Highlights - February 2001

UFT Teacher Center:
Just A Click Away Where is it cool on a warm summer’s day? The UFT Teacher Center Web site (www.ufttc.org) is very cool and just a click away from—wherever you will be. With useful information, current research, networking possibilities and instructional tools, the chances to grow professionally are exponential! What can you find at www.ufttc.org? Here is a partial list: • Curriculum Resources and Lesson Plans • Conferences • College and University Courses • Links to Other Learning Sites • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards • Publications (See "The Professional’s Resource" in this issue.) • Educational Research/Search Engines • Streaming Video • Teacher Center Sites Near You • And More … All school-based Teacher Center sites have open access during after-school hours, with events throughout the school year. Even if you don’t yet have a Teacher Center in your school, there is one near you in your district. Check out locations—school names, addresses and telephone numbers of Teacher Center sites near you online, and plan on an early fall visit, in person, to network, take a workshop and find helpful materials. UFT Teacher Center Summer Seminars for K-8 Teachers Teacher Center, in collaboration with the New York State Education Department, offers two exciting summer institutes for K-12 educators: English Language Arts: Creating the Resources and Thinking Mathematics. Eight sessions each, the institutes will be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. Institutes will run concurrently July 9th through July 19th (Mondays through Thursdays), from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The English Language Arts Institute course of study will include standards, lesson structure, Learning Experiences (units of study), understanding literacy, and assessment. Thinking Mathematics will include real world activities that make math skills meaningful, the difference between knowing an answer and understanding a concept, collaborative strategies that work best in mathematics and hands-on activities. Participants will be served a light breakfast each morning and can receive either new teacher professional development hours or “P” credit which can be used toward the second salary differential (30 above the master’s). Participants are expected to attend all sessions of an institute. Visit your Teacher Center for a flyer and coupon.



	UFT Teacher Center: Just A Click Away Where is it cool on a warm summer’s day? The UFT Teacher Center Web site (www.ufttc.org) is very cool and just a click away from—wherever you will be. With useful information, current research, networking possibilities and instructional tools, the chances to grow professionally are exponential! What can you find at www.ufttc.org? Here is a partial list: • Curriculum Resources and Lesson Plans • Conferences • College and University Courses • Links to Other Learning Sites • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards • Publications (See "The Professional’s Resource" in this issue.) • Educational Research/Search Engines • Streaming Video • Teacher Center Sites Near You • And More … All school-based Teacher Center sites have open access during after-school hours, with events throughout the school year. Even if you don’t yet have a Teacher Center in your school, there is one near you in your district. Check out locations—school names, addresses and telephone numbers of Teacher Center sites near you online, and plan on an early fall visit, in person, to network, take a workshop and find helpful materials. UFT Teacher Center Summer Seminars for K-8 Teachers Teacher Center, in collaboration with the New York State Education Department, offers two exciting summer institutes for K-12 educators: English Language Arts: Creating the Resources and Thinking Mathematics. Eight sessions each, the institutes will be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. Institutes will run concurrently July 9th through July 19th (Mondays through Thursdays), from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The English Language Arts Institute course of study will include standards, lesson structure, Learning Experiences (units of study), understanding literacy, and assessment. Thinking Mathematics will include real world activities that make math skills meaningful, the difference between knowing an answer and understanding a concept, collaborative strategies that work best in mathematics and hands-on activities. Participants will be served a light breakfast each morning and can receive either new teacher professional development hours or “P” credit which can be used toward the second salary differential (30 above the master’s). Participants are expected to attend all sessions of an institute. Visit your Teacher Center for a flyer and coupon.