Intermediate Unit 1
One Intermediate Unit Drive
Coal Center, PA 15423
800-328-6481
www.iu1.k12.pa.us
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009
Intermediate Unit 1 (IU 1) proposes for district consideration the following IU 1 initiatives and services, aligned to
the recommendations from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to utilize ARRA funds. Additional
information about these initiatives and services can be obtained from the IU 1 Catalog of Services found on the IU
1 website at: www.iu1.k12.pa.us. Intermediate Unit 1 can also customize services to meet specific district needs.
For further information contact the appropriate contact person listed below.
Recommendations for BFF: (Basic Education Funding). These funds can be used to expand programs and services to
students from a menu of specific proven academic programs.
PDE Recommendations
IU1 Support / Recommendations
IU 1 Contact Person
1. Extended school day,
school year to
increase instructional
time for students

Cyber Services Online Courses

Summer Correspondence School

After School Tutoring Programs
2. Tutoring those who
are struggling in
reading and math

In-school Youth Tutoring for at-risk
students
3. Implementation of
high rigor curricula /
advanced courses

Arts Day Activities
Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
phupp@washjeff.edu
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us
Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
phupp@washjeff.edu

Cyber Services Online Courses

Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
STEM conferences, courses, workshops,
technical assistance, project-based learning phupp@washjeff.edu
Nancy Tsupros 724-250-3330
ntsupros@washjeff.edu
4.
Professional
development to
promote college ready
high school graduates

Career Gateway Workshops:
1.
Study Skills - Helpful Suggestions for
Improving Study Skill Strategies
2.
Test Taking Strategies - Helpful
Suggestions for Improving Test
Performance
3.
Managing Stress - Helpful Suggestions
for Coping with Stress
4.
Postsecondary Organizational and Time
Management Skills - A Guide for Planning
5.
Career Exploration and Poster Project
Presentation - A Career Gateway Final
Project
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

Work Certified Academy Modules:
1.
Customer Service -Recognize customer
needs, effective active listening skills,
problem solving
2.
Pre-Employment - Resume construction,
application and interviewing skills
3.
Employment Expectations - Selfmanagement tools, lifestyles, step of
learning, ethnical problems, dress &
grooming
4.
Mastering Career Success - Knowledge of
the skills to remain employed and to
become a valuable employee to a
business. How to ask questions, getting
along with coworkers, creative problem
solving, collecting data and reporting
5.
Business Technology - Transmit faxes,
photocopy, operate computer (hardware
and software), use a word processor,
locate and read e-mail
6.
Business Communications - Organizing
messages, proper grammar, appropriate
writing techniques, effective business
memo
7.
General Business Knowledge Understand business structures, as well
as business ethnics
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

My Career Journey, Ementoring, Keys2Work from Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
Smart Futures

Curriculum Alignment - Standards Aligned
Systems
James Dowler, Ext. 236
dowlerj@iu1.k12.pa.us
Mara Linaberger, Ext. 267
linabergerm@iu1.k12.pa.us
Nancy Tsupros 724-250-3330
ntsupros@washjeff.edu
Su Verma, Ext. 268
vermas@iu1.k12.pa.us
5. School Library
services

1 Cyber Services
Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
phupp@washjeff.edu

Discovery Education, Power Library and Access
PA training
Kristin Van Strien, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Recommendations for SFSF: (TITLE XIV) (State Fiscal Stabilization Fund). These can be used for any of
the following purposes:

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
Modernization

Special Education - Any activity authorized by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)
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Renovation and repair of school facilities
Basic education - Any activity authorized by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (which includes No Child Left Behind)
Career and technical education - Any activity authorized under the federal Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Act
Adult and family literacy - Any activity authorized under the federal Adult and Family Literacy
Act
The Department of Education recommends that school districts fund one-time expenditures that can be funded within two years
and do not need to be sustained.
PDE Recommendations
IU1 Support / Recommendations
IU 1 Contact Person
1. Complete Classrooms
for the Future
deployment in high
and middle schools

Classrooms of the Future Coaches for high
school and middle school
2. Improve Science labs
in middle and high
schools

Science Matters, STEM workshops, courses, Nancy Tsupros 724-250-3330
and technical assistance
ntsupros@washjeff.edu
3. Purchase elementary
school science and
exploration kits

IU 1 Science Matters kits
Nancy Tsupros 724-250-3330
ntsupros@washjeff.edu
4. Career and
Technology Education
equipment

IU1 supports purchasing of all equipment
aligned with specific curriculum via
consortium buys
Steve Smolenski, Ext. 287
smolenskis@iu1.k12.pa.us
5. Adolescent literacy
curricula and training

In-school Youth Tutoring for at-risk students Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

Reading Apprenticeship
Wendy Tiano, Ext. 148
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us

Pittsburgh City Theatre Young Playwrights
Teacher Training Institute
Sue Conrady, Ext.242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

Pittsburgh Opera Academy
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

Reading Apprenticeship, PA-LETRS, Power
Instructional Support Services
Teaching, Project-Based Learning,
Staff: www.iu1.org
Standards Aligned Systems, STEM
workshops and courses, Reading and
Writing in the Content Areas courses and
workshops, Differentiated Instruction,
Bullying, Schoolwide Positive Behavior
Support, Data Driven Decision Making,
Technology Integration, Nettrekker, United
Streaming, customized courses, workshops,
6. Professional
Development
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
and technical assistance

Expanded Core Teaching Skills - 2009
update to 21st century skills
Kristin Van Strien, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Steve Smolenski, Ext. 287
smolenskis@iu1.k12.pa.us

Technology integration in core areas
Kristin Van Strien, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Steve Smolenski, Ext. 287
smolenskis@iu1.k12.pa.us

Nettrekker d.i., Thinkfinity, Power Library,
Discovery Ed
Kristin Van Strien, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Steve Smolenski, Ext. 287
smolenskis@iu1.k12.pa.us
7. Data Collection Tools

On Hands Schools: EdInsight
(IU 1 school districts receive discounts)
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
Recommendations for Supplemental Title I Funds. May be used to increase or expand current Title I programs.
PDE Recommendations
IU1 Support / Recommendations
1. Providing professional
development to
teachers in Title I
targeted assistance
programs on the use
of data to inform and
improve instruction
for Title I-eligible
students

2. Providing training to
all middle school
teachers in
adolescent literacy
based on analysis of
middle and high
school reading data

3. Provide parent
leadership support
and training for
parents in the early
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Instructional Collaboration and Coaching
Pathway Courses
IU 1 Contact
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
Instructional Support Services
staff, coaches, and consultants
TOTs at IU 1 in Reading Apprenticeship, PA- Wendy Tiano, Ext. 148
LETRS, Best Practices in Literacy Instruction tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
School District based Adult Basic and
Literacy Education programs
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us
education programs
4. Provide new
opportunities for Title
I programs for
secondary school
students to use high
quality, online
courseware as
supplemental
learning materials for
meeting mathematics
and science
requirements

IU 1 Cyber Services
Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
phupp@washjeff.edu

STEM Programs
5. Establish / expand
fiscally sustainable
extended learning
opportunities for Title
I eligible students in
targeted assistance
programs, including
activities before
school, after school,
during the summer,
or extended school
year

Summer Correspondence School
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

Before and after school tutoring initiatives
for at-risk youth
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us

IU 1 Cyber Services
Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
phupp@washjeff.edu
6. Providing intensive
district-wide
professional
development for
special education and
regular education
teachers that focuses
on scaling-up,
through replication,
proven and
innovative evidencebased school-wide
strategies in reading,
math, writing and
science, and positive
behavioral supports
to improve outcomes
for students with
disabilities

Reading Apprenticeship, PA-LETRS, Effective Wendy Tiano, Ext. 148
Instructional Strategies
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us
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STEM courses, workshops,
programs Science Matters, math courses
and workshops

Project Based Learning
7. Use longitudinal data
systems for
continuous
improvement at the
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Nancy Tsupros 724-250-3330
ntsupros@washjeff.edu
Nancy Tsupros 724-250-3330
ntsupros@washjeff.edu
Noreen Fleming, Ext. 128
flemingn@iu1.k12.pa.us
Donna Whoric, Ext. 214
whoricd@iu1.k12.pa.us
Anita Walters, 724-437-9525
Ext. 701
waltersa@iu1.k12.pa.us
Marlene Kubina, Ext. 115
kubinam@iu1.k12.pa.us
IU 1 Data Institutes, onsite technical
assistance or data workshops
James Dowler, Ext. 236
dowlerj@iu1.k12.pa.us
classroom level

Progress Monitoring
Wendy Tiano, Ext. 148
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us
Noreen Fleming, Ext. 128
flemingn@iu1.k12.pa.us
8. Reading and Math
coaches

Part or full time math and reading
coordinators/coaches
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
9. Adult and family
literacy

School District based Adult Basic and
Literacy Education Programs
Sue Conrady, Ext. 242
conradys@iu1.k12.pa.us
10. Title I / IDEA
Paraprofessional
professional
development

Paraprofessional online and face-to-face
classes
Su Verma, Ext. 268
vermas@iu1.k12.pa.us
Recommendations for Title IID. Integrating technology into the schools curriculum and providing related professional
development.
PDE Recommendations
1. Over the past two
years, School
Improvement
Services have been
able to leverage
resources from a $5.2
million E-Fund Grant
(LEARN Initiative) to
enhance and expand
the diverse
instructional
technology services
available to its
member schools.
These funds could be
used to support
and/or expand our
current IU endeavors
IU1 Support / Recommendations
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Videoconferences-Virtual Field Trips
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Distance Learning

Moodle Server

Online video-based professional development

Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced
professional development for Web 2.0 tools

Integration trainings utilizing Discovery
Education, nettrekker d.i., Thinkfinity, etc.

Expansion of shared resources via the RWAN

Hardware for the classroom such as interactive
whiteboards, projectors (imPACT), response
systems, etc.

KITS Team Meetings for sharing best practices
and classroom integration of virtual field trip
IU 1 Contact
Steve Smolenski, Ext. 287
smolenskis@iu1.k12.pa.us
Kristin Van Strein, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Kristin Van Strein, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Stevie Kline, Ext. 259
klines@iu1.k12.pa.us
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Customized staff development workshops

Core Teaching Skills for an Information Age v.2
Kristin Van Strein, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Kristin Van Strein, Ext. 244
kpvs@iu1.k12.pa.us
Recommendations for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
PDE Recommendations
IU1 Support / Recommendations
IU 1 Contact
1. State-of-the-art
assistive technology
devices and training
in their use
2. Intensive districtwide professional
development to
improve outcomes
for students with
disabilities

IU1 can expand it’s current Assistive
Technology Library to increase the number
of up-to-date devices available for loaning
to school districts

IU1 can provide technical assistance and
recommendations for AT purchases

IU1 can provide training and guided
practice in the use of AT devices
Candy Dunn Ext. 260
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us

Marilyn Friend Workshop co-teaching
August 5
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us

Reading Apprenticeship training for
Adolescent Literacy
Wendy Tiano, Ext. 141
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us

Math/Literacy coaching
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us

Ruby Payne Session - April 24, 2010 @
California University of Pennsylvania
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us

Customized staff development
Jarol DeVoge, Ext. 234
devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us

Differentiated Instruction
Mara Linaberger, Ext. 267
linabergerm@iu1.k12.pa.us

Instructional Collaboration and Coaching
Pathway courses and workshops
Instructional Support staff,
coaches, and consultants:
www.iu1.org
WILSON READING - IU1 can purchase the
Wilson Fundations for K-3. This is a
phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics
and spelling program. Fundations is based
upon the Wilson Reading System®
principles
Candy Dunn, Ext. 260
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us
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IU1 can purchase the Wilson Reading
System. It is designed for use with
individuals who have difficulty with written
language in the areas of decoding and
spelling. The program is generally taught
to students beginning with the upper
elementary grades, through adult

Provide the opportunity for special
education staff to be trained in the use of
Fundations and the Wilson Reading System
including:
-WRS Overview
-WRS Applied Methods
-WRS Level I Certification

FAST FORWARD - IU1 can purchase the
Fast ForWord program. It develops and
strengthens memory, attention, processing
Toni Lozar Ext. 261
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
Wendy Tiano, Ext. 148
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us
rate, and sequencing—the cognitive skills
essential for learning and reading success.
The strengthening of these skills results in
a wide range of improved critical language
and reading skills such as phonological
awareness, phonemic awareness, fluency,
vocabulary, comprehension, decoding,
working memory, syntax, grammar, and
other skills necessary to learn how to read
or to become a better reader. Fast
ForWord reading intervention products
support existing curriculum—they don't
replace it. They align to state mandates
and have been an important factor in AYP
success. And, most importantly, the gains
students achieve are lasting, the result of
enduring positive changes in their
processing skills and learning capacity

Facilitate implementation planning, product
training, and consultation with Scientific
Learning

READ 180 - IU1 can facilitate the purchase
of READ 180. It is an intensive reading
intervention program that helps educators
confront the problem of adolescent
illiteracy and special needs reading on
multiple fronts, using technology, print,
and professional development. READ 180
is proven to meet the needs of struggling
readers whose reading achievement is
below proficient level. The program directly
addresses individual needs through
differentiated instruction, adaptive and
instructional software, high-interest
literature, and direct instruction in reading,
writing, and vocabulary skills.

Facilitate comprehensive READ 180
implementation training and professional
development to help teachers be
successful and to foster and sustain best
teaching practices in the classroom

POWER TEACHING - Provide/facilitate
training in PowerTeaching. PowerTeaching
provides mathematics teachers with the
tools necessary to deliver rich, powerful
lessons by connecting core math
resources, PA’s Standards-Aligned System
in Math, and PA Big Ideas in Math to
cooperative learning techniques that have
effectively improved student achievement

LIPS - Provide training in the Lindamood
Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program.
It successfully stimulates phonemic
Noreen Fleming Ext. 128
flemingn@iu1.k12.pa.us
awareness and individuals become aware
of the mouth actions that produce speech
sounds. This awareness becomes the
means of verifying sounds within words
and enables individuals to become selfcorrecting in reading and spelling, and
speech. It is common for individuals to
gain several grade levels in decoding
ability in four weeks to six weeks of
intensive instruction, or to make further
gains in speech-language after hitting a
plateau under traditional speech therapy
3. Capacity to collect
and use data to
improve teaching
and learning

PA-LETRS - Provide training in PA-LETRS®
(Language Essentials for Teachers of
Reading and Spelling). This is a
professional development program that
responds to the need for high-quality
literacy educators at all levels. PA-LETRS
provides the deep foundational knowledge
necessary to understand how students
learn to read, write, and spell—and why
some of them struggle

Facilitate district staff being trained as PALETRS trainer

OTHER PRODUCTS - IU1 can investigate
and facilitate the purchase and training of
other core content area programs and
resources
Wendy Tiano Ext. 148
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us

On-site data driven decision making
Instructional Support Services
staff: www.iu1.org

AIMSWEB - IU1 can facilitate the
implementation of AIMSweb. This is a
progress monitoring system based on
direct, frequent and continuous student
assessment. The AIMSweb system
components provide one comprehensive
progress monitoring and RTI Solution
Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us

IU1 can facilitate a variety of formats,
including private on-site training, public
workshops, and web-based offerings for
groups and individuals. Certified AIMSweb
Trainers provide training and professional
development services via the "train-thelocal-trainer" team-based model, building
capacity and autonomy within your school
district

PROGRESS MONITORING - IU1 can provide
training in all areas of progress monitoring.
This is a scientifically based practice that is
used to assess students' academic
performance and evaluate the effectiveness
Noreen Fleming, Ext. 128
flemingn@iu1.k12.pa.us
Wendy Tiano, Ext. 148
tianow@iu1.k12.pa.us
of instruction. Progress monitoring can be
implemented with individual students or an
entire class
4. Transition
coordinators to work
with employers in
the community to
develop job
placements for youth
with disabilities

IU1 can purchase resources to assist special
education teachers to implement progress
monitoring tools with fidelity

DIBELS - IU1 can facilitate the use of The
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy
Skills (DIBELS). They are a set of
procedures and measures for assessing the
acquisition of early literacy skills from
kindergarten through sixth grade. They are
designed to be short (one minute) fluency
measures used to regularly monitor the
development of early literacy and early
reading skills

IU1 can facilitate teacher training on the
administration and interpretation of DIBELS

PRECISION TEACHING (Math & Reading) IU1 can facilitate training in Precision
Teaching and Standard Celeration Charting.
Taking frequency measurements set
precision teaching apart from most other
educational measurement practices.
Precision Teaching is adjusting the curricula
for each learner to maximize the learning
shown on the learner's personal standard
Celeration Chart. The instruction can be by
any method or approach. The precision
comes from making curricula changes based
on changes in the weekly learning of each
student

OTHER PRODUCTS - IU1 can investigate
and facilitate the purchase and training of
other data collection tools

IU1 can expand its transition support by
facilitating the purchase of the PAES
(Practical Assessment Exploration System)

IU1 can provide teachers and aides to
operate the PAES program and work with
district staff to transfer skills - PAES
operates in a simulated work environment.
Students become employees; teachers
become supervisors. Strict procedures are
followed so students get the feel of real
work, and at the same time learn and
explore new career vocational areas

IU1 can provide training on Indicator 13
that slates youth aged 16 and above with
an individualized education program (IEP)
that includes coordinated, measurable,
annual IEP goals and transition services that
Candy Dunn, Ext. 260
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us
will reasonably enable the student to meet
the post-secondary goals
5. Increase parent
involvement
6. Provide highly
qualified
paraprofessionals

IU1 can provide stipends for secondary
special education teachers to attend the
summer 2009 PA Community on TransitionSuccess by Design conference at Penn State

IU 1 can expand its transition programs by
hiring additional work experience
coordinators and job coaches

IU1 can provide training for job coaches

IU1 can provide training on developing the
Transition component of the IEP

OTHER PRODUCTS - IU1 can investigate
and facilitate the purchase and training of
other transition resources, programs and
services

IU1 can provide trainings for parents in all
areas of special education and PDE
initiatives

IU1 can collaborate with school districts to
develop appropriate activities to promote
parental involvement that support Indicator
8 of the State Performance Plan

IU1 can provide tutoring programs for
paraprofessionals and substitute
paraprofessionals who do not meet the
highly qualified status

IU1 can provide a research-based
assessment that measures the reading,
writing, and math competency of
prospective and practicing
paraprofessionals. It also measures the
ability to apply these competencies when
assisting in classroom instruction. The
assessment satisfies the requirements of
the federally legislated No Child Left Behind
Act and IDEA

IU1 can provide the 20 hours of training
required of all special education
paraeducators

IU1 can provide paraeducators for individual
students and/or classrooms

IU1 can provide a 10-week training program
for persons wanting to become
paraprofessionals

OTHER PRODUCTS - IU1 can investigate
and facilitate the purchase and training of
other paraprofessional resources, programs
Candy Dunn, Ext. 260
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us
Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
Candy Dunn, Ext. 260
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us
Jennifer Judge, Ext. 254
judgej@iu1.k12.pa.us
and services
7. Decrease suspension
and expulsion rates
for students with
disabilities

IU1 can provide intensive training for
District Functional Behavioral Assessment
(FBA) specialists. These specialists would
conduct an FBA when a student's behavior
interferes significantly with his or her
learning or that of peers. This information
provides the basis for developing a Positive
Behavior Support Plan (PBSP). These
specialists could also train district staff in
each building, grade level, etc.
Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
Donna Whoric, Ext. 214
whoricd@iu1.k12.pa.us

IU1 can facilitate the district staff becoming
trainers in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention

IU1 can assist district NCI trainers in
providing annual training

IU1 can provide training and collaboration in
Effective Behavior Supports

IU1 can hire a person to develop a Behavior
Wiki so that all staff in the 3 counties will
have access to the most current research,
techniques and programs. Components can
include a discussion section, a Positive
Approaches to Classroom Management Book
Club, exemplary practices, et

IU1 can provide a stipend for a team to
attend the 2009 Governor’s Institute for
Educators: Improving Academic Success
Through Positive School Culture that will be
held July 26 – July 31, 2009 at Bloomsburg
University
8. Provide Early
Intervening Services
for students in K-12
who need additional
academic and
behavioral support to
succeed (up to 15%
of funding received)

REPONSE TO INTERVENTION - IU1 can hire Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
RtI Consultants/Coaches to provide guided lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
practice, collaboration and technical
assistance with the implementation of RtI

IU1 can purchase needed resources to
effectively implement the RtI model in a
specific setting
9. Improve the
participation and
performance of
students with
disabilities on
statewide
assessments

STUDY ISLAND - IU1 can facilitate the
purchase of Study Island. This is an
affordable, easy-to-use, Web-based
standards mastery product including
instruction, practice, assessment and
reporting built for PA’s state standards

IU1 can facilitate an in-person teacher
training if requested
Candy Dunn, Ext. 260
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us
10. Programs and
Services

Bullying – IU 1 can provide a stipend and
registration fee for special education
teachers to attend International Bullying
Prevention Association 6th Annual
Conference, November 17-18, 2009 –
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania entitled, “Hope For
A More Peaceful World”
Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
Donna Whoric, Ext. 214
whoricd@iu1.k12.pa.us
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IU 1 can facilitate training for school district
staff in the Olweus Bullying Prevention
Program. Its goals are to reduce and
prevent bullying problems among school
children and to improve peer relations at
school. The program has been found to
reduce bullying among children, improve
the social climate of classrooms, and reduce
related antisocial behaviors, such as
vandalism and truancy

IU 1 can increase the number of staff
trained in the Olweus Bullying Prevention
Program and provide on-site district support

UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (UDL)
Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
– IU 1can provide and/or facilitate training
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
in the UDL framework. This framework can
help districts turn the challenges posed by
high standards and increasing learner
diversity into opportunities to maximize
learning for every student. Drawing upon
new knowledge of how the brain works and
new technologies and media now available
for teaching and learning, UDL frames a
systematic approach to setting goals,
choosing or creating flexible materials and
media, and assessing students accurately

Student Assistance Program (SAP) Training
Candy Dunn, Ext. 260
– IU1 can facilitate Student Assistance
dunnc@iu1.k12.pa.us
Training Services for district and IU staff
(social workers and psychologists). Student
Assistance Training Services provides school
personnel with tools for effective prevention
and intervention with students and their
families. SAP Training Services pledges its
resources to strengthening collaborative
relationships that assist students, their
families, their schools and the learning
community in promoting safe, secure and
creative environments for quality growth
and achievement

IU1 can provide a stipend for staff attending
training in the summer

Standards Based IEP - IU1 can provide
training and guided practice in writing
standards-based IEPs. The training will
describe a process and document that is
framed by the PA standards and contains
annual goals aligned with, and chosen to
Toni Lozar, Ext. 261
lozart@iu1.k12.pa.us
facilitate the student’s achievement of
grade- level academic standards.
Developing standards-based IEPs requires
IEP team members to have an
understanding of the state standards for
each grade and for each academic content
area taught
11. Summer School
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Online Summer School
Pam Hupp 724-561-5623
phupp@washjeff.edu