Access to 4-hour course completely paid for by your Teacher Center! Participants in this course will: Review evidence, and recognize the importance of every child being able to name a trusted adult Become a trusted adult who is Accessible, Boundaried, and Caring and prompt self and organizational reflection Set up spaces to meet the BASICS (universal youth needs), including tools and strategies to use with your students for connection and reflection Establish healthy and appropriate youth-adult relationships and avoid boundary blur and professional burnout Encourage teamwork and build a network of many trusted adults within your school community and beyond Apply the caring modes and comfort zone frameworks for effective mentorship. Grade-level teams are encouraged to sign up together. A link with a code will be emailed to you upon registration. Please send me the certificate of completion that you received for full CTLE credit and attendance verification. All video content also includes closed captioning. Register here.

Packed with real-life stories and invaluable tips, One Trusted Adult inspires all adults to build strong connections, embrace sustainable career practices, break the silence around boundary violations and abuse, be present for the young people in their lives, and, in doing so, ensure that the young people in their care are growing into their greatest potential. In clear, accessible terms, One Trusted Adult lays out: *The critical nature of trust, along with simple tools that help build trusting relationships with young people and expand the opportunities for positive impact. *What boundaries are, and how to set clear expectations that keep both young people and the adults who work with them safe. *How to create an organizational culture that cares for the whole child and celebrates the adults who get it right while holding accountable those who don't. *Ways to partner and surround young people with the only thing better than one trusted adult: many trusted adults!

The NYSTC Equity Challenge is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to explore resources at their own pace, focusing on how education is impacted when inequitable systems exist. You will explore 10 topics in total. A new topic will be shared every week for 10 weeks via email. You will then complete the corresponding badge for each week. Topics include Equity, Personal Identity, Race and Equity, Bias, Privilege, Levels of Racism, Being an Ally, and more. All weeks will provide an introduction to the topic. You will read the introduction and explore any links embedded in it. All weeks will include infographics to reflect on and a corresponding badge to complete for CTLE credits. Most weeks will include a "Know the Impact on Education", "Stretching Our Thinking" and a "Reflect and Act" section. The final challenge is structured to provide you with opportunities to reflect on the entire challenge and offer you resources to explore. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 10 CTLE hours. Partial credit will not be given. This course is completely online and done independently. Register here

LETRS is a professional development course that bridges deep, meaningful research into practical classroom success. LETRS provides educators with the background, depth of knowledge, and tools to teach language and literacy skills to every student. LETRS can be used regardless of the literacy program in use. Price of $875.00 (Payable to Jordan-Elbridge) includes all materials and licenses. Lunch is on your own. This course is being co-sponsored by the Cayuga-Onondaga Teacher Center to lower the cost to districts.

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This workshop from David A. Kilpatrick, PhD will focus on how children learn to read and remember words and why some children struggle, with a focus on translating research into practice regarding scientific findings of reading acquisition and reading difficulties.A summary of the most important findings will be presented, common misconceptions will be addressed, and practical implications for reading instruction and intervention will be modeled and discussed. Additionally, there will also be a Q & A session to answer any specific questions from the audience.

In this session participants will:
Understand the nature of word-level reading development and how word-level reading problems can guide instruction and intervention.
Investigate how reading works and why some students struggle, illustrating approaches to intervention that can yield very large reading gains for such students.
Establish a knowledge base for educators to choose the most effective instructional and intervention practices.

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