Past Webinars

These are webinars that have occurred in the past.

2009-10 PATI Instructional Phase - Data Collection for Teachers and School Administrators

Ed Coughlin - The Metiri Group

Description: Every year the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) gathers technology-related data through a variety of surveys that comprise the Pennsylvania Technology Inventory (PATI). The Webinars being offered are intended to provide instructions that will aid in the completion of PATI, as well as provide...

Target Audience: n/a

Available Sessions
Date Time
February 17, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm
February 18, 2010 10:30am - 12:30pm

2009-2010 PIMS Course and HQT Collection

Jamal Wakeem - Bureau of School Leadership & Teacher Quality

Description: The presentation will provide an understanding of the PIMS Course templates which are used in the Highly Qualified Teacher [HQT] and other related reports. The session will help you understand how the Course, Course Instructor, Course Enrollment data interface with the Teacher Certification System to...

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators, Human Resources/Staff Certification Experts, Administators and all staff involved in the Course/HQT Data Submission

Available Sessions
Date Time
January 29, 2010 10:00am - 12:30pm
February 2, 2010 2:00pm - 4:30pm
February 4, 2010 10:00am - 12:30pm
February 16, 2010 2:00pm - 4:30pm

2010 Act183 E-Fund Guidelines and Application for New Applicants

James R. Beeghley, Ed.D. - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Webinar for new applicants to review the 2010 Act183 E-Fund Guidelines and Application.

Target Audience: Technology Coordinators, IU Technology Directors

Available Sessions
Date Time
August 18, 2010 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Accommodation and Adaptation Prof. Dev. for Higher Ed: Part IAct 48 credit is available for this session

Lana Santoro - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This session is the required follow-up session for only those participants that attended the live training December 14, 15, or 16, 2009.

Target Audience: Higher Education Faculty that attended the December 14, 15, or 16, 2009 PaTTAN training.

Available Sessions
Date Time
February 25, 2010 10:00am - 12:30pm
February 26, 2010 1:00pm - 3:30pm

Arts Chat

Jamie Kasper - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Arts Chat is held on the third Wednesday of every month at 4:00 PM. Hosted by the Department's Division of Standards and Curriculum, each session features updates on arts education and information about classroom practice from teachers in the field. Three Act 48 hours will be awarded for each set of...

Target Audience: Administrator,Curriculum coordinators,Arts educators,Teaching artists,Arts partners,

Available Sessions
Date Time
January 20, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
February 17, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
March 17, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
April 21, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
May 19, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
June 16, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
July 21, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm
August 18, 2010 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Arts Chat Webinar

Leslie Gates - University of Maryland

Description: A conversation about what's happening in arts education. Leslie Gates will talk about using contemporary works of art in the classroom.

Target Audience: Arts educators, Administrator, Curriculum coordinators, Teaching artists, Students, Parents

Available Sessions
Date Time
March 24, 2010 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Author Visit with Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman - Author

Description: Join us for a live stream with author Dan Gutman as he visits General Wayne Elementary School. Dan will begin with a short presentation followed by a discussion about his newest book, The Talent Show, (on sale May 18th) his experience as a writer and the many other books he has written. Dan will answer...

Target Audience: Grades 2 through 7.

Available Sessions
Date Time
June 4, 2010 10:15am - 11:15am

Classroom Applications of Keystone Commons for Middle and High school classrooms

Vernice Mulcahy - Chester County Intermediate Unit

Description: How are you using Keystone Commons?  Share your experiences with integrating the use of Keystone Commons into your middle school or high school classroom with other educators.

Target Audience: Administrator, Teachers,

Available Sessions
Date Time
March 3, 2010 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Early Childhood/Kindergarten - Focus on Transition (Part 1) - Overview and ResearchAct 48 credit is available for this session

Rebecca Blahus - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: What does the research tell us about the need and benefits of effective transition programs? How is Pennsylvania suggesting that early learning programs and districts frame their work? This session will provide the background information for the newly developed transition tool kit. The landmark Kindergarten...

Target Audience: Early Learning programs and Kindergarten teachers and administrators.

Available Sessions
Date Time
January 13, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
January 13, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm
January 28, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
January 28, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Early Childhood/Kindergarten - Focus on Transition (Part 2) - Connecting Children and ProgramsAct 48 credit is available for this session

Rebecca Blahus - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Research shows that stakeholders in the transition process must intentionally plan for transition into and out of Kindergarten. This session will provide early learning programs and Kindergarten programs with ideas about how to make connections with children and between the sending and receiving programs...

Target Audience: Early Learning programs and Kindergarten teachers and administrators.

Available Sessions
Date Time
February 16, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
February 16, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm
February 26, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
February 26, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Early Childhood/Kindergarten - Focus on Transition (Part 3) - Engaging Families and CommunitiesAct 48 credit is available for this session

Rebecca Blahus - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Studies show that successful programs actively involve families in their programs. The family’s influence is fundamental in the early years and successful schools welcome family members in ways that go beyond the traditional parent activities such as fundraising, parent-teacher conferences, May Day,...

Target Audience: Early Learning programs and Kindergarten teachers and administrators.

Available Sessions
Date Time
March 3, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
March 3, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm
March 18, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
March 18, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm

eRate & E-Fund

James R. Beeghley, Ed.D. - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This webinar will present specifics on how the eRate program and the Act183 E-Fund program work together to maximize discounts to schools.

Target Audience: Technology Coordinators, IU Technology Directors

Available Sessions
Date Time
August 25, 2010 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Explore the History of Groundhog Day with Robin Moore

Robin Moore - Author and Storyteller

Description: Robin tells traditional and original stories from his roots in the Pennsylvania mountains as a way of stimulating listeners to go back to their own roots and create their own tales. Join Robin as he ties the history of “Groundhog Day” into this special presentation.

Robin will offer two 45-minute...

Target Audience: Students, Teachers, Librarians, K-3 students then 4-6 grade students.

Available Sessions
Date Time
February 2, 2010 9:30am - 11:30am

IHE Interface with New Teacher Information System (TIMS)

Barb Seifert - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This meeting is to provide a brief explanation of TIMS, the new Teacher Information System, that will replace the current Teacher Certification System (TCS), share the Use Case for the IHE interface with TIMS and discuss IHE requirements that would fall within the scope of the Use Case.

Target Audience: IHE Educaiton Dept staff or certifying officers

Available Sessions
Date Time
April 27, 2010 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Keystone Commons Tips and Tricks  Act 48 credit is available for this session

Vernice Mulcahy - Chester County Intermediate Unit

Description: Join other Keystone Commons users in sharing their tips and tricks for using the many tools available through Keystone Commons.

Target Audience: Teachers, Administrator, anyone interested in learning more about Keystone Commons

Available Sessions
Date Time
February 10, 2010 2:30pm - 3:30pm
May 6, 2010 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Keystone Commons: The Power of File SharingAct 48 credit is available for this session

Vernice Mulcahy - Chester County Intermediate Unit

Description: Educators and students from around the state have submitted "best practices" videos to Keystone Commons as part of the Flip Flicks program. Join other educators as we discuss the power of file sharing (video, audio, print, images, etc.) and viewing and discussing some of these videos.

The file...

Target Audience: Administrator,Curriculum coordinators,Principal,Teachers,Keystone Commons users.

Available Sessions
Date Time
April 14, 2010 3:00pm - 4:00pm

LEA Interface with New Teacher Information System (TIMS)

Barb Seifert - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This meeting is to provide a brief explanation of TIMS, the new Teacher Information System, that will replace the current Teacher Certification System (TCS), share the Use Case for the LEA interface with TIMS and discuss LEA requirements that would fall within the scope of the Use Case.

Target Audience: LEA HR staff or certifying officers, superintendents, principals

Available Sessions
Date Time
April 26, 2010 1:00pm - 2:00pm

LSTA Grant Writing for 2011 ProjectsAct 48 credit is available for this session

Constance Cardillo - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: . The grants will aid libraries in implementing innovative projects that support LSTA priorities, digitizing special collections, purchasing technology components, consumer health collection development for public libraries and a collection development grant for K-12 schools.

Target Audience: Librarians from state aided public libraries, Certified school librarians, Academic librarians from accredited institutions, Library consortium directors, Librarians from special collections libraries

Available Sessions
Date Time
June 15, 2010 9:30am - 11:30am

Migrant Student Support Specialist Manual and Data Collection TrainingAct 48 credit is available for this session

Lysandra M. Lopez-Medina - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This training will provide highlights of the Draft Student Support Specialist (SSS) Manual with special emphasis on the data collection requirements.

Target Audience: Migrant Education Student Support Specialist, Project Managers, Data Specialists, Out-of-School Youth Specialist and other Migrant Eduaction staff

Available Sessions
Date Time
March 8, 2010 9:00am - 11:00pm

Moodle for Efficiency's SakeAct 48 credit is available for this session

Laura Mikowychok - Chester County Intermediate Unit

Description: How can your LMS save you time? Is the investment up-front worth it for the long-term? Join us as an administrator, a course creator, and a teacher share their time-saving solutions, and show you how Moodle got them out of their inbox, and back to doing what they love: teaching! Special guest speakers...

Target Audience: Current Moodle Users

Available Sessions
Date Time
March 2, 2010 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Moodle for Middle SchoolAct 48 credit is available for this session

Laura Mikowychok - Chester County Intermediate Unit

Description: Join CCIU Moodle Administrator Laura Mikowychok and guest speakers Charlie Reisinger and Kevin Bower for a free Moodle Users' Forum, live on the web!

Ask questions, share ideas with fellow teachers, and focus on this month's discussion topic.

Middle schools are unique places filled with...

Target Audience: Moodle users.

Available Sessions
Date Time
April 20, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm

NATCEP Teaching the Educator PlusAct 48 credit is available for this session

Karen Lawson PhD, CSP Lawson Consulting Group, Inc. - Lawson Consulting Group, Inc.

Description: NATCEP Teaching the Educator Plus

Target Audience: Nurse Aide Instructors

Available Sessions
Date Time
April 14, 2010 8:00am - 3:00pm

NCEE Pilot

Marc Tucker - NCEE

Description: Webinar will provide an introduction to the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) Board Examination pilot program in which 10 to 20 schools in Pennsylvania can participate.

Target Audience: School district superintendents and staff

Available Sessions
Date Time
April 12, 2010 11:30am - 12:30pm

New Teacher Information Management System (TIMS) - Educators, IHE & LEA Input to Prototype

Barb Seifert - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Overview of TIMS Prototype .5 hour

Discussion with some specific areas of information needed by Mindteck 1.5 hours

* Application steps

* Communications

* Managing or entering Emergency Permit applications on-line

* Other needs (IHE & LEA)

Continued discussion if needed...

Target Audience: Primarily, educators/prospective educators, spefically anyone who has or will have contact with the Pennsylvania teacher certification system. IHE certifying officers and education department staff; LEA certifying officers and Human Resources staff would also be interested in this portion.

Available Sessions
Date Time
July 21, 2010 1:00pm - 4:00pm

New Teacher Information Management System (TIMS) - IHE & LEA Input to Prototype

Barb Seifert - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Overview of TIMS Prototype - .5 hour

Discussion with some specific areas of information needed by Mindteck - 1.5 hours

* Affirmations (IHE & LEA)

* Verifications (IHE & LEA)

* Submitting help requests (IHE & LEA)

* Managing or entering Emergency Permit applications on-line...

Target Audience: Primarily, IHE certifying officers and education department staff; LEA certifying officers and Human Resources staff. Also interested educators/prospective educators, spefically anyone who has or will have contact with the Pennsylvania teacher certification system.

Available Sessions
Date Time
July 21, 2010 9:00am - 12:00pm

PDE Fulll Review Process Feedback Session

Christina Baumer - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Workgroup members will have the opportunity to provide feedback to the Full Review Process.

Target Audience: Full Review Workgroup Members

Available Sessions
Date Time
August 19, 2010 10:00am - 12:00pm

PIMS 2010 Professional Staff Training - Part I: Changes, Preparation and Submission

Nancy Cheris - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: The Professional Staff Collection is open January 4 to February 10, 2010 for submission. The Staff, Staff Snapshot (2010-01-04 snapshot date) and Staff Assignment templates are used in this collection.

The Human Resources specialist (or staff member responsible for hiring and tracking teacher...

Target Audience: Human Resources specialist (or staff member responsible for hiring and tracking teacher certifications) and the PIMS staff data submitters/administrators at school districts, Intermediate Units, CTC, charter schools, special program jointures and state juvenile correctional institutions.

Available Sessions
Date Time
January 7, 2010 10:00am - 12:00pm
January 12, 2010 1:30pm - 3:30pm
January 19, 2010 1:30pm - 3:30pm
January 27, 2010 10:00am - 12:00pm

PIMS 2010 Professional Staff Training - Part II: Post-submission Data Validation and Correction

Nancy Cheris - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This is the second of a two-part training series. Please attend a Part I session or listen to the Part I recording before joining one of these Webinars.

The Human Resources specialist (or staff member responsible for hiring and tracking teacher certifications) and the PIMS staff data submitters/administrators...

Target Audience: Human Resources specialist (or staff member responsible for hiring and tracking teacher certifications) and the PIMS staff data submitters/administrators at school districts, Intermediate Units, CTC, charter schools, special program jointures and state juvenile correctional institutions.

Available Sessions
Date Time
March 2, 2010 9:30am - 12:00pm
March 4, 2010 9:30am - 12:00pm
March 16, 2010 2:00pm - 4:30pm

PIMS Act101 Data Submission Introduction Webinar

Dave Gross - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This webinar will introduce the PIMS data submission process to institutions providing Act101 services during the 2009-10 academic year and prepare them for the year-end data submission in August 2010.

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 12, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm
May 18, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am

PIMS Child Accounting Data Collection Webinar

Kathy Tendler - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This webinar will focus on the uploading of accurate Child Accounting data for school year 2009-2010. The presentation will focus on the data elements in the PIMS templates specific to Child Accounting -- School Calendar, Student Calendar Fact, and District Snapshot. The presentation will also...

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators, Child Accounting personnel

Available Sessions
Date Time
June 30, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am
July 6, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am
July 15, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am
August 5, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am

PIMS Cohort Clean-Up Webinar - Phase 1

Michele Hiester - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This webinar is being provided to help prepare the LEA PIMS Data submitters for the implementation of the new Cohort Graduation Rate Methodology. The Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate is currently in the development stage. The focus will be on the data elements that need corrected in the PIMS Student...

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 3, 2010 1:30pm - 2:30pm
May 4, 2010 9:00am - 10:00am
May 5, 2010 9:00am - 10:00am

PIMS Cohort Clean-Up Webinar - Phase 2

Michele Hiester - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This webinar is being provided to help prepare the LEA PIMS Data submitters for the implementation of the new Cohort Graduation Rate Methodology. The Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate is currently in the development stage. The focus will be on the data elements that need corrected in the PIMS Student...

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 17, 2010 1:30pm - 2:30pm
May 19, 2010 9:00am - 10:00am
May 21, 2010 9:00am - 10:00am

PIMS CTE Secondary Student Data Submission Webinar

Steve Simchock - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Webinar will focus on the reporting of school year 2009-2010 secondary career and technical education (CTE) student data within the PIMS summer 2010 reporting period. Webinar will provide information to assist LEAs with approved reimbursable 2009-2010 CTE programs with reporting required CTE secondary...

Target Audience: Career and Technical Education (CTE) Perkins Data Contacts from LEAs with 2009-2010 PDE Approved CTE Programs

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 4, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm
May 5, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm
May 11, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm

PIMS Graduates, Dropouts and 4-Year Cohort Webinar

Michele Hiester - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: 2009-10 Graduates, Dropouts, and 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate. This webinar is being provided to help prepare the LEA PIMS Data submitters for the Graduate, Dropout, and 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate data. The focus will be on the data elements that need to be submitted to PIMS via the 2009-10 Student...

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators

Available Sessions
Date Time
June 16, 2010 9:30am - 11:30am
July 20, 2010 9:30am - 11:30am
August 4, 2010 9:30am - 11:30am
August 18, 2010 9:30am - 11:30am

PIMS PAsecureID Postsecondary Instructional Webinar

Ellen Gemmill - PAsecureID Team

Description: This webinar is offered as both an introductory and refresher course to PASecureID Administrators. Separate sessions are scheduled for Pre-K – 12 and postsecondary LEAs. Administrators will learn how to create IDs, recognize and resolve near matches, edit existing records, and upload files and batches....

Target Audience: Administrator,

Available Sessions
Date Time
June 8, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm
June 9, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am

PIMS PAsecureID Pre-K Instructional Webinar

Ellen Gemmill - PAsecureID Team

Description: This webinar is offered as both an introductory and refresher course to PASecureID Administrators. Separate sessions are scheduled for Pre-K – 12 and postsecondary LEAs. Administrators will learn how to create IDs, recognize and resolve near matches, edit existing records, and upload files and batches....

Target Audience: Administrator

Available Sessions
Date Time
June 9, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm
June 10, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am
June 10, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm

PIMS Perkins Data Submission Introduction Webinar

Dave Gross - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: This webinar will introduce the PIMS data submission process to institutions participating in Perkins during the 2009-10 academic year and prepare them for the year-end data submission in August 2010.

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 20, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
May 27, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am

PIMS School Safety Webinar

Michael Kozup - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: The session will cover the Policy and Programs requirements (purpose of the data collection) and provide an overview on submitting the school violence data via the Discipline Domain templates. During the presentation there will be a crosswalk of the various PIMS templates to the previous safe school...

Target Audience: PIMS Administrator

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 18, 2010 1:30pm - 3:30pm
May 27, 2010 1:30pm - 3:00pm
June 3, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am
June 23, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am

Postsecondary Statewide Data Council Meeting

David Tandberg - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: During this webinar we would like to review everyone’s experience with submitting data into PIMS, discuss possible improvements, discuss possible new data elements and a collection schedule for those elements, and other items relevant to postsecondary PIMS.

Target Audience: PIMS

Available Sessions
Date Time
July 14, 2010 10:30am - 11:30am

Race to the Top - Charter Schools

Beth Olanoff - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Race to the Top webinar for charter schools that did not participate in Phase 1 but are considering joining Race to the Top in Phase 2.

Target Audience: Charter Schools

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 5, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm
May 10, 2010 11:00am - 12:00pm
May 13, 2010 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Race to the Top - Districts

Beth Olanoff - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Race to the Top webinar for districts that did not participate in Phase 1 but are considering joining Race to the Top in Phase 2.

Target Audience: Districts

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 5, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm
May 6, 2010 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Race to the Top webinar - Districts and charter schools who joined the Phase I application

Thomas E. Gluck - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Discussion with districts and charters that were part of Pennsylvania's phase 1 application including an assessment of the Phase 1 application and PDE's next steps for Phase 2.

Target Audience: Districts and charter schools who joined the Phase I application

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 11, 2010 9:00am - 10:00am
May 13, 2010 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Special Dietary Needs Training for School Nurses and School Food Service ProfessionalsAct 48 credit is available for this session

Beth Anne Bahn, CSN, CRNP - PA Department of Health Bureau of Community Health Systems, Division of School Health

Description: The number of students being diagnosed with special dietary needs and food allergies is increasing dramatically. It is important that school nurses and food service directors understand the laws, regulations, and their responsibilities regarding serving students with special dietary needs. During this...

Target Audience: School Nurses and School Food Service Professionals

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 12, 2010 9:00am - 10:30am

Summer Moodling - A Checklist for the Off-SeasonAct 48 credit is available for this session

Laura Mikowychok - Chester County Intermediate Unit

Description: How can you sustain a Moodle learning space over the summer? What annual maintenance will your course need before opening the gates again in September? Let us share our to-do list with you, so that this year you can spend less time Turning On Editing, and more time Putting On Sunblock!

Prerequisites:...

Target Audience: Moodle Users

Available Sessions
Date Time
May 26, 2010 3:00pm - 4:00pm

What’s New with the Early Childhood Standards?Act 48 credit is available for this session

Carolyn Gallo - Pennsylvania Department of Education

Description: Learn what’s new about the Early Childhood Standards for Infant/Toddler, Pre-kindergarten, and Kindergarten. This training is appropriate for practitioners who work with infants, toddlers, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten children in any capacity. This session will highlight why the revisions were...

Target Audience: Early childhood practitioners who work with infants, toddlers, pre-K and kindergarten children in any capacity

Available Sessions
Date Time
January 21, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
January 21, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm
January 26, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
February 1, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
May 25, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
June 15, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am
June 23, 2010 1:00pm - 3:00pm

For more information, contact: PDE Webinars Support Team : pdewebinars@cciu.org : 484.237.5168