Helping to create learning environments for all our students

ELT NEWSLETTER August 2023 

Helping to create learning environments for all our students

And earn CTLE hours

As educators, it’s our duty and our joy to teach children from every background in our public schools. Part of fulfilling this mission is to create classrooms where all our students can feel welcomed and learn. Many NYSUT members have taken “Stick & Stones,” the NYSUT workshop to help learn how they can welcome students of all backgrounds. Here are three related training sessions from ELT that may be beneficial. These online seminars are offered asynchronously, and each is worth 5 CTLE hours. All courses are discounted for NYSUT members. 

Educators can also earn CTLE hours at six regional learning centers. These classes are organized by local union leaders and offered free of charge to NYSUT members.

Finish your master’s degree ─ NYSUT can help

Ready to earn your Master of Education Degree, but don't know where to start?

NYSUT's Education & Learning Trust, in partnership with SUNY Empire State College, offers members a path to earn up to 9 Empire State College graduate credits toward Empire State College's 30 credit online Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Once you complete your 9 credits, you can matriculate into Empire State College using our partnership benefit program.

To begin your degree, you can choose from 43 different ELT courses. Topics include curriculum design, instructional planning, and differentiated teaching.

In Equity in All Classrooms, educators get a blueprint for how to alter the all-too-predictable outcomes for historically underserved students. Using an equity framework, participants will develop a lens for detecting inequity in everyday classrooms, become adept at looking at the situation from multiple perspectives and develop actionable plans to negotiate obstacles to equity.