Events in October 2018
- Getting Writing on the Radar: Tools and Strategies for Students with Significant Disabilities
Getting Writing on the Radar: Tools and Strategies for Students with Significant Disabilities
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10/08/2018Description: This conference will provide an overview of literacy development for students with significant disabilities. The use of alternative pencils and authentic & meaningful writing activities for students with significant disabilities. Teaching strategies and informal assessment connecting writing and reading. Mrs. Hanser will introduce the Dynamic Learning Map. The day will include hands on practice and participants are encouraged to bring a Big Mac or Step by Step device if they use one in their classroom. Modeling of the color coded eye gaze chart and print flip charts will be included and made accessible for take home use in classrooms. Mrs. Hanser will share downloadable resources that participants can take back to their district. Her work is based on the extensive practices of Mrs. Karen Erickson. The day will conclude with shared writing.
Competencies: Participants will be able to identify 3 alternative writing tools and what students might benefit from them, identify 3 activities for supporting emergent writing using the full alphabet for a range of students with significant disabilities, identify 3 strategies to teach students how to write, identify the stages of developmental spelling and implications for students with significant disabilities.
COST: $40 includes Lunch, ACT 48 processing and materials
Registration closes on October 1, 2018
BLaST IU 17 - Williamsport Office2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701US570-323-8561 - FYI: Eric Sheninger will be at IU16
FYI: Eric Sheninger will be at IU16
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10/17/2018This institute will dissect Eric’s eight keys discussed in the new ASCD book Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools Today (coauthored with Thomas Murray) which each serve as a puzzle piece for redesigning the learning experience. Learn how to unlock tomorrow’s schools so that today’s modern learners leave ready to create new industries, find new cures and solve world problems.
Participants will
- Develop an understanding of the crucial need for schools to transform learning in order to improve outcomes.
- Identify and apply research-based strategies to effectively implement digital pedagogical techniques and create learner- centric environments.
- Understand how to develop and showcase evidence that illustrates a return on instruction (i.e., validation that innovative practices are improving learning outcomes).
- Learn how to effectively use technology, based on research, and analyze the current use in their school or district.
- Evaluate current methods of community and begin to identify next steps to further develop their school or district brand while ensuring the sustainability of changes over time.
More information will be available closer to the time of the event.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - TaC Collaboration Meeting for IU 17, 16 & 9 ~ CANCELLED
TaC Collaboration Meeting for IU 17, 16 & 9 ~ CANCELLED
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10/22/2018Please join us for a combined meeting of the TaC departments from IU 17, 16 & 9. Glean new ideas and encouragement from your peers in other IU's. Learn what training's and workshops have and have not been successful.
Please register by October 19th. If you have missed the registration deadline simply drop an email to registrar@iu17.org to be added.
BLaST IU 17 - Williamsport Office2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701US570-323-8561 - Guided Math Pilot Program
Guided Math Pilot Program
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10/24/2018This is the pilot program of Guided Math and is by invitation only.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561Special Education Supervisor Mtg.Special Education Supervisor Mtg.
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10/24/2018BLaST IU 17 - Williamsport Office2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701US570-323-8561 - Finding That Connection: Building Unity Through Diversity and Inclusion
Finding That Connection: Building Unity Through Diversity and Inclusion
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10/25/2018Each student with Autism is unique and wonderful in his or her own way. As many students with Autism receive instruction in the general education setting, this training will review characteristics of Autism, and provide specific strategies to build success in these settings. It will also highlight examples of stories of the changing landscape of inclusive education from this year's PDE conference attended and "One Without the Other" book by Shelley Moore.
COST $40 Includes Lunch, Materials and ACT 48 Processing
Registration begins at 8:30 AM
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
33 Springbrook DriveWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-673-6001