We will be having Summer ER&D! *******Please read these instructions carefully********* Registration will be done using Google Forms,sent through district email, and it will open on May 1,2020 and closes May 13, 2020. Priority will be given to those who did not take an ER&D course this year. Please be prepared with your PDE number. The program will be a blended online course. We are working with the NEIU to create four courses. You will pick up your binder at the union office through social distanced appointments to compliment the course. You will also mail your check before the class starts. This will not be an independent online course. You will be expected to meet and Zoom daily with your instructors for specified time periods. These times will be determined by the course instructors to accommodate our participants. Course payments (check /money order only) will be mailed before class begins. DATES: 6/10, 6/11 ,6/12, 6/15, 6/16, 6/17, 6/18, 6/19 Here is some positive news and an important update from PDE regarding ACT 48 hours: What is the new deadline for educators to complete their professional development requirements? Educators have five years from the effective date of issuance of initial Instructional I certification to complete professional development requirements. Educators are expected to complete additional professional development every five years thereafter. Act 13 of 2020 gives educators another year to complete those requirements. The actual deadline will depend upon when the educator was certified and if the educator received any other extensions during that time. https://www.education.pa.gov/Schools/safeschools/emergencyplanning/COVID-19/Pages/AnswersToFAQs.aspx Summer 2020 ER&D Course Offerings Each course is worth 3 credits or 90 hours. Cost is $85.00 for Scranton School District Employees. Outside of the district participants will pay the NEIU rate of $315.00. Beginning Reading Instruction 6/10/20-6/19/20 Facilitators: Laura Lanka & Jennifer Telesco Location: Online Phonics, Fluency, and Vocabulary....Oh My! This course focuses on how children learn to read and provides participants with the most effective instructional strategies to teach reading.Participants learn how to use student-centered, hands-on activities to develop phonological, phonemic, and print awareness skills, phonics/decoding skills, and increase reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Reading Comprehension Instruction 6/10/20-6/19/20 Facilitators: Millie McLane & Kim Tesluk Location: Online Do you have students that can read fluently but when asked to retell the story have little or no response? If the answer is yes, then Reading Comprehension Instruction(RCI) is the course for you! We will explore strategies for increasing comprehension of both narrative and expository texts, vocabulary, as well as how to help students self-monitor comprehension and apply appropriate “fix-up” strategies when comprehension is not achieved. Practice in using instructional strategies and examples of student work are embedded in the course. Foundations of Effective Teaching II Building Academic Success 6/10/20-6/19/20 Facilitators: Louise Kurpis & Holly Meade Location: Online How do you face the challenges in your classroom? Foundations II will help to raise the performance levels of all students while also closing the achievement gap. It addresses both environmental and instructional conditions that foster student achievement by examining the effects of teacher expectations and provides an in-depth study of two instructional models—cognitive apprenticeship and cooperative small groups. Foundations I is a prerequisite for this course. Scranton School District requires this course to become a mentor. Home School Connections 6/10-6/19 Facilitators: Carrissa Burnside & Katie Fried Location: Online When parents are involved students succeed. However, how parents should be engaged has been a source of great discussion, debate, continued research and even legislation. Learn how to engage parents and guardians and experience what this engagement looks like.The primary function of this course is to help school staff understand how they can assist parents to better support their children as learners.
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