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1. ACT 48 Workshop: School Chemical Management & Safety Training (12/3/19)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Restricted to: Anyone Responsible for School Safety or the Safe Management of Chemicals in Schools.

Dates: 12/3/2019

THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP), AS PART OF SCHOOL CHEMICAL CLEANOUT CAMPAIGN (SC3), WILL BE PRESENTING INTEGRATED CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY TRAINING (TRAINING) FOR TEACHERS AND FACILITIES PERSONNEL FROM PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: HAZARD RECOGNITION, CHEMICAL SAFETY, CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT PLANS, SAFETY DATA SHEETS (SDS), PROPER ORGANIZATION OF CHEMICALS, DISPOSAL OF CHEMICALS, AND THE SCHOOL CHEMICAL CLEANOUT PROGRAM. Lunch is on your own!
  • Enrolled: 13/100
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2. ACT 48 Workshop: LETRS Classic Module 2: The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness (12/5/19)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: K-2 General Education Teachers, K-12 Special Education Teachers, Reading Specialists, Interventionists, ESL Teachers, Educators and Administrators Interested in Literacy.

Dates: 12/5/2019

Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS), is professional development for educators responsible for improving K-12 instruction in reading, writing, and spelling. Module 2: The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness - Defines the "˜ph' words; introduces the speech sound (phoneme) system of English; and discusses the importance of phonological awareness for reading and spelling an alphabetic writing system. Module 2 clarifies why children confuse certain phonemes and how to give corrective feedback. Cost: No fee, workbooks will be provided free of charge Participation in Module 1 is a prerequisite for Module 2
  • Enrolled: 25/30
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3. ACT 48 Workshop: Effective Word Problem Instruction for All Learners (12/13/19)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Restricted to: 2nd - 5th Grade Regular Education and Special Education Teachers

Dates: 12/13/2019

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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 this session, participants will learn each of the underlying structures in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems in order to solve single-step and multi-step word problems.
  • Enrolled: 32/30
  • Wait: 2/10

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

Program: CPE Courses

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

Dates: 1/6/2020 to 3/23/2020

Meeting Times: First in person class: 1/6/20 from 5:30 pm - 8 pm; Saturday classes: 1/11, 1/18, 1/25/2020 from 8 am - 11:30 am; Final class: 3/23/2020 from 5:30 pm - 8 pm (in person classes meet at AIU3 central office)

Registration for this course closes on 1/2/20

Required Textbook:Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity (2nd ed). Author: Gottlieb, M. ISBN: 978-1483381060


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.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 4/20
  • Wait: 0/0

5. Act 48 Workshop: Using a Multisensory Approach in Math to Support Struggling Learners: Building Conceptual Understanding of Addition and Subtraction (1/16/20)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Building Administrators

Dates: 1/16/2020

When students are able to first develop a concrete understanding of the math concept/skill, then they are much more likely to perform that math skill and truly understand math concepts at the abstract level. Through a multisensory approach, participants will move through the Concrete-Representational-Abstract development of addition and subtraction.
  • Enrolled: 20/30
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6. ACT 40 Workshop: Using a Multisensory Approach in Math to Support Struggling Learners: Building Conceptual Understanding of Multiplication and Division (1/30/20)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Building Administrators

Dates: 1/30/2020

When students are able to first develop a concrete understanding of the math concept/skill, then they are much more likely to perform that math skill and truly understand math concepts at the abstract level. Through a multisensory approach, participants will move through the Concrete-Representational-Abstract development of multiplication and division.
  • Enrolled: 18/30
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7. ACT 48 Workshop: SLP Induction: The Itinerant Iditarod (1/30/20)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Restricted to: AIU School-Aged Program Speech/Language Pathologists Induction Program. AIU SLPs in the induction program and mentors ONLY. Any other interested SLPs should contact Eileen Cirelli for admission to this session.

Dates: 1/30/2020

SLPS PARTICIPATING IN THE INDUCTION PROGRAM AT THE AIU (ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT) PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM-SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS. THIS SESSION REVIEWS UPCOMING ESY (EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR) PROCEDURES AND TIP FOR THE ITINERANT "˜LIFE ON THE ROAD.' LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. ORIENTATION TO THE ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT (AIU) PRACTICE, PROCEDURE AND POLICY. 2. PREPARE FOR PROVIDING SERVICES IN AN ITINERANT ENVIRONMENT. 3. ACTIVITIES FOR DIFFERENTIATING THERAPY FOR AGE-APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
  • Enrolled: 8/20
  • Wait: 0/10

8. ACT 48 Workshop: Using a Multisensory Approach in Math to Support Struggling Learners: Building Fraction Number Sense (2/12/20)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Building Administrators

Dates: 2/12/2020

When students are able to first develop a concrete understanding of the math concept/skill, then they are much more likely to perform that math skill and truly understand math concepts at the abstract level. Through a multisensory approach, participants will move through the Concrete-Representational-Abstract development of fractions to develop number sense of fractions.
  • Enrolled: 8/30
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9. ESL 6 Course: English Language Learners, Families, Community and Professionalism

Program: CPE Courses

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

Dates: 2/24/2020 to 4/20/2020

Meeting Times: First in person class: 2/24/20 from 5:30 pm - 8 pm; Saturday classes: 2/29, 3/7, 3/14/20 from 8 am - 11:30 am; Final class: 4/20/20 from 5:30 pm - 8 pm (in person classes meet at AIU3 central office)

Registration for this course closes on 2/19/20

Textbook Title: Schoolwide Approaches to Educating ELLs [2011], Author: Soltero, S.W. ISBN: 978-0325029221


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.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 3/20
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10. ACT 48 Workshop: Using a Multisensory Approach in Math to Support Struggling Learners: Building Conceptual Understanding of Algebra and Integers (3/4/20)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Building Administrators

Dates: 3/4/2020

When students are able to first develop a concrete understanding of the math concept/skill, then they are much more likely to perform that math skill and truly understand math concepts at the abstract level. Through a multisensory approach, participants will move through the Concrete-Representational-Abstract development of algebraic understanding.
  • Enrolled: 4/16
  • Wait: 0/10

11. ACT 48 Workshop: SLP Induction: Spring into ESY, ESL, and EOY (4/20/20)

Program: ACT 48 Workshops

Audience: Restricted to: AIU School-Aged Program Speech/Language Pathologists Induction Program. AIU SLPs in the induction program and mentors ONLY! Other interested SLPs should contact Eileen Cirelli for admission to this session.

Dates: 4/20/2020

SLPS PARTICIPATING IN THE INDUCTION PROGRAM AT THE AIU (ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT) PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM-SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS. THIS SESSION REVIEWS PROGRAMMING FOR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND END OF YEAR PROGRAM PLANNING. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. INITIATE ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE USED IN EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMMING. 2. EXPLORE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING. 3. PLAN ACTIVITIES THAT KEEP STUDENTS MOTIVATED AS THE END OF THE YEAR APPROACHES.
  • Enrolled: 4/20
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