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Pace School of Education Offers Workshop Series for Parents
Parents learn techniques to boost literacy, best school placements and fun robotics and coding for children in March and April
PLEASANTVILLE, MARCH 23 – Learn new techniques to help your child with reading, get advice on the best school placements or have fun learning to program robots in this series of courses for parents and school partners being offered by Pace University in March and April.
Taught by nationally and internationally renowned faculty at Pace’s School of Education, the workshops will give parents and school partners practical information on how to engage children as well as how to work with schools on the best placement for their children, how to deal with state testing and more.
Monday, March 26, 2018 from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
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Boosting Children’s Literacy Knowledge: Simple Home & School Activities
Buchsbaum House
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Learning new and engaging applications for comprehension, word identification, vocabulary, and listening skills. School of Education Professor and Literacy Specialist Program Coordinator Fran Falk-Ross teaches this workshop.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 from 9:30-11:30am.
Collaborating with Your Schools
Buchsbaum House
Learn the techniques to better collaborate with your child’s school in a positive way. Topics covered will include: How do schools place children in classes (and what to do if you think your child is poorly-placed); How to support the school’s instructional program - especially in reading and math. And how to deal with State tests including:
•“Opt-in or Out”;
• Using test data to help your child;
•Discussions of PTA/PTOs and foundations;
School of Education Professor and retired Westchester schools superintendent Brian Monahan teaches this workshop.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 5-7 pm.
We, Robot: Learning Coding Together
Goldstein 200
Spend a couple of hours playing with and learning how to program robots! By the end of this workshop, you will be able to have a robot run a race and do a dance of your own choreography. School of Education Professor and Educational Technology Program Coordinator Gerald Ardito teaches this workshop.
All workshops are held at Pace University, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570. There is a $25 registration fee per workshop. For more information or to register, contact Elizabeth Luongo or call 914-773-3829. Space is limited, so please RSVP early!
