Good classroom management is at the heart of effective teaching. This course is aimed at teachers in regular and special education settings who want to learn how to organize their classrooms to help students realize their maximum potential while also keeping their classes on track. It includes a step-by-step approach for setting up and carrying out a behavior modification strategy. This course is intended for instructors with less than five years experience, but even more experienced professionals will come away with new techniques to add to their repertoire.

Debbie Zlotowitz, MS, is the Head of the Mary McDowell Center for Learning, an elementary school for children with learning disabilities in Brooklyn, NY. Ms. Zlotowitz has a SAS from Bank Street College and a MS from Buffalo in Exceptional Education with additional certification in reading. In addition, she holds a BA from SUNY Buffalo in Speech Pathology and Audiology.

November 19 and 20
Friday, 5:15 - 9:00 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
1 CEU $395/ 1 credit $1175
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline:  11/12

The Orton-Gillingham method of teaching decoding, spelling, and handwriting is a multisensory approach that has been used successfully with children who experience difficulty learning these skills. This course trains you in the Orton-Gillingham techniques and translates high-interest comprehension activities into literacy programs. Required text: Preventing Academic Failure, by Phyllis Bertin and Eileen Perlman (Monroe Associates Publishers). The course addresses NY State English Language Arts Standards 1 and 4.

Ginny O'Hare, MSEd, is the Director of Outreach at the Mary McDowell Center for Learning in Brooklyn, NY, an elementary school for children with learning disabilities. In addition, she has an extensive private tutoring practice using multi-sensory methodologies.  Ms O'Hare has an MSEd in Special Education from Bank Street College.

Debbie Zlotowitz, SAS, is the Head of the Mary McDowell Center for Learning, an elementary school for children with learning disabilities in Brooklyn, NY. Ms. Zlotowitz has a SAS from Bank Street College and an MS from SUNY Buffalo in Exceptional Education with additional certification in Reading. In addition, she holds a BA from SUNY Buffalo in Speech Pathology and Audiology

October 22, 23 and November 12, 13
Fridays, 5:15 - 9:00 pm
Saturdays, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
2 CEU $790 / 2 credits $2350
Materials fee $75 (includes required text.)
Registration Deadline: 10/15

This course will examine how children construct an understanding of fractions, decimals, and percents. We will look at various visual models that help students make sense of these topics. We'll examine big ideas and strategies central to fractions, decimals, and percents and look at ways to design a curriculum that elicits these models, big ideas, and strategies. Throughout the entire day's discussions and activities, we will develop realistic contexts that allow students to connect fractions, decimals, and percents to the world outside of school.

Julie Broderick, MSEd, teaches at The School at Columbia University. Previously she taught second, third, and fifth grades at the Manhattan School for Children. She regularly teaches math classes at the Bank Street Graduate School, and she leads math workshops in elementary schools throughout the NYC area. Ms. Broderick has an M.S in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University and an MSEd in Math Leadership from Bank Street College. She has a BA from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

October 22 and 23
Friday, 5:15 - 9:00 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
1 CEU $395/ 1 credit $1175
Materials fee $30 (includes required text)
Registration Deadline 10/15

New teachers need help to find their "voices" as they bridge the gap between pre-service training and the realities of the classroom. Most principals, directors, and education coordinators do not have sufficient time to provide the appropriate ongoing support needed by novices in the field. Veteran teachers can bridge this divide, but they need training to be effective mentors. In this course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to mentor colleagues new to the field. Administrators will learn how to train experienced teachers in their programs to be mentors. We will also explore a variety of mentoring models to discern what type of model works best for a particular setting, as well as how to implement that model.

Nancy Klinger has been in the field of early childhood education for over 25 years as a teacher, trainer, and adjunct professor at several metropolitan area colleges. Her particular passion is support for new teachers. To that end, she has developed and implemented a model, through Bank Street College, to train veteran teachers to mentor new teachers.

November 12 and 13
Friday, 5:15 - 9 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am - 5 pm
1 CEU $395 / 1 credit $1120
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline 11/5

This workshop applies current research to provide specific strategies to guide young childnre in identifying and applying early math concepts.

Heather Prince-Clark, MSEd, is interim Co-Director of the Bank Street Family Center and is a math and literacy consultant with the National Head Start Family Literacy Center, providing matyh and literacy training to Head Start programs around the country.

Judi Gentry, MSEd, is interim Co-Director of the Bank Street Family Center. Previously, she taught at the Bank Street Family Center as the Head Preschool Teacher working with 3 - 5 year olds in an inclusion setting.

November 13
Saturday, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
1 CEU $395 (not offered for credit)
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline: 11/5

In this course, we will develop a culturally responsive approach to teaching and learning by examining a variety of models of multicultural education that incorporate diverse, multiple perspectives. Participants will learn how to assess the state of multicultural education within a range of educational settings, and define goals, strategies and frameworks for creating and implementing an inclusive curriculum across a range of grade levels and content areas. By making use of folk tales and other literature, incorporating art activities, participating in music and movement improvisations and exploring museum-based resources, participants will develop social studies themes related to self-identity, community and broader historical perspectives. The goal is to explore creative ways of placing a multicultural lens on all aspects of the K-8 curriculum. The course is designed to be interactive and incorporates reflection and personal perspective-taking. Printmaking, weaving, mask-making and book arts will be featured among the many hands-on activities.
*This course satisfies the NYC Board of Education requirement for Human Relations.

Kelvina Butcher, MSEd is the Assistant Director for Development for the First Program (Grades K-3) at The Dalton School in NYC. She is affiliated with the National SEED (Seminars Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Curriculum Design and Faculty Project, which provides a forum for educators to discuss issues of gender equity and diversity. Ms. Butcher has an MSEd in Early Childhood Education from Bank Street College and a BS from Brooklyn College CUNY.

November 5, 6, and 19, 20
Fridays, 5:15 - 9:00 pm
Saturdays, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
2 CEU $790 / 2 credits $2350 / 3 credits $3525
Materials fee $20
Registration Deadline 10/2

The early childhood program found in Reggio-Emilia, Italy, incorporates an emphasis on the learning environment, process vs. product, developmentally appropriate practice, and the importance of the community of learners. Much of this philosophy reflects the culture of the Italians and is difficult to re-create in the United States. This workshop is meant to provide an introduction to the approach and will attempt to bridge The Reggio-Emilia theory with American culture. We will view the Reggio-Emilia approach as a means to combat the push-down curriculum, competition, product over process, and the jumping/skipping of learning stages we are now experiencing in this country.

Rick Ellis, MEd, has been involved in the fields of early childhood and elementary education for 33 years. He has taught infants through nine-year-olds and has also worked in educational administration as a teaching coach/unit leader, mentor, administrator, and instructional computer coordinator. Mr. Ellis was trained in Reggio-Emilia, Italy during the spring 2007 training. He recently worked for the NJ State Department of Early Childhood Education in creating the core curriculum standards.  Mr. Ellis has an MEd from the College of New Jersey and a BA from Rider University

November 5 and 6
Friday, 5:15 - 9:00 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
1 CEU $395 / 1 credit $1175
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline: 10/29

Bring out the inner scientist in your students and yourself with this course, which includes a wide range of easy-to-do scientific experiments and activities. Using familiar, easily obtainable materials and simple hands-on exercises that illustrate scientific principles, you can learn to make science both accessible and intriguing to children of any age. Some areas covered include: using your senses as scientific tools, science in the air, approaching art and cooking as science, studying living things, and additional adventures in chemistry, physics, electricity, and magnets.

Mary Stetten Carson, MS, is the author of The Scientific Kid: Projects, Experiments and Adventures (HarperCollins) and Let's Play Science (Sterling Publishing, 2007). She has been a science teacher for over 20 years and currently teaches at the West Side YMCA in NYC. Ms. Carson has an M.S. from Bank Street College of Education in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and BA from Oberlin College.

November 12 and 13
Friday, 5:15 - 9 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am-5 pm
1 CEU $395 / 1 credit $1175
Materials fee $20
Registration Deadline: 11/5