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Why Professional Development Opportunities Are Important for All Teachers

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[Image Description: "Why Professional Development Opportunities Are Important for All Teachers" is in left-aligned white chalk like text on a black board with a tan border. There is a yellow box of white, light orange, light yellow, light green, light blue, light purple, and light pink chalk on the bottom right of the chalk board. There is one white chalk laying on the left side of the box of chalk. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned italicized black font overlapping an enlarged light blue heart with several small red hearts and a light blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. ] All teachers and administrators should demonstrate knowledge of their school or childcare center's professional development opportunities as well as knowledge of the Commonwealth's professional development requirements for continued growth and licensure in their

Let's Talk About the Pennsylvania Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators

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[Image Description: "Let's Talk About the Pennsylvania Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators" is in center-aligned black text in a white text box at the top of the image. There a red apple center-aligned below the text box. There is a United States of America flag on the left side below the apple and a balance scale emoji on the right side of the flag. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned italicized black font overlapping an enlarged light blue heart with several small red hearts and a light blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. The background of the image is teal. ]      The Pennsylvania legislature has adopted a Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators that defines “interactions between the individual educator and students, the employing agencies and other professionals.”   All Pennsylvania public, privat

Disability Pride Month 2024: Recommendations of Movies with Disability Representation

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[Image Description: The background has a black and white Procreate noise brush pattern to represent the static effect that appears on television screens. There is a brown, gray, and white retro style television with a disability pride flag with zig zag stripes in the order of black, dark green, red, white, bright yellow, light blue, black in the middle of the television screen at the top of the image. There is a pink tray filled with a red and white bowl of popcorn, chocolate bar, red container of French fries, and a soda and three ice cubes in a white cup with a light blue lid and red straw below the television. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned black Marker Felt font overlapping an enlarged light blue heart with several small red hearts and a light blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. ] 1.  The Wizard of Oz (1939) [rated G]     While  The Wizard o

Happy 80th Birthday Patricia Polacco!

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                                  [Image Description: The book called "Thank You, Mr. Falker" written by Patricia Polacco is laying on a red, yellow, blue, and purple quilt. "PATRICIA POLACCO" is in center-aligned black text at the top of the book cover. "Thank You, Mr. Falker" is in left-aligned maroon text under "PATRICIA POLACCO." At the bottom of the page, there is a big picture of Trisha (left) wearing a dress and sitting at a table looking at the inside of a book with Mr. Falker (right) standing next to her and wearing a green jacket and red collar and smiling with his fingers on his chin. There are hands of another child holding a book and pointing to the bottom pages in the bottom right corner of the book cover. The rest of the background of the book cover is white. ] I am uploading this blog post in honor of Patricia Polacco's 80th Birthday being today!  🥳❤️🎂🎁🪅🎉🎊🎈  Patricia Polacco has always been one of my favorite chi