You are receiving this newsletter because you are an EPLI Trainer of START Content and we know how valuable your work is in the RCN. We hope this newsletter provides you with additional tools, tips, and resources to better support you as an EPLI Trainer of START Content.
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Trainer Tip: Predict Unpredictability
There is no doubt that technology is an incredible tool for most professional learning. So, what do we do when technology doesn’t go as planned? Since technology issues can occur at any time, we must consider it an amazing, but unreliable tool.
This newsletter's trainer tip offers strategies and tips for predicting unpredictability in technology.
Do you have a question about this tip or another training scenario? Send us a message!
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Essential Foundations Bootcamp
START is introducing the Essential Foundations Bootcamp for the Effective Practices Leadership Initiative (EPLI) to increase confidence and competence in trainers and coaches and regional capacity for training and coaching.
The Essential Foundations Bootcamp, which is a total of six days, will include an integration of the universal supports, behavioral practices, and instructional strategies from START training modules and resources.
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Current Trainers are highly encouraged to attend to strengthen their skills and knowledge and support new trainers! All trainers will benefit from this opportunity because there is substantial value in shared learning and reviewing the full Essential Foundations content. Current Trainers may choose to attend any portion of the Essential Foundations Bootcamp.
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New Trainers, Inactive Trainers, and Coach Leaders are also invited to attend.
- The Application is available and is due September 29, 2023.
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FAPE in the LRE Bootcamp
The FAPE in the LRE Bootcamp, scheduled for October 5, 2023 at the Lansing Community College West Campus, is intended to support Current EPLI Trainers of START Content, with increasing confidence and competence, in training the START FAPE in the LRE content in their local contexts.
This Bootcamp will be a very rigorous, yet engaging session; prerequisite work is required to prepare participants for the day. In addition to strengthening the content knowledge of trainers, strategies for the instructional delivery of the FAPE in the LRE training module will be shared and practiced.
The application is due September 27, 2023.
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What do the changes mean for Current EPLI Trainers of START Content?
All Trainers (regardless of the module(s) they were originally trained in) are now referred to as "Current EPLI Trainers of START Content."
EPLI will now include an integration of the universal supports, behavioral practices, and instructional strategies from Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), Educational Supports and Strategies, and other START training modules and resources. Content will be organized for flexible and customizable training and coaching needs.
Expectations of Current EPLI Trainers of START Content:
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Attend ongoing refresher opportunities, such as the Essential Foundations Bootcamp and/or the FAPE in the LRE Bootcamp, every four years. More information to come!
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Trained START content within the past two years. If more than two years have passed without training, the trainer is considered Inactive and should participate in the Essential Foundations Bootcamp in order to reactivate the status to current.
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Report all trainings conducted using START content/materials twice a year in the Individual EPLI Trainer Report.
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The Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START) Project is funded by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education to provide training and technical assistance to educators in Michigan that serve students with ASD.
START Project | autismed@gvsu.edu | (616) 331-6480
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