Professional Development

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We are proud to offer a variety of professional development workshops that are geared towards helping teachers maintain their certification by completing 175 hours of PD or providing new strategies for veteran teachers. Which ever group you fall into, SETC can help you meet your professional goals.

School Year 2011-2012
We are in our ninth year of on-demand delivery of staff development. Instead of a set menu of courses for which you sign up individually, we are offering a wide range of professional development topics and inviting teachers to be active participants in planning their professional development within their own districts.

Getting Started:
Programs can be initiated by professional development teams, teacher unions, teacher groups, individual teachers and/or school district administrators working with teacher-driven initiatives or faculty study groups. All programs need the approval of the staff development leader within your district and aligned with the Regents Reform Agenda.

Professional Development Allotment

As a member of SETC, an allotment of funding has been set aside just for your district to help provide Professional Development opportunities for your teachers. We can locate and hire consultants that are experts in subject areas at your requests as well as schedule workshops to take place in your district all at no cost to you or your teachers.

School Based Inquiry Team Support

As part of each district’s RttT responsibilities, each school must develop a School Building Inquiry Team. This team is responsible for working together to analyze student data, develop a plan to remedy areas of weakness, and implement instructional change. This will be an ongoing process that will repeat its cycle throughout the year. SETC will provide you with an expert to help guide your SBIT in the following areas:

Responsibilities of the SBIT
Analyzing data
Using data to make instructional changes to improve student achievement
Developing a SBIT action plan
Assessing SBIT plan for student achievement

Common Core State Standards Lesson/Unit Development

SETC will help provide your teachers with a stipend to write/create lessons/units that are based on the Common Core State Standards and aligned with the NYS Teaching Standards. Teachers can work in district or meet at the teacher center and utilize our resources to support their curriculum writing efforts.

Technology Integration

SETC can provide your schools with a technology specialist to help your teachers/administrators integrate technology into their everyday lessons. A specialist will sit with your teachers to plan and work with them on how to utilize the variety of programs we offer through collaboration with NYIT, programs such as:

Thinkfinity
SAS Curriculum Pathways
Intel
Google
Thinkquest
Smart board
Professor Garfield

Collegial Inquiry
The Suffolk's Edge Teacher Center is continuing our successful Collegial Inquiry program. This program is a true example of what job- embedded professional development is all about. If you are interested in establishing a team we can arrange for a consultant to assist you in district. Please contact the center directly for more information.

Regional Workshops

SETC will offer free regional workshops that are aligned with NYS Teaching Standards and in support of Race to the Top.

ELA Common Core Workshops(click on the green to see the flyer and registration information.)

Introduction to the CCLS- January 23, 2012

ELA Common Core Session 1

Aligning the CCLS and the Six Shifts with Classroom Practice- February 7, 2012

ELA Common Core Session 2

Writing Units/Lessons that are Aligned with the CCLS- February 21, 2012

ELA Common Core Session 3

NASA EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

General Workshop

NASA Educational General