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Professional Developement
Featured Workforce Course . . .
Emotional Intelligence:
A Pathway for Personal
Success in the Workplace I
What You Can Expect:
People who attend this program will learn a
set of principles that will change the way
they view their lives as well as their
performance on the job. They will grow in
self- understanding, confidence, personal
effectiveness, and their ability to handle the
challenges/opportunities of the workplace.
Such personal transformation forms the
foundation for organizational transformation.
Fee: $199 (includes materials) Special
introductory rate
Course: WSMCE 1292 Sec. WB1 & W50
Instructor: Paul Gandolfo
Act 48 Hours: 6
This course covers the the first two
Principles of Self-Mastery to help you
transcend challenges in the workplace.
Conquer Your Key Moments
- Understand how you respond to
challenging events (key moments) and
how your response affects the outcome
- Explore and understand the patterns in
your responses to key moments
- Develop a process for exploring the
consequences of your behavior
- Choose positive behaviors that lead to a
positive outcome
- Identify and challenge the distortions in
your interpretations
- Learn a method for changing weakening beliefs to empowering beliefs
- Turn challenging events into successes
Value Who You Are
- Acknowledge and build upon your
strengths
- Understand the meaning and importance
of self-esteem
- Become the primary source of your selfesteem
- Accept your imperfections
- Learn to make time for self-renewal
Location: Newtown Campus
Sec. WB1, 2 Wed., Oct. 15 & 22,
6:30-9:30 pm
Location: Lower Bucks Campus
Sec. W50, Sat., Oct. 25, 9 am-4 pm
Act 48 For Educators . . . by Design!
Artful Biology:
Creative & Scientific Illustration
Techniques for Science Educators
Learn to use illustration in creative ways to
facilitate the communication of scientific
knowledge about the natural world your students.
Besides skilled technique, you will gain insight
into how art promotes ecological consciousness
and increases understanding of natural phenomena.
Nature journaling, anatomical studies, readings,
and illustration techniques will be the major focus
of this course. Pencil, colored pencil, and pens/
markers will be the materials used. Your work will
be critiqued and the process of drawing explored
from both a practical application and a
neuroscientific, ecological, and educational one.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $85 (plus $35 materials fee)
Course: OCPED 0564 Sec. C01
5 Tues., Oct. 7-Nov. 4, 4:30-6 pm
Instructor: Caryn S. Babaian, M.Ed., BCCC
faculty
Act 48 Hours: 7.5
Act 48: ESL Workshop for Teachers:
Teaching ELLs in the Content Areas
Learn more about the current trend of teaching
English language learners through content! This
3-hour workshop will apply to English language
instructors wishing to incorporate more content
in their classes as well as content area teachers
wishing to reach their international students in
the mainstream.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $29
Course: OCPED 2009 Sec. 01
Sat., Nov. 15, 9:30am-12:30pm
Instructor: Catherine Baytosh, M.A.
Act 48 hours: 3
PowerPoint for Teachers
Technology is not the way of the
future, it is the way of the here and now! Join
your colleagues as you learn to incorporate
Powerpoint presentations into your classroom
teaching. See how the computer can help to
make your class brighter, bolder, and make your
statements and visuals clearer and easier for all to
see. This is a begining course designed to
introduce you to the basics of PowerPoint
presentations. Take what you learn here and get
creative! Students must bring Memory Stick
(Flash Drive) and have Microsoft Office 2007
installed on their computer.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $39
Course: OCOAP 0100 Sec. C01
Wed., Sept. 24, 6:30-9:30 pm
Instructor: Suzanne Vass Tessier, B.A.
Act 48 Hours: 3
Guided Reading and Writing:
Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement
Get the professional development training you
need to improve student literacy as an
accomplished teacher shares the secrets of
turning guided reading strategies into
opportunities for teaching writing. Learn how to
take your students from groans to grins with
creative lesson plans that really work!
ourse: ECPED 0024/ Fee: $89
Act 48 Hours: 24
Differentiated Instruction in
the Classroom
Join us on this journey through 10 practical DI
integration strategies! Count on at least three
sample integration lessons on each strategy,
and just think of all the ways that you can
apply them to improve learning outcomes for
your students.
Course: ECPED 0016/ Fee: $89
Act 48 Hours: 24
An Introduction to Teaching
ESL/EFL
English language teachers enjoy a wide range of
opportunities and face a daunting set of
challenges. You teach more than a subjectyou're
teaching skills that will open up the
entire world to your students! This course will
show you innovative ways of teaching
vocabulary and grammar, listening and
speaking, and reading and writing. But more
than that, it will give you a deeper
understanding of who your students are and
who you are as a teacher!
Course: ECPED 0031/ Fee: $89
Act 48 Hours: 24
Solving Classroom
Discipline Problems II
In this professional development course, you'll
get the teacher training you need to deal
effectively with serious discipline problems and
help even the most challenging students you're
teaching make more responsible choices.
ECPED 0034/ Fee: $89
Act 48 Hours: 24
Career & Employment
Asset #1 is Attitude
What is your most valuable asset in
succeeding in your career, starting your own
business, getting a promotion or client contract?
Is it your IQ? Who you know? How much you're
worth? Where you went to school? While all of
these may be beneficial, your number 1, most
important quality for professional success is your
attitude. Learn how to assess your current
attitude, how perceptions can make or break your
success, and how to reframe your attitude and
make changes.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $75
Course: WSMCE 1570 Sec. C01
3 Thurs., Oct. 2, 16 & 30, 7-9 pm
Instructor: Lynette Landing
Get Your Career on the Fast Track
In this course, you will learn more about today's
new business environment. You will learn about
yourself and how to work with your strengths and
weaknesses to improve your position in this new
world. You will get a chance to identify your
options within the new work environment and
will learn how to make a plan to get your career
on the fast track to success.
Code: PD0131
Fee: $60
Hours: 2.5
Is a Career in Social
Work for Me?
Do you like working with people? Do you want
to make a difference in people's lives? Have you
thought about becoming a social worker, but are
not sure what is involved? In this class, we will
discuss some of the many career opportunities in
social services. This course will review the
foundations of social work and how it differs
from other, similar "helping" professions. We will
look at the many roles assumed by social workers
as well as the goals, values and knowledge base
of this profession, as set by the National Association of Social Workers. Join us for an
introduction to a dynamic and fulfilling career.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $39
Course: WSMCE 6030 Sec. WB1
Thurs., Nov. 6, 6-9 pm
Instructor: Linda Kanner, LCSW
Certified Alcohol Counselors
The Over-Emotional Brain: Biological
Origins & Consequences of Violence
Violence has a devastating impact on our homes,
communities, schools, and workplaces, creating
an urgent need to understand its causes and
consequences. The role of social, economic, and
interpersonal factors in the genesis of violent
behavior has been widely debated, yet, the
contribution of neurobiological factors is often
overlooked. Examine what brain research tells us
about why and how people become violent, and
explore ways of using this knowledge to develop
more effective strategies to prevent violence and
deal with violent individuals. No previous
knowledge of neurobiology is assumed or
needed- this course is intended for anyone
interested in a unique perspective on one of our
most pressing social problems.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $84 (includes text)
Course: OCPED 0400 Sec. C01
Sat., Sept. 27, 9 am-4 pm
Instructor: Debra Niehoff, Ph.D.
P.C.A.C.B. approved hours: 6
Core Area: #5 Treatment Planning
Act 48 Hours: 6
Social Workers: Approval Pending
ABC's of ADHD/ADD
This course is designed to increase participant's
knowledge about ADHD. The course will
review what the signs and symptoms are,
etiology, co-existing conditions, treatments and
community resources.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $65
Course: OCOUN 2223 Sec. C01
Sat., Oct. 18, 9 am-4 pm
Instructor: Leslie Rothberg, LSW
P.C.A.C.B. approved hours: 6
Core Area: #5 Treatment Planning
Act 48 Hours: 6
Social Workers: Approval Pending
What Does This Diagnosis Mean?
This course is designed to increase your
awareness of various mental health conditions,
their causes, treatments and services available.
Learn how to navigate through the service
provider systems.
Location: Lower Bucks Campus
Fee: $65
Course: OCOUN 2224 Sec. C50
Sat., Nov. 8, 9 am-4 pm
Instructor: Leslie Rothberg, LSW
P.C.A.C.B. approved hours: 6
Core Area: #5 Treatment Planning
Act 48 Hours: 6
Social Workers: Approval Pending
Managing Anger in a Frustrating
World
The manifestation of anger and aggressive
behaviors are at extremely high levels in our
society. This course will provide an overview of
anger-where anger comes from, how anger
emerges and manifests itself, the recognition of
anger, and the soothing of anger. Beyond selfregulation,
additional medication and therapeutic
techniques will be addressed.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $65
Course: OCOUN 0230 Sec. C01
Sat., Dec. 6, 9 am-4 pm
Instructor: Michael Saraceno, M.B.A.
P.C.A.C.B. Approved Hours: 6
Core Area: #5 Treatment Planning
Act 48 Hours: 6
Small Business Management
How to Build a Successful
Export Business
The opportunity to build a global export business
has never been greater. The significant drop in the
US dollar, combined with new and cost effective
internet marketing solutions can make exporting
US products or services very profitable. Whether
you are an entrepreneur trying to start your own
part-time or full-time business, a small business
owner trying to increase sales, or a marketing
executive who wants to better understand the
latest developments in global trade, this course
will teach you both the basics of export plus the
new marketing tools that can help you succeed.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $75 (plus $25 materials fee)
Course: WSBEN 0117 Sec. C01
2 Thurs., Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 6:30-9:30 pm
Instructor: Brian Thomas, M.B.A.
Integrating e-Commerce with
Traditional Business
This course will show you how to best integrate
e-commerce strategies with traditional business
practices. By increasing your understanding of
how to make the transition to e-commerce, you
increase the likelihood that your business will see
increased success, growth, and revenues.
Fee: $60
Code: EBUS0121
Hours: 3.0
Starting or Growing Your Own
Business
Are you ready to start a new business or
reinvigorate the one you have? This class will
include
- Legal structure, licensing, and insurance needs
- How to write a business plan
- Cash - where and how to get it
- Motivation - the REAL key to success
Successful small business men and women will
share the secrets of their success.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $119
Course: WSBEN 0103 Sec. C01
5 Thurs., Oct. 16-Nov. 13, 7-9 pm
Instructors: Members of SCORE (Counselors to
America's Small Business)
Training and Design for
Equine Professionals
Would you like to conduct your own employee
training programs at your barn or equine facility
with confidence? Then, this is the course for
you! Let an experienced horseperson and
communications specialist guide you through the
process of planning, designing and teaching a
short workshop in a lunch and learn format or
extended presentation format. An overview of
project management and electronic tools/software will also be discussed. You will have an
opportunity to develop a sample workshop for
class/instructor feedback.
Prerequisite: Email &
basic proficiency with MS Word & PowerPoint.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $119
Course: WSMCE 6200 Sec. C01
5 Thurs., Oct. 30-Dec. 4, 7-9 pm
Instructor: Lesley Wood, M.A.
Starting a Consulting Practice
Do you have training or knowledge that could be
useful to others? Have you ever considered
becoming a consultant? This course is designed
to help those who wish to set up a consulting
practice get started. Topics will include skills
assessments, pricing policies, contracting,
marketing, and more.
ESBEN 0010/ Fee: $89
Secrets of the Caterer
Do you love to cook and plan parties? Then start
your own catering business and make money
doing what you love! In this course, you learn
foundational skills about catering and the basics
of the catering business, including many
delicious catering recipes!
ESBEN 0008/Fee: $89
E-bay – Online Auctioneering –
Introduction
Learn the basics of buying and selling
on E-bay as well as tips and tricks for
managing an E-bay site to make “E-baying” a
profitable experience.
Fee: $99
Course: RCOSY 6000 Sec. C01 & C50
Location: Newtown Campus
Sec. C01, 2 Mon., Nov. 17 & 24, 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: Lower Bucks Campus
Sec. C50, 2 Tues., Sept. 9 & 16, 6:30-9:30 pm
Expand Your Green Palette
You can reduce their energy costs and minimize
their impact on our environment , know as your
carbon footprint. Using fundamental building
science as the foundation for this green series,
you will learn how to convert or build a home
or business into a high performance building,
addressing land and water use, the building
envelope, overall energy use, indoor comfort
and health, along with materials used to both
build and maintain residentially-scaled
buildings. Get ideas, strategies and resources to
create or expand your own green palette.
Location: Newtown Campus
Fee: $29/seminar
Instructor: Bucks County Sustainable
Building Alliance
What is Green?
An introduction to the fundamental concept of
sustainable design and construction within the
built environment. This will help you develop
your own overall green strategy.
Course: WSMCE 6005 Sec. C01
Wed., Oct. 15, 7-8:30 pm
Energy and Water Conservation
Energy and water use are two of the primary
impacts on our environment and significantly
affect our operational costs. Gain insight into
proven methods and alternatives for efficient
use of these resources, and possibly reap the
added benefits of increased occupant comfort
and building durability.
Course: WSMCE 6006 Sec. C01
Wed., Nov. 12, 7-8:30 pm
Sustainable Materials
The use of materials to both build and maintain
our homes have a major impact on global
resources. Discover how to discern which
products minimize your impact on our
resources and help maintain a safe and healthy indoor environment.
Course: WSMCE 6007 Sec. C01
Wed., Dec. 10, 7-8:30 pm
Spring topics:
- Alternative Energy (Feb. 11, 2009)
- Land and Water Management (Mar. 11, 2009)
- Community Development (Apr. 15, 2009)
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