PAPSA Offers Free Webinar on February 12!
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PAPSA + The Social Institute Present
Navigating Cell Phone Bans:
Empowering Students with Essential Social and Tech Skills
Feb 12, 2025 12:00 PM Eastern Time
As schools increasingly adopt cell phone bans to reduce distractions, educators face a new challenge: ensuring students are still equipped to navigate todayās tech-fueled world in high-character ways. While removing phones from the classroom can boost focus, it doesnāt address the underlying need for students to develop healthy habits around technology use. Social media, A.I., and screen time continue to play a significant role in studentsā lives, whether phones are present or not.
Find out what this all means in the context of delivering pupil/student services to students whose needs, whether they be academic or social, often significantly vary from their nondisabled peers.
Reserve your seat now!
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PAPSA Announces 46th Annual Conference!
Headliners Include PDE’s Dr. Carole L. Clancy and the
22nd Paul Stevens Memorial Legal Webinar
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Bureau of Special Education Director Dr. Carole Clancy headlines the 46th Annual PAPSA Conference, which also features the 22nd Paul Stevens Memorial Legal Seminar. Dr. Clancy will keynote the Wednesday, April 9th afternoon opening sessions. Her presentation will focus on hot topics in special education straight from Harrisburg. In addition to Dr. Clancy, the conference also features the widely acclaimed 22nd Paul Stevens MemorialĀ Legal Seminar, which focuses on salient legal issues in the areas of special education and pupil services on both the state and national levels. As a special treat for attendees, former University of Michigan and St. Joe’s Head Basketball Coach Phil Martelli will motivate attendees to be the best leaders they can be.
View the complete lineup of presentations by clicking here.
Lodging and seats available will go quickly, so register and make your reservationsĀ now!
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Welcome to PAPSA
The Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators (PAPSA) is a statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of pupil services administrators with more than 470 members from among the 600 local educational entities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PAPSA is an affiliate of the National Association of Pupil Services Administrators (NAPSA), a professional group representing pupil services administrators in all 50 states.
PAPSA members include central office administrators with such titles as Director of Pupil Services, Supervisor of Pupil Services, Director of Student Services, Supervisor of Student Services, Director of Special Education, Supervisor of Special Education, Director of Student Support Services, Assistant to the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, and many variations that comprise the coordination of programs in the areas of counseling, psychology, nursing, social work, attendance, special education, gifted education, student assistance, and other related fields.
PAPSA is actively involved on behalf of its members and our mission with the General Assembly, State Board of Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, Education Policy and Leadership Center, and a host of other professional organizations such as PASNAP, PASAP, PASSWP; PASCD, PSEA, PaFT, PAESSP, PASA, PSBA, and others.
To become a member of PAPSA, please visit the Membership section of this website.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā New Member Half-price Discounts Available Now!
Do you know a colleague or fellow professional who would benefit from a PAPSA membership? If so, PAPSA is offering half-price new member discounts for those new to our organization. So, please have them visit this site and have them click on the the link below or download and send them the registration applicationĀ so they can take advantage of this tremendous offer!
If you are not yet a member and are reading this, what are you waiting for? Click here now!
Access the New-Member Half-price Membership Application by clicking here.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (570) 656-4286.