Feb202020 by webadminNo Comments
Quality Education Council Announces Meeting

Quality Education Council Announces Meeting

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The Beaver County Partnership’s Quality Education Council (QEC), composed of approximately 50 members of the education community in Beaver County, is conducting a feasibility study of the county’s public K-12 school structure. The study addresses the sustainability and infrastructure of the current configuration of our 14 school districts, the county’s declining population and the ability to provide high-quality, equitable educational resources for all Beaver County students. The first two phases of the study have been completed and the results have been presented to district superintendents and school board directors. Now, the QEC is ready to communicate these results to all citizens of Beaver County. Please join us as we take the first step in an open and respectful dialogue so that all Beaver County residents have a shared understanding of…
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Feb192020 by webadminNo Comments
2019 Great Idea Mini-Grants Awarded

2019 Great Idea Mini-Grants Awarded

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Great Idea Mini-Grants 2019-20 Great Idea Mini-Grant awardees are now posted to the BCET website. Of the 63 submissions, the BCET was able to fund 37 of them in large part thanks to Lincoln Learning Solutions. In all, over $25,000 in mini-grant money has been awarded for great ideas for the 2019-20 school year. Check out the list 2019 Mini-Grants by District
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Jan172020 by webadminNo Comments
Reading Paw-tners

Reading Paw-tners

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This project is designed to integrate reading assistance dogs into the classroom as reading companions. My intention is to find people who will allow their therapy dogs to match up with struggling readers in an effort to develop literacy while making connects in a therapeutic context. Programs such as these have been successful in other areas of the country (R.E.A.D in Tallahassee is an amazing program to immolate). While developing a pleasure for reading, children will learn to care for dogs, find social and emotional strength, and develop functional life skills. NEEDS: The students’ needs addressed will vary. There are educational needs, such as reading and literacy, and basic skill needs, such as doing laundry and caring for the dog's needs. There are social needs being met that involve interacting…
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Jan152020 by webadminNo Comments
Social Thinking with SuperFlex and Friends

Social Thinking with SuperFlex and Friends

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After attending the Social Thinking conference, we plan to use the knowledge attained there, along with licensed resources purchased, to train our Kindergarten teammates throughout the district on how to incorporate the social thinking models in their classrooms. We are confident that, by focusing on SEL at the primary level, it will strengthen our students' abilities to meet the goals set for them in the district-wide positive behavior plan that we will be putting into place in the fall of 2019. It will also compliment our Safe 2 Say Something program, which is an anonymous tip hotline for the Hopewell community to report suspected threats. NEEDS: Kindergarten marks the beginning of a child's educational journey. As Kindergarten teachers, we are tasked with the responsibility of providing a solid foundation upon…
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