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The Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Office of Business Services and Operations has developed a new Custodial Checklist that outlines best practices to ensure a healthy and safe workplace. The manual provides detailed checklists for daily, weekly, and periodic cleaning, as well as a deep clean checklist and best safety practices for custodial staff. “The health and safety of staff, students, and the community remains the top priority of the BCIU,”...Read More

A new career readiness platform is now available to Berks County students. Solve-It Berks, a partnership between the Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Career Ready Berks Alliance and Albright College’s Science Research Institute, provides free career internships, mentorship, and digital curriculum for Pre-K through 12th grade students and teachers acrossBerks County. The program will provide live, online networking and recorded sessions with professionals in students’ chosen career pathways. Students in the...Read More

Building resilience in children helps them navigate difficult obstacles and overcome life stressors. That is why the school psychologists in the Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Early Intervention program developed a new social media campaign that aims to educate parents and caregivers on the importance of building resilience in their children, especially during this time of constant change brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of infographics is being developed...Read More

The Pennsylvania Key and the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) launched the COVID-19 Health and Safety System Supports for Providers to establish easy access to technical assistance and resources related to health and safety practices in early childhood settings. To accomplish this, a Health and Safety Task Force was created, comprised of OCDEL staff and staff from nine different Pennsylvania Key teams. The initial goal was to...Read More

With the 2020-2021 school year underway for many school districts across Berks County, focus remains on spreading awareness about local school district online learning options for instruction and academic support in response to COVID-19.Read More