General Education

Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day

Working with local principals, and enlisting regional and statewide partners, COOR ISD (Crawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda & Roscommon counties) coordinates and offers professional learning opportunities to support our teachers and administrators. Our mission is to ensure ALL students achieve success by supporting the implementation of high quality curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

While enhancing instructional knowledge and new research supported strategies intentionally frame our offerings, the heart of each workshop is found in the opportunity for professional educators to gather around a common topic. By networking together, teachers learn from and offer support to one another while they courageously implement new learning to increase student achievement.

Upcoming Events

  • 7 Apr
    • Outside Science w/Linnea-Virtual
      Date: Apr 7
      Time: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
      Location: COOR Intermediate School District, 11051 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653, USA
      Calendar: COOR Prof. Dev.

      PLEASE NOTE: The regularly scheduled event has been changed virtually. SCECHs will still be awarded. To participate virtually, please click on this link ​https://www.mystemakers.com/calendar 
      If you have any questions, please contact Linnea Gibson at GIBSONL@copesd.org or Shannon Rea at pdhelp@coorisd.net
      Get Outside Science


      Date: April 7, 2020
      Time: 9:00am-3:30pm
      Event Location: COOR ISD Board Room, 11051 N. Cut Rd., Roscommon, MI 48653
      Contact us at pdhelp@coorisd.net
      SCECHs will be offered for this event at NO COST. If you are interested in earning SCECHs, please bring your PIC number to complete the registration form during the training.


      Course Description
      Get outside your comfort zone, your classroom walls, and DO science in the environment around your school. This is a great opportunity to get a plethora of ideas to take your students outside and save time and money on materials. Participants will experience Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, and Citizen Science to leave this training with a full toolbox of outdoor education and ready to lead their students in exploring Life Sciences
  • 14 Apr
    • may reschedule - Transition Council
      Date: Apr 14
      Time: 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
      Location: COOR Intermediate School District, 11051 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653, USA
      Calendar: COOR Prof. Dev.
      Dates: 10/15, 11/19, 1/21, 2/25, 4/14, alternate date (in case of snow day)-5/12 Time: 12:00-2:30 pm Event Location: COOR ISD Board Room Contact us at pdhelp@coorisd.net SCECHs will be offered for this event at NO COST. If you are interested in earning SCECHs, please bring your PIC number to complete the registration form during the training. This committee focuses on student outcomes in special education at the post-secondary level. Local district’s designee, public agencies, and community partners will meet monthly. Sessions will be facilitated by Brenda Vaughan-Ide.
  • 15 Apr
    • Tentative: COOR SLP Group 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
      Tentative: COOR SLP Group
      Date: Apr 15
      Time: 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
      Location: COOR ISD Admin Building-1-Boardroom (40)
      Calendar: COOR Prof. Dev.
      This event has a video call. Join: https://meet.google.com/rqr-ccyw-mtw +1 916-245-2937 PIN: 559357297#
  • 16 Apr
    • may reschedule - Coaching Collaborative PLC
      Date: Apr 16
      Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
      Location: COOR Intermediate School District, 11051 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653, USA
      Calendar: COOR Prof. Dev.
      Coaching Collaborative
      Dates: September 19 (Time: 11am-330pm),
      October 17 (Time 830am-330pm),
      November 14 (Time 830am-330pm),
      December 19 (Time noon-3pm),
      January 23 (Time 830am-330pm)
       February 20 (Time 830am-330pm),
      March 12 (Time 830am-330pm),
      April 16 (Time 830am-330pm),
      May 28 (Time 830am-330pm)


      Event Location: COOR ISD Board Room
      Contact us at pdhelp@coorisd.net
      SCECHs will be offered for this event at NO COST. If you are interested in earning SCECHs, please bring your PIC number to complete the registration form during the training.
  • 22 Apr
    • Social Studies Spring Round Table
      Date: Apr 22
      Time: 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
      Location: Ogemaw Heights High School, 960 M-33, West Branch, MI 48661, USA
      Calendar: COOR Prof. Dev.
      Social Studies Round Tables
      Date: November 7, 2019 and April 22, 2020
      Time: 4:30pm-7:30pm
      Event Location: Ogemaw Heights High School, 960 M-33, West Branch, MI
      Contact us at pdhelp@coorisd.net
      SCECHs will be offered for this event at NO COST. If you are interested in earning SCECHs, please bring your PIC number to complete the registration form during the training.
  • 27 Apr
    • Elementary Principal Forum 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
      Elementary Principal Forum
      Date: Apr 27
      Time: 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: Rose City Elementary School, 208 Ward St, Rose City, MI 48654, USA
      Calendar: COOR Prof. Dev.
COOR ISD Coaching Collaborative
Coaching Collaborative monthly starting September 19, 2019 This Collaborative PLC will meet throughout the year with two purposes at each session. 1) We will engage in defining and refining coaching practices using MAISA’s Coaching Series Modules aligned to the Michigan Model of Coaching. 2) We will participate in discussions around best practice, discuss latest research findings, work in self-selected break out groups that apply to each coach’s needs, and participate in opportunities to learn from each other’s practice. While some meetings will be held at COOR ISD, it is the hope that we can visit each district and have the district coach host a Coaching Collaborative to showcase the literacy learning happening in that school. Lunch will be provided by COOR. REGISTER TODAY
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Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) To support the philosophy of Care, Welfare, Security, and Safety two initial CPI sessions will be held at the Roscommon Middle School for new hires or staff members who have let their certification lapse more than 12 months. Focus for the training is on proactive approaches through cooperation and evidence-based interventions, which in turn helps promote a positive school climate. It is suggested that participants only attend one of these sessions. REGISTER TODAY
COOR ISD Get Outside Science
Get Outside Science on April 7 Get outside your comfort zone, your classroom walls, and DO science in the environment around your school. This is a great opportunity to get a plethora of ideas to take your students outside and save time and money on materials. Participants will experience Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, and Citizen Science to leave this training with a full toolbox of outdoor education and ready to lead their students in exploring Life Sciences. REGISTER TODAY
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Independence Facilitator Training Series 2019-2020 Our one on one support personnel and school systems need common principals for supporting students with disabilities and a systematic structure and approach for doing so. REGISTER TODAY
COOR ISD Instruction Beyond Tier 1
Instruction Beyond Tier 1 Series starting on November 21 The purpose of this series, meeting at COOR ISD on 11/21, 1/9, 2/13, 3/19, and 5/14 from 8:30am-11:30am is to have an ongoing dialogue within our community about how to support children who are struggling with reading despite various interventions within the Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 environment. Digging into the Cognitive Model of Reading (McKenna & Stahl, 2015), The DRIVE Model (Cartwright & Duke, 2019) and the Essential Instructional Practices, we will meet to: • unpack and discuss the components of the Cognitive Model of Reading Pathways (Automatic Word Recognition, Oral Language Comprehension, and Strategic Knowledge)and their contribution to student achievement in literacy • learn about and discuss the DRIVE Model as a metaphor to demonstrate the working parts of the reading process • analyze student data to determine areas of instructional need • Use a "follow-the-student" approach to authentically apply and process the Cognitive Model of Reading and the DRIVE Model • Receive and create resources throughout the process that will support you in your day-to-day teaching REGISTER TODAY
COOR ISD Social Studies Round Table
Social Studies Round Tables November 7 (NEW DATE) and April 22 On November 7 (NEW DATE), 2019 and April 22, 2020, from 4:30pm-7:30pm, COOR ISD will be offering Social Studies Round Tables. These will be hosted at Ogemaw Heights High School. Gather with your fellow COOR area Social Studies teachers and Dave Johnson, NMLC Social Studies Consultant, to learn about the latest updates regarding Social Studies content and teaching, as well as new resources and activity ideas for enhancing Social Studies learning for all students. Each session will include opportunities for large and small group sharing about local successes as well as collaboratively solving problems of practice. The value and richness of a round table is multiplied with each participant, so plan to attend and bring a friend! Dinner will be provided by COOR. REGISTER TODAY
Transition Council Logo
Transition Council 2019-2020 This committee focuses on student outcomes in special education at the post-secondary level. Local district’s designee, public agencies, and community partners will meet monthly. SCECH’s will be available. Sessions will be facilitated by Brenda Vaughan-Ide. REGISTER TODAY
Name
Position
Phone
Adair Aumock
Director of Instructional Services
989-275-6884
Shannon Rea
Pupil Accounting Auditor
989-275-9525
Annie Spear
Early Literacy Coach
989-275-9571
Michele Cochrane
Early On Coordinator
989-275-9537
Teresa Gertiser
Early Intervention Home Visitor
989-275-9518
Katie Keith
Supervisor of Early Childhood
989-275-6883
Amber Larrison
PPI Teacher Consultant
989-275-9530
Tina Robbins
Early Intervention Home Visitor
Rebekah Seelow
Early Childhood Specialist
989-275-9552
Chris Tappan
Great Start Coordinator
989-275-9566
Tammy Tyler
Parent Liaison
989-275-9565