Addressing mental health in staff and students is the key to making the educational services provided by the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit a success, according to CSIU’s director of the Center for Schools and Communities.
Read moreThe Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network (PSAYDN), with training facilitation support from the National STEM Education Coalition and the Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC), has opened up applications for the 2018 Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador program. This is a 10-month advocacy-training program targeted to leaders in business, education and/or STEM-related fields to meet directly with Pennsylvania policymakers, stakeholders and elected officials to help shape STEM policy in the Commonwealth. The program cultivates strategic partnerships with local, state and federal leaders to advance STEM policy goals that help build tomorrow’s workforce.
2018 PA STEM Ambassador Program (Web)Parents and students took part in a unique approach to combating bullying Wednesday during an education and prevention workshop at Middletown High School.
Middletown (Web)Fifty percent of employers said they had trouble finding recent graduates to fill vacancies in their companies — not because they lacked technical prowess, but because they lacked the communication, adaptability, decision-making, and problem-solving skills needed to do the job. These so-called “soft skills” translate into social and emotional learning (SEL) in the world of academia. The Center for the Promotion of Social and Emotional Learning (CPSEL) at Center for Schools and Communities was recently launched to promote these character development skills, bridging the gap between research and practice, for educators and practitioners in formal and informal settings.
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