Events in October 2019
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09/29/2019 | 09/30/2019(1 event)9:00 am: TDA ~ A League of Learners 9:00 am - 2:00 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 This professional development offering will take the form of a professional learning network for administrators, curriculum coordinators and teacher leaders (grades 3-8) who are willing to collaborate in round table discussions and dive deeper with text-dependent analysis. Participants will gain a deep understanding of learning progressions in order to monitor student growth and differentiate classroom instruction. Participants must have previously attended Teaching Deliberate Analysis in order to participate in A League of Learners. COST: $80 | 10/01/2019 | 10/02/2019(2 events)8:30 am: Clinton-Lycoming Fall Student Assistance County Coordination Meeting 8:30 am - 11:30 am Sharewell Building, Lower Level, 200 East St., Williamsport, PA Clinton-Lycoming Fall Student Assistance County Coordination Meeting What: Milton Hershey School’s “Chocolate and Poverty” training addresses the characteristics and traits of students and families living in poverty. It aids participants in understanding how a family or child in poverty might behave differently and how economic realities affect daily living. Where: Lower Level Board Room, Sharwell Building, 200 East St., Williamsport, PA When: October 2, 2019 from 8:30-11:30 with registration at 8:00 Who: Student Assistance Program Team Members, Liaisons, and Administrators in Clinton and Lycoming Counties There is no cost for the training. Breakfast will be served. Registration deadline is SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Act 48 credits will also be available for the training portion of the meeting. If you do not have an E-LRNR account, you will need to create one.
Questions? Contact your SAP Regional Coordinator: Clinton County: Trish Johnson (814-602-1667, c-pjohnson@pa.gov) Lycoming County: Mark Nevill (570-323-8561, ext. 1026, mnevill@IU17.org)
8:30 am: FYI: PASCD Supervision Leadership Academy 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Registration Closed | 10/03/2019(1 event)9:00 am: Writing a Legally Defensible IEP 2 Day Workshop 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Intensive 2 Day IEP Writing Workshop Program Topics:
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Presenter: Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq., Executive Director of EdLaw Interactive | 10/04/2019(1 event)9:00 am: Writing a Legally Defensible IEP 2 Day Workshop 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Intensive 2 Day IEP Writing Workshop Program Topics:
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Presenter: Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq., Executive Director of EdLaw Interactive | 10/05/2019 |
10/06/2019 | 10/07/2019 | 10/08/2019 | 10/09/2019(1 event)9:00 am: PIIC Coaching Caravan 9:00 am - 2:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 To enhance your Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching (PIIC) experience, join us for our PIIC Coaching Caravan. To continue growing our coaching toolkit and coaching best-practices, participants will take their learning on the road and visit four different districts within the BLaST IU17 region. At each district, coaches will focus on one of the four elements of coaching including one-on-one and small group coaching, analyzing data, using evidenced-based literacy/instructional strategies, and strategies to promote reflective practices. Complete the entire Coaching Caravan to get the full four-quadrant experience! Participants will witness the quadrants in action, and then reflect on how these practices could be used within their own building or district. These caravans will focus on the process of coaching and is applicable to all identified PIIC coaches; however, it is also applicable to PreK-12 teacher leaders, instructional coaches, department chairs, curriculum coordinators, and principals. When registering with payment, the participant is purchasing the bundle, which consists of the four visits. If an event occurs and the participant is unable to attend, please let Rebecca Gibboney (rgibboney@iu17.org) know in advance for planning purposes. Schedule: 10/09/19- East Lycoming; 2/12/20-Southern Tioga; 4/8/20-Northeast Bradford Cost $150 Registration closes October 2, 2019.
| 10/10/2019(1 event)8:30 am: Computer Science Academy 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Inspired by the highly successful Intro Computing course that has been taught at Carnegie Mellon University for the past 10+ years and is ranked in the top five CS courses in the country by Bloomberg News, CS Academy provides an online computer science curriculum, designed for high school students that is engaging, creative, rigorous, and fun. In CS Academy, students use interactive questions, coding activities, and built-in resources to learn coding and increase their understanding and application of computer science. IU17 District Participants will have 2-day cohort (12 instructional hours)
Registration Closes October 3, 2019. | 10/11/2019(1 event)8:30 am: Computer Science Academy 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Inspired by the highly successful Intro Computing course that has been taught at Carnegie Mellon University for the past 10+ years and is ranked in the top five CS courses in the country by Bloomberg News, CS Academy provides an online computer science curriculum, designed for high school students that is engaging, creative, rigorous, and fun. In CS Academy, students use interactive questions, coding activities, and built-in resources to learn coding and increase their understanding and application of computer science. IU17 District Participants will have 2-day cohort (12 instructional hours)
Registration Closes October 3, 2019. | 10/12/2019 |
10/13/2019 | 10/14/2019(1 event)8:00 am: Classroom Staff Meeting 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 Staff Meeting for Tim Hanner's & Maria Pierce's Division | 10/15/2019(1 event)9:00 am: The ABC's of the Foreign Language Classroom 9:00 am - 2:00 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 The ABC’s of the Foreign Language Classroom is a supportive professional learning community of Foreign Language teachers, who strive to grow professionally and improve their practices in the classroom. These sessions are focused around developing a toolbox of 21st century strategies and best practices for the Foreign Language classroom. If you are starting to think of new, innovative ways that will freshen up your classroom, this is the perfect group for you! It does not matter the language you teach. It does not matter the level you teach. All that matters, is that you are willing to collaborate with this professional learning community. The training consists of two face-to-face workshops with colleagues that teach in any Foreign Language classroom. Participants are encouraged to sign up for both face-to-face sessions, but it is not required. Topics for training will include, but are not limited to: Comprehensible Input, Technology and Innovation in the Foreign Language Classroom, Aligning Classroom Instruction to ACTFL Standards. COST: $15 ACT 48 processing and materials. Lunch is NOT included. | 10/16/2019 | 10/17/2019 | 10/18/2019 | 10/19/2019 |
10/20/2019 | 10/21/2019 | 10/22/2019 | 10/23/2019(2 events) | 10/24/2019(2 events)11:30 am: Fountas & Pinnell Classroom Awareness Session 11:30 am - 1:30 pm 33 Springbrook Drive Canton, PA 17724 USA 570-673-6001 PLEASE JOIN US Please join us for this complimentary Lunch and Learn to hear about Every child has the right to grow up literate as a member of a dynamic learning community that values the richness of linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. This occurs in a classroom community of readers and writers, where children are reading, thinking about, talking about and writing about a wide range of beautiful, engaging texts; where children's curiosity drives authentic inquiry that builds a deep understanding of their world; and where all parts of the literacy curriculum are thoughtfully connected to best support the learning needs of each individual child. At this event you will learn about what a coherent system of literacy instruction looks like, why it's important, and how to implement in every classroom. A Coherent, Multi-Text Approach to Literacy Instruction consists of: *Interactive Read Aloud | 10/25/2019(1 event)8:30 am: School Counselors Professional Learning Opportunity 8:30 am - 2:30 pm 2400 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701 USA 570-323-8561 This Professional Learning Opportunity for K-12 School Counselors will occur three times a year. The cohort package is intended for the consistent attendance of a school counselor for all three sessions. The full day professional learning topics will reference ASCA recognized materials, PDE Initiatives, local community efforts and district needs. Session Topics Include: 1. Maximizing Student Achievement: Placement, Intervention and Planning 2. Understanding Culturally Responsive Counseling: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 3. Building Community Partnerships: Health Wellness and Workforce 4. Strengthening the Home and School Connection: Communicating with Compassion 5. Developing Plans for Success: Post-Secondary Transitions and Career Readiness 6. Supporting ASCA Model Mindsets: Professional Advocacy
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