Emotional Support Teacher Training
and Networking
Please join the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Training & Consultation Team for this HYBRID training & networking series.
Join us for a series of professional learning that centers on the development of teachers of students receiving emotional support. Teachers will begin with two days of training where they will establish beginning of the year rules and routines with a trauma-informed lens. Teachers will also learn how to use the Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills Continuum to center social emotional skill development in their daily teaching. Additionally, teachers will have the opportunity to participate in ongoing networking sessions throughout the year, which will focus on topics targeted at the core components of being an emotional support teacher.
Participant Information
Target Audience:
Special Education Teachers
Act 48 Hours:
- A total up to 15 (fifteen) Act 48 hours will be awarded for this training series.
- 5.5 (five and a half) Act 48 hours for each full day session.
- 1 (one) Act 48 hour for each networking session.
- Participants are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to attend all sessions in the series. Partial Act 48 hours will be offered.
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.
ES TEACHER TRAINING SERIES
ES Teacher Training, Day 1
Date: September 16, 2025
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: IMS, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
In the first of a 2-day session, participants will learn about the key characteristics of emotional disturbance and develop a background of the trauma-informed practices that support students with ED. Participants will also learn about the function of students' behavior and engage in activities around how to set up their physical classroom space as well as their classroom expectations, rules, and routines to support student learning.
ES Teacher Training, Day 2
Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: IMS Room, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
In the second session, participants will learn more about trauma-informed approaches through the lens of social-emotional learning and Pennsylvania's Career Ready Skills Continuum. Participants will also be given strategies for how to teach students the necessary skills aligned with Pennsylvania's continuum. The second half of this session will be dedicated to designing systems for acknowledging student behavior and developing a continuum of responses to student behavior.
ES TEACHER NETWORKING SESSIONS
In these virtual networking sessions, participants will have the chance to engage with colleagues around their experiences as emotional support teachers. Participants will learn best practices to support students receiving emotional support.
October Virtual Networking
Date: October 21, 2025
Time: 8:30am-9:30am
Location: ZOOM
December Virtual Networking
Date: December 16, 2025
Time: 8:30am-9:30am
Location: ZOOM
February Virtual Networking
Date: February 10, 2026
Time: 8:30am-9:30am
Location: ZOOM
April Virtual Networking
Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 8:30am-9:30am
Location: ZOOM
Contact Information
Training Content Questions:
Katie McBroom-Stenger, Training and Consultation Coordinator
Registration Questions:
Jamila Robinson-Moore, Administrative Support
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.