Adolescent Literacy Institute - Middle & High School English & Reading
2024-10-30 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | https://www.aiu3.net/event/adolescent-literacy-institute-middle-high-school-english-reading/
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.
Aligned with brain research on how adolescents learn, this workshop series engages participants in the research behind and modeling of effective reading and writing instruction for the secondary grades.
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: Oct 30, Dec 12, Jan 23, and Feb 25

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Promoting Instruction with PASA DLM Resources from the Dynamic Learning Maps
2024-11-01 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.

Building Blocks for Safety – School and First Responder Relationships
2024-11-01 09:00 - 12:00
AIU Central Office
Safety and Security

Act 45 Course: Science of Reading for Administrators*
2024-11-01 09:00 - 12:30
*This session is part of multi-day series that requires participants to attend all sessions to receive credit.
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AIU-Operated Special Education Schools – No School
2024-11-04, 2024-11-05
AIU-Operated Special Education Schools, Mon Valley, Pathfinder and Sunrise are closed today. Clerical Day for the Staff.

IES Practice Guide Reading Intervention for Students in Grades 4-9
2024-11-04 08:30 - 15:00
This session will review the research and practical application of the new practice guide for students in grades 4-9. This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations that teachers can use to deliver reading interventions to meet the needs of their students. Teachers will leave with practical activities that can be used to support all students. To preview the practice guide, visit https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/29.

Implementing Check & Connect at Tiers 2 & 3
2024-11-05 09:30 - 11:30
Check & Connect is an intervention used with K-12 students who show warning signs of disengagement with school and who are at risk of dropping out. At the core of Check & Connect is a trusting relationship between the student and a caring, trained mentor who both advocates for and challenges the student to keep education salient. Students are referred to Check & Connect when they show warning signs of disengaging from school, such as poor attendance, behavioral issues, and/or low grades.

Direct Instruction Mathematics
2024-11-06 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.

STEM Lending Library - transformED
2024-11-06 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Want to try something new in your classes? STEM concepts can be infused in any content area.
Receive hands-on training to build your confidence and skills with items in our lending library before borrowing these items to use with your students for a period of time. We will also discuss best practices and lesson ideas for meaningful, curriculum-aligned implementation.
If you are familiar with some of our items but would like to learn about others, please attend!
Background | The transformED STEM Lending Library is made possible with support from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.
What to bring | A laptop or tablet
Who should attend | Teachers K-12 whose districts are served by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and who are interested in learning about and borrowing items from the transformED STEM Lending Library.
*No prior experience needed.
Lunch will be provided.

Word Wizards - ELA Grades 3-12
2024-11-07 09:00 - 15:00
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.
Build your students into word wizards! This series presents educators with research and practical strategies to strengthen students’ word knowledge, through both indirect vocabulary exposure and direct vocabulary instruction.
Price: $450 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: Nov. 7, Dec. 10, and Jan. 29

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Navigating 504s Comprehensive Guidance for School Teams
2024-11-07 09:00 - 15:30
Join us for a focused professional development session to craft a streamlined Chapter 504 process. Tailored for school district teams which may include 504 administrators, coordinators, and other vested partners, this session covers legal history, eligibility, service agreements, LEA responsibilities, and current trends. Together, we’ll design an efficient process for conducting, evaluating, implementing, and progress monitoring 504 plans.

TCCAC Meeting Series The Resources Around YOUth: What, Why, Who & When to Use Them
2024-11-12 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.

Digital Citizenship Refresh: A Checklist for Your Classroom
2024-11-12 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Equip yourself with a checklist of strategies designed to help you build strong habits and routines surrounding tech in our schools in this free transformED Educator Workshop.
Join Jennifer Ehehalt, Sr. Regional Manager at Common Sense Education as we discuss our digital wellness checklist, designed to introduce students to your Acceptable Use Policies (AUP), tech agreements, healthy online habits, cell phone policies and digital tools for learning. Check off the activities to start having conversations about using tech safely and building strong habits and routines in your schools/classrooms.
We will take a closer look at setting classroom agreements and expectations, and showcase quick and engaging lessons that include real world scenarios. Participants will gain insight into strategies that extend beyond a one-time lesson. Discover ways to integrate these into subject-specific lessons, ensuring continuous reinforcement all year. Participants will leave with a toolbox of strategies to effectively manage devices in the classroom.
Come One, Come All! We encourage you to bring a team of stakeholders together to use this time to learn and create a roadmap for your school/district. Show your community that your school is committed to teaching responsible, effective technology use and earn Common Sense Education Recognition
Congratulations to the following Recognized Districts:
Brentwood, Deer Lakes, Elizabeth Forward, Gateway, Hampton, Woodland Hills
Key Highlights of the Workshop:

Examine efficient methods for establishing clear agreements and expectations surrounding device usage in your classroom.
Discover a collection of quick and engaging activities while imparting essential digital citizenship concepts.
Explore NEW ways to integrate digital citizenship seamlessly into your subject area, making it an integral part of daily learning.
Address real-world challenges (including AI) faced by students by discussing practical solutions for issues like media balance and well being, online behavior and critical thinking.
Engage in collaborative discussions with fellow educators where you can share your experiences, ask questions, and brainstorm ideas.
Engage Families

*Registration deadline: October 15, 2024
Background | Common Sense Education supports K–12 schools with everything educators need to empower the next generation of digital citizens. Our innovative, award-winning Digital Citizenship Curriculum prepares students with lifelong habits and skills, supports teachers with training and recognition, and engages families and communities with helpful tips and tools. ?Schools everywhere rely on our free curriculum, expert advice, and edtech ratings to help kids thrive. Our vision: Students thriving as learners, leaders, and citizens in the digital age.
What to Bring | A laptop or tablet, if possible
Who Should Attend | K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Tech Coaches, Librarians, Media Specialists
Lunch will be provided.
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Canceled! Integrating Bullying Prevention into a PBIS Framework
2024-11-12 13:00 - 15:30
Join this virtual session to learn how to address and prevent bullying behavior with preventative approaches that are integrated within your PBIS framework. Participants will learn core features of evidence-based prevention programs, leave with an understanding on implementation steps, and be able to align core features with existing PBIS systems.

G-364: Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for School
2024-11-13 08:00 - 16:00

Solid Stuff: Using Materials Science to Engage and Excite Students
2024-11-13 08:30 - 15:30 | West Mifflin Area High School, 91 Commonwealth Avenue, West Mifflin, PA, 15122, United States
Explore hands-on materials science activities to engage students in STEAM at this free transformED Educator Workshop.
This session provides STEAM teachers with several simple, engaging materials science activities to incorporate into the STEAM classroom. As the world becomes increasingly technological, students need to understand the applications of science and technology in their everyday lives.
Hands-on activities are a great way to engage students with the applications of materials science and engineering to the world around them. Solid-state chemistry is often overlooked in the classroom and materials science provides a great way to introduce and illustrate the properties of solids – such as metals, ceramics, and polymers. These hands-on activities provide engaging activities for students to gain an understanding of materials science and the applications of materials in the world around them
Background | The ASM Materials Education Foundation creates the spark of scientific and engineering knowledge that ignites a journey of innovation and discovery. The Foundation doesn’t just support classrooms – it transforms them. Through dynamic, hands-on curriculum, educators are equipped with a treasure trove of tools that go beyond textbooks, igniting a passion for learning that stretches far beyond the four walls of a traditional classroom.
Who Should Attend | STEAM Teachers (7-12), STEAM Coaches, and Administrators with a keen interest in STEAM
Lunch will be provided.
**Special Location | West Mifflin Area High School, 91 Commonwealth Ave, West Mifflin, PA 15122

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K-3 Reading Apprenticeship*
2024-11-13 09:00 - 15:00
*This is the fifth session in a 12-part series that requires participants to attend all 12 sessions to receive credit.
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Keys to Comprehension - ELA Grades 3-8*
2024-11-13 09:00 - 15:00

K-3 Reading Apprenticeship*
2024-11-14 09:00 - 15:00
*This is the sixth session in a 12-part series that requires participants to attend all 12 sessions to receive credit.
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Mathematics Coaches Network 2024-25
2024-11-15 08:30 - 15:00 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Join us at Math Coaches Network where we’ll share strategies and resources for coaches to support mathematics teaching and learning.

Math Coaches Network 2024-25
Come join us at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit for a professional learning community focused on supporting mathematics coaches. This Network is led by Mr. Samuel Shaneyfelt, former school district level administrator and Math & Science Collaborative Project Director.
Price: free
Audience: K-12 mathematics coaches and leaders
When: October 11, 2024, November 15, 2024, January 31, 2025, and March 11, 2024
Where: In-person at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow! See you there at East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA.

Writing Meaningful & Compliant IEPs
2024-11-18 08:00 - 14:30
The IEP process and product can be both educationally useful and legally compliant. Join the AIU TaC for a complete a comprehensive workshop series that is designed to build the internal capacity of special educators when writing compliant and meaningful IEPs. Participants will learn how to better engage in authentic assessment and data-driven decision-making to develop meaningful IEPs that also meet the compliant requirements from PDE and the Bureau of Special Education. Importantly, the participant will strengthen his or her ability and skill set to write comprehensive, legally defensible IEPs.
As a part of this workshop, participants will engage in enhancing an IEP for a student on their current caseload. Participants will need the following:

A computer
A current IEP for a student whose annual meeting date will occur within the next three months
A printed copy AND electronic version of the selected student’s current current IEP document (MSWord or Google Doc)

We will not be working on your district’s IEP paperwork platform

An Evaluation Report and/or Re-evaluation Report for the selected student
Printed copies and/or ensure digital access to the selected student’s assessment data (PSSA, Keystones, PASA)
Ensure access to district utilized assessment platforms (IXL, STAR, TeachTown, EdInsight) and the selected student’s data

Please note this workshop includes exercises in writing more meaningful and compliance IEPs. Edits made to an IEP during this workshop are for learning and practice purposes only.

The IEP is a legally binding document that is developmental collaboratively with all members of the IEP team. Any revisions must be made through an IEP meeting.

EBPs in Elementary Mathematics Evidence Based Practices to Assist Struggling Students
2024-11-18 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.

From Meh to Marvelous: Engagement & Instruction in the Special Education Setting
2024-11-18 08:30 - 15:00
Get ready to transform your teaching approach with this exciting session designed for educators working with students who have cognitive disabilities and autistic learners with higher support needs. Packed with innovative ideas, practical strategies, and interactive activities you leave with the know-how and skills to boost student engagement, implement effective group contingencies, develop and implement high-quality morning meetings and other group activities, create independent work systems, and seamlessly integrate skills across various domains.

Check Your Feed: How is Student Digital Well-Being Influenced?
2024-11-18 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Uncover how social media trends can shape student perspective, & learn actionable strategies to empower students to navigate digital content at this free transformED Educator Workshop.

RECOGNIZE how students are being influenced. This workshop aims to help participants identify and decode hateful elements in trending content, including algostrategies, false and misleading information, punchlines, and micro-aggressions.
REPORT and/or take appropriate (in)action. Because cognitive skills related to perception, awareness, and empathy are still developing, teens frequently dismiss hate and extremism as an inevitable part of viral participation. This workshop emphasizes teaching students to become active, as opposed to passive, consumers of social media.
REDUCE exposure to hate and extremism. With the influence and intention of social media algorithms, the concern is that viral trends may be an entry point into a meandering rabbit hole that leads toward more extremist views. This workshop helps participants assist students in reducing this exposure.

Background | The facilitators are a multidisciplinary and multi-organizational research team, funded by the Collaboratory Against Hate Research and Action Center in Pittsburgh, PA, studying viral extremism on TikTok to create an educational intervention to raise awareness, mitigate harm, and prevent radicalization especially among young digital native people.
What to Bring | Laptop or tablet, if possible
Who Should Attend | Teachers, Administrators, School Counselors
Lunch will be provided.
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MTSS Networking for Administrators & Core Teams
2024-11-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-11-18 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.

Grades K-2 Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Visual Models
2024-11-19 08:30 - 15:00 | 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 K-2: 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 K-2 cohort – We will focus on counting, place value, addition, subtraction, and measurement through use of base ten blocks, number line models, and number path models.
Price: Free for AIU school districts. Non-AIU school districts:$300
Audience: Grades K-2 mathematics teachers and leaders (including interventionists)
When: November 19, 2024 and January 29, 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.

STEM Educator and Innovator Role-Alike
2024-11-19 08:30 - 15:30 | Allegheny Intermediate Unit Central Office, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Join our free role-alike group for STEM/STEAM teachers to share ideas and build skills.
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.
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Thinking Through the Pencil - ELA Grades 4-8*
2024-11-19 09:00 - 15:00
