Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Posted by on October 15, 2012
Please join us for Pennsylvania’s 2012-13 Meeting the Challenge: Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness statewide conference being held November 19-20, 2012 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Boulevard, State College, Pennsylvania.
This one and one-half day professional development event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and coordinated by the Center for Schools and Communities.
This conference will provide valuable information for educators, homeless liaisons, shelter personnel, educators, pupil services personnel, guidance counselors, social workers and other professionals working with students and families experiencing homelessness.
Conference topics will include the scope of homelessness across the nation and in Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania’s Education for Homeless Youth Basic Education Circular; components of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; the effective use of school and community resources to remove barriers to learning caused or exacerbated by homeless situations; and programs, services and collaborative strategies to better serve these students and their families.
The keynote speakers tentatively confirmed include: Stacey Bess, author of “Beyond the Blackboard;” Donald Whitehead, Jr., former director of the National Coalition for the Homeless; and Barbara Duffield, Policy Director for the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth.
For additional information and to register for this event, please click here.
http://homeless.center-school.org/index.cfm?pageid=4840
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (717) 763-1661, ext. 156 or via email at [email protected].
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