Events

Building Your Bounce: Simple Strategies for a Resilient YOU

WEBINAR 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

“If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through” – Chinese Proverb. In this webinar, learn how to take care of YOU so you can better take care of the children whose lives you touch. This webinar will help adults reflect on their own resilience and explore ways to "build your bounce" through simple, easy-to-use strategies. Join co-author of Building Your Bounce: Simple Strategies for a Resilient You, Nefertiti Bruce Poyner, Ed. D., as she shares her insights on this very important and timely topic.

2019 Social and Emotional Learning Conference: Building Skills for Lifelong Success

Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions (www.CASEL.org). Several hundred well-designed studies have documented that well-planned and well-implemented SEL programming can positively affect a broad range of student social, health, behavioral and academic outcomes.

This conference is designed to provide quality professional development opportunities for professionals who work on behalf of children and youth.

2019 Extra Learning Opportunities Conference: Promising Practices, Proven Strategies

Hilton, Harrisburg, PA

The conference will focus on advancing the systems that support and promote collaboration, youth success and key elements of high-quality extra learning opportunities. Learn about the development, implementation and sustainability of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by schools, youth, parents and the community at large. Please note that the conference is only open to current 21st Century Community Learning Centers grantees.

2019 Migrant Education Program and English Language Development Conference: Education Without Borders

SHERATON HARRISBURG HERSHEY, HARRISBURG, PA

Attend and discover promising practices to support the educational success of Pennsylvania’s English learners and migrant education students.

The conference is designed to provide a space for parents, teachers, administrators, scholars and Pennsylvania Department of Education staff to engage in professional practices of knowledge sharing, discussion, critical analysis, and re-visioning of educational policies and practices for the purpose of advancing the quality of educational experiences for migrant education and English learner students and families.