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1. BECEC General Membership/Committee Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 10/20/2022

Develop yearly goals and plan committee activities.

2. (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.

3. C-STAG Threat Assessment Training - September 2023

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 9/6/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

The Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines (V-STAG) is an evidence-based model for schools to use in conducting threat assessments in K-12 schools. The model provides a step-by-step process in the manual, Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, for conducting a threat assessment when a student has made a threat or engaged in threatening behavior. The goal of this model is to prevent violence and return a student to school by understanding why a threat was made and resolving the conflict or problem that stimulated the threat. This model was developed by Dr. Dewey Cornell and colleagues at the University of Virginia and has been widely adopted by schools in Virginia and nationwide.

Workshop Learning Objectives:

• Learn the rationale for using a threat assessment model.

• Learn and apply Threat Assessment Guidelines in schools.

• Become familiar with legal and mental health issues in threat assessment.

• Practice using the model to address cases of threats made by students. ***Snow Makeup Day: Thursday, March 30, 2023***

4. EI Teacher Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 9/8/2023

Mandatory meeting for all classroom teachers.

5. TPIIC Professional Learning Membership for 2023-2024 School Year (Includes Participation in "First Fridays" Networking Series)

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches, School Leaders

Dates: 9/8/2023 to 5/3/2024

Location: Virtual

Monthly virtual networking sessions are designed to optimize opportunities to connect with colleagues, engage in problem-solving scenarios, and expand ongoing professional learning praxes with coach practitioners from across the globe.

The benefits of joining TPIIC as a member include:

9 monthly First Friday networking one-hour virtual sessions for coaches and instructional leaders
Access to coaching resources
Support in the development of coaching materials
Opportunities to network with coaches and instructional leaders in other schools
Discounts for TPIIC Virtual Office Hours
Discounts for TPIIC professional learning opportunities

Please become a member of the 2023-2024 TPIIC Professional Learning community by September 7, 2023, and participate in the September First Friday networking session on 9/8/23.

This event is fully virtual, and enrolled participants will receive the link to join the Zoom meeting prior to the session. If you are interested in joining the TPIIC Professional Learning Membership but the deadline of September 7 has passed, PLEASE be sure to contact eeisenberg@tpiic.org. In addition, TPIIC is offering two professional learning strands for 2023-2024: Starting Your Instructional Coaching Journey and Coaching to the Max. Each series consists of 4 sessions. Register for the TPIIC Membership by completing the required fields below and join the other series through the Frontline Education system. For Payment Option Select PO when registering and school district will be invoiced.

Contact Ellen Eisenberg at eeisenberg@tpiic.org for membership information. Contact Claribel Reyes Lopez at clarey@berksiu.org for registration questions.

6. Para Academy-Day 2

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 9/13/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 2 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

7. TPIIC Starting Your Coaching Journey Foundational Series

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches, School Leaders

Dates: 9/14/2023 to 12/14/2023

Location: Virtual

Start your coaching journey with other coaching colleagues and join us for a foundational series (4 sessions) around the Educator-Centered Instructional Coaching Model. Share ideas, get practical strategies, enhance your practice, and "fill your bucket” with approaches, resources, and skills building to support your work with teachers and administrators.

The cost of this event is $80 for TPIIC members, and $160 for non-members. You will be billed according to your enrollment as a TPIIC member or non-member.

This event is fully virtual, and enrolled participants will receive the link to join the Zoom meeting prior to the session.

Contact Ellen Eisenberg at eeisenberg@tpiic.org for membership information. Contact Claribel Reyes Lopez at clarey@berksiu.org for registration questions. Any other questions contact Ellen: eeisenberg@tpiic

8. AT Training

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 9/15/2023

New

Review of AT procedures/resources, AT in the IEP, SETT. This training will review procedures for obtaining AT consults, AT forms, AT website, Considerations for AT in the IEP, SETT, AT Assessment Kits and more. Target audience is Speech Therapists, but all are welcome. New staff are strongly encouraged to attend. *Training will be held via Zoom

9. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 9/15/2023

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.

10. (CANCELLED)Classroom Management

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Teachers and Paraprofessionals

Dates: 9/19/2023

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

This workshop is designed to give educators practical and effective methods to prevent and manage behaviors in their classroom.

Research-validated behavioral and instruction strategies will be presented. Topics include: Basic behavior principles, effective instruction, avoiding common management traps, dealing with non-compliance, prevention procedures, and teaching social skills.

Any questions, please contact Claribel Reyes 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.

11. (CANCELLED)Berks County Instructional Coach & School Leader Collaborative Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches

Dates: 9/20/2023

Location: George/Washington Room

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 Claribel Reyes at clarey@berksiu.org.

The 2023-2024 networking meetings will be organized around principles of effective professional learning. Unless otherwise noted, these meetings are only for instructional coaches. This first September meeting is open to instructional coaches and their school and district leaders.

12. Para Academy-Day 2

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 9/20/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 2 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

13. TPIIC Coaching to the Max: Deepening the Learning

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches, School Leaders

Dates: 9/21/2023 to 12/19/2023

Location: Virtual

Magnify and intensify your instructional coaching practice. Engage in conversations that strengthen relationships and share multiple perspectives. Generate discourse that leads to collective problem-solving and common understandings. Refine, revise, re-connect, and reinforce your understanding of the instructional coaching process. Emphasize the notion that learning is the norm in your school/district!

The cost for this series is $80 for TPIIC members, and $160 for non-members. You will be billed according to your enrollment as a TPIIC member or non-member. This event is fully virtual, and enrolled participants will receive the link to join the Zoom meeting prior to the session. Contact Ellen Eisenberg at eeisenberg@tpiic.org for membership information. Contact Claribel Reyes Lopez at clarey@berksiu.org for registration questions. Any other questions contact Ellen: eeisenberg@tpiic.org

14. Kutztown Make Up Paraprofessional Academy - DAY 1

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Special education paraprofessionals, instructional assistants, classroom assistants, and Title 1 assistants

Dates: 9/26/2023

Location: 1111 Commons Blvd. Reading, PA 19605

This is the first day of a 6 day training that will prepare paras to meet the rigorous federal and state standards and the Pennsylvania Paraeducator credential. Once the six days have been completed in their entirety, individual assessments are complete, and supervisory approval has been given, the paraprofessional will be able to apply for the PA Paraeducator credential. Participants must attend every one of the six sessions to meet the requirements.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST ADHERE TO CDC GUIDELINES, PENNSYLVANIA GUIDELINES, AND THE BCIU HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN IN ORDER TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE CLASSES.

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

15. PREPaRE Core Workshop 2 (WS2) Mental Health Crisis Interventions: Responding to an Acute Traumatic Stressor in Schools

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Audience: Workshop 2- Mental Health Crisis Interventions: Responding to an Acute Traumatic Stressor in Schools is for individuals who are school mental health professionals, including school psychologists, school counselors, school social workers, as well as behavior specialists, nurses, and local community mental health providers. Individuals should attend as part of a school or LEA team.

Dates: 9/26/2023 to 9/27/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

The PREPaRE curriculum is a two-part training developed by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) that addresses both crisis prevention and response. Dependent upon an individual's role in the school/ LEA team, they may attend only one or both workshops. The PREPaRE Workshops are designed to be completed by school teams. PREPaRE Workshops provide a framework for schools or LEAS that require administrative support and a team approach to contextualize to their setting and implement with a team approach. PREPARE Core Workshop 2 (WS2) Mental Health Crisis Interventions: Responding to an Acute Traumatic Stressor in Schools is a two-day training focused on mental health intervention and recovery following any type of crisis. Participants will: 1. Report reduced anxiety and fear associated with the provision of school mental health crisis interventions; 2. Report increased knowledge and confidence associated with the provision of school mental health crisis interventions; 3. Identify variables that help to estimate the number of individuals traumatized by a crisis; 4. Recognize the difference between common crisis reactions and mental illness; 5. Identify the elements of school crisis preparedness specified by the PREPaRE acronym; 6. Recognize risk factors that predict psychological trauma; 7. Identify the warning signs that indicate psychological trauma; 8. Place PREPaRE mental health crisis interventions on a multitiered continuum ranging from least to most restrictive; and 9. Match the degree of psychological trauma risk to the appropriate school crisis interventions.

16. Internship Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Internship Coordinators, Principals

Dates: 9/27/2023

Internship Coordinators' Meeting - PD, Sharing, Collaborating

17. School Attendance Training Session-September 2023

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 9/27/2023

Location: George Washington

The purpose of this session is to provide school personnel who are new to the school attendance process (or would like a refresher) a basic understanding of the Pa Compulsory Attendance Law, the PDE BEC and the process that needs to be followed especially in Berks County and the resources available for assistance. The workshop will include information about holding a School Attendance Improvement Conference and completing the School Attendance Improvement Plan. The Berks County Protocol and the Advancing School Attendance Program will be reviewed.

Target Audience: Assistant Principals, Attendance Secretaries, School Social Workers, Home School Visitors, and anyone else with a primary responsibility for attendance letters, Student Attendance Improvement Conferences, referrals to ASAP and/or citations.

18. Practical Solutions to Support Healthy Social Emotional Development

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 9/27/2023

This one-hour lunchtime training will provide a format to review and discuss a series of short educational videos that build professionals' knowledge about social-emotional development and early childhood mental health.

19. Introduction to Technology & Engineering Standards, Contexts, and Instructional Best Practices STEELS

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 9/28/2023

Location: George/Washington Rooms

Starting Today

Join PDE Technology & Engineering advisor Brandt Hutzel for an in-depth look at the K-12 technology and engineering standards, contexts, and best practices in T/E instruction. The T/E standards are incorporated in the new STEELS standards suite.

20. 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

Starting Soon

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.

21. 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

Starting Soon

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.

22. 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

Starting Soon

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.

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.

23. BCIU UW BINGO for 2023 to 2024

Program: BCIU United Way

Audience: All BCIU and The Pennsylvania Key Staff

Dates: 10/2/2023

Location: Numbers will be emailed each day

Starting Soon

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, email Emily Sadowski at emisad@pakeys.org.

24. Supporting Students with Autism in Inclusive Settings

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Administrators, Related Service Personnel

Dates: 10/3/2023

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

Starting Soon

This one day training will provide participants with a general overview of effective research validated strategies for supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in inclusive classrooms. Participants will learn strategies to support students academically and socially.

Objectives:

-Gain an understanding of various visual supports used to support students with ASD.

-Gain an understanding of methods to teach social/behavioral skills

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

25. Keeping Kids Safe - SRP / Standard Response Protocol and SRM / Standard Reunification Method

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: Educators, Administrators, School and District Safety Teams, Reunification Teams, Law Enforcement, Fire/EMS, and Emergency Managers

Dates: 10/4/2023

Location: Hertz / Rohrbach

Starting Soon

Join us on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 from 8am - 12pm at the BCIU Main Office for two targeted sessions: SRP/Standard Response Protocol and SRM/Standard Reunification Method. Doors open at 7:30am for registration. Event will be capped at 100 participants with registration closing on Monday, October 3rd.

26. Berks County Transition Coordinators Meeting

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County Transition Coordinators

Dates: 10/5/2023

Berks County Transition Coordinators Meeting

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

27. Pediatric First Aid w/ CPR - (8:00am - 12:30pm) Recommended for Early Intervention Providers

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 10/6/2023

Location: Washington Room

American Health & Safety Institute - Pediatric First Aid with CPR. Includes instruction in Adult, Child, Infant and AED. Certification is good for 2 years. Any questions regarding this course, please contact Rodney Good at 610-987-8615.

28. Berks County School Mental Health Conference

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: School Nurses, School Physicians, Social Workers, School Counselors, School Psychologists, Hospital Staff

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences (1025

Wait List

This conference will provide high-quality professional learning and networking activities for Berks County school nurses, school physicians, and school-based mental health professionals. More details on the day, including the agenda, to follow. Any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, jildar@berksiu.org. Subscriber price is for Berks County Educators; Regular price is for all non-Berks County.

29. Art Educators' Session

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: Art Educators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Albright College (1621 N 13th St, Reading, PA 1960

Free to all Berks County educators! Located at: Albright College - we encourage carpooling, due to limited parking.

30. Health & PE Educators Session

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: Health & PE Educators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Wilson West Elementary School (450 Faust Rd, Sinki

Sharing and learning session for Health & PE teachers at Wilson West Middle School.

31. Librarian's Session

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: Librarians

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Reading Public Museum (500 Museum Rd, Reading, PA

School Libraries = Strong Communities! Stay tuned for more information!

32. Music Educators' Session

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: Music Educators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Muhlenberg Junior High School - 801 E Bellevue Ave

The Reading Musical Foundation has planned full group and break-out sessions for participants. Sessions presented by Dr. Michael D'Errico (Albright) Recording/Production, with Olivia Holeva, President of Lion Records, highlighting the benefits of integrated curriculum and experiential learning; Dr. Derrick Thompson (Albright), Conducting Techniques and Gestures. Dr. Thompson will also be bringing one of his ensembles for a mini-concert. A session for the full group inspired by the "Five Wishes” document, addressing:
What every private teacher and school director wish they knew about each other.
What every music vendor and school director wish they knew about each other.
What every instrument wishes the music teacher would know about it.
What every music teacher wishes their administrator knew about them.
What every music teacher wishes their colleagues would know about them. Other presentations will include break-outs sessions on "Managing Difficult Behaviors in the General Music Classroom” and "12 Steps to Music Literacy using Conversational Solfege” with Leslie Weaver; a look at "Total Experience Learning for the Music Teacher (because if it's not in your district now, it will be)”; and a follow-up on alternative ensembles beyond band, chorus, and orchestra.

The afternoon will be a presentation & concert with Dr. Matthew Coley, new mallet percussion center @ Kutztown, along with ways local directors and classroom teachers can tap into partnering with them either at the CMPR site, or in their own classrooms and rehearsal spaces. The Center for Mallet Percussion Collective joined by guest artists Lynn Vartan and Jenny Klukken will perform a concert featuring the colorful soundscape of marimbas, vibraphones, xylophones, and bells with music of many styles. Matthew Coley will speak about the new state-of-the-art facility on campus at Kutztown University. (Visit www.KUCMPR.org to learn more.) Lunch provided on site, compliments of Zeswitz Music.

33. Technology: Tour of RACC's Schmidt Training & Technology Center, Glen-Gery, & Materion

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: K-12 Technology Educators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Glen-Gery, Shoemakersville Campus & Materion, Shoe

New

RACC's Schmidt Training & Technology Center from 8:00 am - 9:30 am. Then tour Glen-Gery, Shoemakersville Campus (423 South Pottsville Pike, Shoemakersville, PA 19555) from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm, then Materion, Shoemakersville Campus (230 Shoemakersville Rd, Shoemakersville, PA 19555) from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm. All the safety gear that is needed will be provided. Please wear pants and close toed shoes with no high heels. Tennis shoes are perfect.

34. ESL Common In-service

Program: Common Inservice

Audience: ESL Teachers & Administrators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Virtual

Wait List

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; this year's topic focuses on immigrant, refugee, asylum-seeker, and undocumented students and their families and how we can support them in schools and communities.

35. Teachers of the Gifted - Common In-service October 9

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 10/9/2023

Margaret Foster will be leading the day for this network group on the topic: "Gifted, Stressed, and Struggling: Can emotional regulation show us the path forward?" Intended audience: teachers of the gifted, gifted case managers, gifted supervisors, building principals. Session description:

Covid and stress. Curricular shifts and stress. Community and family trauma...and stress. We've all felt it and we're pushing through it, but if we pause for a moment and take a closer look at how stress affects learning and performance, we can find insight and clarity and a way forward--especially for students who are gifted. Our brains are naturally responsive to stress by using basic fight, flight or freeze to cope--not exactly productive responses in a classroom environment! But our brains are also designed to provide reward by bathing successful interactions in lovely dopamine, ensuring knowledge retention and growth. The trick is to know when we activate a strong stress response in a student, or a powerful reward response instead. While supporting plans for academic growth in gifted students, teachers often see firsthand the stress that can arise from their divergent thinking styles, our curricular demands, and at times, perfectionism. Today's morning presentation will allow us to explore and identify classroom stressors and emotional regulation, in order to better support the gifted and advanced learners we serve. Our afternoon session will be spent designing or editing our own Action Plans, both capturing our current best practices and brainstorming ways to enhance them based on new information and insights.

Subscriber Price or no fee applies to K-12 Educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. The general price applies to all other educators in nonpublic schools, out-of-county schools, local organizations, etc. that are not paid members.
NOTE: This session runs 8:30 AM-3:30 PM with a one hour lunch break on your own.

36. Teaching Safety Skills to Reduce the Risk of Sexual Abuse

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 10/9/2023

According to the Justice Department, in an NPR special report, people with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at a rate seven times higher than persons without disabilities. What can teachers and parents do to prepare young people with developmental disabilities to participate in community life with a reduced risk of sexual abuse?

In this training, participants will learn about tools and resources designed for teaching students with disabilities about sexuality education. We will also help participants make connections with community resources and community outreach opportunities.

OBJECTIVES:

-Learn ways to identify, prioritize, teach, and practice skills that can assist students with developmental disabilities to reduce their risk of sexual assault in community environments.

-Learn of current instruction and support models aimed at reducing the risk of sexual assault for individuals with intellectual disability, autism, and other developmental disabilities.

-Identify community partners that can assist families and persons with disabilities to reduce their risk of sexual assault and receive needed support if assault has occurred.

If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Webber at sanweb@berksiu.org or 610-987-8532.

37. STEM Educators - October 2023 - STEM Common In-service Gathering

Program: Professional Development

Audience: STEM Educators

Dates: 10/9/2023

Location: Rock Hollow Woods

Register online at www.rockhollowwoods.org to secure your spot today! In order to keep smaller learning groups, this workshop is limited to 40 participants. Rock Hollow Woods ELC Staff (a.m or p.m.) Watershed & Water Cycle Creek Exploration (macroinvertebrates, life cycles, stream health, water pH) Environmental Games Lunch (bring your own) DCNR staff from Nolde Forest (a.m. or p.m) Project Wild/Growing Up Wild Science and Civics Curriculums PA Songbirds

38. Pediatric First Aid w/ CPR - (8:00am - 12:30pm) Recommended for Early Intervention Providers

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 10/10/2023

Location: Rohrbach Room

39. 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

Wait List

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.

40. ASIST

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Audience: School personnel, and community members working with children or adolescents.

Dates: 10/11/2023 to 10/12/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop designed for schools, families, community organizations, etc., to provide "suicide first aid” and talk to some at-risk, but may have had little or no training in suicide prevention. ASIST can also provide those in formal mental and behavioral health roles with professional development to ensure that they are prepared to provide suicide first aid help as part of the care they provide to students and families.

The workshop teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will address and support their immediate safety. Participants learn to use a suicide intervention model to identify someone at risk with thoughts of suicide, seek a shared understanding of reasons for their wanting to take their own life, develop a safe-plan based upon a review of risk, be prepared to do follow-up, and become a part of a suicide-safer community that they support. The workshop is highly participatory and is developed through mini lectures, facilitated discussions, group simulations, and role plays.

41. OT/PT In-Service

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 10/11/2023

All occupational and physical therapists, Austill's representatives and EI administrators. May include other staff from time to time.

42. STEELS Elementary Immersion October 2023

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades K-5; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Dates: 10/12/2023

Location: George/Washington Rooms

Participants will:

*Learn about the development of PA's new STEELS standards, influenced by the K-12 science framework and NGSS
*Unpack standards and understand the three-dimensional nature of performance expectations that include Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas
*Access the STEELS Hub and examine all standards documents for your grade levels/bands
*Work as school/grade level teams to discuss standards alignment across grade levels, explore the curriculum frameworks, and strategize implementation ideas moving forward
*Explore essential instructional shifts that will be required to implement the STEELS standards in a student-centered, phenomena-based, three dimensional learning approach

Time will be provided to teams for district-specific planning.

Multiple dates are offered. Choose ONE to attend.

Recommended audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades K-5; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Subscriber Price or no fee applies to K-12 Educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. The general price applies to all other educators in nonpublic schools, out-of-county schools, local organizations, etc. that are not paid members.

43. 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

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.

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

44. Berks County Instructional Coach & School Leader Collaborative Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches

Dates: 10/16/2023

Location: George/Washington Room

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

45. Para Academy-Day 3

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 10/18/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 3 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

46. OpenSciEd Fundamentals Workshop STEELS

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Grades 6-8 Science Teachers, Middle School Principals, Science/Curriculum Supervisors

Dates: 10/18/2023

Location: George/Washington

This day of learning will be facilitated by OpenSciEd and is designed for Middle School Science teachers and administrators who would like to learn more about the OpenSciEd Middle School curriculum materials and instructional framework. Visit OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum to learn more about OpenSciEd's materials and science education philosophies. OpenSciEd is NGSS-aligned and will support the implementation of our new STEELS standards.

47. Unlocking English Leaners' Potential Book Club

Program: Summer Workshops

Dates: 10/19/2023 to 12/1/2023

Location: Virtual

Description - Content teachers and ESOL teachers, take special note: if you're looking for a single resource to help your English learners meet the same challenging content standards as their English-proficient peers, your search is complete. Just dip into this toolbox of strategies, examples, templates, and activities from EL authorities Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Snyder. The best part? Unlocking English Learners' Potential supports teachers across all levels of experience. We will meet virtually 3 times on zoom to check-in on the reading progress. A learning guide will be provided to assist in the reading. Then we will come together for a full day of PD planning to take back to districts and colleagues.

48. Para Academy-Day 3

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 10/19/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 3 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

49. Virtual Academy Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Online Learning Network Group

Dates: 10/19/2023

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.

50. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 10/20/2023

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.

51. TeamSync Training

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 10/20/2023

New

The training will be held as an open discussion to answer any of your TeamSync-related questions and give you tips/tricks for better navigating the system!

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

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 10/21/2023

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.

53. Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Module 1

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

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

Dates: 10/24/2023

Location: Washington

LETRS is professional development for educators who are responsible for improving K-12 instruction in reading, writing, and spelling. Module 1, The Challenge of Learning to Read, introduces the five essential components of reading instruction, emphasizing the language skills connected to each component. The relationship among word recognition, fluency and comprehension is also highlighted. Participants will be provided with the LETRS Module 1 Participant's Manual.

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

54. PREPaRE Core Workshop 1 (WS1) Comprehensive School Safety Planning: Prevention Through Recovery

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: School crisis teams, school mental health personnel, administrators, community liaisons, school resource officers, and any other professionals and support staff that will be involved in crisis planning/preparation.

Dates: 10/24/2023

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach Room

The PREPaRE curriculum is a two-part training developed by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) that addresses both crisis prevention and response. Dependent upon an individual's role in the school/LEA team, they may attend only one or both workshops. The PREPaRE Workshops are designed to be completed by school teams. PREPaRE Workshops provide a framework for schools or LEAS that require administrative support and a team approach to contextualize to their setting and implement with a team approach. PREPaRE Core Workshop 1 (WS1) Comprehensive School Safety Planning: Prevention Through Recovery is a one-day training focused on prevention and preparedness within a comprehensive school safety framework. Participants will: 1. Identify the mission phases of crisis management; 2. Describe the critical importance of and components necessary for a balanced approach to comprehensive school safety and crisis preparedness; 3. Identify how to evaluate and implement physical and psychological safety efforts; 4. Identify the purpose, functions, and guiding principles of developing comprehensive safety and crisis teams and plans to include prevention, mitigation, protection, and response; 5. Identify the critical components, including when developing specific functional and threat- or hazard-specific protocols; 6. Identify the major functions of the Incident Command System (ICS); 7. Articulate specific strategies to address challenges associated with media/social media, communication, reunification, and memorials; 8. Describe how to meet diverse needs, including various cultures and students with disabilities; and identify strategies for examining effectiveness of crisis prevention and preparedness.

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

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 10/24/2023

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.

56. Tools & Techniques "Build a Strong Classroom Culture with a Focus on Equity" (Blended)

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 10/25/2023 to 11/9/2023

Location: To be determined

Participants must complete the asynchronous online portion in Canvas prior to attending the face-to-face session.

Students and teachers thrive when working within classroom communities that encourage open communication, honesty and trust, and equitable relationships and access. In this session, we will explore the qualities that define exemplary and memorable classroom environments, with a big focus on equity. Participants will leave with a framework and strategies for designing equitable and trusting learning spaces of their own.

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

57. Beyond Academics: Lifelong Skills for Elementary Students with Disabilities

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Special education teachers K-6, paraprofessionals, related service providers

Dates: 10/25/2023

This training is designed to help staff see how functional skills related to transition planning can be developed within the context of elementary classroom activities, routines, and experiences. Intentionally focusing on these skill sets at the elementary level will build a strong foundation for their future academic, employability, and independent living opportunities. These skills include a variety of communication tasks and independent work habits. Participants will learn to analyze classroom activities to determine and prioritize which soft skills to address. There will be discussion regarding ways to showcase these skills by providing student voice in the IEP process.

If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Webber at sanweb@berksiu.org or 610-987-8532.

58. 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.

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

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 10/25/2023

Location: Allmon Room

60. Tools & Techniques "Special Education: Legalities and Practicalities" (Blended Session)

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 10/26/2023 to 11/28/2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

This blended session is designed to demystify the requirements involved with providing special education services. General and special educators will be provided with practical information about their responsibilities to their students with IEPs. Focus areas will include relevant federal and state regulations, child find, evaluations, eligibility, IEP documents, timelines, discipline, and secondary transition.

The Live session will be followed by online learning.

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

61. 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

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).

62. 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

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

63. 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: 11/1/2023 to 11/30/2023

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.

64. STEELS Elementary Immersion November 2023

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades K-5; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Dates: 11/1/2023

Location: Hertz Room

65. Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Science Educators K-12, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Dates: 11/3/2023

Location: TBD

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. This highly engaging day will introduce the fundamentals of MWEE while participants learn how to craft project-based MWEEs for use in their classrooms. Get ready to explore the outdoors through student-centered MWEEs.

66. Itinerant (SD) Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 11/3/2023

Mandatory meeting for all Itinerants (Service Delivery).

67. Berks County Transition Coordinating Council Meeting (BCTCC)

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Dates: 11/7/2023

Berks County Transition Coordinating Council (BCTCC) Meeting

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

68. Code & Bot Bash: From Little Sparklers to Middle School Marvels - Unleashing Robotic Creativity in the Classroom!

Program: Professional Development

Audience: k-8 educators

Dates: 11/7/2023

Location: Board Room

Embark on an empowering educational journey with our "Code & Bot Bash" workshop! Tailored for educators working with students from kindergarten to middle school, this hands-on experience will equip you with the tools to seamlessly integrate coding and robotics into your classroom, drawing on resources from the Berks IU Lending Library. Whether you're new to coding or an expert, you'll master programming basics and explore interactive robots for various age groups including Sphero, Blue Bot, Finches and more. Collaborate with peers, gather resources, and leave with a treasure trove of innovative ideas, empowering you to foster 21st-century skills in your students. Join us in shaping a future where learning is an adventure and technology sparks imagination! Bring:

• A laptop (if you have one)

69. Teaching Behavioral Self Regulation

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: A Staff Development Opportunity for General and Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessionals

Dates: 11/7/2023

Location: BCIU

This training will focus on providing educators with a method for teaching students to regulate their behaviors related to stress, anxiety and sensory input. Participants will learn to teach students to identify and rate their own levels of anxiety/agitation as well as teach methods for independently implementing strategies to change their behavior.

Additionally, participants will learn how to teach students to identify early signs of stress and anxiety so that they can intervene early and provide students with life skills to prevent behavioral challenges and become independent self-regulators.

OBJECTIVES:

-Participants will learn the principles for teaching students to become independent self-regulators.

-Participants will learn to use visual supports to help students identify and regulate behaviors.

If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Webber at sanweb@berksiu.org or 610-987-8532.

70. STEELS Secondary Strategic Planning November 2023

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades 6-12; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Dates: 11/8/2023

Location: George/Washington Rooms

Participants will:

*Learn about the development of PA's new STEELS standards, influenced by the K-12 science framework and NGSS
*Unpack standards and understand the three-dimensional nature of performance expectations that include Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas Access the STEELS Hub and examine all standards documents for grades 6-12 in applicable science and technology and engineering disciplines
*Work as school, grade level, and/or department teams to discuss standards alignment across grade levels, course offerings and sequencing, explore the curriculum frameworks, and strategize implementation ideas moving forward
*Explore essential instructional shifts that will be required to implement the STEELS standards in a student-centered, phenomena-based, three dimensional learning approach

Recommended audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades 6-12; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Time will be provided to teams for district-specific planning.

Subscriber Price or no fee applies to K-12 Educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. The general price applies to all other educators in nonpublic schools, out-of-county schools, local organizations, etc. that are not paid members.

71. Teaching Self Determination Skills

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Teachers, Paraprofessionals and Related Services Providers

Dates: 11/8/2023

Location: BCIU

Among Special Education graduates, those with the most self-determination skills have the highest likelihood of attaining outcomes such as employment, independent living, financial independence, health insurance and other benefits. (Wehmeyer and Palmer, 2003; Periano, 1992; Halpern, 1990).

Self-determination includes a variety of complex and important skills. Sample self-determination skills are: informed decision-making; setting goals based upon understanding ones strengths, weaknesses and interests; evaluating ones own progress; developing a support system; advocating for oneself; and understanding the pros and cons of disclosing disability. These skills take years to learn, practice and generalize.

Participants in this workshop will learn how to explicitly teach self-determination skills needed for success after high school. They will learn to develop effective routines that provide guided practice for these skills in the elementary and secondary classroom.

Morning Session:

- Self-Determination Research

- Teaching Key Self-Determination Skills

- Decision-Making/Goal Setting/Action Planning

- Self Evaluation/Problem Solving

Afternoon Session:

-Guided Practice and Generalization

-Classroom Routines (practice opportunities)

-Disability Disclosure

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

72. Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Module 2

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

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

Dates: 11/9/2023

Location: Washington

LETRS is professional development for educators who are responsible for improving K-12 instruction in reading, writing, and spelling. Module 2, The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology and Phonemic Awareness, explores the topic of phonology, speech sound processing, and it's critical relationship to reading, spelling and oral language. Participants will learn the speech-sound system of English which is far more than just a list of sounds. Participants will be provided with the LETRS Module 2 Participant's Manual.

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

73. Transition Planning in Post Secondary Education

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Related Service Providers

Dates: 11/9/2023

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

What skills are needed for admission to various postsecondary education and training programs? Once enrolled, what skills are needed to achieve success in these programs? How can public school teachers provide effective instruction in these essential skills? Participants will learn the answers to these questions and will have an opportunity to develop next-step action plans to apply what they have learned to their work with students.

Please contact Sandy Webber, sanwe@berksiu.org, 610-987-8532 with questions.

74. Intake Staff Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 11/10/2023

Intake staff members meet to review processes and issues, and brainstorm solutions as part of ongoing program improvement.

75. 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

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

76. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 11/17/2023

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.

77. Speech Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 11/17/2023

Mandatory meeting for all Speech Therapists.

78. Teacher Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 11/17/2023

Mandatory meeting for all classroom teachers.

79. OT/PT In-Service

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 11/20/2023

All occupational and physical therapists, Austill's representatives and EI administrators. May include other staff from time to time.

80. Pediatric First Aid w/ CPR - (8:00am - 12:30pm) Recommended for Early Intervention Providers

Program: Safety & Operations

Audience: All

Dates: 11/21/2023

Location: Washington Room

81. Virtual Academy Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Online Learning Network Group

Dates: 11/30/2023

Location: Virtual Meeting/Roosevelt Room

82. 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: 12/5/2023

Location: Washington

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 Sandy Webber at sanweb@berksiu.org or 610-987-8532.

83. Berks County Transition Coordinators Meeting

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks County Transition Coordinators

Dates: 12/6/2023

Berks County Transition Coordinators Meeting

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

84. Teaching Behavioral Programs for Low-Incidence Students

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Low-Incidence teachers and paraprofessionals, and speech and language pathologists

Dates: 12/6/2023

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

Many teachers who work with students with low-incidence disabilities struggle with behavioral issues related to basic skills that their students lack. This workshop will give teachers and paraprofessionals the skills necessary to support their students in remediating these skill deficits. Behavioral skill programs presented will include the following: teaching students how to wait, teaching students how to manage on-going preferred activities that are interrupted, teaching students to respond to directives such as "come here” and "ready hands”, teaching students to replace problem behavior with appropriate requests, how to give up reinforcers, and how accept being told "no”.

Please contact Sandy Webber, sanweb@berksiu.org, 610-987-8532 with questions.

85. Introduction to Restorative Practices and Circles

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Audience: School personnel and community members working with children or adolescents.

Dates: 12/6/2023

Location: Commonwealth A

This one day training provides an overview of restorative practices and its relationship to classroom management, school culture and climate, building positive relationships with students and families, and its roots in restorative justice. Participants will learn how to effectively establish classroom restorative practices by increasing communication, using circles as part of a daily routine, using affective statements, positive behavior management, and utilizing best practices and lessons from the field.

86. Teachers of the Gifted Network Meeting - December 2023

Program: Professional Development

Dates: 12/7/2023

Location: Hohl

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.
Subscriber Price or no fee applies to K-12 Educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. The general price applies to all other educators in nonpublic schools, out-of-county schools, local organizations, etc. that are not paid members.

87. STEM Educator Network Meeting and STEM Library Showcase - December 2023

Program: Professional Development

Audience: STEM Educators

Dates: 12/8/2023

Location: BCIU Main Office - Commonwealth AB

Join us at BCIU for our STEM Library Showcase! Participants will have the chance to learn about the available materials in our lending library and will have time to explore the tools and plan for how to include in classroom instruction. Educator networking time will follow. More details coming soon.

88. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 12/8/2023

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.

89. Internship Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Internship Coordinators, Principals

Dates: 12/13/2023

Internship Coordinators' Meeting - PD, Sharing, Collaborating

90. 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.

91. Berks County Instructional Coach Collaborative Network Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Instructional Coaches

Dates: 12/18/2023

Location: Allmon Room

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

The 2023-2024 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.

92. Berks County Transition Coordinating Council Meeting (BCTCC)

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Dates: 1/10/2024

Berks County Transition Coordinating Council (BCTCC) Meeting

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

93. Teacher Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 1/12/2024

Mandatory meeting for all classroom teachers.

94. 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

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

95. STEELS Elementary Immersion January 2024

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades K-5; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Dates: 1/17/2024

Location: Hertz Room

96. Para Academy-Day 4

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 1/18/2024

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 4 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

97. Virtual Academy Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Online Learning Network Group

Dates: 1/18/2024

Location: Virtual Meeting/Roosevelt Room

98. BSPA

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Berks School Psychologists

Dates: 1/19/2024

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.

99. Intake Staff Meeting

Program: Early Childhood & Student Services (ECSS)

Dates: 1/19/2024

Intake staff members meet to review processes and issues, and brainstorm solutions as part of ongoing program improvement.

100. STEELS Secondary Strategic Planning January 2024

Program: Professional Development

Audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades 6-12; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Dates: 1/24/2024

Location: Hertz Room

Participants will:

*Learn about the development of PA's new STEELS standards, influenced by the K-12 science framework and NGSS
*Unpack standards and understand the three-dimensional nature of performance expectations that include Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas Access the STEELS Hub and examine all standards documents for grades 6-12 in applicable science and technology and engineering disciplines
*Work as school, grade level, and/or department teams to discuss standards alignment across grade levels, course offerings and sequencing, explore the curriculum frameworks, and strategize implementation ideas moving forward
*Explore essential instructional shifts that will be required to implement the STEELS standards in a student-centered, phenomena-based, three dimensional learning approach

Recommended audience: Science and Technology & Engineering teachers in grades 6-12; science leadership teams; instructional coaches; curriculum coordinators; building principals

Time will be provided to teams for district-specific planning.

Subscriber Price or no fee applies to K-12 Educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. The general price applies to all other educators in nonpublic schools, out-of-county schools, local organizations, etc. that are not paid members.

101. Para Academy-Day 4

Program: PD & C Educational Consultants' Events

Audience: Paraprofessionals already in the Para Academy

Dates: 1/25/2024

Location: Hertz/Rohrbach

Day 4 of the Para Academy - registration is ONLY for those who are already in the program.

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