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) 
 

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 training only .  Participants will be charged $7.00 for materials and processing.

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 $7.00 charge for materials and processing.
 

An overview of PA´s system of child protective services and the law. Indicators of child abuse. Workshop meets state requirements.  A Certificate will be provided.

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.

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. 

Supporting Students Who Experience Difficulty With Mathematics:

Effective Assessment, Instructional, and Intervention Practices Audience: School Psychologists and Guest Colleagues

School Psychologists- please bring a friend (or two or three!) from your district, such as a math coach, administrator, special educator or general education math teacher for this professional learning opportunity!

Students who experience difficulty with mathematics benefit from effective assessment, instructional, and intervention practices. School psychologists can partner with other educators to ensure that students at risk for academic failure in mathematics receive the needed instruction, intervention, and supports to be successful in the least restrictive environment. This professional learning event will provide school psychologists with the opportunity to partner and collaborate with other educators from their district to improve their collective skills to meet the needs of students who experience difficulty with mathematics. 

In this session, participants will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge base of effective assessment practices, including curriculum-based assessment, curriculum-based measurement, and single-skill mastery measurement. Additionally, participants will deepen their understanding of effective instructional practices including response opportunities, explicit teaching of mathematics vocabulary, and use of manipulatives to support mathematical learning. Participants will learn about evidence-based classroom and individual interventions (e.g., Cover-Copy-Compare, Incremental Rehearsal) to support growth of students’ mathematical skills. Finally, participants will explore the instructional hierarchy and apply these principles to mathematics instruction and intervention practices. 

Session Outcomes:

-Identify at least one effective assessment practice to identify students’ mathematical skill(s) in need of further development

-Identify at least two effective instructional practices to support students’ development of mathematical reasoning and/or computation skills

-Locate at least two new online, evidence-based resources to support students’ mathematical skill development

-Practice steps needed to implement at least one evidence-based intervention to increase students’ mathematical reasoning and/or computation skills. 

For more information, contact Kelly Zurybida at kzurybida@tiu11.org or Julie Brown at jbrown@tiu11.org

*  Lunch is included.  There will be a $10.00 charge if registered and do not attend.

Presenters:  Jared Campbell Pattan Consultant: PA Statewide MAthematics Initiative Lead; MTSS

and Dr. Erica Kauruder, NCSP Pattan Consultant Mathematics, Behavior and School Psychology Initiatives

Implementing Advance Tiers

This session will define the challenges of establishing Tier II supports, review core feature practices and proposes systems needed for effective Tier II implementation. For more information, contact Kelly Zurybida at kzurybida@tiu11.org 

January 6, 2020 with Snow date February 6, 2020.

Presenters:  Dr. Erica Kaurudar, NCSP, PaTTAN Consultant and TIU 11 Kelly Zurybida, TIU11 Consultant. 

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.