ExpandED Schools & Every Hour Counts are looking forward to hosting our annual SEL Convening on March 28th, 2023 our theme this year is Empowering Youth Toward a Bright Future! Come join us for an opportunity to attend one of our offered Professional Development 1:20 pm -2:20 pm. Please, see below. You will have a […]
Dear Directors, We are thrilled to be hosting our third convening of the 2022-2023 school year. We hope to provide the time and space to allow for you all to guide conversations around important areas of after-school work, share strategies with one another, and allow for your experiences to speak for themselves and support one […]
Just because we’re indoors on those rainy summer days doesn’t mean we can’t get messy. This session will provide summer staff with lessons and resources for indoor summer STEM activities. Think elephant toothpaste and duct tape bridges that can hold a student!
The number, consistency, and intensity of positive relationships in young people’s lives are linked with a range of positive academic, social, and emotional outcomes. This workshop will evaluate the factors that lead to and best practices for nurturing sustainable, positive relationships with students and explore how communication directly affects student behavior. Using the Search Institute’s […]
According to the 2019 National School Climate Survey, 84% of trans students felt unsafe at school because of their gender. Compounded with issues of racism, transgender youth of color are more likely to subjected to racial discrimination than their cisgender peers. In this session, we will read a true, teen-written story about coming out as […]
Our public schools are built on ideologies and practices that maintain white supremacist principles. Educators need to understand the systems and language used in order to be change agents in their schools. This session will briefly discuss the history of public schooling and how this history impacts public school systems today. Attendees will learn tools […]
Pathways Fellows will have time to organize their teaching portfolios. The Pathways Fellowship team will be available to answer questions and give feedback. Fellows will also learn about the format for the official year-end showcase scheduled for May 26.
This is session will provide summer staff with lessons, resources and creative ideas for summer STEM activities that can be done outdoors. Think water rockets and solar cars…and fun!
ExpandED Schools has invested in diversifying the teacher pipeline through its Pathways Fellowship and other workforce development initiatives. While specifics of the network are still evolving, we believe that within this community there is an interest in building the teacher pipeline. This group will allow stakeholders to engage in dynamic and evolving conversations on this […]
Facilitators: Noel Morales and Tiffany Perry The red herring device is especially common in mysteries, thrillers, and detective stories, where writers want to keep their readers guessing until the very end. In this workshop, participants will identify where in the text red herrings/rabbit holes exist. In addition, we will look at how vocabulary/sentence structure provides […]
This workshop presents skills and strategies for helping youths to write, design, and publish original comic books. Based on over two decades of work with the Comic Book Project, Dr. Bitz will highlight comic books created by youths as examples of the power of comics as learning and motivational tools. Through examples of his own […]
About the Pathways Fellowship: An initiative of ExpandED Schools, the Pathways Fellowship is a ten-month program designed to provide people of color, who are currently enrolled in or recently graduated college, with an enriching experience that offers: professional development workshops, an after-school practicum, early career support, mentorship, and networking opportunities. Program Benefits Early Career Training […]
What can you do to help students who are falling behind in literacy skills? In this workshop, you will learn a variety of instructional techniques that you can use to support your students’ learning process. You will receive a toolkit that you can use to support students in grades K-8. This workshop is designed for […]
Who are the Multilingual Learners and how can you support them? This workshop will teach you how English Language Learners are identified in NYC and how you can support them. Come learn how diverse their background is and some important concepts of second language acquisition. This workshop is designed for educators who serve English Language […]
