Below is a list of the current professional development offerings of the Department of English Language Arts. As new courses are developed and scheduled they will be added to this list, so please check back often. For details on the current registration and payment procedures for professional development offered by the Division of Teaching and Learning, see the Teaching and Learning Professional Development page.
Author Visit with Jon Scieszka
Date: Wednesday, February 10
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. or
12:30 p.m. -- 3:00 p.m.
Location: Barnes and Noble Bookstore
Broadway and W. 66 Street, Manhattan
Target Audience: Pre-K to Grade Three Teachers
Maximum: 100
Facilitators: Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man,
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Math Curse,
Squids Will Be Squids, Time Warp Trio series, and Trucktown series,
as well as many other popular books
Price: Free but participants must register (http://pd.nycoit.org) in
order to attend
Protraxx Activity Code: 051-10-009-011 for the morning session
051-10-009-012 for the afternoon session
Course Description: Meet award-winning author and illustrator Jon Scieszka, our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature! Learn how Jon works tirelessly to engage even the most reluctant readers. Elizabeth Bassford, Director of Elementary Literacy at Pearson will discuss how to harvest the very best of the shared reading experience for language and concept development in the lower grades. Participants will receive one of Jon Scieszka’s books.