EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR RURAL NORTHWEST PA

An ArcView 9.2 class is scheduled for September 25-26 from 9 a.m. – 4 at the NW Commission office - 395 Seneca Street, Oil City. the class is being presented  by Penn State University.The cost of the class depends on how many register but would be no more than $375.  The NW Commission will be paying half the registration fee for any of their partners (local/county government).

Introduction to ArcView 9.2

This course is intended for new users of ArcGIS 9.2 or those wishing to renew their basic working knowledge. The course assumes no prior knowledge and covers basic skills needed to effectively use ArcGIS. The class format consists of instructor-led demonstrations of ArcGIS tools followed by 15 hands-on student exercises. Each student is provided with an individual computer to complete the exercises and is given a training manual and datasets necessary to repeat the exercises on their own computer outside of the formal class. The following topics are covered in the class.
 

GIS Overview:

• Exercise 1: Getting Familiar with ArcMap
• Exercise 2: Getting Familiar with ArcCatalog
• Exercise 3: Working with Tables
• Exercise 4: Symbology - Classifying Features
• Exercise 5: Map Projections – Defining and Projecting
• Exercise 6: Selecting Features by Attributes
• Exercise 7: Table Editing
• Exercise 8: Joining Tables
• Exercise 9: Relating Tables
• Exercise 10: Spatial Selection Tools - Proximity and Vulnerability Analysis
• Exercise 11: Working with File and Personal Geodatabases
• Exercise 13: GeoProcessing - Clipping and Dissolving
• Exercise 14: GeoProcessing – Buffers and Overlays
• Exercise 15: Map Layouts
• Accessing Data from PASDA and other sources

To register for the class, please call the NW Commission at 814.677.4800.

Basic Electronics Certificate - Online The Basic Electronics program is designed to provide job skills required to meet the needs of electronics and manufacturing companies and provides a path toward the completion of an associate's degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. Working in conjunction with the Keystone Community Education Committee, the Community Coliege of Allegheny County is offering a certificate in Basic Electronics for individuals residing in the northwestern region of Pennsylvania. For those students who wish to further their education, program courses will apply towards the completion of a bachelor's degree at a four-year institution. This program was created to accommodate the busy schedules of working individuals by providing most of the program's coursework online via the Internet. By receiving instruction directly to their home computers, students save valuable travel time and expenses while gaining access to the same courses offered on campus. In addition to skills and knowledge in analog the Basic Electronics program provides the opportunity for national certification in electronic fabrication and soldering of electronic circuits. Students will acquire skills in using multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies and signal generators for testing and troubleshooting and will gain experience in both thorough­hole and surface mount soldering and assembly. Students will also work with computer applications (including circuit and system simulation software), electronics measurements, circuits and microcontrollers as well as transistor and integrated circuit electronics. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be qualified to seek employment in technical sales, component or unit testing, product assembly and other related areas CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS The Basic Electronics Certificate program prepares you for an entry-level position in the field of electronics by providing a basic understanding of concepts and terminology. All classes are regular courses taught in both the online and on-campus formats. Students will need to take two classes at atime starting with EGR100 (Engineering Seminar) and either EETl 03 (Introduction to Electronics) or SET1 05 (Technical Computing) depending upon the student's start date. Required Equipment To be involved in the online program, students will need either a desktop or laptop computer with Internet access. Students can use a dial-up or high speed connection. Students will need the following general software: Internet Explorer, MS Office or Open Office* and Windows OS (preferred). Specialized programs will be made available through the classes. These are: MathCAD, MultiSIM, Graphic Analysis* and Logisim*. In addition to tuition, other expenses include books and laboratory supplies. *Available free from the program; other programs are fee-based First Semester   Credits EEn03 Introduction to Electronics 3 EGR100 Engineering Seminar 1 MATl14 Mathematics for the Technologies 1 4 MITlOr Electronic Fabrication 3 SEn 05 Technical Computing 3 Second Semester     CIT11S Information Technology 3 EET201** Electronics 1 4 MIT103 Fundamentals of Microprocessors 3 MIT208 Digital Electronics 3 Minimum credits required to graduate 27

For more information call the Keystone Community Education Council
at 814-677-4427.

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Program Overview . . .

The program is a eight-month course  that focuses on bringing three generations together: current, emerging, and future leaders. Participants will attend half-day  and full-day seminar sessions. Participation fees are as follows:

Youth: $150
Adult (post-high school): $850
Venango County adult residents may apply for scholarships up to $425.

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Program Evaluation for Public and Nonprofit

Agencies Certificate Program

August 8th , 2008 - September 11th, 2009

Venango Campus of Clarion University - Oil City, PA

Cost: $675 for all sessions*(Assures seating for all sessions)

Individual sessions can be attended at the rate of
$65/Full day or $35/Half day (Seating is limited—enroll early.)

*Scholarships may be available
 

In this era of accountability, it is increasingly important that programs, projects, and development efforts contain an evaluation element.  A well-designed and implemented evaluation can be used to assess effectiveness, shape program implementation, and sharpen the vision for an end product.  This Program Evaluation for Public and Non-Profit Agencies certificate program is a professional development course of study designed for professionals in fields that involve program evaluation, such as social work, public policy, public health, non-profit management, education, and business. 

This Certification Program will prepare public and non-profit agencies, workforce development professionals and educators with the philosophies, components, and skills needed for effective evaluation, including:

* Basic principles of program evaluation

* Outcome/impact assessment
* Working effectively with stakeholders

* Cost-benefit & cost-effectiveness analyses

* Program evaluation standards & ethics
* Computer skills for effectively     administering program evaluation

 

Professionals completing the 80-hour certificate program will receive 8 Continuing Education Units through the Division of Continuing Education at Clarion University–Venango Campus. 

 

Participants should plan to bring an evaluation project of their choice to the program to provide a context that makes the content of the program meaningful and enhances the relevance of the learning experience.
 

Date /  Time  / Cost / Topic  / Program Description
PROGRAM 1: 8/8/08 / 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 / Basics of Program Evaluation: Overview of program evaluation to include benefits of evaluation, major types of evaluation (e.g., participatory and collaborative, outcome focused, qualitative approached, quantitative approached); formulation of evaluation questions and approaches to answer questions, methods of evaluation for actual program situations.
PROGRAM 2: 9/12/08: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM/ $35/ Logic Model: Instruction and practical application on the development of Logic Models
PROGRAM 3: 10/10/08 / 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 / Performance Measurement: Instruction in the design and implementation of processes to improve organization and program performance
PROGRAM 4: 11/14/08/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 / Outcome/Impact Assessment: Logic of outcome evaluation and conceptual and methodological nature of approaches; attention to measurement of outcomes, ensuring detection/interpreting magnitude of meaning program effects.
PROGRAM 5: 1/09/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/  $65 /Qualitative Evaluation and Focus Group Design: Basic qualitative evaluation methods, including design, data collection techniques, and beginning analysis.
PROGRAM 6: 2/13/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 / Quantitative Evaluation and Survey Design: Instruction in basic principles and methods of statistical analysis used in tracking data, outcomes/results.
PROGRAM 7: 3/13/09: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM/ $35 /Evaluation Statistics: Instruction in basic principles and methods of statistical analysis used in tracking data, outcomes/results.
PROGRAM 8: 4/10/08/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 /Access Training: Straightforward Microsoft Access instruction in understanding databases, creating and using queries and tables, designing and customizing forms, tables and reports, and database tools.
PROGRAM 9: 4/24/09: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM/ $35 /Excel Training: Straightforward Microsoft Excel instruction in creating and using Excel lists, formatting and organizing data, data analysis tools and features, and customization of the Excel environment.
PROGRAM 10: 5/08/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 /Reporting Strategies: Guidance on selection/use of reporting strategies formats for different audiences; effective analytical summaries, user-friendly tables/figures; measurement validity; and useful recommendations.
PROGRAM 11: 6/12/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM / $65 /Standards and Ethics: Review of the professional standards that govern ethical evaluations.
PROGRAM 12: 7/10/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 /Cost and Benefit Analysis: Tools and techniques of cost analysis: cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, including measurements; calculation of net program benefits; benefits to costs ratio; public sector analysis. PROGRAM 13: 8/14/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 / Working with Stakeholders: Strategies that identify those who can/will be most beneficial for achievement of study goals and how to build a collaborative and mutually productive relationship with them. PROGRAM 14: 9/11/09/ 8:30 AM – 4:30PM/ $65 / Needs Assessment and Best Practices: Examine reasons to and not to do a needs assessment, ways to include strengths assessment, data collection methodologies, including innovative techniques, and strategies for analysis.  Discuss what are best practices, cost and benefit to client, role in program development, and ways to ensure fidelity in implementation.

Questions? Call Lance Hummer @ 814.677.4427

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Effectively Dealing with Employment &
Compensation Issues

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Tuesday June 10th , 2008 from 8:30 AM—1:00 PM

Cross Creek Resort, Titusville, PA
Cost: $20/person (includes lunch)

 

This seminar is being presented by the Keystone CEC
in cooperation with your NW Pennsylvania CareerLinks

Do you deal with Employment &
Compensation Issues?

- Then you can’t afford to miss this
important seminar!
 

Mark T. Wassell, Esq. and Michael A. Fetzner, Esq. attorneys from the Labor & Employment Group Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C.  will  share  their expertise on—

• Disciplining and Discharging
  Employees: How to do it Right
• Managing Workers’
  compensation claims, and
• Unemployment Compensation Claims: Winning at the Referee’s Hearing.
• There will also be a brief overview of the kinds of services the Pennsylvania CareerLinks offer.
• The seminar will end with lunch and the opportunity to network with other area business people.  

Disciplining and Discharging Employees:
How to do it Right

Presented by: Mark T. Wassell, Esq.
 

How you administer your disciplinary program is one of the keys to a  successful
employee relations  program.  Employees must know that they will, and are receiving fair and impartial treatment; that favoritism is not a factor in disciplinary decisions and that their supervisor is available to help solve their work and non-work problems.

In this part of the seminar you will learn—

• Preliminary Considerations to Discipline and Discharge Cases
• Types of Cases
• The usual Course of Progressive Discipline
• Rules for all Cases—Never Terminate on the Spot
• Investigation
• Decision and Communication
• Other Considerations at Time of Termination
• Some “Special Circumstances”
• Guidelines for a Good Disciplinary Program

PA CareerLink Services Overview

Managing Workers’ Compensation Claims

Presented by: Michael A. Fetzner, Esq.
 

This section of the seminar will cover—

• Employment Relationship
• Injury
•  In the Course of Employment
• Related Thereto-Medical Proof of Causation and Disability
• Notice and Statute of Limitations Considerations
• Benefits
• Offsets and Credits
• Employer Defenses/Exclusions

Unemployment Compensation Claims:
Winning at the Referee’s Hearing

Presented by: Mark T. Wassell, Esq.

 

This final section of the seminar will cover—

• Timeliness
• Willful Misconduct
• The Referee’s Hearing
• A Discovery Tool
• Collateral Estoppels
• Relief from Charges
• Appeals to the Board of Review: Commonwealth Court

Please call the Keystone Community Education Council at 814.677.4427 to register.

Teaching Through Learning Channels:GEDU694

Jun 23 — Jun 27, 2008; M-F from 8AM - 5PM
$755 (includes $25 material fee)
This college requires a ONE-TIME registration fee of $25

Location: Franklin Indus. & Commercial Dev. Auth.
191 Howard Street
Franklin, PA
Accredited by: Gannon University

 Instructor: Pat Larson
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Teaching Through Learning Channels®

Explore learning style preferences and develop brain-compatible strategies to address them through multisensory teaching. Discover how to address students’ basic motivational needs in a learning environment incorporating a variety of brain-compatible techniques.

* Understand the five needs all students have.
* Discover the excitement of multisensory teaching.
* Learn how to teach for concept mastery.

"I wish I would have known this information years ago. It's changed my teaching."

Target Audience: All K-16 educators

Graduate Credit: 3 semester hours or 4.5 quarter hours

To register: call 866-757-2527 or visit
http://www.plsweb.com/graduate_courses/full_course_listing/on-site/ttlc/index.html

To register: Call 814-226-0626

Cost: $250/series.

Individual courses are open to
the public: $50.

We strongly encourage you to take the opportunity to network with professionals in your neighboring county.

BROCHURE

PROGRAMS
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• March 12^th (Clarion): Are Your Communication Skills Sabotaging Your Career? How to communicate with confidence to gain respect and credibility. Presenter: Barry McCauliff, CUP.
   
• April 9^th (Venango): Customer Service, Presenter: Gary Svetz, Svetz Consulting, LLC. 
   
• May 14^th (Clarion): Learning to Listen: Are you Hearing what I’m Saying? Presenter: Barry McCauliff, CUP
   
• June 11^th (Venango): Time and Information Management. Presenter: Hope Lineman, CUP.
   
• July 9^th (Clarion): How to Deactivate Potentially Dangerous Situations. Presenter: Bob Daugherty.
   

• August 13^th (Venango): Networking and Business Etiquette. Presenter: Rick Capozzi, The Capozzi Group.

This 24-Hour Certificate Program gives you the opportunity to develop or enhance the professional skills you need to succeed in the workplace.

Sessions meet on the second Wednesday of the month, 9-11 a.m. from March 12, 2008 – February 13, 2009. Session locations will alternate between Frame Hall at Venango Campus, Clarion University and SMI (Structural Modules, Inc) in Clarion.

Attendance at 7 sessions required to receive Certificate. CEU’s available through Clarion University’s Division of Continuing Education at the rate of 1 CEU for every 10 hours of instruction time.

PROGRAMS
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• September 10^th (Clarion): Stress Management. Presenter: Betty McKisson, Clarion Wellness Options.
   
• October 8^th (Venango): Personality Profile and How It Affects Your Working Style and Relationships. Presenter: Lance Hummer.
   
• November 12^th (Clarion): How to Deal with Chronically Impossible People. Presenter: Dr. Myrna Kuehn, CUP.
   
• December 10^th (Venango): Release the Power Within – Leadership skills that can bring out the best in people. Presenter: Gary Svetz, Svetz Consulting, LLC 
   
• January 9^th (Clarion): Guide to Ethical Behavior in the Workplace. Presenter: Larry Carr, CUP. 
   
• February 13^th (Venango): Working with a Multi -generational Workforce. Presenter: Gary Svetz, Svetz Consulting.

 To register
Or call 814-226-0626

The SHRM Learning
System Program

When: Scheduled after 10 registrations
Location: Penn Dot Building, 255 Elm St. Oil City, PA
Program Fee: $925 SHRM Members / $1025 Non-Members
(includes Learning System)

The SHRM Learning System Course, offered in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), is designed to provide an overview of key areas in human resource management. Materials include six modules that correspond to the six functional areas, responsibilities, and associated knowledge as defined by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).

The course provides a solid foundation for managing the HR challenges you face in today’s demanding work environment. It supplies a current reference of HR practices, broadens the perspective of functional specialists and strengthens individual competencies and productivity. In addition to being an excellent professional development opportunity, the Learning System is a powerful tool to assist you in preparing for the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification exams administered by HRCI.

For registration information, please contact:
Slippery Rock University Office of Workforce & Community Education
Phone: (724) 738-1601
E-mail: workforce@sru.edu

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