Teacher Times #33
May 16, 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:

• Register by May 16: Free Evening for Educators at Bard Graduate Center   
• Participate on May 16, 17, and 24: Integrating Technology in Your Instruction
• Register by May 31: Register for the Enrichment for All Conference
• Register by May 31: Teacher Seminars at James Madison’s Montpelier—Orange, VA
• Register by June 1: Strong Writing Skills are Key to Student Success
• Register by June 3: Perception & Policy: Immigrant Identity and the Lower East Side
• Register by June 3: The Apollo and Harlem: Teaching History through Arts and Community
  Register by June 3: iLearnNYC End of Year Symposium
• Register by June 5: Coney Island, the Place to Be: Brooklyn Connections Professional Learning

  
Middle and High Schools:

• Register by May 20: Free Cooking in the Classroom Workshop at Brooklyn Kitchen  
• Apply by June 6: James Madison Legacy Project: PD Opportunity for Middle and High School Social Studies Teachers

High Schools:

• Apply by May 24: Join ARAS Pioneer Teens’ Free Two-Week Art Program
• Register by May 25: Join Mouse for Maker Night
• Participate on May 26: 2016 Additional Ways to Graduate Fair
• Apply by May 31: New York Botanical Garden Explainer Internship
• Apply by May 31: Open Application Period for Scripted Coding/Web Development Program for 2016-17 School Year
• Register by June 1: Register for Summer Study Tour to Western Turkey with the Hagop Kevorkian Center, New York University

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Procedures for off-site after-school Activities

In order to ensure that students are accounted for at games or performances that happen off-site, the following must be followed:

1.  Teachers where students are going unaccompanied to a location have to take attendance at TAPCo prior to students leaving. 
2.  Students should be informed to check-in with teacher prior to departing the building.
3. Students should buddy up and leave as a group to make sure everyone arrives safely and together.
4. The Teacher should take attendance once students arrive to the off-site location.
5. The teacher should advise students of their expected arrival time to the location.

Requirements for Continuing Education for Pedagogues 

There are new registration and continuing education requirements for classroom teachers and school leaders who hold a Permanent or Professional certificate, and for Teaching Assistant Level III certificate holders:
o    Beginning on July 1, 2016, if your certificate was issued prior to July 1, 2016, you must apply for initial registration during the 2016-17 school year during your month of birth, and renew your registration in the last year of each subsequent five-year period thereafter.
o    If your certificate was issued on or after July 1, 2016, you will be automatically registered, and you must re-register during the fifth succeeding birthday month thereafter and during each birthday month in the last year of each subsequent five year period.
o    You are required to successfully complete 100 clock hours of acceptable continuing teacher and leader education (CTLE) during the registration period. CTLE completed during a prior registration period may not be carried over.
Read more at the New York State Education Department website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Yissel Martinez
Human Resources Director, Team 1
ymartinez10@schools.nyc.gov
Tel : 718-741-7806

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:

• Apply for the Dual Language Planning Grant for Grades K – 12
• Apply for the Transitional Bilingual Education Grant for Grades K – 12