Events

Target Audience

Reading Specialists, Special Education Teachers, Para Professionals, Elementary Classroom Teachers

Tier III Intensification Training

March 31, 2027

8:30-4:00 P.M.

Tuscarora Intermediate Unit

2527 US Highway 522 South

McVeytown, PA 17051

 

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

Upon completion of this training, participants will receive access to all materials and 6.5 Act 48 hours.  If you would like Act 48 hours for this training, please be sure to select that option when you register.  If you have questions about registration, please contact Brooke Boonie at bboonie@tiu11.org.

Lunch will be on your own, so please plan accordingly.

Presenters: Dawn Lynn, Lisa Kruse

Contact: dlynn@tiu11.org, ekruse@tiu11.org or call 814-542-2501

When: March 31, 2027; 8:30-4:00 P.M.

Where: 2527 US Highway 522 South

McVeytown, PA 17051

*6.5 Act 48 house will be awarded.

This is a FREE event.

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In-person or virtual | Hybrid Virtual attendance available.
Join us for an AM session, PM Session or a Full Day

Audience: K-12 STEELS and STEM Educators, Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Special Education Teachers, Instructional Coaches,  Paraprofessionals, Substitute Teachers

Minimum of 5 participants, per TIU 11 discretion. Cancellations determined the Wednesday before the week of session.

AM Mini-Session: Integrating STEELS with math, ELA and T&E
Applicable to all types of STEELS curricula: published, teacher created units and curriculum under consideration

Resources from all prior sessions available.

Professional Learning Goals
- Share successes and problem-solve challenges  
- Apply multidimensional learning
- Use of Open Spaces protocol to suggest and/or participate in self-selected topics of need or interest in the afternoon

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ECRI Foundational Skills

2 Day Training

Enhanced Core Reading Instruction

“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.”

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: ekruse@tiu11.org, dlynn@tiu11.org or call 814-542-2501

Date: April 8-9, 2027; 8:30-4:00 P.M.

Location: TIU 11 Main Office, 2527 US Hwy 522, McVeytown, PA 17051

Notes: Lunch is on your own

*****Participants must attend both days to receive credit for this workshop

13 Act 48 hours will be awarded

This is a FREE event

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