Allegheny Intermediate Unit

Grades 3-5 Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Visual Models
2024-12-06 08:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Learn about why it is important and how to help students visualize math through concrete and pictorial representations at your grade level.

Grades 3-5: Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Visual Models
“I didn’t learn math with all these visual models my book now has.”
“My administrator wants me to use all these manipulatives stored in our closets.”
“My kids just aren’t retaining what I’ve taught them.”
If this is how you feel about teaching math, then the AIU MSC has you covered.
Join us at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit to learn about why it is important and how to help students visualize math through concrete and pictorial representations specific to your grade level. We will host two-day training sessions to engage you in mathematical tasks utilizing physical and virtual manipulatives, then transitioning to diagrams for each of the critical concepts in your grade level.
In the Grades 3-5 cohort – we will focus on multiplication, division, fraction operations, decimals, area and volume through use of base ten blocks, connecting cubes, pattern blocks, Cuisenaire rods, number line models, and area models.
Price: Free for AIU school districts. Non-AIU school districts:$300
Audience: Grade 3-5 mathematics teachers and leaders (including interventionists)
When: December 6, 2024 and February 20, 2025
Where: In-person at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Act 48 hours will be awarded pending approval by PDE for those who attend all sessions and complete related assignments.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow! See you there at East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA.

Lunch and Learn: Attainment: Math and Science K-12
2024-12-06 11:30 - 12:30
Since its inception in 1979, Attainment Company has been dedicated to helping people with disabilities succeed in school, work, and life with practical and easy-to-use products. The goal is to create a solution for teachers and students alike using digital, print, and hands on materials to reach a wide range of learners. Please join us for an overview of our Math and Science continuum, which includes foundational, evidence-based, and standards based resources for K-12.
Audience: Administrators, General Education teachers, Special Education teachers, Interventionists, and Coaches.

Word Wizards - ELA Grades 3-12*
2024-12-10 09:00 - 15:00
*This session is part two of multi-day series that requires participants to attend all sessions to receive credit.
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Promoting Instruction with PASA DLM Resources from the Dynamic Learning Maps
2024-12-12 08:30 - 15:00, 2025-01-20 08:30 - 15:00 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
This training aims to provide educators who deliver the PASA-DLM and their administrators with a deeper dive into the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM). The focus is on improving student outcomes through standards aligned instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Participants will have the opportunity to explore multiple resources on the Dynamic Learning Maps website and find new strategies to support IEP development and/or instruction.

Math for All: Supporting Inclusive Practices in the K-6 Classroom
2024-12-12 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Free transformED Educator Workshop
A hands-on workshop for K-6 math teachers looking to create a truly inclusive learning environment to account for learner variability
Join us for “Math for All,” an interactive workshop for K-6 math teachers focused on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
In this workshop, you will discover how to present math concepts through multiple means, allowing students to access information in various ways and demonstrate their understanding through diverse formats. Gain hands-on experience with tech tools for differentiated math instruction. By the end, you will be ready to create an inclusive and engaging math environment for all learners.
Who Should Attend | Math Teachers, K-6
Lunch will be provided.

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Lunch and Learn: Attainment: ELA K-12
2024-12-13 11:30 - 12:30
Since its inception in 1979, Attainment Company has been dedicated to helping people with disabilities succeed in school, work, and life with practical and easy-to-use products. The goal is to create a solution for teachers and students alike using digital, print, and hands on materials to reach a wide range of learners. Please join us for an overview of our ELA continuum, which includes foundational, evidence-based, and standards based resources for K-12.
Audience: Administrators, General Education teachers, Special Education teachers, Interventionists, and Coaches.

EBPs in Elementary Mathematics Evidence Based Practices to Assist Struggling Students
2024-12-16 08:30 - 15:00, 2025-01-06 08:30 - 15:00
Join us for a comprehensive year-long professional development series designed to equip educators with the knowledge and skills to support elementary students struggling with mathematics. Based on the evidence-based recommendations from the “Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades” IES practice guide by the What Works Clearinghouse, this series will provide practical strategies, hands-on activities, and collaborative learning opportunities to enhance mathematical instruction and intervention.

10 AI Tools to Transform Your Teaching
2024-12-16 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Explore the top 10 AI tools for education, see them in action, and unlock new ways to elevate your teaching in this free transformED Educator Workshop.
It feels like new AI tools for education are popping up each day. Which tools are worth your while?
Let us take out the guesswork as we highlight 10 powerful AI-based tools that will enhance your practice as an educator. You will have the opportunity to explore each and to discover inspiring use cases that relate to the work you do.

What to Bring | A laptop or tablet, if possible
Who Should Attend | Educators interested in leveraging AI in their practice
Lunch will be provided.

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MTSS Networking for Administrators & Core Teams
2024-12-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-13 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us for monthly virtual networking opportunities designed to create a robust Professional Learning Community (PLC) around the topic of MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports).
Meetings in the 2024-2025 school year will be offered in two strands:

The morning session for Administrators leading efforts to scale implementation of MTSS at their district or building
the afternoon session intended for MTSS Core Team members working at the school level Administrators are free to join either or both sessions.

The focus for Networking is on fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and providing mutual support to enhance the implementation and management of MTSS frameworks, ensuring comprehensive academic support for all students.

Direct Instruction Mathematics
2025-01-07 08:30 - 15:00
This training program helps teachers improve their math teaching skills using Direct Instruction (DI). Participants will learn the key ideas and strategies from the “Direct Instruction Mathematics” book. They will get practical experience and knowledge to effectively use DI in their classrooms. The course covers lesson planning, teaching methods, assessment techniques, and ways to support different student needs.The content in this series can be used for any learner, including those with higher support needs in autistic and life skills support settings to those students learning advanced mathematical concepts.

ELA Symposium: Key Qualities of Writing Instruction (Grades 6-8)
2025-01-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
The ELA Symposium is the Reading Achievement Center’s annual workshop addressing a critical need for strengthening teacher practice that improves student achievement. This session, for ELA teachers in grades 6-8, will focus on key qualities of writing instruction at the paragraph level and up.

Structuring Breaks for Success Enhancing Focus & Well-being
2025-01-15 09:30 - 11:30
In this training session, educators will explore the critical role of structured breaks in fostering student focus, well-being, and overall academic success. Participants will delve into evidence-based strategies for designing and implementing effective break routines that optimize learning environments as an intensified Tier 1 strategy and as an assigned Tier 2 intervention.

LETRS Training @ AIU 2024-2025 AIU Cohorts
2025-01-16 09:00 - 15:30
*Completion of Volume 1 and 2 course meets PA Structured Literacy Chapter 49 requirements.
Developed by renowned literacy experts Dr. Louisa Moats and Dr. Carol Tolman, LETRS® is a flexible literacy professional development solution for preK–12 educators. LETRS earned the International Dyslexia Association’s Accreditation and provides teachers with the skills they need to master the fundamentals of reading instruction—phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and language.
LETRS empowers teachers to understand the what, why, and how of scientifically based reading instruction
Time & location for all sessions:
9am-3:30pm
Allegheny Intermediate Unit; 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Dates:
October 10, 2024 – Unit 1 The Challenge of Learning to Read (Sullivan)
November 21, 2024 – Unit 2 The Speech Sounds of English (Sullivan)
January 16, 2025- Unit 3 Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling (McGuffey) March 20, 2025 – Unit 4 Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition (Sullivan)
Time Commitment:
Independent Reading: 33 hours
Online LETRS Platform: 15 hours
Synchronous and In-Person PD: 22 hours
Total of 70 Act 48 Hours Available
Registration:
1. Register on Frontline
2. Complete Google Form to select payment option: https://forms.gle/B3SRX4HLPHQ6UZnp9
Registration Deadline: October 3, 2024
Materials Cost: $400 per participant includes Volume 1 manual and one year of online access; invoicing will be processed at first session.

Virtual Paraprofessional Trainings
2025-01-20 08:30 - 15:00
The day will consist of two morning and two afternoon sessions developed specifically for paraprofessionals.

Structured Literacy Training for Autistic & Life Skills Support Educators
2025-01-23 08:30 - 15:00
Sessions will lead participants through an exploration of:

how reading skills develop
the component skills of reading including phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency
the skills of vocabulary, inference-making, and content knowledge
effective instructional practices and evidence-based intervention approaches

Educators will leave prepared to administer and interpret assessments and implement effective classroom instruction including how to accommodate and modify content for students with complex communication needs.
This training series meets PA Act 49 Structured Literacy requirements.

Evidence-based intervention practices on structured literacy
Explicit and systematic instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness
A) Alphabetic principle, decoding and encoding; B) Fluency and vocabulary
Reading comprehension and building content knowledge

Check In / Check Out
2025-01-23 08:30 - 15:30
Check-In/Check-Out (CICO) is a Tier II, evidence-based, behavioral intervention designed to support students by providing more frequent instruction regarding expected behavior, increasing structured contact between students and adults in school, providing a formal mechanism for students to receive feedback on their behavior and increasing opportunities for reinforcement contingent on expected behavior. This session will provide PBIS teams the necessary knowledge and skills to implement CICO within their buildings.

Lunch and Learn: UFLI Foundations
2025-01-24 11:30 - 12:30
UFLI Foundations is an explicit and systematic program created by the team at the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI—pronounced “you fly”). The program introduces students to the foundational reading skills necessary for proficient reading. It follows a carefully developed scope and sequence designed to ensure that students systematically acquire each skill needed and learn to apply each skill with automaticity and confidence. The program is designed to be used for core instruction in the primary grades or for intervention with struggling students in any grade.
Audience: Administrators, General Education teachers, Special Education teachers, Interventionists, and Coaches.

Word Wizards - ELA Grades 3-12*
2025-01-25 09:00 - 15:00
*This session is the final day of multi-day series that requires participants to attend all sessions to receive credit.
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Acadience Data Interpretation
2025-01-27 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-01-27 13:00 - 15:30
This session offers advanced training in the use of Acadience Reading and Math data in an Outcomes-Driven Model (ODM), perfect for schools implementing MTSS/RtII. The workshop illustrates the use of Acadience data at both the student level and the systems level. Participants will engage in the steps of the ODM: Identifying and Validating Need for Support, Planning Support, Evaluating Effectiveness of Support, and Reviewing Outcomes. Time will be provided for teams/individuals to explore their existing school data.

TCCAC Meeting Series The Resources Around YOUth: What, Why, Who & When to Use Them
2025-01-28 08:30 - 14:30
Pennsylvania’s transition community has a rich history of helping youth and young adults successfully transition from school to adult life. Since 1990, PA’s Local Transition Coordinating Councils (LTCCs) have played an instrumental role in this process.

With cross vested partner representation, the TCCAC will host 4 meetings during the 2024-2025 school year. The meeting series will be conducted as a full day, in-person experience to afford attendees time for professional development, networking, coordination, and resource development. Each session is designed to educate transition coordinators, educational professionals, parents, and agency providers to better coordinate, collaborate, problem solve, and support transition age youth with disabilities successfully navigate their pathway toward graduation.

Please consider attending each council meeting to expand your professional network, enhance your knowledge and expertise, gather meaningful tools and resources, while learning about upcoming events to develop your professional or community network.

Comprehension, Close Reading, and Complex Text: Laying the Foundation K-2
2025-01-28 09:00 - 15:00 | https://www.aiu3.net/event/comprehension-close-reading-and-complex-text-laying-the-foundation-k-2/
This is the first day of a hybrid, multi-day series. The in-person format requires participants to attend all four sessions to receive credit.
Transitioning students to the demands of the PA Core Standards is not a job just for teachers in the tested grades! Participants will learn a variety of techniques and how to implement comprehension concepts into everyday practice through close reading of complex text
Price: $600 per person
This series is offered in two formats: in-person and online asynchronous.
The in-person sessions will be held at the AIU Central Office on the following dates: Jan 28, Feb 25, Mar 25, and Apr 29

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Elementary Science Institute (Course 2); Spring 2025
2025-01-30 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Note: For the Spring 2025 offering of Year 2 Science Institutes, elementary and secondary will combined as a K-12 offering. Administrators are encouraged to attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building.
Join us for this in-person elementary science professional learning offering from the Math & Science Collaborative at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit! The Elementary Science Institute (Course 2) is designed for educators who have already attended our K-2 STEM or Grades 3-5 Elementary Science Institutes. This professional learning opportunity is perfect for elementary science educators who are ready to dig deeply into the classroom culture, pedagogical practices, and assessment practices aligned to science teaching and learning with the PA STEELS standards. Don’t miss out on this free opportunity to learn more about teaching elementary science for the next generation. Mark your calendars and get ready for the Elementary Science Institute (Course 2)!
Who: Any K-5 Science, Engineering, or STEM educators who previously attended an introductory three-day science institute (i.e., either the K-2 STEM Institute or the Grade 3-5 Elementary Science Institute) from AIU MSC
When: January 30, February 27, March 13, 2025 with an optional fourth day on April 9, 2025
Where: In-person at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Price: Free to all AIU3 educators; Educators outside AIU3: $450
Administrators are encouraged to attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building.
Act 48 hours will be awarded pending approval by PDE for those who attend all sessions and complete all related assignments.

Secondary Science Institute (Course 2); Spring 2025
2025-01-30 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Note: For the Spring 2025 offering of Year 2 Science Institutes, elementary and secondary will combined as a K-12 offering. Administrators are encouraged to attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building.
Join us for this in-person secondary science professional learning offering from the Math & Science Collaborative at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit! The Secondary Science Institute (Course 2) is designed for educators who have already attended our Secondary Life or Physical Science Institutes. This professional learning opportunity is perfect for middle school or high school science educators who are ready to dig deeply into the classroom culture, pedagogical practices, and assessment practices aligned to science teaching and learning with the PA STEELS standards. Don’t miss out on this free opportunity to learn more about teaching science for the next generation. Mark your calendars and get ready for the Secondary Science Institute (Course 2)!
Who: Any secondary science (middle or high school) educators who previously attended either the Secondary Physical or Life Science Institute from AIU MSC
When: January 30, February 27, March 13, 2025 with an optional fourth day on April 9, 2025
Where: In-person at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Price: Free to all AIU3 educators; Educators outside AIU3: $450
Administrators are encouraged to attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building.
Act 48 hours will be awarded pending approval by PDE for those who attend all sessions and complete all related assignments.

Canva for Beginners
2025-01-30 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Effortlessly create stunning materials for your work by learning the basics of Canva.

Description
By now, you’ve probably heard how much people love using Canva. Discover what the buzz is all about!
Canva allows us to design beautiful media (think digital and hard copy flyers, signs, student activity sheets, presentations and more) with ease. Even your students will love creating with Canva.
Gain confidence as we work through Canva’s most basic features, step by step.
You will leave with some re-designed and new materials ready to be used right away. Prepare to be inspired!

What to Bring | A laptop or tablet, if possible

Who Should Attend | Anyone curious about Canva who has never used it or wants to be more comfortable with Canva’s most basic, fundamental features. All are welcome; please note the context of the workshop is geared toward educators

Lunch will be provided.
