💖 Sponsor Shoutout! 💖
Thank you to L.D. Long, Inc. for supporting the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest!
Your investment helps young women explore STEM careers and build skills for a strong future. 💪✨

Strategic Reading – Day 4
Let’s tackle one of the biggest challenges in literacy—helping students comprehend grade-level texts. In Strategic Reading: Day 4, educators will bring the essential elements of reading comprehension to life.
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Let’s tackle one of the biggest challenges in literacy—helping students comprehend grade-level texts. In Strategic Reading: Day 4, educators will bring the essential elements of reading comprehension to life.
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Strategic Reading – Day 3
In Strategic Reading: Day 3, educators will explore meaningful, everyday approaches to building strong word knowledge.
Participants will engage in hands-on strategies that help make vocabulary instruction purposeful and effective every day—not just on quiz day.
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In Strategic Reading: Day 3, educators will explore meaningful, everyday approaches to building strong word knowledge.
Participants will engage in hands-on strategies that help make vocabulary instruction purposeful and effective every day—not just on quiz day.
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Strategic Reading – Day 2
Words are like puzzles—and morphology holds the missing pieces! 🧩
In this session, educators will explore how understanding morphemes helps students decode, encode, and comprehend complex, multisyllabic words with confidence.
Through hands-on activities and engaging discussion, participants will gain practical strategies to help students unlock the meaning of rigorous texts.
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Words are like puzzles—and morphology holds the missing pieces! 🧩
In this session, educators will explore how understanding morphemes helps students decode, encode, and comprehend complex, multisyllabic words with confidence.
Through hands-on activities and engaging discussion, participants will gain practical strategies to help students unlock the meaning of rigorous texts.
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🔬 Issues and Science 6–8 Professional Learning
Join us as we dive into lessons from Issues and Science 6–8, an EdReports-rated all Green curriculum featuring content from life, Earth, and physical sciences.
Participants will explore ready-to-use lessons they can take back to their classrooms—whether or not they implement the full program. The session will also highlight key science practices such as Analyzing Data and Developing and Using Models, with literacy strategies and supports for student collaboration embedded throughout the day.
Leave with practical tools and strategies you can use immediately to strengthen science instruction.
Registration ends February 20th!
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Join us as we dive into lessons from Issues and Science 6–8, an EdReports-rated all Green curriculum featuring content from life, Earth, and physical sciences.
Participants will explore ready-to-use lessons they can take back to their classrooms—whether or not they implement the full program. The session will also highlight key science practices such as Analyzing Data and Developing and Using Models, with literacy strategies and supports for student collaboration embedded throughout the day.
Leave with practical tools and strategies you can use immediately to strengthen science instruction.
Registration ends February 20th!
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3–5 Syntax and Its Impact on Comprehension
Understanding how sentences work helps students better understand what they read. This six-hour professional learning session supports educators in strengthening reading comprehension by exploring syntax, sentence structure, and practical strategies for helping students unpack complex text. Participants will engage with real classroom examples and walk away with explicit, transferable instructional approaches they can use across content areas to support confident readers.
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Understanding how sentences work helps students better understand what they read. This six-hour professional learning session supports educators in strengthening reading comprehension by exploring syntax, sentence structure, and practical strategies for helping students unpack complex text. Participants will engage with real classroom examples and walk away with explicit, transferable instructional approaches they can use across content areas to support confident readers.
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Strategic Reading Day 1
As the saying goes, "Planning is for the birds"—but effective instruction requires thoughtful preparation! This session will provide educators with the tools and strategies needed to plan purposeful, data-driven lessons that meet the diverse needs of students.
As the saying goes, "Planning is for the birds"—but effective instruction requires thoughtful preparation! This session will provide educators with the tools and strategies needed to plan purposeful, data-driven lessons that meet the diverse needs of students.

💖 Sponsor Shoutout! 💖
A big THANK YOU to Monticello Twenty for the Future, for their sponsorship of the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest!
Their support helps young women explore STEM careers and build skills for a strong, successful future. 💪
A big THANK YOU to Monticello Twenty for the Future, for their sponsorship of the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest!
Their support helps young women explore STEM careers and build skills for a strong, successful future. 💪

The SEARK SCOOP!

🌟 Thank You, Union Bank! 🌟
Union Bank is our first sponsor spotlight for the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest, and we’re grateful for their commitment to empowering young women.
This event encourages participants to explore STEM careers and develop skills that will serve them well in the future workforce. We appreciate Union Bank’s support in helping make these opportunities possible.
#SEARKserves #ServicebeginswithSE #yourBESTsolution
Union Bank is our first sponsor spotlight for the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest, and we’re grateful for their commitment to empowering young women.
This event encourages participants to explore STEM careers and develop skills that will serve them well in the future workforce. We appreciate Union Bank’s support in helping make these opportunities possible.
#SEARKserves #ServicebeginswithSE #yourBESTsolution

🌟 Thank You, Union Bank! 🌟
Union Bank is our first sponsor spotlight for the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest, and we’re grateful for their commitment to empowering young women.
This event encourages participants to explore STEM careers and develop skills that will serve them well in the future workforce. We appreciate Union Bank’s support in helping make these opportunities possible.
#SEARKserves #ServicebeginswithSE #yourBESTsolution
Union Bank is our first sponsor spotlight for the Girl Power Manufacturing Contest, and we’re grateful for their commitment to empowering young women.
This event encourages participants to explore STEM careers and develop skills that will serve them well in the future workforce. We appreciate Union Bank’s support in helping make these opportunities possible.
#SEARKserves #ServicebeginswithSE #yourBESTsolution

Due to road conditions, the SEARK Co-op will continue to be closed Friday, January 30th. This includes PD sessions, fingerprinting, and paraprofessional testing.

Create a classroom where students feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.
Join Brandie Everett for practical strategies that support regulation and engagement!
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Join Brandie Everett for practical strategies that support regulation and engagement!
#SEARKserves #ServicebeginswithSE #yourBESTsolution

Due to road conditions, the SEARK Co-op will continue to be closed Thursday, January 29th. This includes PD sessions, fingerprinting, and paraprofessional testing.

📚 10 Minutes Matter!
Reading aloud to young children is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to help them get ready for kindergarten—socially, emotionally, and academically. That’s why the Department of Human Services is launching the “10 Minutes Matter” reading campaign.
With this winter weather keeping many of us inside, it’s the perfect time to start!
Reading aloud to young children is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to help them get ready for kindergarten—socially, emotionally, and academically. That’s why the Department of Human Services is launching the “10 Minutes Matter” reading campaign.
With this winter weather keeping many of us inside, it’s the perfect time to start!

Gain clarity and confidence in using Level 2 dyslexia screeners.
This training with Mary Hobbs provides practical guidance on administering and interpreting results.
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This training with Mary Hobbs provides practical guidance on administering and interpreting results.
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Due to road conditions, the SEARK Co-op will be closed Wednesday, January 28th. This includes PD sessions, fingerprinting, and paraprofessional testing.

Strong classrooms start with strong strategies.
Join Mark McLeod to learn practical classroom management tools that support engagement, behavior, and student success!
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❄️ Inclement Weather Notice❄️
In the event of inclement weather, SEARK Co-op will close if either Monticello School District or Drew Central School District announces a closure. This includes professional development sessions, fingerprinting, and paraprofessional testing.
❄️Stay warm, stay safe, and make some memories this weekend!❄️
In the event of inclement weather, SEARK Co-op will close if either Monticello School District or Drew Central School District announces a closure. This includes professional development sessions, fingerprinting, and paraprofessional testing.
❄️Stay warm, stay safe, and make some memories this weekend!❄️

Ryli Birch has been an outstanding AmeriCorps member and a well-deserving recipient of the Arkansas Teacher Academy Scholarship in the amount of $6,000. She is currently a high school senior at Drew Central and has consistently demonstrated professionalism throughout her AmeriCorps service by being punctual, communicating clearly, and working effectively as a team player. Ryli brings a positive attitude to her work, is dependable and hardworking, and has a genuine passion for supporting her students. Her dedication and strong work ethic make her an excellent role model. This fall, she will attend the University of Arkansas at Monticello, where she plans to major in education and continue her commitment to serving students and the community. Ryli plans to serve another term with AmeriCorps while attending school. Help us congratulate Ryli in the comments!
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