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The Dynamic Learning Maps in Action

From PASA to Guiding Practices

The Dynamic LearningMaps in ActionFrom PASA to Guiding Practices
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Please join the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Training and Consultation team for this HYBRID training series.

Through two in-person training days and two one-hour networking sessions, this series moves use of the DLM from a PASA assessment score report into a practical tool for instruction and IEP development. Participants will use student specific data alongside the DLM Essential Elements, Linkage Levels, and Mini-Maps to identify starting points for instruction, build learning progressions, and design meaningful goals, objectives, unit and lesson plans aligned to current performance.


Day 1 focuses on interpreting prior year PASA DLM results into instructional entry points, connecting Essential Elements across grade levels, and building unit and lesson plans using high leverage precursor skills. Participants will also be introduced to the updated Science Essential Elements.


Day 2 builds on implementation experience and shifts into refining IEP Present Level of Academic & Function Performance (PLAAFP) statements, developing measurable annual goals and short-term objectives, and using DLM linkage levels to strengthen alignment between assessment data, instruction, and IEP development.


During both days, dedicated workshop time allows for both independent work time and collaborative problem solving to ensure instruction is grounded in meaningful, accessible learning progressions.

Participant Information Participant Information

Target Audience: This training series is for both special and general education teachers, who work with students in grade 3 through high school and need a bridge between grade level content standards and academic expectations for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Building principals and special education liaison also encouraged to attend along side their teachers.


Highly Recommended Prerequisite: Participants are strongly encouraged to have completed either the previously offered AIU led in-person DLM: Promoting Capacity & Building Instruction training or the PaTTAN Schoology Course: Building Capacity and Promoting Instruction through DLM for Districts, Charters and IU Educators. Educators are expected to have a basic understanding of the Dynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements, Linkage Levels, and how to navigate the DLM website.


Act 48 Hours:

  • A total of 13 Act 48 hours will be awarded at the end of the series
    • 5.5 Act 48 hours will be awarded for each in-person training
    • 1 Act48 hour will be awarded for each virtual networking meeting
  • Participants MUST attend all sessions in the series, no partial Act 48 hours will be awarded


Cost:
There is no cost to attend this training (series)


Registration Priority: Educators who work for LEAs in the AIU3 region will have priority registration

Registration / Session Information Registration / Session Information

Day 1: The DLM In Action: Instructional Planning

Date: September 29, 2026

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Location: McAuliffe Room, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120

Fall Virtual Networking

Date: November 17, 2026

Time: To be determined based on group input

Day 2: The DLM In Action: IEP Development

Date: January 28, 2027

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Location: Dewey Room, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120

Spring Virtual Networking

Date: April 13, 2027

Time: To be determined based on group input

Register for The DLM in Action
Registration Deadline: 09/21/2026

Contact Information

Registration Questions:

Karen Duncan, Administrative Support

karen.duncan@aiu3.net


Training Content Questions:

Amanda Zimmer, Lead Training and Consultation Coordinator

amanda.zimmer@aiu3.net


Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event.

Amanda Zimmer
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