Upcoming START Trainings and Training Series
FAPE in the LRE
- April 9, 2026
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Virtual via Zoom
- Registration Fee: $10
Intended Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, ancillary/support staff, school counselors, consultants
25th Anniversary START Speaker Series
- Speaker: Amy Ursitti
- Topic: A Sibling Perspective on Autism
- April 15, 2026
- 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Virtual via Zoom
- Registration Fee:
- Michigan Resident: $0
- Non-Michigan Resident: $20
Intended Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Special Education Administration, Instructional Consultants
Increasing Academic Engagement
- Topic: Student Engagement: Planning Group and Partnership Activities to Optimize Shared Participation (K-12)
- April 24, 2026
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. OR 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
- Virtual (Zoom)
- Registration Fee: $0
Intended Audience: General and special education teachers, building and special education administrators, instructional consultants
25th Annual START Conference
- May 4, 2026
- 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- In-person; Lansing Center
Spring RCN Leadership Day
- May 5, 2026
- 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- In-person; Lansing Center
- Fee $0
Intended Audience: Leadership representatives from the Regional Collaborative Networks (RCN).
Registration will be emailed to the RCN leadership in spring 2026.
Building Strong Foundations: An Introduction to the Pyramid Model for Preschool Educators
- May 8, 2026
- 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Virtual via Zoom
- Registration Fee: $10
Intended Audience: General and Special Education Teachers and Administrators, Ancillary/Support Staff, Consultants, School Counselors
Peer to Peer Lunch & Learn
- May 13, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Virtual via Zoom
- Registration Fee: $0
Intended Audience: This session is ideal for educators new to Peer to Peer and those already implementing it who want more support with specific areas
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.