Frontline Education

1. CARLOW UNIVERSITY - ESL 01 Developing Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Individuals enrolled in the ESL Program Specialist program

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Participants in the ESL Program Specialist course, Developing Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity, should register here to ADD graduate credits from Carlow University

2. CARLOW UNIVERSITY - ESL02 Language Acquisition

Program: CPE Courses

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Participants in the ESL Program Specialist course, Language Acquisition, should register here to ADD graduate credits from Carlow University.

3. CARLOW UNIVERSITY - ESL03 - Literacy Acquisition

Program: CPE Courses

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Participants in the ESL Program Specialist course, Literacy Acquisition, should register here to ADD graduate credits from Carlow University

4. CARLOW UNIVERSITY - ESL04 - Observing and Planning Instruction

Program: CPE Courses

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Participants in the ESL Program Specialist course, Observing and Planning Instruction, should register here to ADD graduate credits from Carlow University

5. CARLOW UNIVERSITY - ESL05 - Implementing and Managing Instruction

Program: CPE Courses

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Participants in the ESL Program Specialist course, Implementing and Managing Instruction, should register here to ADD graduate credits from Carlow University

6. CARLOW UNIVERSITY - ESL06 - Assessing ESL Students

Program: CPE Courses

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Participants in the ESL Program Specialist course, Assessing ESL Students, should register here to ADD graduate credits from Carlow University

7. Guest Teacher Training

Program: Guest Teacher

Audience: Individuals who possess a bachelor's degree

Dates: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

The Guest Teacher Training Program (formerly called the Emergency Substitute Training Program) assists you in obtaining an Emergency Permit to serve as a day-to-day substitute in local school districts during the 2025-2026 school year. The intent of this program is to increase the number of available substitutes for our public schools. In order to qualify for the training program, the candidate must possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. This training will be conducted ONLINE and is ASYNCHRONOUS. When your registration is complete, please allow one business day for processing. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR EMAIL! Instructions on how to access the training will be sent to your email after your registration is processed.

8. SWPBIS Monthly Coaches Calls

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: SWPBIS Coaches, Team Members

Dates: 9/17/2025 to 5/20/2026

On the third Wednesday of each month, optional mini-trainings will be held for virtually for PBIS team members. Topics will range from Universal Tier 1 Supports to Advanced Tiers Supports. In addition, these monthly coaches calls will be an opportunity for coaches and teams to seek guidance, ask questions, share successes or challenges, and provide resources with their facilitators and other coaches across districts. Interested participants can follow the link below to access the Zoom Meeting. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/SDpvkVnpRxCkQKBboHfFqg

9. Reading PLC: Know Better, Do Better

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Elementary Teachers, Reading Specialists, Reading Coaches, Administrators

Dates: 9/22/2025 to 4/13/2026

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Multi-District Virtual Reading PLC using the book Know Better, Do Better by David and Meredith Liben. The authors move beyond foundational skills to explore how the mind comprehends texts. They translate research in clear terms to help teachers understand what students truly need to read deeply for pleasure and with purpose. Focusing on vocabulary, knowledge building, and language structures, they provide cutting-edge instructional ideas and ready-to-use tools to help teachers put their understanding into action immediately. This PLC will be held virtually. You will have two opportunities to join these sessions. The topics shared in the morning and afternoon sessions will be the same. You can join us at 7:45 AM or 3 PM. Each session will run for 30 minutes.

10. Safety Care Initial Training - Sept. 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 9/22/2025 to 9/23/2025

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Safety-Care® Behavioral Safety Training program is a two-day training that provides the skills and competencies necessary to effectively prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change. Safety-Care provides the tools you need to be safe when working with behaviorally challenging individuals. Using up-to-date and effective technologies from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), the Safety-Care program will provide your staff with strategies for preventing and managing behavioral challenges, and teaching replacement behaviors. Safety-Care promotes a positive reinforcement-based approach, and the development of new skills, resulting in fewer restraints. Trainees who successfully pass the course will receive a Safety-Care™ training certificate. Recertification is required annually through a one-day recertification course.

11. Writing IEPs and the Educational Benefit Review

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Special Education teachers

Dates: 9/23/2025

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The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the cornerstone of a quality education for each child with a disability. It creates the opportunity for staff, parents, related service providers, community members, and students to work together to improve educational results. We will give updated information on state requirements for IEP development. Participants will analyze their own IEP's, check for alignment, complete hands on activities, and work with groups to generate ideas for completing a compliant IEP. The IEP will be linked to the EBR process. The purpose of the Educational Benefit Review (EBR) is to determine if a student's IEP is reasonably calculated for the student to receive educational benefit.

12. Act 71 More Than Sad/QPR

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 9/24/2025

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"MIU IV is pleased to offer professional development in Act 71 - Youth Suicide Prevention for Educators. During this 4 hour session, participants will be trained in both More Than Sad and Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR). The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's program called More Than Sad teaches educators to recognize signs of mental health distress in students. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. These are the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Training in QPR includes learning how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help."

13. Advanced Phonemic Awareness Featruring Heggerty

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Pre-K--Grade 5 Regular and Special Educators, Reading Specialists and Administrators

Dates: 9/25/2025

Join us for an engaging and hands-on session where we dive into the critical role of phonemic awareness in early reading success! We'll explore best instructional practices and make connections that bring learning to life. Plus, get an exclusive look at the Heggerty curriculum-discover how its structured approach and interactive hand motions can elevate your instruction and support your students. Don't miss this opportunity to level up your teaching with practical strategies you can use right away! 🚀✨This three-hour workshop will provide an overview of phonological and phonemic awareness, distinguish the differences between phonological awareness and phonics, and how to use the Heggerty curriculum to provide daily, multisensory lessons in phonological and phonemic awareness.This workshop is intended for teachers in grades Pre-k through grade 5. Sample pages from the 2022 curriculum will be available during the workshop, but it is recommended participants bring their book to the workshop.

14. Autism Support PLC

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Autistic Support Teachers & Paraprofessionals

Dates: 9/25/2025 to 3/26/2026

"Join a learning community that will consist of a four-part series that is designed to bring teams of professionals together to explore the world of autism. The series will help to facilitate and build a foundation of understanding and history of autism. Topics that will be discussed will consist of Applied Behavior Analysis, Communication, Teaching Procedures, and more. Because this is designed as a professional learning community, it is expected that this is viewed as a cohort of collaborative professionals. The primary audience is autistic support classroom teachers."

15. Special Education LEA Meeting 9/26/2025

Program: Special Education

Audience: School District LEA, MIU IV Supervisor, MIU IV TaC

Dates: 9/26/2025

Special Education updates from PDE, PaTTAN and MIU IV for compliance and processes.

16. PLC-Evidence Based Practices

Program: Special Education

Dates: 9/26/2025

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PLC-Evidence Based Practices Date: Friday, September 26, 2025 Time: directly following LEA meeting (11:00-1:00pm)

17. Structured Literacy Training

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 9/26/2025

Get ready to dive into Structured Literacy (SL). SL is a powerful, evidence-based approach that brings the Science of Reading (SoR) to life in the classroom. In this session, we'll explore how highly explicit and systematic instruction can strengthen every aspect of literacy, from the building blocks like phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, and encoding, to more advanced skills like fluency, vocabulary, and deep reading comprehension. You'll have the chance to practice key routines, explore real-world examples, and walk away with practical strategies and tools you can use right away to help all students become confident, capable readers who truly understand what they read.

18. Be Mindful: Teacher and Student Wellness

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 9/30/2025 to 10/28/2025

ONLINE COURSE - Being Mindful: Teacher and Student Wellness is a course that explores and allows participants to develop and implement classroom strategies that cultivate teacher and student well-being. Mindfulness is a management strategy that can be implemented in any classroom. Well-being and mindfulness must first be addressed before learning can take place. Mindfulness is paying attention on purpose in the present moment in such a way that is balanced for both teacher and student. Participants will explore curricula for mindfulness in the classroom, as well as scientific research, best practices, and the holistic education of the mind and body that we strive to provide our 21st-century students. Both teacher and student must maintain a level of self-care and awareness in order to make great academic and personal strides. Participants will develop an action plan to introduce mindfulness in the classroom so that awareness, insightfulness, and presence are established so academic goals can be met.

19. Trauma Informed Approach

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 9/30/2025

This training will provide participants with an overview of trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) and how the brain is affected. Trauma-informed approaches are presented to provide an understanding of how trauma impacts individuals, educators, and school systems. We will review trauma-informed approach strategies and how they can help students develop resiliency. Finally, we look at how educators are impacted by their students' trauma and some skills to combat burnout and secondary traumatic stress.

20. Tri-County Transition Council Kick Off Event

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 9/30/2025

This event is open to Transition Coordinators and agency representatives who support secondary transition planning for students with disabilities. The meeting will include breakout discussions on key topics, allowing participants to engage in focused conversations, exchange insights, and collaborate. The goal is to foster a culture of teamwork, community and continuous professional growth.

21. LRE and Calculating Educational Environments for IEPs

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Special education professional staff

Dates: 10/1/2025

Correct calculations on Pennsylvania Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are crucial for several reasons, but primarily because they directly impact the educational services and support that students with disabilities receive. Given the importance of these calculations, it's essential that educators, administrators, and other professionals involved in developing IEPs carefully review all aspects of the program, including time spent in various educational settings and receiving related services. During this training, we will discuss the legal basis for completing required Penn Data calculations, and the difference between calculating the amounts of supports and LRE/Educational Environment. We will share examples and work through practice scenarios with the participants.

22. Early Childhood LETRS (Pre-K and Kindergarten)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Regular and Special eductors

Dates: 10/1/2025 to 2/4/2026

LETRS for Early Childhood Educators is a professional learning experience for Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers that provides deep knowledge of early literacy instruction. Teachers gain new skills to help young learners build a literacy foundation before they even learn to read or write. This professional learning experience helps teachers understand the development of oral language, print knowledge, alphabet learning, and writing skills. It also provides the "why” and "how” of early literacy instruction across all domains: language, literacy, cognitive, motor, social, and emotional. There will be 2 in-person sessions offered at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV Workshops will be held from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Lunch will be on your own. The cost of the Early Childhood Educators Print Manual and Online Learning Platform is $250/participant. All participants will be required to purchase the Manual/Online Learning Platform by September 1, 2025, by emailing alisoncasey@lexialearning.com

23. Differentiating in Mixed Abilities Classroom

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 10/7/2025 to 11/4/2025

ONLINE COURSE: This three-credit course is for educators working in inclusive classes with students possessing varying levels of academic ability. Inclusionary classroom models are now the norm in most schools due to the Least Restrictive Environment component of IDEA. In order to serve all of our students, it is imperative that educators have the skills to meet the needs of students in inclusionary classes. This course addresses the needs of, not only, learning-disabled students, but as well as physical, emotional, and gifted requirements as well. This course will impact student learning by providing educators with differentiation tools directly applicable to their specific mixed-ability classroom settings. Differentiating in Mixed Abilities Classrooms prepares educators to implement best practices for maximizing student achievement by implementing methods that best meet the needs of diverse learners.

24. SWPBIS/TIPS/SWIS Refresher Day (Fall)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: PBIS Team Members

Dates: 10/7/2025

This training is designed to continue to improve your internal capacity to support the systems and practices that have been established at Tier 1. During this training, we will be reviewing the rationales behind the key foundational components of an effective PBIS program. Attendees should be new administrators or core team members who were not a part of the initial training process. The training will focus on the "why” behind many of the existing practices your PBIS programs are utilizing. In addition, new trauma-informed practices will be reviewed. The goal of this training is to provide a strong foundational understanding of PBIS and your role in supporting your team.

25. Behavior: Back to the Basics

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Any professional staff member working with a student displaying challenging behaviors.

Dates: 10/9/2025

The use of effective teaching principles and classroom management strategies can lead to the reduction of a large number of behavioral incidents. This comprehensive training will allow participants to explore five evidenced-based practices of classroom management and how they can be used to design a Positive Classroom Behavior Support Plan. Practical strategies, tips, and basic procedures that teachers can use to promote appropriate student behavior will be shared throughout the training. Individuals will explore various tools and procedures that can be utilized to support student behavior in the classroom and throughout the school.

26. Mental Health in the Classroom

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 10/9/2025

This training provides an overview of common mental health diagnoses that are prevalent in the school setting. Participants will explore strategies to support students in the classroom who are experiencing the symptoms of these conditions.

27. Behavior Support PLC

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: ES Teachers, SEL Teachers

Dates: 10/9/2025 to 4/16/2026

Join us for a learning community that will consist of a four-part series that is designed to bring professionals together to explore supports for students with emotional support needs. Topics of discussion include: behavioral interventions, teaching procedures, social-emotional learning, transition, trauma-informed care, and topics designed to meet teacher needs. The intended audience for this learning community is emotional support teachers, and it is suggested that this is viewed as a cohort of collaborative professionals.

28. School Social Worker PLC

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 10/9/2025

This professional learning community is for School Social Workers who are interested in connecting with MIU IV and district social workers to discuss issues related to advocating for students and social work within the school settings.

29. Academic Games - LinguiSHTIK Fall 2025 Coaches Training

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Dates: 10/10/2025

Coaches training for any Academic Games Coach interested in learning how to play LinguiSHTIK or work to improve upon coaching/teaching strategies moving into the 2025 - 2026 Academic Games season.

30. Heartsaver CPR/AED Training - Oct. 2025

Program: CPR and AED Training

Dates: 10/13/2025

The Heartsaver® CPR AED Course is designed to prepare you to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner During the Heartsaver® CPR AED Course you will: - Learn how to recognize when someone needs CPR - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for an adult - Learn how to give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for a child - Learn how to provide AED Heartsaver® CPR AED Course with First Aid is available upon request.

31. Get Active About Learning

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 10/14/2025 to 11/11/2025

ONLINE COURSE: Energize your classroom and boost student learning! This course equips educators with a toolbox of active learning strategies. We'll begin by exploring the power of active learning and its impact on engagement and retention. You'll delve into connecting these strategies with differentiation and discover how to adapt them for virtual environments. The course culminates in crafting personalized lessons incorporating your chosen activities for future use.

32. Check & Connect Mentor Training

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Check and Connect Mentors

Dates: 10/16/2025

Check & Connect Mentor Training is a 1-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. Mentors will learn about the core components and elements of Check & Connect, their role and expectations of the Check & Connect mentor, and how to implement the "Check" and "Connect" procedures with fidelity. They will also learn the core 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 and engaging with families.

33. Safety Care Recertification - Oct 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 10/16/2025

This Safety-Care™ recertification course is a one-day training that provides a complete overview of the initial Safety-Care™ training curriculum. Participants must demonstrate competency in all areas of the Safety-Care™ curriculum and will be tested for proficiency through the demonstrated competencies and a written test. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will maintain their certification for one full year. The one-day recertification course is required annually. Prerequisite: Two-day initial training must be completed prior to this course.

34. NonPublic Professional Learning Community (PLC)

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 10/20/2025

The Act 89 Behavior Coaches and Act 89 School Psychologist are offering three days of professional development at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV for any nonpublic school teacher interested in growing their knowledge and skills to help minimize student behavior, increase academic supports, as well as maximize engagement and participation within the classroom setting. Time for collaboration will be included to build community, problem and solve real-life challenges between teachers between participants.

35. How to View Students Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: PK-12 Educators

Dates: 10/21/2025 to 11/18/2025

ONLINE COURSE: In today's diverse and complex educational landscape, understanding the impact of trauma on students' learning experiences is crucial for K-12 teachers. The online professional development course, "How to View Students Through a Trauma-Informed Lens," is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to recognize, address, and support students who have experienced trauma. By adopting a trauma-informed lens, teachers can create a safe and supportive environment that promotes students' emotional well-being, academic success, and overall development. This comprehensive course delves into the foundational principles of trauma-informed teaching, guiding educators through the process of recognizing the signs of trauma, understanding its effects on students' behaviors and learning, and implementing appropriate strategies to foster a trauma-sensitive classroom. By the end of the course, participants will have gained: A comprehensive understanding of trauma-informed education and its impact on student success. A comprehensive understanding of trauma-informed education and its impact on student success. Practical strategies for creating trauma-informed classrooms that promote safety, connection, and resilience. Enhanced skills in recognizing and responding to trauma triggers in students. Improved communication and engagement techniques to foster positive relationships with students and their families. Increased self-awareness and self-care practices to support their own well-being as educators.

36. SWPBIS Regional Coaches Day

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: SWPBIS Coaches

Dates: 10/23/2025 to 2/19/2026

Coaches Day is an event sponsored by MIU IV to support building coaches and teams in the implementation of PBIS. Research has shown that coaching is a cornerstone of implementation fidelity. This event is an opportunity for coaches and teams in the elementary, middle, and secondary setting to engage with role-alike peers in professional learning and resource sharing.

37. Special Education LEA Meeting 10/24/2025

Program: Special Education

Audience: School District LEA, MIU IV Supervisor, MIU IV TaC

Dates: 10/24/2025

Special Education updates from PDE, PaTTAN and MIU IV for compliance and processes.

38. PLC-Legal Compliance

Program: Special Education

Dates: 10/24/2025

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PLC-Legal Compliance Date: Friday, October 24, 2025 Time: directly following LEA meeting (11:00-1:00pm)

39. Navigating Anxiety

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 10/27/2025

Navigating Anxiety is a comprehensive training designed specifically for educators. This session will explore what anxiety is, its impact on the brain and thought processes, and the underdeveloped skills that can contribute to students' anxiety challenges. The training is interactive, providing participants with practical tools and strategies that can be easily implemented in the classroom. Join us to enhance your understanding of anxiety and equip yourself with effective approaches to support your students' well-being.

40. Coping Skills: Teacher and Student Wellness

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 10/28/2025 to 11/25/2025

ONLINE COURSE - Coping Skills: Teacher and Student Wellness is an online course that allows participants to analyze how coping skills can be used to manage daily emotions and stress in the world of academia. There are coping skills that are proactive and others that are reactive. Participants will identify, differentiate, choose, and be encouraged to engage in a variety of coping mechanisms. Basic needs must be met and mental health must be addressed before learning can take place. Participants will develop an action plan for both students and teachers (themselves) in order to implement appropriate coping skills so academic and professional goals can be achieved. ** Participants will need to purchase the required text: Coping Skills for Kids Workbook by Janine Halloran, MA, LMHC ©2018, ISBN 9781683731221 *Electronic or hard copy...it is a workbook style text**

41. Safety Care Initial Training - Oct. 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 10/28/2025 to 10/29/2025

Safety-Care® Behavioral Safety Training program is a two-day training that provides the skills and competencies necessary to effectively prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change. Safety-Care provides the tools you need to be safe when working with behaviorally challenging individuals. Using up-to-date and effective technologies from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), the Safety-Care program will provide your staff with strategies for preventing and managing behavioral challenges, and teaching replacement behaviors. Safety-Care promotes a positive reinforcement-based approach, and the development of new skills, resulting in fewer restraints. Trainees who successfully pass the course will receive a Safety-Care™ training certificate. Recertification is required annually through a one-day recertification course.

42. Speech Therapist Professional Learning Community (PLC)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: SLPs

Dates: 10/28/2025

The Speech Therapist Professional Learning Community is a collaborative group designed to support Speech-Language Pathologists. Participants will be given opportunities to network and share therapy resources.

43. LETRS Volume 2 (25-26 School Year)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Regular and Special Educators; Reading Specialists, Reading Coaches and Administrators

Dates: 10/29/2025 to 3/11/2026

LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is a comprehensive professional development program designed to equip educators with the knowledge and tools needed to enhance any reading program. Using research-based strategies, LETRS empowers teachers to support students' reading and language development effectively. Volume 2 of LETRS covers oral language, vocabulary instruction, reading comprehension strategies, and text-driven instruction. It also explores the connection between reading and writing, emphasizing spelling, sentence construction, and student motivation. Participants are required to purchase the print manual, which includes access to a year-long online learning platform. Each participant's school district is required to place an order for Volume 2 LETRS participant bundle by September 29, 2025. The cost of the LETRS Volume 2 Participant Bundle is $399. Please submit your order to: alisoncasey@lexialearning.com Additionally, participants will have the exciting opportunity to attend four interactive in-person workshops, aligned with the units in Volume 2, hosted at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV. These workshops are designed to deepen your understanding and provide valuable, hands-on experience that will directly support your teaching. Act 48 hours are available for both the in-person workshops and the online learning platform. Please note: In order to be eligible to attend Volume 2 inperson sessions, participants must have attended Volume 1, Unit 1 session and purchase Volume 2.

44. Librarians Network

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Audience: District Librarians and Aides

Dates: 10/29/2025

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Join us for an engaging session of the Librarians' Network as we explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in libraries and schools. Together, we'll discuss how AI tools can support research, information literacy, and resource management while also addressing questions of ethics, equity, and digital citizenship. This meeting will provide a collaborative space to share ideas, challenges, and best practices so librarians can lead the way in helping students and educators navigate AI responsibly and effectively. Guest Speaker, Donna Palamara, will introduce the new resource library. Lunch is provided.

45. MIU IV GIFTED BOOTCAMP

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Audience: Gifted Teachers

Dates: 10/30/2025

This daylong workshop is for the new gifted teachers, however, veteran gifted teachers are welcome to come for updates, supports, and collaboration opportunities. Topics will include an overview of PA's definition of gifted education, Chapter 16, GIEP Goal Writing, and a review of the forms that support gifted education. This workshop will be held in person at MIU IV from 9AM - 3PM with a 1hour on your own lunch break.

46. Achieving Excellence - 14 Things that Matter Most

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 11/4/2025 to 12/2/2025

This 3 credit ONLINE COURSE is designed to describe the beliefs, attitudes, and interactions that form an atmosphere conducive to learning in our best classrooms and schools. It focuses primarily on "specific things that great teachers, legendary teachers” do. The book "What Great Teachers Do - 17 Things That Matter Most” is filled with strategies and ideas to motivate students. There are many meaningful websites to stimulate your students and simple suggestions that you can integrate into your current routine. These skills will be presented by the participants through discussions following each forum topic. The participant will be able to understand the specific factors which enable a teacher to perform their very best. Participants will share ideas and strategies with one another by replying to at least 2 to 3 participants per panel. The activities presented reflect graduate-level work by encouraging the use of prior knowledge in the classroom and past experiences, examining and restructuring teaching techniques in order to be successful and confident as an educator. All participants will need to purchase the book "What Great Teachers Do -17 Things That Matter Most” by Todd Whitaker. This book can be purchased at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble. All participants will work online for this course. The instructor will send you a written email with the directions for enrolling and participating in this course a few days prior to the start of the course. If you are a first-time online participant the instructor will be able to assist you with any questions or concerns. This course will require participants to post discussion entries for each topic and reply to at least two other participants for each panel. This course is designed for all K-12 teachers in all subject areas.

47. Teachers Building Resilience and Creating Compassionate Classrooms

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 11/4/2025 to 12/16/2025

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ONLINE COURSE: This course is designed to examine the concept of resilience and how building teacher resilience can lead to more compassionate classrooms for both teachers and students. Specifically, the focus areas of developing mindful awareness, communicating effectively, building community, discovering personal strengths, and cultivating compassion will be explored throughout the course.

48. LETRS Volume 1 (25-26 School Year)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Regular and Special Education Teachers; Reading Specialists; Reading Coaches and Adminstrators

Dates: 11/5/2025 to 5/6/2026

"LETRS is an empowering professional development course of study for instructors of reading, spelling, and related language skills. LETRS is not a literacy curriculum. Instead, it provides knowledge and tools that teachers can use with any good reading program. It is designed to bring deeper insight and knowledge to reading instruction, provide answers that instructional materials cannot, and allow teachers to reach, through explicit, scientifically-based methods, students who might otherwise fail. To fully engage in this professional development opportunity, participants are required to purchase the print manual, which includes access to a year-long online learning platform. This combination provides a well-rounded learning experience that will enhance your skills and support your growth as an educator. Additionally, participants will have the exciting opportunity to attend four interactive in-person workshops, aligned with the units in Volume 1, hosted at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV. These workshops are designed to deepen your understanding and provide valuable, hands-on experience that will directly support your teaching. Act 48 hours are available for both the in-person workshops and the online learning platform. More details on Act 48 hours will be provided at the first session on October 29, 2025. Here's how to secure your spot: Order your participant bundle: Your school district will need to place an order for Volume 1 LETRS participant bundle by September 29, 2025. The cost of the Participant Bundle is $399. Please submit your order to: alisoncasey@lexialearning.com Register for the workshops: Complete your registration for the four in-person workshops, held at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV. Attend the workshops: Join us for four interactive workshops that will enhance your understanding of Volume 1 concepts. Please note: In order to be eligible to attend Volume 1 inperson sessions, participants must have attended Volume 1, Unit 1 session and purchase Volume 1."

49. Heartsaver CPR/AED Training - Nov. 2025

Program: CPR and AED Training

Dates: 11/7/2025

The Heartsaver® CPR AED Course is designed to prepare you to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner During the Heartsaver® CPR AED Course you will: - Learn how to recognize when someone needs CPR - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for an adult - Learn how to give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for a child - Learn how to provide AED Heartsaver® CPR AED Course with First Aid is available upon request.

50. School Climate Summit

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Audience: Educators, Counselors, Mental Health Workers, and Security Personnel

Dates: 11/7/2025

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Join K-12 educators, school resource officers, and district leaders for a powerful summit exploring the intersection of safety, security, social-emotional well-being (SEW), and school climate improvement. This event will highlight how fostering a positive climate not only strengthens relationships and student engagement but also enhances campus safety and security practices. Through collaborative sessions, real-world case applications, and practical strategies, participants will learn how to build environments where students feel safe, supported, and connected-conditions proven to improve learning and reduce risk. Together, we will bridge the work of educators, counselors, mental health workers, and security personnel to create schools that are both secure and deeply caring communities.

51. PVAAS in Action: New Insights. Expanded Impact. Empowered Educators.

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Audience: District Leaders & School Leaders, Teacher Leaders also welcome

Dates: 11/10/2025

PVAAS is growing, and we're bringing the updates to you! Join the PDE PVAAS Statewide Team this fall at your local IU for an interactive, half-day session designed to spark conversation and deepen your understanding of PVAAS and its expanded reporting features. Discover how integrated teacher, school, and system-level growth data can illuminate the true impact of your curriculum, instruction, assessment, and organizational practices. Learn how to explore new data views for your currently enrolled students, giving you the power to tailor instruction based on meaningful, real-time insights. We'll also share how maximizing your PIMS collections can unlock richer, more timely data all year long. Don't miss this hands-on opportunity for on-site collaboration, fresh ideas, and practical tools to enhance professional growth and student success. What to Bring: Participants should bring a laptop with their PVAAS username and password for a productive session.

52. Addressing Learning Disabilities in Education

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 11/11/2025 to 12/9/2025

ONLINE COURSE: With approximately 7 to 8% of students being diagnosed with learning disabilities, it is important for educators to examine their perceptions and expand their knowledge base of learning disabilities in order to meet these students' needs. Given the information provided throughout the course, participants will have the opportunity to more completely understand what learning disabilities are, how they are identified, and how they are managed in the educational setting. It is with this knowledge through viewing videos, examination of research, discussions amongst colleagues, review of legal cases, assessment of student case studies and development of sample lesson plans, IEP goals, accommodations, and modifications, that participants will have tools to implement strategies within their classroom to promote student achievement for all students with learning disabilities.

53. Empowering Educators Through Teamwork and Collaboration

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 11/11/2025 to 12/9/2025

The ONLINE course "Empowering Educators through Teamwork and Collaboration" will provide information on how to build strong and effective teams, empowering our educators to work together toward a common goal for our students, with a particular focus on students with special needs. Collaboration and teamwork are essential in educational settings, providing a positive school culture and improving student outcomes, especially for students with special needs who benefit from coordinated support.

54. Safety Care Initial Training - Nov. 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 11/17/2025 to 11/18/2025

Safety-Care® Behavioral Safety Training program is a two-day training that provides the skills and competencies necessary to effectively prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change. Safety-Care provides the tools you need to be safe when working with behaviorally challenging individuals. Using up-to-date and effective technologies from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), the Safety-Care program will provide your staff with strategies for preventing and managing behavioral challenges, and teaching replacement behaviors. Safety-Care promotes a positive reinforcement-based approach, and the development of new skills, resulting in fewer restraints. Trainees who successfully pass the course will receive a Safety-Care™ training certificate. Recertification is required annually through a one-day recertification course.

55. Media Literacy for a 21st Century Classroom

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 11/18/2025 to 12/16/2025

ONLINE COURSE: Students are exposed to a variety of media throughout the day. Media is an influential force in the lives of students. Television, radio, computers, the internet, social media, streaming, video games, and smartphones are just a few examples of the media that students interact with daily. However, when it comes to being able to recognize real news versus a fake news article that might appear on their feed, the majority of students cannot tell the difference. Educators have a responsibility to teach students how to critically engage with mass media. In order to be an informed citizen, students must know how to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of media. It is imperative that students possess these skills so that they can make informed decisions as adults. During this three-credit online course, participants will come to understand what media literacy skills are, their importance in the classroom, how to integrate media literacy skills, and design lessons and activities that will help students to become media literate.

56. Safety Care Recertification - Nov 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 11/18/2025

This Safety-Care™ recertification course is a one-day training that provides a complete overview of the initial Safety-Care™ training curriculum. Participants must demonstrate competency in all areas of the Safety-Care™ curriculum and will be tested for proficiency through the demonstrated competencies and a written test. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will maintain their certification for one full year. The one-day recertification course is required annually. Prerequisite: Two-day initial training must be completed prior to this course.

57. Partner Reading Paragraph Shrinking (Fall Session)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Regular and Special Education Teachers; Reading Specialists; Reading Coaches and Administratiors

Dates: 11/20/2025

Imagine a classroom where every student is actively engaged, reading with accuracy and fluency while eagerly collaborating with their peers. In the classwide intervention, Partner Reading Paragraph Shrinking, each student gets the chance to read aloud and work together with a partner to shrink down big paragraphs into their simplest, most powerful form. This strategy can help boost student's accuracy, fluency and oral retell! One fall and one spring session are being offered. Both sessions will present the same information and materials. Join us as we spend the morning taking a deeper dive into this effective Peer Assisted Learning Strategy!

58. Building Bridges: Working With (Difficult) Parents

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 12/2/2025 to 12/30/2025

ONLINE COURSE - Parent management skills are just as important as classroom management skills. Parents can reinforce concepts and expectations, and provide both academic and behavioral support which directly effects student success. Parents can also hinder and cause strain on the academic success of students. This course provides strategies and techniques to handle difficult parents, strengthen parent communication, and bridge the gap between home and school. This course also supports the teacher's role in effectively facilitating parent conferences. A teacher's ability to engage not only students but parents as well is crucial to the overall academic and personal achievements of our youth.

59. Writing Alive: Strategies, Techniques and Materials

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 12/2/2025 to 12/30/2025

ONLINE COURSE: This course is designed for teachers K- 12 in any subject area. Teachers will learn and utilize writing craft techniques that will be taught to students along with motivating writing strategies that are research-based. This is what's included in the class: A packet of writing ideas, opportunities to enrich your own writing, videos from the experts in writing, the reading and critiquing articles on writing, the gaining of new thinking about teaching elements of writing craft, opportunities to learn new strategies that simplify writing for students along with creating and sharing lessons based on the text: Craft Lessons, 2nd edition by Ralph Fletcher (needs to be purchased). Three proven techniques to enhance writing ability will also be addressed: the AREA Approach, Readers' Theatre, and RAFT.

60. How Students' Learn Math: Empowering Student Thinking Through Research-Based Learning

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Audience: Elementary Administrators, Math Instructional Coaches, Math Teacher Leaders K - 5, and Math Teachers K - 5

Dates: 12/2/2025 to 2/23/2026

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Join us for a hands-on, research-informed sessions designed for administrators and teacher leadership teams who are ready to turn their district's math vision into reality. This professional learning experience focuses on empowering student thinking through vertically aligned, research-based instruction from Pre-K through Grade 5. Discover research-based learning trajectories, instructional strategies, and collaborative planning methods that create a seamless learning experience for students. Explore effective, inclusive practices like the CPA (Concrete - Pictorial - Abstract) model and UDL-aligned differentiation to support all learners.

61. Heartsaver CPR/AED Training - Dec. 2025

Program: CPR and AED Training

Dates: 12/3/2025

The Heartsaver® CPR AED Course is designed to prepare you to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner During the Heartsaver® CPR AED Course you will: - Learn how to recognize when someone needs CPR - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for an adult - Learn how to give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for a child - Learn how to provide AED Heartsaver® CPR AED Course with First Aid is available upon request.

62. Special Education LEA Meeting 12/5/2025

Program: Special Education

Audience: School District LEA, MIU IV Supervisor, MIU IV TaC

Dates: 12/5/2025

Special Education updates from PDE, PaTTAN and MIU IV for compliance and processes.

63. Emotional Regulation in the Classroom: For Students and Teachers

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 12/9/2025

"Emotional Regulation in the Classroom: for Students and Teachers Description: Self-regulation is a crucial skill that benefits individuals of all ages, including both children and adults. It is the ability to understand and manage one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in various situations. Mastering self-regulation can facilitate learning, lead to improved executive functioning skills, and, better relationships. Effective self-regulation comprises multiple components, each playing a vital role in how individuals respond to challenges and interact with others. This training offers a comprehensive overview of several key aspects, including emotional regulation, co-regulation, and the regulatory processes specific to adults. Overall, this training aims to equip participants with a deeper understanding of self-regulation and practical tools to implement both in the classroom and in their daily lives."

64. PA STEELS Standards: Elevate Your Teaching with Ideas, Strategies, and Resources!

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Elementary and Special Education Teachers

Dates: 12/9/2025

Discover how to bring STEM to life for all students! This interactive session will explore the STEELS standards, with a focus on the Technology and Engineering dimensions. Learn how to foster an engineering mindset, break down learning barriers, and apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies to create accessible and engaging STEM lessons. You'll also get hands-on experience with resources from the MIU IV STEM Learning Library, giving you practical tools to implement immediately in your classroom. Get ready to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers!

65. Tri County Transition Council

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: transition coordinators, agency representatives

Dates: 12/10/2025

Our transition council is a network of parents, educators, and community service providers working together to help students with special needs in their transition from school to adult life. We discuss activities, resources, and other topics to promote effective transition planning.

66. Safety Care Recertification - Dec 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 12/11/2025

This Safety-Care™ recertification course is a one-day training that provides a complete overview of the initial Safety-Care™ training curriculum. Participants must demonstrate competency in all areas of the Safety-Care™ curriculum and will be tested for proficiency through the demonstrated competencies and a written test. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will maintain their certification for one full year. The one-day recertification course is required annually. Prerequisite: Two-day initial training must be completed prior to this course.

67. Academic Games - Equations Fall 2025 Coaches Training

Program: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Dates: 12/12/2025

Coaches meeting for any Academic Games Coach interested in learning how to play Equations or work to improve upon coaching/teaching strategies moving into the 2025 - 2026 Academic Games season.

68. Safety Care Initial Training - Dec. 2025

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 12/15/2025 to 12/16/2025

Safety-Care® Behavioral Safety Training program is a two-day training that provides the skills and competencies necessary to effectively prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change. Safety-Care provides the tools you need to be safe when working with behaviorally challenging individuals. Using up-to-date and effective technologies from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), the Safety-Care program will provide your staff with strategies for preventing and managing behavioral challenges, and teaching replacement behaviors. Safety-Care promotes a positive reinforcement-based approach, and the development of new skills, resulting in fewer restraints. Trainees who successfully pass the course will receive a Safety-Care™ training certificate. Recertification is required annually through a one-day recertification course.

69. ADHD in Education

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 1/6/2026 to 2/3/2026

ONLINE COURSE: With more and more students being diagnosed with ADHD, it is important for educators to examine their perceptions and expand their knowledge base of this disability category in order to meet these students' needs. Throughout the course, participants will explore the debate surrounding medication and the myths associated with ADHD. Furthermore, they will complete activities providing them with first-hand experience about what it is like to live with ADHD. We will examine research-proven strategies and methods to help learners with ADHD gain meaningful access to elementary through secondary curriculum content. With the information covered in the course, participants will take away practical strategies to implement across all school environments and ways to provide effective instruction to students with mild to severe ADHD.

70. Act 126/31 Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 1/8/2026

Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training is a requirement in Pennsylvania for all school employees who have direct contact with children. In this Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance 3 hour training session we will review the elements of child abuse, including the legal definitions and categories, and indicators of abuse. The training provides an overview of mandated reporting obligations, including how to make a report, protections for those who report, and liabilities for failing to report. This training is approved by the PA Department of Education, PA Department of Human Services, and State Acts 126 & 31.

71. Educator Induction Day II (Year I)

Program: Educator Induction

Dates: 1/9/2026

First year educators completing MIU IV's Educator Induction Program will complete six (6) professional development days as one of the requirements of the PDE-approved program. January 9, 2026, is considered Day II (Year I).

72. Educator Induction Day II (Year II)

Program: Educator Induction

Dates: 1/9/2026

First year educators completing MIU IV's Educator Induction Program will complete six (6) professional development days as one of the requirements of the PDE-approved program. January 9, 2026, is considered Day II (Year II).

73. Heartsaver CPR/AED Training - Jan. 2026

Program: CPR and AED Training

Dates: 1/9/2026

The Heartsaver® CPR AED Course is designed to prepare you to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner During the Heartsaver® CPR AED Course you will: - Learn how to recognize when someone needs CPR - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for an adult - Learn how to give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for a child - Learn how to provide AED Heartsaver® CPR AED Course with First Aid is available upon request.

74. Technology for Formative Assessment

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 1/13/2026 to 2/10/2026

This ONLINE COURSE equips you with powerful tech tools to transform formative assessment into a game-changer for your classroom. Imagine readily identifying student strengths and weaknesses, personalizing instruction, and seeing real-time progress - all while keeping your students engaged. Research confirms that a strategic approach to technology-powered formative assessment is the key to unlocking these benefits. Upon completion of this course, educators will be able to use a variety of technology-based tools to readily manage formative assessment in the classroom with their students.

75. PLC for Life Skills and MDS Teachers

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: LSS and MDS teachers

Dates: 1/13/2026

" Creating a supportive and effective Professional Learning Community requires a commitment to empathy, reflection, and a willingness to adapt practices to meet the diverse needs of students. By sharing insights, reflecting on challenges, and working together, educators can improve their ability to serve students with disabilities and help them achieve their full potential. We would like to invite all Life Skills Support and Multi Disabilities Support teachers to join our PLC. Three sessions planned throughout the school year will give us opportunities to collaborate, share ideas and learn about new resources to use in your classroom. Working in isolation can be a challenge in special education. Collaboration fosters a sense of community and creates a supportive network that enhances both teaching practices and student outcomes.

76. Empathy: Teacher and Student Wellness

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educator

Dates: 1/20/2026 to 2/17/2026

ONLINE COURSE - Empathy: Teacher and Student Wellness, is an online course that allows participants to analyze the role of empathy in the classroom and put new practices into place. Practicing empathy is key in successful leadership and reaching every student. Empathetic practices support Social Emotional Learning. This course encourages compassionate teaching and acceptance. It provides participants with an action plan and tools to use successfully in the classroom. One of the most important roles of an educator is to ensure student safety and connectedness to learning. Empathy allows for that. Participants will reflect, assess, and consider new practices to be sure that empathy is at the heart of the classroom environment. The required text is: Teaching with Empathy: How to Transform Your Practices by Understanding Your Learners by Lisa Westman ©2021 ISBN# 978-1-4166-3048-7 *Electronic or hard copy

77. NonPublic Professional Learning Community (PLC)

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 1/20/2026

The Act 89 Behavior Coaches and Act 89 School Psychologist are offering three days of professional development at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV for any nonpublic school teacher interested in growing their knowledge and skills to help minimize student behavior, increase academic supports, as well as maximize engagement and participation within the classroom setting. Time for collaboration will be included to build community, problem and solve real-life challenges between teachers between participants.

78. Safety Care Recertification - Jan 2026

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 1/22/2026

This Safety-Care™ recertification course is a one-day training that provides a complete overview of the initial Safety-Care™ training curriculum. Participants must demonstrate competency in all areas of the Safety-Care™ curriculum and will be tested for proficiency through the demonstrated competencies and a written test. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will maintain their certification for one full year. The one-day recertification course is required annually. Prerequisite: Two-day initial training must be completed prior to this course.

79. Special Education LEA Meeting 1/23/2026

Program: Special Education

Audience: School District LEA, MIU IV Supervisor, MIU IV TaC

Dates: 1/23/2026

Special Education updates from PDE, PaTTAN and MIU IV for compliance and processes.

80. Act 71 More Than Sad/QPR

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 1/28/2026

"MIU IV is pleased to offer professional development in Act 71 - Youth Suicide Prevention for Educators. During this 4 hour session, participants will be trained in both More Than Sad and Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR). The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's program called More Than Sad teaches educators to recognize signs of mental health distress in students. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. These are the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Training in QPR includes learning how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help."

81. Safety Care Initial Training - Jan. 2026

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 1/29/2026 to 1/30/2026

Safety-Care® Behavioral Safety Training program is a two-day training that provides the skills and competencies necessary to effectively prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change. Safety-Care provides the tools you need to be safe when working with behaviorally challenging individuals. Using up-to-date and effective technologies from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), the Safety-Care program will provide your staff with strategies for preventing and managing behavioral challenges, and teaching replacement behaviors. Safety-Care promotes a positive reinforcement-based approach, and the development of new skills, resulting in fewer restraints. Trainees who successfully pass the course will receive a Safety-Care™ training certificate. Recertification is required annually through a one-day recertification course.

82. Art of Interaction

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 2/3/2026 to 3/3/2026

ONLINE COURSE: Our responsibility as educators, parents, providers, and caretakers is not to change the card a child is dealt. Instead, it is to help him to play his card in the best way possible. This 3 credit online course is designed to provide educators with powerful insights into new ways to help children become happier and more successful. This course will show teachers and parents how to find creative solutions to difficult problems that they encounter while working with children. The book "The Dance of Interaction” by Jeanine Fitzgerald is full of stories and ideas that give hope and help to those who love children. As educators, you will gain an understanding and ability to create a bond and develop an awareness that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Instructor: Colleen Anzio

83. Culturally Responsive Teaching

Program: Educator Induction

Audience: Educators

Dates: 2/3/2026 to 3/3/2026

ONLINE COURSE: Diversity in the classroom is increasing. For the first time in history, the majority of students are racial and ethnic minorities. Unfortunately, the teaching styles, materials, and classrooms do not reflect these diverse cultures and backgrounds, thus leaving the majority of students disconnected from the learning process. Students need to be exposed to authors and characters that look, sound, and act like them. Classrooms need to reflect diversity, not only on holidays but all the time. Spanish culture, achievements of minorities, and black history need to be embedded daily not taught only during a designated month or on a holiday. When students' backgrounds are not considered, problems such as language barriers, systemic discrimination, and lack of representation occur. In this three-credit online course, participants will explore the principles of culturally responsive teaching and examine teaching strategies that promote a culturally responsive classroom.

84. Culturally Responsive Teaching

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 2/3/2026 to 3/3/2026

ONLINE COURSE: Diversity in the classroom is increasing. For the first time in history, the majority of students are racial and ethnic minorities. Unfortunately, the teaching styles, materials, and classrooms do not reflect these diverse cultures and backgrounds, thus leaving the majority of students disconnected from the learning process. Students need to be exposed to authors and characters that look, sound, and act like them. Classrooms need to reflect diversity, not only on holidays but all the time. Spanish culture, achievements of minorities, and black history need to be embedded daily not taught only during a designated month or on a holiday. When students' backgrounds are not considered, problems such as language barriers, systemic discrimination, and lack of representation occur. In this three-credit online course, participants will explore the principles of culturally responsive teaching and examine teaching strategies that promote a culturally responsive classroom.

85. Induction-An Online Induction Course on Learning Disabilities

Program: Educator Induction

Audience: Educators

Dates: 2/3/2026 to 3/3/2026

With approximately 7 to 8% of students being diagnosed with learning disabilities, it is important for educators to examine their perceptions and expand their knowledge base of learning disabilities in order to meet these students' needs. Given the information provided throughout the course, participants will have the opportunity to more completely understand what learning disabilities are, how they are identified and how they are managed in the educational setting. It is with this knowledge through viewing videos, examination of research, discussions amongst colleagues, review of legal cases, assessment of student case studies, and development of sample lesson plans, IEP goals, accommodations, and modifications, that participants will have tools to implement strategies within their classroom to promote student achievement for all students with learning disabilities.

86. Turning Data Into Action

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Regular and Special Educators, Administrators, Coaches

Dates: 2/9/2026

Turn your data into action! This session will explore how universal screening results can guide smarter decision-making at the grade and classroom levels within an MTSS framework. Learn how to identify trends, and adjust supports to meet the needs of all learners. We'll start with practical tips for strengthening core instruction, ensuring a solid foundation before interventions are even needed. Then, we'll dive into progress monitoring strategies to track student growth and refine interventions for maximum impact. Whether you're refining your MTSS data team process or looking to enhance instruction, this session will give you the tools to make every decision count! This session will be held on Monday, February 9, 2026 at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV. The session will be held form 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and lunch will be on your own. Five Act 48 hours will be awarded and there is no cost to the participant or district.

87. Heartsaver CPR/AED Training - Feb. 2026

Program: CPR and AED Training

Dates: 2/10/2026

The Heartsaver® CPR AED Course is designed to prepare you to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner During the Heartsaver® CPR AED Course you will: - Learn how to recognize when someone needs CPR - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for an adult - Learn how to give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for a child - Learn how to provide AED Heartsaver® CPR AED Course with First Aid is available upon request.

88. Nurturing You: Wellness Strategies for Educators

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 2/10/2026

""Self-care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what's left of you.” - Katie Reed Research shows that those in helping professions are at greater risk for stress and burnout. Maintaining wellness across your eight wellness domains is crucial for both your professional and personal life. This training covers risk factors for stress and burnout, and then puts a heavy focus on specific strategies for educators for maintaining your overall wellness."

89. Writing Meaningful IEP Goals & Monitoring Progress Effectively

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Special Education professionals who write IEP goals

Dates: 2/10/2026

Writing strong IEP (Individualized Education Program) goals and knowing how to progress monitor them effectively is a key skill for special education professionals. This session is designed to equip special education professionals with the skills needed to write high-quality, compliant, and student-centered IEP goals while also focusing on effectively monitoring and reporting student progress.

90. Speech Therapist Professional Learning Community (PLC)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: SLPs

Dates: 2/12/2026

The Speech Therapist Professional Learning Community is a collaborative group designed to support Speech-Language Pathologists. Participants will be given opportunities to network and share therapy resources.

91. Beyond Flipped Instruction

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 2/17/2026 to 3/17/2026

ONLINE COURSE: The course Beyond Flipped Instruction, focuses not only on flipped instruction but also on, technology integration, and differentiated instruction, which is inherently associated with flipping the classroom. Through an examination of ways to move lower depth of knowledge content and activities out of the "spotlight” in the classroom, teachers are able to greatly influence student achievement by increasing the amount of class time used for higher-level activities such as discussions, projects, labs, and group activities. This course will impact student learning by providing teachers with a clear and specific strategy to use when meaningfully integrating technology into the classroom. Student learning will be positively impacted because flipping the classroom provides avenues for a student-centered learning environment. Participants will analyze specific models of flipped instruction and design strategies for using the teaching model in their own classes.

92. Safety Care Recertification - Feb 2026

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 2/18/2026

This Safety-Care™ recertification course is a one-day training that provides a complete overview of the initial Safety-Care™ training curriculum. Participants must demonstrate competency in all areas of the Safety-Care™ curriculum and will be tested for proficiency through the demonstrated competencies and a written test. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will maintain their certification for one full year. The one-day recertification course is required annually. Prerequisite: Two-day initial training must be completed prior to this course.

93. Special Education LEA Meeting 2/23/2026

Program: Special Education

Audience: School District LEA, MIU IV Supervisor, MIU IV TaC

Dates: 2/23/2026

Special Education updates from PDE, PaTTAN and MIU IV for compliance and processes.

94. Safety Care Initial Training - Feb. 2026

Program: Safety Care

Dates: 2/25/2026 to 2/26/2026

Safety-Care® Behavioral Safety Training program is a two-day training that provides the skills and competencies necessary to effectively prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change. Safety-Care provides the tools you need to be safe when working with behaviorally challenging individuals. Using up-to-date and effective technologies from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), the Safety-Care program will provide your staff with strategies for preventing and managing behavioral challenges, and teaching replacement behaviors. Safety-Care promotes a positive reinforcement-based approach, and the development of new skills, resulting in fewer restraints. Trainees who successfully pass the course will receive a Safety-Care™ training certificate. Recertification is required annually through a one-day recertification course.

95. Tri County Transition Council

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: transition coordinators, agency representatives

Dates: 2/25/2026

Our transition council is a network of parents, educators, and community service providers working together to help students with special needs in their transition from school to adult life. We discuss activities, resources, and other topics to promote effective transition planning.

96. SWPBIS/TIPS/SWIS Refresher Day (Spring)

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: PBIS Team Members

Dates: 3/3/2026

This training is designed to continue to improve your internal capacity to support the systems and practices that have been established at Tier 1. During this training, we will be reviewing the rationales behind the key foundational components of an effective PBIS program. Attendees should be new administrators or core team members who were not a part of the initial training process. The training will focus on the "why” behind many of the existing practices your PBIS programs are utilizing. In addition, new trauma-informed practices will be reviewed. The goal of this training is to provide a strong foundational understanding of PBIS and your role in supporting your team.

97. Heartsaver CPR/AED Training - March 2026

Program: CPR and AED Training

Dates: 3/5/2026

The Heartsaver® CPR AED Course is designed to prepare you to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner During the Heartsaver® CPR AED Course you will: - Learn how to recognize when someone needs CPR - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for an adult - Learn how to give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups - Learn how to perform high-quality CPR for a child - Learn how to provide AED Heartsaver® CPR AED Course with First Aid is available upon request.

98. School Social Worker PLC

Program: Training and Consultation

Dates: 3/5/2026

This professional learning community is for School Social Workers who are interested in connecting with MIU IV and district social workers to discuss issues related to advocating for students and social work within the school settings.

99. Empowering Educators Through Teamwork and Collaboration

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 3/10/2026 to 4/7/2026

The ONLINE course "Empowering Educators through Teamwork and Collaboration" will provide information on how to build strong and effective teams, empowering our educators to work together toward a common goal for our students, with a particular focus on students with special needs. Collaboration and teamwork are essential in educational settings, providing a positive school culture and improving student outcomes, especially for students with special needs who benefit from coordinated support.

100. Check & Connect Mentor Training

Program: Training and Consultation

Audience: Check and Connect Mentors

Dates: 3/12/2026

Check & Connect Mentor Training is a 1-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. Mentors will learn about the core components and elements of Check & Connect, their role and expectations of the Check & Connect mentor, and how to implement the "Check" and "Connect" procedures with fidelity. They will also learn the core 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 and engaging with families.

101. Teachers Building Resilience and Creating Compassionate Classrooms

Program: CPE Courses

Audience: Educators

Dates: 3/17/2026 to 4/28/2026

ONLINE COURSE: This course is designed to examine the concept of resilience and how building teacher resilience can lead to more compassionate classrooms for both teachers and students. Specifically, the focus areas of developing mindful awareness, communicating effectively, building community, discovering personal strengths, and cultivating compassion will be explored throughout the course.

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