This page is your one stop shop for all SIM conferences, institutes, professional development (PD) sessions, Q&A sessions, webinars, and workshops. We list things as they become available. If you don't see what you're looking for, please contact us or fill out the Request for SIM Professional Learning Form to be connected with a SIM Professional Developer.
Upcoming SIM Professional Learning Events
- SIMposium Virtual Update Conference
July 13-15, 2021 - Registration includes StrateWorks through 2023 for SIM PDers - Content Literacy Leadership Institute for Prospective SIM Professional Developers
June-Oct., 2021 - Virtual Professional Learning Sessions for Educators:
- May 5 & 12, 2021 - 4:00-5:30 pm MST - Webinar Series: What's new with Content Enhancement Routines?
- May 20th, 2021 - 3:00-4:00 pm CST - FREE WEBINAR - Accelerate Student Growth with SIM: Prepared, Inspired, Ready to Act
- June 9 & 16, 2021 - 11:30 am- 2:30 pm CST - Word Mapping - A Vocabulary Building Strategy
- June 15 & 29, 2021 - 11 am- 2:00 pm CST - SIM Sentence-level Writing Strategies
- June 15 & 29, 2021 - 11:30 am- 2:30 pm CST - Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy Session
- June 24 & 29, 2021 - 9:30 am-12:30 pm EST - Unit Organizer and Question Exploration with the SMARTER Instructional Cycle
- Aug. 5, Identifying and Unpacking the Priority TEKS: SIM Course Organizer, online through ESC13 - register at: https://ecampus.esc13.net/login.html workshop # SU2143643
- Aug. 6, A Curriculum Road Map for Students: SIM Unit Organizer, online through ESC13 - register at: https://ecampus.esc13.net/login.html workshop # SU2143644
- Aug. 9-10, Xtreme Reading Institute, online through ESC13 - register at: https://ecampus.esc13.net/login.html workshop # SU2143777 Note: This includes an online Canvas Course and 5 virtual workshops during the year.
- Aug. 10 & 11, 2021 - 11 am- 2:00 pm CST - SIM Virtual Professional Learning: Sentence-level Writing Strategies
Past Events (2020-21)
March, 2021
Webinar: Evidence-based Practices for Adolescents with Literacy Challenges (link to video)
with Drs. Irma Brasseur-Hock & Jocelyn Washburn
February 3-4, 2021
Florida SIM Virtual Update Conference
Oct. 1-28, 2020
2020 Northeast SIM Update Conference: Virtual from Virginia