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1. BCIU UW BINGO for 2022 to 2023

Program: BCIU United Way

Audience: All BCIU and The Pennsylvania Key Staff

Dates: 10/3/2022

Location: Numbers will be emailed each day

Cards are reused each month. Games will run monthly with a new number emailed on each business day. One card can be purchased for $10 or two cards for $15. Any questions, please call Beth Kozloski at 610-987-8486.

2. BECEC General Membership/Committee Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 10/20/2022

Develop yearly goals and plan committee activities.

3. (CANCELLED)BCIU School Climate Network Group VIRTUAL Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Educators, Counselors, and School or District Administrators

Dates: 1/26/2023

Location: Virtual

Educators, counselors, school and district leaders: Join us for this no-cost virtual opportunity as we network around current strategies and evidence for School Climate improvement. We will reflect on the 5-stage School Climate improvement process as designed by the National School Climate Center, explore the Pennsylvania School Climate survey, and dig deeper into current issues challenging school climate during the 2022-2023 school year. A link to the Zoom meeting room will be provided one day prior to each meeting to all registered participants.

4. Para Academy-Day 5

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 3/22/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 5 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

5. Virtual Academy Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Online Learning Network Group

Dates: 3/23/2023

Location: Virtual Meeting/Lincoln Room

The virtual academy directors and coordinators in Berks County are meeting to discuss, share and compare each district's online program. The objective of the meeting is to collaborate and implement best practices for operating a successful online program. If you'd like to network with the group, please join us. Just be sure to register for each month you are planning to attend.

6. (CANCELED)The Assistive Technology Process: From Consideration through Acquisition

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Special Education Teachers, Special Education Administrators, Speech language therapist

Dates: 3/28/2023

Location: BCIU - 1111 Commons Boulevard - Reading, PA 19605

The process of acquiring assistive technology (AT) to support specific student needs can be confusing for IEP teams. The workshop will walk participants through best practices that lead to appropriate AT solutions. We will provide documents that support IEP teams in the process to consider the need for assistive technology. We will review assessmet processes and the IEP team's role in determining the most effective AT for specific students. We will also review current AT options to support a variety of student needs.

Objectives:

-Examine processes for assistive technology consideration. Templates to support these discussions will be provided and reviewed.

-Discuss the process of determining appropriate assistive technology to meet specific student needs. The SETT Framework which is often used to document this process will be reviewed.

-Review assistive technology options available to support communication, access to text and written expression.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes Lopez at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

Professional development sessions are offered for Berks County Intermediate Unit member district staff and staff from organizations supporting students from Berks County member districts. Additionally, sessions are offered for Pennsylvania districts per contracted work that falls under the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Statewide System of Support services. Fees will apply to all other participants as listed in the My Learning Plan registration.

7. Best Practices in Helping Adolescents Succeed (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators

Dates: 4/3/2023 to 5/12/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is designed to examine adolescent development, from both the theoretical and practical perspectives. Various theories of learning and human development will be explored, in relation to adolescents (i.e. youth aged twelve and older). The cognitive, social, emotional, physical, moral, and motivational domains will be examined in order to provide a comprehensive, integrative approach to working with adolescents in secondary schools. Course participants will also examine various models for secondary education that are consistent with 21st century teaching and learning. Through research-based readings, case studies, conceptual designs, discussions, and theoretical analyses, course participants will develop a thorough understanding of the developmental processes that affect the decisions, behaviors, and learning outcomes of adolescents.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

8. Interactive Digital Writing (CPE Course / Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: Primary & Secondary Educators/Supervisors

Dates: 4/3/2023 to 5/12/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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The purpose of this online course is to impact student learning through the digital workshop framework that provides authentic writing opportunities for specific purposes. Computer mediated writing provides for choice about topic and genre, active revision, publication beyond the classroom, and addressing the craft of writing. Social networking and collaborative writing technologies are engrained in students' lives. Teachers have a crucial role in supporting students in understanding the complexities of communicating in a twenty-first century world. Digital writing is about the changes in the ecology of writing and communicating and what it means to write, to create, and to compose and share. This course is designed for asynchronous, self-paced learning, a student mastery-centered approach that utilizes web-based tools, resources and discussions that are appropriate for each student's learning environment. Discussions will enable participants to share thoughts and ideas.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

9. No Fear Coding for Beginners K-12 (CPE Course / Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-8 Educators

Dates: 4/3/2023 to 5/12/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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The online course is appropriate for all K - 8 educators who have little or no experience in computer science. The course aims to help participants understand how computational thinking fits into the larger curriculum. There will many opportunities to try coding at the students comfort level and support critical thinking more generally.

The learners will have diversified opportunities to engage in the content through discussions, interactive video, article readings, slide shows, video and hard copy tutorials. Students will be able to have options to select lessons and activities that address their instructional environment and their personal learning style.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org. For other questions, please contact Lori Gerber at lorger@berksiu.org or 610-987-8421.

10. What Every Teacher Should Know about Teaching English Language Learners (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 4/5/2023 to 5/17/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is intended to help teachers be more successful with the EL's in the classroom. All the course's reading and writing assignments are intended to help participants better align their teaching with 5 PA English Language Proficiency Standards. This framework was revised by the PDE in 2015 to better correlate with Pennsylvania Core/Academic Standards, thus increasing rigor in the ESL program and giving ELs equitable access to subject content. Throughout the course we utilize the PA English Language Proficiency Standards along with their Model Performance Indicators, to illustrate and teach how to effectively differentiate instruction and assessment across content areas for ELs at varying levels of English Language Proficiency. This course requires a textbook to be purchased prior to the start date: The Language-Rich Classroom (ISBN# is 978-1-4166-0841-7).

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

11. CPR / First Aid - (5:00pm - 9:30pm)

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 4/11/2023

Location: Washington Room

CPR / First aid training by the Emergency Care & Safety Institute (Adult, Child, & AED) First Aid Training Completion card is good for 2 years. Any questions regarding this course, Please contact Rodney Good at 610-987-8615.

12. Berks County Instructional Coach Collaborative Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches

Dates: 4/12/2023

Location: George/Washington

The BCIU#14 Instructional Coach Collaborative is designed to give instructional coaches in Berks County an opportunity to:

1. Learn from and with peers

2. Gain support from other coaches and mentor

3. Share issues, concerns and solutions

Each meeting will include networking, an opportunity for professional learning, reflection and IU updates. Act 48 credits will be awarded for each meeting attended upon completion of an evaluation in Frontline Education.

If you have questions regarding the content of the session, please contact the Instructional Coach Mentor, Carissa Noel, at carnoe@berksiu.org. If you have questions regarding the registration process or Act 48 credits, please contact Maryanne Simons at marsim@berksiu.org.

The 2022-2023 networking meetings will be organized around Jim Knight's 7 Factors for Great Instructional Coaching. Unless otherwise noted, these meetings are only for instructional coaches.

13. ELD Curriculum Mapping

Program: Professional Development

Audience: ESL Teachers , ESL Supervisors, Curriculum Director

Dates: 4/12/2023

Location: Commonwealth A

Teams are encouraged to attend, but individuals are welcome! We will begin the day, by reviewing the new WIDA Standards Framework, 2020. We will then start the process of developing an ELD curriculum by breaking down the four key language uses and building a table of contents of which to build upon. There will be time for collaboration and teamwork not only amongst your school team, but other district teams as well.

14. Overcoming Chronic Absenteeism

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Anyone involved with attendance or school improvement (Ideal for school teams)

Dates: 4/12/2023

Location: Board Room

Poor attendance impacts students' outcomes. This is the reason PDE has included attendance measures as part of their school designation strategy. Overcoming Chronic Absenteeism is a short two-hour session to provide your school with tools to help improve attendance. The session will answer the following questions:



• What does chronic absenteeism look like?



• What are some successful interventions to combat chronic absenteeism?



• How can your team plan to implement interventions that will address chronic absenteeism for your students and context? .

15. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 4/12/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

16. CPR / First Aid - (9:30am - 2:00pm)

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 4/12/2023

Location: Allmon Room

CPR / First aid training by the Emergency Care & Safety Institute (Adult, Child, & AED) First Aid Training Completion card is good for 2 years. Any questions regarding this course, Please contact Rodney Good at 610-987-8615.

17. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: All Educators

Dates: 4/14/2023 to 5/15/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

This online class will be extremely helpful for the first time teacher just as much as for the seasoned professional! This course will provide an educator's goldmine to pertinent information to make not only the first day of school but every day run smoothly. Strategies for Virtual and Hybrid Instruction will be addressed. The book utilized [The First Days of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher (2018) by Harry Wong] is the updated edition of a proven resource on successful teaching practices for both classroom management and student success. The course will feature many great, practical ideas to implement resulting in positive outcomes. Students' educational experiences will be so much better after having applied the book along with completing the other high powered activities in the class.

If you have any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, 610-987-8649, jildar@berksiu.org.

18. Mindfulness for Educators and Their Students (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: PreK-12 Educators

Dates: 4/17/2023 to 5/28/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

This course is designed to examine the theory and practice of mindfulness and how it can influence both a teacher's personal and professional life. Basic mindfulness practices, neuroscience, identification of thoughts and emotions, and mindful communication practice will be explored, as well as applying these practices/concepts to both personal and professional situations. In addition, clear connections will be made between how personal practice can inform classroom management and interactions with students. Finally, participants will delve into how this same mindfulness practice can aid in the development of students of all ages. Teachers will be given strategies and techniques to introduce mindfulness appropriately into their classrooms and to begin a dialogue about mindfulness with other teachers and administration.

This course does require a text: Mindfulness for Teachers by Patricia Jennings (ISBN 978-0393708073).

19. Teachers Building Resilience and Creating Compassionate Classrooms (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators

Dates: 4/17/2023 to 5/28/2023

Location: All work done online in Canvas

This online course is designed to examine the concept of resilience and how building teacher resilience can lead to more compassionate classrooms for both teachers and students. Specifically, the focus areas of developing mindful awareness, communicating effectively, building community, discovering personal strengths, and cultivating compassion will be explored through the course. The content of this course is relevant to most standards relating to adult professional learning, health and well-being, classroom management, social and emotional learning including developing student interpersonal skills.

The course requires the following texts: Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar ISBN: 1119364892 AND Onward Workbook: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar ISBN:1119367387

20. Virtual Academy Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Online Learning Network Group

Dates: 4/20/2023

Location: Virtual Meeting/Allmon Room

The virtual academy directors and coordinators in Berks County are meeting to discuss, share and compare each district's online program. The objective of the meeting is to collaborate and implement best practices for operating a successful online program. If you'd like to network with the group, please join us. Just be sure to register for each month you are planning to attend.

21. Engaging Families, Improving Outcomes

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Building and Central Office Administrator, Counselors, Social Workers, Family Engagement Workers

Dates: 4/21/2023

Location: Commonwealth AB

Research consistently reveals the major influence family engagement has on children's and adolescents' achievement in school and through life. This session will introduce the newly established PDE Family Engagement (FACE) program and how the program supports the PDE Family Engagement Framework. Learn about the many resources and opportunities to enhance Family Engagement practices at the school and district level directly from the Collaborative Action for Family Engagement (CAFÉ), the PA Statewide Family Engagement Center, and Parent Powered.

22. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 4/21/2023

BSPA Meeting:

Presenters: BSPA Officers

This meeting is only available to those who hold a valid school psychologist certification/credential and/or are currently enrolled in a school psychology training program.

23. Cultivating Science Learning Communities (STEELS)

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 4/25/2023

Location: Zoom - Details will be sent to registered particip

How do we help students think as scientists and communicate their learning in collaborative environments? Learn how to engage students as communities of science learners as we explore driving question board strategies, productive talk and talk moves, strategies for helping students expand on and communicate their thinking, science journals and modeling, and more! Note: this is a HYBRID learning experience with synchronous Zoom sessions and accompanying Teachable content. The daily schedule and online content details will be shared with registered participants prior to 4/25/23.

24. Berks County Transition Coordinators Meeting

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County Transition Coordinators

Dates: 4/26/2023

Berks County Transition Coordinators Meeting

If you have any questions, please contact V at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

25. Crisis Go 9:00-10:00AM

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 4/28/2023

New
Crisis Go

26. Be Trauma-Informed: When Behavior Plans Don't Work (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators, therapists, behavior specialists, mental health workers, and/or social workers

Dates: 5/1/2023 to 5/31/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK IS DONE ONLINE

The goal of this online course is to impact student learning by expanding their knowledge about and perspectives on children who are impacted by developmental trauma, such as neglect; divorce; physical, emotional and sexual abuse; significant familial mental health and substance abuse; witnessing domestic violence; displacement and homelessness.

Further, participants who take this course should be expected to see changes in student learning by being able to identify what the behaviors of a child who has experienced developmental trauma look like in the classroom setting, and being able to respond to those students' unique needs by having learned strategies to utilize within the classroom setting in order to mitigate significant behavioral and emotional manifestations that negatively impact educational performance and progress.

The required text for this course is "Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress" written by: Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, and Judie Haynes. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4166-2460-8. PDF e-book ISBN: 978-1-4166-2462-2.

27. Para Academy-Day 6

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 5/3/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 6 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

28. Tools & Techniques for Beginning Teachers - "Career Readiness" (Blended)

Program: Professional Development

Audience: First, second, and third year teachers

Dates: 5/4/2023 to 5/26/2023

Location: Zoom session--link to follow

This session will familiarize teachers with the PA K-12 Career Education and Work Standards and the Pennsylvania Department of Education guidelines for implementation of the standards. Teachers will be introduced to various career readiness resources and explore techniques for including career readiness into their content area lessons. After this session, teachers will have the knowledge and resources to incorporate career readiness for their students at all levels.

If you have any questions, please contact Briana Hicks at brihic@berksiu.org.

29. Berks County Transition Coordinating Council Meeting (BCTCC)

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Dates: 5/4/2023

Berks County Transition Coordinating Council (BCTCC) Meeting

If you have any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

30. Crisis Go 9:00-10:00AM (Logistics Staff/All ECSS Staff)

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 5/4/2023

New
Crisis Go

31. BECEC General Membership/Committee Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 5/4/2023

Develop yearly goals and plan committee activities.

32. Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom: Strategies, Techniques, and Material (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: Pre-K - 12th Grade Educators

Dates: 5/5/2023 to 5/30/2023

Location: ALL WORK IS DONE ONLINE - NO CLASS MEETINGS

This online, 3-credit course will provide Pre-K thru 12 participants with a thorough understanding of Howard Gardners concept of multiple intelligences. The book, Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom (2018) by Dr. Thomas Armstrong will be studied, connections made to chapters, responses made to participants' posts, and a study guide completed for each chapter. Participants will view multiple intelligence activities implemented in schools that have achieved well in dealing with how students process information. The class will emphasize that each student is attracted to, becomes comfortable with and skilled in different ways of processing information. Three lessons and hands-on or computer-generated projects will be developed and shared with the group to apply the theory of multiple intelligences. The instructor will provide sample lessons along with the instructor modeling a lesson on video. Participants will also develop one artifact (materials provided) for each intelligence.

Goals:

(1) Impact student learning by the teacher applying the principles of multiple intelligence teaching to assist students in processing information in their preferred manner(s).

(2) Provide guidance in developing lesson plans that produce student learning.

(3) Strengthen student growth in the classroom by studying and applying research on improving student achievement.

(4) Increase the success of all students by adhering to the philosophy that all students will succeed in their classroom, not just can succeed.

If you have questions, please contact Jill Darlington, 610-987-8649, jildar@berksiu.org.

33. BECEC Transition Training-Virtual

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 5/5/2023

Location: Zoom

New
Discussing: Preparing for Successful Transitions, featuring author and parent Katrina Danenhower.

34. CANCELED - Para Academy-Day 6

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 5/9/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 6 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

35. Teachers of the Gifted Network Meeting - May 2023

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 5/9/2023

Location: George/Washington

Gifted support teachers, principals, and gifted education supervisors are invited to join us for professional learning and networking and collaboration with peers. 8:30 AM-3:30 PM, with one hour lunch on your own View our Teachers of the Gifted Network website for more info: Teachers of the Gifted Network website Subscriber pricing refers to all Berks County K-12 Public School Educators.

36. Ambitious Science Teaching Part 1 (STEELS)

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 5/10/2023

Location: Rohrbach Room

Utilizing these "ambitious" instructional practices, teachers will learn to deeply engage students in science learning. Part 1 will include an introduction and overview of the teaching practices, planning for big ideas, and strategies for eliciting student thinking. 🎉 The first 30 registrants for this series will receive a free copy of the Ambitious Science Teaching book! 🎉

37. Berks County Instructional Coach Collaborative Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches

Dates: 5/10/2023

Location: Hertz

The BCIU#14 Instructional Coach Collaborative is designed to give instructional coaches in Berks County an opportunity to:

1. Learn from and with peers

2. Gain support from other coaches and mentor

3. Share issues, concerns and solutions

Each meeting will include networking, an opportunity for professional learning, reflection and IU updates. Act 48 credits will be awarded for each meeting attended upon completion of an evaluation in Frontline Education.

If you have questions regarding the content of the session, please contact the Instructional Coach Mentor, Carissa Noel, at carnoe@berksiu.org. If you have questions regarding the registration process or Act 48 credits, please contact Maryanne Simons at marsim@berksiu.org.

The 2022-2023 networking meetings will be organized around Jim Knight's 7 Factors for Great Instructional Coaching. Unless otherwise noted, these meetings are only for instructional coaches.

38. Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Module 3

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Curriculum Coordinators

Dates: 5/10/2023

Location: BCIU - 1111 Commons Boulevard - Reading, PA 19605

LETRS is professional development for educators who are responsible for improving K-12 instruction in reading, writing, and spelling. Module 3, Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works, provides participants with background knowledge necessary to teach the alphabetic principle, phonics, word analysis and spelling in a way that makes sense. This module proposes five principles by which the English writing system is organized. Participants will be provided with the LETRS Module 3 Participant's Manual.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes Lopez at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

Professional development sessions are offered for Berks County Intermediate Unit member district staff and staff from organizations supporting students from Berks County member districts. Additionally, sessions are offered for Pennsylvania districts per contracted work that falls under the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Statewide System of Support services. Fees will apply to all other participants as listed in the My Learning Plan registration.

39. CPR / First Aid - (5:00pm - 9:30pm)

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 5/10/2023

Location: Washington Room

CPR / First aid training by the Emergency Care & Safety Institute (Adult, Child, & AED) First Aid Training Completion card is good for 2 years. Any questions regarding this course, Please contact Rodney Good at 610-987-8615.

40. Para Academy-Day 6

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 5/11/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 6 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

41. STEM Educator Network Meeting - May 2023

Program: Professional Development

Audience: STEM Educators

Dates: 5/11/2023

Location: Berks Nature (575 St Bernardine St, Reading, PA 19

The purpose of the BCIU STEM Network Meetings is to give STEM leaders and educators an opportunity to:

-Stay informed of the most current information from the PDE and professional organizations, and share that information with colleagues in their school or district

-Engage in collegial professional development activities for the purpose of building their own capacity to strengthen standards aligned systems at the classroom, building and district levels

-Serve as a collaborative resource for regional professional development activities

-Network and engage in collegial dialogue with other "job alike" professionals

42. CPR / First Aid - (9:30am - 2:00pm)

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 5/11/2023

Location: Washinton Room

CPR / First aid training by the Emergency Care & Safety Institute (Adult, Child, & AED) First Aid Training Completion card is good for 2 years. Any questions regarding this course, Please contact Rodney Good at 610-987-8615.

43. Intro to MWEE at Rodale Institute

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 5/15/2023

Attention K-12 Science Educators! Join us for a day of on-site, hands-on learning where you'll dive into The Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE). MWEE is a learner-centered framework that focuses on investigations into local environmental issues and leads to informed action. MWEE is the perfect way to address environmental literacy and sustainability standards in STEELS. Hosted with our partners at the Rodale Institute, this highly engaging day will introduce the fundamentals of MWEE while participants learn how to craft project-based MWEEs for use in their classrooms. We'll tour the farm and learn about composting, too!

44. Safety Care INITIAL Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for Berks County School Districts’ employees including general and special education teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals

Dates: 5/16/2023 to 5/17/2023

Location: BCIU Main Office, 1111 Commons Blvd., Reading, PA

This two day training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

45. Safety Care INITIAL Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for Berks County School Districts’ employees including general and special education teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals

Dates: 5/16/2023 to 5/17/2023

Location: BCIU Main Office, 1111 Commons Blvd., Reading, PA

This two day training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

46. ESL Virtual Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: ESL Teachers & Administrators

Dates: 5/16/2023

Location: Virtual

Berks County ESL teachers, coordinators and administrators are invited to join us for collaboration, networking and updates regarding English as Second Language. Each meeting will provide updates from the state regarding testing and best practices along with time to collaborate and work with colleagues to discuss strategies and common questions regarding the education of the ELL population.

47. What Every Teacher Should Know about Teaching English Language Learners (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 5/17/2023 to 6/28/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is intended to help teachers be more successful with the EL's in the classroom. All the course's reading and writing assignments are intended to help participants better align their teaching with 5 PA English Language Proficiency Standards. This framework was revised by the PDE in 2015 to better correlate with Pennsylvania Core/Academic Standards, thus increasing rigor in the ESL program and giving ELs equitable access to subject content. Throughout the course we utilize the PA English Language Proficiency Standards along with their Model Performance Indicators, to illustrate and teach how to effectively differentiate instruction and assessment across content areas for ELs at varying levels of English Language Proficiency. This course requires a textbook to be purchased prior to the start date: The Language-Rich Classroom (ISBN# is 978-1-4166-0841-7).

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

48. Ambitious Science Teaching Part 2 (STEELS)

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 5/17/2023

Location: Washington Room

In part two of this series, participants will learn how to help support students' on-going changes in thinking and draw evidence-based explanations together. Prerequisite: You must have attended Ambitious Science Teaching Part 1 to register for this session.

49. IU14 Data Quality Network (DQN) Meeting - May 2023

Program: Information Technology

Audience: LEA Data Teams, Data Analysts, Data Personnel, PIMS Administrators, Tech Coordinators

Dates: 5/17/2023

Location: Hohl

PIMS Data Quality Network Meeting - May 2023 Agenda TBD

50. Internship Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Internship Coordinators, Principals

Dates: 5/18/2023

Internship Coordinators' Meeting - PD, Sharing, Collaborating

51. BCIU School Climate Network Group

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Educators, Counselors, and School or District Administrators

Dates: 5/18/2023

Location: Virtual

Educators, counselors, school and district leaders: Join us for this no-cost opportunity as we network around current strategies and evidence for School Climate improvement. We will reflect on the 5-stage School Climate improvement process as designed by the National School Climate Center, explore the Pennsylvania School Climate survey, and dig deeper into current issues challenging school climate during the 2020-2021 school year.

52. Virtual Academy Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Online Learning Network Group

Dates: 5/18/2023

Location: Virtual Meeting/Lincoln Room

The virtual academy directors and coordinators in Berks County are meeting to discuss, share and compare each district's online program. The objective of the meeting is to collaborate and implement best practices for operating a successful online program. If you'd like to network with the group, please join us. Just be sure to register for each month you are planning to attend.

53. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 5/19/2023

BSPA Meeting:

Presenters: BSPA Officers

This meeting is only available to those who hold a valid school psychologist certification/credential and/or are currently enrolled in a school psychology training program.

54. CPR / First Aid - (8:00am - 12:30pm)

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 5/20/2023

Location: Washington Room

CPR / First aid training by American Health & Safety Institute (Adult, Child, & AED) First Aid Training Completion card is good for 2 years. Any questions regarding this course, Please contact Rodney Good at 610-987-8615.

55. CANCELED - Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 5/23/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

56. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 5/24/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

57. insideBerksbusiness (iBb) 2023

Program: Professional Development

Audience: K-12 Educators - MUST BE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM BY DISTRICT

Dates: 6/1/2023 to 8/3/2023

BCIU MUST RECEIVE DISTRICT APPROVAL BEFORE REGISTERING. insideBerksbusiness (iBb) is a 3-day summer learning experience for educators. It is a totally retooled version of the once popular Educator Internship Program. iBb brings members of the education and business communities together for activities designed to give educators an insider's look at local businesses. The end project will be a PowerPoint of the educator's experiences during their 3-day internship.

If you have any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, jildar@berksiu.org, 610-987-8649.

58. Best Practices in Helping Adolescents Succeed (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators

Dates: 6/1/2023 to 7/9/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is designed to examine adolescent development, from both the theoretical and practical perspectives. Various theories of learning and human development will be explored, in relation to adolescents (i.e. youth aged twelve and older). The cognitive, social, emotional, physical, moral, and motivational domains will be examined in order to provide a comprehensive, integrative approach to working with adolescents in secondary schools. Course participants will also examine various models for secondary education that are consistent with 21st century teaching and learning. Through research-based readings, case studies, conceptual designs, discussions, and theoretical analyses, course participants will develop a thorough understanding of the developmental processes that affect the decisions, behaviors, and learning outcomes of adolescents.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

59. No Fear Coding for Beginners K-12 (CPE Course / Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-8 Educators

Dates: 6/1/2023 to 7/9/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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The online course is appropriate for all K - 8 educators who have little or no experience in computer science. The course aims to help participants understand how computational thinking fits into the larger curriculum. There will many opportunities to try coding at the students comfort level and support critical thinking more generally.

The learners will have diversified opportunities to engage in the content through discussions, interactive video, article readings, slide shows, video and hard copy tutorials. Students will be able to have options to select lessons and activities that address their instructional environment and their personal learning style.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org. For other questions, please contact Lori Gerber at lorger@berksiu.org or 610-987-8421.

This presentation will look closely at ports of entry where home visitors can support building attachment and attunement with parents andtheir children. Participants will learn to use new tools and strategies as they think more deeply about how everyday interactions they already engage in can be used in different ways to support the parent-child dyad.

61. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: All Educators

Dates: 6/9/2023 to 6/30/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

This online class will be extremely helpful for the first time teacher just as much as for the seasoned professional! This course will provide an educator's goldmine to pertinent information to make not only the first day of school but every day run smoothly. Strategies for Virtual and Hybrid Instruction will be addressed. The book utilized [The First Days of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher (2018) by Harry Wong] is the updated edition of a proven resource on successful teaching practices for both classroom management and student success. The course will feature many great, practical ideas to implement resulting in positive outcomes. Students' educational experiences will be so much better after having applied the book along with completing the other high powered activities in the class.

If you have any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, 610-987-8649, jildar@berksiu.org.

62. Core Connections Conference 2023

Program: Berks County Public Schools

Audience: Educators and Administrators

Dates: 6/13/2023

Location: Muhlenberg Junior High School

This one-day conference emphasizes instructional best practices, innovation and practical classroom application. The sessions are designed to deepen understanding of instructional tools and techniques that positively impact student learning and inspire big dreams about the future of education.

63. Para Academy-GRADUATION

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 6/13/2023

Location: Rohrbach

Para Academy Interviews and Graduation.

64. NGSX-PLANS Principal Pathway (STEELS)

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 6/14/2023 to 6/15/2023

Location: Commonwealth AB

Principals Learn About, Network, and Support 3-Dimensional Science Learning Target Audience: Building administrators, district instructional leaders and coaches as well as curriculum supervisors and central office leadership Instructional leadership and active support at the building and district level is an essential part of a successful outcome for teachers of science and for their students. PLANS participants will acquire strategies and new understandings to support teachers and students with three dimensional learning and STEELS standards implementation. This pathway experience will help building and district teams identify what needs to be in place to help this new vision for science education become a reality. This workshop is 2 days and attendance is required both days. PLANS participants are immersed in actively learning science in ways that NGSS (and education research) calls for students to learn science in the classroom. Experience firsthand what it feels, looks, and sounds like when K-12 students sensemake around phenomena and represent their thinking through modeling and productive classroom talk. Participants use important tools for making thinking public that teachers and students use in NGSS-designed units. Reflect together on what it means for students and teachers to work together as a community -- and how they can support this work themselves. Participants will see examples of students engaged in NGSS-designed learning in classrooms, as well as administrators supporting teachers as they begin to implement the changes called for by the new STEELS standards. Explore concrete tools used to support teachers (for example, in planning meetings, observations, and debriefs), and they begin to plan how they might use these tools themselves. PLANS participants reflect together on what changes they may want to initiate at their schools, and they have the opportunity to exchange ideas and form networks as they craft concrete next steps.

65. Flipped, Blended, and Beyond! (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 6/18/2023 to 7/2/2023

Location: ONLINE CLASS

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This ONLINE course focuses on flipped instruction and on technology integration and differentiated instruction which is inherently associated with flipping the classroom. Through an examination of ways to move lower depth of knowledge content and activities out of the "spotlight" in the classroom, teachers can greatly impact student achievement by increasing the amount of class time used for higher level activities such as discussions, projects, labs, and group activities. This course will impact student learning by providing teachers a clear and specific strategy to use when meaningfully integrating technology into the classroom. Student learning will be positively impacted because flipping the classroom provides avenues for a student-centered learning environment.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

66. Teaching in Mixed Ability Classrooms (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 6/18/2023 to 7/2/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online, three credit course is for educators working in inclusive classes with students possessing varied levels of academic ability including learning disabilities, but also physical, and emotional and gifted requirements as well. Educators will be provided with a perspective on the rational of inclusionary settings, as well as preparation to implement best practices for maximizing student achievement tools.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

67. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 6/21/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

68. Writing Alive: Strategies, Techniques and Materials (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 7/1/2023 to 7/24/2023

Location: ALL WORK IS DONE ONLINE - NO IN-PERSON MEETINGS

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This course is especially designed for teachers K- 12 in any subject area. Teachers will learn and utilize writing craft techniques that will be taught to students. This is what's included in the class:






• Receive a packet of writing ideas,






• Enrich your own writing,






• View videos from the experts in writing including Lucy Calkins and cite how to apply the strategies in your teaching,






• Read and critique articles on writing,






• Gain new thinking about teaching elements of writing craft,






• Learn new strategies that simplify writing for students






• Develop and write responses as memoirs (personal experiences) to five prompts like "Who are 3 people that have influenced your life greatly and tell how each one has been so beneficial” in order for participants to see the value in using memoirs in teaching writing.






• Implement specific strategies modeled in the textbook, Craft Lessons, by creating four new craft lessons and utilizing them with students (school or home). The book presents 95 lessons and a wealth of information for teaching leads, character, endings, stronger verbs, and much more.






• Be introduced to three proven techniques to enhance writing ability: the AREA Approach, Readers' Theatre, and RAFT.

The book needed for the class is Craft Lessons by Ralph Fletcher and Joanne Portalupi (Second Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1571107060).

If you have any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, jildar@berksiu.org, 610-987-8649.

69. Discovering the Root Causes of Disruptive Classroom Behavior (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: Educators

Dates: 7/8/2023 to 8/19/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE via Canva

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This three-credit, online course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about the root causes of disruptive classroom behavior, and how to address issues that may arise. Through research-based readings, discussions, and activities, participants will become better equipped to handle problematic behaviors and to offer support to children through times of stress. Participants will receive an overview of various mental health disorders that may manifest in the classroom, along with effective strategies for how to respond to problem behavior. Participants will also examine various social and emotional factors that may contribute to problematic behavior along with factors that contribute to social skills development. Participants of this course will be provided with a base of information to help them identify and understand the root causes as well as contributing factors of a student's behavior. Since the objective of this course is to provide educators with research-based strategies for successfully addressing and responding to the needs of all students in their classroom, each participant will learn about and take part in developing activities, accommodations, and strategies for dealing with disruptive behaviors. Any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, jildar@berksiu.org.

70. Mindfulness for Educators and Their Students (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: PreK-12 Educators

Dates: 7/10/2023 to 8/20/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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This course is designed to examine the theory and practice of mindfulness and how it can influence both a teacher's personal and professional life. Basic mindfulness practices, neuroscience, identification of thoughts and emotions, and mindful communication practice will be explored, as well as applying these practices/concepts to both personal and professional situations. In addition, clear connections will be made between how personal practice can inform classroom management and interactions with students. Finally, participants will delve into how this same mindfulness practice can aid in the development of students of all ages. Teachers will be given strategies and techniques to introduce mindfulness appropriately into their classrooms and to begin a dialogue about mindfulness with other teachers and administration.

This course does require a text: Mindfulness for Teachers by Patricia Jennings (ISBN 978-0393708073).

71. Teachers Building Resilience and Creating Compassionate Classrooms (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators

Dates: 7/10/2023 to 8/20/2023

Location: All work done online in Canvas

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This online course is designed to examine the concept of resilience and how building teacher resilience can lead to more compassionate classrooms for both teachers and students. Specifically, the focus areas of developing mindful awareness, communicating effectively, building community, discovering personal strengths, and cultivating compassion will be explored through the course. The content of this course is relevant to most standards relating to adult professional learning, health and well-being, classroom management, social and emotional learning including developing student interpersonal skills.

The course requires the following texts: Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar ISBN: 1119364892 AND Onward Workbook: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar ISBN:1119367387

72. What Every Teacher Should Know about Teaching English Language Learners (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 7/10/2023 to 8/21/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is intended to help teachers be more successful with the EL's in the classroom. All the course's reading and writing assignments are intended to help participants better align their teaching with 5 PA English Language Proficiency Standards. This framework was revised by the PDE in 2015 to better correlate with Pennsylvania Core/Academic Standards, thus increasing rigor in the ESL program and giving ELs equitable access to subject content. Throughout the course we utilize the PA English Language Proficiency Standards along with their Model Performance Indicators, to illustrate and teach how to effectively differentiate instruction and assessment across content areas for ELs at varying levels of English Language Proficiency. This course requires a textbook to be purchased prior to the start date: The Language-Rich Classroom (ISBN# is 978-1-4166-0841-7).

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

73. Safety Care INITIAL Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for Berks County School Districts’ employees including general and special education teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals

Dates: 7/11/2023 to 7/12/2023

Location: BCIU Main Office, 1111 Commons Blvd., Reading, PA

This two day training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

74. BECEC General Membership/Committee Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 7/13/2023

Develop yearly goals and plan committee activities.

75. Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom: Strategies, Techniques, and Material (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: Pre-K - 12th Grade Educators

Dates: 7/21/2023 to 8/14/2023

Location: ALL WORK IS DONE ONLINE - NO CLASS MEETINGS

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This online, 3-credit course will provide Pre-K thru 12 participants with a thorough understanding of Howard Gardners concept of multiple intelligences. The book, Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom (2018) by Dr. Thomas Armstrong will be studied, connections made to chapters, responses made to participants' posts, and a study guide completed for each chapter. Participants will view multiple intelligence activities implemented in schools that have achieved well in dealing with how students process information. The class will emphasize that each student is attracted to, becomes comfortable with and skilled in different ways of processing information. Three lessons and hands-on or computer-generated projects will be developed and shared with the group to apply the theory of multiple intelligences. The instructor will provide sample lessons along with the instructor modeling a lesson on video. Participants will also develop one artifact (materials provided) for each intelligence.

Goals:

(1) Impact student learning by the teacher applying the principles of multiple intelligence teaching to assist students in processing information in their preferred manner(s).

(2) Provide guidance in developing lesson plans that produce student learning.

(3) Strengthen student growth in the classroom by studying and applying research on improving student achievement.

(4) Increase the success of all students by adhering to the philosophy that all students will succeed in their classroom, not just can succeed.

If you have questions, please contact Jill Darlington, 610-987-8649, jildar@berksiu.org.

76. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 7/26/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

77. Effective De-Escalation Strategies for General Education Teachers

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 7/31/2023

Location: BCIU - 1111 Commons Boulevard - Reading, PA 19605

1/2 Day Training - Sometimes the students we support present us with difficult behaviors to manage. It is important for all teachers to have the skills to handle these situations in a safe and effective manner to prevent low-level behaviors from escalating to the point of a crisis. Participants will learn the importance of intervening early and how to implement de-escalation strategies effectively and safely.

Any questions, please contact Sandy Webber at sanweb@berksiu.org or 610-987-8532.

Professional development sessions are offered for Berks County Intermediate Unit member district staff and staff from organizations supporting students from Berks County member districts. Additionally, sessions are offered for Pennsylvania districts per contracted work that falls under the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Statewide System of Support services. Fees will apply to all other participants as listed in the My Learning Plan registration.

78. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: All Educators

Dates: 8/1/2023 to 8/21/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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This online class will be extremely helpful for the first time teacher just as much as for the seasoned professional! This course will provide an educator's goldmine to pertinent information to make not only the first day of school but every day run smoothly. Strategies for Virtual and Hybrid Instruction will be addressed. The book utilized [The First Days of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher (2018) by Harry Wong] is the updated edition of a proven resource on successful teaching practices for both classroom management and student success. The course will feature many great, practical ideas to implement resulting in positive outcomes. Students' educational experiences will be so much better after having applied the book along with completing the other high powered activities in the class.

If you have any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, 610-987-8649, jildar@berksiu.org.

79. Employability for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Related Service Providers

Dates: 8/1/2023

Location: BCIU - 1111 Commons Blvd. - Reading, PA 19605

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PA Chapter 14 regulations require that the IEP of all students 14 years of age and older include "appropriate measurable postsecondary goals related to training, education, employment and when appropriate independent living". These post-secondary goals must be "based upon age-appropriate transition assessments".

This workshop will focus on tools, resources, and best practices, for transition planning for students with low incidence disabilities including how to teach key employability skills through meaningful classroom routines.

Please contact Sandy Webber, sanweb@berksiu.org, 610-987-8532 with questions. Professional development sessions are offered for Berks County Intermediate Unit member district staff and staff from organizations supporting students from Berks County member districts. Additionally, sessions are offered for Pennsylvania districts per contracted work that falls under the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Statewide System of Support services. Fees will apply to all other participants as listed in the My Learning Plan registration.

80. Functional Skills and the IEP

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Professionals and Administrators

Dates: 8/2/2023

Location: George Room

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This session provides training to learn about functional skills and how to document each skill set in the IEP present levels and writing goals. How do we address functional skills during a daily school schedule? What instruction needs to occur on, teaching of strategies, and what visual supports can be used to assist with instruction and practice.

Objectives:

- To learn what are functional skills

- How are they addressed in the IEP? And where?

- Present levels - sample wording

- Teaching strategies

Any questions, please contact Sandy Webber at sanweb@berksiu.org or 610-987-8532.

Professional development sessions are offered for Berks County Intermediate Unit member district staff and staff from organizations supporting students from Berks County member districts. Additionally, sessions are offered for Pennsylvania districts per contracted work that falls under the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Statewide System of Support services. Fees will apply to all other participants as listed in the Frontline registration.

81. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 8/9/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

82. Three Dimensional Learning and Teaching: Introduction to Essential Shifts (STEELS)

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 8/16/2023

Location: Commonwealth A

Learn the foundational research of A K-12 Science Framework, the development of the NGSS, and the influence on the development of the STEELS standards. Explore the three dimensional approach to learning science, examine each dimension more in depth, and consider the shifts in science pedagogy that will be necessary to support a successful implementation of the STEELS standards.

83. What Every Teacher Should Know about Teaching English Language Learners (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 8/28/2023 to 10/9/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is intended to help teachers be more successful with the EL's in the classroom. All the course's reading and writing assignments are intended to help participants better align their teaching with 5 PA English Language Proficiency Standards. This framework was revised by the PDE in 2015 to better correlate with Pennsylvania Core/Academic Standards, thus increasing rigor in the ESL program and giving ELs equitable access to subject content. Throughout the course we utilize the PA English Language Proficiency Standards along with their Model Performance Indicators, to illustrate and teach how to effectively differentiate instruction and assessment across content areas for ELs at varying levels of English Language Proficiency. This course requires a textbook to be purchased prior to the start date: The Language-Rich Classroom (ISBN# is 978-1-4166-0841-7).

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

84. BECEC Annual Retreat

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 9/7/2023

Develop yearly goals and plan committee activities.

85. Be Trauma-Informed: When Behavior Plans Don't Work (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators, therapists, behavior specialists, mental health workers, and/or social workers

Dates: 9/15/2023 to 10/15/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK IS DONE ONLINE

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The goal of this online course is to impact student learning by expanding their knowledge about and perspectives on children who are impacted by developmental trauma, such as neglect; divorce; physical, emotional and sexual abuse; significant familial mental health and substance abuse; witnessing domestic violence; displacement and homelessness.

Further, participants who take this course should be expected to see changes in student learning by being able to identify what the behaviors of a child who has experienced developmental trauma look like in the classroom setting, and being able to respond to those students' unique needs by having learned strategies to utilize within the classroom setting in order to mitigate significant behavioral and emotional manifestations that negatively impact educational performance and progress.

The required text for this course is "Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress" written by: Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, and Judie Haynes. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4166-2460-8. PDF e-book ISBN: 978-1-4166-2462-2.

86. Flipped, Blended, and Beyond! (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 9/24/2023 to 11/26/2023

Location: ONLINE CLASS

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This ONLINE course focuses on flipped instruction and on technology integration and differentiated instruction which is inherently associated with flipping the classroom. Through an examination of ways to move lower depth of knowledge content and activities out of the "spotlight" in the classroom, teachers can greatly impact student achievement by increasing the amount of class time used for higher level activities such as discussions, projects, labs, and group activities. This course will impact student learning by providing teachers a clear and specific strategy to use when meaningfully integrating technology into the classroom. Student learning will be positively impacted because flipping the classroom provides avenues for a student-centered learning environment.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

87. Teaching in Mixed Ability Classrooms (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 9/24/2023 to 11/26/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online, three credit course is for educators working in inclusive classes with students possessing varied levels of academic ability including learning disabilities, but also physical, and emotional and gifted requirements as well. Educators will be provided with a perspective on the rational of inclusionary settings, as well as preparation to implement best practices for maximizing student achievement tools.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

88. Discovering the Root Causes of Disruptive Classroom Behavior (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: Educators

Dates: 10/1/2023 to 11/11/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE via Canva

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This three-credit, online course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about the root causes of disruptive classroom behavior, and how to address issues that may arise. Through research-based readings, discussions, and activities, participants will become better equipped to handle problematic behaviors and to offer support to children through times of stress. Participants will receive an overview of various mental health disorders that may manifest in the classroom, along with effective strategies for how to respond to problem behavior. Participants will also examine various social and emotional factors that may contribute to problematic behavior along with factors that contribute to social skills development. Participants of this course will be provided with a base of information to help them identify and understand the root causes as well as contributing factors of a student's behavior. Since the objective of this course is to provide educators with research-based strategies for successfully addressing and responding to the needs of all students in their classroom, each participant will learn about and take part in developing activities, accommodations, and strategies for dealing with disruptive behaviors. Any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, jildar@berksiu.org.

89. Best Practices in Helping Adolescents Succeed (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators

Dates: 10/2/2023 to 11/10/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is designed to examine adolescent development, from both the theoretical and practical perspectives. Various theories of learning and human development will be explored, in relation to adolescents (i.e. youth aged twelve and older). The cognitive, social, emotional, physical, moral, and motivational domains will be examined in order to provide a comprehensive, integrative approach to working with adolescents in secondary schools. Course participants will also examine various models for secondary education that are consistent with 21st century teaching and learning. Through research-based readings, case studies, conceptual designs, discussions, and theoretical analyses, course participants will develop a thorough understanding of the developmental processes that affect the decisions, behaviors, and learning outcomes of adolescents.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

90. No Fear Coding for Beginners K-12 (CPE Course / Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-8 Educators

Dates: 10/2/2023 to 11/10/2023

Location: NO CLASS MEETINGS - ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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The online course is appropriate for all K - 8 educators who have little or no experience in computer science. The course aims to help participants understand how computational thinking fits into the larger curriculum. There will many opportunities to try coding at the students comfort level and support critical thinking more generally.

The learners will have diversified opportunities to engage in the content through discussions, interactive video, article readings, slide shows, video and hard copy tutorials. Students will be able to have options to select lessons and activities that address their instructional environment and their personal learning style.

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org. For other questions, please contact Lori Gerber at lorger@berksiu.org or 610-987-8421.

91. ESL Common In-service

Program: Professional Development

Audience: ESL Teachers & Administrators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Virtual

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Common In-service Day for ESL teachers and administrators. ESL teachers and administrators/coordinators are invited to join us for professional learning and networking on this day focused on parent engagement and post-secondary education for ELs. 8:30 AM-3:00 PM, with one hour lunch on your own. Location RACC (Schmidt Training and Technology Center 1st Floor). Subscriber pricing refers to all Berks County K-12 Public School Educators.

92. Safety Care INITIAL Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for Berks County School Districts’ employees including general and special education teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals

Dates: 10/10/2023 to 10/11/2023

Location: BCIU Main Office, 1111 Commons Blvd., Reading, PA

This two day training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

93. What Every Teacher Should Know about Teaching English Language Learners (CPE Course/Graduate Credit)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 10/16/2023 to 11/27/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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Participants in this course have the option of registering for the course for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit through Albright College. This online course is intended to help teachers be more successful with the EL's in the classroom. All the course's reading and writing assignments are intended to help participants better align their teaching with 5 PA English Language Proficiency Standards. This framework was revised by the PDE in 2015 to better correlate with Pennsylvania Core/Academic Standards, thus increasing rigor in the ESL program and giving ELs equitable access to subject content. Throughout the course we utilize the PA English Language Proficiency Standards along with their Model Performance Indicators, to illustrate and teach how to effectively differentiate instruction and assessment across content areas for ELs at varying levels of English Language Proficiency. This course requires a textbook to be purchased prior to the start date: The Language-Rich Classroom (ISBN# is 978-1-4166-0841-7).

If you are registering for either CPE Credit or Graduate Credit, please complete this registration on Frontline making sure to select the enrollment option you desire.

If selecting Albright Graduate Credit, complete the BCIU enrollment on this Frontline site AND go to https://tinyurl.com/eatkurcw to complete the Albright application. Select returning users or First-time users. Choose "Graduate Program, Teacher Cert. & Post Baccalaureate Application 2021-2022.” As part of the application process, please submit your official transcript and two letters of recommendation to Albright. Next you will be contacted by the Albright Admissions Counselor/Dr. Rodney Warfield for an admissions interview.

Any questions regarding the process for graduate credit, please contact Jill Darlington at jildar@berksiu.org.

94. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 10/25/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

95. Mindfulness for Educators and Their Students (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: PreK-12 Educators

Dates: 10/30/2023 to 12/10/2023

Location: ALL WORK DONE ONLINE

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This course is designed to examine the theory and practice of mindfulness and how it can influence both a teacher's personal and professional life. Basic mindfulness practices, neuroscience, identification of thoughts and emotions, and mindful communication practice will be explored, as well as applying these practices/concepts to both personal and professional situations. In addition, clear connections will be made between how personal practice can inform classroom management and interactions with students. Finally, participants will delve into how this same mindfulness practice can aid in the development of students of all ages. Teachers will be given strategies and techniques to introduce mindfulness appropriately into their classrooms and to begin a dialogue about mindfulness with other teachers and administration.

This course does require a text: Mindfulness for Teachers by Patricia Jennings (ISBN 978-0393708073).

96. Teachers Building Resilience and Creating Compassionate Classrooms (CPE Course)

Program: Continuing Professional Education (CPE)/Graduate Credit

Audience: K-12 educators

Dates: 10/30/2023 to 12/10/2023

Location: All work done online in Canvas

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This online course is designed to examine the concept of resilience and how building teacher resilience can lead to more compassionate classrooms for both teachers and students. Specifically, the focus areas of developing mindful awareness, communicating effectively, building community, discovering personal strengths, and cultivating compassion will be explored through the course. The content of this course is relevant to most standards relating to adult professional learning, health and well-being, classroom management, social and emotional learning including developing student interpersonal skills.

The course requires the following texts: Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar ISBN: 1119364892 AND Onward Workbook: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar ISBN:1119367387

97. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 11/15/2023

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

98. ESL Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: ESL Teachers & Administrators

Dates: 12/14/2023

Location: Virtual

Berks County ESL teachers, coordinators, and administrators are invited to join us for collaboration, networking, and updates regarding English as Second Language. Each meeting will provide updates from the state regarding testing and best practices, solve the problem of practices, and work to develop a curriculum along with time to collaborate and work with colleagues to discuss strategies and common questions regarding the education of the ELL population. This meeting is in-person.

99. Safety Care INITIAL Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for Berks County School Districts’ employees including general and special education teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals

Dates: 1/16/2024 to 1/17/2024

Location: BCIU Main Office, 1111 Commons Blvd., Reading, PA

This two day training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

100. Safety Care RECERTIFICATION Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County School District General and Special Education who hold CURRENT Safety-Care certification

Dates: 2/14/2024

This one-day re-certification training is intended to refresh previously learned skills and maintain trainee compliance with Safety Care standards. Safety-Care training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety-Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety-Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.

101. Safety Care INITIAL Behavioral Safety Training

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for Berks County School Districts’ employees including general and special education teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals

Dates: 3/12/2024 to 3/13/2024

Location: BCIU Main Office, 1111 Commons Blvd., Reading, PA

This two day training is intended to prepare staff to safely prevent and manage dangerous behavior. Staff learns to intervene professionally and therapeutically using a safe, effective approach designed to prevent or reverse escalation of problem behavior and avoid the use of restraint. Safety Care de-escalation skills work with individuals who can communicate verbally and those who cannot. Safety Care is based on an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) model and focuses on removing/reducing environmental consequences that reinforce problem behavior.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org or 610-987-8425.