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WILKES-BARRE - As a tune up for elementary and secondary school teachers before the 2016-17 school year, the King&#8217;s College Education Department will partner with Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 to host an &#8220;Evidence-Based&#8221; conference from 8:30 a.m. till noon Thursday, Aug. 11, in the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, North Franklin and North Main streets. Registration begins at 8 a.m.This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;STREAM: Evidence-Based Practices.&#8221; Participants will choose workshops designed to aid Pre-K-12 teachers in the areas of science, technology, reading, writing, engineering, early childhood, arts and mathematics. The workshops will be taught by King&#8217;s faculty and teachers from member schools and pre-schools of Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18.The fee is $25; undergraduate students, $20. Pre-registration is encouraged, walk-ins are accepted at the standard rate. The LIU18 will facilitate the reporting of the three Act 48 hours.For more information contact Janice Gavlick, King&#8217;s College education department, 570-208-5893; or Dr. Deb Carr, assistant professor and director of the Curriculum &amp; Instruction Graduate Program at King&#8217;s, 570-208-5900, ext. 5448, or e-mail deborahcarr@kings.edu.

King’s education department offers conference for local educators