Local professional learning and networking hour facilitated by TIU11 Team

Earn 1.0 Act 48 hour provided by TIU11

Enhancing Core Reading Instruction (ONE DAY COURSE)

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 the areas of vocabulary and comprehension.  Systematic strategies and instructional routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of vocabulary and comprehension instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade will be described and practiced.  By the end of this course, participants will understand how and why using instructional routines can enhace current core reading instruction can lead to high student engagement strategies to increase student involvement, and implementing instructional routines to provide multiple student practice opportunities

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• identify the essential components of instructional routines related to active student engagement strategies, specific-word vocabulary instruction, personal recounts, narrative text instruction, and information text instruction
• plan a specific-word vocabulary lesson, a narrative text lesson, and an information text lesson 

Your school/district must have purchased ECRI materials to participate in this training

Upon completion of this training, participants will receive 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

Presenters: Dawn Lynn, Lisa Kruse

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

This is a FREE event

Check & Connect Mentor Training is a 2-day in-depth, competency-based training designed to provide Check & Connect mentors with the information, competencies, and skills needed to be an effective Check & Connect mentor at their local site. 

Participants will learn about and understand— The core components and elements of Check & Connect The role and expectations of the Check & Connect mentor The population of students they are mentoring and how to best meet their needs How to implement the "Check" and "Connect" procedures with fidelity The competencies and skills needed to be an effective mentor, such as: Building relationships with students, families, and school personnel Using data to determine interventions Reflective listening Problem–solving Engaging with families.

Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11

May 12th and May 13th

8:30am-3:30pm

*Lunch will be on your own** 

When? Tuesday, May 12th, 2026, 08:30 AM

Where? 2527 U.S. 522, McVeytown, PA, USA 

This meeting is for District Special Education Directors and/or designees.  We will share updates, information and resources from the Bureau of Special Education, Pattan and other activities that support the BSE initiatives in our schools.  Training will be provided on a monthly basis in various topics.

SAP County Coordination Meeting

This training session will discuss effective math instructional strategies in K-12 classrooms.  Participants will explore matching instruction to student needs based on the instructional hierarchy of learning.  The session will include discussions on differentiation and time management within the allotted math block/period at the school and/or district level.  Emphasis will be placed on structuring how teachers can use effective instructional strategies to improve student outcomes in math.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Match instruction to student needs, develop a walkthrough tool, and identify effective instructional strategies in the math classroom

Upon completion of this training, participants will receive 4.0 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

Presenters: Jared Campbell, Dawn Lynn

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

This is a FREE event

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.

These meetings will provide principals with time to share and talk with each other.  There will also be a theme topic for each meeting.

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.