Teacher Times #38
June 15, 2015

Weekly Calendar of Events

Staff Birthdays

Ron Link 6/15
Brian Gister 6/20
Ciana DeBellis 6/21

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 June 20: Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) Summer Institute on Education for Sustainability  

§  Register by June 30: Islam and the Americas   

Elementary & Middle Schools:

§  Apply by June 30: Enroll Now in the 2015-16 Global Partners Junior International Exchange Program

Middle & High Schools:

§  Apply by June 22: Facing History Summer Seminars – Scholarships Available!       

§  Register by June 25: The EverFi STEM Summit

§  Register by June 30: World Savvy Classrooms

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:

§  The Fender Music Foundation

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Common Core Curriculum Professional Development Summer Sessions

This summer, the NYCDOE is offering professional development sessions for schools who are using the following Common Core Curriculum programs: HMH, ReadyGen, Go Math!, Code X, and CMP3. Sessions will be held from 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. from July 6 through August 28, and registration will close two business days before the start date of each session. For more information, including session content, session schedules, and registration links, see here. Please share this information with your staff and note that educators who participated in a previous Common Core Curriculum PD session will also receive an email with registration information from curriculumpd@schools.nyc.gov this week. You, your assistant principal(s), and any coaches who may be interested in these sessions are also welcome to attend.

In addition, please note that funding to support this professional development is available through School Allocation Memorandum (SAM) No. 38; view the following vacancy circulars (VC) that cover participation in Common Core Curriculum professional development for teachers (VC#577R) and supervisors (VC#576R). Note that you may use these funds to pay for staff to receive professional development on Common Core Curriculum materials throughout the school year and/or to reimburse staff who receives training between July and August 2015.

For questions, email curriculumpd@schools.nyc.gov.