Programs & Services

This FREE virtual event will showcase over 25 virtual professional development sessions, over the course of a week, focused on utilizing Canvas tools and products for teaching, learning and assessment. Sessions will be presented by practitioners in the field and by Canvas representatives.

This FREE virtual event will showcase over 25 virtual professional development sessions, over the course of a week, focused on utilizing Canvas tools and products for teaching, learning and assessment. Sessions will be presented by practitioners in the field and by Canvas representatives.

This FREE virtual event will showcase over 25 virtual professional development sessions, over the course of a week, focused on utilizing Canvas tools and products for teaching, learning and assessment. Sessions will be presented by practitioners in the field and by Canvas representatives.

This meeting will support district teams with updating and sustaining their K-12 Guidance Plans. The format for the 2-hour meeting will be to review a newly-developed Toolkit, provide time for all participating teams to share their successes and challenges over the past year, share updates on the Bucks County Career Pathways Partnership and how it may support plans for 2021-2022, and allow for some team planning time. Participants will walk away with additional tools and resources to support continued success.

• Participants will be able to reflect on the successes and challenges of their K-12 Guidance Plan.

• Participants will be able to determine action steps to ensure that the Plan is sustained for the 2021-2022 school year.

• Participants will be able to set goals for 2021-2022 to enhance career development programming.

This meeting will support district teams with updating and sustaining their K-12 Guidance Plans. The format for the 2-hour meeting will be to review a newly-developed Toolkit, provide time for all participating teams to share their successes and challenges over the past year, share updates on the Bucks County Career Pathways Partnership and how it may support plans for 2021-2022, and allow for some team planning time. Participants will walk away with additional tools and resources to support continued success.

• Participants will be able to reflect on the successes and challenges of their K-12 Guidance Plan.
• Participants will be able to determine action steps to ensure that the Plan is sustained for the 2021-2022 school year.
• Participants will be able to set goals for 2021-2022 to enhance career development programming.

Gifted Ed 101: Day One will focus on Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) regulations for Gifted Education as designated by Chapter 16 of the School Code. The following topics will be highlighted in Day One: Chapter 16 Regulations and Guidelines, characteristics of gifted learners, identification and evaluation processes and policies, development of Gifted Individual Education Plans (GIEPs), Notice of Recommended Assignments (NORAs), and district-level policy and procedures for staffing and programming.

• Participants will understand the role of Chapter 16 and its companion document, the PDE Gifted Education Guidelines.
• Participants will learn the components of a district-level identification and evaluation process for gifted learners. This competency includes universal screeners.
• Participants will learn the connection between evaluation, the gifted written report, the GIEP, and the NORA.
• Participants will learn the components of the GIEP including how to write academic-based GIEP goals.

Gifted Ed 101: Day Two will pick up from where Gifted Ed 101: Day One left off. The workshop will highlight the gifted options of enrichment and acceleration as designated by Chapter 16 and how they fit into GIEP development. Specifically, enrichment strategies such as curriculum compacting, tiered lessons, project-based learning, and curriculum integration of such strategies will be outlined. The latest research on acceleration and types of acceleration will also be explored. In addition, Day Two will focus on specialized program options for gifted students such as seminars and critical and creative thinking strategies and where such options fit into GIEP development
1. Participants will learn the definitions of enrichment and acceleration as designated by Chapter 16.
2. Participants will learn about the enrichment strategies that can be offered to gifted students via their GIEP.
3. Participants will learn the research on acceleration and will explore how the types of acceleration can be integrated into the overall curriculum.
4. Participants will learn the value of homogeneous groups for gifted students such as seminars and what role such options play in GIEP development.

A playlist is an opportunity for teachers to dive deeply into new concepts, using a self-paced, sequential structure that incorporates formative feedback and conferencing. Using the playlist model, K-12 teachers will have the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), so they will be equipped to seamlessly incorporate SEL strategies into everyday instruction. The SEL Playlist is designed to meet teachers where they are. The course will begin with a 1-hour virtual kick off. Then, using Google Classroom as a vehicle for conversation and feedback, teachers will work asynchronously through 4 modules of SEL learning experiences, with opportunities for live feedback and coaching between each module via Zoom. The SEL Playlist offers participants 30 Act 48 hours, spread out over the months of April- June.

Overview of synchronous schedule requirements:
• 4/13 7-8pm "Kick Off" via Zoom
• 4/20-4/21 Coach check-in via Zoom by appointment
• 5/4-5/5 Coach check-in via Zoom by appointment
• 5/18-5/19 Coach check-in via Zoom by appointment
• 6/1-6/2 Coach check-in via Zoom by appointment
• 6/8 7-8pm Full Cohort Wrap-Up via Zoom

COST: Registration is limited for this PD opportunity. Also, it is being offered at a reduced price for Spring 2021. Register today!

STEM ENDORSEMENT COURSE 1: INTRODUCTION TO STEAM EDUCATION

This course will provide educators with a strong foundation in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Education, introducing students to each of the STEAM disciplines and their corresponding academic standards.

This course is one of four courses that was mutually developed by the Bucks IU and Delaware Valley University and comprise the Bucks IU's STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) Approach to the PDE STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Endorsement.

Participants will:
• develop an understanding of each letter of the STEAM acronym
• create and present a 'Fixer Upper' lesson by converting a traditional science, math, or art lesson into a STEAM lesson
• develop a lesson that includes integrated STEAM learning