• 9:00am - 10:00am - Datawise Study Opportunity Overview: 5th Grade Mathematics 

  • • • Interest Survey Link

      • Dr. Carolyn Chen

      • Dr. Nicole Arshan, SRI

      • Dr. Jared Boyce, SRI

• Introductions

  • • • Jenny Lent - Assistant to the Executive Director for Educational Programs

      • Reintroduce Curriculum Department Members - Craig Hummell, Rob Baier, David Dunham, Jo Beth McKee, Alyssa Moore, Sarah D'Urzo

      • Supervisor of Curriculum - Ron Gallagher

      • Fab Lab Coordinator - TBD

      • Campus School Principals - Mike Minor (Laboratory), Tom Podpora (Colonial), and Tammy Mandich (Waynesburg)

      • Ms. Charisse Bowman - Supervisor of Mental Health Services; SEL Professional Development Offerings

      • Tyler Samstag - Director of Remake Learning

      • Alyssa Moore - Rural Outreach Coordinator for Remake Learning

      • Amy Davis McShane, AIU3 - PA Career Readiness Region 2 lead for 2021-2022 (replacing Lori Ceramuga) 

• Tedx Talks - The Real Reason Why We Are Tired And What To Do About It!  Board-certified internal medicine physician Saundra Dalton-Smith reveals the real reason why we are chronically tired despite getting the requisite amount of sleep and the 6 other types of rest available to us in this fast-paced and informative talk. 

• IU1 PD Fall 2021 Catalog - (linked also at top of this page)

  • • • PD will be provide F2F and virtually this fall for as long as possible; limited number of seats in F2F offerings and boxed lunch will be provided

      • Must register for the correct link (F2F or Virtual)

• Requests for PD or Request for Consultation - can take place at district or virtually

  • • • $250 half day or less

      • $400 full day 

• PDE Accelerated Learning Toolkit and Resources

  • • • • • PDF Accelerated Learning Website 

          • Focus Areas from Accelerated Learning Model

            • • Systems Conditions

              • Academics

              • SEL

              • Scaffolded Supports

• PDE's Statement of Work for IUs to assist districts - based upon district needs in the following areas:

  • • • Systems Conditions

      • Academics

      • SEL

      • Scaffolded Supports

      • STEM

      • Data Entry/PIMS

      • Safety

• Future Ready PA Index (FRPI) - In March of 2021, the United States Department of Education (USDE) granted Pennsylvania’s request to extend our State Assessment window through September to assist with schools’ COVID mitigation efforts. The extended window delays the scoring and reporting of assessments. As a result, PDE will update the Future Ready PA Index, Pennsylvania’s public-facing school progress report, in two phases based on the availability of data.  Phase one will update indicators reliant on available enrollment, attendance, and demographic data:

• District and School “Fast Facts”

• Regular Attendance

• Graduation Rate

• Career Standards Benchmark

• LEAs will receive access to preview this data from September 27th to October 5th, 2021. Results for the indicators listed above will “go live” on the public-facing website (http://futurereadypa.org) on Friday, October 8, 2021. A second phased release, in the Winter of 2022, will update indicators more reliant on assessment and other accountability data.

• PDE Comprehensive Plans

  • • • Week of September 27 the portal will be updated to reflect Act 13 guidelines for all plans not yet submitted - If already submitted to PDE you do not need to go back and correct this; If you have a green check currently but have not submitted to PDE, it will remove the check mark and will need to go back in and edit the educator effectiveness sections to reflect Act 13

      • Phase 1 Comp Plans will open in the FRCCP portal

      • I will need registered as a local user in order to sign off on plans next year if you are in school improvement only - regular school plans do not require a signature from the IU

      • Phase 2 Plans due November 30, 2021 (Need a 28 day public review prior to approval and upload in system)

        • •  Charleroi; Chartiers Houston; Fayette Co. AVTS; Fort Cherry; Greene Co CTC; Mon Valley CTC; Peters Twp; Trinity; Washington; Western Area CTC 

      • Phase 3 Plans due March 30, 2022

        • • AG; Bentworth; Burgettstown; Canon Mac; Frazier; IU1; Laurel Highlands; McGuffey; Ringgold; Uniontown

      • Phase 1 Plans due November 30, 2022

        • • Avella; Beth Center; Brownsville; Carmichaels; Central Greene; Connellsville Area CTC; Connellsville SD; Jefferson-Morgan; Southeastern Greene; West Greene

      • All Special Education Plans are to be submitted in the FRCPP.

• Phase 1 - Due May 1, 2022

• Phase 2 - Due May 1, 2023

• Phase 3 - Due March 1, 2022 *Extension granted by PDE*

• • • • Comp Plan Resources

        • • CAIU Google Website

• Accessing the FRCPP and Gaining Access to LEA and School Plans

• Selecting the Correct User Role for the FRCPP

• Helpful Hints for Submission of Plans Within the FRCPP

• Tips for Uploading Affirmation Statements, Signing-off, and Submitting

• Plans Requiring Revisions

• Printing Reports

• Act 13 Educator Effectiveness - questions and discussion

  • • • Official PDE Training Site with videos and handouts

      • Although 82-1s are not collected, the data from all educator evaluations will be. PDE will be collecting last school year’s data (20-21) in the Future Ready Comprehensive Planning Portal (FRCPP). The report will open on January 15, 2022 and close March 31, 2022.

      • Differentiated Supervision Guidance from PDE:

        • • • Act 13 defines Differentiated Supervision as follows:

              • "Differentiated supervision."  A system of supervision of professional employees that:

                • (1)  Involves a multi-year cycle in which supervisors complete a comprehensive classroom observation for one annual rating in the professional employee's supervision cycle and in the other years of the cycle collaborate with the professional employee to differentiate supervision by developing individualized goals, learning activities and measures for the professional employee's growth in one or more areas listed in section 1138.3(a)(1) or (b)(1) or a nonteaching professional employee's growth in one or more areas listed in section 1138.5(a) or (b).

                • (2)  Is offered only to professional employees who received a proficient or distinguished annual rating in both of the two immediately preceding years and is not offered to temporary professional employees.

                • (3)  Is optional for the employer and the professional employee.

                • (4)  In any year in which the professional employee does not receive a comprehensive classroom observation, uses data sources and data collection strategies designed to measure a professional employee's progress toward the professional employee's individualized professional goals

                • (5)  Allows a supervisor to move a professional employee out of individualized professional goals, activities, and measures and into comprehensive classroom observation at any time.

                • (6)  Allows a professional employee to move out of individualized professional goals, activities and measures and enter comprehensive classroom observation at any time.

      • N Count Guidance from PDE:

        • • • Regardless of certification area, each professional employee serving as a classroom teacher is evaluated on student progress toward goals in students’ Individualized Education Plans required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (i.e., IEP Goals Progress) if:

·  the teacher provides instruction to a sufficient number of students with IEPs (meeting n count), and

·  those students have similar academic or non-academic IEP Goals to which the teacher contributes data used by the IEP team to monitor student progress.

However, Chapter 19 provides for local flexibility in establishing an “n count”, below which a classroom teacher will not be evaluated    on students’ progress in meeting IEP goals.

• The n count is defined as follows:

  1. 1. The n count may not exceed 11, which is the n count used by PDE for determining growth under PVAAS.

     2. An “active n count” based on the portion of instructional responsibility may be used rather than an “actual n count”. For example, a teacher may have an “actual n count” of 20 students; however, each of those students may be claimed with only 50% instructional responsibility. In this case, the “active n count” would be 10 students (20 x .50 =10), not 20. 

     3. The n count should apply to a grade-level cohort or correlate to all students within a subject area rather than a single class or course taught by the teacher.

• Act 158 Graduation Pathways Trainings  - Posted to PDE SAS toolkit the week of September 20th 

  • • • Act 158 SAS Toolkit

      • All students must test once for federal accountability regardless of which pathway is chosen for graduation.

      • Graduation Pathways apply to current juniors (Class of 2023)

      • When will LEAs get a list of students receiving a COVID proficient to help with graduation pathway planning? Can be pulled down out of COGNOS; reach out to your DQN POC for help with this 

      • Cut Scores - You must have three numeric scores to calculate a Composite (Composite Score must be at least 4452; proficient on one and no less than basic on the other two). You may not use a non-numeric score to calculate the composite score.  Non-numeric Proficient may be used to meet Keystone Proficiency, CTE Concentrator, Alternative Assessment, or Evidence-Based Pathways

        • • • ALGEBRA I: Below Basic (1200-1438), Basic (1439-1499), Proficient (1500-1545), Advanced (1546-1800)

            • BIOLOGY: Below Basic (1200-1459), Basic (1460-1499), Proficient (1500-1548), Advanced (1549-1800)

            • LITERATURE: Below Basic (1200-1443), Basic (1444-1499), Proficient (1500-1583), Advanced (1584-1800)

• ATSI and CSI designations are in 3rd year (2021-2022); TSI designations were a one-year designation that was extended through last year and TSI  designations ended June 30, 2021

• Fall 2022 - new designations will be made; Waiting for USDOE to provide new guidelines and rules for how to calculate this as it cannot be based on last three years worth of data; PDE believes that designations will not be waived

• Bureau of Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction, Division of Instructional Quality Contact List

• Science Standards Update - What should you do now in relation to the new Science Standards which are still in progress with State Board?   PDE suggests begin alignment with standards although they will be adding to the standards; at SAS Institute PDE will be doing a few sessions on the science standards; once standards are complete there will be a 3-year implementation period; new science assessment wouldn't be in place until year 4   (2025-2026 if there are no changes with the timeline before then)

• SAS Institute December 6-8, 2021 (face-to-face) at the Hershey Lodge; will go virtual if need be but want to go face-to-face; $150 registration fee

• SAS Update - Kevin Mauro, PDE Math Content Advisor

  • • • Demos calculator - 2022 transition year for use on assessments; 2023 full implementation year on assessments 

      • PDE SAS Update Document 

      • Contact us added to submit a question regarding SAS and added an email list of content advisors 

      • PD Center -  All Act 13 Educator Effectiveness courses are updated; many courses are offered for Act 48 hours;  Good for paraprofessionals for hours as well

      • Search standards (PASA Alternate Eligible Content will also appear) and link to available resources, continuum of activities

      • WIDA standards links are now available; linked to specific pages of the WIDA document

      • Act 13 Rubrics are updated and also available 

      • Under Instruction, PA Learns tab created with Apple

      • Under Instruction, online resources for instruction are updated for all standard areas

      • Under Instruction, Act 158 Graduation Pathways toolkit and and recorded PD will be posted here 

      • Don't forget to search for your content community under My Tools! 

      • Assessment Center updated; can build an assessment with prepopulated questions, create your own assessment with your own questions, check for understanding is a way for students to click on a weblink to take the assessment; designed to support instruction; gives class-wide data and not individual data; Questions aligned to eligible content and standards

• PDE ELA - Rebeka Baum, PDE Content Advisor 

  • • • Looking at preparing K-2 students for TDAs; more resources for these students coming in the future

• PDE Science  - Tammy Peffer, PDE Content Advisor Environment and Ecology

• PDE Social Studies - Don McCrone, PDE Content Advisor

  • • • Act 35 Civics Exam Updates

      • Act 35 Toolkit on PDE SAS

      • 2020-2021 School Year - Each LEA must administer once to students in grades 7-12 a locally developed civics exam given at end of course

      • Must give a certificate of recognition for all students who score a perfect score; a sample is in the Act 35 toolkit on SAS

      • Sample assessment is in the Act 35 toolkit on SAS

      • Must respond to electronic survey no later than December 1, 2021; System will open October 1 in the FRCPP system bundled in with Act 158 data collection system; Data collected will be posted to PDE website by January 1 

        • • Type of assessment administered

          • Total number of students who took assessment

          • Total number of students who attained passing grade

          • Grade level or levels assessment was administered

          • Course or courses in which assessment was administered 

• PDE Technology and Engineering - Brandt Hutzel, PDE Content Advisor

  • • • Technology and Engineering Updates

• PDE ESL/Bilingual - Julia Hutton and Bob Measel, PDE Content Advisors

  • • • Office Hours available to districts

• PDE Education Technologies - Amy Munro, PDE Content Advisor

  • • • Contact for Act 13 and Act 158 

• PDE Arts and Humanities - David Dietz, PDE Content Advisor 

• PVAAS Update - Jennifer Ross and Kristin Lewald, PVAAS Statewide Team Members

  • • • Dates for Local Assessment Upload Opportunities again for this school year

      • Local Assessment Reporting - no specific dates yet on release; additional data to compliment your assessment data

        • • • Summary Report - Early October; distributed through PDF and not on web

            • Unfinished Teaching and Learning - Late Fall through PDF; where were students pre-pandemic and where are they now and where is the unfinished teaching and learning to inform their program needs; not everyone will receive this as you need multiple data points

            • Value-Added reporting - Winter; through PVAAS system 

      • Provided only to district superintendents; IUs will not receive this data information, but if you choose to share, IU1 can work with you and your staff to navigate these reports

• PDE Career Readiness - Laura Fridirici, PDE Advisor

  • • • Amy Davis McShane is PA Career Ready Regional Lead

      • AIU3 Resource Page and PDE Resource Page

• List of PDE RA-email contacts/accounts

• CDT Update - Rob Baier will be filling in for Craig Hummell while he is on leave

  • • • CDT Training Resources

• 21-22 Required State Mandates Document and Checklist (see doc below)

• Esports Update

  • • • Popular Leagues: 

        • • • NASEF - North American Scholastic Esports Federation

            • PSEL - Pennsylvania Scholastic Esports League (IU statewide network) 

            • PIEA - Pennsylvania Interscholastic Esports Association (Trying to make this part of PIAA)

            • IU1 Fall and Spring Leagues 

      • During School Tournaments vs. After School Tournaments?? (equity, technology access)

      • Who is interested in participating in a regional, IU1 Rocket League tournament virtually in January during school hours? In May during school hours, potentially at Waynesburg University?   

      • Who is interested in registering in Emerald Foundation/NASEF (after school) virtual tournaments?  

        • • Registration resources for after school tournaments and leagues:

            • Recording of HSEL team member, Frog, sharing about registration during last week's PSEL meeting

            • Notes from last week's PSEL meeting

            • FAQ about registering for Fall Term

      • Does anyone utilize Discord with students? Just teachers?

• Sample Esports Curriculum through Varsity Esports Foundation and NASEF Esports Curriculum 

• IMT Pre-Apprenticeship - Grant opportunities through Catalyst Connection to begin anytime this current school year; IU1 participated last school year

  • • • Catalyst Connection Career Resources

• What Made Them So Prepared article regarding research on school who were prepared when COVID hit

• Senator Bartolotta's Essay High School Essay Contest - Due November 7

• ESL Portal and PD Offerings

• Common Sense Education and the RAND Corporation invite your institution to participate in a national study evaluating the Common Sense Education Digital Citizenship Curriculum, developed in partnership with Harvard's Graduate School of Education and used in over 100,000 schools.  We’re looking for schools that have not yet established a program for teaching digital literacy or internet safety.  Your school should be willing to teach a total of six lessons to sixth-graders over the course of eight weeks between January and March.  As a benefit of participating in this study, schools will receive

  • • • Free individual consultation on an implementation plan directly from Common Sense staff

      • Data about the impact of digital citizenship lessons on your students

      • Knowledge that benefits students and supports their digital lives

If you’re interested in participating in this study, you can provide us with your contact information using this form and we will be in touch! Or you can        read about this study here.  If you have any questions, please contact Sue Thotz at sthotz@commonsense.org. 

• US DOE Resource 

  • • • Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the Impact of Lost Instructional Time

      • Return to School Roadmap

• Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging 

• K-12 Cyber Security Standards - Cyber.org, the academic arm of the nonprofit Cyber Innovation Center, unveiled its K-12 cybersecurity learning standards in an effort to align criteria nationwide and support the development of a strong, diverse talent pipeline in the high-demand STEM field.

• Proven Tutoring

  • • • Research on Tutoring Programs

• Invent Ed Field Guide - a guide for the adoption of an invention curriculum 

• Learning from Crisis - Policies and practices that support flexibility in providing equitable learning opportunities for all students 

Science, STEM, & Computer Science Updates

• STEM Education Policy Memo that was recently finalized and sent to the Day One Project for the Biden Education Administration 

• Science Standards Update

  • On August 5, 2021, the IRRC (Independent Regulatory Review Commission) published its comments on the proposed regulation.  You can find all comments from the public and legislatures here.

    • Overall, concerns centered around the Environment, Ecology, and Agriculture and essential missing components

    • NEXT STEPS

      • Updated FAQ coming soon- steering and content committees hoping for final regulation adopted in December

      • What can you do while we wait?  

        • Begin making alignment to standards

        • 3-year implementation period once standards become adopted

        • In the meantime, science assessment will continue to be in alignment to previous standards 

          • any new science assessment wouldn't be in place until year 4  (potentially 2025-2026) 

• CS in PA Build|Fly|Code- Apply by October 1, 2021!- Additional Program Information

• PBS- Teachable Moments- October 19, 7 PM (Herb Gardening)

  • • Free resources are sent to the homes of the first 100 who sign up

• WQED Design Lives Here Challenge 2021-22- Apply

• CSinPA 7-12 Certification Exam and Pathway

  • • CSinPA  CS Certification FAQ

    • Virtual peer tutoring is now available to participants in any current or previous CSinPA pathway.

    • The temporary exam and certification reimbursement program is fully operational. LEAs must approve/agree to support the reimbursement as PaTTAN will issue the payment to the LEA. Then the LEA is expected to turn around and pay the teacher. Here is an example of the invoice and agreement 

    • CSinPA CS Praxis Prep Pathway

• Code.org CS Fundamentals Fall Virtual Workshop- October 7, 2021

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