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:
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."
Act 48 Request Reporting Form
Questions?
Contact Denise McCardle at mccardle@bucks.edu.
| Current Non-Credit Act48 Course Offerings | |
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.
Advanced Teaching Online
Online
Online/ OCPED 1500 C30/ 4/23-4/27 New Date!
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Designing Online Instruction
Online
Online/ OCPED 1501 C30/ 5/21-5/25
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Building Online Communities in Cyberspace
Online
Online/ OCPED 1502 C30/ 7/16-7/20
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.
This class will introduce you to the SMART interactive whiteboard. Learn to orient the SMART Board, use the finger as a mouse, use the SMART Board tools and use all the tools of the SMART Notebook software to develop lessons with moving and stationary objects. Participants will also learn to use features such as the SMART Recorder and Video Player to enhance instruction. As a final product, create a short lesson activity or presentation that integrates the SMART Board features. Francine Margolis, M.Ed.
Newtown Campus
$39/OCOAP 0103 C01/
Sa, 4/14, 9 am-noon
Approved Hours: 3 (Act 48)
Have fun creating your own show with sound and pictures. Learn the basics of podcasting from writing a script, recording and illustrating. Use your voice, music and various sound effects to produce your own podcast. Create a slideshow to illustrate your podcast as well. Develop lesson plans to use iPods in the classroom. Francine Margolis, M.Ed.
Newtown Campus
/$39/OCPED 0577 C01/
Sa, 5/5, 9 am-noon
Approved Hours: 3 (Act 48)
Today, every school in America has students who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome—a neurological disorder on the autism spectrum. The effects of this disorder vary widely, but it is important for every teacher to understand how to recognize behaviors that may indicate Asperger’s Syndrome. In this course, you take away strategies for working effectivelywith Asperger’s students. And you will find out how to work effectively with parents to create the most positive learning environments for children and teens with Asperger’s Syndrome.
The course is geared for K-12 teachers, but it is also relevant for counselors, faculty in higher education, parents and anyone else interested in understanding this important issue.
Online
Online/ OCPED 1553 C30/ $245/ 6/4-6/29
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Get the latest info on why, and how, your students are using social media. Discover the tricks of the trade in using Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Find out how social media is being used in education. Then come away with tips on how you can use social media to help your students learn more. For any teacher interested in social media, from beginners to advanced social networkers.
Online
Online/ OCPED 1550 C30/ $245/ 7/2-7/27
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
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
Online/ OCPED 1551 C30/ $245/ 6/4-6/29
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Discover the fascinating world of online learning and teaching. Specifically for K-12 teachers, you will find out why and how your students learn online. Find out about all the wonderful eTools being used, from drag-and-drop games to virtual labs. Then find out how you can begin to use the web in your own teaching. See why web-enhanced courses are being introduced in K-12 schools. Then take home online strategies for helping your students to learn more and preparing them for the workplace.
Online
Online/ OCPED 1552 C30/ $245/ 6/4-6/29
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Regardless of your age, it is always helpful to increase your understanding of how your current students learn and what your future students might need. Your students learn differently than you do. Come find out how to help your students learn more, and discover something new about yourself too! Explore fascinating information on the brain and how each generation has responded to their unique “cohort experience”. You will acquire the skills and information needed to facilitate Gen Y and the emerging generation of learners. Understand how your own generational characteristics impact your learning AND your teaching. Come away with our top 20 generational techniques for helping your students learn more.
Online
Online/ $245/ OCPED 1555 C30/ 7/2-7/27
Approved Hours: 16 (Act 48)
Ethics can often be a tricky subject to teach, especially to middle school students who are still early in the process of forming their own moral and ethical codes. Giving them a systematic approach to arrive at ethical decisions will prove beneficial to your students and to your classroom projects and discussions. Joel Chodoroff, M.Ed.
Upper Bucks Campus/
$199/ OCPED 0580 C70/ Mon-Fri, 7/9-7/13, 9 am-noon
All teachers can fall into ruts – it is bound to happen over the course of your career. While curriculums and educational buzzwords may change, the daily routines of your classroom often do not. By re-thinking the way you do those mundane tasks, you can help make your class more exciting and interesting for everyone involved. Joel Chodoroff, M.Ed.
Upper Bucks Campus/ $199/ OCPED 0581 C70/ Mon-Fri, 7/16-7/20, 9 am-noon
Participating in a school play can be a wonderful experience for your students, but is often overwhelming to the director! This course provides you with organizational techniques and tips for creating a successful program. Explore the pitfalls and the problems while learning proven tips for consistently successful shows. Kathleen Gaynor, M.Ed
Newtown Campus/
$149/ OCPED 0578 C01/
8 Tu, 6/5-7/31 (no class 7/3), 8-9:30 pm
Approved Hours: 12 (Act 48)
Theatre games and activities provide an open ground for your students to connect, communicate, experience, respond, experiment, and discover. They are the best way to build an ensemble, develop skills, and brainstorm ideas in a variety of subject areas. Experience these activities as a student and learn first hand how to facilitate them. Kathleen Gaynor, M.Ed.
Newtown Campus/
$149/ OCPED 0579 C01/
8 Tu, 6/5-7/31 (no class 7/3), 6-7:30 pm
Approved Hours: 12 (Act 48)
A new section begins each month:
• June 20 • August 15
• July 18 • September 19
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 in the Classroom
• Microsoft Excel 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
• Solving Classroom Discipline Problems
• Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II
• Spanish in the Classroom
• Teaching Preschool: A Year of Inspiring Lessons
• Teaching Science: Grades 4-6
• Teaching Smarter with SMARTBoards
• Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success
• Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6
• The Creative Classroom
• Understanding Adolescents
• Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts
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