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June 9 - 12
June 9 - 12
6/9: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (AM Session)
6/9: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (AM Session)
This course will prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies involving adults and children. This is a full day blended learning course including an online portion and an instructor-led classroom skill session.
The online training portion must be completed independently prior to attending the in-class skills portion. Please allow 3.5 hours to complete the online portion prior to your in-person morning or afternoon skills session. The in-person skills session will also take approximately 3.5 hours. Please carefully monitor your email for a link from the American Red Cross to complete the online training portion of the program. If you have not received this link by May 31, 2025, please email Lauren Cook at lcook@wssd.k12.pa.us. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a digital certificate for Adult and Child First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years.
Audience: Grades K-12 Professional and Support Staff
Presenters: District Health Services Staff
Date: June 9, 2025 (AM Session)
Delivery: Blended
Location: Red Land HS Library
Time: 8:00 - 11:45 AM
Credit: 7.5 hours (online portion and in-person session)
Activity #: 01
6/9: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (PM Session)
6/9: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (PM Session)
This course will prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies involving adults and children. This is a full day blended learning course including an online portion and an instructor-led classroom skill session.
The online training portion must be completed independently prior to attending the in-class skills portion. Please allow 3.5 hours to complete the online portion prior to your in-person morning or afternoon skills session. The in-person skills session will also take approximately 3.5 hours. Please carefully monitor your email for a link from the American Red Cross to complete the online training portion of the program. If you have not received this link by May 31, 2025, please email Lauren Cook at lcook@wssd.k12.pa.us. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a digital certificate for Adult and Child First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years.
Audience: Grades K-12 Professional and Support Staff
Presenters: District Health Services Staff
Date: June 9, 2025 (PM Session)
Delivery: Blended
Location: Red Land HS Library
Time: 12:15 - 4:00 PM
Credit: 7.5 hours (online portion and in-person session)
Activity #: 02
6/10: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (AM Session)
6/10: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (AM Session)
This course will prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies involving adults and children. This is a full day blended learning course including an online portion and an instructor-led classroom skill session.
The online training portion must be completed independently prior to attending the in-class skills portion. Please allow 3.5 hours to complete the online portion prior to your in-person morning or afternoon skills session. The in-person skills session will also take approximately 3.5 hours. Please carefully monitor your email for a link from the American Red Cross to complete the online training portion of the program. If you have not received this link by May 31, 2025, please email Lauren Cook at lcook@wssd.k12.pa.us. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a digital certificate for Adult and Child First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years.
Audience: Grades K-12 Professional and Support Staff
Presenters: District Health Services Staff
Date: June 10, 2025 (AM Session)
Delivery: Blended
Location: Red Land HS Library
Time: 8:00 - 11:45 AM
Credit: 7.5 hours (online portion and in-person session)
Activity #: 8
6/10: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (PM Session)
6/10: American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult/Child and First Aid (PM Session)
This course will prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies involving adults and children. This is a full day blended learning course including an online portion and an instructor-led classroom skill session.
The online training portion must be completed independently prior to attending the in-class skills portion. Please allow 3.5 hours to complete the online portion prior to your in-person morning or afternoon skills session. The in-person skills session will also take approximately 3.5 hours. Please carefully monitor your email for a link from the American Red Cross to complete the online training portion of the program. If you have not received this link by May 31, 2025, please email Lauren Cook at lcook@wssd.k12.pa.us. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a digital certificate for Adult and Child First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years.
Audience: Grades K-12 Professional and Support Staff
Presenters: District Health Services Staff
Date: June 10, 2025 (PM Session)
Delivery: Blended
Location: Red Land HS Library
Time: 12:15 - 4:00 PM
Credit: 7.5 hours (online portion and in-person session)
Activity #: 9
6/11: American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
6/11: American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
Professional rescuers are first responders who work as nurses, athletic trainers and aquatics instructors within our school district. This training will help you meet your most important responsibility as a professional rescuer—the responsibility to save lives. The skills learned in this course include adult, child and infant rescue breathing, conscious and unconscious choking, CPR, two-rescuer CPR and adult and child AED. In additional, participants will learn to recognize and care for common first aid emergencies.
The online training portion must be completed independently prior to attending the in-class skills portion. Please allow 3.5 hours to complete the online portion prior to your in-person morning or afternoon skills session. The in-person skills session will also take approximately 3.5 hours. Please carefully monitor your email for a link from the American Red Cross to complete the online training portion of the program. If you have not received this link by May 31, 2025, please email Lauren Cook at lcook@wssd.k12.pa.us. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a digital certificate for Professional Rescuer CPR/First Aid/AED which is valid for two years.
Audience: Certified School Nurses, Dental Hygienist, Athletic Trainers, Aquatics Instructors/Aides
Presenters: District Health Services Staff
Date: June 11, 2025
Delivery: Blended
Location: Red Land HS Library
Time: 8:00 - 11:45 AM
Credit: 7.5 hours (online portion and in-person session)
Activity #: 18
6/11: English Language Development (ELD) Department Day
6/11: English Language Development (ELD) Department Day
During this session, ELD professional and support staff will learn about our new refugee population and how best to serve them as they continue adjusting to life in the United States. Professional and support staff will also be guided through several data analysis tools provided by the state for understanding ACCESS data and state accountability measures.
Audience: Grades K-12 ELD Professional Staff and ELD Instructional Assistants
Presenter: Aliyah Quilty, ELD Instructional Advisor
Date: June 11, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: ACE Frantz Room
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 19
6/11: Fishing Creek Elementary School Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Team Planning
6/11: Fishing Creek Elementary School Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Team Planning
Members of the Fishing Creek Elementary School PBIS Team will meet to reflect on our procedures and develop action steps for the coming 2025-2026 school year.
Audience: Fishing Creek Professional and Support Staff
Presenter: Matthew Wensel, Principal, Fishing Creek Elementary School
Date: June 11, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: Fishing Creek Music Room
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 20
6/12: Second Grade Planning Day
6/12: Second Grade Planning Day
Second grade teachers and any support staff are welcome to attend a day of sharing and planning for the 2025-2026 school year. Please be prepared to share instructional tools and assessments that helped you teach and assess our standards.
Audience: District-wide Second Grade Professional Staff and any Support Staff who instructionally support Second Grade Core Subjects
Presenter: Lisa Saar, Second Grade Teacher, Red Mill ES
Date: June 12, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: Red Mill ES Library
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 33
6/12: Washington Heights Elementary School 2025-2026 Planning
6/12: Washington Heights Elementary School 2025-2026 Planning
This day is intended for all Washington Heights staff members to meet and set goals and vision for the 2025-2026 school year. Topics include PBIS, goal setting, and focus areas for building-wide improvement efforts for next school year.
Audience: Washington Heights Elementary School Professional and Support Staff
Presenter: Chris Konieczny, Principal, Washington Heights Elementary School
Date: June 12, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: Washington Heights ES Library
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 35
6/12: West Shore Academy Program Planning
6/12: West Shore Academy Program Planning
Focused on the program and staff development designed to enhance instructional strategies and student engagement in non-traditional settings. This summer academy day will provide West Shore Academy staff with professional learning opportunities centered on trauma-informed practices, differentiated instruction, and relationship-building techniques tailored to the unique needs of West Shore Academy students.
Audience: West Shore Academy Professional and Support Staff Only
Presenter: Shannon Murphy, Assistant Director of Student Services
Date: June 12, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: Red Land HS West Shore Academy Room
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 36
June 16 - 19
June 16 - 19
6/16: Kickstart: Math Early Numeracy Intervention
6/16: Kickstart: Math Early Numeracy Intervention
In this academy, we will share an overview of our K-4 Math Kickstart Early Numeracy Intervention Program. We will go over the why behind the program, talk about how students are screened for the program, how groupings are made, show the common data spreadsheet, and go through the program set up and how to run a session. We will run a mock group as well as go over behavior tricks and tips for small group instruction.
Audience: Grades K-4 Professional & Support Staff
Presenters: Allison Freeman and Dan Grejda , Elementary Math Coaches
Date: June 16, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: Washington Heights ES Library
Time: 8:00 - 11:45 AM
Credit: 3.75 hours
Activity #: 40
6/16: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (AM Training)
6/16: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (AM Training)
This academy is for individuals who participated in an initial certification program within the past year. This session will be a combination of online theory and face-to-face physical skills review leading to recertification. This training program has significant physical activity connected with the curriculum and participants must be in good physical health. Participants will be required to sign an agreement indicating understanding the risks related to this academy. The half-day online theory portion must be completed prior to the start of the school year.
**New this year** We are now offering a choice between AM and PM in-person recertification options. Staff seeking recertification need to only register for 1 session.
*It is important to note that any staff member who does not recertify during the summer of 2025 will need to repeat the initial certification course in the summer of 2026.
Audience: Professional Staff and Support Staff who seek recertification
Presenters: District Safe Crisis Management Training Team
Date: June 16, 2025
Time: 8:00 - 11:30 AM (time to report for in-person skills training)
Location: Online portion through JKM; Face-to-Face at Washington Heights Gym
Delivery: Blended
Credit: 7.5 hours (total credit given for online theory training and in-person skills training)
Activity #: 41
6/16: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (PM Training)
6/16: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (PM Training)
This academy is for individuals who participated in an initial certification program within the past year. This session will be a combination of online theory and face-to-face physical skills review leading to recertification. This training program has significant physical activity connected with the curriculum and participants must be in good physical health. Participants will be required to sign an agreement indicating understanding the risks related to this academy. The half-day online theory portion must be completed prior to the start of the school year.
**New this year** We are now offering a choice between AM and PM in-person recertification options. Staff seeking recertification need to only register for 1 session.
*It is important to note that any staff member who does not recertify during the summer of 2025 will need to repeat the initial certification course in the summer of 2026.
Audience: Professional Staff and Support Staff who seek recertification
Presenters: District Safe Crisis Management Training Team
Date: June 16, 2025
Time: 12:30 - 4:00 PM (time to report for in-person skills training)
Location: Online portion through JKM; Face-to-Face at Washington Heights Gym
Delivery: Blended
Credit: 7.5 hours (total credit given for online theory training and in-person skills training)
Activity #: 42
6/16, 6/17, and 6/18: Safe Crisis Management - Initial Certification
6/16, 6/17, and 6/18: Safe Crisis Management - Initial Certification
Safe Crisis Management supports increased student achievement by providing staff with the tools necessary to manage disruptive behavior in a manner that ensures the safety of all students. This academy will present instruction on both theory and the physical skills necessary to work safely with aggressive students. Attendance for all 2.5 days of face-to-face instruction is required to be fully certified. This training program has significant physical activity connected with the curriculum and participants must be in good physical health. Participants will be required to sign an agreement indicating understanding the risks related to this academy.
*** If an employee would like to receive only the theory portion of this training and not be fully certified to perform the Emergency Safety Physical Interventions, they may sign up for the training’s first day only option in Frontline. ***
Audience: Professional Staff and Support Staff who seek certification (Maximum of 20 participants per session)
Presenters: District Safe Crisis Management Training Team
Dates: June 16, 17, and 18, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: Washington Heights Gym
Credit: 18.75 hours
Activity #: 45
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6/17: Capital Blue Cross Health Presentations
6/17: Capital Blue Cross Health Presentations
Join us for 4 mini health sessions centered around these topics:
Stress and Your Health - The perception of stress on our bodies can have a huge impact on our overall health and well being. In this presentation, participants will learn ways to manage stress through stress management techniques, nutrition, and exercise.
Diet Myths and Facts - Participants will learn about fad dieting and the truth behind effective weight loss and management. They will discover how to spot a fad diet and discuss the dangers these diets present. They also will learn evidence-based methods to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
Healthy Mind Basics - Engaging in regular mental health activities is important to achieve optimum mental wellness. This session reviews factors that influence mental health and ways to stimulate the mind to remain active. Participants will learn about journaling, as well as daily activities to strengthen the brain’s internal connections.
Food and Mood - Eating is often used inappropriately to cope with the daily stresses in life. This presentation will enable individuals to identify stress in their lives and develop healthy coping strategies. Participants will learn about healthy eating and foods that can help lower stress.
Audience: All District Support Staff
Presenter: Gina McDonald, Senior Health Coach, Capital Blue Cross
Date: June 17, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: ACE Staff Training Room
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 AM
Credit: 3 hours
Activity #: 140
6/17: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (AM Training)
6/17: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (AM Training)
This academy is for individuals who participated in an initial certification program within the past year. This session will be a combination of online theory and face-to-face physical skills review leading to recertification. This training program has significant physical activity connected with the curriculum and participants must be in good physical health. Participants will be required to sign an agreement indicating understanding the risks related to this academy. The half-day online theory portion must be completed prior to the start of the school year.
**New this year** We are now offering a choice between AM and PM in-person recertification options. Staff seeking recertification need to only register for 1 session.
*It is important to note that any staff member who does not recertify during the summer of 2025 will need to repeat the initial certification course in the summer of 2026.
Audience: Professional Staff and Support Staff who seek recertification
Presenters: District Safe Crisis Management Training Team
Date: June 17, 2025
Time: 8:00 - 11:30 AM (time to report for in-person skills training)
Location: Online portion through JKM; Face-to-Face at Washington Heights Gym
Delivery: Blended
Credit: 7.5 hours (total credit given for online theory training and in-person skills training)
Activity #: 48
6/17: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (PM Training) - CANCELLED
6/17: Safe Crisis Management - Recertification (PM Training) - CANCELLED
This academy is for individuals who participated in an initial certification program within the past year. This session will be a combination of online theory and face-to-face physical skills review leading to recertification. This training program has significant physical activity connected with the curriculum and participants must be in good physical health. Participants will be required to sign an agreement indicating understanding the risks related to this academy. The half-day online theory portion must be completed prior to the start of the school year.
**New this year** We are now offering a choice between AM and PM in-person recertification options. Staff seeking recertification need to only register for 1 session.
*It is important to note that any staff member who does not recertify during the summer of 2025 will need to repeat the initial certification course in the summer of 2026.
Audience: Professional Staff and Support Staff who seek recertification
Presenters: District Safe Crisis Management Training Team
Date: June 17, 2025
Time: 12:30 - 4:00 PM (time to report for in-person skills training)
Location: Online portion through JKM; Face-to-Face at Washington Heights Gym
Delivery: Blended
Credit: 7.5 hours (total credit given for online theory training and in-person skills training)
Activity #: 49
6/18: Trauma and the Brain (Day One)
6/18: Trauma and the Brain (Day One)
This training will look at the overview of trauma - what it is, what it looks like, what contributes to trauma, how our bodies and brains respond to traumatic events, and basic responses to trauma.
Audience: Grades K-12 Professional and Support Staff
Presenters: Doug Knepp, Assistant Principal, Old Trail Intermediate School and Erika Stiffler, School Social Worker
Date: June 18, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: ACE Staff Training Center
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 54
6/19: Trauma Informed Care in the School Setting (Day Two)
6/19: Trauma Informed Care in the School Setting (Day Two)
This training will look at trauma informed care, how trauma effects students as well as classroom behaviors, and will provide resources for best practices to help make each day as successful as possible.
Audience: Grades K-12 Professional and Support Staff
Presenters: Doug Knepp, Assistant Principal, Old Trail Intermediate School and Erika Stiffler, School Social Worker
Date: June 19, 2025
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Location: ACE Staff Training Center
Credit: 7.5 hours
Activity #: 57
June 23 - 26 - No academies scheduled
June 23 - 26 - No academies scheduled
June 30 - No academies scheduled
June 30 - No academies scheduled
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