|
|
Welcome to The Edith Winthrop Teacher Center of Westchester The Edith Winthrop Teacher Center of Westchester is a consortium of eight public school districts: Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Greenburgh Central School District, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington Union Free School District, The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, and Greenburgh Eleven, a Special Acts School District which serves The Children’s Village. To Read More Click Here |
Upcoming Classes
ONLINE
For more information or to register for one of these classes click the date below:
Great Graphic Novel - April 23 - May 21
Finding Your Balance: Strengthening Reading and Writing through Balanced Literacy - April 25 - May 23
Digital Citizenship in Schools - April 30 - May 31
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) through Social Media Connections - May 1 - May 31
Building Academic Strategies - May 14 - June 14
21st Century Skills: From your Classroom to the Workplace and College -June 16 - July 21
Conferring with Confidence: The Heart of Effective Reading and Writing Instruction - June 18 - July 16
Mindful Classroom - June 25 - July 25
Word Up: Exploring Academic Vocabulary - July 1- 22
Look Who's Talking: Accountable Talk in the Classroom - July 2 - July 30
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) through Social Media Connections - July 6 - July 31
Finding Your Balance: Strengthening Reading and Writing through Balanced Literacy - July 9 - August 6
How to Engage Families in the Literacy Process - July 15 - 25
Common Core Connection: Literacy Across Content Areas - July 23 - August 13
Creating Effective PLC's in the Schools - July 23 - August 19
Addressing Learning Disabilities with Effective Classroom Strategies - July 23 - August 13
Exploring the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) - August 1 - August 21
Kick off the Year with New Strategies, Improved Lesson Plans and Technology - August 6 - August 27
HYBRID
What's New in Guided Reading - April 25 - June 5
INPERSON
Musical New York - June 27, 28, 29
Incorporating Cultural Competency into your Classroom - July 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18
STEAM in Your Classroom - July 16, 17, 18
Read the Books See the Movies - July 24, 25, 26
Recent Children's Literature Winners - July 30, 31; August 1
Black History of New York City "A Disapora" - August 14, 16, 17
Teacher Center Course Offerings
To view our Fall/Winter course offerings please click here: Registration for Courses. We will continue to post
courses as they become available. Please let us know if you would like to see a particular course offering or if you would like to lead a course or a workshop.
Professional Development Program for Mentors
The Edith Winthrop Teacher Center will once again offer the Professional Development Program for Mentors. This course is only open to teachers from the Edith Winthrop Teacher Center and The Teacher Center of Central Westchester. To register on MLP click here.
Informational Workshop on National Board Certification for Teachers and Counselors
The Lower Hudson Teacher Center Network will be sponsoring an Informational Workshop on National Board Certification for Teachers and Counselors on Friday, May 18 from 3:45 - 5:00pm. The Richard Gazzola Teacher Center will be hosting it at Roosevelt High School Library, 631 Tuckahoe Rd., Yonkers NY. For more information click here or to register on MLP click here.
Jump Start National Board Certification
The Lower Hudson Teacher Center Network is sponsoring Jump Start a one-day training on Monday, June 25 from 8:30am - 4:30pm. It is being held at the NYSUT Regional Office, 520 White Plains Rd., Suite 400, Tarrytown, NY. For more information click here or to register on MLP click here.
Smart Schools Bond Act
The NYS Teacher Centers Technology Committee is pleased to present the Smart School Series Technology Webinars April 30 - May 31, 2018. For more information click here.
DASA Training
The Teacher Center will be offering a DASA Certification Workshop on Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 9:00am – 4:00pm The workshop is being held at Woodlands HS in room 136. To register for this training Click Here.
Poverty Simulation
The White Plains Staff Development Center will be facilitating a 3-hour Poverty Simulation Experience on Friday, April 13 that will be a unique, enlightening experience to help individuals begin to understand what life is like with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress. On Saturday, April 14, there will be a 6-hour training session (9:00am – 3:00pm) for those who attend the Friday night session and would like to become a Simulation trainer. Please note you must have prior approval from your local Teacher Center for the Saturday training session and your attendance on Friday is mandatory. To register for April 13 click here and to register for the training click here.
Poverty Simulation Experience
The Ossining Staff Development Center will be facilitating a 3-hour Poverty Simulation Experience on Thursday, May 3 that will be a unique, enlightening experience to help individuals begin to understand what life is like with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress. It will be held from 4pm - 7pm at Ossining HS Gymnasium, 29 S. Highland Ave., Ossining NY. This experience will include an introduction, the simulation and a debrief. To register for this experience click here.
Educational Trip Through Italy
Join the Rockland Teachers’ Center Institute and the Westchester Teacher Center Institute on an 8-day educational trip through Italy from April 19 – 26, 2019. Experience the culture and history first- hand to help bring your lessons to life! You will explore Venice, Rome and Florence as well as other areas of Italy. Join us just for the trip or if you want information on possible credit options (CTLE, In-Service, and Graduate credit), additional fee will be available soon. Enroll by May 15, 2018 and receive a $175 discount, for more information click here. For tour itinerary click here or for more information or questions, contact Gregory Montague – stem@rockteach.org.
Manhattanville College School of Education
Manhattanvile College School of Education’s Educational Leadership program is excited to offer Schools as Learning Organization class in the Spring of 2018. For more information click here. Please contact Lenora Boehlert, Ed.D. at 914.323.5443 or email at Lenora.Boehlert@mville.edu.
LIU Hudson Long Island University
Join LIU Hudson's Educational Leadership Cohort starting Fall if 2018. The Middletown Teacher Center will be hosting an Informational Meeting on Educational Leadership On Thursday, April 24 at 4:15PM at Monhagen Middle School Library in Middeltown. For more information click here or contact Loriann Lawrence at loriann.lawrence@ecsdm.org.
Intensive Teacher Institute SUNY New Paltz's clinically rich 15-credit Intensive Teacher Institute in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages is designed for NYS Professionally certified teachers who have an interest in working with multilingual learners. Apply today to join our next cohort! For more information click here or visit SUNY New Paltz's website
www.newpaltz.edu/iti.
Teacher Center Policy Board
If any teacher is interested in joining our Policy Board for the 2017-18 school year, please have your Union President contact us.
National Board Certification
For more information on National Board Certification please contact Lori D'Andrea, Director of the Teacher Center or Click Here
Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE)
For important information on New Registration and CTLE Requirements Click Here. For FAQ's Click Here
NYS Teacher Center Website
To view the Statewide Teacher Center website Click Here:
