November Professional Times

It’s hard to believe how fast this year is moving—2027 is right around the corner! As you start planning your professional path for the upcoming terms, the Greece Professional Learning Center has an exciting slate of new courses ready for you. Our winter and spring offerings are officially live, packed with practical learning to support student achievement, strengthen subject-area expertise, and bring the NYS Portrait of a Graduate competencies to life in your classroom. Explore what’s coming up and claim your spot early before seats fill! Take a look at our featured courses below, or explore the entire schedule and earn CTLE and/or PL hours, or connect with peers, at the Greece Professional Learning Center.

See what's new in our course catalog Frontline Professional Growth.

NYS Teacher Centers are developing a 6-part Newsletter series on the Portrait of a Graduate Skills and how they connect to Educational Technology and the CS&DF Standards. A new issue will be released on the 15th of each month with the first one available October 15, 2026.

• Skill 1: Critical Thinker

Ready to elevate your classroom impact this year? The Office of Instructional Equity and Innovation is offering 6 individual instructional equity-related professional learning topics, facilitated by the TOSA for Instructional Equity, Cameron Graupman. Each session is designed to equip teachers with high-leverage, research-backed tools to foster student-centered, rigorous, and culturally responsive learning environments. Topics include:

Active Processing of Information, Questioning, Feedback, Differentiation, Behavior Management. Click here to view the dates and sign up.

For Professional Learning on Professional Learning Communities, please see below!

Explore book topics like: The PLC Dashboard -to clarify and simplify the seven-step learning cycle to help implement the PLC at Work® process.

Solution Tree has a 1-hour webinar with Jason Andrews called Leveraging the PLC at Work® Process to Improve Tier 1 Instruction for All. He speaks to many of the topics from our PLC release days last year. Sign up here for the recording if you want a refresher!

We know how busy our colleagues in education are right now and we value your time. To help you find upcoming relevant courses as quickly as possible, we have made it very easy to filter our Frontline PL catalog by program area. Find what you need - when you need it! See what's currently running in each of these program areas, and register today to reserve your spot!

• District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP)

• Art
• Business
• Data Driven Inquiry/Response to Intervention
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion/ Social Emotional Learning
  
• English as a New Language
  
• English Language Arts
  
• Family and Consumer Science/Technology
  
• Health/Physical Education/Wellness
  
• Instructional Strategies
  
• Leadership
  
• Library Media Science
  
• Mathematics
  
• Music
  
• New Teacher Support, Coaching & Mentoring
  
• Professional Learning Day
  
• Science
  
• Social Studies
  
• Technology Integration
  
• Bilingual Education & World Languages

Each spring, the AFT runs a free three-day virtual conference featuring more than 40 webinars on a wide variety of topics. Each webinar provides one hour of professional development credit for participation. Topics include strategies for distance learning, teaching current events and controversial issues, instructional strategies across the curriculum, social emotional learning and trauma-informed practices. All webinars are available on demand, and webinars since 2020 include closed captioning in English and Spanish. Learn more at ShareMyLesson.com/webinars.

Especially for Educators

Hugo McCloud: to everything there is a season

Saturday, November 14 | 9:30 am–12:00 pm

Wednesday, November 18 | 4:30–7:00 pm

FREE with Registration

Travel the globe in Hugo McCloud: to everything there is a season and examine snapshots of daily life and laborers in various cultures. We will engage with select artworks from the exhibition using Artful Thinking Routines and discuss curriculum connections for a range of grade levels and content areas. This workshop will also include a creative activity guided by a Teaching Artist. Participants will earn 2.5 CTLE credit hours upon completion. Light refreshments provided.

Register today ➔

Looking Ahead: Current & Upcoming Exhibitions Check out our Current & Upcoming Exhibitions pages to see what is new and exciting at MAG.

It is never too early to start planning for the year! School Tours will continue to be free for School Year 2026–27. Visit our School Tours webpage to learn about offerings and our transportation reimbursement program.

For Primary Staff (NEW): Cultural Connections: A Framework and Resource Kit for P-3 Learning Webinar Recording Now Available from the Office of Early Learning and Office of Cultural Education

• The recorded webinar can be accessed via the Cultural Connections website.

• The Cultural Connections Framework and Resource Kit is available on the Early Learning website.

• Any questions can be directed to the Office of Early Learning at OEL@nysed.gov.

Spend an hour with some of education’s most influential thought leaders

Join us for a free hour of professional learning to discuss a range of critical issues and gain practical tools and evidence-based strategies. View our database of previously recorded webinars!

K-12 GCV&M Teacher Benefits

FREE ADMISSION – Planning a field trip? Scoping out all that the museum has to offer? Reach out to education@gcv.org or call 585-249-8200 and inquire about receiving FREE ADMISSION.

FREE WORKSHOPS – these vary from academic lectures to half-day thematic workshops. Click HERE for any upcoming workshops.

FREE TEACHER SOCIALS – explore behind the scenes, hands-on experiences meant to build relationship and community. K-12 teachers work so hard, and we want to honor you! Most socials include snacks and beverages. Click HERE for any upcoming socials.

Looking to obtain your Subject Area Limited Extension? The Greater Capital Region Teacher Center is offering Limited Subject Extension (LSE) courses this spring semester to help eligible special education teachers meet subject-area certification requirements! GCRTC will give priority registration to teachers in their region.

ELA Limited Subject Extension Course

Designed for special education teachers (Grades 7–12) seeking their limited extension in English Language Arts. Fulfill your subject-specific coursework/CTLE requirements while building targeted strategies for teaching ELA in a special class setting. Register HERE

Math Limited Subject Extension Course

Designed for special education teachers (Grades 7–12) seeking their limited extension in Mathematics. Gain core content knowledge and practical instruction methods to meet state requirements for your math limited extension. Register HERE

Biology Limited Subject Extension Course

Designed for special education teachers (Grades 7–12) seeking their limited extension in Biology. Cover key secondary life science concepts and fulfills subject-area coursework/CTLE hours toward your science extension. Register HERE

About Subject Area Limited Extensions

• Purpose: Enables eligible special education teachers to become certified in a subject area while teaching a special class (self-contained) in grades 7–12 as they pursue the full extension or certificate.

• Validity: Valid for 5 years. May be renewed once for an additional 5 years by completing at least 3 semester hours of coursework in the subject area. Only valid in special classes.

• Available Subject Areas: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, ELA, General Science, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Mathematics, Physics, and Social Studies (separate application required per subject).

• For more information, click HERE

If you have questions, please contact: Liz Daly daleye@scolonie.org or Jessica Lattimore jlattimorertc@gmail.com

Did you know that we offer students with disabilities extensions for Special Education Teachers to extend their certifications?

Information sessions will be offered on Tuesday, October 13th, Thursday, October 15th or Tuesday, October 20th at 3:00 pm

These sessions will take place via zoom https://zoom.us/j/92584062119?pwd=ZgRHwMlu1O5A1bd6I4X89LVafFeEfv.1&jst=2#success

For Professional Learning on Student Management, please see below!

The Mid-West Educational Partnership is providing a free professional learning opportunity designed for PreK-12 educators that directly aligns with our Tier 1 strategies for DCIP Goal 3. This comprehensive, multi-module training covers foundational positive behavior supports—including physical environment arrangement, expectation setting, active supervision, behavior-specific praise, and strategic response options. The course utilizes a flexible hybrid format: participants complete self-paced asynchronous modules and then attend a live, interactive Q&A follow-up session. Please consider taking advantage of this resource by signing up for the summer or fall offering!

Nassau TRACT Teacher Center Catalog (log into your Greece Frontline account first)

Click here to see the many Leader in Me professional learning opportunities offered this summer included in person and asynchronous options for 7 Habits, Core 1, Core 2, and Core 3. This is updated training to the new 5.0 model and would be beneficial for staff new or familiar with Leader in Me!

The Greece CSD Digital Innovation Coaches have curated a landing page on our Instructional Technology website called, Recommended Professional Learning for Instructional Technology, to highlight high-quality content that can be used for self-paced professional learning for instructional technology. As a reminder, the Instructional Technology website can also be found in Classlink’s orange Technology Folder.

The Genesee Region and Tri-County Teacher Centers has opened up their course catalog to NYS Teachers at no cost. There are many virtual and some in person options and the good news it that they also use Frontline. Greece teachers would log into their Greece account then click on the registration in the newsletter above or you can log into your Greece Frontline and look under Activity Catalogs and click on the GVBOCS. So many great choices and so easy to earn PL hours! Catalog Link

The Long Island Regional Network has seats available in this upcoming course. Please share within your teacher center community. The Frontline registration page is linked to the program title below.

LINC - Refocusing Our Lens: An Alternate Perspective on How to Support Students in the Modern Classroom

Audience: All Educators

Dates: 11/2/2026 to 12/1/2026

Instructor: Dawn Alexander

Executive functioning skills play a critical role in helping students succeed both academically and independently. In this interactive workshop, we'll take a closer look at what executive functioning is, why it matters, and how to naturally weave these skills into everyday instruction. You'll leave with practical, easy-to-implement strategies that can be embedded into your daily routines to support the diverse and ever-changing needs of the students in your classroom. 15 CTLE/ PL hours

BOCES 4 Science Curriculum Unit Workshops are included with the lease of the corresponding unit. Upon completion, participants earn CTLE credits. <More Info>

Fall BOCES 2 SLS asych PL. These courses are designed for BOTH teachers and librarians. The first nine are secondary only and cover the new EBSCO/ProQuest Databases. News-O-Matic is K-8. The remaining 3 are for streaming video and are K-12. Attached is a handout with course descriptions. All items are in BOCES Frontline, log into your Greece Frontline account first, then click on the links below.

1. New Resource Essentials: EBSCO Academic Search Complete
2. New Resource Essentials: EBSCO Middle Search Plus
3. New Resource Essentials: EBSCO Literary Reference Ultimate
4. New Resource Essentials: EBSCO Points of View Ultimate
5. New Resource Essentials: EBSCO Science Reference Source Ultimate
6. New Resource Essentials: EBSCO History Reference Source Ultimate
7. New Resource Essentials: ProQuest eLibrary
8. New Resource Essentials: SIRS Issues Researcher
9. New Resource Essentials: SIRS Discoverer
10. Resource Essentials: Learn 360 Streaming Video
11. Resource Essentials: PBS LearningMedia
12. Resource Essentials: Intro to ClickView Video
13. Resource Essentials: Empowering Young Readers with News-O-Matic

Sample webinars: (remember all Greece employees are members, you can access the members only webinars at no cost after you active your membership. <Activate your LF Membership>

• Career Pathways
• Change Management
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• College and Career Ready Students
• Continuous Improvement
• Data
• Early Education
• Educator Evaluation
• English Learners
• Equity
• Evaluation & Impact of Professional Learning
• Facilitation
• Fundamentals
• Implementation
• Improvement science/networks
• Instructional Materials/Curriculum
• International Perspectives
• Leadership
• Learning Communities
• Learning Designs
• Learning Systems/Planning
• Mentoring & Induction
• Online Learning

With our districtwide learning forward membership, we have limited free courses where you could earn PL hours. See the current list of courses here. Email marguerite.dimgba@greececsd.org for the promo code.

Email: marguerite.dimgba@greececsd.org
Website:https://sites.google.com/greececsd.org/plc/plc-home
Location: 1790 Latta Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: 585-966-2130
X: @greecementors

Email: Kara.Manjerovic@greececsd.org
Website: https://greeceteachers.com
Location: 120 Erie Canal Drive, Suite 320 Rochester, NY 14626
Phone: (585) 471-5765
Facebook: facebook.com/Greeceteachers/
Twitter: @greeceteachers

Q: How can I track my PL hours in Frontline?

A: Log into your Greece Professional Growth account. On the left, click on:

My Info → Portfolio → My Pathways (The default is the current year and web page) → Run Report. It will show you the PL you have submitted in Frontline and the status. Recently completed means that the hours were awarded.

To find a useful guide containing important information:

GTA PL Hours Guide