200607 Professional Development Opportunities Substituting Effectively in Todays Diverse Classrooms

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2006-07 Professional Development Opportunities
Substituting Effectively in Todays Diverse
Classrooms
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• The Chester County Intermediate Unit is pleased
  to announce professional development
  opportunities for substitute teachers for the
  2006-2007 school year. Please join us for
  monthly learning and sharing sessions designed
  specifically for substitute teachers.
• Each session will deal with timely topics around
  the theme of Substituting Effectively in Todays
  Diverse Classrooms. Learn with and from other
  substitutes about current educational topics and
  add to your repertoire of skills. Join us for
  one, several, or all sessions!
• Please note ACT 48 credit is available for
  substitutes who hold Pennsylvania teaching
  certification.

2006-07 Session Information

• Time 400 - 530 p.m.
• DATE TOPIC
• Sept. 12 Overview of Differentiated Instruction
• Nov. 14 Meeting the Needs of Homeless Students
  in Chester County
• Jan. 9 Understanding and Meeting the Needs of
  Life Skills Students
• Mar. 13 Content Area Reading and Writing
  Strategies
• May 8 Learning Disabilities-Understanding and
  Meeting Students' Needs
• Location CCIU Educational Service Center, 455
  Boot Road, Downingtown, PA
• IU Contacts Pam Schoessler 484-237-5061 or Pat
  McLaughlin 484-237-5088

An initiative of the Chester County Intermediate
UnitThe Chester County Intermediate Unit will
not discriminate in employment, educational
programs or activities based on race, color,
religion, national origin, age, sex, disability,
marital status or because a person is a disabled
veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era.
Reasonable accommodations will be provided for
employees, students and program participants who
are disabled. For information regarding civil
rights or grievance procedures, contact Patricia
McLaughlin, Title IX and Section 504 coordinator,
at [phone] or in writing at the Chester
County Intermediate Unit, 455 Boot Road,
Downingtown, PA 19335.