TR@TC Induction and Beyond I EOY Resource Newsletter I June 2021

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Induction and Beyond

June 2021 I EOY Newsletter

WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THERE WERE TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE ORIGINAL NEWSLETTER SUBMISSION. We hope that you are able to access it now, and offer our sincere apologies for any missed opportunities; we have also included new offerings shared by our friends and partners.

From the desk of TR@TC...

In March of 2020, few could have predicted that teaching and learning remotely would cross the span of almost two school years. School staff, students, and families have experienced varying degrees of trauma during this time, and as we enter the final month of a most tumultuous school year, we encourage you to center JOY:

JOY in your interactions with the members of your school community
JOY in the texts you read with your students
JOY in the learning activities you create for your closing unit(s)

Ask yourself what you can read, explore, or discuss that will spark joy in your classroom (whether virtual or remote).

And, as you center JOY in your instructional practice, we remind you to make some time to reflect with your students and their families. Teach.Create.Motivate offers FREE feedback surveys that you can easily conduct using google form or in analogue form, click here to access them. Be sure to give your students time to complete these DURING CLASS for the best response rates!

We wish you a joyful end to the 2020-21 school year and hope that the following resources continue to be supportive of your practice.

With gratitude for all you do,

Julissa DiLoné

TR@TC Induction

teaching.residents@tc.columbia.edu

Employment Opportunities

It's Hiring Season!

Visit our job opportunities page to learn about openings shared with us, for the coming school year.

If you are a school leader and would like us to include your openings for 2021-22 school year, please email JAD2222@tc.columbia.edu with details.

Raising Consciousness

June marks the beginning of Pride Month celebrations, and it is also the month in which we celebrate Juneteenth; a day in which we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. We invite you to deepen the collective knowledge of your classroom, with some support from the following books and resources.

Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics and the University By John D'Emilio

Excerpt from book review: "Positioning himself firmly on the radical side, D'Emilio advocates nothing less than a total reevaluation of our society's sexual paradigm. Although a single voice is heard in these essays, D'Emilio's call for gays and lesbians to move beyond minority status to one of freedom and choice, to embark on new journeys of sexual definition, ' may well be the rallying cry for renewed activism in the struggle for social justice."

-"Library Journal

Source: Bookshop.org - Visit this link for a comprehensive list of books related to to Pride Month

Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality

Edited by Annika Butler-Wall, Kim Cosier, Rachel Harper, Jeff Sapp, Jody Sokolower, and Melissa Bollow Tempel

Excerpt from Synopsis: "...a collection of inspiring stories about how to integrate feminist and LGBTQ content into curriculum...

How do you respond when a child asks: “Can a girl turn into a boy?”
What if your daughter brings home school books with sexist, racist stories?
What does “queering the curriculum” really mean? What does it look like?
What’s wrong with “anti-bullying” policies? What are alternatives?"

Source: Rethinkingschools.org

Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper

Excerpt from synopsis: "Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth..."

Source: Bookshop.org - Visit this link for a comprehensive list of books related to Juneteenth

Teaching For Black Lives

Edited by Dyan Watson, Jesse Hagopian, and Wayne Au

Excerpt from description: "Teaching for Black Lives grows directly out of the movement for Black lives. We recognize that anti-Black racism constructs Black people, and Blackness generally, as not counting as human life. Throughout this book, we provide resources and demonstrate how teachers connect curriculum to young people’s lives and root their concerns and daily experiences in what is taught and how classrooms are set up..."

Source: Rethinkingschools.org

CALLS TO ACTION!

"...The National Museum of the American Latino will be the first-ever, stand-alone Smithsonian building dedicated to housing the long and storied history of the Latino community in the United States, many of whom are native peoples of this land as the border moved across the southwest. The National Mall sees upwards of 25 million visitors each year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. With the most prestigious Smithsonian museums being situated between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, FRIENDS leadership and supporters thought it necessary to write to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch—who carries the ultimate decision-making authority on where to build—and respectfully urge him to enact a plan that will ensure the Latino museum gets its proper place on the National Mall..."

Sign the Petition

Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the United States are signing a pledge to teach the truth.

Join the Pledge

Submit

Curriculum Planning Tools

In addition to the resource linked above, click here for Tanya's SUMMER READING FREEBIE.

Visit Repertorio NYC for a variety of free virtual programming available to educators and their students.

From the desk of Christian Wu, our in-house Educational Technology Guru. In addition to being a Doctoral student, 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.

The Literary Corner

Learn more about the first mobile bookstore in the Bronx

Excerpt from synopsis: "...In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework—one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which she names, Historically Responsive Literacy, was derived from the study of literacy development within 19th-century Black literacy societies. The framework is essential and universal for all students, especially youth of color, who traditionally have been marginalized in learning standards, school policies, and classroom practices. The equity framework will help educators teach and lead toward the following learning goals or pursuits..."

Source

Excerpt from synopsis: "...Drawing on research-based pedagogy and culturally responsive instructional methods, MC Means Move the Class: How to Spark Engagement and Motivation in Urban and Culturally Diverse Classrooms is an entertaining combination of educational theory along with the best teaching strategies and methods to help you be great in the classroom. This book tackles issues and common mistakes made facing many in Title I, urban and/or culturally diverse schools by offering inspirational stories and easy-to-digest ways to not just survive but thrive in some of the most challenging conditions..."

Source

Excerpt from synopsis: "...Build an active, responsive, and inclusive classroom where every student benefits. Through step-by-step directions, reproducible handouts, classroom-tested examples, and specific guidelines, teachers and teacher teams will discover 60 activities to help you...Quickly and easily modify and adapt design instruction for diverse learners, including students with cultural, language, learning, physical, or sensory differences..."

Source

Excerpt from synopsis: "...A revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century.

Lorraine Hansberry, who died at thirty-four, was by all accounts a force of nature. Although best-known for her work A Raisin in the Sun, her short life was full of extraordinary experiences and achievements, and she had an unflinching commitment to social justice, which brought her under FBI surveillance when she was barely in her twenties. While her close friends and contemporaries, like James Baldwin and Nina Simone, have been rightly celebrated, her story has been diminished and relegated to one work--until now..."

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The above are just a few of the books we've been reading this semester. We encourage you to visit Bookshop.org, an online bookstore who supports small book stores, for a their many lists of recommendations, including summer reading.

Podcasts

Newsletters

We often highlight resources from the following resources, and as we prepare pause our newsletter for the summer months, we'd like to ensure you are still connected with supportive content.

The Black Teacher Project
Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)
The Morningside Center
Rethinking Schools

Professional Learning and Other Opportunities

Join Speaker and Special Educator Martha St. Jean for an hour and a half long workshop reflecting on our collective self-care journeys over the course of this year. Space will be given to teachers to share their triumphs and acknowledge the trauma. We invite professionals of color to this affinity space to close the year in a show of critical love and make plans for rejuvenating practices during the summer. Email jad2222@tc.columbia.edu to sign up

June Financial Literacy Series

If you would like to learn more about paying off your loans, living within your means, and building wealth, our Virtual June Financial Literacy series will be a great fit for you.

It is hosted by Olivia West of the West Advisory Group, and it is capped at 50 participants. Please register today if it fits your schedule!

Details:

Friday, June 4th, 3:30-5:00- Budgeting

Friday, June 11th, 3:30-5:00- Saving & Investing

Friday, June 25th, 3:30-5:00- Student Loans

Black Teacher Leadership & Sustainability Institute | June 10-11, 2021

As participants in our Black Teacher Leadership and Sustainability Institute (BTLSI), Black teachers and educators will deepen commitment and agency in their work while developing strategies for leadership and sustainability. Attendees will virtually receive caring guidance and facilitation to collaboratively explore the personal and professional challenges they face as Black school-based educators...read more and register...

6th Annual Black Female Project Conversation with Black Teacher Project Thu, July 8, 2021 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Mark your calendar for our sixth annual conversation with BlackFemaleProject. Take time with us at this event to listen to Black educators in a fishbowl-style conversation as they discuss key findings and highlights from our recent Teacher Truth Survey, a quantitative inquiry of the ways Black educators are experiencing race and racism in their workplaces over the past two years...read more and register...

Webinar: A Space to Be Whole Landscape Analysis Introduction

Wed, June 16, 2021 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

The Black Teacher Project and Liberated Genius present a new report: A Space to Be Whole: A Landscape Analysis of Education-Based Racial Affinity Groups in the U.S., a national landscape analysis of racial affinity groups focused on supporting educators of color...read more and register...

Holocaust and Human Behavior

Monday, June 28 – Thursday, July
Monday, August 2 – Thursday, August 5

Help students wrestle with the profound moral questions raised by the study of the Holocaust and foster their skills in civic engagement, ethical reasoning, critical thinking, and empathy — all of which are necessary for sustaining democracy.

This online seminar features Facing History’s seminal resource Holocaust and Human Behavior and is intended for 6-12th grade world history, U.S. history, humanities, or English language arts educators.

Teaching for Equity and Justice Summit

Tuesday, July 13 – Thursday, July 15

Schooling is one of the many systems in the US that has been and continues to be shaped by the historic legacies of racism and inequity. Educators and school leaders, join us for a dynamic 3-day summit designed to equip you with the context, tools, and strategies you need to address these troubling and historically rooted disparities in your school.

Identity, Membership and Belonging: A Summit on Teaching Immigration

Tuesday, July 27 – Thursday, July 29

Join us to explore the history and contemporary realities of immigration in the United States. We’ll consider how the choices and actions of immigrants have shaped ideas about freedom and democracy and influenced what it means to be American.

The Consortium Summer Institute will be held from Tuesday, July 6th - Friday, July 16th. Workshop meetings and fall follow up sessions will be scheduled with interested participants. Participants will receive CTLE hours from Bank Street College. Student participants will receive stipends.

See below for descriptions: Date/Time: Tuesday 7/6, Thursday 7/8, Tuesday 7/13 10AM - 12PM

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: Green Science Research (Teacher PD - Virtual)

Danielle Dubno-Hammer from IHPCH will share resources and materials from her Green Science Research Class. Students in this course engage in scientific inquiry and complete long-term research projects aligned to either the Experimental Science or Engineering Design Consortium rubrics. Teachers will have an opportunity to plan or adapt their own curriculum based on the materials shared.

MATHEMATICS: Mathematical Problem Solving (Teachers & Students - In Person)

Drawing on resources from the Consortium’s Problem Solving Curriculum, teachers and students will engage together in mathematical inquiry through problem solving. Teachers will then debrief and plan for how to embed problem solving in their curriculum and daily instruction.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Civics Working Group (Teachers - Hybrid)

A working group of Social Studies teachers will collaborate to develop curriculum and performance assessment resources around civic engagement.

LITERATURE: All-Time Great Reads (Teacher PD Only - Virtual)

How do we reconnect our students with sustained reading? By engaging them with books that are almost always winners. Literature teachers will come together, share these winning titles, and then organize curriculum for thematic courses that center on these texts.

THE ARTS: Art in the City (Teachers & Students - In Person)

We will combine looking at art—visiting some of the museums or galleries in the city in small groups—and making art, taking our ideas and inspirations and interpreting them on paper. We will supply students with sketch books, pencils, charcoal, and watercolor and meet in a nice outdoor setting for doing art. If you are an art teacher, or any teacher!, who would like to join the group and maybe include some of your students, let us know.

Learn, Act, Impact with courses in social justice, climate change...Learning can help advance social justice. In this special curated collection, you can learn about topics like diversity, equality, climate change, public health, sustainability, social work, and more. Start exploring courses today and discover new ways that you can make a positive impact in your community and the world.

Sharing Credits: Vanessa Paula

Summer Professional Development Workshops

Supporting Teachers and Leaders Using

New Visions for Public Schools Curriculum

Professional Learning Opportunities

All of our professional learning this summer will take place virtually. Below are select upcoming sessions. See this professional learning calendar or our workshop system for more information and registration links for our summer workshops. If this email was forwarded to you and you would like to sign-up for a newsletter, click here.

Launching the School Year: Instructional Routines for Building Relationships

During this session, you will experience routines that will help you launch the first two weeks of school, when it is most critical to establish a culture of listening and trust. The routines will provide opportunities for making instruction responsive, as they center learning around student voice, information synthesis and relationship building.

Introduction to Metacognition & Explicit Instruction for Learner Independence

This workshop will be an immersive introduction to building a metacognitive culture in your classroom. Building students’ metacognition through explicit instruction puts them in the drivers’ seat of their own learning. Participants in this workshop will experience a lesson modeling this approach and receive tools that guide them in designing similar lessons in their classrooms.

MicroCert Cross-Content Courses:

Deepening Your Instructional Practice

Additional course information will be available at advance.newvisions.org/microcert/

Cognitive Strategies for Reading

Participants who successfully complete this course will demonstrate the ability to adapt the Transfer Learning Routine to support students' reading comprehension and analysis through explicit instruction of active reading strategies.

July 19 - 30

Skills-Based Rubrics for Writing

Participants who successfully complete this course will demonstrate the ability to use rubric-driven data to make focused instructional decisions to enhance student literacy growth.

August 2 - 13

Launching the School Year with New Visions Curriculum

Planning With the ELA Curriculum

Introduction to the NV curriculum in which teachers have the opportunity to think about how they would plan a unit, week, or day of instruction using our materials.

This workshop will repeat four times. Select one date.

Intro to New Visions Biology Course (designed for NGSS/NYSSLS!)

Are you planning to teach one or more units in the New Visions Biology course, designed for NYSSLS/NGSS? This session is an introduction to the course, with a special focus on unit 1.

This workshop will repeat two times. Select one date.

Launching the Year with New Visions Living Environment

If you have taught Living Environment in the past using the New Visions Living Environment materials, this session will offer the opportunity to revisit your plans for the course, with a focus on teaching science to students who may have been out of the classroom for much of the last year.

August 31, 1-3pm

Launching the Year with New Visions Earth Science

If you have taught Earth Science in the past using the New Visions Earth Science materials, this session will offer the opportunity to revisit your plans for the course, with a focus on teaching science to students who may have been out of the classroom for much of the last year.

September 1, 1-3pm

ntro to New Visions Earth & Space Science Course (Designed for NGSS/NYSSLS!)

Are you planning to teach one or more units in the New Visions Earth & Space Science course, designed for NYSSLS/NGSS? This session is an introduction to the course, with a special focus on unit 1.

August 27, 9-11am

Intro to New Visions Social Studies Curriculum

Participants will learn about the New Visions Social Studies curriculum, experience activities from Unit 1 that feature micro-routines for discourse and engagement, and discuss strategies for modifying Unit 1 for their teaching contexts.

This workshop will repeat two times. Select one date.

Introduction to the New US History Regents Exam

Participants will learn about the new US History Regents Exam which will be administered for the first time in June 2022.

This workshop will repeat two times. Select one date.

Washington Heights Memoir Project

New DEADLINE: June 30th, 2021

Dominican Writers mission is centered on writing and sharing our stories because they matter. These are unprecedented times, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic we are re-opening our call for submissions to collect your stories, your experiences, your reality as a resident of Washington Heights living through this pandemic. #coronavirus #callforsubmissions #dominicanwriters #storytelling #cuentacuentos

Click here

Wellness

How To Make Your Subconscious Mind Your Ally

Excerpt from blog post: "...Subconscious mind runs approximately 95% of our lives. What does it mean? It means that the subconscious programs that we are running on can sabotage our lives and we can’t tell because we can’t see it —we are not aware of it. This explains to a large extent why our relationships fall apart, we fail to start or achieve our goals, we engage in behaviors that don’t allow us to move forward...read more..."

Vortex of Living Well is a wellness blog developed by veteran NYC educator and entrepreneur, Ramona Diaz.

UFT Corner

Education in the Time of COVID - We want to be sure that you are feeling supported as you navigate all the uncertainty surrounding this school year. To that end, Amy Nelson, TR@TC Induction Mentor, Seasoned Educator, UFT Chapter Leader, and Teacher Sustainability Advocate has created a #KnowYourRights guide. Click here

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.

WORKING TOWARDS YOUR +30 - As early as your first year of teaching, you can begin to take P-credit courses that will provide you with an affordable alternative towards the additional 30 credits (above Master's degree) needed to reach the highest UFT/NYCDOE certification salary step. This is a two step process in which you first identify the course you'd like to take and pay for the P-Credits through your ASPDP account. Once this step is complete, you'll need to enroll for the course with the learning partner listed in the aforementioned website. The average cost for a 3 P-credit course is $300.

NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION - 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 shaw.dts@gmail.com for details.

FREE OVER-THE-PHONE INTERPRETATION FOR NYCDOE TEACHERS (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.

Alumni Career Services: TC Alumni have full access to the job posting board, workshops and events, and complimentary career advisor consultations, through our TC NEXT Portal.

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