InFocus September 24, 2009

Our Children...Their Future...Bucks County IU

BCIU Student Forum Upcoming Events

The Bucks County Schools

Intermediate Unit (BCIU) Student Community Day 2009
Forum continues to serve as a
student voice on issues and November 14, 2009
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schools.

The BCIU Student Forum consists More Information on Page 3

of eleventh and twelfth grade student representatives from
participating public, nonpublic high schools and technical high
schools that meet monthly at the Intermediate Unit or district
high schools to discuss student suggested topics. The students’
responsibilities are to 1) identify and study local and regional
concerns, and 2) serve as a sounding board for views, programs
and concerns in individual districts. Ronald Rolόn, IU Prevention
Program Coordinator serves as the Student Forum Coordinator.
InFocus Staff
JoAnn Perotti- Director of Strategic

Parent Workshops
Planning & Communications

Joyce Frazier- Administrative

Assistant to JoAnn Perotti
The Bucks County Schools Intermediate Unit # 22 is
pleased to work in partnership with the Associates for Donna Brubaker - Administrative
Assistant to Dr. Barry Galasso
Counseling and Educational Services (ACES) each year in
order to offer learning experiences for parents.   These Allison Byruch -
opportunities offer many topics and are held at the Bucks Special Projects Coordinator
County Intermediate from 6:00 PM-9:00 PM on various Phone: 215.348.2940 x.1111
dates throughout the fall.  Please click on the link below in Email: jperotti@bucksiu.org
order to see a full listing of the topics offered at this time. 
Parents should call ACES directly in order to register at
215-345-7868.  Educators are also welcome to attend.  If
an educator is seeking Act 48 hours, they will need to call
ACES to register AND register online with the Intermediate
Unit in order for Act 48 to be processed appropriately.

Click here for an updated list of Parent Workshops.

 InFocus September 24, 2009

Our Children...Their Future...Bucks County IU
Everyday Leadership Initiative
The Everyday Leadership Initiative was created and designed to build staff capacity across our
organization.  As yet another goal of the BCIU Professional Education Plan and IU organizational
goals, this initiative's purpose is to develop and support leadership efforts at all levels of our
organization. This includes offering a multitude of professional development experiences to staff
so that each individual can enhance his/her leadership skills appropriately.  The hope is that the
BCIU will continue to build staff capacity so that each and every part of our large organization
thrives with established leaders at all levels.

The Everyday Leadership Initiative has been designed to support five targeted areas of potential
leadership including:

1.  Collaborative Instructional Management

2.  Organization and Time Management
3.  Professional Presentation Skills
4.  Mentorship
5.  Supervisory and/or Administrative Preparation

As a result, the BCIU will launch this series offering nearly 25 topics that support the five targeted
areas. Furthermore, this series will span an entire school year and offer nearly 50 hours of
professional development time relative to enhancing leadership.   See the IU Website for more
information at www.bucksiu.org.

Day of Differentiation featuring Dr. Mike Schmoker
The Bucks County Schools Intermediate Unit is pleased to offer A Day of Differentiation featuring
Dr. Mike Schmoker on October 29, 2009.   This full-day, multi-session conference will provide
experiences to discuss the power of collaboration in school systems as they plan for
differentiated instruction. To learn more about the agenda for this conference, please click here.

Dr. Mike Schmoker has worked on school and district improvement, assessment, curriculum and
staff development as a central office administrator in two school districts in Arizona, as a senior
consultant at McREL in Denver, Colorado and now as an independent speaker and consultant.
He is a former middle and high school English teacher and football coach. 

Dr. Schmoker will also facilitate an invitation-only breakout session for school and district level
leaders. Please click here for fast and easy registration.

To contribute to a future edition of the BCIU InFocus please contact JoAnn Perotti at jperotti@bucksiu.org.