PA Principals Association will be offering a NEW, ACT 45 approved program in the fall titled, “Linking Student Learning to Teacher Supervision and Evaluation.” The program will be held as a pre-conference session on Saturday, October 18, 2014 in conjunction with the 2014 PA Principals Association Conference at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh.

Participants will receive 30 Act 45 hours for their participation in the session and the completion of pre-session readings and post session activities. The targeted audience is K-12 school leaders and supervisors. Participants will be engaged in activities, discussions and reflection on the following topics:

• Review of teacher effectiveness model especially focusing on the 50% observational piece.
• Review of PIL initiative and nine standards.
• Differentiated supervision options and how they work in conjunction with new teacher effectiveness model.
• Data collection techniques that can be used during a classroom observation.
• Analysis of data and conferencing of data with teachers.
• How to write and monitor effective Teacher Improvement Plans.
• Working with the new PDE 82-1 form.

Instructors for the program will be; Dr. Paul M. Healey, PA Principals Association executive director, Beth Haldeman, elementary principal, Cocalico School District, and Dr. Joseph Clapper, PA Principals Association assistant executive director.

If interested in this PIL offering, please visit the PA Principals Association website to register today. You may also want to take advantage of our other PIL session which will be offered during the conference, “Leading the Improvement of School Culture to Maximize Student Learning.” This program also offers 30 Act 45 hours, thus a participant can attain a total of 60 Act 45 hours by taking both programs in October at the state conference.

Register today! Go to www.paprincipals.org – then go to the State Conference tab on the Main Menu, click on the first drop down tab named Register Now, select Full Conference from the options and the PIL programs will be displayed.