Examines the foundations of essential teaching components to provide the basis of effective teacher supervision. The course presents multiple opportunities to view excellent instructional practices and to identify components of successful classrooms. Students will observe classroom teachers and apply their knowledge of these instructional practices to the process of observation and supervision. Students will be engaged in simulated challenging teacher conversations designed to improve the mediocre teacher. This class recognizes the observation and supervision of English Language Learners, Special Needs and Pre-K programs. If you would like to take this graduate course and are not a matriculated Manhattanville student, please contact Colleen Gill at cgill@rockteach.org or call 845-553-9517 X110 before registering. Additional college tuition will be incurred. Note, only start and end dates are listed. Please refer to Service Hub for exact meeting dates. Registration is required on both Frontline and Service Hub to complete enrollment.

Develop your teaching skills in a full-time supervised student teaching experience. Fulfill your requirements for New York State initial certification. Prerequisites: Completion of all education courses and approval by the Office of Field Placement and Certification. Additional college tuition/fees will be incurred. Open to matriculated students only. Note, only start and end dates are listed. Please refer to Service Hub for exact meeting dates. Registration is required on both Frontline and Service Hub to complete enrollment. For questions please contact Colleen Gill at cgill@rockteach.org.

THIS CLASS IS ONLY OPEN TO NEW TEACHERS IN THE GREENBURGH CSD. All sessions will be held from 3:30 - 5:30PM at the Woodlands MS/HS Innovation Lab. The DATES are as follows: September 11, 2025 October 16, 2025 November 6, 2025 December 11, 2025 January 8, 2026 February 12, 2026 March 5, 2026 April 9, 2026 May 7, 2026 June 2, 2026 ***1.5 additional hours will be spent on assignments outside of our sessions. In order to receive the 1 in-service credit from EWTC you MUST attend ALL sessions and complete all assignments.

This course, which is a compilation of teaching strategies, comprehension techniques, and assessment practices, will introduce participants to learning through intentional lesson planning. We will begin the course by learning how to build conversations and create a safe environment where students are able to take risks and contribute to classroom conversations. In order to build comprehension, we will look at the course objectives and decide what we want the students to take away from the experience. We will explore the use of classroom questioning (and follow up) strategies, fiction and non- fiction book talks and design curriculum wide hands-on activities to improve student participation and comprehension. Exploring a variety of assessment strategies is a key part of the process. By implementing a backward design lesson plan, teachers can focus on the goals they hope to achieve, making their classroom time more intentional and their lesson plans more effective in the production of the desired result. The strategies and tools explored in this class can be applied to any curriculum and will enhance your current classroom tools. PLEASE NOTE: The institute cannot refund a participant once the class has commenced.

In this introductory 15 hour hybrid course. AI in Education, you will spend time each week learning different AI tools to develop resources for your classrooms. We will go over the proper components of a prompt, and then each week silo our focus on using the tools for lesson building, student use, and making assessments and rubrics. The course will be delivered in Google Classroom with synchronous session in Google Meets. A rockteach email address will be assisned to participate in the course. This course is geared towards educators who who are new or a novice in using AI.

Participants in this 15hr online course will have an opportunity to explore the techniques and strategies needed to create a resilient school that meets the social, emotional, ethical, and academic needs of students. We will examine the research-based skills and competencies that can have a positive impact on the organizational structure of your school, the delivery of instruction, and student performance.

Course activities will focus on alignment with your district's and/or school's goals, the NYS Guidelines for Social and Emotional Development and the CASEL competencies for Social and Emotional Learning. The skills, competencies, and strategies utilized in the activities and coursework are research-based. This knowledge base will enable individuals to reach new levels of emotional intelligence by applying these competencies to their personal and professional endeavors.

Participants will develop a toolbox of SEL strategies and create a SEL Portfolio that will serve as a resource tool and guide for implementation. These skills will enhance professional dialogue and effectively blend different, innovative, and practical strategies for implementation.

At the conclusion of this course, participants will have the tools to build bridges by acknowledging past accomplishments, validating what is presently working well, and designing future SEL goals to bring the existing programs to new levels of development. SEL must be an ongoing process and "way of life” to bring about systemic change. This course will be delivered in Google Classroom. A Rockteach email will be assigned to participate.

This course will be co-facilitated by Cecile Wren and Joanne Verdino LCSW. Social Work CEUs provided by Rockland BOCES.

This 15 hour course will be delivered via google classroom. Registrants will be provided a Rockteach email address to participate. Dates listed are the start and end date.RTCI/WTCI course

This 15 hour online book study is based on Thrivers, The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine by Michele Borba. Delve into traits that set Thriver students apart. These traits include: confidence, empathy, self control, Integrity, curiosity, perseverance, and optimism. According to the author, these traits can be taught to children at any age by parents and teachers. The author gives strategies to help educators teach children and older students how to cope today, so that they can thrive tomorrow. Participants will be responding to journal questions and discussion posts about the book. Participants will be expected to complete an action plan that they will use in their classrooms with the new knowledge gained in the book. Participants must secure a copy of the book prior to the course start date. This course will be delivered in Google Classroom. A rockteach email address will be assigned to all participants. RTCI/WTCI course.

Today's students and teachers can expect to interact with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in many aspects of their personal and academic lives. To prepare students for success, educators must understand how AI technologies can be used to facilitate teaching and learning. In this course we will review the uses of AI in education. Participants will learn how to identify the various types of AI, look at new and developing AI resources and build tools to make AI concrete and accessible in their professional practice. To conclude the course, participants will develop learning tools for implementing AI into their classroom. This course will be delivered in Google Classroom. A rockteach email address will be assigned to all participants. RTCI/WTCI course.

This comprehensive 15-hour online course is designed to equip educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively support newcomer English New Language (ENL) students who are new to both the educational system and the English language. The course focuses on strategies to foster an inclusive, supportive, and culturally responsive learning environment, enabling students to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. This course will run asynchronously through Google Classroom. While there are suggested timelines for work completion, this course does NOT require any synchronous sessions so you may plan your course completion time accordingly. All work is due by the end of the last day of the course. You will receive a Rockland Teachers' Center gmail account to participate in this course a few days before the start date. RTCI/WTCI course

As educators, we expect our students to "solve problems, think critically, communicate effectively, and collaborate well.” (Gagnon & Collay, 2006) Participants will analyze the effects of effective teaching upon student performance in relation to the criterion above. This weekend will enable participants to develop instructional activities to actively engage students in the learning process and assist students in the development of self-assessment or "metacognition.” Participants will learn how to incorporate research-based methods and techniques in order to achieve a balance between conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge. Participants will develop the tools necessary to create this "balanced approach” to teaching all content areas. Teachers will develop strategies to assist students in "constructing” content knowledge as part of a "meaning-making” process. Required Readings: "Getting to Got It", by Gagnon & Collay.(2006). If you are taking this course for Graduate Credit, participants must register with Manhattanville through Instant Enrollment. Email Colleen Gill at cgill@rockteach.org for more information.

Why do we have such a hard time communicating our thoughts back and forth to each other in a way that ensures understanding? During this online course experience, participants will learn how to increase communication skills with ELLs both verbally and nonverbally. This 3hr online course will run through Google Classroom. While there are suggested timelines for work completion, this course does NOT require any synchronous sessions so you may plan your time accordingly. All work is due by the end of the last day of the course. You will receive a Rockland Teacher Center gmail account to participate in this course. Participants print their own CTLE certificate. After the following has been completed, 1. The course officially ends: 2. Frontline Evaluation is completed 3. Attendance is confirmed by instructor: 4. Once the Frontline admin marks the course complete, participants will be able print their CTLE certificate. Please note that initial class information, including your new RTC gmail, will be sent to the email you have registered on Frontline MLP.

Join Cultural Arts Coordinators from throughout the county as we share information, resources, and successes. Session will include a Q and A with Anu Gupta of Rockland BOCES. New and seasoned cultural arts coordinators and volunteers are encouraged to attend.

This 3hr seminar will offer strategies for dealing with students who exhibit chronic and extreme misbehavior, including violence. Participants will learn what motivates students to misbehave; intervention techniques to use at the moment of misbehavior; how to avoid and defuse confrontations, and ways to reinforce desirable behavior. This training is provided by NYSUT ELT and is LIMITED to TEACHING ASSISTANTS and other SCHOOL-RELATED PROFESSIONALS. RTC Member districts SRPs receive priority registration. WKSSRP4.

Learn how to plan instruction with First in Math (FIM) supports in place. The session will include a case study on how FIM has helped students improve their fluency. Discussions will focus on helping your students set intentional goals and using direct instruction and guided practice to reach curricular goals. This training is facilitated by Jenny Kling, District Partnerships Manager, First in Math.

During this3hr online course, participants will explore the importance of home language on literacy development and learn how to foster this language. This course is 3 ENL/CTLE hours and will run through Google Classroom. While there are suggested timelines for work completion, this course does NOT require any synchronous sessions so you may plan your time accordingly. All work is due by the end of the last day of the course. You will receive a Rockland Teacher Center gmail account to participate in this course. Participants print their own CTLE certificate. After the following has been completed, 1. The course officially ends: 2. Frontline Evaluation is completed 3. Attendance is confirmed by instructor: 4. Once the Frontline admin marks the course complete, participants will be able print their CTLE certificate. Please note that initial class information, including your new RTC gmail, will be sent to the email you have registered on Frontline MLP.

Session 1: Let's Really Engage Our Students: Dynamic Strategies That Work What is engagement? What does it look and sound like? How do you truly engage your students? During this session, we focus on what student engagement is and is not and why engaging all students during a lesson will increase student retention and achievement. Participants will learn to effectively design lessons to engage all students in learning that lasts using protocols that promote deeper learning as well as other engagement strategies that can be easily implemented into your daily practice.This training is offered in partnership with NYSASCD (soon to be NYSALL).

Join us for a discussion of the book A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick. Join us for an interesting and thoughtful discussion. To receive the summary and the questions in a timely manner, please register by 11/10.

In his inaugural address in January 2009, President Obama talked about the "price and promise of citizenship.” In this course, participants will develop lessons, skills and strategies to engage their students in a democratic learning process. Participants will lead their students to deeper understandings of the values of democratic principles set forth by our president; "hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism.” Participants will think deeply about American schools and the purpose of education. While we consider larger societal issues, the instructor will facilitate applications from theories and wider issues that participants can utilize directly in their respective classrooms. This class is a call to action; to make our children not only better students, but better citizens. Required Readings: "Beyond Discipline", by Kohn, Aflie (2006); "The Pact", by Davis, Jenkins, & Hunt (2002). For information contact Colleen Gill at cgill@rockteach.org.