Rockland Teachers' Center Institute

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March 2021 – April 2021 RTC Update

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3/9 Tech Coaching: Tips and Tricks for Managing and Organizing Gmail
3/11 Tech Coaching: Utilizing Jamboard for Small Group Instruction
3/11 Tech Coaching: Interactive Notebooks 

3/9-3/11 Using Spreadsheets in the Classroom – Google Sheets
3/23-3/25 Advanced Uses of Spreadsheets in the Classroom- Google Sheets
3/11 430PM-630PM LBGTQ+ Staff Training with Pride Center
3/15 430PM-630PM Culturally Responsive Teaching with Dr. Connally
3/18  430PM-630PM Whole Person Wellness: Reset Your Mindset, Reignite Your Health, Recharge Your Life for School Staff   – Join the waitlist – we will add a second session on another day if we have enough interest.
3/25 3PM-5PM Unconscious Bias in Clinical Setting with VCS $45

Rockland Teachers’ Center January 2021-February 2021

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Tech

1/20 Creating Digital Content Online

1/23 Google Classroom / Google Slides

Culturally Responsive Teaching

1/25 Culturally Responsive Teaching 101 – Zoom

1/28 LGBTQ+ School Staff Training – Zoom

1/26 Suicide Safety for Schools

 

Teaching Assistants, Teacher Aides, and other school-related professionals – New free trainings added

1/27 Support for Students with Autism for School Related Professionals – Zoom

 

Rockland Reading Council

1/27 Resources to Assist with Instruction during Hybrid and Remote Learning – Zoom

 

Social Work CEUs – $45 for 2 hours – in conjunction with VCS

1/21 Complex Empathy – Zoom

 

Rockland Teachers’ Center Update November 2020-December 2020

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November 9, 16, 23 Accomplished Teaching Series  Creating Multiple Pathways to Learning

November 12, 19; December 3 Accomplished Teaching Series Let’s Discuss Talk and How to Manage Discussion

November 19 Supporting Students Recovering from Concussion: Return to Learn   – CTLE/Social Work CEU

November 24 Elementary Math PLC 

New virtual  SRP training – No fee – Offered in collaboration with NYSUT Tarrytown Learning Center

1/27 Support for Students with Autism for SRPs

New RTC Online Academy Course – 15 hours for inservice or CTLE – $125 ($150 for non member districts)

December 1 – 22  Strategies for Teaching ELLs  

Mental Health First Aid

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February 19, 2020 8:30AM – 4:30PM  Mental Health First Aid:

Just as CPR helps  those without clinical training assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid prepares participants to interact with a person experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step action plan that guides them through the process of reaching out and offering appropriate support.

 

2-19-20 Mental Health First Aid Flyer

Lunch included.

Rockland Teachers’ Center Update – November 2019

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A sampling of upcoming professional learning

11/5/19, 11/6/19 or 11/12/19, 11/13/19  Youth Mental Health First Aid

11/12-11/15 ENL Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication

11/18 Mental Health and Wellness 101

11/18-11/21 Cross Cultural Communication

11/19 5 Reasons (and Ways) to Teach with Historical Fiction

11/25-11/27 Cross Cultural Communication and Children’s Literature

11/26 Elementary Math PLC

11/20  Digital Photography

11/21  Creating your own VR Tour

12/13 Poverty Simulation, Bedford (Lower Hudson Teacher Center Network program)