CREA
ND A-PLUS: Formative - Navvy Essentials - 25-26 SY
7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Navvy Essentials is part one of a two-part professional learning series designed to build a strong foundation in Navvy’s classroom-based formative assessment system.
B-HERO: SWIS Implementation Training - VIRTUAL - 9/17/25
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The School-Wide Information System (SWIS) is a web-based decision system used to improve behavior support in schools by providing accurate, timely, and practical information.
SEEC/CREA - NDSoR: Work Session - Reading Curriculum and Professional Development Annual Report (Option 2) - Virtual (September 17th, 2025)
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
ND K-3 schools are required to submit a report on a one, two, or three-year cycle describing their K-3 literacy materials, assessments, and professional development. This work session will help schools to accurately describe their literacy efforts.
CREA - CRSBTL: Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum - 9/17/25 - Virtual
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Mapping - 9/23/25 - MINOT
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Standards Mapping a guaranteed and viable curriculum is foundational to teaching ND Standards. The mapping process creates a timeline for educators to teach and students to learn critical standards content. This training provides the foundational ...
B-HERO: Relationship Mapping Facilitator Training - VIRTUAL (Fall 2025)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Relationship mapping is a data collection protocol intended to inventory the number of students within a school building that have positive connections with staff members and/or may be considered at-risk.
CREA - Fall Regional Professional Development Day - 9/29/25 - MINOT
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Join educators from across the region for a day of learning, collaboration, and fresh ideas. The CREA Fall Regional PD Day brings together administrators, teachers, counselors, and support staff to explore instructional influences and practical, ...
CREA - Cohort BB - Volume 1 (BB-1): Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling K-12 (LETRS) - Bismarck (2025-2026) [Multi-Day Series]
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
OBJECTIVE: LETRS® provides K-12 educators with an in-depth understanding of the science behind teaching literacy and gives them the background and depth of knowledge to teach language and literacy skills to every student. Designed to be the ...
2025 North Dakota School-Based Occupational and Physical Therapy Conference
8:00 AM - 3:45 PM
The ND School-Based OT/PT Conference is back to extend learning, strengthen connections, and deliver expertise from national and state-based specialists!
B-HERO: PREPaRE Workshop 1- VIRTUAL (Fall 2025)
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
School teams will gain knowledge and resources to establish a comprehensive, ongoing school safety and crisis prevention and preparedness plan.
CREA - NDSoR: Leveraging Reading Diagnostic Assessment Tools - Minot (10/7/25)
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This session supports educators to maximize instructional time by leveraging diagnostic reading assessment tools to identify specific skills requiring additional support.
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Mapping - 10/7/25 - BISMARCK
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Standards Mapping a guaranteed and viable curriculum is foundational to teaching ND Standards. The mapping process creates a timeline for educators to teach and students to learn critical standards content. This training provides the ...
*CANCELLED* CREA - NDSoR: Supporting Readers Across Content Using Lexiles-VIRTUAL-10/08/25
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
This half day virtual professional learning opportunity allows educators and coaches an understanding of the Lexile Framework for Reading and how it can be implemented in the classroom. Participants will learn about and explore the different tools ...
CREA - NDSoR: Leveraging Reading Diagnostic Assessment Tools - MINOT (10/9/25)
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This session supports educators to maximize instructional time by leveraging diagnostic reading assessment tools to identify specific skills requiring additional support.
B-HERO: Question, Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training - VIRTUAL - 10/14/25
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training is an evidence-based suicide prevention strategy that occurs when a trusted adult intervenes with a child on the brink of crisis.
CREA - NDSoR: Rewards Implementation Community of Practice - VIRTUAL (10/15/25)
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack & Rate Development) Implementation Community of Practice is designed to support educators in their implementation of the REWARDS program.
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Design & Plan - 10/21/25 - Minot
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Delivery - 10/28/25 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools continue to grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Mapping - 11/11/25 - MINOT
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Standards Mapping a guaranteed and viable curriculum is foundational to teaching ND Standards. The mapping process creates a timeline for educators to teach and students to learn critical standards content. This training provides the ...
CREA - NDSoR: Supporting Secondary Struggling Readers - 11/18/25 & 12/9/25
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Participants in this two-day course will learn how to assist struggling readers at the secondary level through concentrating on 3 essential elements.
B-HERO: Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines - Virtual - Nov/Dec 2025
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG), a research-based approach developed to equip school-based teams with the knowledge and skills to implement an evidence-based threat assessment process.
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Design & Plan - 11/20/25 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
B-HERO: SWIS Implementation Training - VIRTUAL - 11/21/25
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The School-Wide Information System (SWIS) is a web-based decision system used to improve behavior support in schools and other educational facilities by providing school personnel and stakeholders with accurate, timely, and practical ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Delivery - 11/25/25 - Minot
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools continue to grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Practice- 12/3/25 - Minot
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools use formative assessment for effective ND Standards instruction and student success?
B-HERO: Question, Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training - VIRTUAL - 12/9/25
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training is an evidence-based suicide prevention strategy that occurs when a trusted adult intervenes with a child on the brink of crisis.
CREA - CRSBTL: Evaluating Curricular Resources - Standards Alignment (Math) - 12/10/25 (Bismarck)
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools align curricular resources to the ND Standards for effective instruction and student success? Aligning curricular resources with the North Dakota Standards helps educators and school teams implement high-quality ...
CREA - NDSoR: Reading Benchmark Data Analysis Implementation Support - VIRTUAL & Multiple Locations - Spring 2026
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Educator teams will observe and experience a developed reading benchmark data system through a fishbowl experience from which the team will build their own reading benchmark data system. The reading benchmark data system will contain the ...
CREA - NDSoR: Rewards Implementation Community of Practice - VIRTUAL (1/7/26)
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
This REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack & Rate Development) Implementation Community of Practice is designed to support educators in their implementation of the REWARDS program.
CREA-NDSoR Evaluating Curricular Resources for ELA Adoption-VIRTUAL & BISMARCK [MULTI-DAY SERIES]
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
This offering introduces school teams to characteristics of high-quality instructional ELA materials and provides an opportunity to explore multiple curricular resources.
CREA - NDSoR: Leveraging Reading Diagnostic Assessment Tools - Minot (1/13/26)
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
This session supports educators to maximize instructional time by leveraging diagnostic reading assessment tools to identify specific skills requiring additional support.
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Delivery - 1/13/26 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools continue to grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - NDSoR: Leveraging Reading Diagnostic Assessment Tools - Bismarck (1/15/26)
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
This session supports educators to maximize instructional time by leveraging diagnostic reading assessment tools to identify specific skills requiring additional support.
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Mapping - 1/20/26 - BISMARCK
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Standards Mapping a guaranteed and viable curriculum is foundational to teaching ND Standards. The mapping process creates a timeline for educators to teach and students to learn critical standards content. This training provides the ...
CREA - CRSBTL: ND Content Standards Teaching & Learning - 1/21/26 - Virtual
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
How might schools utilize ND Standards in classrooms for student success? ND Standards delineate critical content for teaching and learning with expectations for what students should learn and be able to do at each grade level, ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum - 1/21/25 - Virtual
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
How might schools establish a guaranteed & viable curriculum for student success? Schools with an established guaranteed & viable curriculum provide clarity of content for educator teaching and student learning. Prioritized ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Design & Plan - 1/26/26 - Minot
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Proficiency Scales Use - Spring 2026 - Virtual
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
How might schools use proficiency scales for effective ND Standards instruction and student success? NDSBL proficiency scales provide a learning progression for the critical content to be taught at each grade level. District approved ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Evaluating Curricular Resources - Standards Alignment (Math) - 2/3/26 (Minot)
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools align curricular resources to the ND Standards for effective instruction and student success? Aligning curricular resources with the North Dakota Standards helps educators and school teams implement high-quality ...
CREA - NDSoR: Supporting Readers Across Content Using Lexiles-VIRTUAL-02/04/26
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
This half day virtual professional learning opportunity allows educators and coaches an understanding of the Lexile Framework for Reading and how it can be implemented in the classroom. Participants will learn about and explore the different ...
CREA - NDSoR: UFLI Community of Practice - VIRTUAL - Winter Cohort 2026
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Educators will understand the structured lesson plan framework of UFLI and evaluate the scope and sequence to make the appropriate match of the resource to students.
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Mapping - 2/10/26 - MINOT
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Standards Mapping a guaranteed and viable curriculum is foundational to teaching ND Standards. The mapping process creates a timeline for educators to teach and students to learn critical standards content. This training provides the ...
B-HERO: Question, Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training - VIRTUAL - 2/10/26
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training is an evidence-based suicide prevention strategy that occurs when a trusted adult intervenes with a child on the brink of crisis. This training will aid school staff in learning the warning ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Design & Plan - 2/24/26 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Delivery - 3/3/26 - Minot
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools continue to grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
B-HERO: Question, Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training - VIRTUAL - 3/17/26
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training is an evidence-based suicide prevention strategy that occurs when a trusted adult intervenes with a child on the brink of crisis.
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Mapping - 03/17/26 - BISMARCK
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Standards Mapping a guaranteed and viable curriculum is foundational to teaching ND Standards. The mapping process creates a timeline for educators to teach and students to learn critical standards content. This training provides the ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Design & Plan - 3/25/26 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Delivery - 3/31/26 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How do schools continue to grow intentional planning practices to teach ND Standards for student success?
CREA - CRSBTL: Scales Aligned Assessment - 4/7/25 - Virtual
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
How might schools use scales aligned assessments for student success? Following standards core instruction, a scales aligned assessment provides summative evidence of student performance on the proficiency scale. Student self-evaluation ...
CREA - CRSBTL: Explicit Instruction Practice- 4/8/26 - Bismarck
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
How might schools use formative assessment for effective ND Standards instruction and student success?
B-HERO: PREPare Workshop 2 - Virtual (Spring 2026)
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
During this workshop, participants gain the knowledge necessary to meet the mental health needs of students and staff following school-associated crisis events.
CREA - CRSBTL: Standards Reporting - 4/14/25 - Virtual
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
How do schools grow standards reporting practices for stakeholder communications and student success? Standards reporting to stakeholders can occur with traditional or standards-based reporting. Standards reporting begins with established ...
B-HERO: Question, Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training - VIRTUAL - 4/14/26
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training is an evidence-based suicide prevention strategy that occurs when a trusted adult intervenes with a child on the brink of crisis.
SEEC - NDSoR: A Shared Responsibility [Online, Asynchronous Course]
5:00 PM - 5:01 PM
Disregard the event date as this course is open for enrollment year-round. Featuring footage from ND classrooms highlighting implementation
SEEC - NDSoR: Reaching All Learners [Online, Asynchronous Course]
5:00 PM - 5:01 PM
Disregard the event date as this course is open for enrollment year-round. Recent legislation places an emphasis on student literacy in the early grades. North Dakota Century Code 15.1-21-12.1 states that each teacher who teaches kindergarten through ...