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AIM Pathways^TM is:

• An interactive, digital teacher professional development platform designed to deliver research and evidence-based courses in literacy to improve teacher instructional practice resulting in improved student outcomes. 
• A scalable, affordable solution for schools seeking to improve student literacy.
• A unique tool that provides downloadable teacher resources and real-time intervention tools for use in the classroom.
• Designed for sustainability by training internal coaches and school-based literacy leaders trained to maintain the fidelity of instructional practices.
• An important program to onboard new teachers and to sustain the school’s investment in developing a cohesive, comprehensive literacy program through all grades.
• Accessible to teachers via a variety of devices (iPads and mobile phones) to use as a tool when working with children.

Pathways to Proficient Reading: Secondary is accredited by the IDA and all courses are approved for 3 graduate credits from Arcadia University.

Research shows that traditional stand and deliver workshops are ineffective at changing instructional practices.  Teachers find it difficult to translate theoretical models into classroom practice. For that reason, AIM Pathways courses are designed to follow a Learn, Practice and Apply cycle.

• Learn: Participants acquire knowledge during the course in a variety of ways: video lectures, articles, readings and animated videos.
• Practice: Participants and then have the opportunity to practice that knowledge by completed specially designed activities such as card sorting exercises, quizzes and surveys that will help them begin that translation.
• Apply: Participants demonstrate their understanding of the content by applying their knowledge to real life scenarios via classroom simulations and case studies. These in-depth, multi-step classroom simulations replicate real-life scenarios, giving teachers a chance to hone their diagnostic and prescriptive instructional skills.

Go to www.aimpathwaysonline.org

Certificate of Completion Requirements

Successful Completion of AIM Pathways courses requires:

• Completion of all sections of the online asynchronous coursework.
• Participation in the in-person training sessions

Graduate Credits

AIM has partnered with Arcadia University to offer graduate credits for these AIM Pathways courses: Pathways to Proficient Reading, Pathways to Literacy Leadership, Pathways to Proficient Writing, and Pathways to Structured Literacy.

• Course grades determined by participation in the Post-Knowledge Inventory, end-of-section quiz scores, and the Virtual Community of Practice sessions provided during the course.
• AIM assigns a grade upon completion of the course according to the Arcadia Graduate Academic Policies.
• Please check with your school district or degree university for their policy on any reimbursement or transfer of credit grade requirement

Application Process for Graduate Credits

• Registration for graduate credits through Arcadia must be completed based on Arcadia's term schedule and the date of your Post-Knowledge Inventory. The link provided will share additional information on this schedule.
• Cost per graduate credits is $150 (Total Cost = $450)
• Graduate credits cannot be applied for after the due date passes.

Pathways to Literacy Leadership:

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL PLL COHORT 1 PACING GUIDE

Click here for the full PLL Cohort 2 Pacing Guide

1-Year AIM Pathways Platform Access: All participants receive one full year of access to the AIM Pathways platform which can act as an ongoing reference tool allowing all participants to revisit content and access downloadable materials, activities and instructional tools. The courses are easily searchable on all digital devices including smart phones and can be used as a just-in-time tool during instructional classroom time.

Click the image file below to read details about technical requirements for using the AIM Pathways teacher training platform.

General questions: clientsupport@aimpa.org

Graduate credit information: Click here

Tech support: pathwaysupport@aimpa.org