Greetings team,
The following is a list of the upcoming RCPE events for the Northeastern Region.
Register online by clicking the link below or by printing, completing, and mailing the form (also listed below) and sending payment to Maureen Foster at the address listed on the flier.
Pre-registration is required at least one week prior to each session. No “walk-ins”.
Dinner is included and will be served at 5 p.m. Sessions immediately follow.
There is a $10 refundable registration fee. Refunds will be mailed following your last session, provided you attended each of the sessions for which you registered. If you fail to cancel and are a “no show,” the $10 will not be refunded. You may use the same $10 for multiple sessions. However, if you are a “no show” for any session, you are automatically charged a registration forfeiture fee of $10 and will need to pay an additional $10 registration fee for any remaining sessions.
Call or email Maureen Foster to cancel at least 24 hours in advance. In the event of inclement weather, call PSEA at (570) 208-1149.
September 14, 2016
Technology in Education Today 2.0:
Web Resources & Apps for Teachers in Today's Contemporary Classrooms
Presented by Chris Clayton (2 hrs.)
Already on board with getting devices in classrooms? If so, then in this session, we will explore the rapidly evolving and changing role that technology is playing in our daily lives and its connection to the field education and the practice and craft of teaching. Included will be a discussion of the shift inherent in moving from “institutionally organized” to more “self-organized” educational practices and the integral role that technology has played and is playing in this monumental shift. From “BYOD” (bring your own device) to “1 to 1” (one device for each student provided by the district) to “Blended Learning” and “Flipped Classrooms,” this session will focus on exploring these educational technology paradigms of instruction and will present attendees with information, strategies, and “take-away” tools and resources that educators can immediately actualize into their planning and instruction. Beginning with “why” technology should be used in the classroom, we will then shift to “what” teachers can do to effectively utilize technology in the classroom with a myriad of web-based and app resources that teachers can use to integrate devices into the classroom effectively with students.
October 6, 2016
Enthusiasm: A Key Component For Every Instructional Toolbox
Presented by Bernie Miller (1.5 hrs.)
Without enthusiasm, many lessons would fail. Without enthusiasm, supporting students facing challenges would fall on deaf ears. Enthusiasm is critical to the work we do as educators. Take a deep dive into the topic of enthusiasm and find out the what, how, and why behind this critical component.
October 20, 2016
PA Core Standards Instruction and Assessments Shifts and Resources in Math & Literacy
Presented by Chris Clayton (2 hrs.)
This session will focus on helping educators make meaningful and strategic changes to their instructional and assessment practices by connecting learning about PA Core Standards to classroom instruction? The session will provide participants with background knowledge and a litany of strategies and “take away” instructional and assessment resources connected to the PA Core Standards in both math and literacy across content areas that can be actualized in their classrooms immediately.
November 9, 2016
Legal Implications of Technology Use in the School Environment
Presented by Jeffrey Husisian, Esq. (2 hrs.)
This program will review legal implications for educators related to the use of employer-provided computers and electronic networks (including electronic mail and internet access), as well as social media, regarding school employment and/or certification. This course will also include discussion of employer monitoring of employee technology use, educator supervision of student communications as it relates to sexual harassment, criminal violations, and plagiarism. Finally, this program will include discussion of guidelines for protecting the security of employer-provided electronic networks.
January 25, 2017
Promoting Peer Interaction, Over 20 Strategies To Consider
When Working With Students with Disabilities
Presented by Bernie Miller (3 hrs.)
Some students with disabilities are challenged in developing social skills and interacting in meaningful ways. In this era of inclusion, there is a heightened awareness of the need to promote peer interaction. This course will share the reasons why both educators and parents need to be involved in this effort, and the program will provide assessment tools and strategies to use with students, both typically developing students and students with disabilities.
February 22, 2017
Reading Instruction Across the Content Areas in the PA Core Era
Presented by Chris Clayton (2 hrs.)
The PA Core Standards call for students to independently read, analyze, and synthesize information from multiple texts and to use evidence from the texts to formulate well-defended claims with clear evidentiary support This session will present educators with information and tools to support reading instruction across the content areas. It includes a variety of specific strategies and take-away resources that content area teachers can immediately build into their lesson planning and actualize in their instruction.
March 22, 2017
Student Achievement & Poverty
Presented by Chris Clayton (2 hrs.)
This session examines socioeconomic status and student achievement in Pennsylvania and takes a look at approaches and interventions that are being implemented to help “close the achievement gap” for students around the country. Participants will leave the session with a better understanding of the facts and helpful knowledge and resources related to poverty and student achievement.
April 6, 2017
Child Abuse Reporting Obligations Under the Newly-Amended Child Protective Services Law:
School Employees' Guide to Understanding their Legal Obligations to Report Child Abuse as Mandated Reporters
Presented by Jeffrey Husisian, Esq. (2 hrs.)
This workshop includes a detailed discussion of the amendments to the Child Protective Services Law enacted into law in 2013-2014. Specific focus will be placed upon the obligations upon school employees as mandatory reporters to make child abuse reports and when those circumstances upon which those reporting obligations are triggered.
April 20, 2017
De-escalation
Presented by Bernie Miller (1.5 hrs.)
Increase your awareness and skills when dealing with students with challenging behaviors. You can become a calming influence in a potentially explosive situation. Language, tone, volume, body position, and intensity are part of what influences the outcome. De-escalation is good for the student and thus good for staff.