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NOTE: All teachers are responsible for marking their activities as Complete in Frontline after finishing any Learning Lab courses.

Instructions on how to mark activities as complete can be found HERE

LEARNING LAB 2026

Bricks & Mortar: Filling Literacy Gaps
Science Education Book Club 25-26

Bricks & Mortar: Filling Literacy Gaps

AUDIENCE:

3-5 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, & Reading Specialists.
6-8 Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, & Reading Specialists, with the Deputy Superintendent's approval.

Bricks & Mortar gives you a clear, research-aligned system for small-group instruction— designed specifically for the realities of upper-elementary classrooms.

An online class that comes with teacher tools, student tools, and reusable lesson templates you can use all year!

Register if you…

Teach grades 3–5 & support students with unfinished literacy learning
Work with older students who still struggle with decoding, fluency, or comprehension
Provide small-group instruction, intervention, tutoring, or pull-out support
Want a clear framework instead of another scripted program
Believe literacy instruction should be responsive, intentional, and human

COST: $229 (Paid to vendor). Link will be sent after MLP approval.

You will get:

Complete Bricks & Mortar framework
On-demand video lessons & classroom demonstrations
Planning tools, routines, & ready-to-use resources
Flexible use for whole, mini, or micro instruction
Immediate access—start using it right away

CREDIT: 1 IN-SERVICE CREDIT OR AUDIT

This is an asynchronous course. Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon completion of the course. Credits will not be awarded until the certificate is uploaded to Frontline PG and the activity is marked complete. REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL 6/30/26.

REGISTER HERE

Science Education Book Club 25-26

This book club will unpack the language and the pedagogy outlined and described in this book. We will discuss: planning for student engagement, talk as a tool for learning, making thinking visible through models, supporting changes in thinking, justifying claims in the science community, and more.

You will meet in small and large groups on zoom to make sense of the teaching and learning changes as part of the vision of the NYS P-12 SLS!

A copy of "Ambitious Science Teaching" by Mark Windschitl, Jessica Thompson, & Melissa Braaten must be purchased to participate.

DATES :

OCTOBER 9, 2025
NOVEMBER 13, 2025
DECEMBER 4, 2025
JANUARY 8, 2026
FEBRUARY 5, 2026
MARCH 5, 2026
APRIL9, 2026

TIME : 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

LOCATION : ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED

CREDITS: 1/2 IN-SERVICE CREDIT

AUDIENCE: K-12 SCIENCE TEACHERS

COST : SELECT 'DISTRICT BILLING' ON MLP and please send a check for $100 to Colin O'Connor at the District Office, made payable to Byram Hills CSD.

REGISTER HERE!

INFORMATION

Professional Growth (My Learning Plan) Registration Instructions:

Payment Information for Credit; Auditing a Course; and Stipends

1. Payment for in-service credit:

Payment should be sent to the District Office at the time of registration.
Please make checks payable to Byram Hills and send to the District Office, attention: Colin O'Connor.
For a ½-credit course (7½-hours), the fee is $100.
For a 1-credit course (15-hours), the fee is $200.
For a 2-credit course (30-hours), the fee is $400.
For a 3-credit course (45-hours), the fee is $600.

2. Audit a course:

At times, certain courses may be offered for "audit." To audit a course means that the District will pay for the course, however, teachers are not provided a stipend for participation.

3. Stipends:

At times, certain courses, offered in the summer only, may provide teachers a stipend for participation at the current summer curriculum workshop rate.

Registration Guidelines

All registrations are to be done through My Learning Plan

Course registration is limited. Teachers will be admitted to the course in the order in which they submit payment. Approval will not be granted until receipt of payment.

Please note that courses may be cancelled if the minimum enrollment requirements are not met within 5 days prior to the start of the course.

Teachers who withdraw from a course must provide notice no less than 5 school days prior to the start of the course in order to receive a refund.

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