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.
These school districts have joined together in a consortium that serves as a unique model. Although there are distinctions among the districts' populations, the State’s current emphasis on Core Curriculum Learning Standards, The Race To The Top Reform Agenda, the APPR, and data driven Instruction create a common agenda. In order to strengthen instruction and raise student achievement, teachers need to be provided with the content area and pedagogy skills to meet the challenges and demands of twenty-first century education.
It is the job of the Teacher Center to support this endeavor. The mission of the Edith Winthrop Teacher Center of Westchester is to promote and support the SED’s Race to the Top Initiative by providing high quality professional development which prepares and supports educators in their efforts to help all students achieve high standards of learning and assessment.
These school districts have joined together in a consortium that serves as a unique model. Although there are distinctions among the districts' populations, the State’s current emphasis on Core Curriculum Learning Standards, The Race To The Top Reform Agenda, the APPR, and data driven Instruction create a common agenda. In order to strengthen instruction and raise student achievement, teachers need to be provided with the content area and pedagogy skills to meet the challenges and demands of twenty-first century education.
It is the job of the Teacher Center to support this endeavor. The mission of the Edith Winthrop Teacher Center of Westchester is to promote and support the SED’s Race to the Top Initiative by providing high quality professional development which prepares and supports educators in their efforts to help all students achieve high standards of learning and assessment.
