| | 0 | Co-Teaching Cohort | 3/31/2026 4:00:00 PM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 |  | odie.workshops.Section |
March 31, 2026
Join us for the next Co-Teaching Cohort!
Building a Network of Co-Teachers in our Region!
All teachers currently co-teaching are welcome to participate in this interactive zoom session. Co-teaching pairs are welcome, but not required for this work.
We will be discussing best practices in co-teaching and sharing ideas and strategies that are currently happening in our region!
Remote
Open 5 Registered  5 Min; 40 Max
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| | 0 | Transition Student Tours | 4/1/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Nejezchleb | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 1, 2026
Choose 4 Businesses to tour in AM:
- Head Start
- Fleet Pride
- College View
- Hastings Public Library
- YMCA - Daycare/Preschool
- Companion's Choice Animal Hospital
- Hastings Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram
- PaperWorks Industries
The day will start at your first tour. Bowling after lunch.
This workshop is intended for students who have demonstrated independent work skills and are pursuing, or considering a post-secondary college or career pathway.
Closed 52 Registered (9 Registrations, 43 Students) 5 Min; 100 Max
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| | 0 | PEaK Quarterly Inclusion Network | 4/7/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 7, 2026
Building Inclusive Systems - Final Quarterly Inclusion Network
To create a systematic impact on inclusive practices across the region, quarterly network meetings will provide district and teacher leaders with opportunities to connect, learn, and collaborate to strengthen inclusive systems.
*Reflect on current inclusion and co-teaching systems and plan for expanding this work next school year.
* Gain insights from leaders who are actively implementing these practices and discover strategies to apply within your own district.
* Learn about summer trainings and how they can support your district's goals.
Free to PEaK Consortium Districts
PEaK Consortium Districts: Adams Central, Blue Hill, Doniphan-Trumbull, Giltner,
Hampton, Harvard, Kenesaw, Lawrence-Nelson, Red Cloud, Sandy Creek, Silver
Lake, Superior, and Sutton
Please contact LaRaesha Kugel with questions at laraesha.kugel@esu9.us
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| | 0 | Athletic Director's Cadre | 4/8/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Schultz | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 8, 2026
Athletic Director's Cadre - more details coming soon!
Closed 5 Registered 8 Min; 40 Max
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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.
Open 12 Registered 8 Min; 25 Max
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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.
Closed 13 Registered 8 Min; 45 Max
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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 22 Registered 8 Min; 40 Max
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| | 0 | TAP/Transition Teacher Day | 4/22/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Nejezchleb | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 22, 2026
Transition Assistance Partnership -TAP & Transition Teacher Day
TAP 9:00-11:30
Introductions and Program Updates
(We look forward to hearing about the updates from your agency)
Presentations by: DHHS, Department of Labor, & Our Place
11:30-2:30
Lunch
Tour ESU 9 Programs
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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 | Mental Health | 4/28/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Shepard | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 28, 2026
Promoting positive mental health and well-being for students in our schools through training in a variety of topics.
Topics for this day include:
- Screenagers - an award-winning documentary that dives into the challenges families face in this digital age.
- Red Flags Signs & Symptoms - information you need to know as an educator and mental health first responder to spot struggling students
- Anxious Generation - This book will be reviewed during the training. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt argues that the rise of smartphones and social media since 2010 has caused a mental health crisis in young people, creating an "anxious generation" by replacing a play-based childhood with a phone-based one. Haidt links this "great rewiring" to increased rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, and loneliness, while also detailing unique harms for girls and boys, and offers solutions for parents, schools, and governments to return to a healthier, more balanced childhood.
- Resources for further learning and education to support your classroom and yourself
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| | 0 | Title IX Meetings | 4/29/2026 1:00:00 PM | | ESU 9 | Nejezchleb | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
April 29, 2026
Josh Schauer from Perry Law Firm will give a summary on how the new legislation from this session will impact us. A zoom link will be sent as it gets closer to the date.
Remote
Open 7 Registered 5 Min; 35 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
This is a 1 hr overview of the RBI. The purpose is to familiarize those who are serving families in
Early Intervention using the Getting Ready Approach with the RBI. It’s for those who do not do
RBI's in your region.
Using the RBI and Quality Home Visits to Develop a Quality IFSP
This is a 4-hour training. The purpose of the training is to help participants collaborate with
families to utilize information from Routines Based Interviews, Quality Home Visits, and
Ongoing Assessment to develop functional and family-centered initial, periodic, and annual
IFSPS. The focus includes a review of the process of turning RBI priorities into measurable
outcomes, and also covers other components of the outcome structure such as "child and
family strengths and resources" and "what will be done by whom".
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 PT's, OT's, SLP's, etc. in each school district within the PRT Region. The training is also highly encouraged for all EI providers to help with writing outcomes.
Open 33 Registered 10 Min; 55 Max
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| | 0 | CPI Training | 5/1/2026 8:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Shepard | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 1, 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 | LETRS Cohort A | 5/4/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 4, 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 | 5/5/2026 8:30:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Kugel | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 5, 2026
LETRS Training for CLSD Consortium Members in Cohort B.
Closed 42 Registered 8 Min; 42 Max
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| | 0 | Youth Mental Health First Aid | 5/11/2026 8:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Shepard | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 11, 2026
Facilitator: Katie Callan, LIMHP and Michelle Stevens, PLMHP
This workshop will teach educators how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This training gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial support to students who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
Books/Materials will be provided.
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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 | 5/28/2026 9:00:00 AM | | ESU 9 | Soto | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[odie.workshops.Facilitator] | | 0.00 | | odie.workshops.Section |
May 28, 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 9 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 21 Registered 8 Min; 45 Max
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