InFocus...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit               
Communication Connection
Winter 2014 
In This Issue
We're Connected, Are You?
Professional Learning
Mini-Grant Program
#girlSTEM Conference
BCIU Student Forum
BCIU Program & Training Specialists
PAIU Computer Fair
BCIU/Sertoma 5K Race
Special Education Mini Report
Around Town, Contests, Opportunities
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Quick Links
Hope you enjoy this new and improved merging of all BCIU Partnerships, Services and News!
Bucks County Intermediate Unit  
BCIU Professional Learning
Request for Proposal CPE Instructors
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We appreciate comments and suggestions for future issues of the InFocus. Please email -  nbracken@bucksiu.org.
Editors:
JoAnn Perotti, Director of Strategic Services
Nancy Bracken, Executive Assistant
We're Connected, Are You? Bucks IU and Social Media
In the top left hand corner of the BCIU Website, 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. 
Professional Learning Opportunities              
To search for various BCIU course/class offerings, please click on the following links: 
Video/Teleconferences
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.
Student Groups can submit a funding request to carry out a community service project,
please click here for more details.
Save the DATE! #girlSTEM Conference
#girlSTEM Conference
The fourth annual #girlSTEM Conference (formerly the GIFT Conference) will be held on May 22, 2014, at Delaware Valley College from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Click here for more information.
 
BCIU Student Forum
Members of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit [BCIU] Student Forum filed into Neshaminy High School's library, eager to speak with Deputy Director David Mineta of the office of National Drug Control Policy. Click here
for a video and more information about this event!
BCIU Program & Training Specialists
The Effects of Poor Working Memory on Learning
Alexis McCullough, MS
BCIU Program and Training Specialist
Certified Local LETRS Trainer
What is going on is likely a deficit with some facet of the  student's memory, perhaps working memory.Working memory is a component of a student's learning profile that can make learning tasks quite difficult. - To learn more click here.


PAIU Computer Fair Competitions
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Each year, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit hosts the regional high school and middle school computer fairs as a single event.  As you may recall, students from across the county are invited to showcase their technical skills in the areas of animation, logo design, digital movie making, graphic design, programming, and web design.  Winners in each category from our local event move on to the state fair. Please click here for more information or contact Brandon Lutz, the BCIU's new Instructional Technology point of contact -
BCIU/Sertoma 5K Race
RWR Save the Date! Run, Walk & Roll Together for Kids - BCIU Education Foundation, in partnership with Central Bucks Sertoma is sponsoring a 5K, Saturday, May 10, 2014, click here for more information!
 
BCIU Special Education Mini-Report
Assistive Technology allows students with disabilities to do the things they need to do in school - communicate, read, write, listen and many other tasks that they might otherwise be unable to do, or to do effectively. Click here for the full story.
Around Town.....Contests.....Happenings.....Opportunities

JWV Post 697's Holocaust Remembrance Program

Please click here for a flyer about a free program available for schools! 

Pearl S. Buck presents:
School Tours at the Pearl S. Buck House - Free Admission and Transportation for Title I Schools! Click here for a flyer with all the details!
Pearl S. Buck International High School Leadership Program -  Please click here for more information on this program.

Save the Date!~ On March 13, 2014, the Bucks County Women's Initiative, an affinity group of the United Way of Bucks County, will host Shaping Futures: Mind, Body & Spirit  - Click here for more details.    

In HJohnsvonor of Black History Month

The Johnsville Centrifuge & Science Museum presents: An Evening with Bessie Coleman.
Click here to read more about this event on a flyer!       
 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. 

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