ECRI Foundational Skills for CFSD Teachers (Days 1 & 2)
Enhanced Core Reading Instruction™ (ECRI) is a multi-tiered program (Tier 1 and Tier 2) featuring a series of teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade.
This course will present information and research about evidence-based reading instruction, and describe and model how to use instructional routines to enhance the delivery of core reading instruction in a multi-tiered system of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support. Systematic strategies and instructional routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade will be described and practiced. By the end of this course, participants will understand how and why (a) using instructional routines can enhance current core reading instruction, and (b) how aligning Tier 1 and Tier 2 reading instruction can lead to high student reading outcomes. Topics will include incorporating explicit instructional elements, aligning intervention for at-risk readers with core instruction, using assessment data to inform and refine instruction, and implementing instructional routines that focus on the essential components of beginning reading instruction.
Join us for this two-day training to learn the Foundational ECRI routines and how to implement them with fidelity in your classroom. The training will entail learning and practicing each routine while also understanding the "why" of ECRI.
Please bring the following:
- A device
- ECRI Teacher Workbook
- white board/dry erase marker
- unifix cubes
- sticky notes
- pen/pencil
- notebook
- Resource overlays (i.e. Wonders, Open Court, etc....)
Your school/district must have purchased ECRI materials to participate in this training)
Presenters: Lisa Kruse, Dawn Lynn
Contact: dlynn@tiu11.org, ekruse@tiu11.org or call 814-542-2501
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Friday, June 6
Friday, August 15
HMJ Meeting
SAP County Coordination Meeting, planning for SAP days.
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Wednesday, July 23
Safety Care Recertification- JUNIATA VALLEY SD ONLY
Juniata Valley SD ONLY
Location: TIU 11 President's Room
Time: 8am-3:30pm
Safety-Care is a training program for staff working with children, adolescents, or adults who may exhibit challenging or dangerous behavior. Participants in the course learn a wide variety of prevention skills so that they can each contribute to a physical and social environment that encourages behavior patterns that are positive and safe. Please note that this is a re-certification. You must verify that your training date is within 1 year of your last training or within 3 months after that date (grace period). There will be a charge for materials and processing, which will be invoiced to you. 1/2 hour lunch on your own.
*NEW PRICE, $9, STARTING JULY 1
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Thursday, July 24
Safety Care Initial- FORBES ROAD SD ONLY
Forbes Road SD ONLY
Location: Forbes Road Elementary School
Time: 8am-3:30pm
Safety-Care is a training program for staff working with children, adolescents, or adults who may exhibit challenging or dangerous behavior. Participants in the course learn a wide variety of prevention skills so that they can each contribute to a physical and social environment that encourages behavior patterns that are positive and safe. Please note that this is an initial training, and not a re-certification. There will be a $9.00 charge for materials and processing.
*NEW PRICE, $9, STARTING JULY 1
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Monday, August 4
Tuesday, August 5
Spring Math training for New Teachers, Administrators and Coaches
Teachers:
- Join us for this one day training to learn about building math confidence for both teachers and students. Unlike screen-based math intervention programs, Spring Math uniquely equips teachers to lead highly efficient, class wide math interventions. It also uses paired learning to lift all students and build enduring mastery and mathematical confidence.
- Training time: 8:30-1:00
Administrators/Coaches:
- Join your teachers for the morning to learn about Spring Math implementation. Stay for the afternoon to learn more about implementing Spring Math with fidelity and supporting and coaching teachers using Spring Math. Please bring a device so that we can look at your school data and you can learn more about using your Spring Math dashboard to guide coaching efforts that will impact classroom instruction and student achievement.
- Training time: 8:30-3:00
Your school/district must have purchased Spring Math to participate in this training.
Facilitator: Dawn Lynn and Erica Kaurudar
Contact: dlynn@tiu11.org or call 814-542-2501
Date: August 5th, 2025 from 8:30-3:00
Location: 2527 US Highway 522 South, McVeytown, PA 17051
Notes: 30 minute lunch on your own.
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Tuesday, August 5
Safety Care Recertification
Date: August 6, 2025
Time: 8am-3:30pm
Location: TIU 11 President's Room
Max: 20 People
Description:
Event SafetyCareRecertification. This is a training program for staff working with children, adolescents, or adults who may exhibit challenging or dangerous behavior. Participants in the course learn a wide variety of prevention skills so that they can each contribute to a physical and social environment that encourages behavior patterns that are positive and safe. Please note that this is for recertification. There will be a $9.00 charge for materials and processing.
*NEW PRICE, $9, STARTING JULY 1
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Wednesday, August 6
STEELS Experience for K-12 Educators
Instructor(s): Peney E. Wright
Description of Activity: Tier #1 Session Full implementation of PA’s Integrated STEELS Academic Standards and revised PSSA Science Testing format will begin school year 2025-2026. In preparation for this transition, we are offering an immersive experience for the look and feel of the shift in science pedagogy for all administrators and educators. Take away practices and protocols to begin implementing in your classroom or context the next day.
Please bring a laptop or other device.
Recommended Prerequisite: read the National Research Council: A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Core Ideas (2012), free download
YOU WILL BE AWARDED 7 HOURS OF ACT 48 HOURS PER SESSION AND CAN TOTAL 28 HOURS.
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Wednesday, August 6
Wednesday, September 24
Wednesday, October 8
Thursday, February 5
Safety Care Recertification- FORBES ROAD SD ONLY
Forbes Road SD ONLY
Location: Forbes Road Elementary School
Time: 8am-3:30pm
Safety-Care is a training program for staff working with children, adolescents, or adults who may exhibit challenging or dangerous behavior. Participants in the course learn a wide variety of prevention skills so that they can each contribute to a physical and social environment that encourages behavior patterns that are positive and safe. Please note that this is a re-certification. You must verify that your training date is within 1 year of your last training or within 3 months after that date (grace period). There will be a charge for materials and processing, which will be invoiced to you. 1/2 hour lunch on your own.
*NEW PRICE, $9, STARTING JULY 1
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Thursday, August 7
ECRI for New Teachers
Enhanced Core Reading Instruction™ (ECRI) is a multi-tiered program (Tier 1 and Tier 2) featuring a series of teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade.
This course will present information and research about evidence-based reading instruction, and describe and model how to use instructional routines to enhance the delivery of core reading instruction in a multi-tiered system of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support. Systematic strategies and instructional routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade will be described and practiced. By the end of this course, participants will understand how and why (a) using instructional routines can enhance current core reading instruction, and (b) how aligning Tier 1 and Tier 2 reading instruction can lead to high student reading outcomes. Topics will include incorporating explicit instructional elements, aligning intervention for at-risk readers with core instruction, using assessment data to inform and refine instruction, and implementing instructional routines that focus on the essential components of beginning reading instruction.
Join us for this two-day training to learn the Foundational ECRI routines and how to implement them with fidelity in your classroom. The training will entail learning and practicing each routine while also understanding the "why" of ECRI.
Please bring the following:
- A device
- ECRI Teacher Workbook
- white board/dry erase marker
- unifix cubes
- sticky notes
- pen/pencil
- notebook
- Resource overlays (i.e. Wonders, Open Court, etc....)
Your school/district must have purchased ECRI materials to participate in this training)
Presenters: Lisa Kruse, Dawn Lynn
Contact: dlynn@tiu11.org, ekruse@tiu11.org or call 814-542-2501
Date: August 7th and 8th from 8:30-3:30
Location: TIU 11 Main Office
2527 US Highway 522 South
McVeytown, PA 17051
Notes: 30 minute lunch on your own.
*****Participants must attend both days to receive credit for this workshop.
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Thursday, August 7
Friday, August 8
Safety Care Initial Training- OPEN
August 13th-14th, 2025
Safety Care Initial Training
Time: 8am-3:30pm
Location: TIU 11 President's Room
Event Safety Care Initial, OPEN is a training program for staff working with children, adolescents, or adults who may exhibit challenging or dangerous behavior. Participants in the course learn a wide variety of prevention skills so that they can each contribute to a physical and social environment that encourages behavior patterns that are positive and safe. Please note that this is an initial training, and not a re-certification. There will be a $9.00 charge for materials and processing.
*NEW PRICE, $9, STARTING JULY 1
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Wednesday, August 13
Thursday, August 14
K-12 Academic Productive Discourse and Implementation
Description of Activity:
“Imagine a classroom where students have just completed an activity or lesson and a whole class discussion is underway. K-12 students put forth competing ideas in their clearest and strongest form, even though some ideas may turn out to be more correct than others. Students explain their ideas in detail with evidence. They listen carefully to each other’s ideas with respect. Students take seriously and evaluate their own and other’s competing ideas. In other words they are intellectually engaged.
What are the hallmarks of an academically productive discussion such as this one?”
Linguists Sarah Michaels and Cathy O’Conner observed teachers and students in classrooms and created a list of “Talk Moves” including teacher prompts to facilitate high quality Academic Productive Discourse. Primarily applied to the sciences, these “Talk Moves” can be used in classroom discussions in any subject area.
With Academic Productive Discourse you can
- Boost student engagement
- Help deepen all students’ understanding
- Support students developing essential communication and collaboration skills
- Make student thinking “visible”
- Collect formative assessment data
Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero has focused over 50 years of development of thinking routines. Thinking routines are sets of questions or sequential steps designed to scaffold and enhance student thinking. Developed by Project Zero researchers, these routines aim to deepen thinking and make it visible, enabling teachers to understand students’ thought processes. Students, in turn, learn to recognize and articulate specific “thinking moves,” enhancing their cognitive skills across different contexts.
Expand your facilitation of Academic Productive Discourse with these diverse “thinking moves” that can be used when teaching in any subject area and any grade level.
Instructor(s): Peney E. Wright
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Thursday, August 14
Safety Care Recertification (SVCCS Only)
Stone Valley Community Charter School ONLY
Safety-Care is a training program for staff working with children, adolescents, or adults who may exhibit challenging or dangerous behavior. Participants in the course learn a wide variety of prevention skills so that they can each contribute to a physical and social environment that encourages behavior patterns that are positive and safe. Please note that this is a re-certification. You must verify that your training date is within 1 year of your last training or within 3 months after that date (grace period). There will be a charge for materials and processing ($7), which will be invoiced to you. 1/2 hour lunch on your own.
Day: August 18, 2025
Time: 8am-3:30pm
Location: Stone Valley Community Charter School
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Monday, August 18
HMJ Meeting
SAP County Coordination Meeting
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Wednesday, August 27
SAP Two Day K-12 Training
PURPOSE: Please be aware that this is a competencies-based training and full attendance is mandatory in order to receive certification. This excellent K-12 staff development program is designated to prepare additional persons to participate on the school’s SAP core team. Participants will learn about the Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol agencies and how these agencies, in collaboration with the educational system, intervene in an effective efficient way to remove the barriers of learning for at-risk students. This training meets the requirements of the Commonwealth of PA Interagency Committee for Student Assistance Programs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Building administrators, central office administrators, counselors, psychologists and classroom teachers who will be joining existing SAP core teams should attend this training. Child-serving agencies such as juvenile probation and children services would also benefit from this valuable training.
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Monday, September 15
Tuesday, September 16
TIPS Team Training- Learn how to run effective data meetings!
The Team Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) framework can be used to run efficient and effective meetings through the application of foundational principles and a data protocol. It can be used during meetings (e.g., PBIS, RTI, MTSS) focused on data-based decision making to improve student outcomes. TIPS is applicable to varied data sources, content areas, and levels of application. Participants will learn the basics of TIPS and gain the skills to begin immediate implementation of the framework.
Objectives:
● Describe the TIPS problem solving model.
● Identify and describe the TIPS foundational practices.
● Demonstrate skills utilizing data throughout the TIPS problem solving model.
● Demonstrate use of tools to engage in evaluation of the TIPS framework.
Target Audience:
Administrators, special education administrators, special education teachers, classroom teachers, school psychologist, social workers, school counselors, related service providers.
Wednesday, September 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
TIU11 Main Building, McVeytown, PA
Lunch is on your own
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Thursday, September 18
Recognizing & Responding the Children at Risk for School Nurses
Date: September 18, 2025
Time: 9 am to Noon
Location: Virtual - https://paiu.zoom.us/j/4476176265?omn=94186941103
Department: Curriculum
Act 48: Yes
Description: Recognizing and Responding to Children at Risk for School Nurses is designed to address the clinical and legal issues confronted by school nurses in Pennsylvania. Taught by a presentation team of a physician and local Children and Youth worker, the three hour PowerPoint presentation can be scheduled during district or Intermediate Unit in-service days, for county school nurse association meetings and for other school nurse functions. It is not offered to other school personnel as the medical content is specific to school nurses as health professionals.
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Thursday, September 18
Tier 3 Intensification Training for Reading Instruction
This course will present information and research about evidence-based reading instruction, and describe and model how to use instructional routines to enhance the delivery of intensive lessons. Systematic strategies and instructional routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction for a-z letter sounds will be described and practiced. By the end of this course, participants will understand how and why
(a) using instructional routines intensifies reading instruction,
(b) strategic integration of reading and cognitive processing supports learners, and
(c) assessment informs data-based individualization.
Topics will include incorporating explicit instructional elements, intensifying intervention for at-risk readers, using assessment data to inform and refine instruction, and implementing instructional routines that focus on the essential components of beginning reading instruction.
GOALS OF TRAINING SESSION Participants will:
- Identify the main components of NCIL's Intensification Framework
- Review materials, routines, and organization of the Intensive Lessons
- Practice Intensive Lesson Routines and demonstrate instructional strategies
- Discuss how practice and mastery materials are used to support student learning
The training will be held in the Director's Room at the Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11.
Lunch will be 30 minutes (on your own).
Presenters: Lisa Kruse & Dawn Lynn
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Friday, September 19
Nurses Network Cancelled
Description: The Nurses Network is an opportunity for school nurses from around the region to come together to get some professional development and converse with other nurses on the biggest topics in our area.
Date: September 19, 2025
Time: 9 am to noon
Location: Virtual - https://paiu.zoom.us/j/4476176265?omn=94816268007
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Friday, September 19
Check & Connect Preparation and Implementation Training
Check & Connect Preparation and Implementation Training is a 1-day training that provides education administrators and lead staff (decision-making stakeholders) with a thorough overview of Check & Connect and its background as well as information about how to prepare their site for implementing Check & Connect.
Who should attend?
If you are a district or school that is interesting in using this evidenced based, Tier 3 intervention, please attend this 1 day training that will help guide administrators and stakeholders on what is needed to make Check & Connect successful in your school. This training is a pre-cursor for the Check & Connect Mentor training that will be scheduled for November 19th and 20th.
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
September 22, 2025
8:30am-3:30pm
*Lunch will be on your own*
When? Tuesday, Sep 22, 2025, 08:30 AM
Where? 2527 U.S. 522, McVeytown, PA, USA
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Monday, September 22
PBIS Advanced Tiers training, Day 3 of 3 SHCSD, Standing Stone Elementary and Southside Elementary ONLY
Title: PBIS Advanced Tiers training, Day 3 of 3
This training is for SHCSD, Standing Stone Elementary and Southside Elementary
Details: Participants will continue to develop plans for implementation within their Tier 2 team; assess current interventions and align core features in their program. Fidelity measures will be discussed and used to guide next steps.
Date: September 24, 2025
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm
Location: TIU Main Office, Board Room
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Wednesday, September 24
HMJ Meeting
SAP County Coordination Meeting
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Wednesday, September 24
Instructional Coaches Network
Date: September 24, 2025
Time: 1 pm - 3 pm
Location: Mifflin County H.S.
Department: Curriculum
Act 48: Yes
Description: Instructional Coaches Network meetings are a chance for academic coaches to get together to network. We will discuss updates, best practices, and anything from the field that coaches may benefit from getting the advice from others in similar occupations.
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Wednesday, September 24
Ambitious Science Teaching Virtual Book Study
Instructor(s): Peney E. Wright
Description of Activity:
Tier 2 Virtual Professional learning.
Prerequisites:
Completed at least one of the Tier 1 professional learning options:
- STEELS Experience for K-12 Educators
- Or Implementing the STEELS Standards: Developing Science Leadership Teams
- ENGINE 3D STEELS Educators Community of Practice (CoP)
- TIU 11 and District offered Introduction to STEELS
Strongly recommended:
Read A Framework for K-12 Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Core Ideas (2021), free download
This ground-breaking research is the foundation of STEELS.
A copy of the Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) book is available at your school district’s STEELS Resource Library. Limited copies are available through TIU’s Lending Library.
PDE and PSU’s Ambitious Responsive Science Education (PARSE) collaborative universities team recommend AST as a foundational guide for the transition to STEELS.
FREE and 65 hours of Act 48 credit
We’ll be using Google Classroom to organize all sessions and participant sharings.
What is Ambitious Science Teaching?
Ambitious teaching can be learned. Ambitious Science Teaching supports students in tackling authentic and meaningful science phenomena with attention to students’ histories, social interactions, and local and global communities. Ambitious teaching requires that teachers develop deep commitments to student learning and a historical understanding of inequity in science and schools. Ambitious teaching takes practice. This research and website provides resources to develop a vision of ambitious science instruction for today’s complex K-12 classrooms, professional learning, and teacher education.
Ambitious Science Teaching is the “how” of teaching the STEELS Standards. How do I implement this pedagogy?Questions to ask:
How is science done?
What counts as science?
Who gets to do science?
The Vision of Ambitious Science Teaching
The ambitious teacher “works with students’ ideas” over time. What would you experience in classrooms where ambitious teaching was the focus? You would see and hear:
- Teachers anchoring their instruction in complex and puzzling phenomena that are meaningful and relevant to learners. Teachers design science experiences so that science aims for justice and creates space for joy.
- Students engaging in multiple rounds of creating and revising scientific models, explanations, and evidence-based arguments, expanding ideas over time.
- Teachers use a variety of discourse strategies with students to get them to think deeply and respond to each other’s thinking about phenomena, ideas, and multiple perspectives.
- Students prompt each other to engage in sense-making talk during investigations and other activities because students are working to learn from each other’s perspectives.
- Students’ ideas being represented publicly and worked on by the class as a collective science learning community.
- Teachers use a variety of discourse strategies to support students in responding to one another’s thinking, build collaborative explanations, and broadly address issues of power and positionality in the classroom and science.
- Students using evidence to advocate for student-centered uses of science based on multiple perspectives, ideas, and questions that have broadened over time.
- Students reflect on how they learned and how they broadened what it means to participate in science together.
Participants will read chapters and sometimes watch a video before attending a 90-minute interactive virtual session every 2-3 weeks. Sessions will be recorded in the event that a participant needs to miss one or two sessions. Collaboration with peers is essential as we make these shifts to STEELS. Attendees will apply concepts, strategies and tools within their classrooms, aligning one Spring 2025 unit along the way. Act 48 hours will be granted for all three components.
For a complete list of dates and topics, please click on Draft: Detailed Schedule for AST Virtual Book Study SY '25-26.
Zoom link details also listed.
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Wednesday, September 24
Read Chapter 1 A Vision of Ambitious Science Teaching
- Watch Video AST An Overview 17:19
Select and share a unit you’ll be working on.
Select a partner to work with.
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Read Chapter 2 Core Practice Set #1 Planning for Engagement with Big Science Ideas
- Watch Video Planning for Engagement with Big Science Ideas 15:27 and introduction to anchoring events 23:56
Wednesday, October 29
Read Chapter 3 Productive Discourse, Part I Talk as a Tool for Learning
Apply these Talk Moves early and in support of P#2
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Read Chapter 4 Productive Discourse, Part 2 Encouraging More Students to Participate in Talk
Video examples shared during session
introduction to anchoring events 23:56
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Core Practice Set #2 Eliciting Students’ Ideas
- Watch Video Overview: Eliciting Students’ Ideas 16:29
- Read Chapter 5 Core Practice Set #2 Eliciting Students’ Ideas
Eliciting student’s ideas 17:33
Eliciting students' ideas (2) 16:29
Wednesday, December 10
Watch video: modeling in the science classroom 24:01
- Read Chapter 6 Modeling, Part 1 Making Thinking Visible Through Models
Wednesday, January 7
Chapter 7 Modeling, Part 2
Allowing Students to Show What They Know
- Watch the Video Supporting Ongoing Changes in Thinking 21:51
Chapter 8 Core Practice Set #3
Supporting On-going Changes in Thinking: Introducing New Ideas
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Chapter 9 Core Practice Set #3
Supporting On-going Changes in Thinking: Activity and Sense-making
Chapter 10 Core Practice Set #3
Supporting On-going Changes in Thinking: Collective Thinking
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Wednesday, March 11
- Watch the Video Pressing for Evidence-Based Explanations 19:04
Chapter 12 Core Practice Set #4
Drawing Together Evidence-based Explanations
- Watch the Video Co-constructing Summary Tables 22:55
Tuesday, March 31
- Chapter 13 Organizing with Colleagues to Improve Teaching
- Prep for Assessments discussion
- Scenario-based, 3D aligned assessments At session
Wednesday, April 22
Chapter 14 Can We Be Ambitious Every Day?
- Appendix A Coherence Between AST and Professional Standards for Practice
- Appendix B Reminding Ourselves of the Bigger Picture of Instruction
- Appendix C Taxonomy of Tools (and Strategies)
- Appendix D How to Help Students Understand the “What-How-Why” Levels of Explanation
- Appendix E Rapid Survey of Student Thinking (RSST) Tool
- Appendix F Supports for Students Making Sense of Experimental Design and Purpose
- Appendix G Supporting Explanation Writing
Wednesday, May 6
ENGINE of Central PA: Fall 3D STEELS Educator Community of Practice – Virtual
Description of Activity: Introduction to STEELS Our goals are to begin conversations about the shift towards the new Pennsylvania Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Academic Science Standards (STEELS) that were fully adopted in June 2022. A series of ten interactive webinars will include an introduction to Phenomena-based science education, 3D teaching and learning, equity and inclusion, Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, Disciplinary Core Ideas, Student Performance Expectations, PBL, Productive Student Discourse, Technology and Engineering Integration, 3D Assessments, and Reviewing and Critiquing for High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM.) Sessions build upon knowledge, pedagogy and practices of the preceding ones. It is recommended that all are taken, in order, to develop a foundation for this shift in science education.
Asynchronous work is required: pre-reading one STEM Teaching Tools Practice Brief, posted reflections regarding the readings, and applying what is learned to participants’ contexts. Participants may join virtually in-person, work completely asynchronously or attend as a hybrid mix.
Fall Series: Thursdays 9/25/25 – 2/5/26 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Fall '25-26 ENGINE 3D STEELS Educator CoP List of Dates and Topics Overview
Please complete our ENGINE 3D STEELS Community of Practice (CoP) Fall 2025 Registration Google Form so we know a little bit about you and your context to plan our sessions to best meet your needs.
Recommended Prerequisite: read the National Research Council: A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Core Ideas(2012), free download
Session 1
Fall 9/25/25
Introduction and Phenomena-based teaching and learningSession 2
Fall 10/9/25
STEELS for ALL Students Equity, Inclusion and BelongingSession 3
Fall 10/23/25
3-Dimensional Learning: Science & Engineering PracticesSession 4
Fall 11/6/25
3D Learning: Cross Cutting ConceptsSession 5
Fall 11/20/25
3D Learning: Disciplinary Core IdeasSession 6
Fall 12/5/25
Student Performance Expectations: Teaching Practices and Administrators Look-forsSession 7
Fall 12/18/25
Project/Problem-based learning and Productive Student DiscourseSession 8
Fall 1/8/26
Technology and Engineering IntegrationSession 9
Fall 1/22/26
3D Formative and Summative AssessmentsSession 10
Fall 2/5/26
Selecting and Modifying Science Curriculum for High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM)Fall 2025Final Live Session Date: February 5th, 2026 Close Date: June 30, 2026 MoreSessions
Thursday, September 25
Thursday, October 9
Thursday, October 23
Thursday, November 6
Thursday, November 20
Thursday, December 4
Thursday, December 18
Thursday, January 8
Thursday, January 22
Thursday, February 5
IEP Essentials Training
October 1, 2025
8:00am-3:30pm
TIU 11, PRESIDENT'S ROOM
Intended Audience: Special Education teachers responsible for the development and implementation of IEP’s in grades K-12.
During this in-person training, participants will learn about the special education evaluation process, compliance with special education timelines, the required elements for each section of the Individualized Education Program (IEP), as well as best practice considerations for preparing for and conducting an IEP meeting.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
● Identify the components of the special education evaluation and reevaluation process
● Understand the required participants in an IEP team and how frequently the IEP team must meet
● Describe the parent/guardian role as a member of the IEP team
● Determine the sections of an IEP that must be considered when checking “yes” in special considerations
● Summarize the required elements of the present levels of academic achievement and functional performance section of the IEP
● Interpret the circumstances under which a student's progress toward current measurable annual goals should be included in the present levels of academic achievement and functional performance section of the IEP
● Understand when secondary transition planning must occur for a student with a disability, the three areas of postsecondary planning, and how to develop postsecondary transition goals ● Summarize appropriate state and local assessment accommodations as well as criteria for eligibility for alternate assessments
● Develop measurable annual goal that are aligned with areas of need
● Understand the purpose of progress reporting and requirements for sharing progress data with caregivers
● Describe the requirements for ongoing data collection to determine if a student is eligible to receive extended school year services
● Summarize the purpose of related services and provide examples of related services
● Identify common components to inclusive educational practices
● Tell the difference between accommodations and modifications
● Understand the elements of the educational placement section of the IEP including the difference between regular education class and general education curriculum, amount/type of special education, and how to calculate amount of special education
● Describe considerations to ensure family engagement at an IEP team meeting
● Explain best practices for conducting an IEP team meeting
*Act 48 hours will be awarded to all participants
Additional Information- Lunch will be on your own so please plan accordingly.
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Wednesday, October 1
Introduction to Assistive Technology (AT) and the TIU 11 Assistive Technology AT Lending Library
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Time: 11:30 AM -12:30 PM
Location: Zoom (link will be provided after registration)
Target Audience: Special education teachers, related service providers, general education teachers, administrators, school psychologists, and early intervention teachers.
Join us for a virtual session exploring the role of Assistive Technology (AT) in supporting learners of all abilities in educational settings. The session will provide an overview of the key categories of AT, highlighting a range of solutions from low-tech to high-tech that promote access, engagement, and independence!
Participants will also be introduced to the TIU 11 Assistive Technology Lending Library, including a walk through of the available inventory and instructions for the equipment borrowing process.
This is a great opportunity to discover local resources that can make a big impact for you and the students you support!
For more information contact Staci Young, TIU 11 Educational Consultant:
Phone: 814-542-2501 x1126
Mobile: 814-514-9034
Email: syoung@tiu11.org
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Thursday, October 2
Gifted Bootcamp
Date: October 3, 2025
Time: 9 am to 2 pm
Location: TIU 11 - Director's Room
Department: Curriculum
Act 48: Yes
Description: The Gifted Bootcamp is a one day learning event designed for new gifted support teachers, but anyone (administrator or teacher) who would like a refresher is welcome. In this training, we will examine the profile of students receiving gifted services and delve into Chapter 16, including local considerations, roles, and responsibilities. All documentation from the GWR to the NORA will be reviewed as well. We will finish up the day by going over some FAQs and providing some resources.
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Friday, October 3
Huntingdon/Fulton County Transition Coordinating Council Meetings 25-26
The Huntingdon/Fulton County Transition Coordinating Council is a group of like-minded individuals that wish to support students with disabilities that are of transition age (14-21), as they work towards life after high school. The goal of the group is to strengthen their knowledge in the area of transition through training, resource sharing, interagency collaboration, and networking.
Target Audience: Huntingdon and Fulton County Special Education Teachers & Administrators, Transition Coordinators, Outside Agencies/Providers, Local Business Owners, School Counselors, School Social Workers, Parents, or Secondary Students
Schedule:
Tuesday October 7, 2025 - 8:30-10:00 AM
Tuesday December 9, 2025 - 2:00-3:30 PM
Tuesday February 3, 2026 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
*These meetings will be held via Zoom. Virtual Meeting Link will be sent to participants upon registration
If you have any questions please contact:
Staci Young, TIU 11 Educational Consultant
814-542-2501x1126
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Tuesday, October 7
Tuesday, December 9
Tuesday, February 3
Structured Literacy Leadership: What Administrators Need to Know!
The purpose of the course, Structured Literacy Leadership: What Administrators Need to Know!, is to ensure that leaders deepen their understanding of the Act 55, Chapter 49 legislative requirements defined in PA code 49.1 regarding the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy and that they are better prepared to lead and support their staff in increasing reading achievement for all students, particularly diverse learners. This training will outline and review leading research in literacy, identify big ideas in reading instruction, and assist education leaders to analyze their core reading program and make determinations about instructional gaps in their current literacy program. In addition, leaders will be able to understand the importance and be able to evaluate how teachers and systems leverage efficient instructional practices including explicit instruction to improve outcomes for students within a Structured Literacy Framework. Finally, the training will help school leaders understand Structured Literacy within an MTSS framework, through assessment and instruction, in response to students’ needs and increasing support for students with below grade level skills.
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Tuesday, February 17
Tuesday, March 24
LEEI Networking (Formerly the SEL Network)
Learning Environment and Engagement Initiative Network Meetings provided by TIU11
These events are free and open to all General Education teachers that
support special ed. students, Emotional Support teachers and staff,
Learning Support teachers and staff, School Counselors, Social
Workers, and any professional team member that works with students
in need of enhanced social emotional skills training! Feel free to share
the links and encourage your colleagues to attend.
Break-out sessions will occur specific to school social workers and
school mental health professionals.
For more information, contact Betsy Cox or Denise Shugarts, TIU11 TaC
ecox@tiu11.org
dshugarts@tiu11.org