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1. ER&D - Organizing the Environment for Learning Foundations 1 (SECTION 1)

Program: ER&D Scranton Personnel Only

Audience: Scranton School District

Dates: 9/17/2024 to 5/6/2025

This core course addresses the fundamental aspects of teaching and learning that are relevant for teachers and classroom paraprofessionals in all grade levels and subject areas. It examines proven practices for establishing and maintaining classroom management, maximizing use of learning time, questioning and feedback skills, homework, interactive guided instruction strategies, and scaffolding techniques. Covering core topics critical to successful classroom practice, Foundations of Effective Teaching I is recommended as the primary offering for all local sites. It is frequently used as the basis for induction, mentor, and peer assistance programs and is an essential part of local site coordinator training. (Only open to New SSD teachers, in need of PA New Teacher Induction, must have an Instructional I certificate, and preapproved by ER&D Coordinator)

2. NEIU Induction MENTORS ONLY: Year One 2024-2026

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Mentors of NEIU Induction Program - Year ONE - 2024-2026

Dates: 10/1/2024 to 4/10/2025

This registration link is for mentors of inductees in the 2024-2026 (Year ONE) NEIU Induction Program.

3. ER&D - Organizing the Environment for Learning Foundations 1 (SECTION 2)

Program: ER&D Scranton Personnel Only

Audience: Scranton School District

Dates: 10/8/2024 to 5/13/2025

4. Teachers Behavioral Health Training - Penn State - 4 Cohorts / 5-20-2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 1/30/2025 to 5/1/2025

January 2025 / February 27 / March 27 / May 1, 2025

5. Reading Interventions 101 (Westside Location Option 3)

Program: ER&D Scranton Personnel Only

Audience: Scranton School Teachers

Dates: 5/20/2025

Westside Location: Isacc Tripp Elementary School Teachers from Isacc Tripp, Francis Williard, and Charles Sumner Elementary will be allowed to attend. Attend during professional development day, 8 am-11 am on 5/20/25 This mini-course helps educators understand what makes a successful reader and how to support struggling readers with appropriate interventions. Participants will learn about various types of interventions, analyze student data to identify supports for skill development, and create an instructional plan for intervention using evidence-based reading strategies. Participants also will walk away with an intervention toolkit and a plan to use with their students.

6. TACT2 Trainer Recertification - June 2, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 6/2/2025

TACT2 Trainer Recertification will refresh your verbal and physical skills and provide you with the updated materials needed to conduct your own annual staff recertification. This Training is limited to current certified TACT2 trainers within the NEIU19 region. Registration is limited to 14 participants per session.

7. ER&D - Reading Comprehension Instruction

Program: ER&D Scranton Personnel Only

Audience: Scranton School District

Dates: 6/12/2025 to 6/23/2025

Do you have students that can read fluently but when asked to retell the story have little or no response? If the answer is yes, then Reading Comprehension Instruction(RCI) is the course for you! We will explore strategies for increasing comprehension of both narrative and expository texts, vocabulary, as well as how to help students self-monitor comprehension and apply appropriate "fix-up” strategies when comprehension is not achieved. Practice in using instructional strategies and examples of student work are embedded in the course.

8. TACT2 Training Of Trainer / June 23 - 26, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 6/23/2025 to 6/26/2025

Therapeutic Aggression Control Techniques (TACT2) is designed to help staff better understand and manage disruptive, destructive, and even dangerous issues that may arise when caring for youth and young adults with emotional and behavioral problems. TACT2 may be taught as a verbal-only course or a comprehensive verbal and physical course. Emotional vs. Deliberate Cues for separating two sources of problems. Deliberate Misbehavior How intentional misbehavior meets social needs. Emotional Problems Impact of childhood trauma and high stress on behavior. Adult Anger Traps Resisting the lure of adult anger and power struggles. De-Escalating Emotional Crisis Responding therapeutically to four stages of escalating crisis Giving Space Backing off during highly emotional situations. Active Listening Attending, decoding, and reflecting with upset youth. Problem Solving Guiding therapeutic problem solving with calmer youth. Reminders Redirecting minor behavior problems. Warnings Informing youth of upcoming consequences. Consequences Giving fair consequences without power struggles. Physical intervention in dangerous situations. Verbal interventions and defining when youth or staff are at imminent risk of harm. Non-injurious techniques for staff to protect themselves from assault. Standing holds, team escorts, and full restraints for the protection of staff and students. For more information: visit: https://www.tact2.com/

9. NEPA Safe Schools Network / School Emergency Preparedness Training Series: Day 2: Functional Annex Section of the EOP - June 24, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Professional Development for Safe Schools Network

Dates: 6/24/2025

A half-day session covering the essential functional annexes required in an EOP. Attendees will learn best practices for structuring and implementing these annexes to improve emergency response and coordination.

10. June 30 2025 MWEE Educator Experience Day

Program: STEM

Audience: Educators, Administrators, Academic Coaches, STEM Coordinators and Curriculum Coordinators

Dates: 6/30/2025

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Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) are learner-centered experiences that focus on investigations into local environmental issues that lead to informed action and civic engagement. Both teachers and students play important roles in the MWEE by working together in partnership. Learn how to implement the Environmental Literacy and Sustainability STEELS Standards in your classroom! K-12 educators in any discipline are welcome! Lunch will be provided. Participants will each receive a water quality testing kit to use with their students.

11. Computational Thinking and the PA STEELS Standards

Program: STEM

Audience: teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, superintendents, academic coaches, STEM coordinators

Dates: 7/1/2025

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Shifting classroom practice to the new PA STEELS Standards is a marathon, not a sprint. Computational Thinking (CT) is a problem-solving process that enables students to think, learn and create to solve problems. CT enables students to think logically about how to organize data and breakdown the steps to solving a problem, transfer their thinking processes to a wider variety of problems, analyze key components of complex problems and generate a list of steps used to solve a problem. Open to K-12 educators, administrators, academic coaches, STEM coordinators and curriculum coordinators, this day will give participants a clear idea of how approaches to teaching and learning science, technology and engineering and environmental literacy and sustainability are shifting, as well as develop an appreciation for the shifts in thinking it will bring to the classroom. Lunch will be provided. Please bring a laptop and/or tablet to access online resources.

12. STEELS and Assessments - Evaluating Student Work in 3 Dimensions

Program: STEM

Audience: teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, superintendents, academic coaches, STEM coordinators

Dates: 7/2/2025

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Shifting classroom practice to the new PA STEELS Standards is a marathon, not a sprint. Assessing student work in 3 dimensions is a crucial part of that shift. Participants will take a deep dive into assessment in 3 dimensions by surfacing what STEELS aligned assessments can look like, evaluating 3 dimensional assessment questions and looking at student work samples in order to drive instruction. Open to K-12 educators, administrators, academic coaches, STEM coordinators and curriculum coordinators, this day will give participants a clear idea of how approaches to teaching and learning science are shifting, as well as develop an appreciation for the shifts in assessment it will bring to the classroom. Lunch will be provided. Please bring a laptop and/or tablet to access online resources.

13. ESL 1: Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language

Program: CPE

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 7/14/2025 to 8/24/2025

This course is the basic introduction to ESL Program Specialist Certification. It will include five domains of teaching English learners:culture, language, planning instruction, assessment, and professionalism. Emphasis is placed on the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) teaching standards and English Language Development Standards. Teachers will examine research-based practices in relation to the five domains and identify their role as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher.

14. ESL 2: Developing Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity

Program: CPE

Dates: 7/14/2025 to 8/24/2025

This course will provide an examination of theory, diversity, and pedagogy constructs, for explicit applications to practice in classrooms with English Learners. The historical exploration of immigration, cultural perspectives, and teaching practices that demonstrate and explicate the interconnectedness of culture and cognition are provided. By examining the background of English learners and their cultures, a framework for creating a culturally responsive classroom environment is developed. Participants will develop an awareness of how their own culture impacts their views of teaching, learning, and classroom expectations: explore the varied roles of teacher, parent, and student in terms of cultural and educational expectations: and understand that acculturation is nit only a complex process, but a matter of individual choice.

15. ESL 5: Assessment and Support

Program: CPE

Dates: 7/14/2025 to 8/24/2025

This course will allow teachers gain exposure to the tool necessary to be able to access English learners appropriately and in a timely way. The course will offer knowledge on benchmarks for different proficiency levels. Assessing English learners can be a challenge to not only teachers but also the students themselves. As ESL students in K-12 are taught English, proper instruments need to be in place to access student progress. Tools should be appropriate, and take into account the proficiency level of the learner.

16. Ambitious Science Teaching Academy Learning Series - Summer Bootcamp Edition

Program: STEM

Audience: Open to any educators K-12, administrators, curriculum coordinators, academic coaches, STEM coaches and learning support educators

Dates: 7/14/2025 to 7/18/2025

To support all educators and students in this new 3D approach to teaching and learning, NEIU proudly offers the STEELS Ambitious Science Teaching Academy Series. Ambitious teaching deliberately aims to support students of all backgrounds to deeply understand science ideas, participate in the activities of the discipline, and solve authentic problems. Lunch, a copy of the Ambitious Science Teaching guidebook and additional materials and resources will be provided to all participants.

17. STEELS School Leader Summer Institute

Program: STEM

Audience: School Leaders, Principals, Vice-Principals, Instructional Coaches, STEM Coaches, Curriculum Coordinators, Superintendents

Dates: 7/16/2025 to 8/18/2025

School and system leaders play a critical role in the successful implementation of STEELS standards. This STEELS School Leader Summer Institute is designed to help leaders support high-quality STEELS instruction, strategic planning, and teacher supervision. Sessions focus on creating inquiry-rich learning environments, evaluating student engagement, and implementing best practices for instructional leadership. These learning opportunities equip school leaders with the tools and frameworks needed to drive systemic change and support teachers in delivering rigorous, three-dimensional instruction. Held 2 days over the summer, July 16 and August 18, school leaders will explore how to align their district's vision for STEELS and discover practical strategies to support teachers and students in implementing these powerful, future-ready frameworks. Topics include: leadership, phenomena-based learning, 3-dimensional learning and assessments, teacher coaching, and integrating STEELS into course design.

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

Program: CPE

Dates: 7/28/2025 to 9/7/2025

The purpose of the proposed course is to educate teachers on the trauma-informed approach. Once teachers learn the importance of using and the best practices of a trauma-informed approach, they will be more incline to implement the approach in their classrooms, thus improving their effectiveness as an educator.

19. Innovative Teaching with AI: Transforming Education for the 21st Century

Program: CPE

Dates: 7/28/2025 to 9/7/2025

The purpose of the proposed course is to educate teachers on the importance of integrating AI into the classroom. Once teachers learn the importance of using and the best practices for integrating AI tools, they will be more inclined to use AI in their classrooms, thus improving their effectiveness as an educator.

20. Elementary STEELS Academy - Summer Edition

Program: STEM

Audience: Open to K-12 - academic coaches, STEM coaches and learning support educators

Dates: 8/4/2025 to 8/8/2025

To support all students in this new 3D approach to teaching and learning, NEIU proudly offers our STEELS Academy optimized for elementary educators. This STEELS Academy deliberately aims to assist educators in building capacity and knowledge of the classroom shifts necessary to support PAs STEELS Standards. Participants in this academy will leave with tools and knowledge to support students of all backgrounds to deeply understand science ideas, participate in the activities of the discipline, and solve authentic problems. Lunch each day, a copy of Rise and Thrive with Science book and additional materials and resources will be provided to all participants.

21. SSD - Principal Retreat - Day 1 (8/11/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 8/11/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

22. SSD - Principal Retreat - Day 2 (8/12/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 8/12/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

23. NEIU 19: The Paraeducator Connection: Building Bridges for Classroom Success - Thursday, August 14, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 8/14/2025

Join us for an exciting day of professional learning explicitly designed for paraeducators. This full-day event will explore the core competencies, equipping participants with key knowledge and skills to excel. Participants will receive a total of six (6) hours towards the required competency hours during this full day of learning. Competencies:
• Professional Learning and Ethics
• Instructional Supports and Strategies
• Social, Emotional and Behavioral Strategies

24. 2025-2027 NEIU Induction Cohort (YEAR ONE): August 19, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Only open to the 2025-2027 Year ONE induction cohort

Dates: 8/19/2025

In our in-person Year One induction will include Educator Effectiveness, Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms, Professional Ethics, Financial Literacy, Level I-Level II requirements.

25. SSD - New Teacher / Principal Orientation (8/22/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Administrative Staff

Dates: 8/22/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

26. SSD - Professional Development Day 1 - PDD-1 (8/25/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 8/25/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

27. SSD - Professional Development Day 2 - PDD2 (8/26/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 8/26/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

28. ESL 1: Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language

Program: CPE

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 9/2/2025 to 10/12/2025

29. ESL 3: Observing, Planning, Implementing & Managing Instruction

Program: CPE

Dates: 9/2/2025 to 10/12/2025

This course will examine the theories, principals, and practices that assist English learners in achieving academic proficiency in the content area. Planning standards-based instruction and adapting instruction in the content area is emphasized. Teachers will be able to demonstrate knowledge of their ELs and the role of individual characteristics in the process and outcome of language learning. Drawing upon this knowledge performance-based measures to assess ELs discrete and integrated ability to use grammar, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, and writing to communicate.

30. ESL 6: English Learners, Family, Community, & Professionalism

Program: CPE

Dates: 9/2/2025 to 10/12/2025

This course is geared toward equipping ESL teachers with the necessary tools to give ESL students the support they need while they undergo the challenges of transition. Issues that may arise concerning the support of students in the classroom, school, and the community will be addressed. Become a policy advocate for the profession and their students, ESL teachers must be able to take full advantage of professional resources and relationships at local, regional, and national levels.

31. 2024-2026 NEIU Induction Cohort (YEAR TWO): September 9, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Only open to the 2024-2026 Year Two induction cohort

Dates: 9/9/2025

In our in-person Year Two induction session, participants will explore goal setting and differentiation, and engage with a panel of distinguished educators discussing current hot topics in education.

32. Introduction to the Collins Writing Program

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Classroom Teachers in grades 2-12, Interventionists, Administrators

Dates: 9/25/2025

Need a refresher to Collins Writing or are you brand new? All are welcome! This session offers an introduction to the Collins Writing Program, a practical and proven approach to improving student writing across content areas. Participants will explore the program's Five Types of Writing, which blend writing-to-learn strategies with formal writing tasks to build clarity, critical thinking, and communication skills. Emphasis will be placed on how Collins Writing supports standards-aligned instruction and reinforces key literacy skills in all grade levels.

33. SSD - Building Plan Meeting 1 - BP-1 (9/26/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 9/26/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

34. 2025-2027 NEIU Induction Cohort (YEAR ONE): October 1, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Only open to the 2025-2027 Year ONE induction cohort

Dates: 10/1/2025

In our in-person Year One induction will include Educator Effectiveness, Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms, Professional Ethics, Financial Literacy, Level I-Level II requirements.

35. Math Series PD / SAS Updates - October 7, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 10/7/2025

Rethinking the Math Classroom, utilizing the Standards of Mathematical Practices: What are current instructional strategies? What does research say about math instruction? How can math instruction change? - incorporating the Standards of Math Practices to get students to think mathematically. What can you do in your classroom? - small changes.

36. 2024-2026 NEIU Induction Cohort (YEAR TWO): October 8, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Only open to the 2024-2026 Year Two induction cohort

Dates: 10/8/2025

The in-person Year Two NEIU induction session, participants will explore goal setting and differentiation, and engage with a panel of distinguished educators discussing current hot topics in education.

37. SSD - Professional Development Day 3 - PDD-3 (10/10/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 10/10/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

38. OGAP (Ongoing Assessment Project): Additive Cohort: 2025-2026

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: K-3 classroom teachers, special educators, math interventionists and math instructional leaders

Dates: 10/20/2025 to 2/23/2026

OGAP Additive Professional Development for K-3 classroom teachers, special educators, math interventionists, and math instructional leaders. OOGAP Additive Reasoning professional development is organized around content, mathematics education research, and evidence in student work and instructional decision-making using formative assessment and learning progressions. Teachers will learn about increasing number sense, subitizing, counting, number comparison, number lines, addition, subtraction, and fact fluency. This 4-day professional development includes 2 days of follow-up coaching support at the NEIU with OGAP representatives.

39. OGAP (Ongoing Assessment Project): Multiplicative Reasoning Cohort: 2025-2026

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Grades 3-5 classroom teachers, special educators, math interventionists and math instructional leaders

Dates: 10/22/2025 to 2/24/2026

OGAP Multiplicative Reasoning Professional Development for 3-5 classroom teachers, special educators, math interventionists, and math instructional leaders. For students to become strong multiplicative reasoners they must interact with a range of problem contexts, contextual situations, and problem structures. The CCSSM specifically identifies problem contexts at targeted grades on a progression from equal groups and measures, and area situations at grades 2 and 3 to measurement conversions, area, volume, multiplicative patterns, and multiplicative comparison problem situations at grades 4 and 5, and unit rates at grade 6. This progression, among other things, is designed to prepare students to engage in proportional situations using multiplicative reasoning. This 4-day professional development includes 2 days of follow-up coaching support at the NEIU with OGAP representatives.

40. 2025-2026 Volume 2 Cohort: LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) 3rd Edition

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Teachers, Reading Specialists, Paraprofessionals, Administrators

Dates: 10/27/2025 to 4/8/2026

**Participants must complete LETRS Volume 1 before registering for Volume 2** LETRS Volume 2 units address each essential component of reading instruction and the foundational concepts that link each component. Units 5 - 8 focus specifically on oral language and vocabulary, understanding reading comprehension, text-driven comprehension instruction and the reading-writing connection. Unit 5: October 27, 2025 - The Mighty Word: Oral Language and Vocabulary Unit 6: December 11, 2025 - Digging for Meaning: Understanding Reading Comprehension Unit 7: February 12, 2026 - Text-Driven Comprehension Instruction Unit 8: April 8, 2026 - The Reading-Writing Connection

41. SSD - State Mandate Fulfillment - SM-1 (10/31/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 10/31/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

42. Helping Students Write Text Dependent Analysis using Collins Writing

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Classroom Teachers in grades 3-12, Interventionists, Administrators

Dates: 11/6/2025

This session focuses on how to use the Collins Writing Program to support students in crafting effective Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) responses. Participants will learn how the Five Types of Writing can be strategically applied to build students' analytical thinking, evidence-based writing, and command of text structure. Practical strategies and classroom-ready tools will be shared to help students move from surface-level responses to deeper, text-centered analysis.

43. PVAAS On-Site Training at IU19 - November 7, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 11/7/2025

NEIU19 will host a statewide PVAAS overview session on November 7, 2025, designed to enrich educators' and school leaders' current practices and deepen their understanding of the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS). This session will focus on how PVAAS growth data can enhance existing instructional strategies, support targeted interventions, and inform school improvement efforts. Participants will explore ways to integrate PVAAS into their ongoing data practices to drive meaningful student outcomes and strengthen data-informed decision-making across their schools and districts.

44. OGAP (Ongoing Assessment Project): Fractions Cohort: 2025-2026

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Upper Elementary-Middle School classroom teachers, special educators, math interventionists and math instructional leaders

Dates: 11/17/2025 to 2/25/2026

OGAP Fractions Professional Development for Grades 4-8 classroom teachers, special educators, math interventionists, and math instructional leaders. The OGAP Fraction professional development is divided into 2 parts: foundational knowledge; and, knowledge about operations with fractions. Each session intentionally intertwines aspects of content, knowledge of mathematics education research, analysis of evidence in student's work with instructional decision making and analysis of instructional materials in light of math education research. This 4-day professional development includes 2 days of follow-up coaching support at the NEIU with OGAP representatives.

45. OGAP (Ongoing Assessment Project): Proportional Cohort: 2025-2026

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Upper Elementary-Middle School classroom teachers, Algebra teachers, special educators, math interventionists and math instructional leaders

Dates: 11/19/2025 to 2/26/2026

OGAP Proportional Professional Development for Upper Elementary-Algebra teachers, special educators, math interventionists, and math instructional leaders. For students to become strong in their application of ratios, rates, and proportional relationships they must interact with a range of problem contexts and problem structures. Beginning in grade 4 the CCSSM engages students in multiplicative change problems which set the foundation for proportional thinking. In grade 6 students focus on understanding ratios and unit rates and applying these concepts in problems involving unit pricing, constant rate of speed, measure conversions, and percent. In grade 7 this work is extended to proportional relationships and solving multi-step proportion problems, percent problems, scale problems, and developing probability. In grade 8 students study the connections between proportional relationships, graphs, and linear equations including understanding of similarity. This 4-day professional development includes 2 days of follow-up coaching support at the NEIU with OGAP representatives.

46. SSD - Keystone Exam - Building Plan / Certificate Training (12/2/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff - Grades 9-12

Dates: 12/2/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only. Grades 9-12 Only.

47. PASA DLM Link (ongoing)

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 12/31/2025

This is the master sign-up sheet for the PASA DLM Training offered by our TaC Department. Please refer to Gena Bensinger or Wendy Brown for times and how many hours you will be receiving.

48. SSD - Building Plan Meeting 2 - BP-2 (1/16/2026)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 1/16/2026

For Scranton School District personnel only.

49. SSD - Professional Development Day 4 - PDD-4 (2/9/2026)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 2/9/2026

For Scranton School District personnel only.

50. Math Series PD / SAS Udates - February 10, 2026

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 2/10/2026

Using Assessments to Support Math Instruction Reviewing the four types of Assessments and others. When is the appropriate assessment and how it is used. Using assessments to change instruction. Integrating SAS Assessments and AI A review of the SAS Assessments Center and SAS resources. What AI resources are out there? Harnessing the power of AI to create aligned assessments. Recreating a combined assessment to assess student knowledge.