Resources for Teachers and Parents

Gifted

Hoagies Gifted Page

National Association for Gifted Children

NAEG Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development

Gifted Liaisons
The role of the Intermediate Unit Gifted Liaison is to: develop local gifted education networks to establish communication link between school districts, IUs and PDE, Assist in the development of materials for and participate in local, regional and statewide gifted education trainings, Work with other Gifted Liaisons to develop and conduct regional training, Engage in train-the-trainer sessions, Conduct training sessions and in-service trainings within districts, and Attend at least one professional development training in gifted education.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence
Sponsored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence are five-week long summer residential programs on college campuses committed to meeting the educational needs of artistically or academically talented high school students, including the gifted.

PA Association for Gifted Education
Access to resources concerning gifted education in Pennsylvania for students, parents, educators and legislators.

Various Web Resources

Behavior Interventions for Teachers and Parents


Learning Disabilities

What Works Clearinghouse

Center for Data-driven Reform in Education

Education World
Connections to sites for parents, teachers, and students

Circle of Inclusion
Links to many helpful sites

About.com, Special Ed
Excellent website with links to very good articles, helpful printables, etc.  Sign up and newsletters will be sent to your mailbox.  The secondary education site has been helpful and I am sure the elementary site is also very good.

LD Online

TotallyFree Children’s Learning Network

Content Help
Help with High School content areas from Algebra to Statistics

School Age Forms
Special Education Forms

Procedural Safe Guard Notice


Reading

Reading Rockets

Texas Primary Reading Inventory
Teaching beginning reading in which instruction is tied to ongoing assessment

Reading Strategies for General Education Content Areas

Adolescent Literature
Very good reference site for both parents and teachers for literacy topics on middle and high school students

Center on Instruction
Also covers Math, Science, ELL, and Special Education K-12


Pennsyvlania Department of Education

PA Department of Education


Parents Training

Local Parent Task Force Brochure

Parent Task Force Meetings – BLaST Intermediate Unit #17 will be hosting the local Parent Task Force Meetings for the upcoming school year.  The meeting schedule is as follows:

    • Thursday, September 19th from 5:30pm-7:00pm to be held in their Canton Office
    • Thursday, November 7th from 5:30pm-7:00pm to be held in their Williamsport Office
    • Thursday, January 9th from 5:30pm-7:00pm to be held in their Canton Office
    • Thursday, March 20th from 5:30pm-7:00pm to be held in their Williamsport Office

All meetings can be accessed via Zoom at https://iu17.zoom.us/j/96245057086.