F26-05004BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING MULTI-LANGUAGE STUDENTS Deirdre Cerrito - deirdrecerrito@yahoo.com Jully Williams - gina102105@gmail.com 3 Credits - Inservice – October 7 — December 15 CTLE regulations require teachers apply 15% of their required hours towardenhancinglanguage acquisition skills for ENL and ELL students.For ELL teachers, the percentage is 50%.This class provides instruction in best practices as outlined by NYSEDF.Learnbest practices in scaffolding, literacy development, aligning instructional resources &academic language. A must for teachers hoping to help their ENL, ELL & MLL students learn English & succeed.

F26-01211 BEYOND BEHAVIOR: TEACHING EMOTIONAL REGULATION IN THE CLASSROOM Jo Anna Ferreira -jojoant3@gmail.com 2 Credits — Inservice - October 7 — December Some students struggle to manage big emotions—and when they do, learning can take a back seat. This course helps educators uncover the “why” behind emotional dysregulation and respond with practical, easy-to-use strategies that truly make a difference. Explore simple tools like breathing exercises, pressure techniques, fidgets, headphones and other creative supports that help students reset and refocus. Learn how to guide children in naming their feelings, choosing coping tools, and building self-regulation skills they can use at school and beyond. As an alternative to the discussion forums , this course offers three optional Google Meet sessions, each approximately 20 minutes long. 1st meet 7/08, 2nd meet 7/29, 3rd meet 8/10 –7:30 PM.

F26-04502 BEYOND BLOOM-BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLSGayle Meinkes-Lumia - gmeinkeslumia@bufsd.org 3 Credits — Inservice - October 7 — December 15 The Common Core requires educators to infuse a plethora of higher order skills, as well as deductive reasoning techniques into the classroom. This course will enable educators to comprehend the cognitive domains of Bloom’s taxonomy and subsequently movefurther and develop mastery level thematic strategies that guide students on their journey to success. Cross curricular teaching, interdisciplinary applications, analytic, philosophical and productive reasoning techniques will be addressed.

F26-03026 BEYOND THE BASICS: TAKING GOOGLE APPS TO THE NEXT LEVEL– K—12 Christina Sciarrotto - cmes724@yahoo.com 3Credits - Inservice - October 7 — December 15 Participants will engage in activities that are beyond the basic Google Apps. Participants will take Google Slides to the next level by creating Stop Motion, Games, Comic Strips, Timelines, Magnetic Poetry, Digital Escape Rooms and Figjam. You will also learn about Google Keep, Sites, Add-ons and Extensions, and YouTube.

F26-03074 BEYOND THE WORKSHEET: CANVA ASSESSMENTS TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY Kristina Holzweiss - lieberrian@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - October 7 — December 15 Already comfortable with the basics of Canva and ready to do more with it? This course will help you move beyond posters, presentations, and traditional worksheets to create engaging assessments that invite students to think critically, make choices, communicate ideas, and demonstrate learning in creative and meaningful ways. It is designed for educators across all grade levels and subject areas. Through hands-on activities and real-world examples, you will explore Canva templates, multimedia, interactive elements, and other versatile features that can transform everyday assessments. You will create options that are visually appealing, purposeful, and flexible enough to support different learners, instructional goals, and classroom settings. This course is not about making assignments look prettier. It is about rethinking how students show what they know. You will leave with a practical toolkit of dynamic assessment strategies and classroom-ready ideas designed to inspire creativity, strengthen critical thinking, and increase student engagement.

F26-01004 BUILDING A POSITIVE CLASSROOM COMMUNITY THROUGH MORNING MEETING Krystina White - krystinawhitescope@gmail.com 3Credits - Inservice - October 7 — December 15 This asynchronous virtual course introduces K–5 educators to Morning Meeting, a core practice of The Responsive Classroom approach. Participants will learn how to structure and implement Morning Meetings to build strong classroom communities, foster student engagement, and set a positive tone for each day. Through modeling, collaborativeplanning, and reflection, educators will develop tools to immediately apply in their own classrooms. An optional Google Meet will be offered during Week 8 to support participant discussion, questions, and real-time collaboration.

F26-11032 BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH PARENTS Michael Sims - mikesimsduke1@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - October 7 — December 15 Explore the fundamental importance of encouraging real collaboration between schools and families. Developing good relations with parents is an essential tool for creating an optimal working environment for students. Construct materials, examine how to communicate proactively with parents, develop strategies for communicating negative information and how to remain professional with confrontational or hostile parents.