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09/08/2017

Many of you will be teaching this day...but pass this onto your administrator or union leader or try to go to represent your school and report back. Pace Corps members contact me if you KNOW you can attend.
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The Learning Policy Institute invites you to a panel discussion on Understanding Teacher Turnover: Why it Matters and What We Can Do About It Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (EDT) (Registration and a light breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT) Carnegie Endowment for Internationa...

09/07/2017

Greetings Corps Members! Spread the news! This year add to... and build your classroom libraries with adventures for all students. Dr. Zetta Elliott's books are accessible through Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Zetta-Elliott/e/B001JP7NCS

Check out one of her new releases and the reviews: Mother of the Sea
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34752960-mother-of-the-sea

See below some things you may or may not know about Dr. Elliott.
At your service,

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If it was up to her, author and activist Zetta Elliott would lose the second title; she would instead prefer the word 'Artivist'.

09/07/2017

WELCOME Back to a new year. We get a chance to do it all over again. What will we try that is different? What about the big "D" word-- Discipline?
Below is a link with a few tips for elementary classrooms that could be useful for upper grades. I also ask that you think about how much time is spent on discipline in the classroom and within your school? How much of that time could be used for students exploring their interests?

What are YOU doing or NOT doing which creates an environment where learning cannot take place without-- constantly raising your voice and/or isolating students from the community? Reminder the school house is a mini-society.

School-wide conversations about behavior, in general, will assist, in bringing about an inspiring learning community. However, a positive behavior environment requires and starts with the school-wide behavior of the adults. Consider a whole school read and discussion of, Positive Behavior Facilitation, by Edna Olive. https://www.researchpress.com/books/1230/positive-behavior-facilitation-pbf

"This new edition of Positive Behavior Facilitation helps adults examine how they interact with youth, understand children’s behavior, and use effective interventions to facilitate permanent behavior change."

Continue to enjoy getting to know your students. Each student is a family, and each family belongs to a community.
At your Service,
Pat Poole Parrilla

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2017/09/06/death-to-the-behavior-chart-3-reasons.html?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news1&M=58183213&U=1283380

Star charts and color cards create a negative classroom environment, writes Justin Minkel. To address the root problems of students’ misbehavior, teachers need to toss the behavioral systems and focus on building relationships.

08/31/2017

Kelly Lang sent in this to post:

If you are a NYC school teacher...check to see if still available.

http://qns.com/story/2017/08/28/public-school-teacher-pick-truckload-free-supplies-long-island-city-warehouse/

ITS BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!

School is almost back in session, and one Long Island City organization is again encouraging teachers to go shopping for supplies at their massive warehouse for free.

10/12/2016

TOC NATION I AM IN THE FIELD AND WAITING FOR AN INVITE TO COME TO YOUR SCHOOL OR A SKYPE SESSION.. Fatuma Hydara Hana Ljubičić Sarah Ramsundar Ravyn Gilbert Evelisse Mercado Joanna Luisa Margaret Bradley Matt Indik Olivia-Ann Symone Samantha Meadows Megan Haye Hatchi Tashiro Dante Plush Lisa Marie Joanna Hus?

10/12/2016

TOC NATION SAVE THE DATE FEB 4TH 2017 (SNOW DATE FEB 25TH) FOR TOC SYMPOSIUM...MORE TO COME!

10/12/2016

TOC Nation Tell me a three sentence story about one of your students that you admire and why. No real names please!!! Ppp

05/19/2016

Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award
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From the office of Governor Cuomo

Statewide Award Program Recognizes Educators Who Ensure Student Learning is Exciting, Motivating and Challenging
Honorees to Receive $5,000 Stipend to Support Professional Development
Each year, the Empire State Excellence in Teaching Program will recognize teachers from 10 different regions of New York, spanning from the North Country to New York City. Public school teachers are eligible to apply for recognition. Any member of the public can nominate a teacher by filling out a recommendation here by June 1, 2016. Teachers who are nominated will be notified via email and asked to submit an application.

New York teachers are invited to submit an application for final consideration by a panel of leaders from several New York professional education associations. Applications are due by June 10, 2016 and recipients will be announced on June 17, 2016.

For more information on the Empire State Excellence in Teaching Program, please visit: www.ny.gov/NYSTeachingExcellence.

Programs Nominate a Teacher for the Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award TOP Nominate a Teacher for the Empire State... Share Overview Ambassadors to the Future of our Children, Education, and New York StateKnow a teacher deserving of the Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award? Recognizing t...

04/15/2016

How do you define "Support"?

03/30/2016

03/30/2016

Hanging out in Little Mumbai Market

03/30/2016

Please save the date for the Ainsley Adams Memorial Ceremony on April 29th, 1:00pm. This is the final week that we will be accepting nominations for the award in his honor, so please send the names of candidates to Jennifer Argenta's attention no later than Friday, April 1st. [email protected]
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