Learning to Read, Reading to Learn Workshops
The Parent Education Network (PEN) is presenting a workshop, “Learning to Read, Reading to Learn” on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 in Harrisburg and on Thursday, May 6, 2010 in Philadelphia.
Workshop topics will include the following:
- An understanding of the roles of parents, educators and community professionals in supporting reading development in pre-literacy (birth-school entrance) and school-age students regardless of academic abilities.
- An overview of the types of resources that are available in the home, school and community provider environments to enhance reading development.
- A review of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and how it supports reading development for all children.
- Options for parent and professional involvement in a child’s reading development and education programs.
- An understanding of how the Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System (SAS) and the Response to Instruction and Intervention framework (RTII) support reading instruction for all students at all levels.
Presenters will include staff from PA PIRC and PaTTAN. The workshop is open both to parent and education professionals.
Click here to view the flyer (PDF format) for additional information.
Online Session Archive
The following live, online sessions were recorded and are archived. In addition to the recording, you can also find the session slides available in PDF format.
Click here to access the archived recordings.
- An Introduction to the Visit Tracker/Visit Planner Web-Based Contact Management System for Parents as Teachers (PAT) Organizations
- Solid Foundation® Team Online Session
- Family-School-Community Partnerships: Powerful Support for Student Success
Parents as Teachers - Born to Learn Institute® - Scheduled Trainings - 2010
March 22-26
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Born to Learn® Institute, Prenatal to 3 Years
Monroeville, PA
May 20-21
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday
Born to Learn® Training, 3 Years to Kindergarten
State College, PA
June 21-25
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Born to Learn® Institute, Prenatal to 3 Years
Central Region, PA
For information about these trainings contact Becky Blue at717-763-1661, x162, or bblue@csc.csiu.org
Born to Learn® Institute, Prenatal to 3 Years
This is a comprehensive five-day Institute with an online follow-up sixth day. It is designed to prepare early childhood and human service professionals to implement the four components of a Born to Learn program (personal visits, screening, group meetings, and resource network) using the Born to Learn Curriculum Prenatal to 3 Years.
The Institute covers:
- neuroscience research on early development and learning (prenatal through age 3)
- sequences of early childhood development
- effective instructional personal visits
- facilitation of parent-child interaction
- ideas for parent group meetings
- ways to provide connection to community resources
- service to diverse families
- red flags in areas of development, hearing, vision and health
- recruitment and program organization
- the Born to Learn Curriculum: Prenatal to 3 Years, award-winning video series, parent handouts, prepared visit plans (for monthly, bi-weekly and weekly visits), and resources for parent educators
Parents as Teachers National Center requires all programs to complete a Born to Learn Program Implementation Plan, Prenatal to 3 Years prior to registering for a training. This plan will need to be completed and approved before registration forms can be sent to you. This process takes at least two months. For information about the program implementation plan contact Becky Blue at717-763-1661, x162, or bblue@csc.csiu.org
Born to Learn® Training, 3 Years to Kindergarten Entry
The goal of this training is to prepare PAT-certified parent educators to successfully extend the Parents as Teachers program to families with children ages 3 years to the age of kindergarten entry. This two-day training is available only to current parent educators already certified in the Born to Learn Curriculum: Prenatal to 3 Years. The training covers intellectual, language, social-emotional, and motor development of children 3 to 5 years old, and covers techniques for facilitating parent-child interaction during personal visits. The curriculum contains 11 units of personal visit plans and parenting information.
Training topics include:
- latest neuroscience information relating to 3- to 5-year-olds
- all elements of literacy, including reading, writing, listening and speaking
- the value of play and the adult's role
- aspects of motor development, including gross and fine motor skills, nutrition, health and safety development
- aspects of social-emotional development such as social relationships and attachment
- aspects of intellectual development such as how children gather and process information
- parent group meetings that include topics related to development and parenting issues of children 3-5 years old
Parents as Teachers National Center requires all programs to complete a Born to Learn Program Implementation Plan, Prenatal to 3 Years prior to registering for a training. This plan will need to be completed and approved before registration forms can be sent to you. This process takes at least two months. For information about the program implementation plan contact Becky Blue at717-763-1661, x162, or bblue@csc.csiu.org