The University of Alabama-University of West Alabama Inservice Center

Welcome Back! Join us for these opportunities in August and September!

Region 4 Newsletter: UA/UWA Region 4 Newsletter: UA/UWA

What a great day of training COMP Level 1 participants! I’m so excited about Day 2 tomorrow!! Administrators, there are jewels in this group—can’t wait to see all they accomplish this year!

Region 4 Educators: Join us on September 8 for Kagan Cooperative Learning! Only a few seats remaining! Register via PowerSchool PL #545957.

Calling all elementary teachers in Region 4! Join us on September 29 at the UWA Black Belt Museum for Beginning Sound Walls training! Register via PowerSchool PL section #558437

What an AWESOME first 2 days with these lovely, curious, and committed-to-student-focused-coaching new math coaches in Region 4!❤️
We are SO EXCITED about working with all of you!!!❤️


AMSTI

You don’t want to miss this if you are a grade 4-12 educator! Misty Barrett Wilson is amazing!

📚 Beyond Grade 3: The Conversation Continues!

If you joined us for Reading Isn’t Optional, or if you’re passionate about improving literacy outcomes for older students, you don’t want to miss this free virtual follow-up hosted by The Reading League Alabama.

Network Book Study Follow-Up
Beyond Grade 3: Adolescent Literacy in Alabama

🎤 Speaker: Misty Barrett Wilson
📅 Thursday, August 20, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM Central
💻 Free Virtual Event

Together, we’ll continue the conversation about adolescent literacy and explore evidence-based practices that help secondary students become stronger, more successful readers. Misty Wilson, an education specialist with the Alabama Reading Initiative–Beyond Grade 3, will share practical insights to help educators make literacy accessible across all content areas while accelerating student learning.

See link to register in the comments!

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, interventionist, administrator, coach, or literacy advocate, this session will leave you with ideas you can put into practice right away.

We hope to see you there! 📖💙

The memo has been released! You know what that means. 😉 The Robotics Grant FY27 season has begun! 🤖 Please visit www.amsti.org/robotics for all the details!

Closing out the 2026 with a great final day of learning and laughs! So great to see so many smiling faces from Region 4 who are NBCT2B’s!!