Events in October 2019
- PIIC Coaching Caravan
PIIC Coaching Caravan
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10/09/2019To 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.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Computer Science Academy
Computer Science Academy
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10/10/2019Inspired 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)
- Teachers participating in the grant-funded training cohort will participate in the 2-day training at no cost.
- CS Academy curricular and instructional materials will be available to teachers at
no cost. - Participating LEAs will receive $400 to offset travel and substitute teacher costs.
- Teachers will be provided support through a continuously-monitored forum, where questions will be quickly answered by Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science students.
Registration Closes October 3, 2019.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Computer Science Academy
Computer Science Academy
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10/11/2019Inspired 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)
- Teachers participating in the grant-funded training cohort will participate in the 2-day training at no cost.
- CS Academy curricular and instructional materials will be available to teachers at
no cost. - Participating LEAs will receive $400 to offset travel and substitute teacher costs.
- Teachers will be provided support through a continuously-monitored forum, where questions will be quickly answered by Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science students.
Registration Closes October 3, 2019.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - The ABC's of the Foreign Language Classroom
The ABC's of the Foreign Language Classroom
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10/15/2019The 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.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (YMHFA)
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (YMHFA)
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10/17/2019Description:This training runs from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm full participation is required. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
Facilitator: Kelly Swartwood - SDO-03509+
Credits: 8.00
Course Dates: 10/17/2019 to 10/17/2019
Session Times: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Registration begins at 7:45 AM)
Registration Deadline: 10/11/2019
Semester: Fall
Target Audience:
Location: BLaST IU 17 Williamsport Office
Directions: Please refer to our webpage at www.iu17.org for directions.
Cost: 50.00
Includes Book, ACT 48 Processing and lunch.
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - SWIS CICO Check In Check Out School-Wide Information System Data Entry Training
SWIS CICO Check In Check Out School-Wide Information System Data Entry Training
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10/25/2019CICO-SWIS provides school staff with an online space to enter CICO point card data easily and efficiently online. Data are summarized across five reports allowing teams to: 1. Monitor individual student progress: Three reports give teams a way to see 1. If each student is meeting his/her goals each day. 2. How each student is doing at each check-in period. 3. The overall impact of plan changes made throughout the course of the intervention. 4. The impact of the intervention on each student’s office discipline referral count. 2. Review the overall integrity and fidelity of the program: Targeted (Tier II) and Universal (Tier I) teams can review two graphs in CICO-SWIS to see: 1. Overall student progress in the targeted intervention. 2. Overall effectiveness of the CICO intervention in the school. Registration begins at 11:15 AM
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 2.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Williamsport Office
Cost: 0.00
Registration open until 10/23/20192400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561