Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
Target Audience: Elementary School Teachers and Administrators, Curriculum Specialists
MAGPI is very pleased to partner with Hazelden Publishing to bring this unique opportunity! Alcohol and the developing brain: How can we protect our elementary students? Almost 20% of our nation's youth will have had their first full drink of alcohol before they complete 6th grade. Early alcohol use can have devastating effects on learning and academic performance, as well as increase chances of later alcohol addiction four-fold. This interactive presentation will help elementary teachers and administrators understand how they can use information about the developing brain to help young children make healthy and safe choices. Actual demonstrations of lesson plans featuring local elementary students will enliven this informative and practical presentation. Protecting You/Protecting Me, an evidence-based curriculum developed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and published by Hazelden, will be featured as an example of brain-based prevention in action!
Many thanks to the Bucks County MADD Chapter for their assistance in bringing this program to MAGPI schools.
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/programs/pypm.html
Bullying 101: Creating a Respectful School
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
How to Connect: H.323 Videoconference through the Internet2 Commons. Participating sites must be MAGPI members.Cost: Free
Target Audience: Elementary School Teachers and Administrators, Curriculum Specialists
MAGPI is very pleased to partner with Hazelden Publishing to bring this unique opportunity! According to research conducted by the National Education Association, 160,000 children stay home from school each day to avoid bullying. Elementary and middle-school administrators, counselors and teachers who are concerned about the effects of bullying on children will benefit from this informative and interactive presentation. Participants will learn the 10 characteristics of an effective bullying prevention program, watch the "bullying prevention circle" in action, and hear administrators, parents, and teachers talk about bullying and what can be done to prevent it. This program will feature the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, an evidence-based school climate-change program developed at Clemson University with Dr. Dan Olweus, pre-eminent bullying researcher from Norway.
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/programs/bullying.html
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Heather Weisse
Applications Coordinator
MAGPI
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
Email: hweisse@magpi.net
Phone: 215-573-6417
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/programs/pypm.html
Bullying 101: Creating a Respectful School
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
How to Connect: H.323 Videoconference through the Internet2 Commons. Participating sites must be MAGPI members.Cost: Free
Target Audience: Elementary School Teachers and Administrators, Curriculum Specialists
MAGPI is very pleased to partner with Hazelden Publishing to bring this unique opportunity! According to research conducted by the National Education Association, 160,000 children stay home from school each day to avoid bullying. Elementary and middle-school administrators, counselors and teachers who are concerned about the effects of bullying on children will benefit from this informative and interactive presentation. Participants will learn the 10 characteristics of an effective bullying prevention program, watch the "bullying prevention circle" in action, and hear administrators, parents, and teachers talk about bullying and what can be done to prevent it. This program will feature the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, an evidence-based school climate-change program developed at Clemson University with Dr. Dan Olweus, pre-eminent bullying researcher from Norway.
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/programs/bullying.html
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Heather Weisse
Applications Coordinator
MAGPI
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
Email: hweisse@magpi.net
Phone: 215-573-6417
