FDLRS Heartland is planning learning sessions and roundtables for specialized groups of educators during the 2026-2027 school year. Join us for quarterly roundtables that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow stakeholders in special education across five districts.

• Audience: Paraprofessionals
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
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• Paraprofessionals Webpage

FDLRS Heartland is planning learning sessions and roundtables for specialized groups of educators during the 2026-2027 school year. Join us for quarterly roundtables that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow stakeholders in special education across five districts.

• Audience: Support Facilitators
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
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• Support Facilitator Webpage

This course provides an overview of the evolution of gifted education on the national, state, and local level. Major events affecting gifted education are described as well as major policies and procedures governing the delivery of gifted education.  Cognitive, social, and emotional characteristics common to individuals who are gifted are identified along with strategies that can be used to meet the academic needs of different categories of students who are gifted. 

• Course Dates: September 30 through December 16, 2026
• Inservice Points: 60 Points
• Instructor: Gina Sandusky-Nelson
• Meetings: There will be three required virtual meetings during the course: September 30, November 4, and December 2 at 4:00pm
• Deadline to Register: September 28, 2026
• Registration: DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry - Register; Highlands must register in PLM
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FDLRS Heartland is planning learning sessions and roundtables for specialized groups of educators during the 2026-2027 school year. Join us for quarterly roundtables that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow stakeholders in special education across five districts.

• Audience: Paraprofessionals
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
• Flyer
• Paraprofessionals Webpage

FDLRS Heartland is planning learning sessions and roundtables for specialized groups of educators during the 2026-2027 school year. Join us for quarterly roundtables that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow stakeholders in special education across five districts.

• Audience: Self-Contained ESE Teachers
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
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• Self-Contained ESE Teacher Webpage

This training teaches participants how to utilize the LessonPix program to provide appropriate visual supports for students with disabilities. Educators will learn how to create visual tools to effectively communicate expectations and reinforce learning for students that require accommodations. Completion of this training will qualify you for either a new LessonPix license or a renewal of your existing license. Up to 3 SWD inservice points will be awarded upon completion of training(s) and follow-up.

• Audience: Staff supporting students in the self-contained ESE classroom
• Inservice Credit: up to 3 SWD hours
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
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• DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, & Hendry Registration
• Highlands registers in PLM: "2627 FDLRS: LessonPix for Providing Visual Supports"

FDLRS Heartland is planning learning sessions and roundtables for specialized groups of educators during the 2026-2027 school year. Join us for quarterly roundtables that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow stakeholders in special education across five districts.

• Audience: New ESE Teachers (0-2 years experience in an ESE classroom)
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
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• New ESE Teacher Webpage

FDLRS Heartland is planning learning sessions and roundtables for specialized groups of educators during the 2026-2027 school year. Join us for quarterly roundtables that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow stakeholders in special education across five districts.

• Audience: Support Facilitators
• Time: 9:00 to 10:00AM or 3:30 to 4:30PM
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• Support Facilitator Webpage

Join us for these sessions on Learning Ally and how you can use it to help students become successful readers and learners. We will have two sessions- September 9th: Introduction to Learning Ally, and October 21st: Hands-On in the Learning Ally Portal.

• Audience: All Teachers
• Inservice Credit: up to 2 hours
• Time: 2:00 to 3:00 PM or 3:00 to 4:00 PM (you can choose to attend at either time slot)
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• DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry: Registration
• Highlands registers in PLM