A New York State Teachers’ Center
“A source for teachers… A promise for students”
Rockland Teachers’ Center provides grant-funded professional learning opportunities and Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) for educators and support staff.
Rockland Teachers’ Center is a New York State Resource and Computer Training Centers established in 1976 under Education Law 316 and one of 124 NYS Teacher Centers statewide. RTC works with the Lower Hudson Teacher Center Network (LHTCN) on regional initiatives and the Nyack Teacher Center and East Ramapo Teacher Center on local initiatives. Rockland BOCES serves as RTC’s Local Education Agency (LEA) since 2015 and the LHTCN’s LEA since 2021. RTC and the LHTCN are funded through the New York State Education Department (NYSED) Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers Continuation grant.
As of 2024, the NYSED Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers Continuation grant are housed in the NYSED Office of Educational Design & Technology, which “coordinates programs and initiatives that promote the effective integration of technology in P-12 educational environments throughout New York State in order to improve teaching and learning”.
Major RTC Initiatives
Arts Education and Cultural Arts
Arts Education and Cultural Arts
Continuity of Learning
English as a New Language
Literacy
Register NowLiving History
“This is the most wonderful workshop and activity I HAVE EVER BEEN A PART OF and I have taught for 16 years! There is so much I plan to integrate into my classroom and I wish we could have spent DAYS with Joe Ryan and his crew instead of hours. The knowledge and enthusiasm of the instructors is truly infectious, and I felt completely immersed in the Civil War, from the kepi hat I wore to the cartridge box and haversack hanging from my shoulder…”National Board Certification
Rockland Teachers’ Center, in conjunction with the Lower Hudson Teacher Center Network and Poverty Simulation
What is the Poverty Simulation? The poverty simulation experience is designed to help participants understand what it is like to live in poverty and try to make ends meet from month to month. It is a simulation, not a game. The primary objective is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income individuals and families and to educate the participants about the challenges that people living in poverty must address every day. Participants experience how these challenges can affect the behaviors, beliefs, and health of these individuals. It provides educators with a better understanding of the social and academics effects of poverty on the students they serve.
In the simulation, 50-80 participants assume the roles of up to 26 different families facing poverty. Some family members are newly unemployed, some are recently deserted by the “breadwinner,” some are homeless. Others are senior citizens receiving disability or retirement payments or grandparents raising grandchildren. The task of the “families” is to provide for basic necessities (food, shelter, medical care, etc.) during the course of four “weeks”. Throughout the simulation, individuals must complete a series of tasks that involve interacting with community services and resources, schools, businesses, landlords, etc. to aid them in surviving.School Wellness
Rockland Teachers’ Center partners with the STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math
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- Consortium Districts
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Physical Address
By appointment: 37 W. Broad Street 2nd Floor, Haverstraw, New York, 10927
Mailing Address
65 Chapel Street, Garnerville NY 10923
Rockland BOCES
Attn: Rockland Teachers’ Center
65 Parrott Road
Building 10 PDC
West Nyack, NY 10994
Contact
Phone: 845-553-9517