Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Track
Spring 2025 BTLC/Dyslexia Asynchronous Learning Opportunities
Monday, January 20 to Friday, April 11, 2025 (all day)
TEP students in the TLC/Dyslexia and TLC/IS tracks are now able to receive TLC Credit by completing asynchronous workshops offered through the Iowa Reading Research Center. Please use your Uiowa email and address to register for free.
COURSE: Dyslexia Overview Module
Please register here. BTLC credit: IS, D (1 Credit)
Description: This module is designed to provide an overview of this reading disability, no matter the participant’s prior knowledge of dyslexia. Additional course details and...
Introduction to Social Emotional Behavioral Mental Health (SEBMH)
Tuesday, March 4 12:00pm to Monday, March 31, 2025 11:59pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, SEBMH
This is an asynchronous module. After registering, you will be invited to the module's ICON course. Please allow up to 24 hours for the ICON invite to arrive in your email inbox.
Description: This session is MANDATORY for all teacher candidates who have registered for the TLC-SEBMH track, however all students are welcome to attend.
This introductory workshop will provide an overview of what systemic SEBMH looks like in a learning environment...
Introduction to Globalization and Internationalization
Thursday, March 13, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: GO, IS *This workshop is mandatory for the GO track.
Presenter: Theodora Kourkoulou, Assistant Clinical Professor of Elementary Education
Description: Students are entering a world that is more globally interconnected and complicated than ever before, yet often lack the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively operate in that space. In this workshop, teacher candidates will learn the fundamentals of global education, and internationalization, and...
Twice-Exceptionality Tips for Teachers
Thursday, March 13, 2025 5:15pm to 6:15pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, AATD
Presenter(s): Katie Schabilion, Supervisor of Clinical Services, and Zeus Pichardo, Licensed Psychologist, Belin-Blank Center
Description: Twice-exceptional (2e) students are those who manifest areas of both high ability and disability (Reis, Baum, & Burke, 2014). This workshop will describe this seemingly paradoxical group of students and provide tips for recognizing them, understanding their needs, and helping them succeed in school.
Learning...
Creating an Inclusive Classroom
Monday, March 24, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credits: IS, UI REACH
Presenter(s): Stacie Nelson, UI Reach Instructor
Description: In this workshop, students will learn how to create a classroom environment where every student feels valued, respected and safe, while creating a sense of belonging and active engagement.
Learning goals: 1) Apply differentiated teaching to accommodate diverse learning styles. 2) Use collaborative activities to help students form connections and learn from each other. 3) Create...
It Starts with Engagement
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credits: IS, UI REACH
Student engagement is one of the core pillars of Universal Design for Learning. This workshop will explore engagement strategies, and highlight why student engagement should be at the top of the list for any educator!
Content Covered:
Multiple Means of Engagement: This principle emphasizes providing various ways to motivate and engage students. It includes offering choices, fostering collaboration, and encouraging self-assessment.
Relevance...
Supporting the Social-Emotional Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Please register here.
Students presenting with both high cognitive/academic ability and a disability (e.g., Autism, ADHD, Learning Disorder) are referred to as “twice exceptional.” This population presents with a unique set of social-emotional needs due to their asynchronous development and limited access to specialized support. This presentation will provide an overview of twice-exceptionality, identify key challenges and vulnerabilities for this population, and offer evidence-based...
Supporting Students Through Grief and Loss
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Please register here.
Participants will be provided psychoeducation on grief, including different types of grief, common symptoms of grief, and how grief can manifest differently across people. Strategies that educators can use to support students who are experiencing grief and loss will be reviewed.
What You Will Learn:
Define aspects of grief and loss
Discuss various presentations of grief and loss
Identify common emotions associated with grief and loss
Learn ways to emotionally...
Let's GO There
Thursday, March 27, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credits: IS, GO
Presenter(s): Hannah Gorsh, PhD student, Former 5-12 Social Studies and PK-12 TAG Teacher
Description: Globalization is only mentioned in the standards in 15 U.S. states. Why is that? In this workshop, we will learn a brief history of global citizenship education, and the research which examines the hesitance to embark on GCE in the k-12 classroom. Participants will build capacity on how to infuse a global lens into their future classrooms and make it...
ML Workshop 2: Reading and Vocabulary Support for Multilingual Learners
Thursday, March 27, 2025 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, ML
Presenter(s): Dr. Lia Plakans, Professor of Multilingual Education, Dr. David Degollado, Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education, Dr. Marina Durinova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education,
Description: This workshop is MANDATORY for students in the ML Track. The session on reading and vocabulary development aligns with the Core Principle of developing learners' skills and supporting their intellects. Upon completion of the...
Social Emotional Behavioral Mental Health (SEBMH) Track
Introduction to Social Emotional Behavioral Mental Health (SEBMH)
Tuesday, March 4 12:00pm to Monday, March 31, 2025 11:59pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, SEBMH
This is an asynchronous module. After registering, you will be invited to the module's ICON course. Please allow up to 24 hours for the ICON invite to arrive in your email inbox.
Description: This session is MANDATORY for all teacher candidates who have registered for the TLC-SEBMH track, however all students are welcome to attend.
This introductory workshop will provide an overview of what systemic SEBMH looks like in a learning environment...
Supporting the Social-Emotional Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Please register here.
Students presenting with both high cognitive/academic ability and a disability (e.g., Autism, ADHD, Learning Disorder) are referred to as “twice exceptional.” This population presents with a unique set of social-emotional needs due to their asynchronous development and limited access to specialized support. This presentation will provide an overview of twice-exceptionality, identify key challenges and vulnerabilities for this population, and offer evidence-based...
Supporting Students Through Grief and Loss
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Please register here.
Participants will be provided psychoeducation on grief, including different types of grief, common symptoms of grief, and how grief can manifest differently across people. Strategies that educators can use to support students who are experiencing grief and loss will be reviewed.
What You Will Learn:
Define aspects of grief and loss
Discuss various presentations of grief and loss
Identify common emotions associated with grief and loss
Learn ways to emotionally...
Trauma-Informed Classroom Practices: Disruptive Behaviors
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Please register here.
Topic 1: Begin with framework of trauma experiences that are common to youth in Iowa. Then we will further mental health outcomes of trauma and how that might result in classroom behaviors. We will then wrap up the session discussing level 1 interventions that would provide support for students whom may have experienced trauma in their life.
Topic 2: Disruptive Behaviors through a Mental Health Lens: Let's talk about what disruptive behaviors look like in the classroom...
Supporting Students with Eating Disorders- Where Do I Even Start?
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Please register here.
Eating disorders in students have more than doubled over the last several years and school mental health providers may be the first to notice. Build awareness of the signs and symptoms of eating disorders and how to connect students and families with resources and support.
What You Will Learn:
Develop awareness of signs and symptoms of eating disorders.
Increase knowledge about the levels of care and support available for individuals with eating disorders.
Gain...
Emotional Labor in Education: Managing the Invisible Work of Teaching
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 5:00pm to 5:50pm
Please register here.
In this session, we will discuss the role that emotions, and emotional labor, play in the professional lives of teachers. Then, we will focus on strategies to effectively instruct in an affectively healthy and beneficial manner. The professional development will provide teachers with tools to improve their vocational health, along with strategies to implement in the classroom.
What You Will Learn:
Participants will recognize the ways in which emotional labor, and...
LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)-UISG
Thursday, April 24 8:30am to Friday, April 25, 2025 4:30pm
Please register here.
ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. As the world’s leading suicide intervention workshop, LivingWorks’ ASIST program is supported by numerous evaluations including independent and peer-reviewed studies.
Results demonstrate that ASIST helps participants become more willing, ready, and...
LivingWorks safeTALK
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 12:30pm to 4:30pm
Please register here.
safeTALK prepares people to be more alert to suicide and to help persons with thoughts of suicide make safe connections. The intervention goal is that persons with thoughts of suicide connect with someone who will help them keep safe from suicide and access further support.
What You Will Learn:
Describe the role of an alert helper/ connector.
Identify ways in which personal, cultural, and social attitudes can lead people to miss, dismiss, and avoid opportunities to...
LivingWorks safeTALK
Monday, June 9, 2025 8:30am to 12:30pm
Please register here.
safeTALK prepares people to be more alert to suicide and to help persons with thoughts of suicide make safe connections. The intervention goal is that persons with thoughts of suicide connect with someone who will help them keep safe from suicide and access further support.
What You Will Learn:
Describe the role of an alert helper/ connector.
Identify ways in which personal, cultural, and social attitudes can lead people to miss, dismiss, and avoid opportunities to...
UI REACH Track
Multilingual Learner (ML) Track
ML Workshop 2: Reading and Vocabulary Support for Multilingual Learners
Thursday, March 27, 2025 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, ML
Presenter(s): Dr. Lia Plakans, Professor of Multilingual Education, Dr. David Degollado, Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education, Dr. Marina Durinova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education,
Description: This workshop is MANDATORY for students in the ML Track. The session on reading and vocabulary development aligns with the Core Principle of developing learners' skills and supporting their intellects. Upon completion of the...
ML Workshop 3: Family & Community Engagement
Friday, March 28, 12:00pm to Friday, April 11, 2025 11:59pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, ML
Presenter(s): Lia Plakans, Professor of Multilingual Education, David Degollado, Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education, Marina Durinova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education,
Description: **This is an asynchronous workshop through ICON. Registered students will have access to the ICON workshop beginning March 28 with a completion deadline of April 11. This workshop is MANDATORY for students in the ML Track.** This session on...
ML Workshop 4: Oral Language Development
Thursday, April 10, 2025 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, ML
Presenter(s): Dr. Lia Plakans, Professor of Multilingual Education, Dr. David Degollado, Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education, Dr. Marina Durinova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education
Description: This workshop is MANDATORY for students in the ML track. This session aligns with the Core Principle of developing learners' skills and supporting their intellects. Upon completion of the workshop, students will be able to deliver...