Professional Times Newsletter
Professional Learning Center & GTA Collaboration
Welcome to the Winter Newsletter of the Professional Times!
Upcoming Free Virtual Professional Learning
CRE On-line Awareness Series Sponsored by the New York State Teacher Centers
The Statewide Leadership Subcommittee on Culturally Responsive Education is proud to present the following online courses:
Please join us for this FREE series of on-line awareness offerings addressing Culturally Responsive Education. These are live synchronous sessions using the free Zoom platform. Take advantage of this opportunity to address CRE in your school and earn 2 CTLE hours per session!
Registrants will receive the zoom link 24 hours prior to the class from Marguerite.Dimgba@greececsd.org
e-flyer & registration information, click below for more information.
Website: https://www.smore.com/e12qd
Hard Conversations Unpacked (3/16 & 3/18) with Jennifer Abrams
This class meets 3/16 & 3/18 (4-5:30 PM) Continuing the learning in the first Having Hard Conversations workshop, Hard Conversations Unpacked is an extension and deepening of the work of becoming more comfortable with the energy of conflict. The workshop revisits the key elements of the book, Having Hard Conversations, such as the outcome mapping and scripting protocol, and goes deeper to provide additional strategies for being more confident and compassionate when faced with situations involving conflict.
Participants will learn how to:
- Keep conflict at a cognitive level that is more psychologically safe
- Analyze possible covert organizational influences at play during a hard conversation
- Look at a hard conversation through the lenses of culture, generation and gender, cognitive style and belief system
- Understand the differences between a problem to be solved and a polarity to be managed
- Respond productively when conflict escalates both in one-on -one and in group situations
- Greece teachers earn points and CTLE hours.
Monday, Mar 16, 2020, 04:00 PM
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Student Engagement
We have long known that student engagement is a key component to learning. When students are engaged they feel connected and are willing to work hard. When students feel disconnected from a lesson they become distracted and are less likely to learn. In this time of distance learning and remote instruction, it has become a lot more difficult to keep students motivated and engaged. We can’t rely on the strategies we use in the classroom when we are teaching from afar. In this new virtual learning environment, we have to find new strategies to keep students engaged and motivated to learn. Here are 2 resources that are a collection of strategies designed to engage students online.
<Engaging Students Online Resource #1>
9 Ways to Practice Self Care During the School Day
Virtual Teaching Setup/How to use a second screen, document camera and more!
How to use Google Jamboard for Remote Teaching
How to use Google Meet Breakout Rooms
Cleaning out your gmail inbox
Engage your whole class
Whiteboard.fi is a simple tool that can be used instantly. Engage your whole class, include every student and let everybody answer - including the shy students or students who normally wouldn't bother to answer!
December Professional Learning Calendar
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Greece Professional Learning Center
Email: marguerite.dimgba@greececsd.org
Website: https://www.greececsd.org/Page/296
Location: 1790 Latta Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: 585-966-2130
Twitter: @greecementors
Greece Teachers Association
Email: greeceteachers@gmail.com
Website: https://greeceteachers.com
Location: 120 Erie Canal Drive, Suite 320 Rochester, NY 14626
Phone: (585) 471-5765
Facebook: facebook.com/Greeceteachers/
Twitter: @greeceteachers