Core Connection Course Catalog
Special Educator Support: Achieving the Limited Subject Extension Certification for Secondary ELA
This comprehensive 45-hour study is designed specifically for Special Educators in New York State who are seeking to enhance their qualifications and expertise in Secondary ELA instruction. The course fulfills one requirement for obtaining the Limited Subject Extension (LSE) in ELA for Special Educators certified to teach at the secondary level…
Along the River: Teaching and Learning with Place Markers
Working with Seneca language expert and artist, Bill Crouse (Seneca/Hawk Clan), New York Folklore has engaged in a place-marking project to mark places of significance to Indigenous populations in New York State. Through collected narratives from Haudenosaunee communities, educators will explore our state's Indigenous history and gain a new understanding of significant sites within New York's watersheds…
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…
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 6: The Role and Challenges of Using Representations…
High School Geometry PLC
Join this popular, monthly, asynchronous sharing community and stay connected with colleagues across the region. Don't work in isolation! Be part of a regional math department…
Uniquely Human - Extending our Book Study on Humanizing Autism
After a huge turnout and incredibly passionate participation in our Uniquely Human Book Study, we are offering a spring extension to our original book study, focusing on following Dr. Barry Prizant's podcast which is released every two weeks. We'll form our own asynchronous sharing and reviewing community…
Book Study: Revolving Literacy by Lorraine M. Radice
Revolving Literacy is a practical guide applying a future skills framework into curriculum. It will help to increase student engagement and student agency. It will also help educators enhance 21st century skills in our students…
Cultivating Wonder: Nature-Based Renewal for Educators
Cultivating Wonder is designed not just to give you new teaching strategies, but to reinvigorate you. This course operates on a simple premise: You cannot share what you do not possess. To spark a love of nature and curiosity in students, a teacher must first rekindle their own sense of wonder. Whether you are an outdoor education veteran or a teacher who prefers the indoors, this course will help you use the natural world as a battery to recharge your teaching practice and model lifelong curiosity for your students…
New Mentor Training - Spring 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…
In Conversation with Teacher & NYT Bestselling Author Matt Eicheldinger
Join the Albany City Area Reading Council (ACARC) in conversation with Teacher & NYT Bestselling Author Matt Eicheldinger. Matt will talk about his journey from teacher to published children's and young adult author. He will provide insight into his writing process and how the idea for his first young adult series, When the Rain Came, emerged…
Is It Okay to Say Gay: An Examination of LGBTQIA+ in the Classroom
This interactive professional workshop equips educators with the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to create inclusive and affirming learning environments for LGBTQIA+ students. Through case studies, reflective exercises, and practical guidance, educators will develop actionable strategies to navigate sensitive topics, foster equity, and advocate for all students' well-being…
Movement & Sound Meditation Circles: Spring 2026 Series
In this course, participants are invited to seven synchronous virtual Circle gatherings.When we take time to replenish ourselves and fill our own cup, we are able to serve others from the overflow. This allows us to show up to our classrooms feeling supported, sustainable, and impactful for the students we work with everyday. A guided movement sequence and flow will be offered at every circle, with modifications offered throughout to make the practice accessible to everybody…
Experience the Elemental Through Arts Integration
Explore the connections between sculpture and creative movement, the sounds contained within an abstract painting, the possibilities of incorporating inspiration from our surroundings, and the music and movement present within each participant. Participants will enjoy activities adaptable for all grade levels from pre-kindergarten and beyond…
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 7: Understanding, Using, and Modifying Curriculum Materials…
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 8: The Role of Leadership…
AI Thought Leaders: Building Leadership for AI-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Ready to become the AI champion your school needs? This advanced professional learning course transforms experienced AI practitioners into confident instructional leaders who guide colleagues with clarity, credibility, and care through the complexities of AI integration in K-12 classrooms…
Book Study - 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People
This asynchronous book study explores the cutting-edge research from psychologist David Yeager, as detailed in his book 10 to 25. We will explore the neuroscience of the adolescent brain, focusing on how puberty sparks a deep need for social respect and an aversion to shame that lasts into the mid-twenties. Participants will develop effective and easy-to-learn practices to reduce a wide variety of behavior problems, including school dropout, stress, and mental health struggles…
Made in America: Teaching 250 Years of History through the Arts
This 15-hour asynchronous, self-paced professional learning course is designed exclusively for New York State visual arts, music, dance, theater, and media arts educators who believe that the arts are not a supplement to history, they ARE history. Through engaging video content, thought-provoking readings, interactive activities, and a culminating applied project, you will build a complete, ready-to-teach instructional unit that honors the semiquincentennial through the discipline(s) you know best…
Studio to Classroom: Reclaiming Your Artist Identity
Studio to Classroom: Reclaiming Your Artist Identity is a dynamic professional learning experience designed specifically for K-12 art teachers. This course centers personal artmaking as a powerful tool for transforming classroom practice. Participants will engage in meaningful, low-supply studio challenges that mirror the creative constraints students experience every day…
We Shall Overcome: Integrating Music, Art and Social Justice in the Classroom
This course explores the powerful role of music and visual art in movements for social change. Through collaborative dialogue and hands-on planning, participants will explore how integrating music and visual art can deepen student understanding of historical and contemporary justice movements. Designed for music and art educators, this course invites thoughtful conversation, critical thinking, and meaningful collaboration…