New York

Join the New Visions Talent Acquisition and Curriculum and Instruction teams for an interactive workshop where you’ll develop the skills and learn the techniques you need to ace your demo lesson and land your ideal teaching position! We’ll give you insight into what schools are looking for when hiring, what you can expect during the […]

The Special Education Professional Learning Community (PLC) allows special educators (from both D75 and non-D75 schools) to build a community that connects sustainability to special education. Each meeting features curriculum or resources from NYC-based organizations and/or special education teachers. In this workshop, participants will explore how to use the NY Hall of Science (NYSCI)’s Science

Elementary Teachers (Grades 3-5): Bring your entire class for an interactive demonstration with the NY Hall of Science. Students will learn why water is important to us and all of the amazing properties that make it a unique and special substance. There will be an opportunity for classrooms to simultaneously participate in an interactive activity.

Did you know that NYC plans to electrify the City fleet by 2035? Learn how converting the largest municipal fleet (30,000 vehicles) will create new jobs and a more resilient City. Speaker: Keith Kerman, Deputy Commissioner at Department of Citywide Administrative Services Audience: Middle & High Students, Educators & Faculty

Are you a sexual and reproductive health (SRH) educator working with youth? If yes, please apply for our 2022 professional development training! The Sex Education Initiative (SEI) invites applicants for the Fall 2022 cohort interested in innovating their current SRH curriculum. SEI’s unique programming focuses on Reproductive Identity Formation (RIF)– a groundbreaking new approach to

Explore primary sources to consider how different presidents managed their relationships with Congress in order to pass major legislation. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

What does it mean to form a more perfect union? Join our partners from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History for a workshop on how to foster structured discussion and critical thinking about our democracy, using resources from the exhibit American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

The purpose of the CUNY Education conference is to connect faculty, staff, administrators, and students in education-related disciplines (e.g. Teacher Education, School Counseling, Education Leadership, Urban Education, TESOL) at all levels, Undergraduate (Community College and 4-year College) and Graduate across the City University of New York to share innovative curriculum, pedagogical, certification, fieldwork, articulation and

Join curator Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto for a virtual introduction to the special exhibition Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy and learn about the conflict and controversy that have surrounded monuments and memorials since our nation’s founding. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Calling all educators!  These challenging times call for literacy action in the classroom.  Come learn about how to use storytelling and writing to develop your students’ literacy skills while helping them cope during traumatic experiences.  The workshop will provide you with a literacy teaching tool you can implement in your classrooms immediately.  Following the workshop,

Calling all educators!  These challenging times call for literacy action in the classroom.  Come learn about how to use storytelling and writing to develop your students’ literacy skills while helping them cope during traumatic experiences.  The workshop will provide you with a literacy teaching tool you can implement in your classrooms immediately.  Following the workshop,

Join us for a conversation with Facing History and Ourselves to learn how they are revitalizing their efforts to explore and teach the historical roots of antisemitism, how antisemitism appears in our communities today, and how antisemitism intersects with other forms of racism and prejudice. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Organized in partnership with the World History Digital Education Foundation, this full-day in-person educator workshop will explore primary sources on the Korean War and lessons on the legacy of the war including the Economic Miracle and North Korea. Designed around numerous sets of rich primary and secondary sources, the lessons involve multiple Social Studies disciplines

Student Debt Impact explores how unprecedented borrowing burdens American families across generations, reduces economic opportunity, and exacerbates the racial wealth gap. The panel will share strategies and solutions to financially empower families as they confront student debt burden. Panelists: Fenaba Rena Addo, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of Public Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill Rashad Bilal, Cofounder, Earn Your

By partnering with Billion Oyster Project, your K-12 students become field scientists engaged in a hands-on movement to restore oysters to New York City’s waterways! If you are interested in our inquiry and place-based educational offerings and ways to get involved with the Billion Oyster Project, come join us for this FREE zoom session on Tuesday, March

In honor of Black History Month, Zeta is proud to present: Breaking Barriers in Education: Black Women in Leadership. Join us virtually on Thursday, February 24th at 5pm to hear Zeta’s Black women leaders share their stories, from trials to triumphs, and how they have built and continue to build successful careers filled with passion, purpose, and power. We

The Artists Studios Community Series provides a welcoming virtual environment where artists feel comfortable showing and talking about their work, sharing information, and learning how to prepare for a studio visit and artist talk. Each program accommodates ten virtual studio visits followed by sharing resources on different aspects of being an independent artist. Each artist

MFTA Course for Educators – P-Credit (+30) / A+ / CTLE Courses This course is designed for teachers who are interested in offering their students a deeper investigation of STEAM through project-based learning by using reusable materials and technology. Through guided art and technology instruction, participants create advanced hands-on art projects that integrate differentiated instruction

MFTA Course for Educators – P-Credit (+30) / A+ / CTLE Creative Infusion is an introduction to a wide range of ideas, techniques and methods used for integrating art made with reusable and recycled materials across the curriculum. This course teaches teachers curriculum integration by giving them an understanding of art techniques that they can

Frederick Douglass dedicated his life to making the U.S. a more just and equitable country. In this EAD Roadmap aligned workshop, learn all about his work and accomplishments. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Explore the New-York Historical Society’s newly launched civics video series and curriculum, Opening the Oval: Understanding American Power with David Rubenstein. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Celebrate the launch of our brand-new civics video series and curriculum, Opening the Oval: Understanding American Power with David Rubenstein. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Take a deep dive into the New-York Historical Society’s latest curriculum guide based on the new exhibition Our Composite Nation: Frederick Douglass’ America. This online workshop will investigate the possibilities and realities of the Reconstruction era. Participants will receive 1.5 CTLE hours

Students need exposure to scaffolded postsecondary content throughout all four years of high school to make purposeful and intentional choices by 12th grade. Early Career and College Awareness (ECCA) is a 9th and 10th-grade program that explicitly introduces students to self-discovery exercises and helps them learn about and engage with various career opportunities and educational

The Artists Studios Community Series provides a welcoming virtual environment where artists feel comfortable showing and talking about their work, sharing information, and learning how to prepare for a studio visit and artist talk. Each program accommodates ten virtual studio visits followed by sharing resources on different aspects of being an independent artist. Each artist

Facing History and Ourselves will introduce its teaching resource The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War, which details the Japanese occupation of the city of Nanjing, China, in 1937- 38, an essential but often overlooked part of World War II and an international war crime. We’ll explore what role Western imperialism played in shaping Japan and China’s

Using materials from our Women & the American Story curriculum, explore how Black women were active agents of change during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Learn how women were affected by and fought against U.S. imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by exploring resources from the unit Industry and Empire: 1866-1904 of our Women and the American Story curriculum. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Join historian Kathleen DuVal and Women & the American Story curriculum writer Allyson Schettino for an in depth discussion and workshop exploring how early US expansion impacted Indigenous communities in the heart of North America and how Indigenous people resisted the encroaching threat of white settlement. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Engage with photographs, documents, and video to learn more about the many ways that free and enslaved Black women fought to resist and dismantle systems of slavery in the United States. Reflect on why it is important to consider Black women’s perspectives, experiences, and contributions when teaching about abolition. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

We invite youth-serving organizations and school educators to join us for our interactive, virtual workshop: “A Seat at the Table: Building Dynamic Youth-Adult Partnerships.” We will explore the importance of youth-adult partnerships (Y-AP) and a diverse set of strategies to activate Y-AP equitably across your work. Youth-adult partnerships offer opportunities to build collectively with young

Join us at The NYC DOE Office of Sustainability’s second annual Partner Engagement Forum! This event features over a dozen of our partner organizations from across the city. Attendees will have the opportunity to see virtual resources, discuss engagement strategies and walk away with tools for their classroom. At this virtual event, partner organizations will be

Where are suitable sites for oyster restoration in NY Harbor? Learn how your students can use GIS to answer this question for free! Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are useful tools in data analysis, allowing people to answer specific questions about where things have happened, are happening, or might happen in the future. In this free

Join us as we explore the basics of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in this introductory session! No prior GIS experience needed! Prior experience with or knowledge of GIS is NOT required to attend this professional development opportunity. You also do not need to have GIS software downloaded for this session. This is an informational session

As our nation’s systems face mounting pressure to pivot and reinvent, the education sector is under the microscope. True reformation of our education system requires attention to persistent issues of inequity that plague communities with concentrated poverty — a critical lesson left by Dr. King. A more just, principled, and prosperous human experience requires thorough

Whether raising awareness or expressing diverse perspectives, art has been used as a powerful agent for change throughout U.S. history. Discover how various artists of the 20th century used their work as a form of activism. Participants will receive 1 CTLE hour

Explore the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her role in the collective fight to expand civil rights in the United States. During this remote workshop, teachers will engage with materials from our Women & the American Story curriculum and view a live stream of the exhibit Notorious RBG: The Life and Times