Focusing on policy development, coordination of quality initiatives, and sustainability, the PSAYDN Annual Partners’ Retreat provides professional development opportunities for OST professionals, school administrators, teachers, nonprofits, policymakers, and more. Register here to attend.
PSAYDN Retreat and PENN SACCA Conference
For the first time, the PSAYDN Retreat and PENN SACCA Conference will run consecutively to provide additional opportunities for OST advocates and professionals to receive professional development and participate in networking activities.
National and State Experts Will Discuss:
- STEM and Advocacy
- Career Pathways
- Social-Emotional Learning
- Behavioral Development
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Sustainability and Partnerships
- Leadership Development
Act 48 credits available.
The Early Learning Instructional Coaching (ELPIC) program is working with educators across PA to develop an Early Learning Administrator Leadership (ELAL) endorsement to support educational leaders in utilizing instructional coaching, professional development (PD), and professional learning communities (PLCs) to leverage change in pre-k-4 learning environments. For educators with a Level I or Level II Instructional Certification, completion of the four-course sequence would result in an endorsement.
In order to best develop an endorsement that works for educators from both the K-12 and ECE worlds, ELPIC created two surveys that ask about current needs across the state and seeks to determine how the ELAL endorsement might address those needs.
Participants’ responses will be kept confidential. Data from across the state will be aggregated and used to support the endorsement proposal that will be submitted to PDE.
For ECE/K-12/IU
Please complete this survey based on your experience and the needs that you see in your district, building, or center.
For IHES
Please complete this survey based on your experience preparing PreK-4 educators, as well as the needs you see in the field of early learning leadership.
Information Provided by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning
Attend Helping Young Children Cope with Fear and Tragedy on Wednesday, November 7 at the Rodef Shalom Family Center to hear from panelists from the University of Pittsburgh; Child, Family, and Community Inc.; Trying Together; and Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3. Moderated by Roberta Schomburg, Interim Executive Director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media, this panel presentation will discuss methods and approaches that adults can use to help their child(ren) cope with fear and tragedy.
Moderator
- Roberta Schomburg, Ph.D.
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College
Interim Executive Director
Panelists
- Dr. Kimberly Blair
University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Dr. Mary Margaret Kerr
University of Pittsburgh
Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology
& Administrative & Policy Studies
- Bonnie McNally-Brown, LPC
Child, Family & Community Inc.
- Tracy Larson, MSED, CAGS, NCSP
University of Pittsburgh
Office of Child Development
- Cara Ciminillo
Trying Together
Executive Director
- Dr. Cathy Lobaugh
Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3
Assistant Executive Director for
Early Childhood, Family & Community Services
This event is free and open to the public. Please register.
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