Early Childhood Initiative will explore the critical issues involved in developing, implementing, and sustaining an early childhood program in a school district and community. The presenters are: Dr. Robert Nelkin and Dr. Wendy Ethridge-Smith from the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development; Dr. Philip Boggio, retired superintendent of Chartier Valley, Greensburgh Dioceses and DePaul Institute; and Mary Jo Taylor and Patricia Cronin from Mentor School District.
School Law Workshop will focus numerous issues including charter schools, student drug testing, sexual abuse/harassment, disabilities and special education, student searches, pledge of allegiance, and others. The panel includes Dr. Sean Hughes, professor of administrative and policy studies at the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Lawrence Korchnak, superintended of Hampton Township School District and author of Case Law and Common Sense: A Guide to Pennsylvania School Law; and Dr. Chester Kent Esq., a scholar-practitioner in law and education for the Tri-State Area School Study Council at the University of Pittsburgh and writer for Schoolhouse Legal Primmer.
The workshops are co-sponsored by the Westminster College Graduate Program in Educational Leadership and the Tri-State School Study Council.
For more information, contact Dr. Samuel Farmerie, professor of education emeritus and coordinator of the workshops, at (724) 946-7053.
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked among national leaders in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America’s Best Colleges, and is the most affordable national liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of “The Best 351 Colleges” by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by The Templeton Guide as a “Character Building College.”
Nearly 1,600 students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated
faculty, while choosing from 40 majors and nearly 100 organizations on
the New Wilmington, Pa. campus.