April 11, 2019
Jenny Lent
Act 55 - https://www.education.pa.gov/Schools/safeschools/laws/Pages/Act55.aspx
IU1 Innovation Summer Institute June 11-13, 2019 at Brownsville High School
Act 35 - requires a school entity to administer a locally-developed civics education assessment, but passage of the test is not a graduation requirement The assessment must be given at least once to students during grades 7-12, beginning in the 2020-21 school year. Schools may choose to use the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services if they wish. Schools must issue a certificate of recognition to students who achieve a perfect score on the test.
SWPA Personalized Learning Leadership Conference - June 25-26, 2019 @ Pitt
2019-2020 CCC Meeting Dates and Locations TBD
NEW - Regional Meeting with all of Western PA in November with PDE and Collaboration
PSSA Read Aloud Guidelines - See attachment below
June 2019 Conference Announcement (Apr 3 Update).pdfRead Aloud Guidelines.pdfCraig Hummell
PDE Updates:
The PA Evidence Resource Center (https://www.evidenceforpa.org/) is now live and ready for use by schools designated for A-TSI or CSI.
Comprehensive Planning Updates:
Phase 1 districts Special Ed plans are due May 1, Phase 2 districts need to update their plans as well
2019-20 non-designated schools will still use the web application to submit their plan
Will need to make sure information is updated and submitted by Sept 1 submission link will be live July 1
2019-20 designated schools will complete the school improvement plan for A-TSI/CSI by July 30 this will count as their schoolwide plan.
Phases start on Wed May 1 please remind administrators that the preview phase is important to make sure that everything is correct and set before teachers and buildings get into the system.
Gap enrollment is May 9 and May 30 for students who entered schools after the March PIMS upload
Will be sending out the schedule for professional learning in fall of 2019.
AP Updates
CDT's
Career Readiness
Needs assessment survey coming out next week
Updated monitoring information
For this year’s monitoring cycle, only the 2017/18 (2 pieces of evidence benchmark requirement) will be pulled from this year’s grades 6, 9, and 12 students. In the K-8 school configuration, PSSA monitors will pull student portfolios for 2017/18’s Grade 5 students (now currently testing Grade 6 students) in that school building visit. As PSSA’s are not administered to Grade 9 students (who were Grade 8 student last year), monitors are only checking for Grade 5 Career Readiness Portfolios during PSSA Monitoring this year. PDE monitors will not review any portfolios for students who were in grades K-4 or grades 6 or 7 last year.
Dave Dunham
Nancy Stahlschmidt and Alyssa Moore
IU1 Innovation Summer Institute Session June 13- Birdbrain Technologies- Robot Petting Zoo
https://www.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdduo/
Save the Date!
PA Computer Science for All Summit 2019
June 27, June 28, 2019 at the PaTTAN Harrisburg Campus in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/Pennsylvania-Computer-Science-for-All-Summit.aspx
The core focus of the summit will be to raise awareness of the importance of computer science education, elevate best practices in providing equitable access to computer science from early childhood to post secondary, highlight the importance of community partnerships, and provide professional learning for educational leaders.
Would you like to share some of the great work you are doing around CS implementation?
Rob Baier
August 7-8, 2019
Early bird discount ends on May 1, 2019!
Please share this info with your staff. The lineup of dynamic math sessions is the perfect way to ignite the passion within your math teachers, just in time for the school year to begin!
Sarah D'Urzo
Innovation Grants
Deadline April 29, 2019 at 4:00PM
Upcoming face-to-face workshops:
Face-to-Face Session 1: April 15, 2019 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM at East Central Ohio Educational Service Center (67400 Betty Lee Way, St Clairsville, OH 43950)
Face-to-Face Session 2: April 16, 2019 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM at West Liberty University's Highland Center (355 Wharton Circle Suite 200, Triadelphia, WV 26059)
Learn more at https://sites.google.com/iu1.org/innovationanddesign/grant-opportunities
IU1 Fab Lab SPRING Workshops 2019.pdfUpcoming workshops:
April 24th 8:30AM to 3:00PM - Working with Aluminum and Leather (IU1 Waynesburg Campus Fab Lab)
May 15th 8:30AM to 3:00PM - Wearable Art (IU1 Waynesburg Campus Fab Lab) *This session was rescheduled, it will no longer be held on May 8th.
May 1st 5:30PM to 7:30PM - Community Workshop (IU1 Waynesburg Campus Fab Lab) *See flyer for more information and to register.
Learn more at https://sites.google.com/iu1.org/innovationanddesign/workshops
RML Ignite Grants Deadline EXTENDED!!!
Deadline has been extended to Friday, April 12, 2019 at 5:00PM! Grants of up to $1,000.
Learn more and apply at https://remakelearning.org/grants/
Special Guest:
11:00 EverFi Presentation - Alyssa Mahramus, Senior Technology Implementation Coach; amahramus@everfi.com | 412-397-8383
Presentation Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1E_5_00TkA6Qbq9uA0EKywLfOq2MnG_j_603EXWmXfL4/edit?usp=sharing