The Office of Curriculum, Standards and Academic Engagement offers FREE middle school professional learning opportunities that support middle school improvement and successful implementation of best middle school practices as identified in the Blueprint for Middle School Success. The Blueprint, a key component of the Campaign for Middle School Success, is a comprehensive framework for [...]

The Brooklyn Reading Council invites you to the 29th Bor0-wide Professional Conference:  Launching Literacy for Limitless Learning.  Friday, February 5, 2010, 8:00am – 3:00pm at Kingsborough Community College. 
With keynote speaker Dr. Pedro Noguera (NYU), special guest Santiago Taveras (NYCDOE) and distinguished author John Elder Robison, New York Times best selling author of Look Me in [...]

Virtual Campus opens its doors to all NYC educators for blended learning opportunities. The offerings are part of a new initiative to introduce online learning as a vehicle for professional development in the DOE.Blended Learning Opportunities have at least one face-to-face or real-time session and the balance of the work is completed online and facilitated by NYCDOE educators. Visit the Virtual Campus to register and for more information.

Blended learning opportunities are transitional modes of learning that combine the familiar face-to-face workshop models with the new online learning models.  The Office of Curriculum, Standards and Academic Engagement is launching its first set of blended learning opportunities on January 13th, 2010.  Be amongst the first to experience the convenience, effectiveness, and potential in online [...]

Expectations guide and inform our actions as human beings. The “mental models” held by adults and students inside and outside of our school buildings correlate strongly to the performance outcomes that define the “Achievement Gap.” During this evening’s conversation, we will hear from Ron Walker who will begin the series on how Expectations, Engagement and [...]

Administrators are invited to a free event for the middle school community. The Campaign for Middle School Success Summit will provide participants with significant opportunities to gain insight into the considerations middle school stakeholders must make in order to effectively facilitate learning for “young urban adolescents”. In addition to addressing developmental, cultural and gender considerations, [...]