South Central Service Cooperative

Chemistry, geology, engineering, and a free lunch? Sign me up. 🥪
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What a wonderful day exploring the CLASS Observation tool. Early educators locally and all across Arkansas are participating in the state wide pilot adoption phase of the tool while focusing on strong teacher child interactions. Thank you to the University of Arkansas's ECEP team for your partnership.

This isn’t sit-and-get PD—it's hands-on, real-world STEM for today’s students and tomorrow’s careers. 🔬 Register here: www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607 #CTE #STEMlearning #LithiumCareers

Science instruction just got a whole lot better. 🚨 Join the OpenSciEd K–5 Curriculum Launch and dive into HQIM-aligned resources that empower your teaching and deepen student learning. This session uses a real unit to model the OpenSciEd approach—so bring your device, your curiosity, and your science team! Register here: https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=555321

🌟 CTE & STEM teachers—get ready to dive into chemistry and innovation with hands-on experiments and big ideas.
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Join our next Cohort of Take Flight. Training begins August 19th at SCSC. If you are interested in enrolling, please contact karen.lutman@scscoop.org and fill out this MOU: https://docs.google.com/document/d/169byoDFB4PyVqVWwEjfqe4xKLd3T116_qQAtISKEi-8/edit?usp=sharing

Get ready if you are at SCSC tomorrow! Our next Wear it Wednesday is all about hats and hair. Join the fun, and you could win a prize! #weARsouthcentral #yourBESTsolution

Real science. Real relevance. Real impact. 🔬 Join us as we bring South Arkansas geology and chemistry into the classroom. Register here: www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607
#EmpowerEducators

Join us in giving a warm South Central Service Cooperative welcome to our newest team members! We’re excited to have you on board and can’t wait to see the amazing things we’ll accomplish together.

You’ve heard the buzz about lithium in South Arkansas—now come see how to bring it to life in your classroom. Register here: www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607

Out of office Friday!
I’ll be away from the shop, but feel free to email me your print files or any questions. I’ll catch up Monday! ✉️🖨️

Greetings: As we are in the midst of our second year of working together to serve our communities and families, I can’t say enough about the capacity we are building to improve early childhood care and education in our communities. Below are a few highlights! 📚 Arkansas Children’s Week We participated in the statewide celebration of Arkansas Children’s Week, engaging communities collaboratively. Providers, families, and community stakeholders celebrated with the theme: “Fall in Love with Reading. 🌱 Cultivating Curiosity “Camp Curiosity” day camp for early educators, in partnership with A-State Childhood Services and the Museum of Natural Resources. Finding math in nature to process art, creating meaningful learning environments that promote problem solving, reasoning, and creativity, all while finding joy and discovery in nature. 🤝 Regional Collaborations Hosted the “Bridging the Gap” Early Childhood Summit. The event received local media attention and brought stakeholders together from across the region. Planning data walks in partnership with the Union County Excel By Eight Core team. Sharing resources and recruiting families and partners! Collaborative recruiting efforts include: county provider list, print and digital versions, and sharing program information throughout the community. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Engagement Continued ongoing Family Cafés, in collaboration with Curricula Concepts, to give families a voice and space to connect. Connecting families with local resources. Notice family surveys at events. You may also find them on the back of books and resources distributed by local leads. 📊 Data for Impact. Collected important local data, which will help inform and drive access to quality child care locally. In partnerships with the Arkansas Research Center - EDI team and Excel By Eight. Data Road Show coming to a community near you! (hint: Smackover & Parkers Chapel next. Building capacity focusing on improving the quality of our teacher-child interactions as programs participate in the CLASS Observation Tool pilot! Thank you to our programs that participated in the counties of Calhoun, Ouachita, and Union! Welcome, Columbia County friends, to the CLASS Pilot coming in FALL 2025! Thank you to our regional/state training partners who have supported us as we learned about the CLASS Observation Tool! Congratulations to program leaders who are becoming CLASS Observers! It is a joy to do this work with you as we remember there is always one more under The Big Red Umbrella! Read the entire newsletter: https://shorturl.at/hjkaz

Prepare your students for the careers of tomorrow—today. This one-day workshop offers a deep dive into South Arkansas’s growing lithium and chemical industries. 🗓 July 22, 2025 | ⏰ 9:00AM–3:00PM 📍 South Arkansas College 🍽 Lunch included Designed for: STEM teachers, CTE coordinators, counselors & admin 📩 Sign up today: www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607

Free training. Free lunch. Powerful learning. 🥪🧠 What more could a science teacher want? Register here: www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607

From the Smackover Formation to your classroom—discover how science is powering the future. 🔋
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Science teachers—this one's for you! Explore lithium, brine chemistry, and the Smackover Formation in a hands-on PD experience. Register here: https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607

Exciting Professional Development for all Math, Science, STEM, and Economics teachers on July 22, 2025. This event will be held at SouthArk. Come learn from Lithium industry partners the science, math, and economics of this new industry in South Arkansas. Let's prepare our students today for the career they will have tomorrow.

Empowering teachers, nurses, and coaches with the skills YOU need- join our specialized training designed for you! The American Heart Association (AHA) is offering a BLS Train the Trainer two-day course hosted by Rhonda McDonald. This course is designed to teach participants how conduct a CPR training course for AHA Heart saver, First Aid, and Basic Life Support (BLS) classes. Please note that participants are required to attend both days of this training in order to complete the course and become an AHA BLS Instructor. In order to attend this training, Participants are required to: 🔴 Possess a current BLS Card and bring the card to the training 🔴 Complete the BLS Instructor Essentials Online Course prior to the training and bring the certificate to the training. 🔴 Purchase the BLS Instructor Manual and bring the manual to the training If the participants arrive to the first day of training without ALL of the required documentation and materials, they will not be allowed to attend this training. 🔴 Click HERE to access the BLS Instructor Essentials Online Course: https://shopcpr.heart.org/bls-instructor-essentials-online?srsltid=AfmBOora4IHDPxyy2sfByeVzDNdQJRLp_TPOXbgJuqha56FXaxRVIRfH 🔴 Click HERE to purchase the BLS Instructor Manual: https://shopcpr.heart.org/bls-instructor-manual Please note that this specific training is not covered under the Professional Development Consortium. Meaning that districts will be required to pay the listed fee.

👩‍⚕️Calling ALL School Nurses! 👩‍⚕️ The American Heart Association (AHA) is offering a Basic Life Support (BLS) course that is specifically designed for school nurses and healthcare professionals working in educational settings. This course will provide the essential skills needed to: ❤️ Recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies ❤️ Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants ❤️ The use of Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in both adult and pediatric populations ❤️ Recognize signs of respiratory and cardiac arrest ❤️ Apply skills in realistic school-based emergency situations This specific course is valid for certification or renewal of a previous certification. Upon successful completion, participants receive a BLS Provider certification that is valid for two years. Please note that this training is NOT covered under the Professional Development Consortium. Meaning that districts will be responsible for paying the listed fee.

Power the future with real-world learning! 🔋 Connect with industry leaders and bring career awareness into your classroom. Register here: www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=562607 #FutureReady #STEMPD