NYSUT Alignments: III.1, III.3, IV.3, III.2
Danielson Aligned: 3A

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
Participants will explore methods for engaging students in meaningful work, clarifying limits, facilitating student choice, and encouraging accurate communication.


Participants have a maximum of 30 days from the day they begin their seminar to complete. Seminar information including log in and enrollment link will be sent directly from PLS 3rd Learning.

There is no refund once the information has been sent to the participant. Seminars are $15 per hour.

These are online seminars. Participants will work at their own pace, receive feedback and coaching from an experienced instructor and receive a pass or fail grade upon completion.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

*Please Note that these seminars are rolling admission. They will begin every Monday.
You will receive your info via email by 5pm*

Danielson Aligned: 1D, 4D

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
Participants will leverage relevant resources to ensure a classroom-to-career workforce connection. This module emphasizes the need to access existing and current government research as well as employer job vacancies to make connections between actual workforce needs as well as the relationship to classroom content and career readiness. Participants will also take the next step with a stakeholder action plan and build the relationship between career readiness in the learner to the jobs in the workplace. As those connections are made, participants will align instructional content and curriculum to current workforce demands to prepare students for postsecondary career success with relevant content.

In this module you will:

* Interpret workforce analysis and statistics in relationship to regional job opportunities.
* Identify key employers within an economic region.
* Align job vacancy requirements to classroom content and instruction to support local workforce needs.
* Collaborate with a workforce stakeholder to develop a workplace experience action plan.

Participants have a maximum of 30 days from the start date listed in MLP to complete all assignments. Seminar information including log in and enrollment link will be sent directly from PLS 3rd Learning.

There is no refund once the information has been sent to the participant. Seminars are $15 per hour.

These are online seminars. Participants will work at their own pace, receive feedback and coaching from an experienced instructor and receive a pass or fail grade upon completion.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

*Please Note that these seminars are rolling admission. They will begin every Monday.
You will receive your info via email by 5pm*

Danielson Aligned: 1D, 4D

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
Participants will explore ways to sustain a partnership with an employer in their workforce region to support an alignment of instructional content to a pathway (if applicable) or to specific cluster careers in that industry sector. Participants will also partner with at least two cross-curricular teachers to develop a lesson plan for an authentic project-based learning experience. Connections will sustain the industry partnership to provide work-based learning opportunities for teachers and students to better prepare students for post-secondary career success to advance meaningful career pathways.

In this module you will:

* Plan the next steps from the action plan developed in the "Classroom to Workforce Connection Part I."
* Analyze the graphic developed from the action plan in "Classroom to Workforce Connection Part I" to extract the skills and related course content aligned to the job vacancies in a specific career within the industry sector employer.
* Develop a cross-curricular lesson plan for an authentic project-based learning experience within that industry sector.

Participants have a maximum of 30 days from the start date listed in MLP to complete all assignments. Seminar information including log in and enrollment link will be sent directly from PLS 3rd Learning.

There is no refund once the information has been sent to the participant. Seminars are $15 per hour.

These are online seminars. Participants will work at their own pace, receive feedback and coaching from an experienced instructor and receive a pass or fail grade upon completion.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

*Please Note that these seminars are rolling admission. They will begin every Monday.
You will receive your info via email by 5pm*

NYSUT Alignments: III.2, IV.3
Danielson Aligned: 3A

Previously titled: Communicating Directions and Procedures

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
Participants will define rules, directions, and procedures as they apply to the classroom and analyze strategies for effectively communicating them to students. This seminar shares strategies for practicing and reinforcing classroom procedures as well as how to evaluate methods for communicating directions clearly to all students.

Participants have a maximum of 30 days from the day they begin their seminar to complete. Seminar information including log in and enrollment link will be sent directly from PLS 3rd Learning.

There is no refund once the information has been sent to the participant. Seminars are $15 per hour.

These are online seminars. Participants will work at their own pace, receive feedback and coaching from an experienced instructor and receive a pass or fail grade upon completion.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

*Please Note that these seminars are rolling admission. They will begin every Monday.
You will receive your info via email by 5pm*

NYSUT Alignments: I.2, II.I, II.2, II.3, III.1, III.4, III.5, IV.2, IV.3
Danielson Aligned: 3C

Previously titled: Student Engagement and Exploration

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
When student engagement is minds-on (involving intellectual activity), students develop their understanding through what they do. This seminar examines how to engage students in intellectual, active exploration with important and challenging content.

Participants have a maximum of 30 days from the start date listed in MLP to complete all assignments. Seminar information including log in and enrollment link will be sent directly from PLS 3rd Learning.

There is no refund once the information has been sent to the participant. Seminars are $15 per hour.

These are online seminars. Participants will work at their own pace, receive feedback and coaching from an experienced instructor and receive a pass or fail grade upon completion.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

*Please Note that these seminars are rolling admission. They will begin every Monday.
You will receive your info via email by 5pm*

NYSUT Alignments: I.5, IV.2, IV.1, IV.4, VI.1
Danielson Aligned: 2A

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
Deepening Knowledge: Novice Level

Previously titled: Creating a Culture of Respect and Rapport

This seminar emphasizes the foundation for creating a classroom of mutual respect, care, and trust. Participants will explore the qualities that characterize effective, caring teachers and identify the ways in which their beliefs and expectations about teaching and learning can inform and sustain their leadership abilities.


Participants have a maximum of 30 days from the day they begin their seminar to complete. Seminar information including log in and enrollment link will be sent directly from PLS 3rd Learning.

There is no refund once the information has been sent to the participant. Seminars are $15 per hour.

These are online seminars. Participants will work at their own pace, receive feedback and coaching from an experienced instructor and receive a pass or fail grade upon completion.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

*Please Note that these seminars are rolling admission. They will begin every Monday.
You will receive your info via email by 5pm*

*Available to NYSUT Members Only.
In order to meet the needs our diverse student population, educators must possess the mindset and skills needed to foster a positive learning environment for all students as it is critical to their academic success. Culturally responsive instructional practices honor and support this diversity, connecting learning to students' cultural and linguistic background while building on prior experiences. As a result, educators create an inclusive environment that is accessible and relatable to all students. In this seminar, participants will learn how to build on their current practices to create a culturally responsive classroom for their students. The goal of culturally responsive teaching is to instruct in a way that ensures engage in cognitively demanding tasks that foster independent learning by increasing student engagement and strengths-based mindset.

This seminar can be used to meet CTLE hours and C.R. Part 154 requirements.

This is an online seminar. Participants have thirty (30) days from the day access is granted to complete and upload all the assignments. An experienced instructor will provide feedback and coaching. At the end of the thirty days, participants who successfully complete the requirements will receive a grade of Pass and a certificate of completion. If not, a grade of Fail will be entered.

Online Requirement:
Requires, reliable/stable high speed internet connection.

Please Note:
Registration is on a rolling admission basis. New registrations will be added every Monday. You will receive information on how to access the online seminar via email by 5:00 pm.There is no refund once the access information has been sent to the participant.

Price includes $10 tech. fee