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1. Interested in Registering for the AIU's CPE Courses? We've moved our Course Catalog & Registration(s) to Genius! New link below!

Program: ESL Courses

Audience: Educators looking to enroll in CPE courses.

Dates: 5/1/2025 to 8/31/2025

Meeting Times: Please see our catalog for course offerings and start/end dates.

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Please click on the link below to view our course catalog and proceed with course registration(s) via Genius:

https://aiu3.geniussis.com/catalog

Registration for CPE courses will not longer occur via Frontline Professional Growth. However, ESL courses and Act 48 will continue using Frontline Professional Growth for course and workshop registration.

2. ESL 2 Course: Developing Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity

Program: ESL Courses

Audience: Certified K-12 teachers seeking ESL specialist certification, ESL teachers

Dates: 7/14/2025 to 11/17/2025

Meeting Times: Live classes via Zoom: July 14 - 17, 2025 from 8:00 am to 11:30 am; and Monday, 11/17/2025 from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Online coursework is due: November 10, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Attendance is mandatory for all live Zoom classes.

Registration closes for this course on 7/09/2025

Required Text: participants must obtain the following text in order to successfully complete this course. This text can be ordered online in new or used condition; it may also be available for download to Kindle or other mobile text readers.

Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners. Authors: Snyder, Sydney and Staehr-Fenner, Diane. Corwin Press - ISBN 978-1-544-39025-3

This course will provide an examination of theory, diversity, and pedagogy constructs for explicit applications to practice in classrooms with English Language Learners. A 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 Language Learners and their cultures a framework for creating a culturally responsive classroom environment is developed.

3. Structured Literacy Training: Administrators 2025026

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Administrators who hold certificates that require structured literacy training

Dates: 7/15/2025

Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Reading Achievement Center presents relevant professional development that meets Chapter 49 structured literacy requirements and is tailored to meet the literacy needs of different certificate holders' classrooms. This two-day session is tailored to administrators who cold certificates that require structured literacy training and will focus on how administrators can support the components of structured literacy in their teachers' classrooms.

4. ESL 3 Course: Language Acquisition and Development

Program: ESL Courses

Audience: Certified K-12 teachers seeking ESL specialist certification, ESL teachers

Dates: 8/11/2025 to 12/8/2025

Meeting Times: Live classes via Zoom: August 11 - 14, 2025 from 8:00 am - 11:30 am; and Monday, 12/8/2025 from 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Online coursework is due: 12/1/2025 at 11:59 p.m. Attendance is mandatory for all live Zoom classes.

Registration closes for this course on 8/06/2025

Required Text: participants must obtain the following text in order to successfully complete this course. This text can be ordered online in new or used condition; it may also be available for download to Kindle or other mobile text readers.

How Languages are Learned (5th ed). Authors: Lightbrown, Patsy and Spada, Nina. Oxford Press - ISBN 9780-194406291.

This course is designed to give the participants an understanding of the theories of how language is acquired. We will be discussing various language acquisition theories, the stages of language acquisition, and strategies of how to help your students acquire language in the four language domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. We will also discuss accommodations and modifications along with these teaching strategies that can be used during small group ESL instruction and by general education teachers.

5. Act 48 Network Series: Reading Specialists' Network 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: READING SPECIALISTS IN GRADES K-12

Dates: 9/12/2025 to 4/10/2026

Join the RAC Reading Specialists' Network for an opportunity to connect with other reading specialists in Allegheny County. Each session will feature research-based best practices and strategies that specialists need in order to be effective in their role as they work with students, teachers, and parents in all three tiers of literacy. Sessions will be held in a hybrid format, giving participants the option to join in person at the AIU or via Zoom. There is no charge for this network series.

6. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Text-Dependent Analysis PART 2 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA teachers in grades 4-8

Dates: 9/15/2025 to 3/1/2026

This three-module series is open to participants who attended "TDA: Effective Instructional Practices” during a previous school year. In this series, participants will deepen their understanding of the reading, thinking, and writing processes necessary for TDA success, examine student work, and use the TDA Learning Progressions to make instructional decisions. Cost: $450 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

7. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Text-Dependent Analysis: Effective Instructional Practices 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA teachers in grades 4-8

Dates: 9/15/2025 to 1/2/2026

This fully online four-module series focuses on effective teaching practices for helping students overcome some of the biggest struggles with the text dependent analysis (TDA) portion of the PSSA. Sessions will focus on teaching students how to understand the prompt, read and write for analysis, determine the best evidence, and craft the essay. Participants will engage in modeled research-based and classroom-tested activities to strengthen their own instruction. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to attend this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

8. Act 48 Workshop - PD Series: Text-Dependent Analysis: Effective Instructional Practices 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA Teachers in Grades 4-8

Dates: 9/16/2025 to 1/29/2026

This four-day series focuses on effective teaching practices for helping students overcome some of the biggest struggles with the text dependent analysis (TDA) portion of the PSSA. Sessions will focus on teaching students how to understand the prompt, read and write for analysis, determine the best evidence, and craft the essay. Participants will engage in modeled research-based and classroom-tested activities to strengthen their own instruction. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to attend this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

9. ACT 48 Workshop - PD Series: K-3 Reading Apprenticeship 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA Teachers in Grades K-3

Dates: 9/17/2025 to 5/14/2026

The K-3 Reading Apprenticeship Model is a unique professional development model that supports primary reading teachers with the knowledge, skills, best practices and on-site support in teaching all students to be skilled readers and writers. This professional development opportunity consists of initial intensive, comprehensive training in reading history, pedagogy, theory, research and proven instructional practice and monthly follow-up trainings to build breadth and depth of professional knowledge in the English Language Arts. Teachers meet for 12 sessions at the AIU and additional technical support takes place at each site. Cost: $3,800 per participant (with onsite coaching and technical support) or $2,800 (no coaching and technical support). Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

10. Leadership Course - Science of Reading for Administrators 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Administrators - elementary

Dates: 9/19/2025 to 3/13/2026

This course is designed to provide administrators with in-depth knowledge and skills to support teachers with effective, evidence based instruction aligned to principles of Science of Reading using a structured literacy approach. Participants will learn the big ideas of reading instruction and how to use tools in classroom observations to discover strengths and gaps in instruction at the classroom and school/district levels. Administrators will also analyze structures in place that support keeping an eye on student growth and achievement, reflect upon effectiveness observed, and problem solve next steps to enhance teaching and learning. Participants earn 40 Act 45 credits: 18 in-class and 22 job-embedded hours.

11. Structured Literacy Training: ESL Teachers 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Teachers of English learners

Dates: 9/23/2025

Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Reading Achievement Center presents relevant professional development that meets Chapter 49 structured literacy requirements and is tailored to meet the literacy needs of different certificate holders' classrooms. This session is tailored to teachers of English learners.

12. Act 48 Workshop - PD Series: Text-Dependent Analysis: Effective Instructional Practices PART 2 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA Teachers in Grades 4-8

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

This three-session series is open to participants who attended "TDA: Effective Instructional Practices” during a previous school year. In this series, participants will deepen their understanding of the reading, thinking, and writing processes necessary for TDA success, examine student work, and use the TDA Learning Progressions to make instructional decisions. Cost: $450 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to attend this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

13. ACT 48 Workshop: Schema-Based Instruction in Mathematics

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Special Education Teacher, General Education Teacher, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 9/30/2025

Solving mathematical word problems is an ongoing problem for students with both reading and math learning disabilities, as well as students who do not have an identified learning disability. Schema-based instruction is a problem-solving strategy that emphasizes identifying the underlying structure or schema to create a visual representation of the important information in order to be able to solve the problem. Through these sessions, participants will learn each of the underlying structures in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to solve single-step and multi-step word problems.

14. Structured Literacy Training: Non-ELA Certificate Holders 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Upper elementary and middle school non-ELA teachers; those holding certificates that require structured literacy training but are not currently using that certificate.

Dates: 9/30/2025

Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Reading Achievement Center presents relevant professional development that meets Chapter 49 structured literacy requirements and is tailored to meet the literacy needs of different certificate holders' classrooms. This session is tailored to certificate holders who are required to take structured literacy training but not teaching ELA (for example, middle school non-ELA certificate holders) or those holding a certificate but not using it (for example, a high school teacher who is special education certified but not teaching special education classes).

15. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Adolescent Literacy Institute 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Middle and high school reading and English teachers

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

The Adolescent Literacy Institute is a series of online modules for middle and high school teachers focused on research-based literacy practices that support students as they become college and career ready. Specifically aligned with brain research on how adolescents learn, this workshop series engages participants in the research behind and modeling of effective reading and writing instruction for the secondary grades. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

16. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Keys to Comprehension 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Reading and ELA teachers in grades 3-8

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

This professional development series consists of four online modules that focus exclusively on the literacy domain of reading comprehension. Targeted for teachers in grades 3 to 8, the content is directly aligned with the PA Core standards and state test expectations. Participants learn instructional techniques to unlock reading comprehension, applicable to both literature and informational text. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

17. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Thinking Through the Pencil 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Reading and ELA teachers in grades 3-8

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

This professional development series consists of four online modules designed to build students' critical thinking skills through writing. Designed for practical application in grades 4-8 ELA classrooms, participants engage in instructional practices based on current research on what makes a difference in student writing. Topics include teaching academic form, increasing the frequency of writing opportunities, providing effective and timely feedback, incorporating writing into reading, incorporating grammar instruction into reading and writing, conducting document reviews of student work, and teaching mode-specific writing to meet the writing requirements of the PA Core Standards. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

18. ACT 48 Workshop - PD Series: Keys to Comprehension 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Reading Teachers in Grades 3-8

Dates: 10/2/2025 to 2/12/2026

This professional development series consists of four sessions that focus exclusively on the literacy domain of reading comprehension. Targeted for teachers in grades 3 to 8, the content is directly aligned with the PA Core standards and state test expectations. Participants learn instructional techniques to unlock reading comprehension, applicable to both literature and informational text. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

19. ACT 48 Workshop: PD Series: Thinking Through the Pencil 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA and Writing Teachers in Grades 3-8

Dates: 10/8/2025 to 2/24/2026

Thinking Through the Pencil is a four-session workshop series designed to build students' critical thinking skills through writing. Designed for practical application in grades 4-8 ELA classrooms, participants engage in instructional practices based on current research on what makes a difference in student writing. Topics include teaching academic form, increasing the frequency of writing opportunities, providing effective and timely feedback, incorporating writing into reading, incorporating grammar instruction into reading and writing, conducting document reviews of student work, and teaching mode-specific writing to meet the writing requirements of the PA Core Standards. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

20. ACT 48 Workshop: Addressing Antisemitism in the Educational Spaces

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Classroom Social Studies, ELA, teachers, School Counselors; School-Based Administrators

Dates: 10/13/2025

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This workshop provides tools to understand and teach about contemporary antisemitism. Participants will examine its forms, functions, and consequences, as well as the historic roots of anti-Jewish hatred and how it manifests today, particularly in the U.S. To provide context, the session includes a brief overview of Jewish beliefs, customs, and diverse expressions of Jewishness, along with the Jewish connection to Israel. Interactive activities-such as analyzing media and planning responses to antisemitic incidents-support social problem-solving skills and align with the PA Career Readiness Skills. This workshop also fulfills the requirements of Act 70 of 2014.

21. ACT 48 Workshop: In the Footsteps of History - Social Studies for the Digital Generation

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Social Studies Teachers

Dates: 10/13/2025

In the Footsteps of History is an immersive social studies program that brings history to life through the excitement of adventure and exploration. Delivering a seamless blend of technology*, investigation, and academic rigor, this groundbreaking program takes students on captivating multimedia journeys led by renowned modern-day explorers. Crafted to emphasize reflection, analysis, and critical thinking, scaffolded units include reading enrichments, documentary-quality videos, interactive map games, and cutting-edge 3D simulations. Empower your students to become active participants in their learning! Includes instant reporting for Social Studies, WIDA, and Literacy Standards

22. ACT 48 Workshop: Misinformation Awareness: Imparting Next-Level Critical Thinking Skills

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Social Studies Teachers, ELA Teachers

Dates: 10/13/2025

Are your students aware of disinformation campaigns being waged against them? Can they spot when they are being emotionally manipulated by conspiracy theories and health pseudoscience? Join the Pittsburgh-based Mental Immunity Project to gain tools you can use in your classroom to build your students' skills in misinformation awareness, critical thinking, and media literacy. Attendees will be empowered to embed next-level critical thinking skills within their instruction and will receive access to free resources to assist in this important work.

23. ACT 48 Workshop: Women & the American Story

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Social Studies Teachers, ELA Teachers

Dates: 10/13/2025

"Women & the American Story (WAMS) is the flagship education initiative of The New York Historical Center for Women's History, designed to connect educators with resources that illuminate women's contributions to the American past. At a time when only 13% of the historical figures in American history textbooks are women, the WAMS website is the first comprehensive, digital women's history resource for schools across the country. While primarily a US history curriculum, it includes highlights on women in the arts and in STEM, as well as arts-integration lessons, in each of the units. This workshop will introduce teachers to the rich resources of WAMS through hands-on, inquiry-based learning, and provide them with resources and pedagogy for their own classroom practice. Teachers will leave with a set of resources to diversify their curriculum and increase the representation of women in their lessons. The workshop will be delivered by a WAMS Ambassador, Amanda McAllen, a former museum educator and current U.S. History and AP African American Studies teacher at Environmental Charter High School."

24. ACT 48 Workshop: Schema-Based Instruction in Mathematics

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Special Education Teacher, General Education Teacher, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 10/21/2025

Solving mathematical word problems is an ongoing problem for students with both reading and math learning disabilities, as well as students who do not have an identified learning disability. Schema-based instruction is a problem-solving strategy that emphasizes identifying the underlying structure or schema to create a visual representation of the important information in order to be able to solve the problem. Through these sessions, participants will learn each of the underlying structures in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to solve single-step and multi-step word problems.

25. ACT 48 Workshop - PD Series: Word Wizards 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA, Reading, and English Teachers in Grades 3-12

Dates: 10/21/2025 to 2/10/2026

Build your students into word wizards! This three-session professional development series presents teachers in grades 3-12 with research and practical strategies to strengthen students word knowledge, through both indirect vocabulary exposure and direct vocabulary instruction. Cost: $450 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

26. Structured Literacy Training: PreK and Primary K-2 Teachers 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: PreK and Primary (grades K-2) teachers

Dates: 10/22/2025

Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Reading Achievement Center presents relevant professional development that meets Chapter 49 structured literacy requirements and is tailored to meet the literacy needs of different certificate holders' classrooms. This session is tailored to PreK and primary (grades K-2) teachers.

27. ACT 48 Workshop - PD Series: Adolescent Literacy Institute 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA Teachers in Middle and High School

Dates: 10/29/2025 to 2/26/2026

The Adolescent Literacy Institute is a series of workshops for middle and high school teachers focused on research-based literacy practices that support students as they become college and career ready. Specifically aligned with brain research on how adolescents learn, this workshop series engages participants in the research behind and modeling of effective reading and writing instruction for the secondary grades. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

28. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Word Wizards 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA teachers in grades 3-12

Dates: 11/1/2025 to 1/2/2026

Build your students into word wizards! This three-module online professional development series presents teachers in grades 3-12 with research and practical strategies to strengthen students word knowledge, through both indirect vocabulary exposure and direct vocabulary instruction. Cost: $450 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

29. ESL 4 Course: Observing, Planning, Implementing, and Managing Instruction

Program: ESL Courses

Audience: Certified K-12 teachers seeking ESL specialist certification; ESL teachers

Dates: 11/3/2025 to 1/26/2026

Meeting Times: Live Zoom classes: Monday, November 3, 2025; 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm and Saturdays: 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 2025; 8:00 am to 11:30 am, and Monday, 1/26/2026; 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Online coursework due: January 19, 2026 at 11:59 pm. Attendance is mandatory.

Registration for this course closes on 10/29/2025

Required Text: participants must obtain the following text in order to successfully complete this course. This text can be ordered online in new or used condition; it may also be available for download to Kindle or other mobile text readers.

Classroom Instruction That Works with English Learners (2nd ed). Authors: Hill & Miller. ISBN: 978-14166-1630-6

Teachers will examine the theories, principles, and practices that assist English language learners in achieving academic proficiency in the content areas. Planning standards-based instruction and adapting instruction in the content areas is emphasized. To promote the academic success of English language learners, teachers will involve the family and community, and analyze the learner to establish learning goals and assessment measures that are appropriate for the individual student. ESL teachers will be able to demonstrate knowledge of their ELLs and the role of individual characteristics in the process and outcome of language learning. Drawing upon this knowledge, they will demonstrate an ability to observe and plan standards-based ESL and content instruction for students from K-12. They will use the PA Academic Content Standards, as well as, the PA English Language Proficiency Standards when planning lessons. They will use performance-based measures to assess ELLs discrete and integrated ability to use grammar, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, and writing to communicate.

30. ACT 48 Workshop: Small Group, Big Impact

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General education teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, coaches, transition coordinators, principals, special education liaisons, other administrators, school counselors, school psychologists, social workers

Dates: 11/7/2025

Ready to strengthen your Tier 2 small group instruction? This session will guide participants in building effective, systematized small groups within a PBIS framework by focusing on the key features that lead to strong outcomes, including the use of data, systems, and instructional practices. Attendees will explore how to identify students for targeted support, select relevant group topics, structure engaging instruction, and use data to monitor and evaluate effectiveness. The session will also include guidance on selecting and implementing evidence-based SEL programs appropriate for Tier 2 support. Flyer Link: Workshop Flier

31. ACT 48 Workshops: ELA Symposium: Tips for Shifting to online PSSA (Grades 3-5)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA Teachers in Grades 3-5, Administrators

Dates: 11/10/2025

The ELA Symposium is the Reading Achievement Center's annual workshop addressing a critical need for strengthening teacher practice that improves student achievement. This session, for ELA teachers in grades 3-5, will focus on tips for shifting to the online PSSA.

32. ACT 48 Workshop: Supporting Student Attendance: A Multi-Tiered Approach

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education Teachers, School Counselors, Special Education Teachers, Social Workers, Building Principals

Dates: 11/18/2025

Reducing chronic absenteeism is a growing challenge for schools. This session will provide an overview of the root causes of absenteeism and how to address those chause through a multi-tiered approach. Participants will learn methods for analyzing attendance data, identifying barriers to regular attendance, and intervening using evidence-based strategies and interventions. Participants will also walk away with strategies for how to implement attendance policies and practices schoolwide, with small groups, and with individual students.

33. ACT 48 Workshop: Congressional Medal of Honor Character Program

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Social Studies Teachers, ELA Teachers, ROTC Instructors, PBIS Leaders

Dates: 11/21/2025

This full-day training will provide you with all the tools you need to bring the Medal of Honor Character Development Program into your classroom. The flexible, cross-curricular resource, which uses the oral histories of Medal of Honor Recipients and citizen heroes, focuses on how students can use these examples of courage, commitment, sacrifice, integrity, citizenship and patriotism to influence change in their own communities. Middle and high school teachers from all subject areas along with counselors, coaches, and administrators are invited to attend this free training. Substitute reimbursement is available.

34. ACT 48 Workshop: Writing Across the Tiers: How to Provide Whole Class, Small Group, and Individual Supports

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General education teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, coaches, reading specialists, principals

Dates: 12/16/2025

Writing is one of the most complex topics we teach in school. It requires students to combine their reading comprehension skills with their executive functioning and self-regluation skills. This session will provide participants with an overview of the science of writing along with evidence-based strategies that can be used at the tier 1 level. Participants will also learn about effective ways to assess students' writing and support students who struggle with writing beyond tier 1 instruction.

35. ACT 48 Reporting: Utilizing Trauma Responsive Practices in the Classroom Setting

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Paraeducators, Interventionists & Coaches, Reading Specialists, School Counselors, School Psychologists, Social Workers, Building Principals, Other Building Level Admin, Special Education Liaisons, Other District Level Admin

Dates: 12/18/2025

This training series is designed for classroom practitioners to gain a deeper understanding on the prevalence and impact of trauma in the classroom as well as the greater school community. The session will focus on specific trauma responsive classroom practices that can be embedded within daily classroom routines.

36. ESL 6 Course: English Language Learners, Families, Community and Professionalism

Program: ESL Courses

Audience: Certified K-12 educators seeking ESL specialist certification; ESL teachers

Dates: 1/5/2026 to 3/16/2026

Meeting Times: Live Zoom classes: Monday, Jan 5, 2025 from 5:00pm - 8:30pm; Saturdays: 1/10, 1/17, and 1/24, 2026 from 8:00am - 11:30am; and Monday March 16, 2026 from 5:00pm - 8:30pm. Online coursework is due: March 9, 2025 at 11:59pm. Attendance is mandatory.

Registration for this course closes on 12/29/2025

Required Text: participants must obtain the following text in order to successfully complete this course. This text can be ordered online in new or used condition; it may also be available for download to Kindle or other mobile text readers.

Title: Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners: Elevating Diverse Assets and Identities First Edition, Westernoff, F., Jones-Vo, S., & Markus, P. (2021) Corwin Press ISBN: 9781544380094

Most English language learners are from another country. They come in with anxieties and go through phases of cultural adjustments. Without the necessary support, it might be hard for them to transition smoothly and thus be able to learn English well and fast.

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.

37. ACT 48 Workshop: Laying the Foundation K-2: Comprehension, Close Reading, & Complex Text 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Primary Teachers of Reading (Grades K-2)

Dates: 1/8/2026 to 4/15/2026

Transitioning students to the demands of the PA Core Standards is not a job just for teachers in the tested grades! This four-session series will support teachers in the primary grades in aligning their instructional practices to the PA Core. Participants will engage with teaching informational text, text dependent questions, close reading, scaffolding instruction using complex text, annotating text, designing rigorous tasks, and incorporating academic vocabulary into students' vocabularies, specifically focusing on how to implement these concepts into everyday practice. Cost: $600 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first session. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

38. ACT 48 Workshop: Inclusive PBIS: Including Students with Significant Disabilities in Tier 1

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Interventionists & Coaches, Special Education Teachers, General Education Teachers, Other District Level Admin

Dates: 1/12/2026

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is grounded in a strong body of research demonstrating its effectiveness in promoting positive engagement for all students. Additionally, growing evidence supports the benefits of school-wide PBIS for students with significant cognitive disabilities. So how can schools ensure that students with significant cognitive disabilities are meaningfully included in their PBIS framework? This session explores the core elements of school-wide PBIS and offers practical strategies for making each component accessible and inclusive for all learners.

39. ACT 48 Workshop: Supporting Secondary Readers: Strategies for Teaching Reading at the Secondary Level

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Building Principals, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 1/13/2026

Ready to strengthen your Tier 2 small group instruction? This session will guide participants in building effective, systematized small groups within a PBIS framework by focusing on the key features that lead to strong outcomes, including the use of data, systems, and instructional practices. Attendees will explore how to identify students for targeted support, select relevant group topics, structure engaging instruction, and use data to monitor and evaluate effectiveness. The session will also include guidance on selecting and implementing evidence-based SEL programs appropriate for Tier 2 support.

40. ACT 48 Workshop: ELA Symposium: Tips for Shifting to Online PSSA (Grades 6-8)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: ELA Teachers in Grades 6-8, Administrators

Dates: 1/13/2026

The ELA Symposium is the Reading Achievement Center's annual workshop addressing a critical need for strengthening teacher practice that improves student achievement. This session, for ELA teachers in grades 6-8, will focus on tips for shifting to the online PSSA.

41. ACT 48 Workshop: Check-In /Check-Out: Daily Support for Positive Change

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Interventionists & Coaches, School Counselors, Building Principals

Dates: 1/22/2026

Check-In/Check-Out (CICO) is a Tier II, evidence-based, behavioral intervention designed to support students by providing more frequent instruction regarding expected behavior, increasing structured contact between students and adults in school, providing a formal mechanism for students to receive feedback on their behavior and increasing opportunities for reinforcement contingent on expected behavior. This session will provide SWPBIS teams the necessary knowledge and skills to implement multiple variations of CICO within their buildings.

42. ONLINE Act 48 PD Series: Laying the Foundation K-2: Comprehension, Close Reading, and Complex Text 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Reading and ELA teachers in grades K-2

Dates: 2/1/2026 to 5/1/2026

Transitioning students to the demands of the PA Core Standards is not a job just for teachers in the tested grades! This four-module series will support teachers in the primary grades in aligning their instructional practices to the PA Core. Participants will engage with teaching informational text, text dependent questions, close reading, scaffolding instruction using complex text, annotating text, designing rigorous tasks, and incorporating academic vocabulary into students' vocabularies, specifically focusing on how to implement these concepts into everyday practice. Cost: $450 per participant. Districts will be invoiced after the first module opens. When registering, please select "Purchase Order” as your payment method if the district is to be invoiced for the cost of the workshop. By registering, you certify that you have obtained supervisor permission to participate in this workshop, and your supervisor is aware of the professional development fee.

43. ACT 48 Workshop: Strong Structure, Strong Engagment: Enhance your Learning Environment through Classroom Management

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education, Special Education Teacher, Reading Specialists, Building Principals, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 2/5/2026

This professional development series provides in-depth training on effective classroom management, grounded in evidence-based practices that help reduce challenges and promote positive student behavior. Participants will explore the six key evidence-based practices of classroom management and gain practical strategies, tools, and procedures to design and implement a classroom management plan that supports a structured, engaging, and well-managed learning environment.

44. Structured Literacy Training: Upper Elementary & Middle School ELA Teachers 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Upper elementary and middle school ELA teachers

Dates: 2/19/2026

Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Reading Achievement Center presents relevant professional development that meets Chapter 49 structured literacy requirements and is tailored to meet the literacy needs of different certificate holders' classrooms. This session is tailored to upper elementary and middle school ELA teachers.

45. ESL 5 Course: Assessment and Support for English Language Learners

Program: ESL Courses

Audience: Current ESL educators or educators who are seeking ESL specialist certification.

Dates: 2/23/2026 to 4/20/2026

Meeting Times: Live Zoom classes: Monday, Feb 23, 2026 from 5:00pm - 8:30pm; Saturdays: 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 2026 from 8:00am - 11:30am; and Monday, 4/20/2026 from 5:00pm - 8:30pm. Online coursework is due: April 13, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Attendance is mandatory.

Registration for this course closes on 2/18/2026

Required Text: participants must obtain the following text in order to successfully complete this course. This text can be ordered online in new or used condition; it may also be available for download to Kindle or other mobile text readers.

Title: Assessing Multilingual Learners: Bridges to Empowerment, (3rd Edition). Author: Gottlieb, Margo. Corwin Press, ISBN: 978-10-71897270

Assessing and supporting English Language Learners can be challenging for teachers and students. As English language learners in grades K-12 acquire English, there needs to be appropriate and valid measures in place when assessing their progress. Assessment tools need to be based upon individual proficiency levels of students. In this course, student teachers will gain exposure to the tools necessary to assess English Language Learners. The course will offer knowledge on benchmarks for each English proficiency level.

ESL teachers demonstrate and share knowledge and techniques of appropriate assessments with a range of stakeholders. This includes the ability to administer required testing as well as to make accommodations to such testing when appropriate; the expertise to help colleagues and families understand how assessment can be designed and interpreted to best demonstrate what ELLs know and are able to do; the use of data generated by multiple measures to ensure that ELLs have access to a quality language instructional program; Revised 12/18/2017 and to make progress toward benchmarks and display academic growth while receiving services within an ESL program.

46. ACT 48 Workshop: Strong Structure, Strong Engagment: Enhance your Learning Environment through Classroom Management

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education, Special Education Teacher, Reading Specialists, Building Principals, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 2/24/2026

This professional development series provides in-depth training on effective classroom management, grounded in evidence-based practices that help reduce challenges and promote positive student behavior. Participants will explore the six key evidence-based practices of classroom management and gain practical strategies, tools, and procedures to design and implement a classroom management plan that supports a structured, engaging, and well-managed learning environment.

47. ACT 48 Workshop: Strong Structure, Strong Engagment: Enhance your Learning Environment through Classroom Management

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General Education, Special Education Teacher, Reading Specialists, Building Principals, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 3/2/2026

This professional development series provides in-depth training on effective classroom management, grounded in evidence-based practices that help reduce challenges and promote positive student behavior. Participants will explore the six key evidence-based practices of classroom management and gain practical strategies, tools, and procedures to design and implement a classroom management plan that supports a structured, engaging, and well-managed learning environment.

48. Structured Literacy Training: Special Educators and Reading Specialists 2025-26

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Special educators and reading specialists

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

Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Reading Achievement Center presents relevant professional development that meets Chapter 49 structured literacy requirements and is tailored to meet the literacy needs of different certificate holders' classrooms. This two-day session is tailored to special educators and reading specialists.

49. ACT 48 Workshop: Schema-Based Instruction in Mathematics

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Special Education Teacher, General Education Teacher, Interventionists & Coaches

Dates: 3/12/2026

Solving mathematical word problems is an ongoing problem for students with both reading and math learning disabilities, as well as students who do not have an identified learning disability. Schema-based instruction is a problem-solving strategy that emphasizes identifying the underlying structure or schema to create a visual representation of the important information in order to be able to solve the problem. Through these sessions, participants will learn each of the underlying structures in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to solve single-step and multi-step word problems.

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