CENTER PRESS

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In this issue:

Teacher Center News

Featured In-service Course

New Wide Format Color Printer

Summer 2012 Teacher Center Courses

Contact the Center

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Teacher Center News

This has been a stellar year for our Center: many new in-service courses and workshops have reached hundreds of Port Washington teachers and their students. The Teacher Center is now planning for the 2012-13 school using information from the survey sent out last month (click here to take the survey). The survey yielded many comments and insights; careful consideration is given to any input teachers have provided.

There will be courses scheduled starting in the Fall. As mentioned in the April edition of CENTER PRESS the 2012-2013 New York State budget has reduced the annual appropriation our Teacher Center to half the 2011-2012 grant amount. If you sign up for in-service courses make sure to attend. Spaces will be limited due to the budget cut.

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Featured In-service Course

Introduction to Microsoft Office 2010™

Come explore the new features of Microsoft Office 2010™ including an overview of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher. During this hands-on workshop, participants will work with Office 2010™’s new features to create dynamic documents, presentations and publications for the classroom. Participants are encouraged to come with “Where is that?” and “How do I?” questions that will be addressed throughout the course of the day. Upon completion of the course, attendees will have developed a technology infused lesson plan supporting the Common Core Learning Standards along with the integration of Microsoft Office 2010™’s dynamic new tools. Port Washington Schools will be upgrading to this new software suite during the summer.

The first session of this course will be held on Thursday, June 28th.

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New Wide Format Color Printer

The Teacher Center has a new Canon printer which is capable of printing images and documents on paper up to 13" x 19" in dimension. There is a supply of photo paper in several sizes, card stock and ledger size paper.

Policy for use of the Teacher Center photo printer

1.   Teachers are welcome to use the printer for classroom projects when the Center is open: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Please ask the Director for help in using the printer.

2.   The Center has a supply of 4x6, 8x10 and 13x19 photo papers, along with various colors, weights, sizes and types.

3.   In order to conserve these supplies, printing will be limited to the following numbers of prints per visit:

a.   Two 13x19 prints

b.   Four 8x10 prints

c.   Twenty 4x6 prints

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Summer 2012 Teacher Center Courses

Upcoming courses at the Teacher Center:

Emotional Intelligence, with Cecile Wren 6/25

Creating a School Culture that Combats Bullying, with Cecile Wren 6/26

Problem Solving in the Classroom, with Dan Ciccone 6/27

Introduction to MS Office 2010, with Jackie Gilmartin 6/28

Student Engagement and Standards Based Learning 6/25-6/29 (NYSUT-ELT)

Building Communication and Teamwork in Schools 6/25-6/29 (NYSUT-ELT)

Successful Teaching for the Acceptance of Responsibility (STAR) 7/9- 7/13 (NYSUT-ELT)

There are also NYSUT-ELT courses planned for the Fall, including Teaching Through Learning Channels (Saturdays, beginning 9/26) and Behavioral, Academic, and Social Interventions for the Classroom (BASIC) (starting 11/3).

Some classes still have openings available. To enroll in a Teacher Center course use MyLearningPlan. There is a separate MyLearningPlan process to register for ELT courses.

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Port Washington Teacher Center

Robert Moore, Director

Dr. Irene Virgilio, Associate Director

Natalie Miller, Policy Board Chairperson

Contact:

Port Washington Teacher Center

Weber Middle School

99 Campus Drive

Port Washington NY 11050

email: teachercenter@portnet.k12.ny.us

website: http://www.portnet.k12.ny.us/TeacherCenter