Nassau BOCES Online Professional Development Courses

Nassau BOCES has expanded it's online professional development course catalog to include self-paced courses in addition to their high quality facilitated courses.

Nassau BOCES online courses range from 15-45 hours and span the PreK-12 curriculum.  Courses cover relevant topics such as Charlotte Danielson's Framework, incorporating the Common Core State Standards into ELA and math curriculums and using data to inform instruction.

Below is a list of their online courses.  Please visit their website (www.nassauboces.org/opd) for course descriptions and frequently asked questions.

All courses will begin April 4, 2013.  Participants must register before March 25, 2013 at www.mylearningplan.com.  Please visit the Nassau BOCES Distance Education Services website (www.nassauboces.org/opd) for more information.


FACILITATED COURSES
1 Inservice Credit/15 hours


Reading Across the Curriculum

Partnering with Parents

Common Core Mathematics

Creating a School Culture That Combats Bullying By Developing Upstander Responsibility Part I

SELF-PACED COURSES
3 Inservice Credits/45 hours


Assessment and the Common Core State Standards

Character Education, Part I: Community and Cultural Change

Charlotte Danielson's A Framework for Teaching - Making the Most of Teacher Evaluation

Common Core State Standards in Math Grades 3-8

Data-Driven Decision Making: Implementing Strategies for Student Achievement

Differentiation and Assessment for Middle School

Differentiation and the Brain

Discovery-Based Mathematics, Part I: Real, Whole, and Negative Numbers

Discovery-Based Mathematics, Part II: Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and Decimals

Elementary Reading Strategies

Motivating and Engaging Students

Motivating Underachievers Using Response to Intervention and Differentiated Instruction

Setting the Stage for Teaching ELLs Across the Curriculum Part I

Setting the Stage for Teaching ELLs Across the Curriculum Part II

Supporting Struggling Students with Rigorous Instruction

Teaching Reading and Comprehension to English Learners, K-5

Technology Applications for Teaching and Supporting the Struggling Reader

Understanding Culture and Race



For further information, contact Nassau BOCES at 516-608-6643 or visit our website at www.nassauboces.org/opd.