Summer School 2009
ARIN Intermediate Unit 28 will again sponsor a Summer School Program,
scheduled for June 29 - July 31, 2009. The ARIN Summer School courses are
remedial in nature and are available only to students in grades 7 through 12
who have previously taken the courses for which they are registering but did
not successfully meet the course requirements.
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Summer 2009 Course
In Pennsylvania, the School Code
mandates that educational staff intervene in situations in which a
person poses a threat to him/herself or to another in the school
setting. This course will provide participants with both the
expertise and the skills necessary to train others in safe strategies
for dealing with these situations. Included are six modules (one per
day) that cover safe, hands-on physical interventions appropriate for
crisis situations in the educational setting, preventative
information, and skill development performance, feedback, and
assessment.
ARIN Events
ARIN was a “live” site for the eStrategic Planning Tool Redesign Videoconference on January 22, 2009. Susan Voigt, Evaluation Specialist for Capital Area IU, gave an overview of the changes to the eSP tool, with a special focus on requirements for Phase I districts, who must submit a mid-point review this year.
Grant Provides Free Online PSSA Practice Programs
As part of the Northwest Regional Wide Area Network grant, the ARIN IU districts and the two technology centers have each been allocated $2754 to spend on Study Island products. Study Island is an online program (accessible from any computer with internet access) that uses games to motivate students to practice PSSA-aligned items. The grant provides for the programs to be used through June 30, 2010.
ARIN Continues Guest Teacher Program
Following a successful first round of training this past February, twenty-two “Guest Teachers” became day-to-day substitutes in districts participating in the ARIN Guest Teacher Consortium.
The primary requirements for becoming a Guest Teacher are 1) completion of a Bachelor’s degree program (a teaching certificate is NOT required) and 2) completion of the Guest Teacher training provided by the ARIN Intermediate Unit 28.
Applications for the next training (to be conducted on September 3 and 4 at IUP’s Northpointe Campus) are being accepted through Monday, August 24, 2009. Those interested in becoming a Guest Teacher should click on the Guest Teacher tab on the left for more information.
Overview of ARIN’s Orientation and Mobility Program
Orientation and Mobility is formal instruction providing systematic techniques by which blind and visually impaired persons orient themselves to their environments and move about independently. Orientation is the knowledge of one's distance and direction relative to things observed or remembered in their surroundings and keeping track of the spatial relationships as they change during movement through the environment. Mobility is the movement through the environment safely and independently.