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Structured Literacy Training
for Autistic & Life Skills Support Educators
Please join the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Training & Consultation Team for this IN PERSON Training.
Sessions will lead participants through an exploration of:
- how reading skills develop
- the component skills of reading including phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency
- the skills of vocabulary, inference-making, and content knowledge
- effective instructional practices and evidence-based intervention approaches
Educators will leave prepared to administer and interpret assessments and implement effective classroom instruction including how to accommodate and modify content for students with complex communication needs.
This training series meets PA Act 49 Structured Literacy requirements.
- Evidence-based intervention practices on structured literacy
- Explicit and systematic instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness
- A) Alphabetic principle, decoding and encoding; B) Fluency and vocabulary
- Reading comprehension and building content knowledge
Participant Information
Target Audience:
Special education teachers, interventionists, coaches, reading specialists, speech therapists
Act 48 Hours:
- 20 (twenty) Act 48 hours will be awarded after the training series.
- Participants MUST attend all sessions in series. No partial Act 48 will be awarded.
Cost: There is no cost to attend this training series.
Registration Priority: Educators who work for LEAs in the AIU3 region will have priority registration.
Registration / Session Information
Day 1
Date: October 3, 2024
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm
Location: Sullivan Room, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Day 2
Date: October 22, 2024
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm
Location: Sullivan Room, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Day 3
Date: November 20, 2024
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm
Location: Rogers Room, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Day 4
Date: January 23, 2025
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm
Location: Sullivan Room, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Contact Information
Training Content Questions:
Marisa Esposto, Training and Consultation Coordinator
Kate Stuckey, Training & Consultation Coordinator
Registration Questions:
Jamila Robinson-Moore, Administrative Support
Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event.