The following are professional development sessions scheduled for the 2008-2009 school year:

July: Salvadori Architecture training in NYC for our new art/social studies architecture program (8th grade)
July 30 and August 22: SmartBoard training (on site) for all interested staff
August 25: Everyday Mathematics (Wright Group) for all grades 1-4 math teachers and assistants
August 26: Teachers College Reading Workshop for English Language Arts teachers, grades 1-5
August 29: Social Skills Workshop for all Early Childhood staff led by Dr. Rivka Kramer
September 2: Presentation by Michael Katz, MD, - a neurologist's perspective in dealing with children who are "out of the box"
September 23: Handwriting Without Tears workshop through the East Ramapo School District for teachers grades Nursery through 5.
October 29: Tovah Lowenstein, one of our middle school ELA teachers, will attend the Bureau of Education and Research Professional Development on Best Books for Teens.
December 2: Jennah Schuh, Resource Room Coordinator, will be attending the "Succeeding with the Difficult Child" with Gary Benton in Newark, New Jersey.
February 10: Rina Gilden, Lauren Karben, and Liz Nieves will be attending in Newark, New Jersey the "Units of Study Across the Year in an Intermediate Writing Workshop, Grades 3-5" by Lucy Calkins.