SUMMER 2008 COURSES 

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• Reading and Writing
• Special Education
• Early Childhood
•  Early Adolescence 
• Music and Movement
• Art and Science
• Social Studies
• Methods and Management
• Mathematics
• Leadership
• Career Development
• Parent Education
• State Mandated Training Workshops
• Study Abroad

Early Adolescence

Bookmaking in the Classroom (Grades K - 12) TEED576N
This workshop is an introduction to the principles, tools, and materials of bookbinding. Students will begin by making several types of decorative paper. They will then use this paper to construct a variety of books appropriate for classroom use. These include traditional bindings, accordion-fold books, Japanese side-sewn books, and a few whimsical, non-traditional books. Students will discuss the usefulness and age-appropriateness of different types of books, as well as how to overcome limitations such as materials and budget constraints. Learning how to integrate bookmaking projects into the classroom curriculum is a major focus of this course.

Susan Seitner taught at The Dalton School, where making different kinds of books was an important part of her first grade classroom. As the school librarian, she brings bookmaking experiences to teachers through faculty workshops and to children through after school classes and special projects.

July 28, 29, 30 and 31
Monday through Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
2 CEU $790 / 2 credits $2120 / 3 credits $2180
Materials fee $25
Registration Deadline 7/21

Conflict Resolution in the Upper Grades (Grades 4 - 8) TEED584N
Spend more time teaching and less time arbitrating! Learn the strategies and skills necessary to develop non-violent resolutions to conflict. Through small-group discussion and role plays, participants will analyze the four main building blocks of conflict resolution:

• Activities that develop a strong sense of group;
• Communication skills that promote active listening, speaking, and observing;
• Exercises that increase self esteem;
• Techniques for problem solving, conflict management, negotiation, and mediation.

This course addresses NY State English Language Arts Standard E3.

Nino Nannarone is the Senior Program Associate of The Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, and the Director of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program in NYC. He is also a certified mediator with the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, NY.

July 14 and 15
Monday and Tuesday, 9:30 am - 4 pm
1 CEU $395/ 1 credit $1060
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline 7/7

Dynamic Oral Reading Experiences to Inspire Older Readers (Grades 3 - 8)
Reading aloud by students can engage reluctant readers as well as inspire enthusiastic readers to think more deeply about literature. In addition, a vibrant oral reading tradition builds classroom community and provides incomparable training in high-quality listening and respectful communication. This course will offer numerous strategies for teaching your students to use their own voices to connect with literature and poetry and bring it to life. In this inspiring, hands-on, and highly practical workshop you will begin by developing your own skills and style as a reader-aloud. In addition, you'll learn and practice techniques for teaching students how to: select literature that has meaning for them; read aloud with confidence, depth, and grace; and use oral readings as a forum in which to practice active listening and supportive feedback.. Choral readings, unconventional read-aloud choices, sophisticated approaches to rhythm and rhyme, and the use of music to underscore readings (among other strategies) will all be explored as tools for building fluency and encouraging personal connections to literature. Please come to the class with a story or artifact to introduce yourself as a reader and whatever you≠re (really) reading now.

Shoshana Wolfe is the author of Your Best Year Yet! Purposeful Planning and Effective Classroom Organization (Scholastic, 2006) and is at work on new book about reading aloud to older students. She began her classroom teaching career in 1994 and has been a head teacher at Brooklyn Friends School, Little Red School House, and Public School 89 in Battery Park City. Now the mother of two small children, she works exclusively as a private tutor in Brooklyn.

July 25
Friday, 9:30 am - 4 pm
.6 CEU only $265
Materials fee $5
Registration Deadline: 7/18

Strategies for Teaching About Islam (Grades 4 - 8) TEWS667N
The impact of Islam on world history, our own times, and the increasing number of Muslim students in our schools all warrant a greater study of Islam in the Classroom. While teachers increasingly recognize this need, just when and how to teach about Islam is not always evident. This course is designed to help teachers find new points of entry through which they can teach about Islam in their Social Studies courses, as well as ways they can create integrated units with teachers of English, art, science, and mathematics.

Joan Brodsky Schur is the author of Eyewitness to the Past: Strategies for Teaching American History in Grades 5-12, Immigrants in America: The Arab Americans, and Editor of Coming to America: The Arabs. Her articles on teaching about Islam have appeared in numerous professional journals and she has written lesson plans for a variety of Websites including The Islam Project.org. Schur serves as Social Studies Coordinator at the Village Community School in New York City.