The UA/UWA In-Service Center’s virtual summer training sessions can be found at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-d4bdIQKweoJH23EHJWBWhzYFAfldXYly-nv0iXX64s/edit?usp=sharing. All sessions are listed in PowerSchool. In this Google sheet, each session title is linked directly to its PowerSchool listing. (Please note that all AMSTI and ASIM virtual sessions will be sent from the ALSDE in the near future.)

You may also access the list of professional learning opportunities at http://inservice.ua.edu/summer.html. More than 45 sessions have been planned that align to our regional data and needs assessment results. We hope to "see you" virtually this summer.

Please feel free to contact Dr. Holly Morgan (hgmorgan@ua.edu) with any questions.

In this session, TregoEd will provide strategies for district administration, school and classroom leaders to identify, organize and initiate planning for the many complex issues facing schools as they prepare for the return of students. These strategies will help participants use a collaborative, structured approach as they consider issues such as equity around achievement, staffing, curriculum and assessment, mental health issues of students and staff, communication, safety/hygiene protocols, building preparedness, etc.

Session 1 (April 30) is completely full; however, we are offering a second session on May 6. Register today at https://uasystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc-6rqj0sE9JbkMmZAaXg-5uBn9eG6ybd

• Our April and May sessions will continue virtually. The final session for the 2019-2020 school year will be on Thursday, May 7. If you would like to participate, please contact Anna Daly at adaly2@ua.edu.
  
• To view the 2019-2020 support schedule, visit http://inservice.ua.edu/announcements
  
• The 2020-2021 session schedule will be released later this summer. We will begin with our first monthly session in August.
• For more information, please contact Dr. Holly Morgan at hgmorgan@ua.edu

Every teacher wants engaged students. So why isn’t every classroom teeming with discussion and purposeful activity centered on the day’s learning expectations? Where should a teacher begin? Engagement by Design gives you a framework for making daily improvements and highlights the opportunities that will bring the greatest benefit in the least amount of time. You’ll learn about relationships, clarity, and challenge, including how getting to know each student a little better can fundamentally change the classroom dynamics—and how to do that, what it means to be an “intentionally inviting” teacher, and how it gives you an advantage in creating an environment conducive to learning, how to bring more clarity to key aspects of your work—and how it can reap substantial rewards for you and your students, how opening the culture to student voice—listening to students—is linked to academic motivation, and how to use it to shape your day-to-day planning, the best ways to increase learning for your students, boosting the proportional value of their school year.

In this study, we will focus intentionally on conversation surrounding engagement in a digtial environment. Join us for these weekly chat sessions! For the first 20 participants, your book will be provided by the UA/UWA In-Service Center. Register in PowerSchool with Section #372713!

The overall goal of this study is to foster greater parental/family engagement within a school. As participants progress through this course they will consider outreach and communication strategies while they reflect on the reasons many families are disengaged from their child's school. This study will require the participant to read the book Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles, discuss chapters online with other participants, work through several activities, and create an implementation plan for either their school or district. At the conclusion of each chapter/reading assignment there will be online discussion activities utilizing a learning management system, such as Google Classroom. Upon successful completion of this study, each participant will be awarded one (1) ACLD-PLU.

Register now to attend the opening virtual session on June 12 at 9:00 am! Books will be provided for the first 20 registered participants. Register via PowerSchool Section #370986

Join Dr. Andrew Maxey on June 29 from 9:00-10:30 am for this virtual session regarding the use of standards-based grading practices. Standards-based grading better informs instruction by identifying areas of strength and needed improvement while providing valuable feedback to students, parents, teachers, and administrators in creating meaningful interventions. Join us for this session to learn more about the process and impact for your students.

Register via PowerSchool Section #371093

Join our facilitator, Ms. Anna Daly, for an informative session regarding what to expect with the National Board Certification process. This virtual session will be offered on July 28 from 9:00-10:30 am. Register today via PowerSchool Section #371175.

Join us for this incredible learning opportunity with Dr. LeeAnn Jung, CEO of Lead Inclusion and lead author of ASCD text, Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms. Dr. Jung is also a clinical professor at San Diego State University with her co-authors, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. She provides support in the areas of inclusion, standards-based learning and grading, designing individualized and goals and interdisciplinary supports, and measuring progress. She has authored 6 books, more than 45 journal articles and book chapters, and has been awarded more than 4 million dollars in federal funding.

This opportunity will be offered in a two-part learning cohort. After the session on September 8, participants will leave with strategies for application within their school teams. Participants will return in December for a follow-up session with Dr. Jung. School teams (consisting of an administrator and multiple teachers) are encourage to attend! Session is limited to 75 participants. Books, training, and substitute reimbursement will be provided by the UA/UWA Regional In-Service Center.

September 8, 2020

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December 2, 2020

8:30 am-3:00 pm

Register via PowerSchool Section #371121

Due to the current pandemic, the following PowerSchool training sessions have been canceled.

• The following dates are for Region 4 UA/UWA:

1. SIS Ent. Reporting Session 1 (Tuscaloosa): May 11-14--
   
2. SIS Ent. Reporting Session 2 (Demopolis): June 8-11
3. Schoology LMS (1/2 Day Training in Tuscaloosa): July 9
4. Introduction to Connected Analytics (1/2 Day Training in Tuscaloosa): September 1---

• For ongoing updates, please visit the PowerSchool link on the ALSDE website at https://www.alsde.edu/dept/data/Pages/powerschool-all.aspx.

• ASIM Biology Training (Lisa Clark, lclark@ua.edu)

• ASIM Chemistry Training (Brooks Moss, moss020@ua.edu)
• ASIM Physics Training (Julie Covin, jcovin@ua.edu)

All face-to-face training has been canceled for Alabama Science in Motion. Look for virtual training opportunities from ALSDE soon!

All face-to-face training has been canceled for AMSTI for Summer 2020. Look for virtual training opportunities from ALSDE soon!