The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Standards Aligned System (SAS) Institute, Pathways to Student Achievement: Resources for Improving School Effectiveness, is scheduled for December 8, 2013, through December 11, 2013.  

To preview the agenda, visit http://www.iu5.org. Click on the SAS icon and from the menu, select 2013 SAS Institute program.

Open registration begins on October 1. Educators are encouraged to register early to confirm participation. Access to registration is available at http://www.iu5.org. Upon accessing the site, click on the SAS icon and select SAS Institute Registration.  

Additional information:
Location: Hershey Lodge and Convention Center; guaranteed check in is 4:00 p.m.

Registration Fee: $100/per person for commuters; $200/person with lodging (non-refundable). The $200 registration fee includes double occupancy lodging for any attendees who reside and work more than 50 miles from the conference location.  Single occupancy is at attendee’s own cost of $130.00/night; single occupancy registrants are responsible for making their own reservations.

Attendance Considerations:

School districts are invited to send four participants.
IUs are invited to send three participants.
Charter schools are invited to send two participants.
Non-public schools are invited to send two participants.
Private schools are invited to send two participants.
Career and Technical Centers are invited to send two participants.
Higher education is invited to send two participants.
PaTTANs are invited to send three participants.

Participants are requested to bring their own laptops.

Questions: Contact sasevents@iu5.org