Back to School Photo Contest
8-16-13 Show us your Best Back to School Photos! Are you a teacher, with an awesome classroom ready for kids? Are you a parent with adorable kids ready for the new school year? Are you hopelessly (but hilariously) swimming in back to school supplies and lists?? Do you want a BRAND NEW iPAD?! Show us […]
Back to School Resources
8-14-13 Teachers, Administrators, and Counselors! Just in time for the first chilly day in NYC, we’ve put together some resources to help ease your back-to-school prep. LESSON PLANNING: Lesson planning/ sharing including Common-Core-oriented example lessons and aligned resources. http://www.sharemylesson.com/ COMMON CORE: On 8-21-13, join Education Week reporter Catherine Gewertz for a free webinar […]
Teachers Want To Teach
Amid all the test-score hoopla, the Florida/Indiana Education scandal, and the Common Core brouhaha you may have missed this one — This article was going around last week, and in case you missed it, we’ve put the link here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/09/a-warning-to-college-profs-from-a-high-school-teacher/ This newly-retired high-school teacher takes us through the challenges he faced on a daily basis: […]
The Test Scores are Coming
8-6-13 THE TEST SCORES ARE COMING! THE TEST SCORES ARE COMING! New York City’s Spring 2013 ELA and MATH scores for grades 3-8 will drop Wednesday. And by ‘drop’ we mean, both ‘get released,’ and ‘fall.’ The switch to a new test, with harder questions, has come under fire in light of the city’s […]
Common Core Resources for Schools and Policy Roundup
With the Common Core debate heating up, it’s tough to keep track of the requirements, where to get resources for the classroom, and professional development options. And let’s not forget the policy battles about federal standards (and how to fund them) going on in congress! Luckily, we’ve kept track for you! Here you are, up […]
Intro – Center for Integrated Training and Education Blog
This is our first post on the new CITE Education blog! Hi, thanks for coming. Here’s who we are — CITE has been a leader in Graduate Education Courses, Teacher Certification, Educational Administration Certification, School Counseling and Mental Health Counseling Certification since 1983. We partner with Colleges and Universities to offer classes geared for the […]
