TAPCo. Times #30
April 19, 2017

Birthdays of the Week

Samuel Buchbinder 4/21

Grant Opportunities

Grant opportunities are posted on the Grants website (you can visit the page on any computer using this link). This week’s highlights include:
 
All schools
 

• The Stepping Stone Grant

Opportunity to Attend 2017 Technology Summit, Submit Award Nominations and Proposals

You are invited to attend the 2017 #NYCSchoolsTech Summit, an annual, day-long event that provides DOE employees with best practices, workshops, and demonstrations on education-related technology. The summit will be held at LaGuardia High School (100 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan) from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. on July 26. To attend the summit, please register here, by July 25, or on-site on the day of the event. Please share the registration link with your school staff.
 
In advance of the summit, you and your staff are also invited to nominate candidates for the 2017 Excellence in School Technology Awards, which recognize school-based employees who apply best practices in technology and education, and submit proposals for workshops, panels, or presentations for the summit. The deadline for technology award nominations and proposals for the summit is April 28.
 
For questions, email tech@schools.nyc.gov.

Opportunity to Nominate Candidates for the Champion of Equity Award

​The DOE is recognizing educators who have a record of transforming the lives of students from historically underserved communities, by addressing systemic issues of inequity in education through the annual Champion of Equity Award. You and your school community, including students, families, administrators, teachers, and support staff, are encouraged to nominate candidates for the award using this form, by April 28. Additional information about the awards ceremony will be announced in an upcoming edition of Principals’ Weekly.
 
For questions, email Nicole Yarde. 

Pics Of The Week

Professional Development and Student Opportunities

Professional development and student opportunities are posted on the PD and Student Opportunities page. This week’s highlights include:
 
All Schools:

• Register by April 25: Free Educator Talk—Recording New York: Sound, Place, and Civic Identity
• Register by April 28: Drop-In Event for School Groups: Conservation Day
• Apply by May 1: Toby Nussbaum Jewish Heritage NY2017 Writing Contest—Cultural Pluralism: Maintaining Cultures; Enriching America
• Register by May 1: Urban Farming/Gardening for All Classrooms
• Apply by May 1: CELF’s Summer Institute in Education for Sustainability (EfS)
• Register by May 1: Facilitative Leadership Seminar Part I
• Apply by May 1: Apply Today—200 Hour Yoga and Mindfulness Training For Educators
• Register by May 3: Tech Tools to Enhance Content Delivery and Student Engagement
• Register by May 3: Free Digital Resources to Enhance Your Instruction
• Register by May 5: Digital Documentaries as an Instructional Practice
• Register by May 6: Border Crossers—Talking About Race in the Classroom: A Training for Educators Committed to Racial Justice
• Register by May 8: Join Brooklyn Connections for a Professional Learning Workshop with Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Register by May 8: Leveraging Technology for Individual Learning Paths: Differentiating through Learning and Practice Activities
• Register by May 8: Accountable Talk/Student Led Discussions: Using Technology to Increase Collaboration

  
Elementary and Middle Schools:

• Register by May 5: Technology Infused Formative Assessment: GPS for the Classroom

 
Middle and High Schools:

• Apply by April 30: Bella Abzug Leadership Institute’s Summer Intensive Leadership and Debate Training Program

 
High Schools:

• Register by April 25: 9/11 Memorial & Museum—Student Volunteers Needed for a One-Day Event
• Register by April 27: ChickTech's ACT-W Watch Party: She Started It—Documentary Viewing and Panel Discussion
• Apply by May 3: Teachers College: Center for the Professional Education of Teachers Summer Institute for Teachers and Students – Extended Deadline
• Ongoing: 9/11 Memorial & Museum- Summer Volunteer Program