The Benefits of Mental Toughness Training:

• Improve Change Management Skills
• Greater Engagement/Job satisfaction
• Higher Retention Rates
• Better Customer Service
• World-Class Performance Under Pressure

Course Designer: Steve Siebold

Course Details: 

• Completely online
• Weekly video training
• Monthly calls with trainer
• Weekly Quizzes
• Weekly Journaling

Registrants will be required to participate in all class activities to win full  credit.  Each week the student will be asked to view  the video training on line and take the corresponding quiz.  In addition, students will be asked to journal how they would use these skills in their current position.  Training coaches will also call each participant once a month to check i with the student.

4 Course Available - Completion of each course is worth 35 Act 48 Hours.

Course I:  July-September     Deadline to Register    June 15 
Course II:  October-December    Deadline to Register    September 15 
Course III:  January-March      Deadline to Register December 15 
Course IV:  April-June   Deadline to Register March 15 

Cost:  $350.00 per person/course   (Must have 10 people to run the course) 
 

We are education professionals working and learning together to optimize the governance, quality, and application of data in order to improve the delivery of educational opportunities to students across the Commonwealth.

Monthly meetings for HMJ members to discuss SAP updates and agency reports.

Power AAC focuses on five key areas to increase the skills of educators as they learn about communication to support their students. It focuses on Powerful skills in: 
1. Partner Skills 
2. Opportunities 
3. Words in social and instructional environments 
4. Evidence for decision-making 
5. Resources for creating, sharing, and implementing for guiding your students 
Series Guidelines & Requirements: 
1. Teams will utilize the POWER:AAC Modules to support students with whom they work in their classrooms or caseloads with complex communication needs. 
2. Teams will include: Special Education Classroom Teacher AND Speech-Language Pathologist 
The following are also recommended, but not required, to participate as team members: Para Educator, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Regular Education Teacher 
3. Teams will attend four (4) in person sessions and view six (6) modules between in-person sessions. 
4. Practitioners on participating teams will video record minimally one lesson per in-person training. Video recordings will be shared with team members and IU educational consultants to help provide feedback on videos submitted by their team. 
5. Teams will commit to periodic problem-solving meetings (by Zoom meeting or onsite at the school), whereby the IU technical assistance consultant(s) will provide guidance and problem solving support for implementation 
6. Monthly activities will be assigned based on each module. 
7. Teams will commit to minimally one onsite visit at the school

Participants will learn to support students with whom they work in their classrooms or caseloads with complex support needs and who would benefit from augmentative alternative communication (AAC) through the use of core vocabulary. Participants will use a blended learning model, videos and online teaching, to explore and expand their understanding of the Power ACC modules and support their students. 
 

October 23, 2019 with guest speaker Lindsay Cargill can be taken alone or as part of the series.

The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit (TIU) meets eight times a year with each district/charter school representative at the Curriculum Advisory Council to provide PDE updates, networking opportunities, and to share ideas regarding curriculum issues. Many of the monthly topics include: School Climate, PVAAS, CDTs, PIIC, Future Ready PA Index, Comprehensive Planning to name a few.

This training is designed for teachers that have never been trained on the GMM program.  We will begin by looking at how Get More Math improves a typical math classroom and give an in-depth demonstration of the program’s most important features.  We will discuss best practices for increased success as well as common mistakes to avoid.  This program works because it was developed by Josh Britton, a former PA math teacher. Josh created and developed Get More Math while working in his classroom to support initial mastery and long-term retention for grades 4 through Algebra I and Geometry.

The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit (TIU) meets six times a year with each district/charter school representative at the Special Education Advisory Council to provide state and federal legal updates, networking opportunities, and to clarify issues regarding the effect of state and federal special education laws on the provision of services to students.  The TIU also provides support and technical assistance to special education administrators and school personnel within our school districts and charter schools. 

PIIC Literacy Series

The continued focus of each networking meeting is to increase the opportunity to 
collaborate with colleagues who provide emotional support and related services to 
students in the K-12 setting. We recognize that this high incidence population of 
students can require some unique strategies as well as a variety of support systems, 
planning and programs.   Topics of these meetings will include but are not limited 
to: social skills instruction/coping skills, functional behavioral assessments, 
inclusive practices for ES students, collaboration and consultative skill building, 

book studies, and an exploration of products and resources. 
Please register for each network meeting on the IU website. 
Special presentations will be announced prior to each meeting if applicable.

PIIC Network Meetings

Meetings will focus on various topics, and lunch is provided. 

CRA Math Instructional Methods

This professional development opportunity will support teachers’ learning and implementation of the Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) sequence of instruction, a research-based instructional practice, for the topics of addition and subtraction. Teachers will experience CRA as both a teacher and a learner.

Teaching through a concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) sequence of instruction supports students’ learning and understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures. The CRA sequencing of instruction is evidenced to be an effective instructional practice (Gersten et al, 2009; NMP, 2008; Riccomini & Witzel, 2010; Witzel 2005). Structuring consistent models and language across the representations is a key part of the planning and implementation process. The PaTTAN Mathematics Initiative has created structures that will increase teachers’ ability to immediately implement the concrete-representational-abstract sequence of instruction as a method of making more mathematics accessible to more students.

Choose the CRA math day(s) you would like to attend!

January 27, 2020 ~ Early Numeracy, Addition, & Subtraction (Audience/PreK - 5th)

February 4, 2020 ~ Multiplication, Division, & Fractions (Audience/2nd - 8th)

March 4, 2020 ~ Fractions, Integers and Equations (Audience/3rd - 8th)

Workshop Objectives

• Describe & model the components of the CRA sequence of instruction.
• Understand the benefits of CRA that impact instruction and learning.
• Develop skills necessary to instruct students on early numeracy skills and concepts using a CRA sequence of instruction.

SCRIPT - the Strategic CSforALL Resource Implementation and Planning Tool is a framework to guide teams of district administrators, school leaders, guidance counselors and educators through a series of collaborative visioning, self-assessment, and goal-setting exercises to create or expand upon a Computer Science Education implementation plan for their students. A brief overview of CS in PA will be shared. Districts will create Computer Science Education goals for the current and following school year.  SCRIPT is a component in support of the PAsmart Targeted Grant awards.

Audience:School district Superintendents and administrators (required), Curriculum Directors,   Guidance Counselors, CS Teachers, Library Media Specialists, Classroom Teachers

FREE to all TIU wide employees! Lunch is on your own.

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a notation system for the sounds of oral language. The correct use of the IPA system is required in assessing students with speech sound disorders with formalized assessment tools. The system also involves the transfer of sound descriptions between providers and use in the analysis of the student’s sound system. We will also discuss the phonemes in the American English Standard and Spanish dialects. This course is intended to be a refresher only. 
Objectives:
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify 4 uses of IPA in daily practice in assessment and intervention.
   
• Complete 5 IPA transcriptions with one error or less.
• Complete a PVM chart in International Phonetic Alphabet.
• Label example words for the Vowel Quadrilateral.

Target Audience:

• LPs and teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing.

Lunch is on your own

         Making a Difference in Early Childhood Education 

24th Annual Conference for Early Childhood and Early Intervention Providers 

       Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA

 8:30-8:45 -         Registration and Networking 
                             Dale Hall Entrance of the Brumbaugh Academic Center.

                             *Note that breakfast will not be served.  Please bring a snack and water bottle if needed.
8:45-9:00 -          Welcome and Remarks
                             Alumni Hall 

9:00-10:30 -        Opening Keynote - Self-Care and Mindfulness Practices
                             Alumni Hall

                             Denise Shugarts, LSW and Tracy Lake, LPN owner of Lake House Wellness, LLC 

10:45-11:45        Choose One Session Option

12:00-13:00         Lunch
                              Ellis Hall

13:15-14:15       Choose One Session Option

14:30-15:30        Choose One Session Option  

You must select three breakout sessions.

How do I start a SOLE? Creating a SOLE is facilitating students in Self-Organized Learning Environments using an impressive and powerful app to plan, organize, implement and assess your students’ learning.

A Self-Organized Learning Environment, or SOLE, can exist anywhere there is a computer, internet connection, and students who are ready to learn. Within a SOLE, students are given the freedom to learn collaboratively using hard copy resources and the Internet.  SOLE sessions are characterized by Project Based Learning, discovery, sharing, spontaneity and supportive teacher intervention.  Every SOLE session activates learners’ creativity, requires critical thinking, and refines communication skills.  You will receive access to free tools to implement SOLE in your classroom, have time to create your own lessons, and find out how to earn Act 48 hours.

Audience: Teachers of grades K-12

This Workshop is FREE to all TIU wide educators! Lunch will be on you own.

Spring Sap Networking Day

When: March 18, 2020

Where: TIU #11 President’s Room

Cost:  $10.00 Covers materials.

8:30 Welcome

8:45 SAP Update

9:00 - 11:45  James A. Dill - Teens & Technology-Unintended Consequences

11:45-12:45  Lunch (included)

12:45-2:15  Question,  Persuade, Respond Training – (QPR) - Three steps anyone can learnto help prevent suicide.

2:15-2:30 Closing

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his hands-on workshop hosted in partnership by CIU 10, BLaST IU 17, and TIU 11 Training and Consultation will introduce participants to assistive technology making skills to create usable access products. Participants will learn basic soldering to join wire segments and assemble mono and stereo components for use in a variety of assistive technology applications. Those skills will be applied to create a switch tester that can be used determine status of those switches used by an individual with physical disabilities. Each participant will have the opportunity to choose to complete two other projects including switch-adapting a stuffed, electronic toy that they bring. This workshop is targeted for assistive technology specialists, occupational therapists, regular or special education teachers, and STEAM teachers along with their students who are interested in expanding maker opportunities into authentic applications!

Each educator is welcome to bring one student (grade 7-12) free of charge. The teacher-student team will complete one set of 
projects.

**If you would like to switch adapt a singing toy, please bring one with you**

Switch Adapting Toys

Switch adapting a toy is one project option. If you would like to do this project, we ask that you bring a toy with you.  This can be any simple plush toy that sings/dances.  This is a beginner project, so the toy needs to only have one on/off button. Examples include: a singing Elmo, any holiday/seasonal singing/dancing toy, a singing/talking/dancing cartoon character such a Mickey Mouse or Hei Hei from Moana, or any other single activation point stuffed animal.  Typically these items have a velcro area that allows access to the battery box.