Core Connection Course Catalog
Math 6-8 Support Network: Numeracy Briefs Series
NYSED has launched a Numeracy Initiative, which will continue through the 2025-26 school year. This Initiative will provide information and resources to support high-quality, culturally responsive mathematics instruction designed to help students to advance their numeracy skills and achieve the expectations of the mathematics learning standards. This session is Brief 3: High-Leverage Mathematical Content…
New Mentor Training - Winter 2026
This rigorous course guides veteran teachers through the analysis of the knowledge and attributes critical to teacher mentoring as well as fundamental instructional practices…
Controversy in the Classroom 3: A Forum For Educators
The primary objective of this course is to foster a collaborative network where educators can share effective skills and strategies. Participants will leave with valuable resources and practical approaches to confidently address emerging and evolving controversies within the educational environment…
Developing Mathematical Reasoning : The Strategies, Models, and Lessons to Teach the Big Ideas in Grades K-2, By Pamela Weber Harris - Book Study
By addressing common misconceptions about math and providing practical strategies for teaching real math, Developing Mathematical Reasoning shows that everyone can use the mathematical relationships they already know to reason about new relationships. In other words, everyone can math…even the very youngest students!
Book Study: Supporting Student Mental Health: Essentials for Teachers
In this timely study of the book, Supporting Student Mental Health: Essentials for Teachers, by Michael Haas and Amy Ardell, you'll gain foundational knowledge and ready-to-use strategies to support your students' mental health. This course equips all staff, including Teaching Assistants, with concrete tools you can implement immediately while building your confidence to recognize and respond to student mental health needs in today's classroom…
Summer Camp in January
Reconnect with the joy and curiosity of summer camp as you explore inquiry-based learning in this professional learning opportunity designed by our Math, Literacy, Science, and Special Education Coaches in partnership with NYS DEC educators. Through two immersive sessions at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and guided classroom application, all educators—across all settings—will learn to build environmental literacy, foster inquiry, and bring the outdoors into everyday teaching…
180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators Book Study
Everyone says that educators need to do better or practice more self-care…but how?! This book study of 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators will help educators to explore self-care strategies and techniques that will help to improve their overall well-being inside and outside of the classroom…
Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance Book Study
This Book Study of Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance provides a practical, six-action framework to guide teachers in using challenges as growth opportunities. It includes actionable strategies, classroom tasks, grade-level examples, and real student work to illustrate how to implement productive math struggle. Centered on the belief that math is a way of thinking rather than simply finding answers, the book aims to empower students to persevere, develop strong learning habits, and apply these skills beyond the classroom…
AI-Supported Student Agency: Empowering K-12 Learners to Become Changemakers
Imagine your students not just learning about the world, but actively shaping it. This transformative professional development experience is designed for K-12 educators across all subject areas who want to help students become confident, thoughtful, and imaginative problem-solvers equipped to make meaningful change in their schools and communities…
The Need to Read Books Series Part 5: Verse Novels
This self-paced course will expose participants to various award-winning books and discuss how they can be shared with students…
Using MagicSchool, Canva, and ChatGPT to Create Engaging Lessons You Can Use Tomorrow
In this hands-on professional learning course, you'll explore the power of MagicSchool, Canva, and ChatGPT (or other Chatbots like Gemini, Claude, Raina, etc.) to design engaging, effective, and time-saving classroom materials…
Math for English Majors - A Book Study
Join us for this book study aimed to help math minded people understand how others see the subject, and vice-versa. Ben Orlin's book, Math for English Majors: A Human Take on the Universal Language, connects mathematics to the concepts of language and literature. By reframing mathematical principles through a familiar, humane lens, Orlin aims to demystify the subject for those who felt intimidated by it in school…
Mentor Support Network
Mentor teachers, teachers training to mentor, and mentor coordinators are invited to participate in this monthly collegial gathering. We'll discuss current trends in mentoring, grapple with challenging scenarios and celebrate successes. This is an opportunity to extend your coaching strategies, as well as ask and answer questions with other teacher-leaders…
Quiet Wisdom: Continuing our Exploration of Contemplative Practices in Teaching
Inspired by Quiet Wisdom: Exploring Contemplative Practices in Teaching, this all new session of Quiet Wisdom will dive deeper into some previously explored contemplative practices for educators, as well as expand our repertoire of self-care for transitions, new seasons, and holidays. Both new and past participants are encouraged to attend…
Building Multilingual Learner Profiles: Designing Responsive Literacy & Language Instruction
In this interactive session, presented by ACARC, educators will explore four authentic multilingual learner case studies that illuminate the diverse language, literacy, and cultural assets students bring to the classroom. The presenters will also share critical moves and practical tools that support gathering meaningful student information…
Creative Teaching with Brush Ninja: Animation, Comics & More!
Brush Ninja is versatile digital tool for creating animations, comics, and engaging visuals. Teachers will explore its features, learn basic animation and comic design techniques, and discover creative ways to integrate these digital storytelling elements into their lessons…
Guided Math in Action K-5 (Second Edition) Book Study
In this Book Study of Guided Math in Action K-5 (Second Edition), participants will unlock powerful strategies for effective guided math lessons, differentiated small group instruction and assessing learning…
The Element of Surprise: Randomness and Chance in Art
During this course, K-12 art educators will explore the power of randomness and chance in the creative process. By the end of the course, teachers will be equipped with engaging, open-ended strategies to inspire creativity and problem-solving in their students' artistic practices…
Beyond the Beaker: NYSSLS-Aligned Green Chemistry Labs and Lessons
Green chemistry offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. In this online course, participants will collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS aligned green chemistry labs and lesson plans with the goal of creating a community to expand sustainable lab practices…
Math 6-8 Support Network: Numeracy Briefs Series
NYSED has launched a Numeracy Initiative, which will continue through the 2025-26 school year. This Initiative will provide information and resources to support high-quality, culturally responsive mathematics instruction designed to help students to advance their numeracy skills and achieve the expectations of the mathematics learning standards. This session is Brief 4: High-Leverage Instructional Practices…