When you think of "fall," what comes to mind? Is it the cooler temperatures, the change in the leaves, or the return of football season? We also know that fall is the time to solidify relationships with students and build a lasting foundation of high expectations for the school year. As we are only a few weeks away from the official beginning of the fall season, we hope that you will join us for professional learning in order to mark 2022-2023 as the best school year yet!

In addition to the sessions that are open to all educators in our region (found on our newsletter below), we also offer targeted professional learning opportunities designed for individual schools or districts. Administrators, please contact the center directly via e-mail (hgmorgan@ua.edu) or via the following link to request targeted support.

Continue to review our social media pages on Facebook (@uainservice) and Twitter (@UofARIC) for ongoing announcements. As a reminder, you may find any of our newsletters at: http://inservice.ua.edu/newsletter.

Happy Fall!

Dr. Holly Morgan

Director, UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center

2022-2023 Statewide ARIC Needs Assessment: The voices and opinions of teachers and administrators are crucial to this process; therefore, we need your help!

The Alabama Regional Inservice Centers want to provide quality and relevant professional learning for all educators across the state. Please take a few minutes to complete the 2022-2023 ARIC Regional Inservice Center Needs Assessment.

The survey opens on September 1. Please respond by October 31.

Survey link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=jnIAKtDwtECk6M5DPz-8p0hP5_Jz-i5Lio8ETF047eVUNE5VTDAwQk5BUjdZUDYwR09FSElPVjRKNy4u

Shortened URL: https://forms.office.com/r/wcpzExgp9n

Are your elementary teachers in need of support as they meet the new Alabama Elementary Computer Science Mandate? If so, the Alabama Technology in Motion program in the UA-UWA Inservice Region is now accepting registration for two elementary computer science professional learning groups. The first is a statewide virtual PLG that will meet for an hour after school on the first Tuesday of each month (Sept-Nov & Jan-March) for a time of learning from ATiM specialists and sharing CS teaching ideas and resources with other elementary teachers. The second is a face to face regional PLG that will meet in Tuscaloosa from 9 AM to 3 PM twice in the fall and twice in the spring. There is no cost for your teachers to attend these PLGs, but your school/system would be responsible for any expenses such as subs and/or travel. Registration links are listed below and the dates for the sessions are listed on the attached flyer.

Target Audience for the PLGs based on the CS4Alabama Recommendations:

- Any teacher who would like to enhance the integration of CS lessons into their curriculum.
- Any "specials" teacher (librarian, tech teacher, STEM teacher, etc.) who is tasked with implementing the elementary CS standards for students.

Focus of the PLGs:

Integration and enhancement of computer science instruction in the elementary classroom.

Face to Face PLG Registration: https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/registration/presentRegistrationDetails/453920

Virtual PLG Registration: https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/registration/presentRegistrationDetails/453916

Date: September 7, 2022

Register via PowerSchool section #437933

If you are a new administrator or were unable to attend training last year, be sure to mark this opportunity on your calendar!

Title: Alabama’s Teacher Observation Tool: An Overview for Administrators

Course Description: Alabama Achieves, the strategic plan of the Alabama State Department of Education, specifically focuses on providing students with highly effective teachers. The ALSDE has partnered with Cognia in creating a teacher observation tool that provides educators with specific areas of strengths/growth and aligns with the Alabama Core Teaching Standards. The instrument also assists educators in developing professional development plans and choosing informed professional learning experiences. In this session administrators will be able to

• Understand the Teacher Observation Tool

• Utilize the Teacher Observation Tool for classroom observation

• Calibrate scores on the Teacher Observation Tool

Time: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa.

Join us on September 13 from 8:30-11:30 AM or 12:30-3:30 PM for Dyslexia Awareness training. (This training fulfills the "dyslexia awareness" requirement set forth on page 27 of the Alabama Literacy Act.)

Experience Dyslexia is designed to increase awareness of the difficulties and frustrations that people with dyslexia, as well as those with the characteristics of dyslexia, encounter daily. We hope this experience will provide insight into working more effectively with these students.

Register via PowerSchool Section #441500 (AM session) or #441501 (PM session)

Region Four District and K-3 School Leaders,

Please join Dr. Tiffany Davis, ARI Region 4 Regional Literacy Leadership Specialist, to reflect on the outcomes of your summer reading camp.

Date: September 13

Time: 9:00-10:30 am

Virtual Session via Zoom: https://ua-edu.zoom.us/j/83532070731

Register via PowerSchool PL Section #453247

ALSDE Curriculum and Instruction Meetings

Fall meeting dates and locations are included below.

Fall

Tuesday, 9/13, Athens State University

Wednesday, 9/14, Shelby County Instructional Services Center

Thursday, 9/15, Troy University Montgomery

Tuesday, 9/27, University of South Alabama

Join us on either September 14 or September 28 for Beginning Sound Wall professional learning from Tools4Reading. Each day's session will occur from 8:30 am-3:30 pm. All K-3 teachers, interventionists, administrators, and special education teachers are eligible to attend.

September 14:

• University Hall, University of Alabama, 270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa
• Register via PowerSchool section #436961

September 28:

• Bell Conference Center, University of West Alabama, Foust Drive, Livingston
• Register via PowerSchool section #436958

If you are a new math teacher, AMSTI is offering math course-of-study training on the following dates:

• K-5: September 14 from 8:00-11:00 am---PowerSchool Registration Link
• 6-12: September 22 from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm--PowerSchool Registration Link

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, Room 1044, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa

Please contact Lisa Fitzgerald at lgfitzgerald@ua.edu with questions.

In this session, provided by Dr. Carolyn Jones (ALSDE) and Dr. Patrick Chappell (Publishers' Warehouse), educators will investigate the following: Goals of the Textbook Committee; Formation of the Local Textbook Committee; Best Practices for the Local Textbook Committee; Work of the Local Textbook Committee; Publisher Expectations; Textbook Caravan; Final Steps for Local Textbook Adoption; Samples Timeline will be provided; Adoption process forms; Procedures for adopting textbooks outside the State approved list; Sample Oath of Office; Textbook Disposal Procedures; Textbook Law; Textbook orders with Publishers' Warehouse.

Date: September 22, 2022

Time: 10:00-11:30 am

Virtual via Zoom

Register via PowerSchool PL Section #454309 in order to receive the Zoom link.

We are here to support you! If you are interested in pursuing National Board Certification, please join our free, monthly support cohort! Session information, including dates, times, and PowerSchool registration can be found on the calendar located at http://inservice.ua.edu/national-board-support.html

For the fall semester, all informational sessions will be offered virtually. In the spring semester, candidates will be assigned NBCT mentors who will support them face-to-face and/or virtually in their NBCT journey.

Click here to be added to the UA/UWA NB email distribution list in order to receive ongoing updates regarding NBCT support.

Join us virtually on September 22 from 5:00-7:30 pm for "Component 4: Instructions and Planning." Register via PowerSchool PL Section #435560.

A Zoom link will be added to the notes section of the PowerSchool listing and will be shared with you via e-mail approximately two days prior to the session.

We are excited to announce that our Inservice Center will once again offer regional support for secondary instructional coaches who are not served by AMSTI or ARI. Each quarterly session will be held at the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education on the following dates. If you are a secondary instructional coach who would like to participate this year, please use the links below to register in PowerSchool for these sessions. We will continue our study of the coaching process and how to use data to drive our coaching conversations.

September 23, 2022

November 17, 2022

January 27, 2023

March 6, 2023

Feel free to contact Dr. Holly Morgan at hgmorgan@ua.edu with any questions.

The Division of Instruction will offer professional learning opportunities to educators who are responsible for providing evidence-based, high-quality instruction to English Learners. The sessions will outline Alabama’s vision, principles, and theory of action as a means of developing and implementing a systemic approach for instruction that meet the needs of ELs.

To attend the course, register in PowerSchool Professional Learning with the PowerSchool-PD: Title No. 295283 to receive credit hours.

Alabama EL Framework Training Options Professional Development I Sessions: · September 2, 9 am – 10 am Florence

September 9, 9 am – 10 am Anniston

September 16, 9 am – 10 am Montgomery

September 23, 9 am – 10 am Tuscaloosa

September 30, 9 am – 10 am Andalusia

If you have any questions, please contact Maria Franco, Michele Lee, or Katrina Todd.

• September 29, 2022
• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
• This year, we will host 3 meetings with the curriculum directors/professional learning directors who serve as direct liaisons to the Inservice Center.
• Each of these regional meetings, beginning with September 30, will occur 2-3 weeks after the ALSDE's Curriculum and Instruction meetings. The purpose of this timing is so that we may discuss specific updates, data, and requests for support based upon the information shared at the ALSDE meetings. We will share ideas and network to share best practices within our region.

ATiM at the UA-UWA In-Service Center is pleased to announce that the Library Technology Professional Learning Groups are returning for the 2022-23 school year. Over the past 12 years, this has been one of the most popular professional learning groups offered by ATiM in the region. As in the previous two years, the 2022-23 PLG will be offered with both face-to-face and virtual options with three face to face cohorts and one virtual cohort. The cohorts will have four meetings (two fall and two spring). Each of the face-to-face cohorts will be limited to 15 librarians from the region, and the virtual sessions will be open to librarians in the UA-UWA Inservice Region and statewide. There is no cost for librarians to attend these sessions, but if travel or substitutes are necessary, this will be the responsibility of the school/system. Topics for this year include digital literacy, computer science, emerging technologies, drones in education, digital citizenship, and more! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for sharing this opportunity with your librarians!

For more information, see the attached flyer and visit Course #295914 in the PowerSchool Professional Learning Portal.

Course Link: https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/course/viewCourseSearch?courseId=295914

Update: All of these sessions are TEAMS Approved PD by ALSDE!!

Join us for the following regional Marzano workshops that are being offered through the Alabama State Department of Education at no charge to teachers and administrators in our state! The full listing of sessions and opportunities may be viewed via this linked flyer. Each workshop is a two-day commitment; all three workshops will be offered at the Paul W. Bryant Conference Center (see listing below):

• Leadership and School Improvement: High Reliability Schools in Alabama
• Effective Teaching in Every Classroom: The New Art and Science of Teaching in Alabama
• Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum: Proficiency Scales in Alabama Schools

All workshops will be facilitated by Marzano associates and are provided free-of-charge to Alabama educators. Books will also be provided to attendees.

Register via the information found in the flyer or via the section numbers listed below. Don't delay--register your school and district teams today!

• Leadership and School Improvement: High Reliability Schools in Alabama

1. October 25-26: PowerSchool Section #432473 OR
2. February 27-28: PowerSchool Section #432475

• Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum: Proficiency Scales in Alabama Schools

1. August 31-September 1: PowerSchool Section #432483 OR
2. February 2-3: PowerSchool Section #432485

• Effective Teaching in Every Classroom: The New Art & Science of Teaching in Alabama

1. October 3-4: PowerSchool Section #432477 OR
2. January 24-25: PowerSchool Section #432479
   

Check out the ALSDE Bite-Sized Professional Learning opportunities that are being offered throughout the month of October 2022. Topics range from assessment, teacher mentoring, PowerSchool, and more!

Region 4 Administrators:

Join AMSTI and ARI for the following quarterly principal meetings on October 6, December 8, February 9, and March 23. These sessions are for building administrators of K-5 schools. This information was referenced in a SDE memo (page 5).

The sessions will be held in Capital Hall on The University of Alabama campus. Please complete the following registration form in order to receive your parking pass.

Sessions begin at 8:30 and end at 3:30. You should plan to attend all day in order to participate in both the AMSTI and ARI session.

Please reach out to your AMSTI Director Sara McGee smcgee@ua.edu or your ARI contact Tiffany Davis tiffany.davis@ALSDE.edu if you would like additional information.

If you are a new ELA teacher or have not received an overview regarding the transition to the 2021 ELA Course of Study standards, ARI Region Four specialists are offering an overview session on the following date:

• October 11 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, Room 1033, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa

Register via PowerSchool PL Section #454302

Register for Alabama’s 2022 Fall Dyslexia Conference Today!

When: October 13 and October 14, 2022
Where: St. James United Methodist Church, 9045 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36117

Join us for two days of learning, sharing, and fellowship. We are excited to have nationally recognized literacy expert Nancy Mather; national dyslexia leader, Josh Clark who is the Chair of IDA’s Board of Directors; and a variety of Alabama literacy experts joining us as we share ideas and best practices to support students with dyslexia.

Register via the following link.

WIDA ELD Standards training is designed for educators who are responsible for language development within content learning and implementation of the ELD Standards. Participants will receive resources for using the ELD Standards in instructional planning. This one-day training will assist educators in using the ELD Standards to identify and support language students will use to engage in content learning. Participants will explore how the ELD Standards can support instructional planning.

Date: October 14, 2022

Time: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, Room 1033, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa

Register via PowerSchool PL Section #454128

Join us virtually on October 18 for the following opportunities from Metametrics!

Metametrics Lexile Framework for Reading

October 18

9:00-10:30 am

Virtual via Zoom

Register via PowerSchool PL #453042 in order to receive Zoom link.

Metametrics Quantile Framework for Mathematics

October 18

1:00-2:30 pm

Virtual via Zoom

Register via PowerSchool PL #453044 in order to receive Zoom link.

***For more information about Metametrics and its partnership with Alabama and their FREE resources, visit https://metametricsinc.com/fieldtrip/alabama/.

UA-UWA RIC: A High School Diploma is Not Enough-Ensuring College and Career Readiness for ALL Students

Audience: Secondary Administrators, Counselors, Central Office Staff

Date: October 24

Location: UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa (Room 1033)

Time: AM Session-8:30-11:30, PM Session-12:30-3:30

Register in PowerSchool Professional Learning:

AM Session: Section #454557

PM Session: Section #454587

As graduation rates have increased, data suggest students are not ready for post-secondary education, vocational training, or the workforce. Now more than ever, students must graduate with the necessary tools and skills to prepare them for success in their post-secondary endeavors. Whether continuing their education at a community college or university, enrolling in a trade program, transitioning into the workforce, or joining the military, educators are tasked with preparing students for life beyond the K-12 educational system. Session participants will explore evidence-based interventions, procedural mechanisms, and an overview of CCR indicators and a plan for preparing students for college, military, and/or career.

Alabama Technology in Motion will be hosting the ATIM DLCS Academy for the 2022-2023 school year. We will have virtual meetings after school and provide professional development and best practices to teach computer science in the K-5 curriculum. Whether you are a K-5 classroom teacher, a STEM teacher or an after school club teacher, this PD series is for you! Join ATIM specialists from around the state to learn and grow in STEM and computer science with us! Topics will include: Computational Thinking, Coding, Robotics, Digital Citizenship, Design Thinking, Digital Artifacts and much more. Contact Nikkesha Hooks (nhooks@alsde.edu), Carol Foster (crf0021@auburn.edu) or Robert Mayben (rmayben@ua.edu) for more information. You can sign up for the Academy at PSPL Course# 295543 Section #453013. We hope you will join us for this great learning opportunity.

Cognia IMPACT Conference

Frazer United Methodist Church, Montgomery, AL 36117

October 26-27, 2022

Conference Session Information

During the “IMPACT” Conference, you’ll experience the Cognia community and learn about impactful solutions and inspiring successes. You’ll learn from experts, build strong connections with peers, and share best practices with colleagues and friends from across Alabama.

GROUP REGISTRATION DISCOUNT AVAILABLE:

Register as a group for a Buy 5, Get 6th FREE. For more details, reach out through the Contact Us page.

Registration Fees

Non-Improvement Network Members

$240

Improvement Network Members

$215

Register Now

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 26, 2022!

Join us virtually on October 27 from 5:00-7:30 pm for "Component 3: Teaching Practice and Learning Environment." Register via PowerSchool PL Section #435565.

A Zoom link will be added to the notes section of the PowerSchool listing and will be shared with you via e-mail approximately two days prior to the session.

Calling all social studies teachers!

Join Dr. Blake Busbin, the new ALSDE social studies education specialist and former Alabama History Teacher of the Year, for the following PLC, "Using Primary Sources to Teach the Movement." Both sessions will be held at the UA/UWA Regional Inservice Center (260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL). Dates, times, and PowerSchool registration information is included below.

Dates: October 27 and January 31

Time: Both sessions will be held from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm

Register via PowerSchool PL Section #454553 or the following link: https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/registration/presentRegistrationDetails/454553

DRONES IN EDUCATION PLG
Are you interested in bringing drone activities to your classroom? Do you have a set of drones and need ideas on how to use them? If you meet either of these qualifications, then the ATiM Drones in Education DLCS PLG is for you!

In this PLG, participants will learn educational uses of drones including programming, flying, drone soccer, drone competitions, drone safety, and lesson and integration activity design. There will be three face-to-face meetings in the Tuscaloosa area (2 Fall, 1 Spring). There is no cost to participate in these sessions, but if travel or substitutes are necessary, it will be the responsibility of the school/system.

An additional benefit of this PLG is potential follow-up team teaching opportunities with Dr. Mayben and his fleet of drones!

Click here to register for the Drones in Education PLG.

Join Dr. Holly Morgan on November 15 as she provides information on Alabama's Core Teaching Standards and their alignment to the new Alabama Teacher Observation Tool. Participants will collaborate to apply the Core Teaching Standards in practice and identify evidence of the Core Teaching Standards in their daily practice.

Date: November 15

Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Location: University Hall, University of Alabama campus, 275 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa

Register via PowerSchool PL Section #454316

We are so excited to announce that Dr. Jan Hoegh, Marzano Associate and author of A Teacher’s Guide to Standards-Based Learning, will be the keynote speaker for the annual ACGAL (Alabama Conference on Grading and Assessment for Learning) Conference!

The conference will be held February 10th and 11th a the Shelby County Instructional Services Center. Registration will open on October 1st. More information regarding registration is coming soon!

Time of conference: 8:15 – 2:45 PM CST

Cost: Saturday only – $90 per person; $75 for groups of 5 or more; Friday and Saturday – $125 per person; $100 for groups of 5 or more

Calling all school counselors in the UA/UWA Region! Join us on February 17, 2023 for the 3rd Annual West Alabama Regional School Counselors' Conference! The event will be held at the Paul W. Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa from 8:30-2:30.

Registration is NOW OPEN! Register via PowerSchool PL Section #454408 or via the following link:

https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/registration/presentRegistrationDetails/454408

AMSTI is partnering with ARI to host regional principal meetings to support implementation of the Alabama Numeracy Act. For more information, please view the flyer posted above in this newsletter.

Please contact Sara McGee (smcgee@ua.edu) if you have requests for other professional learning support.

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

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

Contact our specialists today to request on-site instructional support as you return to school! We are here for you!

Training

If you are a new teacher needing ASIM training, please reach out to us directly via email, phone, and/or text.

K-12 Science Foundational Training (contact ASIM specialists if you have not received foundational training)

September 16, 2022

UA Science Foundational Training (K-12)

Lloyd Hall on The University of Alabama campus

Rooms 133 and 233

8:30-3:30 with an hour for lunch

ARI Quick Links Document (Includes Proficiency Scales for K-5)

Quick Links

ARI is partnering with AMSTI to host regional principal meetings to support implementation of the Alabama Literacy Act. For more information, please view the flyer posted above in this newsletter.

• ARI Literacy Leadership | Smore Newsletters for Education

• 2022 Literacy Act FAQs for Families Flyer FINAL.pdf

• ARI Back to School Newsletter

The following document provides access to curated resources to support implementation of the 2021 ELA Course of Study in Grades 6-12. The link will allow you to create your own copy of the resource document.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XKFtlDduyfdOt6uN1sxM9wXu_9QPLi4Ib11JiOpaax4/copy

Join Dr. Mayben for his technology sessions this fall! You may find all of his posted opportunities at www.uatim.org/opportunities.

Contact Dr. Robert Mayben at rmayben@ua.edu to support your school or district's technology professional learning needs.

Hello! I am Stephanie Reynolds, and I am pleased to say that I am your Region 4 EL Regional Specialist this year! I have 16 years of educational experience in Alabaster City Schools where I taught K-2 ESL and 2nd/3rd grade general education. We are off to a great start this year, and I have enjoyed meeting everyone and learning how to best support the needs of our ELs. My primary role is to provide instructional support for teachers. Our state specialists can also provide support for administrators.

Please use the direct link below to access the ALSDE English Learner Support Request form and to learn more about the supports available. The ALSDE is now requiring this request to be completed before any initial visit for Instructional Support.

EL Support Request Link:
https://forms.office.com/r/pXeGunUPgb

My name is Quandria Robinson, and I am one of three new PowerSchool Tech Coaches for the state of Alabama. I will primarily service regions 4-7. The other two PowerSchool Coaches are Jessica Morton and Kendall Tankersley. We are available to provide professional development sessions either in-person or virtually concerning PowerSchool SIS and PowerTeacher Pro.

We have topics ready to present regarding:

• Enrollment/Withdrawals/Transfers
• Attendance-Overview and Daily Tasks
• Walk-In Scheduling/Schedule Changes
• Reporting/Printing
• Incident Management
• PowerTeacher Pro
• PS Basic Navigation
• More!

Please also feel free to request specific sessions that are not listed above, as more material is being developed daily. Let us know what your district or school's specific needs are! To request training for your district or school, you can either reply to this email or click the link in the flyer and submit an Ed Tech ticket request via the following link: Submit Ed Tech Support Ticket

Please assist us by responding to the following needs assessment: https://forms.gle/BtUvNyQDNzwie52K7

Check out the latest information from Dr. Blake Busbin, ALSDE Social Studies Education Specialist: https://sway.office.com/k1vBIVr0tioI7FEb?ref=email

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Email: hgmorgan@ua.edu
Website: www.inservice.ua.edu
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