The Bank Street College of Education is a highly respected institution that specializes in early childhood education and advocates for children and families. With its private Graduate School of Education, on-site independent School for Children, and partnerships with various organizations, Bank Street offers a unique and comprehensive approach to higher education.
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Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th Street, New York, NY
Communicating with Families About Your Math Classroom (K–Grade 5) A constructivist math classroom is often something quite new for families to experience since their own math education was likely much more traditional in nature. It is critical that progressive math teachers know how to communicate about their math work with families. Come learn how best to do this. Look at print and digital resources that are great math tools for families. Learn...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th Street, New York, NY
The Director’s Role in Supporting Healthy Teaching Teams This workshop provides insight into the complex dynamics of team work and will provide program directors with tools and strategies to support the growth of individual teachers and teaching teams. Teams tend to focus their work on curriculum development and the needs of the children; however, focusing on the needs of the team is vital to the health of the team and school community. You will...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th Street, New York, NY
Infancy Institute : The Bank Street Approach to Toddlers and Twos: Applying Theory to Practice Join us for this unique opportunity to share, learn, and plan in community with the Infancy Institute co-directors. Explore options for implementing the ideas and strategies from the conference and developing an action plan that you can put in place right away. We will explore Bank Street’s developmental-interaction approach and how it can be applied...
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Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th Street, New York, NY
Developing Your Inner Mathematician (Pre-K–Grade 5) Have you ever said, “I’m not much of a math person”? Does even thinking about math make you anxious? Do you wish you had a better relationship with math? If so, this is the workshop for you. In this workshop, we are going to build a positive math community to unpack our past math experiences and engage with math tasks as a community to create a positive math experience. This is the...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th Street, New York, NY
Equitable Access to Math: A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Differentiated Instruction (Grades K - 5) The neurodevelopmental framework (NDF) is a key element of the research-based Math for All program developed by Bank Street and The Education Development Center (EDC). Teachers, curriculum coordinators, and coaches can use the NDF to 1) unpack the demands placed on students doing math lessons and 2) identify students’ strengths and challenges...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
There are multiple Early Childhood groups during each session, each following the Bank Street School philosophy. Most of the Head Counselors for the Lower Camp are teachers at Bank Street School for Children or graduate students from the Bank Street College. Each group has snack time, outdoor play and swim time. All groups will have age appropriate rest or quiet time each day. This summer, we are excited to be using the community space in...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
Clarifying Comprehension: Practical Strategies for Educators Teaching students to understand what they read is one of the most challenging tasks for teachers; however, there are numerous strategies that offer ways to increase student engagement in the reading process. This workshop covers schema and how to activate it, types of text and how to best teach the differences, ways to instruct with visualization techniques, using Question/Answer/Response...
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In this course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to mentor colleagues new to the field. Administrators will learn how to train experienced teachers in their programs to be mentors. Mentoring: A New and Promising Form of Professional Development New teachers need help to find their “voices” as they bridge the gap between pre-service training and the realities of the classroom. Most principals, directors, and education coordinators...
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We will identify key developmental themes and discuss how to incorporate them into the language arts class and interdisciplinary studies. This course offers the opportunity to examine a wide selection of recently published children's books in order to develop and refine your selection criteria. New books from the Bank Street Bookstore will be available for review. For librarians, teachers, and reading specialists. Focus on: Grades Pre-K - 4 Course...
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Dynamic Leadership: Inspiring & Supporting Your Teaching Faculty This course is designed for administrators, program directors and emerging leaders in schools and non-profits working in/with early childhood and elementary school level settings. Participants will identify opportunities and challenges inherent in the leadership role and examine ways to build engaging teaching and learning communities. Discussion will emphasize concrete ways to...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
Dynamic Leadership: Inspiring & Supporting Your Teaching Faculty This course is designed for administrators, program directors and emerging leaders working in education settings. Participants will identify opportunities and challenges inherent in the leadership role and examine ways to build engaging teaching and learning communities. Discussion will emphasize concrete ways to motivate, support, inspire and cultivate teacher leaders. ...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
In this workshop, you will learn activities to use in your classroom to support classroom instruction, community building, and social-emotional learning. We will also explore the history of Mindfulness, current Mindfulness research, and the impact it has on our minds and bodies. Mindfulness is a particular way of paying attention to internal thoughts, sensations, emotions and external stimuli with kindness. Practicing Mindfulness in educational...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
The Writer’s Group: Fine-tuning Your Story in a Supportive Community We are offering this lab for a small group of committed writers who enjoy the writing process and want to come together each month to share their works in progress and receive feedback from other committed writers. This is a safe, supportive place to try out what you've been working on independently in a facilitated workshop. Occasional guest speakers from the publishing...
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Participants will preview, load and learn several reading and writing apps that can be woven into teaching phonemic awareness, phonics knowledge, storytelling, writing, and other literacy skills. Investigate apps and programs for developing early literacy skills in your classroom. Multiple apps will be featured to help build decoding, fluency and comprehension strategies, as well as ways to build online portfolios for teacher records in reading/writing...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
Participants will learn strategies and techniques, based on practical applications of current research, to help children who struggle with learning challenges. Today we are viewing learning disabilities on a continuum - high, low and in between. Informed by new information on how the brain learns, we will define what is meant by learning disability and learn to distinguish between a learning difference and a disability. Case material will be presented...
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In this workshop, you will learn how to organize block-building areas in the classroom and get all the children involved—both boys and girls. Blocks, and the dramatic play that accompanies block building, offer children multiple and diverse opportunities to express their understanding of the social and physical world in which they live. From the early efforts of three- and four-year-olds to stack and balance blocks to the dynamic communities...
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This workshop provides concrete experiences for children to explore abstract ideas and work together to develop, expand, and acquire knowledge. Through hands-on activities, participants will become familiar with readily available materials and strategies for incorporating dioramas into their current lesson plan. The focus is on practical application in your classroom, so come with a curriculum in mind.
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How do children develop computational strategies to help them add and subtract? This workshop explores how children make sense of these operations. We’ll examine effective, efficient, and accurate problem-solving strategies that children use to master addition and subtraction. We’ll discuss the role of the standard algorithms in a Common Core standards-based mathematics classroom and consider the teacher’s role in helping children develop...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
Creating Passionate Readers and Writers:supporting Boys in Second Grade Thru Fifth Grade There is a growing body of research that has raised concerns about boys vulnerability in terms of social-emotional development, referral to special education, and academic success in school, particularly in terms of literacy. This workshop focuses on critical issues in the literacy education of boys in second through fifth grade and how to combat stereotypes...
Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY
This workshop will explore the role of discourse in the mathematics classroom. How do we support the development of ideas and language in mathematics? All students, including ELLs and those with language-based disabilities, need supported opportunities to communicate their mathematical thinking and develop mathematical language. The workshop will focus on the “why” of mathematics while exploring strategies to support and develop productive discourse...
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