Summer Tips for Teachers

Looking for professional development this summer to help you prepare for the new school year? We compiled a list of some good summer opportunities to help you find the kind of workshop, seminar, conference, or course that you need.

The Department of Education

They have a lot of professional development activities that you can check out. They list them by subject so just click on the subject that you teach and then look under the “Educator Resources” section:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/default.htm

They also have an After School Professional Development program where you get P-In Service credits:

http://www.nycenet.edu/aspdp/PublicPages/CourseCatalog.aspx

Columbia Univercity Teachers College

They have a calendar of professional development. Check out the events that they have, their summer is jam packed:

http://continuingeducation.tc.columbia.edu/default.aspx?pageid=244

Teacher Magazine

They also have a calendar of events, workshops, and professional developments to help you stay on track during the summer. Check out:

http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2008/03/01/02calendar.h01.html

MoMA

They have professional development designed to address specific themes and questions that arise in response to modern and contemporary art. They are available all year long.

http://www.moma.org/education/educators.html#institute

Facing History and Ourselves

They have seminars on how to conduct a discussion in which students truly talk and listen to one another; how to raise controversial topics; how to establish a classroom atmosphere of trust.

http://www2.facinghistory.org/campus/events.nsf/ProfessionalDevelopment?ReadForm

The New York Hall of Science

They have both fun activities and professional development for P- credits.

http://www.nyscience.org/teacherconnections/index.php

The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens offers professional development workshops and fun activities for your students year round!

http://www.bbg.org/edu/teachers/