Spotlight on: March Courses

Welcome to our first spotlight of the Spring 2016 semester! ASPDP is excited to offer over 170 courses this semester, giving educators a wide variety of opportunities to enhance their classroom skills and build their content knowledge. Today we are highlighting a few of our courses with registration deadlines in March; be sure to check our catalogue for the full list of all courses this semester!

• P03.010.1S16 Shakespeare Teaches Teachers - Learn how to bring the Bard’s work to life in this intensive workshop, presented in partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library and led by Michael LoMonico (senior consultant for the Folger Shakespeare Library, former high school teacher, and author of Shakespeare 101). In-person course offered by the Brooklyn Academy of Music; registration deadline is 3/7/2016.
• P17.891.1S16 What Did a Plant Ever Do For You? The Value of Plants in Natural and Human History – This hands-on course provides an introduction to the science and art of botany and horticulture taught in the context of the diverse indoor and outdoor plant collections of Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) for teachers of students in elementary, middle and high school grades. An understanding of the value of plants in natural and human history will emerge through our inquiry-based approach to learning how plants are built, how they work, and how they interact with the living and non-living components of the natural environments they inhabit. In-person course offered by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; registration deadline is 3/7/2016.
• P01.080.1S16 Digital Tools to Differentiate Teaching – No two students come to class with the same academic abilities, experiences, and needs. However, all students are expected to master the same concepts, principles, skills and standards. The primary goal of “Digital Tools to Differentiate Teaching” is to enhance curriculum with digital resources (i.e., podcasts, video, interactive games, etc) that will enable teachers to enhance curriculum with audio, visual, modified leveling tactics and interactive learning experiences so that all children can achieve success regardless of their abilities, interest, learning styles and readiness. Online course offered by a DOE instructor; registration deadline is 3/20/2016.

Questions about other upcoming courses? Email us at ASPDP@schools.nyc.gov.