Calendar
02/15/2010–02/16/2010
PDE Basic Tutor Credential
Monday and Tuesday, February 15 and 16 – 10AM to 1PM (must attend both days)
Must watch training videos first.
02/17/2010
Secrets of Parent Engagement
Guest Speaker Tara King, Schenley Heights Community Development Program
Wednesday, February 17 – 11AM to 1PM
02/23/2010
How to Make Homework Engaging
Guest speaker Karen Brooks, Reese Carnegie Library
Tuesday, February 23 – 10AM to 12PM
03/02/2010
5 Areas of Reading
Tuesday, March 2 – 10AM to 12PM
03/03/2010
Parent Engagement and Interaction
Wednesday, March 3 – 11AM to 1PM
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Services to Community and Faith Organizations…
School Partners and Tech Partners
As a partner with Wireless Neighborhoods, organizations will…
- Get exposure to funding opportunities
- Learn about best practices in afterschool programming, such as:
- Creating a child friendly, text rich environment
- Developing lessons that are age and grade appropriate to engage your students in fun academic enrichment activities
- Connecting to fun online enrichment activities
- Obtain evaluation of your facility, program and staff
- Attend professional development sessions on classroom management, student support and instruction in math and reading, development of engaging academic enrichment activities and other trainings aimed at helping your staff deliver the highest quality programming
- Develop relationships with other afterschool program providers in the Pittsburgh area to share resources and best practices
- Receive data collection tools and support
- Learn how to develop positive relationships with your school partners and how to use those relationships to better serve your students
- Obtain support in applying for and offering Supplemental Education Services
- Learn about and receive support on the use of assessment to drive quality afterschool instruction
- Receive DPW Licensing assistance
- Participate in our Community Reading Corner program, including access to books, chairs and an award winning reading management software
- Engage parents in the education of their children
- Receive support in utilizing evidence based afterschool curriculum
