A NEW ​statewide biennial conference bringing together PA TIC partners and teachers!

​Thank you to the 120+ attendees, 20+ partner organizations, and keynote speaker Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood for making the first-ever Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom (PA TIC) Summit on Thursday, July 18, 2019, a success for teachers, partners, and trout alike! In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Stroud Water Research Center, and PA TIC program partners and teachers from across the state, the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited (PATU) and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) led the first-ever PA TIC Summit at the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PaTTAN) Building in Harrisburg. 

As a new biennial opportunity (every other year) for statewide TIC participants, the PA TIC Summit not only provides an opportunity for attendees to share what they are doing with TIC. It also fosters opportunities for networking and building upon programs that attendees are implementing in 450 classrooms to serve over 40,000 students across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania! Fueled by powerful partnerships, the PA TIC Summit aspires to model cross-agency and cross-sector collaboration for supporting educators, students, and coldwater fisheries.  You won't want to miss the opportunity to discover water-education resources with exhibitors from across the state, explore new ways to enrich your program in concurrent sessions, and enjoy a full day of professional development and hands-on immersion in TIC.

The next PA TIC Summit will occur in 2021. In the "off" years of this conference, supporters can look forward to the biennial (every other year) Keystone Coldwater Conference.

Previous Flyers and Schedules

2019 PA TIC Summit 
At the pilot PA TIC Summit in 2019, attendees could choose to attend up to FOUR concurrent sessions from a list of six total sessions:
1. Is Trout in the Classroom a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)? | Jennifer Fetter, M.S., Water Resources Educator at Penn State Extension and Carissa Longo, Environmental Education Program Coordinator at DNCR-PA State Parks
2. Connecting the Dots: Tying TIC to STEM Education | Tamara Peffer, M.S., Environment and Ecology Content Advisor at the PA Department of Education (PDE) and Judd Pittman, STEM Advisor at the PDE 
3. Diving Deeper into Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Education | Tara Muenz, M.S., Assistant Director of Education at Stroud Water Research Center
4. TIC Panel Discussion | David Andrews, Javius Galan, Jerry Green, Doug Hess, Bert Johnson, Christian Shane, Coja Yamashita 
5. Using Free Web Tools to Help Your Students Understand Trout Habitat | James Hovan, Experienced TIC Teacher and TES-MMW Master Teacher and Kerrie Snavely, TES-MMW Master Teacher 
6. All About Trout | Monty Murty, Executive Vice President of the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited 

For the 2019 detailed schedule, session descriptions, speaker bios, and vendors/exhibitors: 

2019 PA TIC Summit Program

For the 2019 flyer, including the Summit's previous location and cost:

2019 PA TIC Summit Flyer