Quaker Valley School District will host the second in a
series of three parent workshops on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at Quaker Valley
Middle School. This
free program will be held from 6:30 – 8 p.m. and includes dinner and childcare.
A free dinner will be offered from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria and
free supervised children’s activities will be held in the gymnasium during the
parent program.
The program entitled, “Parenting Re-Imagined: Excellence Begins at Home!,”
builds upon last year’s series and will again be facilitated by Dr. Don
Sheffield, author and educator. The workshops are designed to assist parents in
understanding successful behaviors; to provide strategies for improving academic
work; to support parents in developing habits of excellence at home; and to
help parents maximize parent-child interaction to ensure proper academic and
personal development and growth.
Attendees can RSVP by contacting Stefanie
McKissic at 412-749-3616 or mckissics@qvsd.org
with the number of adults and children planning to attend.
The final follow-up program on similar topics is scheduled for Wednesday, March
26, 2014.
Dr. Sheffield earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Geneva
College, his master’s in education from Slippery Rock University, and his
doctorate in higher education from Penn State University. Dr. Sheffield spent
most of his career in higher education – including 26 years at the Pennsylvania
State University until his retirement in 2002. He currently serves as an
adjunct professor of education for the Penn State Beaver campus.
A major emphasis of Dr. Sheffield’s work is helping parents manage the academic
development of their children. He has developed programs that incorporate
excellence training at home and delivered numerous workshops for improving
parenting skills. His academic experience, family background and athletic
training have given him a unique perspective on the essence of excellence and
high performance.
A resident of Beaver Falls, Dr. Sheffield is the father of three adult sons and
grandfather of two.
