May Professional Times

Many educators choose to engage in professional learning during the summer in order to enhance their skills and stay current with evolving educational practices. To facilitate this advancement, the Greece Professional Learning Center is now accepting enrollments for a wide range of new courses across various subject areas. These courses aim to provide educators with cutting-edge strategies and resources to effectively prepare for the upcoming academic year. Explore our updated online catalog and sign up today! Remember 6/1/25 is the last day to complete AND submit any requests in Frontline to earn PL hours for 2024-25.

Register today!

We know how busy our colleagues in education are right now and we value your time. To help you find upcoming relevant courses as quickly as possible, we have made it very easy to filter our Frontline PL catalog by program area. Find what you need - when you need it! See what's currently running in each of these program areas, and register today to reserve your spot!

• Art
• Business
• Data Driven Inquiry/Response to Intervention
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion/ Social Emotional Learning
  
• English as a New Language
  
• English Language Arts
  
• Family and Consumer Science/Technology
  
• Health/Physical Education/Wellness
  
• Instructional Strategies
  
• Leadership
  
• Library Media Science
  
• Mathematics
  
• Music
  
• New Teacher Support, Coaching & Mentoring
  
• Professional Learning Day
  
• Science
  
• Social Studies
  
• Technology Integration
  
• Bilingual Education & World Languages

Q: How can I track my PL hours in Frontline?

A: Log into your Greece Professional Growth account. On the left, click on:

My Info → Portfolio → My Pathways (The default is the current year and web page) → Run Report. It will show you the PL you have submitted in Frontline and the status. Recently completed means that the hours were awarded.

To find a useful guide containing important information:

GTA PL Hours Guide

Note: Log into your Greece Frontline account first before registering for any of the classes below:

Teacher Centers across New York State have virtual seats open for you at no cost. Each program title is linked to the registration page in Frontline.

We wanted to share an exciting opportunity to earn PL hours through an instructional coaching cycle during the workday!! Learn more about the math Instructional Coaching Cycle below...

• During an instructional coaching cycle the coach and the coachee will collaborate to identify a goal, learn about an instructional strategy to support the goal, implement, reflect and improve the chosen strategy, and complete a final reflection.
• The instructional coaching cycle will take place during the work day but you will earn PL hours.
• Coaching cycles will be scheduled in the order of submission, therefore cycles will take place throughout the school year.

Please fill out this form if you would like to participate in a math instructional coaching cycle!

For those that sign up, Lisa, Erica, or Luisa will reach out to schedule a meeting to kick off the coaching cycle.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Lisa, Erica, & Luisa

BOCES 4 Science Curriculum Unit Workshops are included with the lease of the corresponding unit. Upon completion, participants earn CTLE credits. <More Info>

NYS calendar of PL with a focus on English Language and Multilingual Learners

We are pleased to join with the WNY Regional Office in offering FREE professional development sessions in the upcoming months from NYSUT's Education & Learning Trust (ELT). These sessions are available at no cost for teachers and SRPs who are NYSUT members. They are all online.

This time we are offering 5-hour and 7-hour online sessions that you take at your own pace over a period of 30 days. Each session begins on a Monday and you have the full 30 days to complete the coursework.

To register and see the list of classes, go to NYSUT Learning Center

All of these courses qualify for CTLE credit.

We encourage our members to take advantage of this FREE professional development. Some sessions may be designated for new members but if you are interested in any of them, please feel free to sign up regardless of how long you have been working in the profession.

Class size is limited- first come, first served. Please note all sessions are virtual.

Click here or on the image above for the current schedule of free, non-college credit, synchronous webinars provided by the University of Rochester with the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform at the Warner School of Education. They are happy to share a new series of short, virtual, professional learning sessions for educators. Greece teachers can earn PL hours if the webinar is outside of their work day. These sessions require no registration and are free to participants. All sessions can be joined using this zoom link: www.tinyurl.com/PDforLeaders or using Zoom Meeting ID#: 221 811 4363

Email questions to Dr. Marla Iverson, Director of Leadership Development at miverson@warner.rochester.edu To earn PL hours, Greece teachers would need to log into their Greece Frontline account first, then complete the Use Request for PL Hours Form in Frontline Fill-in Forms,

Spend an hour with some of education’s most influential thought leaders

Join us for a free hour of professional learning to discuss a range of critical issues and gain practical tools and evidence-based strategies. View our database of previously recorded webinars!

Greece now has a districtwide membership to Learning Forward which includes access to webinars at no cost. These can count towards your PL hours. <Activate your LF Membership> You can also have access to the Learning Professional publication. Click here to see current webinars. Educators are more likely to stay in the professions when they feel valued and supported. High-quality professional learning plays a critical role in creating a culture of support and professional growth. Learning Forward offers customized professional learning focused on educator growth and leadership.

Sample webinars: (remember all Greece employees are members, you can access the members only webinars at no cost after you active your membership. <Activate your LF Membership>

• Finding common ground to reach all students
• Trauma-informed practices: Building teachers’ and students’ resilience in stressful times
• Creating inclusive and safe spaces for students and educators: The power of standing up
• Educator health and wellbeing: Put on your own oxygen mask first

With our districtwide learning forward membership, we have limited free courses where you could earn PL hours. See the current list of courses here. Email marguerite.dimgba@greececsd.org for the promo code.

The Greece CSD Instructional Technology Teachers (ITTs) have curated a landing page on our Instructional Technology website called, Recommended Professional Learning for Instructional Technology, to highlight high-quality content that can be used for self-paced professional learning for instructional technology. As a reminder, the Instructional Technology website can also be found in Classlink’s orange Technology Folder.

“A source for teachers... A promise for students”. The Professional Learning Center exists for the purposes of providing professional growth opportunities for the teachers and other school staff so that they may expand their knowledge about educating children and enhance their skills and classroom practices. Our center strongly believes that the outstanding student achievement is tied to a teaching staff that is well educated, professionally current and innovative.

Email: marguerite.dimgba@greececsd.org
Website: https://www.greececsd.org/Page/296
Location: 1790 Latta Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: 585-966-2130
Twitter: @greecementors

The Greece Teachers Association was founded in 1956 and is lead by current president Brian Ebertz. We invite all members to join us for Representative Assembly, which is held at the GTA Office. Please keep an eye out for GTA specific PL offerings such as “PL for PL”, and “Contract 101” courses.

Email: Kara.Manjerovic@greececsd.org
Website: https://greeceteachers.com
Location: 120 Erie Canal Drive, Suite 320 Rochester, NY 14626
Phone: (585) 471-5765
Facebook: facebook.com/Greeceteachers/
Twitter: @greeceteachers