Partner4Work’s new Career Ready Allegheny website has something for everyone with an interest in connecting our region’s youth to opportunities for career learning. Launched in September, the site offers employers options for connecting with schools and young talent as well as resources for structuring work-based learning experiences. It also puts the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s […]
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Science Teachers Use Design Thinking to Bring STEELS Standards to Life
This month, science teachers from schools across the region gathered at a recent Consortium workshop with a specific challenge in mind: “How might we translate the new PA STEELS standards into action in our classrooms?” The solution that teachers found: Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design (HCD). Science standards in Pennsylvania will be making a seismic […]
Using HCD to Support Student Growth and Achievement
Education is a deeply human-centered endeavor. Know your students well, and you’ll be better able to create learning experiences that meet their needs; co-design those experiences with your fellow educators and you’ve got the Consortium’s Act 45 course: Using Human-Centered Design to Support Student Growth and Achievement. Now in its second cohort, seven new school […]
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STEM+C Playbook highlights efforts to support student learning
Spotlight on: What Pittsburgh Opera offers schools
After the kind of backstage visit that the Bitz Opera Factory offers only rarely, Clairton City Elementary School Music Teacher Kevin Danchik wrote a letter of thanks saying that “the experience has opened new vistas” for the students who accompanied him, contributing to their “growth as young musicians.” Most exciting were the opportunities students had […]
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“Partners in Learning” Brings Innovative Tutoring Model to Clairton City Students
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, students all over the country suffered in their academic progress, and those at Clairton City School District were no exception. With evidence that tutoring could make a real difference for these students, but lacking staff to provide such intensive services, the Eden Hall Foundation, with the Consortium as its partner, decided […]
Join us this September!
The Consortium for Public Education has two professional development opportunities starting this September for teachers, school counselors, and school administrators. PDE professional development hours are available for each training. We hope to see you there! Using Design Thinking to Teach the PA STEELS Standards K-12 educators looking for support implementing the new STEELS Standards are […]
Creating a culture of belonging
An initiative that the Consortium piloted in 2021-2022 among a handful of districts coalesced during 2022-23 into a cohort of educators committed to creating cultures of belonging in their schools. They agreed on three tenets for doing so, then focused on several approaches for advancing their objectives going forward. “Because transforming culture is such an […]