Curriculum Updates

CEW Standards are approved by the Board. They are still going through regulatory process. Information on CEW Standards can be found here: CLICK HERE

What certifications will be qualified to teach the new Financial Literacy content?

Certification and Staffing Policy Guidelines (CSPG) that pertain to economic education/financial literacy certification, and course assignment include: CSPG 33 - Business, Computer and Information Technology; CSPG 35 - Citizenship Education; CSPG 44 - Family and Consumer Sciences; CSPG 49 - Marketing/Distributive Education; CSPG 50 - Mathematics; and CSPG 59 - Social Studies.

ARIN supports the implementation of the Pennsylvania Integrated Standards for Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (PA STEELS Standards) by providing assistance for building curriculum, instruction, and assessment capacity.

Please click here for details on upcoming trainings and supports for the STEELS Standards.

Coming Soon from PDE/Workgroups:

• Assessment Toolkit
• Safety Guidelines
• EL&S Curriculum Framework to SAS Portal

For the 2024-25 School Year, ARIN will be making a change to the Science Liaison Network. We will host two separate groups, Elementary Science Liaison (for teachers K-5), and a Middle/High School Science Liaison (for teachers 6-12). Please be sure to have teachers register for the correct session on ARIN registration system. Please visit the STEELS Smore for additional details.

A closer look at the relationship between course enrollment size and accident occurrences in hands-on engineering design-based STEM courses is a study released by Tyler Love in the International Journal of Technology and Design Education. Major findings include 24 or fewer students in a class reduced accident occurrences by 87.5%. 25 or more students in a class increased accident occurrences by eight times, and 30 or more students in a class increased accident occurrences by 21 times.

PSTA will be holding three STEELS Symposia this coming fall. Mark your calendar and save the dates:

· September 28 – Pittsburgh

· October 5 – East Stroudsburg

· October 12 – State College

Each session will focus on the implementation of the STEELS standards as well as assessing STEELS in a classroom setting. The focal point of the symposia will be 3-Dimensional teaching, learning, and assessment. Further information will be available on the PSTA website and future SAS Science Learning Community eBlasts.

REGISTER HERE

PA Literacy Leadership Summit

REGISTER HERE

Oct 4, 2024

🎭FREE Opportunity (and lunch too!)

🍿Teachers, Extra Curricular Staff, Volunteers, Administrators, Community Theatres

Tues. Oct 22, 2024 9:00-2:30 *5 Act 48 Hours*

Riverview Intermediate Unit 6

270 Mayfield Road

Clarion PA 16214

814.226.7103

REGISTRATION

Topics:

🎦EdTA Learning Center: webinars, courses, and lesson plans for theatre arts instructors

🎦Theatre experiences for elementary and middle school students

🎦Social issues: casting, considerations for selecting materials for study and production, intimacy staging

🎦Theatre tech: Sound, light, design, and careers in theatre tech

🎦Choreography and staging

🎦Copyright, script alterations

🎦Working with elementary and middle school students

Safe Schools Mandated Trainings

Bureau of Special Education Fiscal Training

Both are Act 45 eligible through PDE website

SAS Conference- Act 45!

Earn 10-21 hours

December 8-11

Superintendent (SAC) & Principals meetings will be Act 45 eligible for up to 25 hours.

Coming soon!

Echoes & Reflections offers FREE & VIRTUAL

September 30 9am-11am

Antisemitism: Understanding and Countering this Hatred Today

Registration

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We are offering "bite size" modules for self-paced sessions. Currently, we have the following available, but we are continuing to listen to your needs and design more as requests are made!

🌐Professional Ethics (2 hours)

🌐STEELS for Elementary (2 hours)

Contact Susan Griffith if you are interested: sgriffith@iu28.org

Changes:

• Implemented by 2026
• More Technology Enhanced Items (TEI)/Less TDA or open response (not elimination)
• NEW! Benchmarks Assessment "Firefly"
• pilot 2024-2025/Operational 2025-2026
• 30 Questions
• Grade Level
• Operates through the same system as CDT
• Additional Details on Firefly:
• The Firefly benchmark will be available for ELA grades 3-8, Mathematics grades 3-8, Keystone Algebra I, and Keystone Literature during the pilot in 2024-2025. The pilot window will run from mid-November through mid-March. The benchmark will be administered online, and we anticipate each assessment will take about 45 minutes for students to complete.

• For the pilot year, ELA grades 3-8 will assess and report only reading; writing will be added in 2025-2026. For mathematics, information will be reported for each of the five grade-level assessment anchors. PSSA Science for grades 5 and 8 and Keystone Biology will be added during the 2025-2026 school year. Also, during the 2025-2026 school year, the Firefly will be available from August/September until a few weeks before the beginning of the PSSA and Keystone administration windows.

  If your district or school is interested in participating in the Firefly Benchmark, please complete the following form https://forms.office.com/g/3pdxKyRN98 or use the QR Code. Please direct questions to Dr. Megan Clementi at mclementi@pa.gov

• PDE is developing suggested assessment schedules which could include the Classroom Diagnostic Test (CDT) and the Firefly Benchmark. The CDT is a true diagnostic assessment; the Firefly benchmark is designed to be an interim assessment and will provide a prediction as to how students will perform on the PSSA or Keystone assessment. The CDT and Firefly assessments are free to Pennsylvania schools.

🍏2024 Refugee Education Summit September 24-September 25 @ Harrisburg

🍎PA Literacy Leadership Summit October 4

🍏PDE 2024 SAS Institute December 8-11@ Hershey Lodge

🍎2025 PETE & C (registration Oct. 1) February 9-12@ Hershey Lodge

Act 13 Flowcharts are available HERE 👈

Clarification from PDE: Going from Level I to Level II, there is a requirement for a Level II Assessment. The Form 427 is the summative assessment and stays in the district file.

Want a 1:1 Consult with the PVAAS Team? Click HERE to schedule!

Users can now select the focus for the consultation that best meets their goals or professional learning objectives.

Great Learning Opportunities Coming Up:

PVAAS Professional Learning Page

Digging Deeper Guides- these are a great resource for identifying root cause and diving deeper into your data! User friendly for all users!

Data Release & 3 Year Composite Scores

Registration for Data Release Webinar ⏬⏬

🆕Student Linked to Teacher Reports (customized teacher reports/prepopulated)

*Once rosters are verified, request customized reports*

pdepvaas@iu13.org

FRCPP Support: Office Hours every 1st and 3rd Tuesday via TEAMS. Click Here

The newest edition of “The CP Tip Jar” newsletter has been released. 🚩🚩Click here to access the most current Comprehensive Planning/FRCPP information.

• Starting May 3, 2024, School Districts must use the Administrator Changes page in the School Reconfiguration plan to submit changes.

• The Basic Education Circular is now updated with the new process.

• How to guide is available of the Basic Education Circular web page under Resources.

Induction registration should be opening soon. Each session will be offered on two different dates to hopefully help alleviate substitute coverage. The sessions will be offered on the following dates. Please divide your teachers up between the dates when possible to help keep group sizes equal.

Day 1: Welcome to Education

• Thursday, September 12, 2024
• Tuesday, September 18, 2024

Day 2: Special Education for All Teachers

• Tuesday, October 8, 2024
• Thursday, October 17, 2024

Day 3: Understanding the Standards, Curriculum and Universal Design for Learning

• Tuesday, October 22, 2024
• Thursday, October 31, 2024

Day 4: What Would You Do? Dealing with At-Risk Student Issues, Trauma and SEL

• Thursday, November 7, 2024
• Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Click here for more information on each session.