Upcoming START Trainings and Training Series
Registration and detailed training information will be available in summer 2025. Schedule is subject to change.
2025-2026 Trainings
| Date | Title | Series | Location | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/16/2025 | Behavior Escalation and Scripts Series - Fall Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 3:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | ||
| 9/23/2025 | Behavior Escalation and Scripts Series - Fall Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 3:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | ||
| 9/26/2025 | Early Childhood - Promoting Early Childhood Independence and Engagement through Expectations and Routines | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 10/2/2025 | FAPE in the LRE | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/2/2025 | Foundations in Peer to Peer - Secondary (Middle and High School) Series Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/2/2025 | Foundations in Peer to Peer - Elementary Series Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/8/2025 | Foundations in Peer to Peer - Secondary (Middle and High School) Series Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/9/2025 | Foundations in Peer to Peer - Elementary Series Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/15/2025 | Foundations in Peer to Peer - Secondary (Middle and High School) Series Module 3 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/16/2025 | Foundations in Peer to Peer - Elementary Series Module 3 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/22/2025 | Using the CETA 1 - Foundations of Evidence-Based Classroom Practices and the CETA - Fall Series | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/24/2025 | Early Childhood Trainer Foundations | No | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | ||
| 10/27/2025 | Fall RCN Leadership Day | No | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| 10/30/2025 | Proactive Approaches to Behavior: Script and Strategies for Deescalation | No | TBD | 9:00 a.m. | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| 11/11/2025 | Education-Based Evaluations | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| 11/12/2025 | Using the CETA 2 - Visual and Organizational Supports and the CETA - Fall Series | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 11/13/2025 | Creating a Neuro-Affirming Environment: Strategies for Educators - Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 11/14/2025 | Early Childhood - Learning in Groups in the Early Childhood Classroom | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 11/18/2025 | EPLI Essential Foundations Bootcamp Module 1 | Yes | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | ||
| 11/19/2025 | EPLI Essential Foundations Bootcamp Module 2 | Yes | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | ||
| 11/20/2025 | Creating a Neuro-Affirming Environment: Strategies for Educators - Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 12/2/2025 | Peer to Peer Lunch and Learn | No | Virtual | 11:30 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. | ||
| 12/4/2025 | Creating a Neuro-Affirming Environment: Strategies for Educators - Module 3 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 12/5/2025 | Early Childhood - Learning through Play in the Early Childhood Classroom | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 12/9/2025 | EPLI Essential Foundations Bootcamp Module 3 | Yes | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | ||
Glossary of Terms
- Training: A professional development opportunity designed to improve the knowledge and/or skills of attendees in a particular topic or practice. A training is at least two hours. While participants may be encouraged to attend all parts of a training, they are not required to do so and will still have a meaningful experience if they do not attend all parts.
- Session: Individual segments within a training, each focusing on a specific topic or key concept.
- Training Series: A collection of multiple trainings or webinars that focuses on the same topic or theme. A training series can be offered as (1) a sequence of trainings or webinars that build upon each other or (2) independent trainings or webinars on the same theme. Participants are required to attend all modules in a training series.
- Module: An organized collection of content presented together as a cohesive training/learning unit, usually on a particular topic in an in-person or virtual format.
- Bootcamp: A collection of modules on a related topic or theme in a condensed, often consecutive timeframe.
- Webinar: A live professional development opportunity or discussion focused on a single topic or practice. Webinars are less than two hours.