InFocus...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit
Communication Connection
September 2012
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| We're Connected, Are You? Bucks IU and Social Media |
You may have noticed some new additions to the Bucks IU website. In the top left hand corner you'll see a group of icons known as a social media bar. The social media bar is a great way to promote IU services and events. To utilize these icons, first make sure you are logged into your personal social media page (ex. Facebook, Twitter). While on the Bucks IU webpage you want to share, simply click on the corresponding social media icon to post the information (ex. "f" icon is Facebook). This button will take you to your social media page to post. It's as easy as that. The website also boasts a new "Twitter Feed" section. Follow us on twitter @BucksIU22
and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BucksIU22 for up to date information on professional development opportunities, breaking news information, building closures and much more.
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Welcome Back to School Year 2012-2013
|  BCIU Autistic Support Teacher, Maureen Arnold, was highlighted in the Bucks County Courier Times and the Intelligenicer Newspaper, as she welcomed students back to school to the new Davis Elementary School in the Centennial School District.
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School Districts & BCIU Partnerships
| IU Education Foundation Receives $10,000 Grant from Foundations Community Partnerships. Click on Grant to learn more!
Concussions
Read about the work of the Central Bucks School District on concussions featuring IU Speech Therapist Sarah Krusen.
Pennsylvania's Educator Effectiveness System Pennsylvania's Act 82 of 2012 defines the requirements of a new rating system for teachers, principals, and other educational specialists.
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Technology Tips
| GuideK12 - Geovisual Analytics for Education
GuideK12 is a powerful, web-based geoanalytics tool that helps school districts solve critical educational challenges (including improving learning, enrollment forecasting, capacity planning, optimizing district resources and more), by linking student data to household and community information. Additional information about GuideK12 can be found at
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Supporting Bucks County Students......
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Professional Learning Opportunites
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 To search for various offerings, please click on the following links:
To access the Bucks County Intermediate Unit's Online Course Catalog for a full listing of offerings, please click here. To contact the Professional Education Department, click here.
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| IU Happenings | |
 Congratulations go to the Finance Department at BCIU for once again qualifying for the Government Finance Officers Association's Certificate of Achievement of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. Click to here to read more about this award!
Congratulations are in order to Andrea DiDio, our IU Assistant  Human Resource Manager and School Directors Board Secretary, on her recent appointment as the new Director of Human Resources for the Centennial School District! We wish Andrea much happiness and success in her new journey with the Centennial School District and thank her for all her dedication, hard work and commitment to our IU!
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Around Town.....Contests.....Happenings.....Opportunities
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 Mark your Calendars - The 2012 BCIU Ed Foundation Golf Classic will be held October 15, 2012!
Click here for more information.
Sertoma is sponsoring a play, "Prelude to a Kiss", being presented at Towne & Country
Players on Route 263 Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Curtain time is 8:00 PM. Sertoma raises funds to help kids with hearing loss and the I.U. Ticket fee is $20.00. Please contact Alicia Simon or Cathy Mainon if you are interested.
Fall Events at the David Library of the American Revolution - click here to read more.
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E.O.E.
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit No. 22 is an equal
opportunity educational institution and will not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, age, religious creed, gender, ancestry, national origin, veteran´s
status, or non-job related handicap or disability (except where any of these
constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification) in its activities,
programs, or employment and promotion practices as required by State and
Federal laws. It is the responsibility of the applicant or employee to inform the
Director of Human Resources that an accommodation is needed. In accordance with
state and federal law, reasonable accommodations will be considered upon the
employee´s request. If you would like to attend a program at the Bucks County
Intermediate Unit No. 22 and require an accommodation to participate, please
call the Bucks County Intermediate Unit. Our Children... Their Future... Bucks County IU
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