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44821

Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum II (An Online Course) – 8/31/2026

In this important Orton-Gillingham follow-up course, master teachers continue to coach teachers who have taken the Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I ONLINE in implementing multisensory, structured language instruction. The course encompasses 45 hours of content as well as 54 lessons of multisensory teaching through lesson plans and samples of student work under the supervision of a master teacher over a period of at least 9 months, monitoring student’s progress. Using the Sibme Platform, master teachers will observe designated lessons and provide corrective feedback during the planning and delivery of these lessons. Participants will read and respond to the book, The Reading Mind: A Cognitive approach to understanding how the mind reads by Daniel T.Willingham. This course is required for Orton-Gillingham Certification.

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

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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44777

Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I (An Online Course) – 8/17/2026

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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http://www.escweb.net/oh_hcesc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=44693