Videos

Listen to Ashley’s heartfelt story about her first-born child and their journey as she struggled to learn how to read. Reflect on Dr. Sally Shaywitz’s words as she spoke with Ashley about meeting the needs of students with dyslexia. Be inspired by the resiliency in our children.

As of 2017, roughly 1 in every 2 school districts across Pennsylvania has established a multi-tiered system of support! That’s over 250 districts! Hear how these schools have made great strides in improving student outcomes.

This year, the MTSS Academic Initiative welcomes STEM! School practitioners K-12, administrators and families will have multiple opportunities to engage in meaningful professional learning sessions across ALL disciplines, including science, technology and engineering! Attend this year's forum to gain deep content, move forward with sound implementation across the tiers and expand your continuum of data-based decision-making tools and evidence-based practices.

This session covers updates to the SBAP Handbook from the last version which was issued in 2022. This session is recommended for any staff who oversee SBAP operations within their LEA, as well as any LEAs which are new or returning to participation.

Access all of the sessions at https://pattanliteracysymposium22.sched.com/ The purpose of this session is to describe how to use instructional routines to enhance the delivery of your core reading instruction in a multi-tiered system of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support. Systematic strategies and teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first, and second grade will be described and will be directly relevant to practitioners implementing multi-tiered systems and response to intervention models.

This session presents a study examining the effectiveness, implementation, and acceptability of an explicit, systematic mathematics vocabulary intervention implemented by teachers. Thirty secondary students with learning difficulties and disabilities were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. Results indicate the intervention was effective, feasible, and acceptable. Future research in different settings and including measures to assess maintenance are needed. (Grades 6 - 12)

No one likes attending meetings with an unclear purpose or course of action. Learn how the use of the Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS II) model and meeting agenda will establish meetings with a clear, concise: agenda, rolls for all participants, data-based decision-making, precise problem statements, and action plans to make your Core Team meetings valuable and productive for students and staff.

The Core Leadership Team (CLT) is essential in establishing a foundation for collaboration within any school setting. Through commitment, reflection and shared decision-making, the CLT sets the tone for program-wide PBIS implementation. This session will take a look at one team’s progression over time, including its strengths, challenges and lessons learned.

What do you get when you cross a juggler with a cheerleader? A PBIS Coach, of course! Now more than ever before, early learning providers are faced with the challenge of creating program-wide systems that can effectively support the social emotional needs of all children. Among many other key players, the PBIS Coach plays an important role in supporting program efforts toward meaningful and successful implementation of PBIS practices and strategies in a variety of ways. In this session, we will discuss the various responsibilities of a PBIS coach, including managing data, individual and program level action planning, and overall support for staff, program-wide. We will also take a look at some of the tools and resources available to assist coaches in their efforts to support teachers and teams in their PBIS implementation.

In this session, we will learn methods for leveraging linguistic structure (e.g., morphology, semantics, syntax) to provide direct instruction in academic language to English learners in math. We will learn an evidence-based routine for introducing academic vocabulary. We will also explore how English morphology and syntax can be taught to support English learners' math content learning, vocabulary development, comprehension, and expression. Examples will feature math content from both primary and secondary grade levels.(Grades K - 12)