Frontline Education

1. STEELS Academy - Optimized for Elementary Educators

Program: STEM

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

Dates: 10/18/2024 to 3/4/2025

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.

2. STEELS Ambitious Science Teaching Academy Learning Series

Program: STEM

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

Dates: 10/24/2024 to 3/24/2025

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.

3. OF - Math Department Meetings - April 2025

Program: Inservice for OLD FORGE School District

Audience: Math Teachers

Dates: 4/4/2025

For Old Forge School District personnel only. Meeting Dates 4/4/2025, 4/11/2025 and 4/25/2025

4. OF - ELA Department Meeting - April 2025

Program: Inservice for OLD FORGE School District

Audience: ELA Teachers

Dates: 4/9/2025

For Old Forge School District personnel only. Meeting Dates 4/9/2025, 4/16/2025 and 4/23/2025

5. OF - Social Studies Department Monthly Meeting (April 2025)

Program: Inservice for OLD FORGE School District

Audience: OFSD Social Studies Staff

Dates: 4/17/2025

For Old Forge School District personnel only.

6. TACT2 Trainer Recertification - April 23, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 4/23/2025

TACT2 Trainer Recertification will regresh 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. TACT2 Trainer Recertification - April 24, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 4/24/2025

TACT2 Trainer Recertification will regresh 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.

8. Educational Leaders Forum- April 28, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Educational Leaders

Dates: 4/28/2025

PURPOSE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS FORUMS The Educational Leaders Forums have several purposes: a. To seek input and to solicit district/school needs for professional development programming, b. To share and receive PDE updates, c. To provide a forum to discuss issues, questions, etc. from the schools we serve, d. To hear from leading experts in the field, and e. To learn about NEIU programming updates from each NEIU department (Educational Programs and Services, Curriculum, TaC, Special Education, Technology, STEM, etc.). We hope to have representation from each of our member districts each month. up to 25 Act 45 hours will be awards for participation in these forums.

9. TACT2 Trainer Recertification - April 29, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 4/29/2025

Closed

TACT2 Trainer Recertification will regresh 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.

10. NEIU - Tact2 Training for LC Staff (4/30, 5/1 and 5/2/2025)

Program: Special Education

Audience: NEIU Learning Campus staff

Dates: 4/30/2025 to 5/2/2025

Starting Today

For NEIU Learning Campus personnel only. NOTE: 4/30 and 5/1 training will be held at NEIU Admin Building 5/2 training will be held at Learning Campus ALL THREE (3) DAYS MUST BE COMPLETED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE HOURS.

11. SSD - OpenSciEd Pilot Investigations (4/30/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Teachers

Dates: 4/30/2025

Starting Today

For Scranton School District personnel only.

12. SSD - STEELS II: Q & A Session (5/1/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD K-12 Elementary and Science Teachers

Dates: 5/1/2025

Starting Soon

For Scranton School District personnel only. Completion of previous STEELS trainings (via IU or SSD) recommended.

13. SSD - Pre-K / Literacy Sub-Committee Meeting (5/2/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Teachers / Administration

Dates: 5/2/2025

Starting Soon

For Scranton School District personnel only.

14. SSD - In-Service - Keystone Exam - Building Plan - 9-12 Only (5/2/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 5/2/2025

Starting Soon

For Scranton School District personnel only.

15. May 5, 2025 Engineering and the New PA STEELS Standards

Program: STEM

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

Dates: 5/5/2025

Starting Soon

Did you know that technology and engineering are a significant part of the new PA STEELS Standards? Come learn with us! Prepare for the changes in the PSSA that will reflect the new PA STEELS standards. Participants will consider how the new Technology and Engineering standards content and skills can be met using different high quality instructional resources. Districts are encouraged to send elementary and middle school educators. Please bring your lunch and a computing device with you to this session.

16. Emotional Support Network: Enhancing Differentiation Through AI Tools (05/05/2025)

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/5/2025

Starting Soon

NEIU 19 has created this network as an opportunity for emotional support teachers to support each other through problem-solving on difficult situations/cases, gaining peer advice, and brainstorming how to manage unique topics impacting the group. Each session will feature guest speakers, high interest topics, scenarios that will offer conversations to be completed in small groups, as well as an opportunity to learn and grow from each other as we debrief whole group. Looking forward to building this network with you.

17. Assistive Technology Series: AT and Transition (05/06/2025)

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/6/2025

NewStarting Soon

Assistive Technology increases independence for individuals with disabilities. What tools can be taught now to enhance independent living, employment, and post-secondary training or education? Which agencies support the acquisition and funding of technology as students move from school settings to purely ADA settings? What does access look like after graduation or other exit from an IEP? Join us to explore these considerations.

18. School Nurse Professional Development Night - May 6, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/6/2025

Starting Soon

Please join us for an evening of professional learning! Our spotlight presentation will be presented by the Children's Advocacy Center. Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children®. This is an evidence-based training that empowers adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Participants will be taught what actions they can take to create prevention-oriented communities, methods to initiate and engage in conversations about child sexual abuse prevention, and the skills to recognize and respond to boundary violations and suspected child abuse. Dinner will be served and we will recognize our Retirees!

19. SSD - Professional Development Planning Committee (5/6/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Professional Development Planning Committee

Dates: 5/6/2025

Starting Soon

For Scranton School District personnel only.

20. OF - ELA Department Meeting - May 2025

Program: Inservice for OLD FORGE School District

Audience: ELA Teachers

Dates: 5/7/2025

For Old Forge School District personnel only. Meeting Dates 5/7/2025, 5/14/2025 and 5/21/2025

21. CA - Trauma and Self-Care (5/9/2025)

Program: Inservice for CARBONDALE AREA School District

Audience: All Teachers

Dates: 5/9/2025

New

For Carbondale Area School District personnel only.

22. SSD - Art Curriculum Grades 6-8 (5/9/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Teachers

Dates: 5/9/2025

New

For Scranton School District personnel only.

23. NEPA Safe Schools Network / School Emergency Preparedness Training Series: Day 1: The Basic Plan - May 9, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/9/2025

New

This Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Training Series offers school safety teams an opportunity to receive expert guidance in building or revising a comprehensive, actionable Emergency Operations Plan for your school. Over the course of three sessions, participants will learn about the key components of an effective EOP, including crisis communication, emergency preparedness, and collaboration with First Responders at both the local and statewide levels. Each session will provide in-depth instruction, hands-on planning activities, and direct access to expert consultants from RSM to support your team's efforts. By the end of the series, teams will have a clear, updated EOP ready for submission by the September 30th deadline. We encourage you to bring up to six members from your school team to ensure broad input and collaboration across your district's emergency planning. Lunch Provided

24. School Psychologist Network (5/9/2025)

Program: Special Education

Audience: School Psychologists

Dates: 5/9/2025

New

School Psychologist Network Meeting

25. Scranton School District SEL Training - May 9, 2025 / Virtual

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/9/2025

Members of the Scranton School District SEL Team will meet to continue working to develop SEL programming within the district.

26. LEA Meeting (5/9/2025)

Program: Special Education

Audience: District LEAs

Dates: 5/9/2025

New

LEA Meeting

27. Back to Basics: Communicate Effectively with Colleagues and Parents AM Session (05/12/2025)

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/12/2025

New

How could it be that there are too many adults and not enough adults in one room? How can you get anything done when everyone has a question for you? Problem-solvers, assemble! Implement elegant strategies, including a quick encore of scheduling principles, to increase your availability to students. Ease the dread associated with sensitive conversations with families by communicating your willingness to listen and collaborate. Reserve your space for the AM or PM offering.

28. Back to Basics: Communicate Effectively with Colleagues and Parents PM Session (05/12/2025)

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/12/2025

New

How could it be that there are too many adults and not enough adults in one room? How can you get anything done when everyone has a question for you? Problem-solvers, assemble! Implement elegant strategies, including a quick encore of scheduling principles, to increase your availability to students. Ease the dread associated with sensitive conversations with families by communicating your willingness to listen and collaborate. Reserve your space for the AM or PM offering.

29. SSD - Curriculum Council (4/14//2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Curriculum Council

Dates: 5/12/2025

Closed

For Scranton School District personnel only. Original date was 5/12/2025.

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

Program: STEM

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

Dates: 5/13/2025

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.

31. SSD - OpenSciEd Pilot Support Meeting (5/13/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Teachers

Dates: 5/13/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

32. NEPA School Mental Health Professionals Peer Support Network- May 14, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: School Counselors, School Mental Health Professionals, School Social Workers, School Nurses, School Psychologists, Administrators

Dates: 5/14/2025

NEIU has created this network as an opportunity for mental health professionals to support each other through problem-solving on difficult situations/cases, gaining peer advice, and brainstorming how to manage unique topics impacting the group. Each session will feature 1-2 scenarios for conversation and small group discussion in breakout rooms, as well as an opportunity to learn and grow from each other as we debrief as a whole group. We will be creating a Google Form by which you can submit ideas or scenarios that might be interesting or pertinent to the group.

33. SSD - STEELS I: Q & A Session (5/14/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD K-12 Elementary and Science Teachers

Dates: 5/14/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

34. Enhancing Educator Creativity - 05/17/2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: All educators

Dates: 5/17/2025

Educators will attend a workshop with professional Artists which will inform them of how to integrate the arts in their curriculum. They will then attend a performance of Broadway theatre of Scranton. Lunch will be included.

35. Educational Leaders Forum- May 19, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Educational Leaders

Dates: 5/19/2025

PURPOSE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS FORUMS The Educational Leaders Forums have several purposes: a. To seek input and to solicit district/school needs for professional development programming, b. To share and receive PDE updates, c. To provide a forum to discuss issues, questions, etc. from the schools we serve, d. To hear from leading experts in the field, and e. To learn about NEIU programming updates from each NEIU department (Educational Programs and Services, Curriculum, TaC, Special Education, Technology, STEM, etc.). We hope to have representation from each of our member districts each month. up to 25 Act 45 hours will be awards for participation in these forums.

36. Reading Interventions 101 (Northside Location Option 3)

Program: ER&D Scranton Personnel Only

Audience: Scranton School Teachers

Dates: 5/20/2025

Northside Location: John Adams Elementary William Prescott, John Adams, Robert Morris, 1/2 Armstrong Attend during professional development day. 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.

37. Reading Interventions 101 (Southside Location Option 3)

Program: ER&D Scranton Personnel Only

Audience: Scranton School Teachers

Dates: 5/20/2025

John Kennedy, McNichols Plaza, John Whittier, 1/2 Armstrong, and Monticello will be allowed to attend Attend during professional development day. 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.

38. 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.

39. SSD - In-Service - Professional Day - PDD-5 (5/20/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 5/20/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

40. 2025 Equitable Participation Meeting for Nonpublic and Private Schools (May 22, 2025)

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Non-Public School Leaders and Parents

Dates: 5/22/2025

New

This annual meeting provides an opportunity to discuss the allocation of federal funds designated to support eligible students with exceptionalities enrolled in nonpublic and private schools. We will review the services currently being provided during the 2024-2025 school year and introduce the projected allocation for the 2025-2026 school year. Together, we will explore service delivery options and gather input to inform how NEIU can best meet the needs of your students moving forward.

41. SSD - State Mandate Fulfillment - SM-1 (5/22/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 5/22/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

42. OF - Social Studies Department Monthly Meeting (May 2025)

Program: Inservice for OLD FORGE School District

Audience: OFSD Social Studies Staff

Dates: 5/22/2025

For Old Forge School District personnel only.

43. NEIU - Pediatric Equipment Training (5/23/2025)

Program: Special Education

Audience: Teachers, Paras, Personal Care Assistants, Nurses, Crisis

Dates: 5/23/2025

For NEIU Learning Campus personnel only.

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

Program: CPE

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/26/2025 to 7/6/2025

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.

45. ESL 4: Language Acquisition and Development

Program: CPE

Dates: 5/26/2025 to 7/6/2025

This course will explore the process second language undergo to be able to learn a new language. In this course, participants will be exposed to these processes. They will learn and conduct research on the structure and nature of language with a view to assisting their students to adjust to the challenges of learning a new language. They will also learn the theories of second language acquisition, styles and strategies in language learning as well as the socio-cultural and cross-linguistic influences of language learning. Through a solid knowledge base of applied linguistics, ESL teachers will be able to identify linguistic challenges for students of diverse native language backgrounds and determine the most effective instructional strategies for individualized teaching.

46. Pennsylvania Music Association, District 9 - Strategies for Inclusion in the Music Classroom - May 27, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/27/2025

The Pennsylvania Music Association District 9, in partnership with NEIU 19, is pleased to announce an upcoming professional development opportunity for music educators in the region. The workshop, titled "Strategies for Inclusion in the Music Classroom: Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities," will explore how music educators can effectively support students with special needs and diverse learning differences.

47. NEIU Flight Team Meeting - May 27, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 5/27/2025

New

This meeting will serve as an important opportunity for reflection, collaboration, and planning as we continue to strengthen our response capabilities and team structure. The agenda for the session will include review of recent flight team deployments, opportunities to share experiences with the Flight Team Readiness Audit in their schools, introduction of the debrief procedure that has been developed and recently implemented for the first time and plans for expanding our membership in for next year.

48. SSD - Curriculum Council (5/27/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Curriculum Council

Dates: 5/27/2025

New

For Scranton School District personnel only.

49. SSD - Financial Literacy Curriculum (5/28/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Teachers

Dates: 5/28/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

50. SSD - In-Service - Building Plan Meeting - BP-4 (5/30/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: Scranton School District Staff

Dates: 5/30/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

51. TACT2 Trainer Recertification - June 2, 2025

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Dates: 6/2/2025

Closed

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.

52. SSD - OpenSciEd Pilot Analysis (6/3/2025)

Program: Inservice for SCRANTON School District

Audience: SSD Teachers

Dates: 6/3/2025

For Scranton School District personnel only.

53. OF - ELA Department Meeting - June 2025

Program: Inservice for OLD FORGE School District

Audience: ELA Teachers

Dates: 6/4/2025

For Old Forge School District personnel only. 1-hour meeting 6/4/2025

54. From Phonics to Fairy Tales: Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Literacy (Grades K-3)

Program: CPE

Dates: 6/9/2025 to 7/20/2025

Literacy is a right; not a privileged. All students who enter our schools need to have equity and access to strong foundational literacy skills to they can unlock the magic of reading and contribute to our future society. This course is designed to amplify practices in phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension while taking student needs in account when planning.

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

Program: CPE

Dates: 6/9/2025 to 7/20/2025

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.

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

Program: CPE

Dates: 6/9/2025 to 7/20/2025

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.

57. 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/

58. June 30 2025 MWEE Educator Experience Day

Program: STEM

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

Dates: 6/30/2025

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.

59. Computational Thinking and the PA STEELS Standards

Program: STEM

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

Dates: 7/1/2025

New

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.

60. 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

New

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.

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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.

64. From Phonics to Fairy Tales: Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Literacy (Grades K-3)

Program: CPE

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

Literacy is a right; not a privileged. All students who enter our schools need to have equity and access to strong foundational literacy skills to they can unlock the magic of reading and contribute to our future society. This course is designed to amplify practices in phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension while taking student needs in account when planning.

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. 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.

72. 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.

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

Program: CPE

Audience: Teachers

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

New

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.

74. 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.

75. 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.

76. 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

New

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.

77. 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.

78. 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.

79. 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.

80. 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

New

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.

81. 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

New

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.

82. 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

New

**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

83. 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.

84. 2025-2026 Volume 1, LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) 3rd Edition

Program: Training Consultation and Professional Development

Audience: Teachers, Reading Specialists, Paraprofessionals, Administrators

Dates: 11/3/2025 to 5/12/2026

New

LETRS is a full-year professional learning course for instructors of reading, spelling, and related language skills. It provides educators with in-depth knowledge and tools that they can use with any reading program. This dynamic blended learning experience includes the following components: -LETRS Online Learning Platform -LETRS Print Manual -Bridge to Practice Activities -LETRS Facilitator-Led Sessions -Unit 1: November 3, 2025 -Unit 2: January 7, 2026 -Unit 3: March 19, 2026 -Unit 4: May 12, 2026 During the LETRS course of study, participants will watch videos of expert teaching, complete activities to reinforce concepts and have opportunities to apply learning to the classroom in Bridge to Practice activities. LETRS professional learning is accredited by the International Dyslexia Association and aligns with their Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. The program follows a Structured Literacy approach, and provides educators with Science of Reading pedagogy, depth of knowledge, and tools to teach language and literacy skills to every student.

85. 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

New

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.

86. 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

New

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.

87. 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

New

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.

88. 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.

89. 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.

90. 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.

91. 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.

92. 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.