Thank you to all that joined us for summer professional learning! Although we have provided both face-to-face and virtual options, we have enjoyed "seeing" you in any format! We are always honored to learn and grow with you.

In addition to the sessions that are open to all educators in our region, we offer targeted professional learning opportunities designed for individual schools or districts. Administrators, please contact the center directly via e-mail (hgmorgan@ua.edu) or via the following link to request targeted support.

Continue to review our social media pages on Facebook (@uainservice) and Twitter (@UofARIC) for ongoing announcements. As a reminder, you may find any of our newsletters at: http://inservice.ua.edu/newsletter.

We wish you all a blessed 2022-2023 school year!

Happy learning!

Dr. Holly Morgan

Director, UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center

Join our free, virtual Tech Meet Tuscaloosa Conference on August 1 for strategies to assist you as you begin your new school year! Please join us from 9:00-11:30 am for best tech strategies to start your school year! Please register in PowerSchool via section #431081 in order to receive the Zoom access.

Join the PowerSchool Tech Coaches to discuss common beginning of the year tasks for roles within your building. Learn how to navigate your daily tasks in an efficient manner.

Click on the flyer to open and view all session dates. Sessions are still available on August 2, 3, and 4. Register via the following PowerSchool course #284253.

The UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center will host the following two networks from the Alabama Best Practices Center:

• Powerful Conversations Network (PCN)
  
• Text: Questions for Formative Feedback: Meaningful Dialogue to Improve Learning by Jackie Walsh
• Teacher teams will explore how to deepen the use of student questioning and providing descriptive feedback. Examples from the text include Alabama schools!

• Key Leaders Network (KLN)
• Text: High Reliability Schools by Robert Marzano and colleagues
• This year, KLN will continue to connect leaders to strategies that strengthen district and school cultures as they address the challenges caused by the pandemic.

We hope that you can join us! For more information regarding registration, please contact Holly Morgan at hgmorgan@ua.edu or Tami Barron at tbarron@ua.edu. Registration deadline is August 15.

Please see the linked flyer for upcoming ALSDE PowerSchool Opportunities for August 2022.

We are here to support you! If you are interested in pursuing National Board Certification, please join our free, monthly support cohort! Session information, including dates, times, and PowerSchool registration can be found on the calendar located at http://inservice.ua.edu/national-board-support.html

For the fall semester, all informational sessions will be offered virtually. In the spring semester, candidates will be assigned NBCT mentors who will support them face-to-face and/or virtually in their NBCT journey.

Click here to be added to the UA/UWA NB email distribution list in order to receive ongoing updates regarding NBCT support.

Join us on August 18 from 5:00-7:30 pm as we learn from best-selling author of the What Works! Series, Bobbie Faulkner! She will kick-off our yearlong support schedule by providing an overview of best practices through the lens of the National Board Certification process. This session will also offer detailed instructions on application procedures, an overview of the process, helpful resources, grant information, and tips to prepare you for National Board certification.

Register today via PowerSchool section #435558! This session will be presented virtually; a Zoom link will be added to the notes section of the PowerSchool listing and shared with you via e-mail two days prior to the session.

Join Dr. Nisha Warbington as she shares information regarding attachment and trauma in the classroom. The session will assist participants in better understanding the attachment process and how trauma can impact learning.

August 24, 2022

3:00-5:00 pm

Virtual Session via Zoom

Register via PowerSchool section #440048 in order to receive the Zoom link

Is it time for you to renew your National Board certification? Join us on August 25 from 5:00-7:30 pm for this virtual session that will provide you an overview of the renewal process and the support that is provided for renewal candidates through the UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center.

Register in PowerSchool via section #435624.

A Zoom link will be added to the notes section of the PowerSchool listing and will be shared with you via e-mail approximately two days prior to the session.

Join us for the following regional Marzano workshops that are being offered through the Alabama State Department of Education at no charge to teachers and administrators in our state! The full listing of sessions and opportunities may be viewed via this linked flyer. Each workshop is a two-day commitment; all three workshops will be offered at the Paul W. Bryant Conference Center (see listing below):

• Leadership and School Improvement: High Reliability Schools in Alabama
• Effective Teaching in Every Classroom: The New Art and Science of Teaching in Alabama
• Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum: Proficiency Scales in Alabama Schools

All workshops will be facilitated by Marzano associates and are provided free-of-charge to Alabama educators. Books will also be provided to attendees.

Register via the information found in the flyer or via the section numbers listed below. Don't delay--register your school and district teams today!

• Leadership and School Improvement: High Reliability Schools in Alabama

1. October 25-26: PowerSchool Section #432473 OR
2. February 27-28: PowerSchool Section #432475

• Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum: Proficiency Scales in Alabama Schools

1. August 31-September 1: PowerSchool Section #432483 OR
2. February 2-3: PowerSchool Section #432485

• Effective Teaching in Every Classroom: The New Art & Science of Teaching in Alabama

1. October 3-4: PowerSchool Section #432477 OR
2. January 24-25: PowerSchool Section #432479
   

Date: September 7, 2022

Register via PowerSchool section #437933

If you are a new administrator or were unable to attend training last year, be sure to mark this opportunity on your calendar!

Title: Alabama’s Teacher Observation Tool: An Overview for Administrators

Course Description: Alabama Achieves, the strategic plan of the Alabama State Department of Education, specifically focuses on providing students with highly effective teachers. The ALSDE has partnered with Cognia in creating a teacher observation tool that provides educators with specific areas of strengths/growth and aligns with the Alabama Core Teaching Standards. The instrument also assists educators in developing professional development plans and choosing informed professional learning experiences. In this session administrators will be able to

• Understand the Teacher Observation Tool

• Utilize the Teacher Observation Tool for classroom observation

• Calibrate scores on the Teacher Observation Tool

Time: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa.

Join us on September 13 from 8:30-11:30 AM or 12:30-3:30 PM for Dyslexia Awareness training. (This training fulfills the "dyslexia awareness" requirement set forth on page 27 of the Alabama Literacy Act.)

Experience Dyslexia is designed to increase awareness of the difficulties and frustrations that people with dyslexia, as well as those with the characteristics of dyslexia, encounter daily. We hope this experience will provide insight into working more effectively with these students.

Register via PowerSchool Section #441500 (AM session) or #441501 (PM session)

Join us on either September 14 or September 28 for Beginning Sound Wall professional learning from Tools4Reading. Each day's session will occur from 8:30 am-3:30 pm. All K-3 teachers, interventionists, administrators, and special education teachers are eligible to attend.

September 14:

• University Hall, University of Alabama, 270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa
• Register via PowerSchool section #436961

September 28:

• Bell Conference Center, University of West Alabama, Foust Drive, Livingston
• Register via PowerSchool section #436958

If you are a new math teacher, AMSTI is offering math course-of-study training on the following dates:

• K-5: September 14 from 8:00-11:00 am---PowerSchool Registration Link
• 6-12: September 22 from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm--PowerSchool Registration Link

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, Room 1044, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa

Please contact Lisa Fitzgerald at lgfitzgerald@ua.edu to register for either session.

We are excited to announce that our Inservice Center will once again offer regional support for secondary instructional coaches who are not served by AMSTI or ARI. Each quarterly session will be held at the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education on the following dates. If you are a secondary instructional coach who would like to participate this year, please use the links below to register in PowerSchool for these sessions. We will continue our study of the coaching process and how to use data to drive our coaching conversations.

September 23, 2022

November 17, 2022

January 27, 2023

March 6, 2023

Feel free to contact Dr. Holly Morgan at hgmorgan@ua.edu with any questions.

Region 4 Administrators:

Join AMSTI and ARI for the following quarterly principal meetings on October 6, December 8, February 9, and March 23. These sessions are for building administrators of K-5 schools. This information was referenced in a SDE memo (page 5).

The sessions will be held in Capital Hall on The University of Alabama campus. Please complete the following registration form in order to receive your parking pass.

Sessions begin at 8:30 and end at 3:30. You should plan to attend all day in order to participate in both the AMSTI and ARI session.

Please reach out to your AMSTI Director Sara McGee smcgee@ua.edu or your ARI contact Tiffany Davis tiffany.davis@ALSDE.edu if you would like additional information.

• September 29, 2022
• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
• This year, we will host 3 meetings with the curriculum directors/professional learning directors who serve as direct liaisons to the Inservice Center.
• Each of these regional meetings, beginning with September 30, will occur 2-3 weeks after the ALSDE's Curriculum and Instruction meetings. The purpose of this timing is so that we may discuss specific updates, data, and requests for support based upon the information shared at the ALSDE meetings. We will share ideas and network to share best practices within our region.

Register for Alabama’s 2022 Fall Dyslexia Conference Today!

When: October 13 and October 14, 2022
Where: St. James United Methodist Church, 9045 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36117

Join us for two days of learning, sharing, and fellowship. We are excited to have nationally recognized literacy expert Nancy Mather; national dyslexia leader, Josh Clark who is the Chair of IDA’s Board of Directors; and a variety of Alabama literacy experts joining us as we share ideas and best practices to support students with dyslexia.

Register via the following link.

Save-the-Date!

Calling all school counselors in the UA/UWA Region! Join us on February 17, 2023 for the 3rd Annual West Alabama Regional School Counselors' Conference! The event will be held at the Paul W. Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa from 8:30-2:30. PowerSchool registration coming in our September/October newsletter!

AMSTI has been busy providing professional learning to teachers in our region this summer for math and science. Additionally, AMSTI is partnering with ARI to host regional principal meetings to support implementation of the Alabama Numeracy Act. For more information, please view the flyer posted above in this newsletter.

Please contact Sara McGee (smcgee@ua.edu) if you need other professional learning needs.

• ASIM Biology Training and Support (Lisa Clark, lclark@ua.edu)

• ASIM Chemistry Training and Support (Brooks Moss, moss020@ua.edu)
• ASIM Physics Training and Support (Julie Covin, jcovin@ua.edu)

Contact our specialists today to request on-site instructional support as you return to school! We are here for you!

Deliveries

Our van driver, Mr. John Pointon, is happy to deliver labs to your school this year if you are one of our trained teachers. Look for an e-mail from your ASIM specialist regarding materials.

Training

If you are a new teacher needing ASIM training, please reach out to us directly via email, phone, and/or text.

Lab Safety

You may use the Flinn Safety Contract (also available in Spanish) or a personal/district plan. Try paperless! Use your LMS platform and ask students and parents to sign digitally.

K-12 Science Foundational Training

September 16, 2022

UA Science Foundational Training (K-12)

Lloyd Hall on The University of Alabama campus

Rooms 133 and 233

8:30-3:30 with an hour for lunch

ARI Quick Links to Support the ALA Implementation

• Use the following link for a current list of links: Quick Links to Support the Alabama Literacy Act Implementation

Register today for the next LETRS cohort!

Go to the new Alabama LETRS Webpage. If you look to the right hand side there is a peach button for those interested in registering for this amazing opportunity that the ALSDE is providing to public education teachers. Priority is reserved for those involved in full time K-3 foundational literacy. That includes central office staff, building administrators, local reading specialists, K-3 literacy teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, and university personnel just to name a few.

Join Dr. Mayben for his technology sessions this fall! You may find all of his posted opportunities at www.uatim.org/opportunities.

Contact Dr. Robert Mayben at rmayben@ua.edu to support your school or district's technology professional learning needs.

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Project Alabama PEACE is recruiting 15 Alabama elementary schools who would like direct, sustained training and coaching across all three tiers of PBIS/MTSS for social, emotional, behavioral needs. Please contact Sara McDaniel at scmcdaniel@ua.edu for more information.

Empowering Educators Conference

The aim of this conference is to provide teachers and future educators with information and a platform to discuss strategies on how to improve the educational outcomes for communities that have been traditionally underserved. The conference will be held at Autherine Lucy Hall on the University of Alabama campus August 13, 2022, from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm with free parking and lunch provided. Our Keynote Speaker for the event is Mr. Reggie White - Alabama Teacher of the Year 2022.

Registration is required.

http://empoweringeducatorsconf.ua.edu/

Summer Learning Series is a professional learning community for school and district leaders committed to developing high-quality, school-based summer programs. SLS begins with a face-to-face, full-day orientation session on October 3rd, 2022 that dives deep into the national research about what works in the summer space and continues with monthly, hour-long, virtual sessions that walk practitioners through the process of planning for Summer 2023. The process concludes with a face-to-face, full-day wrap-up session on March 29, 2023. Professional learning materials, including Summer Starts in September are included, as are breakfast and lunch at both face-to-face sessions.

For more information, visit https://www.yourpdsherpas.org/summer-learning-series

Dr. Holly Morgan, Director

Mrs. Tami Barron, Accounting Specialist

Ms. Angela Lewis, Office Associate for In-Service Center and AMSTI

Mrs. Banks Gordy, UWA Coordinator

Email: hgmorgan@ua.edu
Website: www.inservice.ua.edu
Location: 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Phone: 205-348-3319
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uainservice/
Twitter: @UofARIC