Accelerated Learning Support

Accelerated Learing Resources for Schools (click link)

PDE Recorded Webinar Sessions 2021

• Equity Resources

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  • PDE EQUITY PRACTICES HUB & TOOLS  (click link for guidance, tools and info)

  • SMARTIE Goals -- adding inclusion and equity

  • Equity Audit Tool

  • EverFi Black History Month
  • Mathmatically Gifted and Black
  • Antiracist Math
  • Equity in Literacy
  • Promoting Equity in the Classroom
  • K-12 Social Justice Science and Math Resources
  • Living With the Bear | Learning for Justice
  • Don't Say Nothing | Learning for Justice
  • Equity and Expectations: Leading Rural Communities through Unprecedented Pressures | MAEC, Inc.
  • Community Engagement for Student Success | MAEC, Inc.
  • Racial Justice | Sesame Workshop
  • Building Learning Environments to Foster Belonging: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Youth – PDE Blog released 4/23/21
  • Multicultural Children's Book Publisher | Lee & Low Books (leeandlow.com)
  • Center on PBIS | Resource: Positive Greetings at the Door
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• Technology Tools and Devices for Remote Learning

  • • PBS Datacasting

    • Demos

    • Flipgrid

    • CommonLit.org

    • Anti-Racist Math Education

    • ADL Black History Month

    • Black Scholars in Math

    • EverFi - Teaching Black History Month - 8 free digital lessons for Black History and Beyond

    • Black History Month STEM

    • History: Black History Month Resources

    • BookSnaps

• Teacher Observation and Evaluation for online teaching:

  • • The Danielson Framework for Remote Teaching

    • IU1 Return to School Taskforce: Role of the Administrator

    • Pick 3

    • Book Study (Burgettstown)

    • Hunter College Teacher Observation Checklist

• Social/Emotional Supports

  • • https://www.teacherfit.com/ - Burgettstown SD purchased for their staff

    • https://samanthawan.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/on-this-sheep-scale-how-do-you-feel-today.png - example of staff check in survey from California SD

    • Michelle Bruno- IUP: https://iup.edu/counseling/faculty/bruno,-michelle/ - conducted in-service for Canon Mac on mindfulness for staff

    • https://www.headspace.com/educators - shared with IU1 Waynesburg staff

    • Parent check-in survey from Burgettstown with a focus on what do you and your student(s) need? It is a way to find out who is not ok or flying under the radar and needs additional supports. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlgyILdnmhZemzwW4o3WiFueoJzhihlFJBdHMyUJ7t0Z5Hjw/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Instructional Resource for Remote Learning

  • • Remote Learning During Polio Article - could use with ELA or Social Studies classes

    • Circle of Viewpoints Thinking Routine: https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Circle%20of%20Viewpoints_0.pdf; used to discuss the events at the Capitol Building

    • PDE Creating Equitable School Systems: A Roadmap for School Leaders

    • COVID - Research Based Strategies

    • Tech Educational Sites and Apps

    • Navigating Live Instruction Online

    • Desmos

    • Geogebra

    • Brainstorming Activity - Put a timer on the screen and give students 30 seconds to enter in the chat box ideas related to the topic

    • Kami - makes a document interactive

    • Choiceboards - example of Fortnite Menu board