Extractions: The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) is the accrediting agency that protects the interests of the public and PA profession by defining the standards for PA education and evaluating PA educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure their compliance with those standards. The ARC-PA encourages excellence in PA education through its accreditation process, by establishing and maintaining minimum standards of quality for educational programs. It awards accreditation to programs through a peer review process that includes documentation and periodic site visit evaluation to substantiate compliance with the Accreditation Standards for Physician Assistant Education. The accreditation process is designed to encourage sound educational practices and innovation by programs and advocates continuous self-study and improvement. In addition to establishing educational standards and fostering excellence in PA programs, the ARC-PA provides information and guidance to individuals and organizations regarding PA program accreditation and makes public the results of its accreditation actions.
Parent Guides: Communicating Through Letter Writing (PA9) Parents may file a complaint with the state education agency and may request a www.ideapractices.org. At this site you can get Part 300 plus Parts 301, http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/parent/pa9txt.htm
Extractions: PDF version Throughout your child's school years, there is always a need to communicate with school: teachers, administrators, and others concerned with your child's education. There are also times when the school needs to communicate with you. This is particularly true when your child has a disability and is receiving special education services. Some of this communication is informal, such as phone calls, comments in your child's notebook, a chat when picking your child up from school, or at a school function. Other forms of communication are more formal and need to be written down. Letters provide both you and the school with a record of ideas, concerns, and suggestions. Putting your thoughts on paper gives you the opportunity to take as long as you need to:
General Information A PA s education doesn t stop after graduation, though. PAs are required to take ongoing continuing medical education classes and be retested on their http://www.aapa.org/geninfo1.html
Extractions: This page is best viewed using the latest version of Internet Explorer or Information About PAs and the PA Profession General Information PA Education Scope of Practice Physicians and PAs ... PA Organizations General Information Q. What is a Physician Assistant (PA)? A. Physician assistants are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. PAs employed by the federal government are credentialed to practice. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret te sts, counsel on preventive health care, assist in surgery, and in virtually all states can write prescriptions. Within the physician-PA relationship, physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. A PA's practice may also include education, research, and administrative services. PAs are trained in intensive education programs accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) Because of the close working relationship the PAs have with physicians, PAs are educated in the medical model designed to complement physician training. Upon graduation, physician assistants take a national certification examination developed by the National Commission on Certification of PAs in conjunction with the National Board of Medical Examiners. To maintain their national certification, PAs must log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and sit for a recertification every six years. Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program and passage of the national certifying exam are required for state licensure.
Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) State education Agency (State Department of education) pennsylvania Top pennsylvania Department of education 333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 171260333 http://bcol02.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_ID=SEA
Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) State Higher education Agency. Provide information on the state s education programs, Office of Postsecondary and Higher education (pennsylvania) http://bcol02.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_ID=SHE
ECRI Home Page ECRI, a nonprofit health services research agency, provides publications, The June 2005 advisory from the pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System http://www.ecri.org/
Vouchers And Educational Freedom: A Debate Advocates of educational freedom disagree about whether school vouchers would or . . . a local education agency . . . , system of vocational education, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-269.html
Extractions: Archives Hurricane Katrina Archives On Saturday, C-SPAN will rebroadcast a 1994 Booknotes interview of Milton Friedman about F. A. Hayek 's The Road to Serfdom at 7:00 p.m. ET Cato Policy Analysis No. 269 March 12, 1997 Vouchers and Educational Freedom: A Debate by Joseph L. Bast and David Harmer versus Douglas Dewey Joseph L. Bast is president of the Heartland Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Palatine, Illinois. He is the coauthor of two books on school reform, We Can Rescue Our Children (1988) and Rebuilding America's Schools (1991). David Harmer is the author of School Choice (Cato Institute, 1994), a former research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and one of the architects of California's 1993 educational choice initiative effort. He resides in Utah. Douglas Dewey is president of the National Scholarship Center in Washington. Executive Summary Advocates of educational freedom disagree about whether school vouchers would liberate schools and families and lead to greater freedom of choice or trap private schools in a web of subsidy and regulation that would destroy their independence and quality. The two sides square off in this study.
Homeschooling: Back To The Future? Homeschooling is defined simply as the education of schoolaged children at National Home education Research Institute, 1996, at http//www.nheri.org. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-294.html
Extractions: Back to the Future? by Isabel Lyman Isabel Lyman is codirector of Harkness Road High School in Amherst, Massachusetts, and a long-time homeschooling parent. Executive Summary The victory of homeschooled 13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon in the 1997 National Spelling Bee brought new attention to the growing phenomenon of homeschooling. Dissatisfied with the performance of government-run schools, more and more American families have begun teaching their children at home. Estimates of the number of homeschooled children vary widely; the best estimate is 500,000 to 750,000, but some estimates range up to 1.23 million. All observers agree that the number has grown rapidly over the past 15 years.
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Extractions: For updated information about hurricane Katrina evacuees, vist the Katrina Forum Here In addition to making an impact on the lives of community members across the country, fellows will participate in a leadership training program. Through this program, fellows will learn to assess community needs and the root causes of community problems and to organize collective power to bring about social change, to gain social and political influence, and to ensure equitable access to public and private resources for the community. Fellows will learn leadership and management skills to manage projects and, in the long-run, non-profit organizations. The term of the fellowship is 11 months. The 2005-2006 fellowship is from November 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006. In addition to monthly stipends and a comprehensive benefit package, which includes vacation time, health and dental insurance, fellows will receive relocation assisistance if applicable, and a $4,000 bonus at the completion of their service.
Pennsylvania Inter-Agency Task Force On Civil Tension http//www.maec.org Assists school systems and other educational organizations to create learning pennsylvania InterAgency Task Force on Civil Tension http://www.stopbias.org/resources_web_resources.htm
Extractions: One of the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agencies fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad. ADL serves as a public resource for government, media, law enforcement agencies and the public at large, and is a leader in the development of materials, programs and services, and building bridges of communication, understanding and respect among diverse racial, religious and ethnic groups. ADL has a catalog of excellent educational and training resources that are available for educators, law enforcement, public officials and community leaders. A World of Difference The World of Difference Institute was created by the Anti-Defamation League to offer education and technical assistance for people who share a community - be it a school, workplace, neighborhood or campus. Programs focus on combating prejudice, promoting democratic ideals, and strengthening pluralism. Green Circle Program
International Education Financial Aid | Scholarship Search International education Financial Aid Center offers financial aid, Please make sur that you let the agency know that you found their award atIEFA.org. http://www.iefa.org/search.php
Extractions: Receive our Monthly Newsletter with New Awards and Updates! International Education Financial Aid - College Scholarship Search Please choose your search criteria below and then click on the search button to search our scholarship database Once you find an award that you qualify for, you should contact the agency for more information using the contact information listed in the database. Please make sur that you let the agency know that you found their award at IEFA.org Field of Study: Choose One: Actuarial Science Agriculture Anthropology Applied Science Architecture and Design Area/Ethnic Studies Arts/Art History Asian and Asian American Studies Aviation/Aerospace Biology Business Management / Finance Chemistry Classics Communications Computer Sciences / IT Conservation and Preservation Creative Writing Culinary Arts Dentistry Economics Education/Counseling Engineering English Language and Literature Environmental Management Ethnic Studies Filmmaking Food Science/Nutrition Health Administration Higher Education History Home Economics Horticulture/Floriculture Humanities International Relations Journalism/Broadcasting Languages / Linguistics Law/Criminal Justice Liberal Arts/Humanities Library Sciences/Librarianship Marine Biology Mathematics Medicine and Health Sciences Microbiology Music Musical Theater Natural Resources Nursing Peace and Conflict Studies Plant Sciences
Extractions: Receive our Monthly Newsletter with New Awards and Updates! Please choose your scholarship search criteria below and then click on the search button to search our scholarship database Once you find an award that you qualify for, you should contact the agency for more information using the contact information listed in the database. Please make sur that you let the agency know that you found their award at IEFA.org Field of Study: Choose One: Actuarial Science Agriculture Architecture and Design Area/Ethnic Studies Arts/Art History Aviation/Aerospace Biology Business and Management Classics Communications Computer Sciences Conservation and Preservation Creative Writing Culinary Arts Dentistry Economics Education/Counseling Engineering English Language and Literature Environmental Management Ethnic Studies Filmmaking Food Science/Nutrition Health Administration Higher Education History Home Economics Horticulture/Floriculture International Relations Journalism/Broadcasting Languages Law/Criminal Justice Liberal Arts/Humanities Library Sciences/Librarianship Mathematics Medicine and Health Sciences Music Natural Resources Nursing Peace and Conflict Studies Political Science programming Psychology Public/Community Service
GrandsPlace STATE education AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE Thomas Winters, Division Chief pennsylvania Special education Mediation Service (PA SEMS) 6340 Flank Drive http://www.grandsplace.com/gp7/pa.html
RIG Higher Education Program Home The Rockefeller Institutes Higher education Program seeks practical approaches to Tel (518) 4435835 Fax (518) 443-5845 E-mail burkejo@rockinst.org http://rockinst.org/higheduc.htm
Extractions: Please Choose One RIG Home Page Quick Tour of Study Areas -Fiscal Studies Program -Federalism Research Group -Urban and Metropolitan Studies -New York Activities -NYS Forum for IRM -Higher Education Institute Overview -Institute Buildings Institute Staff Institute Publications and Reports Rockefeller Institute Press Books Employment Opportunities Related Links Search Our Site What's New: New Book in Progress: Fixing the Fragmented University: Decentralization with Direction. The Kellogg Commission on the Future of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, in Returning to our Roots: Toward a Coherent Campus (2000), focused on the fragmented university as the fundamental problem of the public universities. The uni-versity has become an institutionally fragmented aggregation of departments. The primary loyalties of scholars are increasingly directed away from their immediate colleagues, students, and institutions toward national and international societies and associations of their disciplinary peers (p.10). The planned book will address the problems of the fragmented public university and the conflict between provider prestige and the public good.
Aaesa_index Canter s WebED, a continuing education division of Canter Associates, provide software to education Service agencies across the United States. http://www.aesa.us/Marketplace/aesa partners.html
Extractions: Catapult Learning is a leading provider of public school, non-public school, and community based education services, including supplemental reading and math instruction; speech, occupational and physical therapy; and early childhood development programs. Catapult Learning partners with schools and school districts to provide high-quality, research-based supplemental education services, including those called for through the enactment of the landmark No Child Left Behind Act. Catapult Learning is a sister company of Sylvan Learning Center, which operates well-known tutoring centers in locations across North America. Both companies are owned by parent company, Educate, Inc.
REACH Center: Helping To Understand Diversity The REACH Center assists agencies with strategic planning and training for educational institutions, businesses and communities to value the human http://www.reachctr.org/
Extractions: elcome to the REACH Homepage. We plan to do our best in keeping all information current, so please check back soon for updates. O ver the past 25 years the REACH Center, a nationally-recognized non-profit organization, has positioned itself as one of the most respected establishments to provide cultural diversity services. The Center specializes in providing these services to agencies throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. T he REACH Center assists agencies with strategic planning and training for:
S. Fels Foundation Homepage educational or charitable nature which tend to improve human daily life and to The Samuel S. Fels Fund was incorporated as a pennsylvania nonprofit http://www.samfels.org/
Extractions: HISTORY AND PURPOSE To this end the Fund makes grants in the categories of Arts and Humanities, Education, Community Programs, and Health, all in the city of Philadelphia. The ideal proposal to Fels is one that addresses positive social change. We also mean to be useful to organizations at points of particular need such as expansion, experimentation, or reorganization or in times of particular need for advocacy. The Fund is unable to make grants to individuals and accepts proposals only from organizations which are designated tax-exempt (501-c-3) by the Internal Revenue Service. The Fund does not make grants for conferences, scholarships, fellowships or travel. Ordinarily, the Fund also avoids making grants for major programs of large institutions, capital and equipment, endowment, and the routine or direct services of social service agencies. Individual day care and after school care programs and computer centers cannot be accommodated, although agencies that serve these fields may apply.
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