PITTSBURGH FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
AFT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING (Formerly known as ER&D)
Registration Form and Information --- First Semester, 2023-2024 School Year
The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers will be offering a single course for professional development:
FOUNDATIONS of EFFECTIVE TEACHING: Cultivating a Student-Centered Classroom
Members who successfully complete the ER&D class receive either:
-- 2 inservice credits from the Pittsburgh-Mt. Oliver Intermediate Unit #2 that will count toward Level 2 certification (There is a charge of $60 per class only for those taking classes for inservice credit to be paid after your acceptance into the class).
-- or --
-- 4 increment credits for advanced study/salary schedule placement purposes from the Pittsburgh School District under the PFT-negotiated Agreement.
IMPORTANT:- All ER&D classes count for 60 Act 48 hours. You must attend all classes.
- Classes will meet at the PFT Building located at 10 South 19th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.
Parking is available on site.
- Materials for all classes are included.
Responses must be received by Wednesday, October 12th, 2023
- You will be notified by email/text regarding acceptance into the class no later than October 13th.
- A course that has less than twelve responses will not be held. **
- There will be homework.
Please register online below. If you can not register online please contact Brittany at 412-760-9644.
Brittany Shoup, ER&D Coordinator
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
10 South Nineteenth Street at the River
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1842
brittanyfmccann@yahoo.com
Foundations of Effective Teaching: Cultivating a Student-Centered Classroom
Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Lunch will be served
Program Dates -- Fall 2023:
October 21 October 28
November 4 November 18
December 2 December 9
This course is a blended-model professional learning opportunity designed to inspire and support educators in becoming reflective practitioners while meeting the highest expectations of the profession.
This newly revised course re-envisions the learning environment as a place where teacher and student identities are celebrated and affirmed; social emotional learning is intentionally planned for; and student agency is supported through equitable, responsive structures to help all students thrive.
Participants will explore foundational research through the lens of student-centered engagement and instruction and investigate practices that support autonomy and choice, activate critical thinking and deeper learning along with ways to maximize learning time inside and outside of the classroom.
