SEL series with Mike Anderson
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We know how important social and emotional learning (SEL) is for students, but there’s so much content to cover and so many academic skills to tackle, how do we find time to teach these critical life skills to students?
It could be argued (in fact, I will argue!) that we don’t have time not to teach SEL. After all, how will students succeed in Calculus if they can’t manage frustration when tackling challenges or manage anxiety when taking a test? How will seventh graders succeed with a piece of writing if they can’t confer with other writers or take the risks needed to revise? And how will first graders learn to read if they can’t make good choices about their reading or manage impulsivity?
Given the fluid nature of schooling right now, with some students learning in school, some online, and many doing both, all kids could use help with thinking flexibly, setting goals, and working independently and interdependently.
So, in this learning opportunity, you will get to explore how to teach these skills that are so critical for success as a part of daily academic work!
Dates/Times: Wednesdays, January 20, February 3 and 17, and March 3, 2021.
Choose one timeslot for each date:
- PreK-5 educators, choose either 8:00 - 9:15 AM or 3:00 - 4:15 PM
- Middle/high educators, choose either 11:00 AM -12:15 PM or 6:30-7:45 PM
Cost: This FREE series is only open to educators in SAUs 3, 7, 9, 20, 23, 35, 36, 58, 68, 77 & 84 and childcare center personnel serving those areas.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be sent via email prior to each session)
Download flyer for full details
Register: Online or by calling 603-466-5437 Mon-Fri, 8-4.
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Well-being for Educators with Mindful Practices
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 NCES and the North Country Partnership for SEL Practices is making available to North Country educators and staff, a three session webinar series through Mindful Practices. Participants will learn and practice techniques and activities to promote their overall emotional and physical well-being. The content is based on Mindful Practices' publication, Everyday Self-Care for Educators, and is highly experiential in nature. Those who attend all three sessions will receive a copy of the book.
View/download flyer for full details
Eligible participants: This FREE series is only open to educators and staff in SAUs 3, 7, 9, 20, 23, 35, 36, 58, 68, 77 & 84, Campton School District and childcare center personnel serving those areas. Participation is limited and seats may be allocated by district if registration exceeds capacity.
Dates: Thursdays, February 4, 11 and 18, 2021
Time: 3:30-4:30 pm EST
Location: Online (webinar link will be sent via email the morning of each session)
Cost: Free. NCES is paying for each seat individually, so please only register if you are committed to participating.
Register: Online or by calling 603-466-5437 Mon-Fri, 8-4.
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Behavior Management with a SEL Lens
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Why this approach
One of the challenges in education today is addressing the behaviors of students in classrooms and school-wide. Although this is not new, it has become more complex overtime. We know that students are coming to school with broader and deeper challenges than they did a generation ago. Many students arrive at school not “ready to learn”.
It is challenging to thread the needle balancing safe classrooms with instruction.
What we will cover
- Review of the major discipline systems currently in practice
- Discuss the reasons why some systems tend to fail over time
- Look at your practice (classroom and or school-wide)-what are you doing currently and what may need to be adjusted
- Discuss how to blend behavior management and SEL with the goal of changing behavior over time to create a more safe and positive classroom and school climate
Download flyer
Register: Online or by calling 603-466-5437 Mon-Fri, 8-4.
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NH Humanities webinar on teaching democratic principles
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Dianna Gahlsdorf Terrell, Ph.D. (Saint Anselm College) will lead this talk on core democratic principles, how they are — and can be — taught in New Hampshire’s classrooms, and what civic knowledge must be most durable to withstand our democracy’s more challenging times.
Learn more
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"Zoom a Scientist" program for K-12 with Hubbard Brook
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Creating Youth Entrepreneurs throughout New Hampshire
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Offered through the UNH Cooperative Extension in collaboration with the UNH Sustainability Institute, the Community Changemaker Challenge is an annual program that engages high school students, teachers, and community members throughout New Hampshire in a process to increase entrepreneurial and innovative thinking and collaboratively solve the challenges their communities face. The program is an idea-stage competition where entrants identify a social, environmental, or economic problem in their community, region, or somewhere else in the world, and use an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to address it.
Download the Community Changemaker Challenge flyer to learn or contact Jared Reynolds (Jared.Reynolds@unh.edu) about other opportunity to encourage entrepreneurship in your classroom.
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Design and implement inclusive and equitable learning for ALL students
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The New Hampshire Department of Education has partnered with the nonprofit, CAST, to provide NH educators with a free credential opportunity. This credential is meant to support your pursuit of equitable classroom design, especially given current restraints and barriers.
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) credential is “competency-based,” meaning you have the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge and skills without a specific learning pathway requirement or a specific course. You will also have free access to the Mini-course: UDL Associate Credential – Level 1 which is directly aligned to this Level 1 UDL credential. Any time, when you possess the required knowledge outlined in the rubric, you can move directly to the assessment.
- The UDL Associate - Level 1 Credential is free for all NH educators.
- Find the specific registration code for your school system on the NH UDL Associate – Level 1 Registration Code list.
- You and your school can choose the path and timeline that works for you while acquiring the UDL Associate - Level 1 Credential.
- Self-study materials are freely available through CAST’s Learning Designed online platform.
Visit the CAST website for more information about the New Hampshire UDL Innovation Network.
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North Country Young Writers' Festival
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 The North Country Young Writers' Festival is scheduled for May 13, 2021, at White Mountains Community College, Berlin campus, COVID permitting (the festival will migrate online if the pandemic continues). This event is geared toward 7th-12th graders from Coos County and surrounding communities; students from the region are given priority registration, with secondary registration given to youth from more southern regions.
The festival director is Alexandria Peary, New Hampshire Poet Laureate. Students will have the opportunity to practice a variety of creative writing techniques, including poetry and fiction; participate in fun games; and meet published writers and the youth poet laureates. This festival is about more than creative writing: it's also about community building and leadership for North Country youth. Students will have the opportunity to decide what will be offered as workshops; they'll have a say in the logo and T-shirt design; and post-festival they can serve on an online student literary magazine as editors, under the mentorship of Alex Peary. North Country students will be in charge of who from the state is published in the magazine.
The festival and these opportunities are made possible through the generous support of the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, the Carnegie Mellon Foundation and the Academy of American Poets, and a New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative grant.
Learn more or contact Alexandria Peary, NH Poet Laureate at apeary@salemstate.edu.
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Supporting Social and Emotional Learning
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 A regional partnership of school districts and area agencies serving northern New Hampshire has been working collaboratively over the past few years with a mission to support social and emotional well-being from birth to adulthood throughout the North Country.
This partnership, North Country Partnership for SEL Practices (NCP4SEL), has involved a wide cross-sector of stakeholders, including technical assistance from CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning).
NCP4SEL has created a free comprehensive guidance document to assist school districts and area agencies in implementing and supporting best practices in social and emotional learning.
Watch the overview video:
Follow NCP4SEL on Facebook for more tips, resources, and announcements.
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New Hampshire Energy Education Program
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 The New Hampshire Energy Education Program (NHEEP) has developed new resources, for teachers and students, that are still interactive and NGSS-aligned, but can be adapted to fit virtual, hybrid, or in-class models. Teachers can connect with a NHEEP Energy Teaching Partner who can provide support, guidance, virtual presentations, and more for their classes. NHEEP also provides professional development, which they have adapted to a virtual platform. These resources are offered at no charge to teachers thanks to generous funders.
Contact Anna Hamilton, anna@veep.org, with questions.
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Set of TI-73 calculators available
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 NCES has six (6) Texas Instruments TI-73 Explorer Graphing Calculators to donate to a North Country educator. These are most appropriate for middle school students. Each requires 4 AAA batteries (not included). Please contact Matt Treamer at matt@ncedservices.org if you are interested by January 15th. If multiple people inquire, we will randomly draw a name.
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In collaboration with Drummond Woodsum Attorneys at Law, NCES is offering its members a three-module series on the new Title IX requirements in March.
Learn more
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Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Parents and Educators
Warren Village School Educator Named
Celia B. Godsil
Grants in Place Fellow
Congratulations to Alayna Signorello, a 2019 University of NH Teacher Residency for Rural Education graduate, teaching at Warren Village School in NH. She is one of nine 2020-2021 Celia B. Godsil Grants in Place Fellows! Awarded by the Rural Schools Collaborative, the Fellows will work with their respective students on place-based action research projects. Each Celia B. Godsil Grants in Place Fellow receives a grant which will support the place-based project, a professional development presentation, and an honorarium for the educator.
Alayna teaches third grade at Warren Village School. She hopes to repair and refresh the school's greenhouse and utilize it as a platform for multi-grade level exploration and learning about plants and food systems.
She hopes to grow produce that can be shared with the school and community.
Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical
Do you know a teacher with a great idea about education? Each year the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical program awards a year-long leave of absence to an exceptional New Hampshire public school teacher. The sabbatical provides the teacher with the time, space, and funding to explore, through a self-designed project, new ideas and ways to enhance classroom teaching.
The Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical provides funding directly to the school district to release a teacher for one academic year. School districts are reimbursed for total salary plus FICA, and the teacher is reimbursed directly for up to $12,000 of project-related expenses.
Learn more
Schoolyard Action Partnership
Grants from the New Hampshire Partnership for Schoolyard Action Grants are available for schools with students from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve to help fund nature-based projects. Awards range from $500-$2000. Applications are due by January 29, 2021.
Learn more
Job Openings in North Country Schools
There are several dozen openings in school districts throughout northern NH. TeachNorth is your one stop spot to find links to current job postings.
- New services in adult education
- Online assessments for HiSet preparation
- In-person math tutoring (9th grade level and up. Available to college students as well)
Call 752-1927 or email gthebergecoosals@myfairpoint.net for more information.
Opening for a part-time HiSet Examiner for the Coos AEL location. Call the office for details.
Support the mission of NCES
Your tax deductible donation will support NCES' mission. NCES collaborates with public schools and community partners to support excellent and equitable educational opportunities throughout the North Country.
NCES seeks exceptional educational experiences and realized potential for all students.
NCES believes that thriving schools are at the heart of vibrant communities!
The core values of NCES:
Contact Information
North Country Education Services
300 Gorham Hill Road
Gorham, NH 03581
ncedservices.org
603-466-5437
nces@ncedservices.org
NCES is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
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