The CENTER for EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Northeast Key Funded Professional Development
Spring 2016
Eligibility: Must be working at a DPW licensed/regulated facility associated within the NE Regional Key
Region which includes Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming,
Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming counties.
Participants must validate themselves on the PA Key Intranet website before enrolling.
Instructions for validating can be found here.
http://www.northampton.edu/Documents/Departments/ECE/Validate_Yourself_and_Register_for_Training_with_the_PA_Keys_Online_Calendar.pdf
CALLING ALL SCHOOL AGE PRACTITIONERS!
Location: Almost Home Children’s Center, 611 Montgomery Avenue, Boyertown, PA 19512
Date:
Monday, January 18, 2016 (Martin Luther King Day Holiday) Snow date 3/25/16
Title: STEM: Biodiversity and Its
Connection to Us ECEPD245 –
Northampton CC
Title: Meeting Physical
Activity Needs Without a Gym
ECEPD248 – Northampton CC
Time: 8:00 am -10:00 am
Description: This session focuses on
the diversity of life and how important it is
to the health of people and the
environment. Through the use of resource
materials and hands-on activities,
participants will address biodiversity and
its interconnections with wildlife, culture,
economics and the environment.
Strategies for introducing these concepts
to children will be shared.
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Title: Personal Filters
ECEPD314 – Northampton CC
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Description: This session
focuses on strategies to keep
children active even when there
appears to be no space for large
motor activities.
Description: Discuss how our
own beliefs, values and
behaviors are shaped by our
biases and societal stereotypes
and how they impact cultural,
racial, linguistic, and socioeconomic experiences.
Instructor: Angel Avery
Instructor: Angel Avery
CKC Code: K2.11 C2 Modify
the environment to support
learning and development in all
domains (emotional, social,
language, cognitive, physical,
and creative)
CKC Code: K3.3 C1 Discuss
how personal biases and
societal stereotypes impact
cultural, racial, linguistic and
socio-economic experiences and
shape one’s own beliefs, values,
and behaviors.
Instructor: Angel Avery
CKC Code: K2.9 C2 Use a well-developed
curriculum to effectively implement clear and
developmentally, culturally, and individually
appropriate learning outcomes, explain
expectations and roles for instructional staff
and execute developmentally appropriate
strategies and materials linked to the PA
Learning Standards.
Payment must be made at time of registration – Deadline 1/11/16 – Register online for each offering
To Register:
To register and pay, please log into the PA Key Registry - www.pakeys.org and search by regional key region node
and title or date of offering.
Costs:
NE Key Funded Program Fee: Fall 2015-Spring 2016 Offerings $7.00 fee for two hours, $14.00 fee for 3-4 hours, and
$21.00 fee for 5-6 hours professional development activities.
Questions:
Please contact the PA Key https://pennsylvaniakey.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
Northampton Community College 3835 Green Pond Road
www.northampton.edu
Bethlehem, PA 18020