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Date: October 27, 2026 Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  Location: Zoom Audience: Tarrytown Regional Office Learn how to establish a framework for developing a personal system of classroom management that includes organizing the classroom to facilitate learning for all students. This seminar will model and investigate several conditions that are integral to an effectively managed classroom. Meets Standards I,  IV Read more

Coupon Code Required to Register  Please contact your Regional Office for the Coupon Code Date: 11/10/26 Time: 4:15-6:45 pm Location: Zoom Audience: NYSUT Regional Offices (NYSUT Members Only) This seminar addresses one of the most critical instructional practice upon which student success is based, student engagement. Teachers new to the profession may be challenged how to plan for engagement in their everyday teaching. The seminar will focus on strategies that will help sustain wonder, enthusiasm and perseverance. This seminar will provide a practical model for understanding what our students want and need in their classrooms. Meets Standards II, III, IV Read more

Coupon Code Required to Register  Please contact your Regional Office for the Coupon Code Date: 10/19/26 Time: 4:15-6:45 pm Location: Zoom Audience: NYSUT Regional Offices (NYSUT Members Only) This seminar is designed for the new member who is working to create a classroom/virtual environment that is positive and productive. Participants will explore the potential challenges faced by educators and strategies to address them. Scenarios and strategies will be used to introduce techniques that will lead to a positive working relationship between teachers, students, and families. The seminar's interactive activities will model how these techniques can be implemented in a teacher's practice. The content will be mindful of the diverse learners and backgrounds present in a classroom. Participants will have an opportunity to prepare next steps needed to introduce effective approaches to establishing and maintaining a proactive teaching practice. Meets Standards II, III, IV Read more

Coupon Code Required to Register  Please contact your Regional Office for the Coupon Code Date: 12/1/26 Time: 4:15-6:45 pm Location: Zoom Audience: NYSUT Regional Offices (NYSUT Members Only) <!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> <!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> This interactive professional learning session supports educators in strengthening classroom environments that foster belonging, build authentic relationships, and promote meaningful learning. Participants will examine how educator mindset, language, expectations, and relationships shape classroom climate and influence student engagement behavior. Grounded in research-based practices and informed by trauma-aware, culturally responsive, and inclusive approaches, the session provides practical strategies educators can apply immediately. Through reflection, discussion, and collaborative activities, participants explore ways to support student regulation, use affirming language, and create emotionally safe learning spaces for diverse learners. Participants leave with concrete tools and next steps to strengthen classroom culture, deepen student connections, and support positive learning outcomes. Read more

Coupon Code Required to Register  Please contact your Regional Office for the Coupon Code Date: 11/12/26 Time: 4:30-7:30 pm Location: Zoom Audience: NYSUT Regional Office Participants will be introduced to the theories that influence best practices; explore different forms of scaffolding and best ways to use them; examine different language levels and what to expect from students at those levels; learn how to use formative assessments to inform instruction and understand and implement the steps for scaffolding. Meets Standards Read more

Date: December 2,  2026 Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  Location: Zoom Audience: Tarrytown Regional Office This 2-hour New Member seminar introduces participants to academic scaffolding, language proficiency levels, and how to scaffold instruction for ELLs/MLLs. Participants will explore different forms of scaffolding and plan how to use them with students while considering ways to reduce linguistic demands and incorporate formative assessments that inform planning and support the scaffolding process. Meets Standards Read more