Regional Service Menu
2025-2027 Professional Learning Plans
COREN’s projects are adult-facing services only, offered in two-year cycles within the following priority areas:
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Cultivating Belonging & Dignity
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Building a Culture of Care
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Regional Mentoring
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Strengthening Instruction & Pedagogy
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School-Based Mental Health Professional Pathways
Cultivating Belonging & Dignity
Equity Conferences
Description: Access to intensive 2-5 day conferences and workshops (e.g., CFEE, Taking It Up, OALA) designed to help educators understand the unique experiences of staff and students in the Central Oregon community.
Intended Audience: All educators
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Elementary School/Team Implementation Support (Tier II)
Description: Targeted professional development on belonging & dignity culture and coaching sessions for school-based or team-based cohorts who have completed foundational learning and are ready to apply continuous improvement processes.
Intended Audience: School-based and team-based cohorts
Districts Served: Bend-La Pine Schools
Leading With Dignity
Description: Intensive, customized coaching and support for a consortium of districts ready for deep systemic work, including on-site workshops and a “train the facilitator” model for administrators.
Intended Audience: District teams and leaders
Districts Served: Bend-La Pine Schools
Belonging & Dignity District Initiatives
Description: Resourcing & catalyzing district level equity teams, building cultures of safety and inclusion.
Intended Audience: District teams and leaders
Districts Served: Redmond School District, Jefferson County School District 509J
Building a Culture of Care
Foundational Workshops
Description: Regional 1.5-8 hour workshops on topics like Restorative Practices, Classrooms of Care, and Educator Wellbeing to build foundational knowledge and skills.
Intended Audience: Classified and certified educators, staff, and leadership
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
District/School Requested Professional Development
Description: On-demand delivery of professional development sessions on foundational Culture of Care topics tailored to specific district or school requests.
Intended Audience: Schools and districts requesting support
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Culture of Care Intensive Institutes
Description: Week-long intensive institutes (held four times a year) for administrators and coaches to develop observation and coaching skills related to Culture of Care practices.
Intended Audience: Administrators and Coaches (cohorts of up to 4)
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) Training
Description: A regional training to implement Collaborative Problem Solving in practice, along with a train-the-trainer certification track for select regional educators to sustain the work.
Intended Audience: Classified and certified educators and leaders
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Wellness Coaching Series
Description: A series of monthly wellness coaching sessions focusing on burnout symptoms, personal/systemic interventions, and wellness strategies.
Intended Audience: Classified and certified educators and leaders.
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations).
Team Building & Responsive Sessions
Description: Facilitated team-building and repair sessions using Restorative Practices to address conflict and foster positive work environments.
Intended Audience: School and district teams
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Intensive Coaching & Support (Tier III)
Description: Job-embedded coaching cycles for individual teachers and intensive support for intact school teams, including direct facilitation of restorative conferences.
Intended Audience: Educators and school teams
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
HDESD Summer Institute (August 10-14, 2026)
Description: An annual region-wide kick-off event featuring learning tracks on Culture of Care topics and showcasing COREN design team projects.
Intended Audience: Classified and certified educators and leadership
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Regional Mentoring
District Mentor Coordinator Collaborative
Description: A collaborative group for district mentor coordinators to align practices, share resources, and co-design regional mentor training.
Intended Audience: District Mentor Coordinators
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Administrator Pipeline Development
Description: Identification and training of potential future administrators to build a pipeline of leadership talent within the region.
Intended Audience: Potential future administrators
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
New Administrator Collaborative
Description: Monthly virtual community of practice sessions and self-paced online skill-building modules for new administrators and those in the pipeline.
Intended Audience: New Administrators and pipeline candidates
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Amplify Network
Description: An affinity-based mentoring network for educators from historically underrepresented backgrounds, transitioning toward a member-led model.
Intended Audience: Educators from historically underrepresented backgrounds
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Administrator Mentoring Program
Description: Pairing new administrators with experienced mentors (e.g. recently retired or current ESD administrators) for non-evaluative support, including training and a summer bridge integration.
Intended Audience: New Administrators
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
School-Based Mental Health Professional Pathways
Peer Consultation Pilot
Description: Monthly regional community of practice sessions for school-based mental health professionals to review cases, reduce isolation, and connect new and seasoned professionals.
Intended Audience: School-based mental health professionals (counselors, social workers, etc.)
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Professional Shared Learning Fund
Description: A fund for school-based mental health professionals to access specialized, evidence-based training relevant to their field.
Intended Audience: School-based mental health professionals
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
School-Based Intern & Clinical Supervision Program
Description: Management of graduate student intern placements in regional schools and provision of clinical supervision for current employees seeking licensure.
Intended Audience: Graduate student interns and current employees seeking licensure
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Strengthening Instruction & Pedagogy
SIOP Implementation Cohort
Description: A multi-day foundational training on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model followed by a year-long Instructional Practice Network with job-embedded coaching.
Intended Audience: Educators
Districts Served: Crook County School District and Bend-La Pine Schools.
Co-Teaching Implementation Cohort
Description: Foundational training and ongoing support for general and ELL teacher co-teaching pairs, including book studies, peer observation, and monthly communities of practice.
Intended Audience: General and ELL teacher co-teaching pairs (Elementary, Middle, and High School)
Districts Served: Bend-La Pine Schools
Tribal History/Shared History Workshop
Description: A multi-session regional workshop co-facilitated with the Native American Success Collective to provide educators with authentic curricular resources and embedded classroom support.
Intended Audience: All Educators
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)
Rethinking Disabilities and Mathematics K-8 Cohort
Description: A regional training and cohort for school teams of SPED and general educators to challenge mindsets and create toolkits for adapting math tasks for diverse learners.
Intended Audience: School teams of SPED and general educators (K-8)
Districts Served: Bend-La Pine Schools (Open to all COREN Member Organizations upon request)
Rooted Numbers (Early Math) Cohort
Description: A program for K-1 and ELD educators to transform early math education by centering students’ cultural identities and family assets, including workshops and studio sessions.
Intended Audience: K-1 and ELD Educators.
Districts Served: Bend-La Pine Schools (Open to all COREN Member Organizations upon request)
School Counseling Systems Coaching
Description: Intensive district leadership coaching for counseling teams to implement data-driven, comprehensive school counseling programs.
Intended Audience: School Counseling Teams
Districts Served: Bend-La Pine Schools, Crook County School District, Jefferson County School District 509J, Sisters School District
Responsive Instructional Support Collaborative
Description: Design sessions for curriculum leaders, teacher leaders and coaches to analyze data and co-design professional development aligned with adoption cycles and culturally responsive practices.
Intended Audience: Curriculum leaders, teacher leaders, and instructional coaches
Districts Served: Regional
Annual Instructional Convening
Description: A networking event for participants from all instruction-focused cohorts to share implementation successes (“bright spots”) and build cross-cohort connections.
Intended Audience: Facilitators and participants from SIOP, Co-Teaching, Tribal History, Responsive PD, School Counseling, and Math cohorts
Districts Served: Regional (All COREN Member Organizations)