Excellence in Instruction (Act 13)

teacher and students raising hands and celebrating learning

What will you learn?

Teachers and non-teaching professionals will participate in activities to familiarize themselves with the various parts of PDE’s educator effectiveness model. Participants will utilize the Framework for Teaching as a reflection tool to enhance their own instructional practice and improve student outcomes.

Target Audience: K-12 Educators, Administrators

Act 48 Hours Available: 3

Pricing: Free for BCIU member districts

$25 for non-members

Performance Measures

Describe the performance measures and the weight of each as they apply to their role.

Practices of Effective Teachers

Select practices that can positively impact effectiveness across all measures.

PDE Rating Tool

Utilize the PDE Rating Tool to reflect upon and improve your practice, and thereby impact student outcomes.

Select Your Pricing Plan

Click the button next to the pricing plan that applies to you. Please note, free courses are only offered to BCIU member districts.

FREE

FLEX Free

FLEX Free pricing is available to BCIU consortium subscribers only.

FLEX Free pricing is available to BCIU consortium subscribers, including K-12 educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. Districts and CTCs include:

Antietam School District; Boyertown Area School District; Brandywine Heights Area School District; Conrad Weiser Area School District; Daniel Boone Area School District; Exeter Township School District; Fleetwood Area School District; Governor Mifflin School District; Hamburg Area School District; Kutztown Area School District; Muhlenberg School District; Oley Valley School District; Reading School District; Schuylkill Valley School District; Tulpehocken Area School District; Twin Valley School District; Wilson School District; Wyomissing Area School District; Berks Career & Technology Center - East Campus and Berks Career & Technology Center - West Campus, Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center

$25

FLEX Paid General Pricing Plan

REQUIRED for educators not employed by Berks County member districts.

FLEX Paid General Pricing applies to any educators who are not employed by a Berks County public school district or CTC, including nonpublic educators, educators employed by out-of-county schools, educators employed by local organizations, etc. that are not BCIU paid member districts/organizations under mandated services.

Non-member educators who do not submit payment for courses will be removed from the course and are not eligible to receive Act 48 hours.