• Wisdomwhere Conversion to Frontline for Workshop/Course Registration - April 1, 2020

  • • Bills will be sent to close out accounts in Wisdomwhere

    • Please print transcripts prior to April 1, 2020

• IU1 20202 Winter/Spring Catalog 

• Bridges Across the Curriculum Conference - English Language Collaborative March 25, 2020

• NISL Course Offerings - see schedule and application below

• Fred Rogers Integrated Technology and Technology in the Classroom

•  Future Ready Partnerships Conference (FRPC) will be held on April 8, 2020 by the Consoritum for Public Education. The conference will run from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm at the Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce Campus (CCAC). Special thanks to CCAC, our marquee sponsor. Please note the change to the Boyce Campus in Monroeville from our original Save the Date.  Designed for educators and employers, attendees will walk away with examples, strategies, and connections for starting, expanding, and strengthening school-business partnerships. Highlighted partnerships will touch on the wide variety of engagement levels and models for schools and businesses to partner.  The FRPC is free to attend for you or your designee. Seating is limited to two people per organization. Register today at https://frpc2020.eventbrite.com.   

• This message is intended for those individuals who are responsible for completion of school level plans for CSI, ATSI, TSI, and Title I Schoolwide programs  AND/OR Federal Program Coordinators.   IU1 will be hosting a training on the new Future Ready Planning Portal and the new school planning tool.   This training will occur on the same morning as the New Federal Programs Coordinator Training on February 12th at IU1 Central Office.

  • • • In order to participate, you must register through the PA Association of Federal Program Coordinators website even if you are only attending the Future Ready Planning Portal training from 10:00-12:00.   To register go to the Pennsylvania Association of Federal Programs website or use this link: http://www.pafpc.org/page/fpctraining

      • This training will be conducted in two sections:  

        • • 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – For new federal program coordinators; The first half of the training will focus on Time and Effort Documentation, a run though of eGrants for Funding Adjustments/Amendments, and an Overview of Federal Programs’ monitoring. 

          • 10:00 to 12:00 p.m.  – For individuals who are responsible for completion of school level plans for CSI, ATSI, TSI, and Title I Schoolwide Programs; The second half of the training will be a facilitated walkthrough on school level plans including guidance on completing the Needs Assessment section within the new Future Ready Planning Portal. This session will help designated schools (CSI, ATSI, TSI) and Schoolwide Title I schools complete their required plans within the new web portal (please note that TSI are not required to submit a plan to the state). Schools that are non-designated and not schoolwide Title I are welcome to attend if they are interested in learning more about using the portal and completing a needs assessment.  IMPORTANT!!!   EVERYONE MUST REGISTER, EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY ATTENDING PART OF THE TRAINING.  IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE ROOM CAPACITY AND MATERIALS AVAILABILITY.  PLEASE NOTE IN THE COMMENT SECTION IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE FULL TRAINING OR ONLY THE FIRST OR SECOND HALF OF THE TRAINING. 

• EdCorps/Real World Scholar/Harbor Freight Partnerships at our campus schools

  • • http://www.gryphonse.com/ 

    • www.colonialphxdc.com

• Ignite Grants through Remake Learning for up to $5,000

• Remake Learning Days - $100-$200 stipend to support your activity

• Epic Games Teacher Contest for Secondary Teachers and sample lesson plan ideas! 

• Inventionland Grant Opportunity!  Due February 28, 2020!

• The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is pleased to unveil the Pennsylvania Family Engagement Birth through College, Career, Community Ready Framework.   This “framework” is a collaborative initiative between PDE’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) and Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and includes Family Engagement resources and information for local education agencies (LEAs) aligned with The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The framework is a tool to guide learning communities in the implementation of effective practices, use of shared language, and application of a family engagement continuum for families across their child’s educational lifespan.  Pennsylvania’s Birth through College Career Community Ready Framework

  • • Purpose: Effective family engagement, beginning with early learning programs through K12, are important to supporting a child’s learning and development. The framework fosters a clear path and identifies a set of common standards of how learning communities can plan and implement family engagement practice.  

    • Audience: Many members of Pennsylvania’s learning communities can employ this framework. A learning community is defined as programs and schools to which PDE, including the OCDEL and OESE provide funding, guidance and monitoring. It also includes LEAs, such as school districts and associated community partners.

    • Goal: Research has demonstrated that regardless of socioeconomic background, when schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children perform better academically, enjoy school more, remain in school longer, and have better long-term outcomes such as higher graduation rates and improved postsecondary educational attainment and career readiness.

    • Additionally, PDE is collaborating with the Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC) to launch a new state family engagement center -  the Collaborative Action for Family Engagement Center (CAFE) - which is an online resource to provide opportunities for collaboration, learning, and to promote high-impact, culturally responsive family engagement. CAFE will serve diverse families who reside in Pennsylvania. More information on CAFE is forthcoming.  More information on family engagement and the framework can be found  on PDE’s website.

• The SWPA Personalized Learning Network is asking for some feedback regarding how to best support personalized learning in schools in the region.  Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey link:

• • PLPGH Survey Link

Jo Beth McKee and David Dunham

Educational Leadership: Rooted in Reading issue. February 2020, Vol 77 No. 5

A District Leader's Education in Early Reading

Jared Myracle

Why I decided our district needed to move in a new direction.

This past year has seen a significant uptick in discussion about reading instruction in schools. Despite reforms to standards, teacher evaluation, and a push for more technology in classrooms, reading scores on the National Assessment for Educational Progress—among other worrisome literacy indicators—have declined slightly. As the national conversation grows, many school and district leaders are trying to move quickly up the learning curve on the question of how kids actually learn to read proficiently—and how best to support the process in their schools.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/current-issue.aspx

SCRIPT training - Pa SMART 2.0 recipients 

Strategic CSforALL Resource and Implementation Tool is a framework to guide teams of district administrators and educators through a series  exercises to create  a computer science education implementation plan for their students (CSforALL). This workshop is for district teams and not individual participants. Teams include a minimum of three participants with at least one administrator, 1-2 teachers/librarians who are expected to teach or are currently teaching computer science. 

CS First Coding Workshop - March 26, 2020 at IU1

This FREE workshop is designed to introduce teachers to the CS first coding curriculum developed by Google. Everything you need to teach coding! CS First is totally free and empowers every teacher to teach computer science with free tools, engaging lessons and creative multi-day curriculum units. Students learn to code through video tutorials and block-based coding in Scratch. This session is suitable for any teacher grades 3-8.

Register here: http://bit.ly/2P6jPXb

Engaging Students in Biology Class- Workshop Opportunity

Please join IU1 for an interactive day filled with engaging lessons and innovative strategies to help engage students in Biology class. Teachers will explore lessons in each anchor category, review test taking and note-taking strategies, and will be provided information for joining professional organizations.

When: March 19, 2020 from 8:30-2:30    Where: Intermediate Unit 1 Central Office    Cost: $25

Target Audience - HS Biology teachers            Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/rvbafsk

Code.org CS Fundamentals Workshops- NEW OPPORTUNITY :)

CS Fundamentals Introduction (K-5)

A foundational look at CS Fundamentals for educators who are interested in learning more and getting started with the course.

When: March 12, 2020 from 8:30-3:30

Where: Intermediate Unit 1 Central Office

Cost: FREE

Register: https://studio.code.org/pd/workshops/7318/enroll 

NEW! CS Fundamentals Deep Dive

For teachers who have already started who want to go farther into course materials, teaching practices, and strategies for continuing to teach CS Fundamentals.  This is an excellent opportunity for all teachers who were trained in the fall of this year or previous school years.

When: May 6, 2020 from 8:30-3:30

Where: Intermediate Unit 1 Central Office

Cost: FREE

Register: https://studio.code.org/pd/workshops/8635/enroll 

Sarah D'Urzo

Special Guests: 

• English Language Collaborative - 5th Annual Conference on March 25, 2020 at California University's Convocation Center

• Bryan Lepri, Imagine Learning