Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Please click on the links below to learn more about the available workshops in the Professional Development Series:

Leveraging Cultural Differences to Promote Diversity and Equity in the Classroom

Workshop Duration: Half Day, Full Day, Multiple Days

By acknowledging and valuing diverse cultural backgrounds, educators can devise instructional lessons that contextualize critical content and skills within students' everyday lives. Through this process, students learn more about one another in safe, respectful environments that promote pro-social behavior, reduce bullying, spark intrinsic motivation, increase home-school connection, and close opportunity gaps through personalized learning. This session offers strategies school leaders and teachers can transfer immediately into their buildings and classrooms to reach and engage learners of all cultures, ages, and abilities. 

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Part 1:

• Internal and External Identity Development
• Cultural Proficiency Continuum
• Social Emotional Learning Components
• Microaggressions
• Implicit Bias
• Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
• Self-Assessment

Part 2:

• Race and Ethnicity
• Socioeconomic Status
• Facets of Gender
• Language and Linguistics
  

Devising and Asking Questions to Spark Curiosity, Critical Thinking, and Collaboration

Workshop Duration: Full Day

The best learning starts with questions, not answers. In this session, educators will evaluate the art of devising and asking effective questions to spark curiosity, critical thinking, and collaboration among students. Join us as we delve into the relationship between effective questioning and best teaching practices, the common pitfalls experienced when posing questions, and successful strategies to boost engagement and deeper learning.

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Reducing Bullying Behavior and Fostering a Pro-Social Educational Environment

Workshop Duration: Half Day, Full Day

Our students require a safe, supportive learning environments in order achieve at their fullest potential. In this session, attendees will participate in experiential activities designed to strengthen student interactions and develop a classroom community. In addition to examining the types of bullying and the roles students take during a bullying incident, participants will learn of classroom strategies that reduce bullying behavior and increase pro-social interaction. All activities, strategies, and lessons are able to be immediately incorporated into the classroom routines and practices.

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Building Academic Success on Social Emotional Learning

Workshop Duration: Half Day, Full Day, Two Days

This session will help teachers design a climate and culture that develops students of character through the integration of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), sometimes referred to as “soft skills.”  Social Emotional Learning begins with self-awareness and extends to the essential skills of respect for self and others, responsibility for all that we say, think, feel, and do, and the value of building healthy relationships. "Satisfying the social emotional needs of the students does more than prepare them to learn. It actually increases their capacity for learning. Social and emotional learning has been shown to increase mastery of subject material, motivation to learn, commitment to school, and time devoted to school work" (Hawkins et al., 1999; Malecki & Elliot, 2002).

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Cultivating a Student Leadership Organization

Workshop Duration: Full Day, Two Days

This session will provide resources and assistance to educators so that they may empower and support students building critical social and emotional skills to become leaders in their educational community. Core areas of focus include: Identity and Developmental Assets, Social Emotional Intelligence, Belonging and Self-esteem, Character and Perception, Healthy Relationship, Communication and Active Listening Skills, Decision-Making Processes, Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation, and Peer Mentoring.

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Curriculum Design and Development

Workshop Duration: Full Day, Two Days

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