Serving Every Learner
Join our free role-alike group for STEM/STEAM teachers to share ideas and build skills. This role-alike group is designed for STEM/STEAM teachers and coordinators to build skills and gain new ideas. Hear how others are integrating everything from maker education to coding and beyond. This group will meet multiple times during the school year. […]
*This session is part of multi-day series that requires participants to attend all sessions to receive credit. Learn more
Special Education Liaison Meetings are Hybrid. In-person meeting will be held at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in the Sullivan Room. Link to Online Meeting can be found below.
Sessions will lead participants through an exploration of: how reading skills develop the component skills of reading including phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency the skills of vocabulary, inference-making, and content knowledge effective instructional practices and evidence-based intervention approaches Educators will leave prepared to administer and interpret assessments and implement effective classroom instruction including how to […]
Free transformED Educator Workshop Discover hydroponics for schools, including resources and related lessons (and enjoy a hydroponically grown salad bar for lunch) Interested in learning about hydroponics and how it can fit in your school? This workshop will lead you through how hydroponics works, various types of systems, and STEELS-aligned lessons and projects that […]
The New Directors Meetings are a follow up to the morning’s Special Education Liaison Meeting to provide more detailed information and address topics that may be unfamiliar to liaisons new in their role. Special Education Liaisons-New Directors Meeting are Hybrid. In-person meeting will be held at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in the Montessori Room. Link […]
The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is one option to consider for assessment and program guidance when supporting elementary age students with autism and other individuals who demonstrate language delays. The VB-MAPP is a criterion-referenced assessment, curriculum guide and skills tracking system. It combines principles of ABA and Skinner’s analysis of verbal […]
Reducing chronic absenteeism is a growing challenge for schools. This session will give an overview of the root causes of absenteeism and how to address those causes through a multi-tiered approach. Topics in this session will include the following: how to analyze attendance data, identifying barriers to regular attendance, evidence-based interventions, and supporting students who […]
Free transformED Educator Workshop Discover AT-making skills for creating accessible technology solutions by learning soldering and other useful techniques. Are you looking for projects that your school's STEAM program or club can use to develop and hone basic making skills? Are you curious about additional, real-life applications for the tools and skills your students […]
*Completion of Volume 1 and 2 course meets PA Structured Literacy Chapter 49 requirements. Developed by renowned literacy experts Dr. Louisa Moats and Dr. Carol Tolman, LETRS® is a flexible literacy professional development solution for preK–12 educators. LETRS earned the International Dyslexia Association's Accreditation and provides teachers with the skills they need to master the […]
Free transformED Educator Workshop An AT-making party to create accessible solutions through toy adaptations and 3D-printed products November is National Assistive Technology Awareness Month. Celebrate by joining an AT-making party at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Participants will spend the day creating AT switches from 3D-printed components, designing and sharing 3D products, adapting simple toys, creating […]
Join the RAC Reading Specialists' Network for an opportunity to connect with other reading specialists in Allegheny County. Each hybrid session will feature research-based best practices and strategies that specialists need in order to be effective in their role as they work with students, teachers, and parents in all three tiers of literacy. The network […]
