Room 320 Sibley Hall

SUNY Plattsburgh
518-564-5000
email: nctrc5000@gmail.com

The North Country Teacher Resource Center

Summer Hours
The NCTRC will be closed during the month of July from July
1st July 21st to facilitate the move to its temporary location in
Room 100 We apologize for the inconvenience.
We will reopen on July 22nd and will offer the following
professional development activities:

The Power of Our Words; Teacher Language that Helps Children Learn
A Book Study - By Paula Denton
Open to all
Prerequisite: None
Instructors: Jean Mockry, SUNY Plattsburgh
Dates: July 13, 14, 15 &16
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Place: Sibley Hall Room 309
Cost: $75.00 plus $25.00 for the cost of the book
Register by July 8
1 in-service credit
Class Limit 25

Participants will explore strategies that increase students' engagement with academics, build
positive community and more effectively manage the classroom. This study will support teachers
as they learn techniques which provide practical pieces of information to lead students in
envisioning themselves achieving success, use questions that encourage deep and creative
thinking, listen to students in ways that support their growth, and reinforce and remind or
redirect them when they go off track.

Windows Movie Maker

Open to all
Prerequisite: None
Instructors: Katherine Inhelder, AVCS
Dates: July 27, 28, 29 & 30
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $75.00
Register by July 17
Class Limit 10

"How to Use Windows Movie Maker in Your Classroom" Workshop. This workshop will explore
the Movie Maker Program; provide a step-by-step how-to guide for Windows Movie Maker,
examples of students' projects used in the classroom, and time for the attendees to practice and
use the Windows Movie Maker Program.

The Adirondacks - The History of Ecology & Tourism in America

Open to all
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Chris DiPasquale
Dates: August 4 -5, 2015
Time: August 4 , 8:00am 6:00pm and August 5, 8:00a, - 5:00pm
Place: NCTRC and various locations
Cost: $125.00
Register by July 24
1 in-service credit
Class Limit 15
This course will give participants the opportunity to explore the rich history of the Adirondacks in terms
of art, environment, and conservation and how the ADKs played a role in creating the great American
vacation and one of our greatest Presidents, Teddy Roosevelt!
This course is designed to meet the SS framework for NYS and the ELA/NYSCCLS. Participants will be
exposed to different types of writing, artwork and activities that can be easily integrated into lessons for
their classrooms this fall.
This is a great opportunity for teachers to witness, interpret and understand life at the turn of the 20th
century in the Adirondacks. Come learn how Theodore Roosevelt owes his first inauguration to an
Adirondack mountain guide and see the hockey rink that changed the world.
Sites will include:
The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, Lake Placid Village, North Creek Train Station and
many more
Participants will smooth it in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains.
All entrance and site fees will be paid by the Living History Education Foundation.

Turnaround Tools for the TeenAge Brain

A Book Study By Eric Jensen & Carole Snider
Open to all
Prerequisite: None
Instructor(s): Bonnie Gregware and Cheryl Dodds
Dates: August 3, 10, 17, & 24
Times: 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $75.00 plus$30.00 for the cost of the book
Register by: July 24
1 in-service credit
Class limit 25

Teens struggling in school need tools and strategies to improve their learning and help them
succeed. This book study offers teacher research-based and classroom strategies to boost
student effort, build attitudes, improve motivation, as well as academic skills. New insights on
the rules of how the brain changes will empower kids to make positive changes in goal setting
and in their journey as lifelong learners.

Math Teachers' Circle Immersion Workshop

Open to all
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Yousuf George, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
Dates: August 19
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC
Cost: None - Registration will be paid by the SUNY Mathematics EAF Grant & NCTRC
And a remuneration of $75 will be awarded to the first 15 teachers who register.
Register by July 31
Class Limit 30

Are you feeling challenged trying to find a way to establish a culture of problem solving in your
classroom? Are you looking for a professional learning community that can provide guidance,
materials, and resources that can promote open-ended problem solving as a way of learning,
thinking about, and practicing mathematics in your classroom? If so, this workshop is for you!
This promises to be an entertaining and informative workshop. Our discussions will build
explicit connections to your classroom and to the Common Core Mathematics Standards.
The mission of the Math Teachers' Circle Network is to inspire mathematics teachers to become
passionate and confident about teaching rich mathematical problems. Our belief is that by
providing teachers with rich problem solving experiences alongside mathematicians that they
will become better equipped to provide these same types of experiences for their students.
Students then become more capable, collaborative, and creative mathematical problem solvers.
Join us for an engaging day of doing mathematics, and leave with ideas and resources to
implement in the coming school year.