Allegheny Intermediate Unit

STEM Educator and Innovator Role-Alike
2025-05-01 08:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Join our role-alike group for STEM/STEAM teachers to share ideas and build skills.

Description
This role-alike group is designed for STEM/STEAM teachers and coordinators to build skills and gain new ideas. Hear how others are integrating everything from maker education to coding and beyond. This group will meet multiple times during the school year. You are welcome to join us for one, some, or all sessions.
Background | What is a role-alike? Role-alike events bring together educators from around the region holding a similar position or role.
What to Bring | A laptop or tablet, if possible
Who Should Attend | Both experienced STEAM educators and those newer to STEAM education are encouraged to attend.
Lunch will be provided.

Media Production Educator Virtual Meet-Up
2025-05-02 11:30 - 12:30
Learn and share in this conversation about all things media production in our schools.

Description
Are you curious about how other people run media production classes and clubs? Do you wonder what software they use? What skills do others prioritize?
Join this conversation to learn from others who teach similar content.
*Note: Act 48 hours will not be offered for this event.
A Zoom link will be sent to participants prior to the event.
Who Should Attend | Teachers looking to connect with others about their courses and clubs such as media production and broadcasting

Standard Response Protocol/Standard Reunification Method
2025-05-05 09:00 - 15:00
AIU Central Office
Safety and Security

MTSS Networking for Administrators & Core Teams
2025-05-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-05 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.

EBPs in Elementary Mathematics Evidence Based Practices to Assist Struggling Students
2025-05-06 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.

Girls in Gaming Summit (Student Opportunity!)
2025-05-06 10:00 - 13:30 | Entertainment Technology Center, 700 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
Girls in Gaming-Ignite & foster interest in video games, interactive entertainment, themed amusement, & other related professional pursuits.

Description
Join us for the Girls in Gaming Summit, an event designed to ignite and foster interest in video games, interactive entertainment, themed amusement, and other related professional pursuits.
During this unique summit, educators and their students will get the opportunity to hear from accomplished women as they share their journeys and insights. The summit’s speakers, mostly gamers themselves, play important roles in the gaming industry, and reflect the diversity of career options that exist in this field.
Don’t miss this chance to open new doors for your students and inspire the next generation of gaming innovators.
Background | Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center houses a graduate program designed to help students prepare for careers in interactive entertainment as it is applied across different fields. Through a curriculum that emphasizes leadership, communication, and innovation, the ETC seeks to turn talented students from myriad professional and academic backgrounds into creative professionals.
Who Should Attend | Middle and high school educators interested in encouraging girls to participate in gaming and to explore the diverse range of careers that exist in the industry.
*Educators should bring a group of students to attend this innovative summit.
Lunch will be provided.
**Special Location | Entertainment Technology Center, 700 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Creating Engaging (& Enjoyable!) Lessons in the Elementary Classroom
2025-05-07 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Design meaningful experiences using engaging strategies that boost problem-solving & critical thinking skills within the content you teach.

Description
Do your students love to create?
This hands-on workshop will focus on how to design meaningful experiences for your students that incorporate concepts from all content areas including math, ELA, science, social studies, arts & engineering. You will learn how to utilize design thinking processes as you engage in exciting activities that are easy to replicate and adapt. Discover how these processes can immerse students in the content you teach while also developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Join us to explore resources that best support student learning and engagement, and leave this workshop with plans to create meaningful lessons and units for your students.

Background | The mission of Fluxspace is to help educators, schools, and organizations experience the future of learning environments and understand the innovative programs, products, experiences, and mindsets that should take place in them.

What to Bring | A laptop or tablet, if possible
Who Should Attend | K-5 Teachers
Lunch will be provided.
Location | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 E. Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – Mon Valley Prom
2025-05-09

Get Hyped About Hydroponics
2025-05-12 08:30 - 15:30 | Fluxspace Experience Center, 401 Greentree Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15220, United States
Discover hydroponics for schools, including resources and related lessons (and enjoy a hydroponically grown salad bar for lunch).

Description
Interested in learning about hydroponics and how it can fit in your school? This workshop will lead you through how hydroponics works, various types of systems, and STEELS-aligned lessons and projects that engage and excite students. Learn how to utilize the engineering design process with students to solve problems involving environmental literacy and sustainability and come ready to enjoy our own hydroponically grown salad bar for lunch!
**This workshop will take place at the Fluxspace Experience Center where participants will have an opportunity to interact with a Flex Farm hydroponics system.

Background | The mission of Fluxspace is to help educators, schools, and organizations experience the future of learning environments and understand the innovative programs, products, experiences, and mindsets that should take place in them.

Who Should Attend | Educators interested in learning about hydroponics

Lunch will be provided (featuring a salad bar with hydroponically-grown lettuce that we will harvest together!).

**Special Location | Fluxspace Experience Center, 401 Greentree Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15220

Board of Directors Meeting
2025-05-19 18:15 - 20:00, 2025-06-23 18:15 - 20:00
2024-2025 AIU Board of Director Meeting Dates
All AIU board meetings begin at 6:15 p.m. in the McGuffey Room, with the exception of the November meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. All board executive sessions begin at 5 p.m. in the Rogers Room. There are no meetings in July or December. The board will meet on the following dates:
Monday, August 26, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
Monday, January 27, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – No School
2025-05-20
AIU-Operated Special Education Schools, Mon Valley, Pathfinder and Sunrise are closed today. Clerical Day for the Staff.

Promoting Instruction with PASA DLM Resources from the Dynamic Learning Maps
2025-05-20 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.

K-3 Reading Apprenticeship*
2025-05-22 09:00 - 15:00
*This is the final session of a 12-part series that requires participants to attend all 12 sessions to receive credit.
Learn more

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – No School – Memorial Day
2025-05-26
AIU-Operated Special Education Schools, Mon Valley, Pathfinder and Sunrise are closed today in observance of Memorial Day.

Special Education Liaison Meeting
2025-05-28 08:30 - 12:00 | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTEzMjE1N2UtNzM2Yi00OWRmLTk3NzktYjdiZTcwMDc0YjA5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%222588d1e3-7ead-4e50-b518-c7ad84eca17b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2297c0692d-3fcc-413f-88e2-fb2c33b67df0%22%7d
Special Education Liaison Meetings are Hybrid.
In-person meeting will be held at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in the Sullivan Room.
Link to Online Meeting can be found below.

Special Education Liaisons-New Directors Meeting
2025-05-28 13:30 - 15:30 | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZDAwYmEzZTQtZmI1NC00NTk3LTg5OWMtYzNjMWJjYjNhYmNk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%222588d1e3-7ead-4e50-b518-c7ad84eca17b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222128c0e9-b5e4-4a49-994a-5c684abd91b5%22%7d
The New Directors Meetings are a follow up to the morning’s Special Education Liaison Meeting to provide more detailed information and address topics that may be unfamiliar to liaisons new in their role.
Special Education Liaisons-New Directors Meeting are Hybrid.
In-person meeting will be held at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in the Flexible Instruction Room.
Link to Online Meeting can be found below.

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – Pathfinder Prom
2025-05-30

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools - Mon Valley Graduation
2025-06-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Mon Valley School, 555 N Lewis Run Road, Jefferson Hills, PA, 15025, United States
Mon Valley School will have their Graduation Ceremony. Time 7:00 pm.

OpenSciEd Elementary Curriculum Launch
2025-06-03 08:00 - 15:00
This three-day professional learning opportunity introduces grades K-5 teachers (or administrators/coaches supporting elementary science) to the OpenSciEd instructional materials in addition to a specific introductory unit for one grade level. As a result of this professional learning, teachers will understand the supports and routines embedded into the OpenSciEd Elementary units that align with the shifts called for by A Framework for K–12 Science Education (NAS, 2012), the Next Generation Science Standards, and the PA STEELS Standards.
Who should attend this offering? Elementary School Science Educators or Administrators who support Elementary School Science and are piloting or adopting the OpenSciEd Instructional Materials; Intermediate Unit Colleagues who support implementation of high-quality science instructional materials and provide the professional learning to buttress such implementation; Professional Learning Providers who will support OSE Elementary.
Included in this session are opportunities for teachers to:
– Deepen their understanding of three-dimensional instruction and assessment
– Engage in the actual lessons of the unit as a student
– Watch videos of students engaging with the OpenSciEd units
Overview of Agenda: Over the course of our three days together, we will address the following questions.
What does it mean to use phenomena and questioning to support student sense making in science?
How do we support instruction that is coherent for students, even in the early grades?
How do we support equitable discussions that move students’ science ideas forward in the elementary grades?
How do you support and assess your students’ growth ?
Note: If you teach in a high-needs school district, please reach out to Corinne Murawski (corinne.murawski@aiu3.net) or Michael Fierle (michael.fierle@aiu3.net) for more information regarding tuition defrayment provided by Arconic Foundation.
When: Tuesday – Thursday, June 3-5 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM each day. Lunch will be provided.
Where: Allegheny Intermediate Unit; 475 E. Waterfront Dr., Homestead, PA 15120

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – Sunrise Graduation
2025-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Sunrise School, 550 Aura Drive, Monroeville, PA, 15146, United States
Sunrise School will have their Graduation Ceremony. Time 7:00 pm.

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – Pathfinder Graduation
2025-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Pathfinder School, 50 Donati Road, Bethel Park, PA, 15102, United States
Pathfinder School will have their Graduation Ceremony. Time 10:00 am.

AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – Last Day of School
2025-06-05
AIU-Operated Special Education Schools, Mon Valley, Pathfinder and Sunrise end the 2024-25 school year today.

Emotional Support Administrator Overview
2025-08-06 09:00 - 11:00
This session will provide district and building-level administrators with valuable insights into the components of Quality Indicators for Emotional Support Services and Programs. During the training, administrators will gain an overview of both systemic and individualized practices, equipping teams with the knowledge to effectively implement emotional supports and services in their schools. Leaders will receive a roadmap detailing the ongoing TaC support that will be provided for school-based teams during the 2025-26 school year.

Local Task Force 3 Meeting
2025-09-03 18:30 - 20:30 | https://www.aiu3.net/event/local-task-force-3-meeting/
Local Task Force 3 Meetings are VIRTUAL only.
Link to Online Meeting will be sent to Task Force members.

Getting It Right from the Start
2025-09-05 08:00 - 09:00
This practical and engaging, virtual series is designed to equip special education professionals with the tools and knowledge needed to develop compliant, student-centered transition components within transition age Individualized Education Plans (IEP). Participants will learn how to write clear, individualized transition grids and craft meaningful postsecondary Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFPs) with a primary focus on the PELs of Postsecondary transition. Participants will also enhance their knowledge of alignment with students’ goals, strengths, and needs. Through real-world examples, compliance guidance, and best practices, attendees will leave better prepared to ensure each student’s transition plan supports a successful path to adulthood—whether that includes postsecondary education, employment, or independent living. Perfect for new and veteran educators, case managers, and administrators committed to “getting it right from the start.”

Instructional Coaches’ Network
2025-09-10 09:00 - 15:00
Network Series Length: 9 sessions
Join a network of fellow instructional coaches for monthly professional learning workshops provided by Heather Moschetta, instructional coach mentor for the PA Coach-Mentor Collaborative, and Rachel McVeagh, AIU instructional innovation coordinator. Sessions will feature professional learning specific to the needs of instructional coaches, on topics determined by the network group and supported by PDE initiatives. The network is open to all coaches in the AIU’s member districts, including literacy coaches, math coaches, technology coaches and instructional coaches. Contact Heather at heather.moschetta@aiu3.net for information on how to join.
Price: Free
2025-26 Meeting Dates:
September 10, October 15, November 6, December 9, January 22, February 18, March 17, April 14, May 7

OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum Launch
2025-09-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
This professional learning opportunity introduces middle grades science teachers to the OpenSciEd instructional materials in addition to a specific introductory unit for one grade level. As a result of this professional learning, teachers will understand the supports and routines embedded into the OpenSciEd units that align with the shifts called for by A Framework for K–12 Science Education (NRC, 2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and PA STEELS standards. Included in this session are opportunities for teachers to:
Watch videos of students engaging with the OpenSciEd units
Hear teachers reflect on shifting their instruction with support from the units
Engage in the actual lessons of the unit as a student
Deepen their understanding of three-dimensional instruction and assessment
Overview of Agenda: Over the course of our three days together, we will address the following questions.
Day 1: What does it mean to use phenomena and questioning to support student sense making?
Day 2: How do we support instruction that is coherent for students?
Day 3: How do we support equitable discussions that move students’ science ideas forward?
An OPTIONAL Day 4 will be offered during the school year on October 2, 2025: How do you support and assess your students’ growth in three-dimensional learning?
Who: Middle School Science Educators or educators/administrator who support Middle School Science and are piloting or adopting the OpenSciEd Instructional Materials
Where: Allegheny Intermediate Unit (475 E. Waterfront Dr., Homestead, PA 15120)
Note: If you teach in a high-needs school district in Southwestern PA, please reach out to Corinne Murawski or Michael Fierle for more information regarding tuition defrayment provided by Arconic Foundation.
Fall, 2025 Dates: Four Thursdays in a row beginning September 11, 2025 and continuing through October 2, 2025

Workshop DLM: Plot the Path to Propel Progress
2025-09-12 08:00 - 17:00
Drop in the second Friday of each month to workshop your IEP goals, lesson plans, and instructional strategies for students with significant cognitive disabilities. This workshop is your go-to space for hands-on support, where special education consultants guide you in aligning your instruction with grade-level standards, while leveraging the Essential Elements and Linkage Levels from the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM).
Together, we can:
– Review assessment resources
– Summarize data
– Align Essential Elements to IEP goals
– Connect data to instruction
– Plan for inclusion
– Explore Instructional Strategies
Whether you’re new to DLM or refining your approach, this is the place to connect with fellow educators, get personalized advice, and develop strategies for navigating the complexities of teaching students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Please note this is an open forum to receive instructional and IEP development support, this is NOT about the PA Alternate State Assessment (PASA).
