For Teachers and Administrators Gr. K-12: Professional development criteria: administration, teaching skills, and technology.
Participants will complete a written project, performance assessment and an action plan for implementation.
Participants will be assessed using a multiple choice pre and post assessment. Scores on the post assessment must be at least 80%. In addition a lesson plan or project with action plan is required.
Finally an implementation plan will be completed by participants indicating how new learning will be integrated into their assignments.

Course Description: This course is designed to meet the requirement for Year 1 Days 1 & 2 for IU 1 Induction Consortium Schools and teachers in grades K-12.

Day 1 Act 48, Inst II, ESL Overview, Standards and Anchors
Year 1 Day 1 for new educators from districts in the IU 1 Induction Consortium focuses on requirements for Act 48 and Instructional II, an overview of effective strategies for English Language Learners, and training on PA academic standards, anchors and eligible content.

Outside assignments are discussed. The outside assignments are a peer observation and the review and identification of three key concepts from the Pennsylvania Code of Professional Conduct.