Upcoming Professional Development

Contact Thea Keppel at keppeltm01@buffalostate.edu with any questions or concerns regarding event registration

Buffalo Math Collaborative
Dr. Kara Imm

A professional learning community of K- 9 teachers and leaders, across grand bands, schools, and districts who come together to:

  • Design learning experiences for kids, study them in real time, and reflect on what and how mathematical learning is happening
  • Deepen the mathematical pedagogical content knowledge needed for teaching (our own mathematics + how children make sense of mathematics)
  • Share ideas in a space designed to build on teachers’ love of kids and math (#lovekidslovemath)
  • Provide a model for empowering our students mathematically through cognitively demanding tasks and routines that feature equitable access and that foster student agency, ownership, and identity. 
BMC meeting locations:
  • Willow Ridge Elementary
  • Union East Elementary
  • Maryvale Middle School
  • Amherst Middle School
  • Sweet Home Middle School
  • Cleveland Hill Middle School
Dates: Weeks of 10/27, 1/26, 3/16, and 5/18

Buffalo Math Collaborative Flyer

Chautauqua Math Collaborative
Dr. Kara Imm

A professional learning community of teachers and leaders, across grade bands, schools, and districts who come together to:

  • Design learning experiences for kids, study them in real time, and reflect on what and how mathematical learning is happening
  • Deepen the mathematical pedagogical content knowledge needed for teaching (our own mathematics + how children make sense of mathematics)
  • Share ideas in a space designed to build on teachers’ love of kids and math (#lovekidslovemath)
  • Provide a model for empowering our students mathematically through cognitively demanding tasks and routines that feature equitable access and  foster student agency, ownership, and identity. 
Location: Falconer Central School District
Dates: Thursdays, October 30th, January 29th, March 19th, and May 21st

Chautauqua Math Collaborative Flyer

November Cohort Meeting

Location: Northland Workforce Training Center, 683 Northland Ave, Buffalo, NY 14211
Date: Saturday, November 15th; 9:00am - 12:00pm 

November Cohort Meeting Registration

Exploring Electricity with WhyMaker and NYPA

As science educators in the Buffalo Master Teachers Program, you’ll dive into a rich, standards-aligned session designed to meet the three-dimensional framework of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the New York State P‑12 Science Learning Standards. We’ll explore how electricity is generated, used, and wasted, then engage your students with a hands-on dark-detecting circuit activity that embodies both disciplinary core ideas and engineering design practices. You’ll leave equipped with classroom-ready materials, meaningful real-world connections (including green-energy careers), and strategies to support all learners in making sense of energy systems, efficiency, and sustainability.
 

Location: Northland Workforce Training Center, 683 Northland Ave, Buffalo, NY 14211
Date: Saturday, November 15th; 12:30pm - 1:30pm 

Exploring Electricity Workshop Registration

Exploring Electricity Workshop Flyer

Happy Classroom Workshop
Facilitated by Ariana Ausiano

The science is there - happiness and success go hand in hand, but our classrooms and public schools generally do not prioritize student happiness. How can teachers make their classrooms feel less like a prison and more like a safe place where happiness is allowed?  Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. Evidence shows that happy people are more productive, more creative, and better problem solvers than their unhappy peers. We can apply this information to helping schools become a better place to be for all... a place students are excited to be and where their minds can flourish because their hearts are happy. Come along and explore the importance of happiness, the neuroscience behind emotion, learning and memory and walk away ready to implement more joyful practices into your teaching and daily life.
 

Date: Saturday, November 22nd, 9am-12pm 
Location: Buffalo State University, SAMC 266

Happy Classroom Workshop Registration

Happy Classroom Workshop Flyer

Past Professional Development for WNY Master Teachers

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