This workshop will provide strategies for the reading comprehension part of the exam. Teachers will learn how to create Standards-based questions for literature, help students manage their time, and apply metacognitive skills. Target audience: English and special education teachers, grades 9-12. (This workshop, because it draws from the ELA Reading Standards, is also relevant to […]

As per the regulations, teacher and principal evaluators are to be re-certified each year. This re-certification workshop for teacher and principal evaluators will provide updated information on APPR regulations. Participants will review video on the entire evaluation cycle and how to use evidence for change during the post observation conferences. Participants will need to have […]

Participants in this workshop will explore the three-dimensional expectations for teaching and learning with the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS). A goal of this workshop will be for participants to develop the understanding that students should be learning science by doing science and figuring out phenomena observable in the natural world. We will […]

Chemistry is phenomenal! Be an active participant in this workshop as you experience phenomena-based learning from the prospective of a student. Learn how to engage students integrating science practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas. Inspire discussion, as an educator, using phenomena as observable events that occur in the world. Using various topics from the […]

Hearing all the buzz about the Science of Reading, but unsure how to implement it in your Balanced Literacy curriculum? Join Annie Donado, Literacy Matters Consultant, for a day dedicated to the Science of Reading: what it is, how to introduce it to educators, how to integrate it into your existing Balanced Literacy curriculum, and […]

For beginners and experienced teachers, explore strategies to most effectively implement groupwork while: -sticking to the curriculum, -build a classroom environment that can sustain and encourage collaboration and communication skills between students, -enhance thinking through rigorous tasks, and -elevate overall learning.Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eXOne1y9RwT9vNNXNtZAGOljbuHWxwzd/view?usp=sharing Eligible for 6 hours CTLE credit. Can use 1 Consortium seat. If district […]

Audience: Teachers of Regents Earth Science and Science Leaders The first administration of the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) based Earth and Space Sciences Regents exam is scheduled for June 2025. Teachers must transition to a NYSSLS based regents ESS course. The format of the new exam will be item clusters, groups of […]

Students become better writers when reading, writing and thinking are linked. This Professional Development Opportunity will focus on Writing Instruction and how to embed it into the content of the curriculum. Participants will also leave with strategies for Explicit Direct Instruction in writing with activities for progress monitoring writing for students. Sentence Summaries and sentence […]

Fundations Workshops give you a practical, how-to overview of Fundations. They focus on the knowledge and skills required to implement the program in the classroom and familiarize participants with the framework of Fundations instruction.-Understand Fundations principles of instruction, the appropriate student population, and the implementation models used-Review how Fundations materials facilitate multisensory, interactive learning-Plan a […]