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PA Ed Policy Roundup for March 27, 2020
Penn Live By Christine
Vendel | cvendel@pennlive.com Today 5:15
AM
Many Pa. school districts are doing
technology surveys to ensure all students could get access to online
assignments and activities.
For much of the coronavirus shutdown in
Pennsylvania, school district leaders believed they could wait or simply provide
review material to students to avoid litigation due to
federal requirements for special education. Turns out, that may not be the
case. New guidelines issued Wednesday night through the state department of
education website said
“evolving United States Department of Education guidance implies federal
protections still apply whether or not schools offer continuity of education.” That
statement, combined with the increasing likelihood of extended closures
and a bill approved by
legislators Wednesday requiring districts to post continuity
of education plans to their websites, spurred a flurry of new activity by
school districts this week to start teaching kids remotely. Many districts are
conducting technology surveys to determine how many students have access to
devices and WiFi to receive online instruction. The Mechanicsburg Area School
District is handing out devices to families who need them Friday morning. The
Middletown School District is distributing iPads to all elementary students
next week as older students already have school-issued devices.
Editorial | Offering online learning should be a priority
The Tribune-Democrat March 27,
2020
The coronavirus pandemic has left schools
across the state scrambling to fulfill their education obligations. Gov. Tom
Wolf earlier this month issued an order for Pennsylvania’s schools to be closed
for two weeks beginning on March 16 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. At that
time, most of the state’s confirmed cases were in southeastern Pennsylvania. Since
then, the impact has become more widespread, and Wolf recently extended the
closure one more week, meaning students can resume classes no earlier than
April 9. But with so much uncertainty surrounding the outbreak, schools are
urged to offer as much online learning as possible. On Wednesday, Education
Secretary Pedro Rivera said “we are encouraging schools not to wait” until the
state lifts the order. We agree, and urge local schools to heed Rivera’s
recommendation. “As we have been looking at providing that continuity of
education, we’ve taken a position that we are strongly urging school districts
not to wait and not to stand on the periphery – to really engage students and
provide education opportunities that could be provided today,” Rivera said. “And
we’ll continue to support students in the event of prolonged school closures.”
Philly schools spending $11M on computers to be used
during coronavirus closures; Comcast CEO, family donating $5M
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: March
26, 2020- 9:39 PM
The Philadelphia school board voted Thursday
night to authorize $11 million for the purchase of up to 50,000 computers to
make distance learning possible for all students during an extended school
closure forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also gave Superintendent William R.
Hite Jr. temporary special powers to make financial and operational decisions
quickly and absent formal board approval during the national emergency. Closed
for two weeks to date, and at least through April 6 by state order, the Philadelphia
School District has not been requiring students to learn during the pandemic
because many lack the technology needed for online instruction, and because it
has not made provisions for students with special needs and English language
learners. The school system will now repurpose some existing
Chromebooks for its 120,000-plus students
but needs the additional computers to place machines in the hands of all
children. Hite said the Chromebooks, to be purchased from Computer Dealers
Inc., will be ready for distribution by April 8 “using social distancing and
health and safety protocols,” and learning will begin by April 17 — meaning
Philadelphia students will have missed four weeks of instruction. Comcast Corp.
CEO Brian Roberts on Thursday night told The Inquirer that he, his wife,
Aileen, and their children are donating $5 million to offset the cost of the computers.
Roberts said that when he learned of the district’s inability to conduct
lessons, he was moved.
“The evening’s live-streamed and televised format left viewers
faced with the strange sight of a few officials spread out in an almost-empty
meeting room. Along with Hite, three board members — president Joyce Wilkerson,
Christopher McGinley and Julia Danzy — were carefully spaced apart at a
U-shaped table that spanned the width of the room. The other six members
participated by phone. Public testimony was taken in writing prior to the
meeting, and by Twitter and email during the session, but no members of the
public were permitted to attend. The quickly-arranged format was less than
ideal, board members acknowledged. And while the board made no specific
promises about how next month’s meetings will run, member Lee Huang said he
hoped they’ll be smoother. “We hope to use what we learn in future meetings,”
Huang said. In statements, several board members expressed frustration and
“outrage” and how the coronavirus crisis has more starkly exposed the digital
divide and the inequities among school districts.”
Philly Board of Education approves $11 million for
Chromebooks, gives Hite emergency powers
Board reads all the written testimony
submitted and allows real-time public input
The notebook by Dale
Mezzacappa and Bill
Hangley Jr. March 26 — 10:17 pm, 2020
The Philadelphia Board of Education meeting
on March 26, 2020, as seen on television. Seated, left to right, Julia Danzy,
Joyce Wilkerson, William Hite, and Chris McGinley. An American Sign Language
interpreter is standing in the back right. In an extraordinary meeting for
extraordinary times, the Philadelphia Board of Education Thursday voted to
spend $11 million to purchase 50,000 Chromebooks so that students can start
structured online learning during the school shutdown due to COVID-19. The
board also passed a resolution that
gives Superintendent William Hite sweeping powers for the next month, allowing
him to enter into contracts and take other actions without board approval so he
can quickly respond to needs during the crisis.
“This is unprecedented territory for us as a governing board,” said
board chair Joyce Wilkerson. Hite announced that the Chromebooks, from the
Canadian company CDI Technologies, would be readied for distribution between
March 30 and April 10. During that period, teachers would be trained on online
learning. Families will be notified when and where they can pick them up
between April 6 and 8, he said. Starting on April 13, “teachers will begin
using digital learning tools,” according to Hite’s presentation to the board.
Pittsburgh City schools create survey to understand
students' technology needs
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette agoldstein@post-gazette.com MAR 26,
2020 6:31 PM
The Pittsburgh Public Schools said it will
hand out a survey on Friday that will help the district develop an
understanding of students’ technology needs should the COVID-19 closure become
further extended. The surveys will be available at the 30 grab-and-go meal
locations that the district has set up for
students throughout the city. “We know that as a school district, we have an
equity issue when it comes to student/family access to technology devices and
the internet,” Superintendent Anthony Hamlet wrote Thursday on his official
Facebook page. “To address these gaps, we have launched a Home Technology
Survey to gauge the home technology hardware and internet needs of our students
to support at home learning.” The district said the information is necessary to
obtain as it prepares to launch at-home learning should the need for closure
extend past April 14. The survey can be returned to grab and go locations on
Monday and Tuesday. The survey will close end of day Wednesday. The survey is
also available online at https://pghboe.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_803PDJabeIJpH2R.
Families can also leave a message at the PPS
Call Center 412-529-4357, and someone will contact them to fill out the survey
on their behalf.
PBS39 launches educational programing for Lehigh Valley
students home during coronavirus outbreak
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING
CALL | MAR 26, 2020 | 4:20 PM
Beginning Monday, PBS39 will offer daily
education programs to help Lehigh Valley children who lack the internet to do
online lessons but want to continue learning while schools are closed because
of the coronavirus outbreak. The programs will broadcast over two channels from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
To develop the curriculum, PBS39, an entity of Lehigh Valley Public Media,
worked with the Allentown and Bethlehem Area school districts, both of which
have a number of students who do not have access to the internet. Each grade
will have two and a half hours of airtime daily. PBS39 is prepared to provide
curriculum for as long as students are out of school, said Victoria Scialfa,
marketing and public relations manager for Lehigh Valley Public Media. On March
13, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that schools would be closed for two weeks. He
extended that on Monday to at least April 6. State officials have said that
timeline could be extended again. The Pennsylvania
Department of Education is urging districts to
provide students with either mandatory lessons or optional enrichment
activities. But that’s difficult for students who live in homes without
computers and the internet. Some districts can give every child a laptop or
hotspot, but many financially-strapped
districts cannot. That’s where PBS39 will come in,
Scialfa said. PBS39 estimates that it reaches about 3.28 million households. “We
have a tool that is accessible to literally anyone with a television,” she
said.
With coronavirus closing schools, Pennsylvania Education
Secretary Pedro Rivera urges districts to do their best to continue to educate
students
Reading Eagle By David Mekeel dmekeel@readingeagle.com @dmekeel on Twitter Mar 25,
2020
Schools across Pennsylvania have been shut
down since March 16, and kids won't be returning to their classrooms until
April 9 at the earliest. There's a chance they might not be going back at all
this school year. With that in mind, Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera said
during a media conference call Wednesday that he's urging school districts to
do their best to come up with short-term and long-term plans to continue to
educate students. "As we've been looking at continuity of education, we
are strongly urging school districts not to wait, to not stand on the
periphery," Rivera said during the 45-minute question-and-answer session. What
those plans will look like, Rivera said, will differ from district to
district. "Our schools are extremely diverse, geographically,
economically, their student bodies are different," he said. Rivera said
some districts will likely rely on mostly online options for students, while
other may need to use paper and pencil models. Discussions are underway with
the Legislature and the governor's office, as well as with the federal
government, about finding additional funding to help districts provide
additional technology to students. "We're working really hard to not transfer
a huge bulk of this cost to the school districts," Rivera said. The state
Department of Education has been coordinating with the state's 29 intermediate
units, which have been designated as clearinghouses for local school districts.
The intermediate units have been tasked with providing technical assistance and
other resources to schools.
COVID-19 in Northeastern Pa.: With schools closed,
teachers, administrators try to preserve sense of routine
By Patrick Abdalla Special to the Capital-Star March 26,
2020
SCRANTON, Pa. — Nicole Van Luvender had
60 seconds. She wanted to make them matter. The principal at Riverside West in Taylor, in
Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania, planned on leaving a short
telephone message for each of her students last Friday. The school includes
kindergarten through second grades. It has been shutdown since March 16. “On
some level, I wanted to reach out and create a sense of normalcy,” she told the
Capital-Star. So she basically recreated the school’s Friday morning
announcements. That Saturday was National Down Syndrome Day, so she told her
students about it and reminded them to wear blue. She updated them on the
Read-a-Thon they were participating in. And she finished the voicemail off with
the “Friday Cheer.” Van Luvender is just one of many area residents trying to
lend a hand as the region grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Katie Gilmartin
is another person stepping up. The Scranton School District Board President and
co-owner of Nada & Co., an apparel store in Scranton, has helped
coordinate an effort known as the “Masked Bandits.” The group has sent
out kits to help make masks for different people who will be working through
the situation. Anyone can join the effort. “We’ve put together at least 25 kits
with 20 masks in each,” she told the Capital-Star. Such area businesses
as Sarno & Sons, a tuxedo company, and Woods and Company, a furniture
store, have donated materials. Gilmartin and others have been putting them in
packages for people to assemble into masks. Those masks are then donated to the
Lackawanna and Luzerne County Medical Societies by being dropped off at several
regional locations.
‘The perfect storm:’ How COVID-19 has multiplied the risk
for children in abusive households
PA Capital Star By Elizabeth Hardison March 26,
2020
Social workers say children may be
particularly prone to neglect and abuse as the COVID pandemic strains incomes
and confines families to their homes.
Even in the best of times, experts say that
Pennsylvania’s child welfare system is fraught with high worker turnover and
shoddy record keeping, making it difficult to rescue children from dangerous
households. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which has convulsed the national
labor market and confined entire families to their homes, has introduced a
whole new set of dangers to children trapped in abusive families. “We may not
lose children to COVID-19 … but they could well die from the abuse and neglect
that results from the [pandemic],” said Marsy Hamilton, executive director of
Child USA, an advocacy organization and think-tank at the University of
Pennsylvania. The statewide shutdowns of schools, daycares and businesses
have fractured crucial links in Pennsylvania’s child welfare system, leaving
children particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect, advocates and case
workers told the Capital-Star this week. What’s more, the risks of
spreading COVID-19 — coupled with the restrictions that public officials have
put in place to contain it — are preventing social workers from entering homes
to investigate abuse claims, they said.
Students experiencing homelessness could be
disproportionately impacted by school closures
WITF By Sarah Schneider/WESA MARCH 26, 2020 |
8:06 PM
Prolonged school closures are expected to
disproportionately impact children and youth experiencing homelessness. Carlos
Carter, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh-based Homeless Children’s
Education Fund, said statewide shutdowns to limit the spread of the new
coronavirus underscore systemic inequities. “All families are facing
challenges, but the more stable households have technology, they have food,
they’re not worried about that,” he said. “But for our families who are already
hanging on the threads of stability or instability, this can really throw them
over the cliff.” State Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said Wednesday that
most of the work to support students experiencing homelessness is the
responsibility of individual school districts. He said the Department of
Education is coordinating with the 29 Intermediate Units, which are the points
of contact for the state’s more than 500 districts.
It's a new process, but West Chester students adapt to
remote learning
West Chester Daily Local by BILL RETTEW Mar 26,
2020
EAST WHITELAND — West Chester Area School
District Superintendent Dr. Jim Scanlon thanked the community for their
patience, understanding, and support as the district “works furiously to shift
to an online learning model.” “These are truly incredible times,” Scanlon said.
“I’m so proud of our staff who have been working around the clock to adjust,
adapt, and get ready to reach out to our students with new instruction. “I
speak for all of our staff when I say that we really do love and value our
students. We are here for them! We will get through this together.” The
duration of school closings in the state is unknown. Most schools are planning
for extended closures. Teachers provided some learning materials on Monday,
March 23 and will use the rest of this coming week for training and planning,
with the exception of high school AP teachers who may be able to continue with
new instruction. If the WCASD is closed past March 27, the district will
provide instruction of new materials beginning March 30. “To be sensitive to
our teachers, many of whom are also at home without child care, we are
incorporating days ‘off’ for students so that teachers can have time to plan,”
Scanlon wrote in a letter to parents, staff and students. “We’ll be sure to
update you as things evolve.” Scanlon said he anticipated that Friday, June 5
will be the last student day. The PA Department of Education has waived the
180-day requirement.
Separated by coronavirus, teachers on parade for students
Pottstown Mercury By David Mekeel
dmekeel@readingeagle.com @dmekeel on Twitter Mar 26, 2020 Updated 14
hrs ago
Even with schools across Pennsylvania closed
because of the coronavirus crisis, teachers and staff from two Berks County
school districts decided to take time to visit with their students
Thursday — but only in passing, as in a parade. Antietam and Conrad Weiser
held mini-parades, with teachers and other staff members in their vehicles
driving around the district. They were greeted by smiling and waving students,
some holding signs saying hello and that they miss their teachers. Escorting
the respective caravans and providing traffic control were South Heidelberg
Township police in Weiser and Central Berks Regional Police in Antietam.
'I really miss them': Teachers parade through Hempfield
to see students while practicing social distancing
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer March 27,
2020
Jess Shultz's three boys were up Thursday
morning closely watching the clock until 10 a.m. arrived. Once it was almost
time, they lugged lawn chairs out to the driveway and waited. Soon, the sound
of car horns could be heard in the distance. A parade was coming. Rolling
through the West Hempfield Township neighborhood came dozens of cars, each with
a special someone inside: a Mountville Elementary School teacher. As vehicles
passed, teachers waved and shouted out the window. Some even displayed posters
on their cars. “Mountville Rocks! We miss you all!” one said. “If you're happy
and you know it, wash your hands!” another read. The parade, one of several
going on Thursday throughout Hempfield School District, was a safe and
responsible way for students and teachers to interact amid a weekslong school
shutdown because of the coronavirus. West Hempfield Township police provided an
escort. “We're teachers. We're used to that one-on-one relationship with our
kids,” said Missy Paup, a first-grade teacher at Mountville who organized the
parade. “So as much as they're missing us, we're missing them, too.”
A school board swearing-in during the coronavirus
pandemic: 'He swore me in outside ... in my slippers'
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer March 27,
2020
As a magisterial district judge in Lancaster
city, Bruce Roth has sworn in school board members before – but not quite like
this. On Wednesday, Roth and his wife, Lisa Helm, were walking through the city
when a voice cried out, asking for Roth’s help. It was Mara Creswell McGrann, a
School District of Lancaster school board member, with Lois Strause, who was
appointed to the school board Tuesday but wasn’t sworn in yet. Strause filled
the seat of school board member Randolph Carney, who died earlier this month. Scheduling
Strause’s swearing in, however, was complicated with strict social distancing
in place because of the coronavirus. So McGrann jumped on the opportunity. “I
jokingly said, ‘Hey, Bruce, can you swear Lois in?’” Creswell McGrann recounted
Thursday. Roth obliged. Strause went into her house, ran upstairs and printed
her oath of office while Creswell McGrann, Roth and Helm waited outside. “He
swore me in outside of my house in my slippers,” Strause, a retired Wheatland
Middle School teacher, told LNP | LancasterOnline Thursday. “It was just
serendipitous. It was fun.”
The Biggest Distance-Learning Experiment In History: Week
One
NPR/org by ANYA KAMENETZ March 26,
20204:17 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered LISTEN·4:414-Minute
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For 6-year-old Sadie Hernandez, the first day
of online school started at her round, wooden kitchen table in Jacksonville,
Fla. She turned on an iPad and started talking to her first grade teacher,
Robin Nelson. "Are you ready to do this online stuff?" her teacher
asks, in a video sent to NPR by Hernandez's mother, Audrey. "Yeah,"
Sadie responds. "It's kind of scary isn't it?" "Kind of." Sadie's
teacher reminds her that they'll be using the educational software that she is
already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary
School: "It's iReady, so we've got that. And we've got WritingCity. And
now you know how to meet me in the morning." Every state has closed at least some public schools to
fight the spread of coronavirus, and some are starting to say they expect to be
closed through the end of the school year. Thrown into the breach, public
schools are setting out on an unprecedented experiment: With little training
and even fewer resources, in a matter of days they're shifting from a system of
education that for centuries has focused on face to face interaction, to one
that works entirely at a distance.
PSBA FAQ Sheet Regarding Closure of School Due to
Coronavirus
PSBA has compiled answers to your most
pressing questions surrounding school closures due to the #coronavirus outbreak.
View this resource here:
PSBA establishes channel to answer COVID-19 questions
POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
In light of statewide school closings and as
the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, PSBA is here to provide support to
members and answer questions regarding how schools will operate, meet
instructional requirements and provide services both now and in the future.
Please send your questions to request@psba.org with
your name, district and contact information. A member of PSBA staff will respond
directly or will funnel your inquires to the Pennsylvania Department of
Education. PSBA will act as your voice and ensure you receive the answers and
information you need to make decisions at this crucial time.
PSBA: Coronavirus Preparedness Guidance
In the last few weeks, the novel coronavirus
(SARS-CoV-2), which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, has become a topic
of concern nationwide. Although the virus is not widespread in Pennsylvania at
this time, that status could change. Being proactive is key to prevention and
mitigation. Below, you will find a list of resources on all aspects of
preparedness, including guidance on communication planning, policy, emergency
management and disease control. Use these resources to help you make decisions
regarding the safety and health of those in your school district.
The former Sectional Meetings have been converted to a webinar
format. PSBA will be hosting six webinars (starting today), presented by an
expert on critical and timely topics related to #Coronavirus (COVID-19).
PSBA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Schools:
Webinar Series
As PSBA announced in an email on
March 12, the former Sectional Meetings have been converted to a webinar format
to comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Each of the six upcoming virtual sessions will be offered as a one-hour
webinar: a 45-minute presentation by an expert on critical and timely topics;
communication practices during the coronavirus pandemic; the business of boards
during shutdown; facilities restoration and clean-up, and other essential topics.
Each session will include 15 minutes of direct Q&A at the conclusion of the
45-minute content presentation.
Members are welcome to register for any of
the six complimentary webinars.
All webinar sessions are 6:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Prepare. Don’t
Panic. Responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Medical Guidance for Schools
Presenter: Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, FACP – Medical Director, Keystone Infectious Diseases; Chair, Infection Prevention, Wellspan Chambersburg & Waynesboro Hospital and member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society
Presenter: Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, FACP – Medical Director, Keystone Infectious Diseases; Chair, Infection Prevention, Wellspan Chambersburg & Waynesboro Hospital and member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Coronavirus
(COVID-19) Legislative Updates
Presenter: John Callahan, PSBA Chief Advocacy Officer
Presenter: John Callahan, PSBA Chief Advocacy Officer
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Topic 1:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Communication Practices: How to Address Your School
Community and the Media
Presenters: Annette Stevenson PSBA Chief Communications Officer & Liam Goldrick, Donovan Group
Presenters: Annette Stevenson PSBA Chief Communications Officer & Liam Goldrick, Donovan Group
Topic 2: The Business of School Boards:
Operations & Meetings During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Shutdown
Presenters: Stuart L. Knade, PSBA Senior Director of Legal Services & Heather Masshardt, Director of Policy Services
Presenters: Stuart L. Knade, PSBA Senior Director of Legal Services & Heather Masshardt, Director of Policy Services
Thursday, March 26, 2020 An Update from PIAA:
Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Concerns
Presenter: Dr. Robert A. Lombardi, PIAA Executive Director
Presenter: Dr. Robert A. Lombardi, PIAA Executive Director
Monday, March 30, 2020 Facilities
Restoration: Coronavirus Clean-up
Presenter: SERVPRO, expert presenter
Presenter: SERVPRO, expert presenter
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Risk Mitigation:
Strategy for Operational Continuity and Reducing Adverse Impacts
Presenter: CM Regent Insurance, expert presenter
Presenter: CM Regent Insurance, expert presenter
Registration here: https://www.psba.org/2019/10/coronavirus-webinar-series/
Blogger note: support Governor Wolf’s proposed charter reforms:
Reprise: PA Ed Policy Roundup for Feb 10, 2020
1. Adopt resolution for charter funding
reform
2. Ask your legislators to cosponsor HB2261
or SB1024
3. Register for Advocacy Day on May 11th
Adopt: the 2020 PSBA resolution for charter school funding
reform
PSBA Website POSTED ON FEBRUARY 3,
2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
In this legislative session, PSBA has been
leading the charge with the Senate, House of Representatives and the Governor’s
Administration to push for positive charter reform. We’re now asking you to
join the campaign: Adopt the resolution: We’re asking all school
boards to adopt the 2020 resolution for charter school funding reform at your
next board meeting and submit it to your legislators and to PSBA.
Cosponsor: A 120-page
charter reform proposal is being introduced as House Bill
2261 by Rep. Joseph Ciresi (D-Montgomery), and Senate Bill 1024,
introduced by Senators Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) and James Brewster
(D-Allegheny). Ask your legislator to sign on as a cosponsor to House Bill
2261 or Senate Bill 1024.
Register: Five compelling reasons for .@PSBA .@PASA .@PAIU school leaders to come to the Capitol
for Advocacy Day on May 11th:
Charter Reform
Cyber Charter Reform
Basic Ed Funding
Special Ed Funding
PLANCON
For more
information: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
Rescheduled: Join us for Advocacy Day in Harrisburg to support public
education Monday May 11, 2020!
All school
leaders are invited to attend Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in
Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA), Pennsylvania
Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) and the Pennsylvania Association of
School Administrators (PASA) are partnering together to strengthen our advocacy
impact. The day will center around meetings with legislators to discuss
critical issues affecting public education. Click here for more information or register
at http://www.mypsba.org/
School
directors can register online now by logging in to myPSBA. If you need
assistance logging in and registering contact Alysha Newingham, Member Data
System Administrator at alysha.newingham@psba.org
PSBA Board Presidents Panel April 27, 28 and 29; Multiple
Locations
Offered at 10 locations across the state,
this annual event supports current and aspiring school board leaders through roundtable
conversations with colleagues as well as a facilitated panel of experienced
regional and statewide board presidents and superintendents. Board Presidents
Panel is designed to equip new and veteran board presidents and vice presidents
as well as superintendents and other school directors who may pursue a
leadership position in the future.
PARSS Annual Conference April 29 – May 1, 2020 in State
College
The 2020 PARSS Conference is April 29 through
May 1, 2020, at Wyndham Garden Hotel at Mountain View Country Club in State
College. Please register as a member or a vendor by accessing the links below.
Register today for the 2020 PASA/PA Principals
Association PA Educational Leadership Summit, August 2-4, at the Lancaster
Marriott at Penn Square
(hosted by the PA Principals Association and
the PA Association of School Administrators). Participants can earn up to 80
PIL hours (40 hours for the Summit and - for an additional cost of $50 -
40 hours for EdCamp) for
attending the conference and completing program requirements. Register
early to reserve your seat! The deadline to take advantage of the Early Bird
Discount is April 24, 2020.
Click here to
register today!
Network for Public Education 2020 Conference in Philly Rescheduled
to November 21-22
NPE Website March 10, 2020 7:10 pm
We so wanted to see you in March, but we need
to wait until November!
Our conference will now take place on November
21 and 22 at the same location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please
read the important information below.
Registration: We will be rolling over our
registration information, so there is no reason to register again. You will
be automatically registered for the November dates. If you cannot attend in
November, we ask that you consider donating your registration to absorb some of
the costs associated with rescheduling the conference. If you feel you cannot
make such a donation, please contact: dcimarusti@networkforpubliceducation.org.
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