Professional Learning Events
February
Current studies show that approximately 20 percent of all students are diagnosable for a mental, emotional, or behavioral health issue. This webinar will help teachers, counselors, administrators, and other professionals understand how to support and teach this high-potential portion of the student population - while avoiding an unmanageable classroom environment. Webinars are self-paced and are accessed through an online portal; participants will be emailed their login information and have one week to view the webinar and complete the follow-up reflection and evaluation (included in your login email). Inservice points will not be awarded unless both the reflection activity and evaluation are submitted.
- Inservice Credit: 3 hours
- Access Dates: February 8th through February 14th, 2026
- Deadline to Register: 2/5/2026
- Registration for DeSoto, Glades, and Hendry
- Registration for Highlands is in your Frontline PLM Portal
In this webinar, educators, counselors, and school social workers will be provided with the most important information to increase their effectiveness in working with traumatized students and helping them achieve their highest academic level. Explore what trauma is and is not, learn creative strategies for dealing with specific behaviors, and understand why students seem to sabotage their own academic performance. Webinars are self-paced and are accessed through an online portal; participants will be emailed their login information and have one week to view the webinar and complete the follow-up reflection and evaluation (included in your login email). Inservice points will not be awarded unless both the reflection activity and evaluation are submitted.
- Inservice Credit: 3 SWD hours
- Access Dates: February 22nd through February 28th, 2026
- Deadline to Register: 2/17/2026
- Registration for DeSoto, Glades, and Hendry
- Registration for Highlands is in your Frontline PLM Portal
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® (NCI) training provides educators with the skills to safely recognize and respond to everyday crisis situations, teaching staff de-escalation techniques as well as restrictive and nonrestrictive interventions. The Initial course is a 2-day training and you MUST attend both days and pass the post-test to be certified.
Dates: February 24 AND February 25, 2026
Audience: Glades & Highlands
Location: FDLRS Training Room, Highlands District Office Building 4
Registration: Glades - https://bit.ly/CPI-Registration-2526; Highlands registers in PLM - please contact Stacy Johns, Highlands ESE Department to verify your enrollment.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® (NCI) training provides educators with the skills to safely recognize and respond to everyday crisis situations, teaching staff de-escalation techniques as well as restrictive and nonrestrictive interventions. The Initial course is a 2-day training and you MUST attend both days and pass the post-test to be certified.
Dates: February 24 AND February 25, 2026
Audience: Glades & Highlands
Location: FDLRS Training Room, Highlands District Office Building 4
Registration: Glades - https://bit.ly/CPI-Registration-2526; Highlands registers in PLM - please contact Stacy Johns, Highlands ESE Department to verify your enrollment.
March
How can teachers build a sustainable instructional core that prioritizes instruction and students so that learning takes place? In this webinar, participants will explore how to lay the groundwork for instruction, use informed goal setting, and build rigor into their lessons. Webinars are self-paced and are accessed through an online portal; participants will be emailed their login information and have one week to view the webinar and complete the follow-up reflection and evaluation (included in your login email). Inservice points will not be awarded unless both the reflection activity and evaluation are submitted.
- Inservice Credit: 3 hours
- Access Dates: March 1st through March 7th, 2026
- Deadline to Register: 2/26/2026
- Registration for DeSoto, Glades, and Hendry
- Registration for Highlands is in your Frontline PLM Portal
April
Specially designed Professional Learning for Support Facilitators & ESE Teachers. Join us for a quarterly event that provides relevant topics, professional learning, and collaborative opportunities with fellow ESE Teachers & Support Facilitators. Academy Highlights include: Instructional Strategies and Support, Best Practices for Teaching/Co-teaching, and Collaboration with others across the 4 Heartland districts.
Audience: ESE Teachers & Support Facilitators from DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, & Highlands
Location: FDLRS Training Room, Highlands District Office Building 4
Registration for Academy: https://bit.ly/Heartland-Academy-2025
To maintain your active certification status, you are required to attend a Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® (NCI) Renewal Training facilitated by a CPI-trained instructor annually. The renewal course offers you the opportunity to gain new training insights and develop an even deeper understanding for the program’s core concepts.
Audience: Glades & Highlands
Location: FDLRS Training Room, Highlands District Office Building 4
Registration: Glades - https://bit.ly/CPI-Registration-2526; Highlands registers in PLM - please contact Stacy Johns, Highlands ESE Department to check your renewal date.