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Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 - Summer 2012

Professional Development Trainings

SESSION INFORMATION & REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON - SESSIONS WILL INCLUDE: 

Quarterbacks of Life Stepping Stones to Success  - June 11, 2012 - Altoona Office - 9 am to noon

Open your Mind to Open-Ended Questions in Math - June 12, 2012 - Altoona Office - 9 am to noon

Adopted ESL Students - July 9, 2012 - Altoona Office - 9 am to noon

Apple's MacBook for Educators - July 19, 2012 - Ebensburg Office - 9 am to 3 pm {participants need to bring their own Mac computer}

Explicit Small Group Instruction for Language Arts in the Primary Classroom - July 19, 2012 - Richland Office - 9 am to 3 pm

"Free" Technology Essentials for Educators in the 21st Century - July 20, 2012 - Altoona Office - 9 am to 3 pm

Don't Like to Read?:They Just Haven't Found the Right Books Independent Reading  - {TBD}

Infusing Comprehension into the Content Areas:The Art of Using Reading Strategies, Text Features and Text Structure to Make meaning  - {TBD}

• Workshops are open to all educators, however preference is given to educators in the Intermediate Unit 8 service area (districts in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset Counties) who are employed full-time, part-time or on a substitute basis. Preference will be given to district teachers then substitutes and IU 8 staff.

• Registrants will receive a confirmation post card prior to the session. If a session is full, registrants will receive a post card indicating that they have been placed on a waiting list.

• IU 8 reserves the right to cancel a session due to low enrollment {please refer to the refund policy for refund information}. Registrants will be notified if their session has been cancelled.

• IU 8 staff registering for sessions must have their supervisor sign the registration form and indicate the appropriate budget/fund to charge the registration fee to. 

• Material in this packet are available on the IU 8 Website at www.iu08.org

• Directions to session sites are included in this packet.

• Registration deadline is June 15, 2012 – unless otherwise noted. Registrations will be accepted after the deadline for sessions with seats remaining.

• Districts paying a registration fee may be invoiced. If a district is to be invoiced a district administrator must sign the registration form indicating approval for invoicing. 

• If a district is not paying the registration fee then payment must accompany registration.

• Please make checks payable to: Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8.

• Registration fees listed with the session descriptors are for educators within the IU 8 service area. If you are an educator outside of the IU 8 service area and are interested in attending please add $15 to the listed registration fee.

• Act 48 hours will be awarded for workshops based on the number of contact hours for each workshop attended (lunch/breaks is not counted). Participants will receive credit only for those hours in attendance.

• A full day session will be credited up to 5 hours. A half day session will be credited up to 3 hours.

•  IU 8 will submit participant hours to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Once hours are submitted to PDE, participants will receive a letter, indicating award of Act 48 hours. 

• Act 48 forms for non-IU 8 staff will be distributed at the session and must be submitted at the session or within 5 days to the act 48 office. Forms that are incomplete or not submitted within that time frame will not be processed. 

• IU 8 staff must bring a pre-approved Act 48/in-service form to the training. Forms are to be turned in at the session or within 5 days to the act 48 office. Forms not returned within that time frame will not be processed.

• NOTE: Effective January 1, 2008, the Act 48 Requirements for School and System Leaders have changed for persons who are working in the following seven positions: Principal and Assistant Principal, Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director, and AVTS Director. CHANGE: ACTIVITY HOURS DO NOT MEET THE NEW REQUIREMENTS; however, they will apply to other certificates.