Curriculum Updates

February 2023

Event Information

Western PA Leaders' Summit 2023 for Superintendents, Principals, and Curriculum Directors!

For more information and RSVP, Click Here !

When?

Friday, Mar 10, 2023, 09:00 AM

Where?

Community College of Beaver County

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Senior Soft Skills Challenge

The Indiana County Chamber of Commerce, ARIN IU28, and Indiana Area SD have partnered together to create a Senior Soft Skills Challenge for all high school seniors in Armstrong and Indiana counties. (Click the button below for more information.)

Based on feedback from businesses and school counselors, the event will be held on dates between March 13-31. ARIN IU 28 has received grant funding to offset the cost of transporting your seniors one one of those dates from your high school to Indiana, PA for the event.

If your district is interested in participating, we ask that you please click here and identify the date choices that work best for your district by Friday, February 17, 2023. Once all interested districts have responded, I'll reach out to your identified contact person with more details about your scheduled day and transportation funds.

Senior Soft Skills Challenge

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Principal Network- Indiana & Armstrong Counties

Indiana (Elementary) Principal's Network will begin the morning of February 22 at ARIN IU. This meeting will focus on PDE updates and conversations around elementary initiatives.

Armstrong Principal's Network will bring elementary and secondary principals together for PDE updates and networking. The first meeting is scheduled for the morning of February 28 and is being held at West Hills Intermediate in Kittanning!

Indiana County Secondary Principals continue to meet monthly at ICTC!

These networks do not replace Curriculum Council and we will continue to meet virtually. There is an in-person council meeting March 30 9-12 at ARIN IU.

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Health & Physical Education Training- Curriculum Mapping and Standard Alignment for HPE Teachers

Day 1 9-3 is Feb 24.

Day 2 9-3 is March 17.

If you are unable to attend virtually for Day 1 there is a D2L asynchronous training that can be completed prior to the Day 2 session. Please let me know if you need the D2L option.

The zoom link is here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9784588758

PDE Updates

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Chapter 49 Updates

Structured Literacy training is here!

Note: If you use this training, you have 90-180 days to complete.

IU28 will work with your district on SL trainings specific to your needs and Comprehensive Plans.

Our Plan:

Grade Bands: K-3, 4-6, 7-12 with embedded ELL & Special Education considerations
Refresher session will also be available for districts who may not need the full intensive training (ex: if your district just completed LETRS in 22.23, a refresher course may be all that you need)

The new Structured Literacy (SL) Framework Guidelines
CR-SE Guidelines
New: Mentors can earn up to 15 hours/year (45/cycle) in Act 48 credits.

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PVAAS

Roster verification is a process used to provide PVAAS teacher-specific reporting based on accurate data. This process is for teachers and administrators to document and verify that each student is linked accurately to one or more teachers – for the correct state assessment(s) and the appropriate proportion of instructional responsibility.

Three separate webinars will be offered in winter and spring 2023 for focused learning and support of the different parts of roster verification. Registration links can be found on the PDE PVAAS roster verification page.

Looking at Recovery Data in PVAAS

There is a free e-resource available to LEAs and schools that explains how to explore the impact of unfinished teaching and learning as well as recovery trends within the PVAAS web application. This e-resource goes through key reports, step-by-step instructions to view them, and guiding questions to consider when looking at the data.

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Comprehensive Planning Updates

Comprehensive Plans (*Extension includes all State Required Reports*)

Phase 1 - Due March 31, 2023

**EXTENDED to Oct. 31, 2023** <--link to letter with MANDATORY training

Phase 2 - Due March 31, 2024

Phase 3 - Due March 31, 2025

Special Education Plans:

Phase 1 - Due May 1, 2025
Phase 2 - Due May 1, 2023
Phase 3 - Due May 1, 2024

K-12 Guidance Plan (339)

Phase 1 – March 31, 2024
Phase 2 – March 31, 2025
Phase 3 – March 31, 2023

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

District Assessment Data & PVAAS Working Together! Webinar

Your LEA/district/school may have local assessment data in a web-based system with a range of reporting. Your LEA/district/school may also have a data warehouse with many different screens and reports. If these data resources already exist, why would your LEA/district want to take the time to upload our locally administered assessment data into PIMS to receive PVAAS reporting based on our locally administered assessments? Answers to these questions will be the focus of this session. A Pennsylvania district administrator will describe how this information, along with their local assessment data and data warehouse, added to their range of their data sources to enhance their local decision-making.

Monday, February 13 10:00am-10:45am

Thursday, February 16 3:15pm-4:00pm

Click Here to Register!

Leading with Dignity- beginning March 15

Donna Hicks is a long time expert and speaker on the topic of dignity, presenting all over the world on dignity and its role in conflict resolution.

Updated Mandatory Training List

Emotional Support Teacher Book Study- PaTTAN

TaC Events in January

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CHAMPS, A Classroom Management Tool

Mariha Shields and Susan Griffith spent time with Marion Center elementary teams engaging in discussions on classroom management and a tool known as CHAMPS!