Professional Development Opportunities
Higher Education Programs
RTCI/WTCI partners with Manhattanville University and City Tech to provide discounted programs, certificates and graduate level courses for all of our consortium members. Please click here for a list of our extensive program offerings.
Lower Hudson Teacher Center Offerings
Truth in the Age of AI: Spotting Misinformation and Disinformation, Monday, April 28, 2025 from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - This NYSUT ELT Training is being sponsored by the LHTCN.
Yoga and Mindfulness for Energy and Well Being, May 1 - June 8, 2025
This course will include both synchronous sessions and asynchronous reading, reflection, and writing activities. The synchronous yoga and mindfulness sessions will take place on Zoom on 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, and 6/5 from 5:00-6:00 pm. Asynchronous activities will be posted and must be completed on Google Classroom by 5/4, 5/18, and 6/8 at 5:00 pm.
Yoga and Mindfulness for Energy and Well Being, May 1 - June 8, 2025
This course will include both synchronous sessions and asynchronous reading, reflection, and writing activities. The synchronous yoga and mindfulness sessions will take place on Zoom on 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, and 6/5 from 5:00-6:00 pm. Asynchronous activities will be posted and must be completed on Google Classroom by 5/4, 5/18, and 6/8 at 5:00 pm.
NYSUT
NYSUT is offering FREE Implicit Bias Workshops: "Sticks & Stones" Click HERE for more details and to register.
New York State Teacher Centers Offering
Mindfulness: Responding vs. Reacting: The Art of Communication, Monday, April 28, 2025 from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Mindfulness: Being Open to Change at Peace Village, Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Summer Literacy Symposium - Bringing Science of Reading into the Classroom. Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Mindfulness: Being Open to Change at Peace Village, Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Summer Literacy Symposium - Bringing Science of Reading into the Classroom. Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Nassau TRACT Teacher Center
Upcoming Free Webinars
Supporting a School Culture Inclusive of Jewish Students: Panel Discussion, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This workshop will highlight what districts and schools can do to create a culture of inclusion whereby Jewish students feel respected, safe and supported.
The Best PD is Down the Hall: A 90-minute Virtual Session - Mike Kleba, Thursday, May 15, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
In this interactive 90-minute experience, educators will explore the power of peer learning and reciprocal mentoring, tapping into the expertise within their own schools.
Supporting a School Culture Inclusive of Jewish Students: Panel Discussion, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This workshop will highlight what districts and schools can do to create a culture of inclusion whereby Jewish students feel respected, safe and supported.
The Best PD is Down the Hall: A 90-minute Virtual Session - Mike Kleba, Thursday, May 15, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
In this interactive 90-minute experience, educators will explore the power of peer learning and reciprocal mentoring, tapping into the expertise within their own schools.
FREE Online Webinars
The New York State Education Department, in partnership with the Region 2 Comprehensive Center, has created a webinar series highlighting promising culturally responsive-sustaining practices that are being implemented across school districts in New York State. The recorded videos, a Video Viewing Guide to promote discussion and further professional development, and introduction videos from Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr. and Deputy Commissioner for P-12 Instructional Support, Angelique Johnson-Dingle, are now available on NYSED’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education website.
edWeb Webinars- Free webinars on a wide range of innovative topics for early childhood educators, librarians, teachers, and administrators. EconEdLink-The Council for Economic Education offers free professional development training Additional ResourcesFindnyculture.org, a searchable directory of New York’s 4600+ museums, libraries, historical societies, science centers, parks, zoos, university art galleries, planetariums, and more.
Restorative Justice Resources NYS: Computer Science and Digital Fluency Resources- Classroom activities to coincide with each concept of the standards: Teaching Digital Literacy Teaching Computational Thinking Teaching Cyber Security Teaching Impacts of Computing Teaching Networks and Systems Design |
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