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SUMMARY:Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Symposium; Beyond the Field Trip
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dynamic one-day symposium centered on Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (PA STEELS) in K–12 Education.\n\n\nJoin us for a dynamic one-day symposium centered on Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (PA STEELS) in K–12 Education\, designed to empower educators with the tools\, strategies\, and inspiration to integrate environmental awareness into their teaching. This event brings together educators\, environmental experts\, and community leaders to explore innovative approaches to sustainability education across all grade levels. \nThe symposium will feature presentations from leading voices in environmental education\, a variety of sessions tailored to both elementary and secondary educators\, and collaborative sessions that highlight real-world\, place-based learning opportunities. Participants will gain access to resources\, strategies for fostering student agency in environmental stewardship\, and practical ideas for creating more sustainable school communities that extend well beyond a field trip. \nWhether you’re just beginning your journey in environmental education or looking to deepen your practice\, this symposium offers a unique opportunity to connect with peers\, learn from practitioners\, and leave equipped to inspire the next generation of environmentally literate citizens.
URL:https://www.aiu3.net/event/environmental-literacy-beyond-the-field-trip/
LOCATION:Allegheny Intermediate Unit\, East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, USA\, 475 East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Math & Science Collaborative,Science
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SUMMARY:Secondary Science Institute (Course 1/Introductory)\, Fall 2025
DESCRIPTION:Content foci are primarily life science and physical science\, with some Earth & space science.\n\n\nWho: Open to all grades 6-12 science teachers (e.g.\, life science\, physical science\, Earth & space science\, biology\, chemistry\, physics\, etc. in middle school or high school) \nWhen: October 14\, November 6\, and November 17\, 2025 \nWhere: In-person at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit \nPrice: Free to Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU)districts; Non-AIU districts: $450 (School district will be invoiced.) \nAdministrators are strongly encouraged to attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building \nAttendees will develop a shared understanding of phenomenon-based and problem-driven science teaching and learning that effectively incorporates all three dimensions of the science standards (disciplinary core ideas\, science and engineering practices\, & crosscutting concepts) and provides equitable\, inclusive instruction. \nParticipants will engage\, as learners and as teachers\, with the pedagogical practices that foster reasoning and sense-making in the science classroom and support equity and access for all students. They will also gain access to tools and resources for the teaching and learning of science at their grade band as they become familiar with what instruction in science looks and feels like when implementing the science standards from PA STEELS. \nOver the course of the three days\, participants will explore the science standards from the PA Science\, Technology & Engineering\, Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (STEELS) standards within the middle school and high school grade bands. \nAct 48 hours will be awarded pending approval by PDE for those who attend all sessions and complete all related assignments. \n\nIf you previously attended the Physical Science Institute or the Life Science Institute during SY 2022-23 or 2023-24\, this institute will be repetitive for you. Instead\, register for the Course 2; K-12 Science Institute offered this fall.\n\nQuestions? Contact Dr. Corinne Murawski\, corinne.murawski@aiu3.net\, 412-394-4629
URL:https://www.aiu3.net/event/secondary-science-institute-course-1-introductory-fall-2025/
LOCATION:Allegheny Intermediate Unit\, East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, USA\, 475 East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Math & Science Collaborative,Science
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SUMMARY:Elementary Science Institute (Course 1/Introductory)\, Fall 2025
DESCRIPTION:Content foci include life science\, physical science\, and Earth & space science.\n\n\nWho: Open to all grades K\, 1\, 2\, 3\, 4 or 5 science teachers and STEM teachers as well as special educators supporting science \nWhen: October 14\, November 6\, and November 17\, 2025 from 8:30 – 3:30 \nWhere: In-person at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit \nPrice: Free to Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU)districts; Non-AIU districts: $450 (School district will be invoiced.) \nAdministrators are strongly encouraged to attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building \nAttendees will develop a shared understanding of phenomenon-based and problem-driven science teaching and learning that effectively incorporates all three dimensions of the science standards (disciplinary core ideas\, science and engineering practices\, & crosscutting concepts) and provides equitable\, inclusive instruction. \nParticipants will engage\, as learners and as teachers\, with the pedagogical practices that foster reasoning and sense-making in the science classroom and support equity and access for all students. They will also gain access to tools and resources for science teaching and learning at their grade band as they become familiar with what instruction in life\, physical\, and Earth/space science looks and feels like when implementing the science standards from PA STEELS. \nOver the course of the three days\, participants will explore the progression of the science standards from the PA Science\, Technology & Engineering\, Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (STEELS) standards within their grade band. \nAct 48 hours will be awarded pending approval by PDE for those who attend all sessions and complete all related assignments. \n\nIf you previously attended the K-2 STEM Institute or the Grades 3-5 Science Institute during SY 2022-23 or 2023-24\, this institute will be repetitive for you. Instead\, register for the Course 2; K-12 Science Institute offered this fall.\n\nQuestions? Contact Dr. Corinne Murawski\, corinne.murawski@aiu3.net\, 412-394-4629
URL:https://www.aiu3.net/event/elementary-science-institute-course-1-introductory-fall-2025/
LOCATION:Allegheny Intermediate Unit\, East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, USA\, 475 East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Math & Science Collaborative,Science
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SUMMARY:Administrator-Focused Science Professional Learning
DESCRIPTION:This administrator-focused PL offering was specifically designed to help leaders support shifts in science instruction towards PA STEELS\n\n\nWho: Any and all administrators (district or building) or explicitly defined science leaders (e.g.\, department head\, coach\, grade-level lead) are invited to attend \nWhen: October 28-29\, 2025 from 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM \nWhere: Allegheny Intermediate Unit\, 475 E. Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA 15120 \nPrice: $350 \nWhat: The Principals Learn and Network to Support 3-Dimensional Science Learning (PLANS) is an interactive experience emphasizing Instructional leadership and active support for K-12 science and STEM teachers at both the building and district level. This pathway is specifically created for instructional leaders interested in knowing more about and figuring out constructive strategies for supporting teachers and students as they make shifts in their teaching and learning towards phenomenon-based\, three-dimensional science. \nPLANS participants are immersed in actively learning in ways that NGSS \, PA STEELS standards\, and education research calls for students to learn science in the classroom. Administrators experience firsthand what it feels\, looks\, and sounds like when K-12 students are figuring out why phenomena happen as well as representing their thinking through modeling and productive classroom talk. Administrators use some of the important tools for making thinking public that teachers and students use in NGSS-designed units. Then\, administrators have opportunities to reflect together on what it means for students and teachers to work together as a community —- and how they can support this work themselves. \nThroughout the experience\, participants consider the ways in which their school can begin (or continue) to make these shifts. They see examples of students engaged in NGSS-designed learning in classrooms\, as well as administrators supporting teachers as they begin to implement the changes called for by NGSS. They explore concrete tools they can use to support teachers (for example\, in planning meetings\, observations\, and debriefs)\, and they begin to plan how they might use these tools themselves. \nThe shifts motivated by the National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science Education (NAS\, 2012)\, the NGSS and PA STEELS standards are substantial. Yet we know that these shifts are possible for teachers to make. We also know that the shifts are productive for student learning\, and they must be supported through pedagogy and classroom culture. Instructional leadership and active support at the building and district level is an important part of a successful outcome for teachers of science and for their students! \nTech: Please bring a laptop and/or tablet to access online resources.
URL:https://www.aiu3.net/event/administrator-focused-science-professional-learning-3/
LOCATION:Allegheny Intermediate Unit\, East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, USA\, 475 East Waterfront Drive\, Homestead\, PA\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Math & Science Collaborative,Science
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