Act 48 for Educators
Act 48, which became effective July 2000, requires all Pennsylvania educators holding PA public school certification including Intern, Instructional I and II, Educational Specialist I and II, Administrative, Supervisory, Letters of Eligibility and all vocational certificates to participate in ongoing professional education. The basic ways an educator can comply are:
- 6 credits of collegiate study; or
- 180 hours of continuing professional education programs, activities, learning experiences; or
- any combination of credits or activity hours equivalent to 180 hours.
One credit equals 30 activity hours. All credits and activity hours must be related to an educator's certificate type or area of assignment. These credits or hours must be attained every 5 years for all types and areas of certification to maintain active status.
Buck’s Department of Continuing Education is an approved provider of learning activities required by Act 48. Your hours earned for Act 48 will be reported to the Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services in Harrisburg by the Department of Continuing Education. You will receive two copies of a letter from the college verifying the completion of the Act 48 activity: one for your file and one you can forward to your school entity. To check your Act 48 record on the PDE Management System go to www.pde.state.pa.us and click on "Act 48 Continuing Professional Education."
Questions?
Contact Denise McCardle at mccardle@bucks.edu.
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Certificate in Online Teaching
From building an online course to improving an online course, from fostering online discussion to encouraging student interaction, from traditional assessment to online tests, this program will give you both the fundamentals of teaching online, as well as the most advanced tips and techniques in the business.
Designing Online Instruction
Online
Online/ ECPED 1501 C30/
C31/ 5/13-5/17
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Building Online Communities in Cyberspace
Online
Online/ ECPED 1502 C30/ 7/15-7/19
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Advanced Teaching Online
Online
Online/ ECPED 1500 C30/ 8/26-8/30
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
$195 each, or $495 for all 3 courses (certificate), or $795 to become a Certified Online Instructor*(COI) with all 3 courses.
*Certified Online Instructor (COI) requires the registrant to take a 50 question exam. The registrant will have their students evaluate one of their online courses, and the Chair of the LERN Faculty Advisory Board will critique one of the registrant’s online courses.
Teacher Tool Belt – PART I
Here's the help you need to successfully establish your classroom. Both beginning teachers and those who want a refresher will learn helpful strategies in classroom management, positive learning environment, and dealing with parents, helping you distinguish the difference between being an educator and being a teacher. Jonice Arthur, M.S.
Newtown Campus/ $45/ OCPED 0585 C01/ Mon, 8/12, 6-9 pm
Approved Hours: 3 (Act 48)
Teacher Tool Belt – PART II
Why is it so difficult to connect with middle schoolers and teens? Here’s a workshop that will explore that “great divide” and equip you with the tools to help you bridge the gap by sharing and practicing positive methods for discourse and interaction with unique population.
Jonice Arthur, M.S.
Newtown Campus/ $45/ OCPED 0586 C01/ Mon, 8/19, 6-9 pm
Approved Hours: 3 (Act 48)
Certificate in Teaching Adults
This is your invitation to teach others in-person and join in one of the more important functions in life - passing on knowledge and skills to others. It is both an opportunity and a responsibility. Whether you want to teach others or currently teach others, in any setting, either formally or informally, this course is for you. We will give you both the fundamental and advanced information to improve your teaching. Your lead instructor is author of How to Teach Adults, the best-selling book on the subject. The ebook version is included in the course.
Online/ $295/ ECPED 1505 C30/ Fall 2013
Approved Hours: 32 (Act 48)
Gender in the Classroom
Discover why girls waste 30% of their study time, why boys get worse grades than girls, why boys do less homework than girls, and the 5 learning habits that hurt girls in the workplace. Discover how girls learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping girls learn more, and the 5 tips to help girls succeed more. Then discover how boys learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping boys learn more, and the 5 tips to help boys succeed more. Get research data not available anywhere else.
Online/ ECPED 1551 C30/ $245/ 6/3-6/28
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
More Online Classes for Teaching Professionals
A new section begins each month:
• May 15 • July 17
• June 19 • August 21
Classes are 6 weeks long and are approved for 24 Act 48 hours
Visit our website at www.ed2go.com/bucks
• Creating a Classroom Web Site
• Creating K-12 Learning Materials
• Creating the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success
• Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom
• Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement
• The Differentiated Instruction & Response to Intervention Connection
• Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom
• Microsoft Power Point 2007/ 2010 in the Classroom
• Microsoft Excel 2010 in the Classroom
• Microsoft Word 2007/2010 in the Classroom
• Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work
• Singapore Math Strategies: Model Drawing for Grades 1-6
• Singapore Math: Number Sense and Computational Strategies
• Singapore Math: Advanced Model Drawing for Grades 6-9
• Solving Classroom Discipline Problems
• Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II
• Social Media and Online Tools for K-12 Teachers
• Spanish in the Classroom
• Students With Asperger's Syndrome
• Teaching Preschool: A Year of Inspiring Lessons
• Teaching Science: Grades 4-6
• Teaching Smarter with SMARTBoards
• Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success
• Teaching Students with ADHD
• Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6
• The Creative Classroom
• Understanding Adolescents
• Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts
