SESC / Partner Sponsored Professional Development
SESC Winter Learning Series: The Connected Teacher
We are excited to bring back the Connected Teacher training we offered last summer! Our new Winter Learning Series begins on February 5th! Teaching has never required more heart, resilience, or emotional energy. This 8-week series is designed to support you as a person first and a teacher second, so you can show up grounded, compassionate, and strong in 2026. You’ll gain practical tools to use in real time, even in tough classrooms, long days, or difficult seasons.
This professional development will only be available online. That means you can learn comfortably from home! Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 4 pm to 5 pm starting February 5, 2026.
Please use this link to register: https://forms.gle/qSsAKn5Y3PyFbqn29
Registered participants will receive a digital workbook they can print or use digitally (with Adobe or another PDF editing program) to take notes and access key information from each session.
SESC|UVU On-Site Civics Training 3rd & 5th Grades Registration Now Open!
Hello 3rd and 5th grade educators!
The Utah Valley Center for Constitutional Studies Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative, in partnership with the Southeast Education Service Center (SESC), is proud to announce our next On-site Civics at the USU Moab campus in Moab, Utah, on Friday, March 20, 2026.
The all-day elementary training will be specifically designed for 3rd-grade teachers (“civics” strand 1 of the 2026 new social studies core curriculum) and 5th-grade teachers (“civics” strand 3 of the 2026 social studies core). Teachers will be divided by grade, and each teacher will receive a “We the People” textbook specific to their grade level, which covers all of the civics standards for their grade. The training will be a combination of content and teaching strategies designed for your students. Teachers will also receive a historical atlas that is a great resource as you teach the remaining core strands.
There is no cost for you to attend, and participating teachers will receive:
A "We the People" textbook that contains content about the founding of our country and the current government
A historical atlas
All materials, handouts, and graphic organizers needed to teach these concepts
.5 MIDAS credit
Lunch
Snacks and drinks
A $100 gift card for completing the pre-readings and attending the full training
Sub reimbursement for the day (UVU will pay your district the cost of your substitute, request your sub as you normally do once you register)
Mileage reimbursement for teachers traveling over 20 miles one way to attend
The class is taught by current and former master classroom teachers, content specialists and UVU staff.
Space is limited with registration closing March 6th, or when we reach capacity for each grade.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me, Michelle Smith
SESC | USLA (Utah School Library Association) Conference
Who: All SESC Region Libraries
When: April 10, 2026
Where: Green River High School
Elevate Your Coaching: Join us March 10th with Katie Hill!
The Southeast Service Center (SESC) is thrilled to invite you to a high-impact Regional Instructional Coaching Training featuring Katie Hill, USBE Specialist. This isn't just another sit-and-listen seminar; this is a workshop designed for action.
Event Details
When: March 10th | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: Green River High School, Green River, UT
Lunch: 75-minute "on-your-own" break (plenty of time to recharge!)
Why Attend?
We know your time is valuable. That’s why Katie has designed this day to be:
Engaging: Collaborative activities and peer-to-peer learning.
Relevant: Tailored to the unique needs of our regional schools.
Actionable: You will leave with a concrete plan you can implement in your building the very next day.
Ready to transform your coaching practice?
Register Here: https://forms.gle/1s7chZUPWi3iriNRA
SESC|UVU On-Site Civics Training Registration Now Open!
Hello Secondary Educators,
The Utah Valley Center for Constitutional Studies Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative, in partnership with the Southeast Education Service Center (SESC), is proud to announce our next On-site Civics at the USU Moab campus in Moab, Utah on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
This is an all-day (8:30-3:30) civic training for secondary civics teachers only. We will be discussing primary sources and civic content as we celebrate America's 250th anniversary! If you missed our Civic Educators Conference at UVU in October, this is an on-site version of that conference.
UVU will provide:
substitute reimbursement (paid directly to your district upon completion of training)
.5 MIDAS credits
$100 Amazon gift card
Snacks and lunch
To register for our On-site Civics training in Moab, please use this link. Registration closes February 27th or when space is full. To ensure timely processing of reimbursement requests and the advance purchase of gift cards, we must close registration by the stated deadline and cannot accept late registrants.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Michelle at SmithMi@uvu.edu.
SESC Regional Best Practices Conference
Date: June 3, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Site: Green River High School
Target Audience: District/Admin/Teachers from Schools in the Region
SESC Leadership Conference
Date: June 4, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Site: TBA
Target Audience- Building and District Level Admin