Events in January 2016
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| 12/27/2015 | 12/28/2015 | 12/29/2015 | 12/30/2015 | 12/31/2015 | 01/01/2016 | 01/02/2016 |
| 01/03/2016 | 01/04/2016 | 01/05/2016(1 event)8:30 am: APL Instructional Strategies 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 APL is an instructional skill training designed to assist educators in targeting specific skills and strategies for application in the educational classroom. With consistent application, these skills and strategies will contribute to classroom success. The instructional skills and strategies will help educators become competent in classroom management. Participants will also learn the five basic strategies: Check for Understanding; On-the-Clock; Wait Time; Temporary Exit Option (PASS); and Beginning of Class. | 01/06/2016(1 event)8:30 am: APL Instructional Strategies 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 APL is an instructional skill training designed to assist educators in targeting specific skills and strategies for application in the educational classroom. With consistent application, these skills and strategies will contribute to classroom success. The instructional skills and strategies will help educators become competent in classroom management. Participants will also learn the five basic strategies: Check for Understanding; On-the-Clock; Wait Time; Temporary Exit Option (PASS); and Beginning of Class. | 01/07/2016(1 event)8:30 am: School-Wide Positive Behavior Support System - Team Training for Tier One Intervention 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This training details the steps in establishing Tier One interventions in a School-Wide Positive Behavior Support System. The first day will include an overview of SWPBS, discussion of the Self Assessment Survey, establishing an Office Discipline Referral form, and establishing your building wide expectations. During day two, teams will complete a building matrix, begin to write lesson plans to teach their expectations, and establish an acknowledgement system. Day three, teams will finalize their acknowledgement plan and clarify office vs. classroom based consequences, and establish procedures for discouraging inappropriate behavior. PARTICIPANTS SHOULD REGISTER AS A TEAM TO ATTEND. | 01/08/2016 | 01/09/2016 |
| 01/10/2016 | 01/11/2016 | 01/12/2016(1 event)9:00 am: CRA (Concrete, Representational, Abstract) - Early Numeracy Session – Subitizing, Number Bonds, Ten Frames 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Teachers will use both manipulatives and language to take students from concrete understanding of math process to abstract mathematical reasoning. During our session, teachers will develop an understanding of the language we use to model the understanding of numbers and basic operations in math. | 01/13/2016(2 events)8:00 am: Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Certification 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Safety Care Training is a two-full-day training that teaches the goals of safety management, interdisciplinary treatment, creates an understanding of challenging behavior, establishing a safe environment, practicing safety habits, delivering and differential reinforcement. Safety care training teaches incident minimization, de-escalation procedures, incident management (physical safety techniques) and post incident procedures. This is a physical training. Participants should dress appropriately in loose, comfortable clothing. Please refrain from wearing flip flops, sandals, clogs, or open toed shoes. Athletic shoes such as sneakers are most appropriate. The training will require participants to shuffle backward, twist and turn and transition from a standing to floor position. Participants should only register if they are willing and able to demonstrate the physical competencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the facilitator. This training is not open to parents, outside agencies, or districts not within IU 17. School districts served by BLaST IU 17 will not be invoiced. Registration fees will be covered by IDEA funding. Lunch will be provided on site. ** Participants must attend the entire two-day training to receive certification and Act 48 credit. Partial credit will not be awarded. To register for this event please visit www.elrnr.org. 8:30 am: Functional Behavioral Assessment & Behavior Intervention Plans 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans training describes how to conduct a functional behavioral assessment, provides practice completing data collection forms, completing hypothesis statements, and designing behavior support plans. | 01/14/2016(1 event)8:00 am: Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Certification 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Safety Care Training is a two-full-day training that teaches the goals of safety management, interdisciplinary treatment, creates an understanding of challenging behavior, establishing a safe environment, practicing safety habits, delivering and differential reinforcement. Safety care training teaches incident minimization, de-escalation procedures, incident management (physical safety techniques) and post incident procedures. This is a physical training. Participants should dress appropriately in loose, comfortable clothing. Please refrain from wearing flip flops, sandals, clogs, or open toed shoes. Athletic shoes such as sneakers are most appropriate. The training will require participants to shuffle backward, twist and turn and transition from a standing to floor position. Participants should only register if they are willing and able to demonstrate the physical competencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the facilitator. This training is not open to parents, outside agencies, or districts not within IU 17. School districts served by BLaST IU 17 will not be invoiced. Registration fees will be covered by IDEA funding. Lunch will be provided on site. ** Participants must attend the entire two-day training to receive certification and Act 48 credit. Partial credit will not be awarded. To register for this event please visit www.elrnr.org. | 01/15/2016(1 event)8:30 am: Including High Functioning Students with ASD 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 If you’ve seen one child with autism, you’ve seen one child . . Students with high functioning ASD present specific challenges to regular and special educators. This session will specifically review the characteristics of high functioning student with ASD and discuss specific strategies to support their inclusion in the general education setting. | 01/16/2016 |
| 01/17/2016 | 01/18/2016 | 01/19/2016(1 event)8:00 am: Quality Behavior Solutions Safety Care Specialist Recertification 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Participants will recertify on verbal and physical de-escalation techniques. Various therapeutic holds will be demonstrated and practiced. They will learn to de-escalate a crisis situation and test out of core competencies. This is a physical training. Participants should dress appropriately in loose, comfortable clothing. Please refrain from wearing flip flops, sandals, clogs, or open toed shoes. Athletic shoes such as sneakers are most appropriate. The training will require participants to shuffle backward, twist and turn and transition from a standing to floor position. Participants should only register if they are willing and able to demonstrate the physical competencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the facilitator. This training is not open to parents, outside agencies, or districts not within IU 17. School districts served by BLaST IU 17 will not be invoiced. Registration fees will be covered by IDEA funding. Lunch will be provided on site. To register for this event please visit www.elrnr.org. | 01/20/2016 | 01/21/2016(2 events)8:30 am: Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching (PIIC) 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 The Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching (PIIC) is a state-wide system of support that enhances the work of school-based instructional coaches. School-based instructional coaches provide professional development for teachers and school leaders focused on refining classroom practices, increasing student engagement, and improving student achievement. Sessions will be designed around PIICs four elements of coaching and include strategies for one-on-one and small group coaching, analyzing data, using evidenced-based literacy/instructional strategies, and strategies to promote reflective practices. Because these sessions focus on the process of coaching, it is applicable to all curriculum models including Learning-Focused Schools, Reading Apprenticeship, and Standards Aligned System. The content of these sessions is applicable to PreK-12 teacher leaders, instructional coaches, department chairs, curriculum coordinators, and principals. Identified PIIC coaches are required to attend all sessions throughout the year while non-PIIC participants are encouraged but not required to attend all sessions throughout the year. 9:00 am: CRA (Concrete, Representational, Abstract) - Early Numeracy Session – Subitizing, Number Bonds, Ten Frames 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 Teachers will use both manipulatives and language to take students from concrete understanding of math process to abstract mathematical reasoning. During our session, teachers will develop an understanding of the language we use to model the understanding of numbers and basic operations in math. | 01/22/2016(3 events)8:30 am: Including Students with ASD at the Secondary Level 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 If you’ve seen one child with autism, you’ve seen one child . . Students with ASD who are low functioning present specific challenges to regular and special educators. This session will specifically review the characteristics of lower functioning student with ASD and discuss specific strategies to support their inclusion in the general education setting. | 01/23/2016 |
| 01/24/2016 | 01/25/2016(1 event)8:30 am: School-Wide Information Systems Training 8:30 am - 11:30 am 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This is a requested training for schools purchasing the SWIS system and implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support. The training details getting to know SWIS, using SWIS data for discipline decisions, SWIS data entry and reporting schedule, common navigation, logging into and out of SWIS, generating reports, tools, building fluency, and annual account activities. | 01/26/2016(1 event)9:00 am: MTSS Through the Lens of Literacy: Transitioning from RtII to MTSS 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 The MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support) series is designed to give school teams the opportunity to reflect upon their MTSS/RTII practices as they relate to continuous school improvement. The initial day will be organized to explore the shift from RTII to MTSS in Pennsylvania and to define best practices related to the nine components of the framework. Each of the subsequent focus days will dig deeper into one of the nine components of the Pennsylvania MTSS framework. A continuum of tools and resources will be reviewed. Opportunities for team discussions and district networking will be embedded throughout the training series. Participants may choose to attend one or all of the training opportunities.
| 01/27/2016(2 events)All day: Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) All day - Wyalusing Elementary School 11450 Wyalusing-New Albany Road Wyalusing, PA 18853 Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) is a professional development series designed to empower teachers by providing a deeper insight and knowledge of reading instruction. LETRS is designed to enhance the knowledge of every teacher of reading, regardless of the core curriculum used.  Module 1, The Challenge of Learning to Read , explores what science has taught us about how children learn to read, reasons why many students have reading difficulties and how to align specific aspects of literacy instruction to support reading development. Module 2, The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness, defines and differentiates the “ph†words and digs into the pivotal role that each has in learning to read. Module 3, Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works, supports teachers in better understanding the English spelling system by outlining five governing principles. These three modules provide a solid basis for teachers to begin to deepen their understanding of literacy instruction. After all; Teachers -not programs- teach children to read! This is a four-day training. Participants must attend all four days.
| 01/28/2016(1 event)All day: Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) All day - Wyalusing Elementary School 11450 Wyalusing-New Albany Road Wyalusing, PA 18853 Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) is a professional development series designed to empower teachers by providing a deeper insight and knowledge of reading instruction. LETRS is designed to enhance the knowledge of every teacher of reading, regardless of the core curriculum used.  Module 1, The Challenge of Learning to Read , explores what science has taught us about how children learn to read, reasons why many students have reading difficulties and how to align specific aspects of literacy instruction to support reading development. Module 2, The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness, defines and differentiates the “ph†words and digs into the pivotal role that each has in learning to read. Module 3, Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works, supports teachers in better understanding the English spelling system by outlining five governing principles. These three modules provide a solid basis for teachers to begin to deepen their understanding of literacy instruction. After all; Teachers -not programs- teach children to read! This is a four-day training. Participants must attend all four days.
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| 01/31/2016 | 02/01/2016(1 event)2:00 pm: School-Wide Positive Behavior Support System - Internal/External Coaches Meetings 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This is a requested training to create a local collaboration opportunity for internal and external school-wide positive behavior support coaches. Information presented at the PaTTAN coaches meetings will be disseminated locally and create an opportunity for teams to collaborate. To register for this event, please visit www.elrnr.org. | 02/02/2016 | 02/03/2016(2 events)8:00 am: Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Certification 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Safety Care Training is a two-full-day training that teaches the goals of safety management, interdisciplinary treatment, creates an understanding of challenging behavior, establishing a safe environment, practicing safety habits, delivering and differential reinforcement. Safety care training teaches incident minimization, de-escalation procedures, incident management (physical safety techniques) and post incident procedures. This is a physical training. Participants should dress appropriately in loose, comfortable clothing. Please refrain from wearing flip flops, sandals, clogs, or open toed shoes. Athletic shoes such as sneakers are most appropriate. The training will require participants to shuffle backward, twist and turn and transition from a standing to floor position. Participants should only register if they are willing and able to demonstrate the physical competencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the facilitator. This training is not open to parents, outside agencies, or districts not within IU 17. School districts served by BLaST IU 17 will not be invoiced. Registration fees will be covered by IDEA funding. Lunch will be provided on site. ** Participants must attend the entire two-day training to receive certification and Act 48 credit. Partial credit will not be awarded. To register for this event please visit www.elrnr.org. 11:59 pm: MTSS Through the Lens of Literacy: Transitioning from RtII to MTSS 11:59 pm - 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 The MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support) series is designed to give school teams the opportunity to reflect upon their MTSS/RTII practices as they relate to continuous school improvement. The initial day will be organized to explore the shift from RTII to MTSS in Pennsylvania and to define best practices related to the nine components of the framework. Each of the subsequent focus days will dig deeper into one of the nine components of the Pennsylvania MTSS framework. A continuum of tools and resources will be reviewed. Opportunities for team discussions and district networking will be embedded throughout the training series. Participants may choose to attend one or all of the training opportunities.
| 02/04/2016(1 event)8:00 am: Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Certification 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Safety Care Training is a two-full-day training that teaches the goals of safety management, interdisciplinary treatment, creates an understanding of challenging behavior, establishing a safe environment, practicing safety habits, delivering and differential reinforcement. Safety care training teaches incident minimization, de-escalation procedures, incident management (physical safety techniques) and post incident procedures. This is a physical training. Participants should dress appropriately in loose, comfortable clothing. Please refrain from wearing flip flops, sandals, clogs, or open toed shoes. Athletic shoes such as sneakers are most appropriate. The training will require participants to shuffle backward, twist and turn and transition from a standing to floor position. Participants should only register if they are willing and able to demonstrate the physical competencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the facilitator. This training is not open to parents, outside agencies, or districts not within IU 17. School districts served by BLaST IU 17 will not be invoiced. Registration fees will be covered by IDEA funding. Lunch will be provided on site. ** Participants must attend the entire two-day training to receive certification and Act 48 credit. Partial credit will not be awarded. To register for this event please visit www.elrnr.org. | 02/05/2016(2 events)8:30 am: A.L.I.C.E. 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 The ALICE program was authored by a police officer to keep his wife, an elementary school principal, safe after the tragic events at Columbine. Since these humble beginnings, ALICE continues to be the leading active shooter response program in the US. The purpose of ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) training is to prepare individuals to handle the threat of an Active Shooter. ALICE teaches individuals to participate in their own survival, while leading others to safety. Though no one can guarantee success in this type of situation, this new set of skills will greatly increase the odds of survival should anyone face this form of disaster. (from the ALICE website: http://www.alicetraining.com/) 8:30 am: School Wide Information Systems Training 8:30 am - 11:30 am 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This is a requested training for schools purchasing the SWIS system and implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support. The training details getting to know SWIS, using SWIS data for discipline decisions, SWIS data entry and reporting schedule, common navigation, logging into and out of SWIS, generating reports, tools, building fluency, and annual account activities. | 02/06/2016 |