Subject: TR@TC Induction and Beyond I December 2021 I Holiday Newsletter

Induction and Beyond

Holiday 2021 I Educator Resources

Special Announcements

Meet the newest member of the Induction Team!

Jazlyn Sanchez has been working with TR@TC for several years now, as one of two Special Projects Assistants (Marco Alba being one of them).


Jazlyn is currently a Senior and Editor in Chief at the City College of New York. She is also a graduate of the Urban Assembly Maker Academy high school, one of our partnership schools.


We are thrilled to have her join our team to support programming and alumni outreach.

Applications are OPEN!!!

Teaching Residents at Teachers College is recruiting for the Summer 2022 semester. 


This year, we are continuing the practice of admitting students in the spring and summer semesters. We are currently in the process of reviewing applications for spring. If you know someone who is interested in teaching in NYC public schools, please share this information with them.


Visit our website for information about office hours and info. session dates


Apply by Jan 15th

NYC DOE SCHOOLS ARE STILL HIRING!


Several schools have reported shortages in the areas of SPED, ENL, Science, and Math. If you or someone you know is looking for a teaching position, please click here to view most urgent vacancies shared with us.


Note: Some schools are accepting Trans B and Internship licenses at this time.


If you are an administrator wishing to share your vacancies, please feel free to email jad2222@tc.columbia.edu to have your vacancy added to the list.

Induction Highlights

Part of our mission in Induction is to support our experienced teachers in enhancing their professional standing and financial wellbeing by offering targeted workshops, creating platforms for them to showcase their talents, and 1:1 teacher leadership coaching.


This month, our hearts smile as we share the news of another TR@TC alumni attaining the prestigious National Board Certification. Vincent Pham, you make us proud and we are so excited for all the doors this certification will open for you!



On a related note, we would also like to thank Devon Hedrick-Shaw, who was the first TR@TC alumni to become National Board Certified and later led the workshops that have supported other alumni in pursuing this milestone.


Honorable mentions: Yesenia Moreno and Peggy McQuaid - Congrats on getting National Board Certified!

Teacher As Activist

A message from the Debt Collective: Join us for our Cancel ALL student loan debt week of action, Jan 17 - 23, with actions around the country! We’ll be holding events to demand that President Biden use this authority -- and do it now. Enter your zipcode to find your local event or to organize your own!

Urge Your Members of Congress to Cosponsor Educators for America Act

To address the teacher shortage our nation faces, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) introduced the Educators for America Act with the input of experts like you in the field of educator preparation. The legislation is almost two years in the making. The bill will “build the capacity of educator preparation programs to ensure all students have access to profession-ready educators; recruit new and diverse educators into the profession; invest in partnership between higher education, state and local partners, and support innovation to meet the changing needs of students.”

Action Center

 

Educator Grant Opportunities

Alumni Grants are back!

This year, we are able to support Five, $200 grants for alumni who have fulfilled their agreement to serve.


Note: You do not need to be a classroom teacher to apply for these, but must be working in an education related field and demonstrate use of funds in support of K-12 classrooms or teacher learning.


Please email jad2222@tc.columbia.edu to discuss your options and other requirements.

Teachers Supporting Teachers

As our alumni network continues to grow in their practice (#11years!) we want to work towards identifying ways to support them in sharing their education-based entrepreneurial endeavors. To that end, in this and upcoming newsletters, we will share resources to support you in your endeavors, while highlighting alumni teacher-preneurs.


If you would like for us to share about your education-based business, please email jad2222@tc.colubmia.edu to discuss further.

This resource was brought to us by veteran teacher, instructional coach, and education entrepreneur, Amy Nelson. Check out their services, which run the gamut of school-based to business coaching workshops.

Edu Coach is the brainchild of Dr. Gina Tucker, former student of TR@TC founder, Dr.Lin Goodwin. Through this innovative platform, she not only seeks to connect teachers with high quality instructional support, but to also enable veteran teacher coaches to share their expertise outside geographical constraints. Visit the site to learn more about this future-based resource and/or determine if you'd like to add yourself to the team of trailblazers who have joined the EduCoach team.

 

Raising Consciousness

 

This time of year can be a time to give gifts of love and generosity to those in need. Below are some organizations you might want to consider supporting, as well as some ideas for homemade gifts for your loved ones.

Donate

From the website: "Giving back to those who perform essential work to feed us."

Donate

From the website: "Providing mutual aid for immigrant essential workers and undocumented communities."

Donate

From the website: "We exist to sustain and develop Black teachers to lead and reimagine schools as communities of liberated learning. Our vision is that every student will benefit from the diversity, excellence, and leadership of an empowered Black teaching force."

BTP Swag is back!

Click here to order yours today - this fundraiser ends at midnight ET on January 12, 2022 and orders will be shipped in early February; just in time for Black History Month!

Donate

From the website: "dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism."

Donate

From the website: "A grassroots action network inciting creativity to shape a culture of empathy, equity, and belonging."

 

Curriculum Planning Tools

From the website: "Amplifier is a nonprofit design lab that builds art and media experiments to amplify the most important movements of our times. Our experiments are built on a foundation of free and open-source art, the unlimited possibilities within a human-centered design process, and the potentials when analog and digital technology merge."


Visit the site and browse through all their free educator resources.

Learn, Grow, and be Inspired with our featured podcast playlist. 


This holiday season, we are excited to share that one of the podcasts listed below (Abolition Science), is the product of the liberatory work let by  LaToya Strong, a science educator and scholar who has recently joined the Induction mentoring team! To learn more about her, visit our Induction Page.


*Feel free to send us your favorites by clicking the feedback link at the bottom of this newsletter.

 
https://www.abolitionscience.org/home/2018/10/2/linking-abolition-with-science-t44xz

Abolition Science Radio is a podcast series exploring science and math from an anti-colonial stance.


Credits: LaToya Strong

Sharing credits: LaToya Strong

 

From the desk of Christian Wu, Educational Technology Guru and Dean of Mathematics at a NYC Public School. In addition to completing his Doctoral studies, Christian has been hard at work developing a variety of resources for teachers who want to integrate technology in the classroom. Click here to access his extensive list of tech tools. We will repost this resource monthly, as it is a live document, and will be updated periodically.

 

From Our Library, to Yours

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*If you'd like to add to next month's book list, feel free to complete the feedback form linked below.

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com

Source: Bookshop.org

Professional Learning

Exclusive MfA opportunity for TR@TC Alumni 

MfA is offering lots of exciting professional learning to our Math and Science teacher community!

  •  Wednesday Webinar series: This series invites a speaker to share their work for the first hour, and then invites participants to spend the second hour in small carefully constructed groups thinking about the implications of the speaker’s work on their classrooms. Alumni are free to sign up using the link here.  Email jad2222@tc.columbia.edu for list of upcoming speakers.

January 20th, 2022

This workshop is designed to support administrators and hiring managers in learning best practices to recruit, hire, and retain Black teachers for their schools.


In this experiential session, participants will be guided to gain a deeper understanding of the historical and current context of Black teachers’ work and their impact on the thriving of all students.


Attendees will assess their current hiring intentions and efforts and learn to use an equity lens to implement more effective practices. This is an interactive session where you will engage in thought partnership and receive feedback from other participants in multiple breakout rooms.

Save The Date: January 27th, 2022

The struggle for educational equality and social justice remains a central feature of leading both suburban and urban schools and districts in the U.S. As race and class divides continue to widen and public support for diversity and inclusion in schools wane, the work of educational leaders committed to equity and justice remains fraught with complexity and contradictions. This event, hosted by the Black Education Research Collective (BERC) at Teachers College, Columbia University will feature Professor Sonya Douglass Horsford, Founding Director of BERC, in conversation with Chancellor Lester Young, Jr. New York Board of Regents, and incoming Chancellor David Banks, New York City Department of Education as they discuss the future of education leadership and policy in New York and beyond.

Build Your Team’s Skills With DG Professional Learning Courses!

Course Offerings
 

The CRE by Design Online PLC is a new approach to equity-focused professional learning for teams of teachers, coaches, and leaders. It is a 5½ month experience where we focus on helping students become cognitively independent learners to help schools begin to actualize their equity goals.

The PLC runs from January 17, 2022 (MLK Day) through June 30, 2022. Registration will require an application. Applications will open in the next three (3) weeks.
Subscribe to the blog for more info.

 

Wellness

 

Marc your calendars for Melida's upcoming Monday Morning Yoga sessions!

As NYC teachers return to in-person teaching, our wellness partner, Success In Motion, continues to offer teacher wellness that is responsive to their scheduling needs. Check out the November updates and be sure to join the team for VIRTUAL Restorative Yoga, Cardio, and Stress Management!


Sign up for sessions ONLINE or by downloading the Success In Motion App. 

Go to the "Open To All Educators" tab and select the session you wish to attend.

Log on to ZoomHERE | Meeting ID: 325 361 1874

Life as a Teacher

 

Top 5 things to do during your first six months of teaching:

  1. Join the UFT

  2. Meet with your Chapter Leader

  3. Set up your Teacher Retirement Systems Account

  4. Begin contributing to your Tax Deferred Annuity plan

  5. Make a plan for your +30 Salary Step

  • When does it make sense to resign from the DOE v.s taking a leave or sabbatical? - BEFORE you decide, let us connect you to Amy Nelson, TR@TC Induction Mentor, Seasoned Educator, Award Winning UFT Chapter Leader, and Teacher Sustainability Advocate. In the meantime, check out her #KnowYourRights guide by clicking  here.


Other Resources


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  • Businesses Who Love Teachers - Special thanks to Stephanie Rivera (TR@TC Class of 2019) for sharing this amazing list of discounts for teachers. Click here to access.

  • PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION - Are you ready to apply for your Professional Certification? Email jad2222@tc.columbia.edu for more information about this important career milestone.

  • ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS - The process of adding certifications to your existing NYS licenses can be daunting. Let us help you! Email jad2222@tc.columbia.edu to connect with your certification department.

 

After completing your 3rd year of teaching, you may want to apply for this advanced and prestigious certification. Devon Shaw, a TR@TC Alumnus, is leading National Board Certification workshops, through TR@TC. Email him at

Devon.Hedrick-shaw@colorado.edu for details.

Did you know that the NYCDOE offers FREE, over-the-phone interpretation services, in over 250 languages? Click here to access step-by-step instructions, and begin connecting with the families of your students, regardless of the language they speak at home.

*Speak to your school's Language Interpretation and Translation Coordinator for information on how to translate documents and other materials.

Get Your TC Alumni ID and Stay Connected!

  • Reserve rooms in the TC Library  (Beginning late fall'21)

  • Activate your permanent gmail account

  • Access partner discounts


*Week of 11/8/21, all TC ID holders receive discounts at various restaurants during "Taste of Harlem Week"

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