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Translanguaging is the practice of using multiple languages to communicate, think, and make sense of the world. It can also refer to a teaching method that encourages students to use their home language to learn a new language.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is fast becoming a hot topic in the field of education. TBI is now considered a "developing disease." Following TBI, many students return to school without appropriate educational supports in place. Over time, students may exhibit more intensive learning needs that can be connected back to their earlier brain injury. Regardless if the TBI is classified as mild (concussion), moderate or severe in nature, students may exhibit moderate/severe functional needs in school that impact the ability to learn new information. Information about the differences between students who sustain TBI versus other disability categories, the importance of early identification & screening, and a plethora of specific educational strategies will be discussed. A BrainSTEPS student will also share his personal journey.

Hear from Nicole Tucker-Smith about the tier 1 approach of Universal Design for Learning. UDL is essential for some, beneficial for all.

Act 69 of 2014, the Dyslexia Screening and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program became effective on June 26, 2014 (24 P.S. Article XVII-C). This Act requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to establish an early literacy intervention and dyslexia pilot program to provide evidence-based early screening using evidence- based services for students with potential risk factors for early reading deficiencies and dyslexia, such as low phonemic awareness, low letter and symbol naming and inability to remember sequences. This session will provide an update on the pilot program, which will operate for three full years beginning with the 2015-16 school year.

Act 69 of 2014, the Dyslexia Screening and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program became effective on June 26, 2014 (24 P.S. Article XVII-C). This Act requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to establish an early literacy intervention and dyslexia pilot program to provide evidence-based early screening using evidence-based services for students with potential risk factors for early reading deficiencies and dyslexia, such as low phonemic awareness, low letter and symbol naming and inability to remember sequences. This session will provide an update on the pilot program, which will operate for three full years beginning with the 2015-16 school year.

This session will focus on the use of Data to Inform Growth and how those data are used to Inform Instruction. First, this webinar will focus on "data interpretation decision-rules" to differentiate between growth, improvement without growth and loss of improvement. Central to these decision rules is consensus (mindset) regarding how to interpret data using these decision rules. Second, this webinar will focus on "instructional decision-rules" regarding instructional decision making based on the data decision rules. LINK TO HANDOUTS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YRlQPliu1uDVqurJCff4iBUPS9MinxYW

This presentation explains how teams can utilize the self-rating MAX Practice Profile Implementation Rubric, Discussion Guide, and the Status and Implementation Plan for the purpose of action planning.

Response to Intervention implementation is an ever-changing, dynamic process characterized by progress and set-backs as a normal part of systems change. Listen to Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, Nationally known RtI expert, as she speaks to the trials and tribulations of RtI adoption and implementation.

What if you could triple the speed of student learning? According to findings by Professor John Hattie, a strong sense of Collective Teacher Efficacy can yield over three years of student growth over one school year. Now ranked the most powerful influence on achievement in the Visible Learning research, Collective Teacher Efficacy is a belief that together teachers can positively impact student learning. When efficacy is high, teachers show greater persistence and are more likely to try new learning approaches. Join Visible Learning expert, Kristin Anderson, for a review of the major factors that influence student learning and a discussion about how to create the conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy.