Teacher Times #26
March 21, 2016

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:

• Apply by April 1: Apply for a 200-Hour Wellness and Yoga Training
• Register by April 2: New York City Writing Project (NYCWP) Teacher-to-Teacher Conference
• Register by April 7: History Uncorked at the New-York Historical Society: Think & Drink with Michele Mitchell
• Register by April 8: NYC DOE 3rd STEM Institute
• Register by April 8: Science Council of New York City 38th Annual All-Day Conference—Science: The Essence of STEM
• Register by April 12: Pizza & PD at the New-York Historical Society: The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems
• Register by April 13: Free Illustrated Lecture: “The Ecological City: Confronting New York’s Environmental Challenges through Protest and Policy”
• Register by April 13: Free PD Webinar: American Eels

 
 
Middle and High Schools:

• Register by April 1: Students and Self-Publishing with Dr. Zetta Elliot—Educator Workshop at Brooklyn Public Library
• Register by April 16: Participate in National Volunteer Week
• Apply by April 30: Teaching East Asia: National Consortium for Teaching about Asia 2016 Summer Institute on Japan
• Apply by April 30: Teaching East Asia: National Consortium for Teaching about Asia 2016 Summer Institute on Korea

 
High Schools:

• Apply by April 1: Summer Volunteers Needed for the 9/11 Memorial Museum
• Apply by April 3: Apply for New York on Tech’s Flex Leaders Program
• Apply by April 4: New York University Tandon School of Engineering Cyber Security Research Experiences for Teachers
• Apply by April 30: 2016 Milton Fisher Scholarships for Innovation and Creativity

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SESIS Scheduled Downtime

Due to a system upgrade, SESIS will be unavailable from 4:00 p.m. on March 21 to 4:00 a.m. on March 22. During this time, users will not be able to access or fax documents to SESIS; staff should not schedule per-session activities that require SESIS. As a result of this upgrade, SESIS will be updated to include Spanish and Chinese translations of the Prior Written Notice documents that result from finalized IEPs.
 
For a complete list of SESIS updates, including more information about this update to the Prior Written Notices, see the March 22 updates, which are posted on the Release Notes Archive page. For additional SESIS tools and resources, see the SESIS website. For questions, contact your BFSC administrator of special education (ASE).

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:
 

• ArtsSpace Facilities Grant