Events

Events 1 - 30 of 66 in total

ECRI Foundational Skills for CFSD Teachers (Days 1 & 2)

June 6, 2025 - August 15, 2025
McConnellsburg Elementary School
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Friday, June 6
8:30am - 3:30pm
ECRI Foundational Skills, Day 1
Friday, August 15
8:30am - 3:30pm
ECRI Foundational Skills, Day 2

HMJ Meeting

July 23, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11

SAP County Coordination Meeting, planning for SAP days.

More

Sessions

Wednesday, July 23
9:30 - 11:30am
Session

Safety Care Recertification- JUNIATA VALLEY SD ONLY

July 24, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Thursday, July 24
8am - 3:30pm
Session

Safety Care Initial- FORBES ROAD SD ONLY

August 4 - 5, 2025
Forbes Road Elementary School
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Monday, August 4
8am - 3:30pm
Session
Tuesday, August 5
8am - 3:30pm
Session

Spring Math training for New Teachers, Administrators and Coaches

August 5, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Mathematics
Act 48 Activity Hours

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.

More

Sessions

Tuesday, August 5
8am - 3:30pm
Session

Safety Care Recertification 

August 6, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Wednesday, August 6
8am - 3:30pm
Session

STEELS Experience for K-12 Educators

August 6, 2025 - February 5, 2026
TIU11
Curriculum

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. 

More

Sessions

Wednesday, August 6
8:30am - 3:30pm
Session
Wednesday, September 24
8:30am - 3:30pm
Session
Wednesday, October 8
8:30am - 3:30pm
Session
Thursday, February 5
8:30am - 3:30pm
Session

Safety Care Recertification- FORBES ROAD SD ONLY

August 7, 2025
Forbes Road Elementary School
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Thursday, August 7
8am - 3:30pm
Session

ECRI for New Teachers

August 7 - 8, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Elementary Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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.

More

Sessions

Thursday, August 7
8:30am - 3:30pm
Friday, August 8
8:30am - 3:30pm

Safety Care Initial Training- OPEN

August 13 - 14, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Wednesday, August 13
8am - 3:30pm
Thursday, August 14
8am - 3:30pm

K-12 Academic Productive Discourse and Implementation

August 14, 2025
TIU11
Curriculum
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Thursday, August 14
8:30am - 3:30pm
Session

Safety Care Recertification (SVCCS Only)

August 18, 2025
Stone Valley Community Charter School
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Monday, August 18
8am - 3:30pm
Session

HMJ Meeting

August 27, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11

SAP County Coordination Meeting

More

Sessions

Wednesday, August 27
9:30 - 11:30am
Session

SAP Two Day K-12 Training

September 15 - 16, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Student Assistance Program
Act 48 Activity Hours General Activity Hours (non-PDE)

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.

More

Sessions

Monday, September 15
8am - 3:30pm
Day One
Tuesday, September 16
8am - 3:30pm
Day Two

TIPS Team Training- Learn how to run effective data meetings!

September 18, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Thursday, September 18
8:30am - 3pm
Session

Recognizing & Responding the Children at Risk for School Nurses

September 18, 2025
Your Internet Ready Computer
Curriculum
Act 48 Activity Hours

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. 

More

Sessions

Thursday, September 18
9am - 12pm
Session

Tier 3 Intensification Training for Reading Instruction

September 19, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11

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 

More

Sessions

Friday, September 19
8am - 3pm
Tier 3 Intensification Training for Reading Instruction

Nurses Network Cancelled

Cancelled
September 19, 2025
Your Internet Ready Computer
Curriculum
Notices
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Friday, September 19
9am - 12pm
Session

Check & Connect Preparation and Implementation Training

September 22, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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 

More

Sessions

Monday, September 22
8:30am - 3:30pm
Session

PBIS Advanced Tiers training, Day 3 of 3 SHCSD, Standing Stone Elementary and Southside Elementary ONLY

September 24, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Wednesday, September 24
8:30am - 3pm
Session

HMJ Meeting

September 24, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11

SAP County Coordination Meeting

More

Sessions

Wednesday, September 24
9:30 - 11:30am
Session

Instructional Coaches Network

September 24, 2025
Mifflin Co High School
Curriculum
Act 48 Activity Hours

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.

More

Sessions

Wednesday, September 24
1 - 3pm
Session

Ambitious Science Teaching Virtual Book Study

September 24, 2025 - May 6, 2026
Your Internet Ready Computer
STEM
Act 45 Activity Hours

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. 

More

Sessions

Wednesday, September 24
4 - 5:30pm
Session #1 W

Read Chapter 1  A Vision of Ambitious Science Teaching

Select and share a unit you’ll be working on.

Select a partner to work with.

More
Wednesday, October 8
4 - 5:30pm
Session #2 W

Read Chapter 2  Core Practice Set #1 Planning for Engagement with Big Science Ideas

More
Wednesday, October 29
4 - 5:30pm
Session #3 W

Read Chapter 3  Productive Discourse, Part I Talk as a Tool for Learning

Classroom Norms

Apply these Talk Moves early and in support of P#2

More
Wednesday, November 12
4 - 5:30pm
Session #4 W

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

More
Tuesday, November 25
4 - 5:30pm
Session #5 *TUESDAY

Core Practice Set #2 Eliciting Students’ Ideas

Eliciting student’s ideas 17:33

Eliciting students' ideas (2) 16:29


 

More
Wednesday, December 10
4 - 5:30pm
Session #6

Watch video: modeling in the science classroom 24:01

  • Read Chapter 6 Modeling, Part 1 Making Thinking Visible Through Models
     
More
Wednesday, January 7
4 - 5:30pm
Session #7 W

Chapter 7 Modeling, Part 2  

Allowing Students to Show What They Know

Chapter 8 Core Practice Set #3

Supporting On-going Changes in Thinking: Introducing New Ideas

More
Tuesday, January 27
4 - 5:30pm
Session #8 *TUESDAY

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

More
Thursday, February 19
4 - 5:30pm
Session #9 THURSDAY

Chapter 11 Scientific Argument

Making and Justifying Claims in a Science Community

More
Wednesday, March 11
4 - 5:30pm
Session #10 W

Chapter 12 Core Practice Set #4

Drawing Together Evidence-based Explanations

More
Tuesday, March 31
4 - 5:30pm
Session #11 W
  • Chapter 13  Organizing with Colleagues to Improve Teaching
  • Prep for Assessments discussion
  • Scenario-based, 3D aligned assessments At session
More
Wednesday, April 22
4 - 5:30pm
Session #12

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
More
Wednesday, May 6
4 - 5:30pm
Session #13 W
Final Meeting and Share out
More

ENGINE of Central PA: Fall 3D STEELS Educator Community of Practice – Virtual

September 25, 2025 - February 5, 2026
Your Internet Ready Computer
Curriculum
Act 48 Activity Hours

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 learning

Session 2

Fall 10/9/25

STEELS for ALL Students Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Session 3

Fall 10/23/25

3-Dimensional Learning: Science & Engineering Practices

Session 4

Fall 11/6/25

3D Learning: Cross Cutting Concepts

Session 5

Fall 11/20/25

3D Learning: Disciplinary Core Ideas

Session 6

Fall 12/5/25

Student Performance Expectations: Teaching Practices and Administrators Look-fors

Session 7

Fall 12/18/25

Project/Problem-based learning and Productive Student Discourse

Session 8

Fall 1/8/26

Technology and Engineering Integration

Session 9

Fall 1/22/26

3D Formative and Summative Assessments

Session 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
More

Sessions

Thursday, September 25
Thursday, October 9
Thursday, October 23
Thursday, November 6
4 - 5:30pm
SESSION 4 3D Learning: Cross Cutting Concepts
Thursday, November 20
4 - 5:30pm
SESSION 5 3D Learning: Disciplinary Core Ideas
Thursday, December 4
Thursday, December 18
Thursday, January 8
4 - 5:30pm
Thursday, January 22
11:14am

IEP Essentials Training

October 1, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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. 

More

Sessions

Wednesday, October 1
8am - 3:30pm
Session

Introduction to Assistive Technology (AT) and the TIU 11 Assistive Technology AT Lending Library

October 2, 2025
Your Internet Ready Computer
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

More

Sessions

Thursday, October 2
11:30am - 12:30pm
Session

Gifted Bootcamp

October 3, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Curriculum
Act 48 Activity Hours

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.

More

Sessions

Friday, October 3
9am - 2pm
Session

Huntingdon/Fulton County Transition Coordinating Council Meetings 25-26

October 7, 2025 - February 3, 2026
Your Internet Ready Computer
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

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

syoung@tiu11.org

814-542-2501x1126

More

Sessions

Tuesday, October 7
8:30 - 10am
Session
Tuesday, December 9
2 - 3:30pm
Session
Tuesday, February 3
11am - 12:30pm
Session

Structured Literacy Leadership: What Administrators Need to Know!

October 7, 2025 - March 24, 2026
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Act 45 Activity Hours

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.

More

Sessions

Tuesday, October 7
8:30am - 3pm
PIL Day 1
Tuesday, December 9
8:30am - 3pm
PIL Day 2
Tuesday, February 17
8:30am - 3pm
PIL Day 3
Tuesday, March 24
8:30am - 12pm
PIL Day 4

LEEI Networking (Formerly the SEL Network)

October 7, 2025
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11
Special Education
Act 48 Activity Hours

 

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

More

Sessions

Tuesday, October 7
9am - 3pm
SEL Networking