PVAAS:  

• Monday was the deadline for PIMS Staff-Student Subtest submission - this was necessary to pre-populate the Teacher/Roster fields for the PVAAS Roster Verification System.

• Save the Date:  November 1 - PVAAS Face-to-Face session returns to the IU 1 led by the State PVAAS Team!

• Click on the link for the PVAAS InfoCard, including links to PVAAS Roster Verification training and resources (begins May 1) and the PVAAS Google Site that contains links to all other PVAAS resources.

Assessments:  

• Winter Keystone Student Data Files are posted and available as of March 5.

• We are ramping up for the PSSA's!  Click on this link for the Assessment Update InfoCard.  As a reminder, there is a link in the InfoCard to have your proctors complete the training at the PSTAT website.

Career Readiness:

• You should have recently received an Introductory Email from your newly appointed Career Region 10 Regional Liaison, Mr. Mike Lewis from IU 27.  He will be your contact for PDE Updates, Resources and Training for Career Readiness.  The Career Readiness State Training Team (CRST2) will include 2 Co-Directors (myself and Amy Davis from AIU 3) and 10 Regional Liaisons.  

• The CRST2 team is developing State-wide Training for Ch 339 Plans, CEW Standards, PDE Policies and Guidelines, Lists of Resources (including online platforms), Teacher in the Workplace and Workforce Development Boards.  These trainings will begin to roll out in the middle and end of summer.

• A Help Desk has been created and is housed through the IU 1 at 724-938-6654, and an email contact of pacareerready@iu1.org. 

A-TSI:

• We have held 2 successful regional A-TSI Workshops and designated schools have been working through Phase 1 and 2 of the process, assessing and prioritizing needs.  We are now moving to Phase 3, Creating a Plan.

• The Agenda for the April 2nd A-TSI Regional Workshops includes:  A digging deeper review of the Guidelins and Plan Template, review of PA's new Educational Resources website (including Attendance), Equity and Inclusion, with Team Time scheduled at the end.

Space Balloon Launch at IU1!- April 1, 2019

Register: www.tinyurl.com/IU1SB

Save the Date!

PA Computer Science for All Summit 2019

 June 26, June 27, June 28, 2019 at the PaTTAN Harrisburg Campus in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

 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?  

Submit a proposal here! 

Day of Innovation 

with IU1 at Inventionland

• • Wednesday, March 27, 2019

  • FREE event at Inventionland for all educators. Registrants will have an opportunity to tour the Inventionland facility, engage in innovative team challenges to take back to their classrooms, and participate in discussions regarding innovating practices in the classroom. We encourage you to visit again even if you have attended this event!  We keep it fresh by switching up activities and discussion topics for networking time.

    • Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/PsrROdl5DtFBKFGn2

***The afternoon of this meeting will be dedicated to the review of various Learning Management Systems (LMS).   This meeting will begin at 1:00.  Vendors who will be discussing their products include:

• • • • Canvas

      • Schoology

      • Desire2Learn