| | 0 | IDEA Academy | 3/3/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Nejezchleb | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 |  | odie.workshops.Section |
March 3, 2026
This training will review the basics of IEP writing and fundamentals of holding an IEP that follows current legal and best practice. This training will be conducted over 3 days during the 25-26 school year. The training will be facilitated by Jessica Shepard, Associate Sped Director.
Required to attend all 3 days....
-October 14, 2025
-December 9, 2025
-March 3, 2026
Closed 18 Registered  5 Min; 60 Max
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| | 0 | LETRS Cohort A | 3/16/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
March 16, 2026
LETRS Training for CLSD Consortium Members in Cohort A.
Closed 44 Registered 8 Min; 44 Max
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| | 0 | LETRS Cohort B | 3/17/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
March 17, 2026
LETRS Training for CLSD Consortium Members in Cohort B.
Closed 42 Registered 8 Min; 42 Max
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| | 0 | CTE Leadership Team Meeting | 3/19/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Lindsey | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
March 19, 2026
Members of the consortium will jointly determine the method for identifying consortium activities and funding priorities based on each participating member’s reVISION process, recommendations from any local or regional advisory committee, and funds available. Members of the consortium must reach a consensus upon the mutually-beneficial programs and purposes that Perkins funds will support. Members will describe the purposes and programs, aligned with the outcomes of the reVISION process, in the local Perkins application.
WHO: Please register and send 1-2 CTE staff members, counselors, and/or leaders from each school district to participate, advocate, and represent the needs and perspectives of their district.
Lunch will be on your own from 11:30-12:30.
Closed
0 Registered
8 Min; 45 Max
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| | 0 | Elementary (Grades 3-5) Chess Tournament | 3/23/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Ochsner | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
March 23, 2026
Participants: 3rd- 5th grade students
Have a chess club at your school? Do you have want to challenge your students? This is also a great way to add to your high ability program- getting together with students from other districts. Come join us for a great and challenging day.
Format: 6 round Swiss system (meaning all players will get to play all six rounds). Each player will have 20 minutes per game. If there are sufficient entries for multiple divisions, divisions will consist of each grade level or grade level bands.
*Lunch will not be provided. Students and Coaches will need to bring a sack lunch. ESU 9 will provide cookies for students and coaches.
Open 88 Registered (9 Registrations, 79 Students) 50 Min; 170 Max
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| | 0 | Middle School (Grades 6-8) Chess Tournament | 3/24/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Ochsner | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
March 24, 2026
Participants: 6th - 8th grade students
Have a chess club at your school? Do you have want to challenge your students? This is also a great way to add to your high ability program- getting together with students from other districts. Come join us for a great and challenging day.
Format: 6 round Swiss system (meaning all players will get to play all six rounds). Each player will have 20 minutes per game. If there are sufficient entries for multiple divisions, divisions will consist of each grade level or grade level bands.
*Lunch will not be provided. Students and Coaches will need to bring a sack lunch. ESU 9 will provide cookies for students and coaches.
Open 67 Registered (6 Registrations, 61 Students) 50 Min; 170 Max
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| | 0 | Early Childhood Trainings | 3/27/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Nejezchleb | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
March 27, 2026
Trauma Informed Care in Early Childhood -training provides information opportunities for reflection and strategies for using trauma-sensitive approaches in early care and education.
- Learn about trauma and the impact trauma can have for children and adult caregivers.
- Understand ways to effectively address trauma as an adult caregiver.
- Understand how to support young children with trauma-sensitive approaches.
- Develop an action plan for using trauma-sensitive approaches in the early care and education environment.
Using AI to support IEP’s in the afternoon.
Audience: Birth to age 5 Early Childhood providers, paras, home visitors, classroom teachers, SLP’s and OT’s
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| | 0 | Art Cadre - Looking Closely | 4/8/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Ochsner | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 8, 2026
The "Looking Closely" day-long professional development workshop invites art educators to explore diverse ways to construct narratives through visual art by contrasting two fundamental approaches to observation. Using the powerful works of two distinct artists as case studies, participants will learn different ways artists look closely.
Through experimenting with art materials and approaches, teachers will gain practical insight into how changing vantage points is key to developing artistic ideas, problem solving, and telling nuanced stories about human experience.
This immersive session provides teachers with practical strategies for fostering visual literacy and critical thinking in their K-12 classrooms and allows time for them to create their own art works and basic syllabus through discovery and observation.
Presenter: Wendy Bantam
Wendy Jane Bantam works regionally and internationally as a teaching artist. She uses the tools of music, theatre, sculpture, painting and writing to teach a deeper understanding of languages, reading, math and science. She lectures on creativity and critical thinking.Her lectures are found on TEDx and Ignite.
Bantam holds a BFA in Fine Art from the University of Kansas and an MFA in painting from the University of Nebraska~Lincoln and is an Artist-in-the-Schools-and-Communities with the Nebraska Arts Council. She has been a visiting professor in painting, art history and art appreciation at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Midland University and a lecturer on Arts Integration Learning for the UNL College of Education and Human Sciences.
Wendy partners with teachers, communities, schools and fellow artists to bring creative curriculum and interdisciplinary arts experience to the forefront. In combining storytelling with visual art, she engages communities of all ages, languages and identities through visual arts and verbal and written word. Wendy assists teachers and students in turning their own stories, or a story they’ve read, into a creation of performance or visual art.
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| | 0 | The 3D Lenses of Science: Seeing the World Beyond the Textbook | 4/9/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Lindsey | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 9, 2026
Join us for a dynamic K–12 science workshop focused on bringing three-dimensional learning to life. Discover practical strategies to help students use core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and scientific practices together to make sense of phenomena and design real-world solutions. Walk away with ready-to-use tools to create rigorous, student-centered science classrooms aligned to NGSS.
Presenters:
Jen Gutierrez has 38 years of experience in education, serving as a K–4 teacher, district science specialist, and K–12 STEM specialist. She now works as a Customer Success Specialist with Activate Learning, supporting educators in 3-dimensional science teaching. Jen was a member of the 2011 Next Generation Science Standards writing team, including the Diversity & Equity team, and has held national leadership roles with the National Science Teachers Association, representing multiple states and serving as Division Director of Professional Learning on the NSTA Board.
Jennifer Jones is a high school science teacher in Ogallala, Nebraska, who teaches multiple advanced science courses, including Chemistry, Anatomy, Physics, and Science Research. A Past President of the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science and a 2023 Nebraska Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, she is dedicated to implementing rigorous, student-centered 3D science instruction. Jennifer focuses on practical, classroom-tested, phenomenon-driven strategies that promote curiosity while maintaining the complexity required for upper-level science.
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| | 0 | CPI Training | 4/16/2026 8:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Shepard | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 16, 2026
Verbal De-escalation and nonviolence crisis intervention in the school setting.
Administration (Principals, Superintendents), Teachers, Speech-Language Pathologists, School Psychologists, Paraprofessionals
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| | 0 | The Blueprint for High-Quality Instruction: Instructional Practice Guide (IPG) Training | 4/17/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Perry | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 17, 2026
Presented by: Kayla Perry, Regional Literacy Coach
Observe & Reflect: Utilize research-based tools for focused classroom observations.
Actionable Feedback: Provide content-specific coaching to enhance the implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM).
Systems-Level Insight: Identify instructional trends and calibrate expectations across grade levels.
Collaborative Growth: Shift the focus from evaluation to professional learning and coherence.
This training will also be offered on June 3, 2026 for persons unable to attend in April.
Open 10 Registered 8 Min; 40 Max
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| | 0 | LETRS Early Childhood | 4/24/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 24, 2026
Early Childhood LETRS training for CLSD Consortium Members only.
Closed 17 Registered No Min; 17 Max
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| | 0 | RBI Introduction & Overview Training | 4/30/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Nejezchleb | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 30, 2026
RBI Intro and Overview and Using the RBI and Quality Home Visits to Develop a Quality IFSP.
Targeted for Services Coordinators along with any Early Intervention provider who do not need to be RBI trained but need the information in order to attend the Getting Ready training. This would include any PTs, OTs, SLPs, etc in each school district within PRT Region. The training is also highly encouraged for all EI providers to help with writing outcomes.
Open 27 Registered 10 Min; 55 Max
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| | 0 | LETRS Cohort A | 5/14/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 14, 2026
LETRS Training for CLSD Consortium Members in Cohort A.
Closed 44 Registered 8 Min; 44 Max
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| | 0 | LETRS Cohort B | 5/15/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 15, 2026
LETRS Training for CLSD Consortium Members in Cohort B.
Closed 42 Registered 8 Min; 42 Max
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| | 0 | High Quality Instructional Material (HQIM) Implementation Support | 5/26/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Soto | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 26, 2026
Learning Intentions:
1. Explore the elements of HQIM implementation and reflect on how to put them into practice.
2. Collaborate with educators that have adopted similar materials, fostering a supportive network for sharing experiences and best practices.
3. Analyze your instructional material to identify strategies and resources for optimizing implementation.
$150 stipend per day is available for teachers from Title II-A Consortium Member Schools: Adams Central, Blue Hill, Doniphan-Trumbull, Giltner, Hampton, Kenesaw, Red Cloud, Silver Lake, and Sutton.
*Stipend not available if taking this for college credit
Optional: 1 Credit Hour ($260) through Hastings College
If you are taking this for credit, you must attend both days and log additional hours of independent work for a total of 15 hours.
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| | 0 | CIP/MTSS Action Planning | 5/29/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Soto | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 29, 2026
ESU 9 in Partnership with Kris Kampovitz and Mandy McClure, NeMTSS
This two-day workshop supports district and school teams in developing focused, data-driven action plans using a structured problem-solving process aligned to CIP, MTSS, and special education improvement efforts.
Teams will engage in each step of the problem-solving model—from root cause analysis to clear action steps—through modeled examples and guided time to apply the process using your own data. The experience is designed to strengthen alignment across plans and support districts navigating multiple requirements or improvement efforts.
Participants will leave with clear priorities and a draft or refined action plan ready for implementation.
Who Should Attend?
District and school teams, including:
- District Administrators and Principals
- MTSS, CIP, and instructional leadership teams
- Special education leaders
- Schools or districts with classifications, designations, or determinations
Teams are encouraged to attend together and bring access to relevant data.
Stipend Info:
$150 stipend per day is available for teachers from Title II-A Consortium Member Schools: Adams Central, Blue Hill, Doniphan-Trumbull, Giltner, Hampton, Kenesaw, Red Cloud, Silver Lake, and Sutton.
*Stipend not available if taking this for college credit
College Credit Info:
Optional: 1 Credit Hour ($260) through Hastings College
If you are taking this for credit, you must attend both days and log additional hours of independent work for a total of 15 hours.
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| | 0 | MTSS for Reading Improvement | 6/1/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Schultz | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
June 1, 2026
Sarah Brown, the author of MTSS for Reading Improvement, will be leading this workshop!
Workshop Description:
Join us in this intensive 2-day workshop where leaders and teachers will deepen their understanding of how to design a research-aligned Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to drive reading improvement efforts that result in improved outcomes for all readers. Grounded in practical tools from the book MTSS for Reading Improvement, the workshop blends action-oriented learning segments with team-based planning and local reflection so participants leave with a clear plan to strengthen Tier 1 instruction, align Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions, and empower educators to use data to drive reading instruction and student success.
Who Should Attend:
Principals, SPED Directors, Curriculum Directors, Preschool through 12th-grade educators
Stipend Info:
$150 stipend (less withholdings) for teachers from Title IIA Cons. Member Schools: Adams Central, Blue Hill, Doniphan-Trumbull, Giltner, Hampton, Kenesaw, Lawrence Nelson, Red Cloud, Sandy Creek, Silver Lake, and Sutton. *Stipend not available if taking this for college credit
Credit Info:
Optional: 1 Credit Hour ($260). If taking for credit, you must attend both days.
Open 4 Registered 8 Min; 250 Max
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| | 0 | The Blueprint for High-Quality Instruction: Instructional Practice Guide (IPG) Training | 6/3/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Perry | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
June 3, 2026
Presented by: Kayla Perry, Regional Literacy Coach
Observe & Reflect: Utilize research-based tools for focused classroom observations.
Actionable Feedback: Provide content-specific coaching to enhance the implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM).
Systems-Level Insight: Identify instructional trends and calibrate expectations across grade levels.
Collaborative Growth: Shift the focus from evaluation to professional learning and coherence.
Open 10 Registered 8 Min; 45 Max
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| | 0 | Administrative Assistants Technology Training | 6/5/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Ochsner | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
June 5, 2026
Join ESU 6 & ESU 9 for a one-day training designed to help you master essential tech tools to boost productivity and streamline your workflow.
This hands-on session will cover:
AI Tools: Learn how Artificial Intelligence can automate tasks and improve efficiency.
Google Suite: Explore Google Drive, Docs, Sheets (including formulas), and more to organize and analyze data seamlessly.
Canva: Discover how to create eye-catching documents, newsletters, and graphics quickly and professionally.
Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills or explore new tools, this day of learning will provide practical strategies and resources to enhance your work. Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate, learn, and level up your tech game!
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