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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This 2-part virtual workshop will provide proven social studies strategies for K-12 teachers to use when teaching all levels of ELL students. Teachers will examine ways to differentiate their current lessons to create ENL ready additions. Examples of lessons will provide proven strategies such as scaffolding, sentence frames, and vocabulary lesson formats necessary for ELL […]

How often do our students smile or laugh? Do our students instill a positive belief system or is self-confidence a challenge? Learn about the powerful impact affirmations can have on minimizing stress, anxiety, and depression in students. A variety of affirmations will be discussed to fine tune those best to incorporate into a varied curriculum. […]

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 […]

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Upgrade and Revamp Your Math Instruction for High-Yield Results, Based on high-profile book by Peter Liljedahl. *A thinking student is an engaged student.* Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to […]