CUNY Brooklyn College

The Port Washington Teacher Center is proud to collaborate with CUNY Brooklyn College to offer post-graduate opportunities for educators.  Cohorts must include at least 12 participants to continue.

1.Registration: two methods ( B.C. Form & M.L.P.)

• Registration #1: Registration form (LINK BELOW) must be completed and submitted via email (pdf) to [email protected] and [email protected]
• Registration #2: Frontline/My Learning Plan through the Port Washington catalog. If you do not have MLP access to the Port Washington catalog, email Director Susan McAuliffe to register: [email protected]

2. Cost:

• $725.00 per 3-credit class. Checks only (made out to “Port Washington Teacher Center”)
• All payments are due no later than the second class meeting. 
• Materials Cost: will be discussed during presentation. Limited materials needed.
• 30 hours (first class) and 45 hours (remaining classes): Classes meet for 2-3 hours each week; independent work-study is embedded into the 45 hour class time.

3. Program Notification Form (no cost) for Port Washington Teachers:

• Speak to your building Evaluations Committee representative to get a copy of this form to submit. You must submit if you intend to take graduate or post-graduate courses intended for salary upgrade credit.

FORMS NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE FIRST CLASS OF COHORT:

CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM

VIEW THE SLIDE PRESENTATION SHARED AT THE JUNE 13 INFORMATIONAL MEETING:

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2024-2025 COHORT SLIDE PRESENTATION

Fall 2024 through Spring 2025

Fall 2024  *First Class: September  17,  2024

Fall 2024 - CBSE 7674 “Students With Special Needs”

30 hours; 3 credits

First Class:  September 17, 2024

All Class Dates: September 17, 24, 26, October 1, 8, 10, 15, 22.

Course Description: Investigation of the developmental nature, causes, and characteristics of young children and students with special needs including giftedness. Implications for classroom teachers and other professionals in areas of interpersonal interactions, interagency collaboration, and instruction. Focus on historical, social and legal foundations of special education and the politics of special education. Theories of learning and development. Influence of gender, class, language, sexuality and race/ethnicity on the construction of disability, as interpreted within and across cultures. Field experiences in schools and a variety of community settings.

Fall and Mid Winter 2024-2025: 

Late Fall 2024 - CBSE 7676T “Learning Environments for Students With Special Needs” 45 hours; 3 credits

First class start date: October 29, 2024

All Class Dates: 10/29, 11/5,12,14,19,21,26 12/1

Course Description:Approaches to the design, management, and evaluation of optimal learning environments. Review of methods, including behavior management, crisis intervention, group process, positive social interaction skills, and peer mediation. Case studies in diverse settings as a basis for analysis, discussion, and interpretation of behavior within and across cultures. Development of a reflective approach to teaching and problem solving.

Mid-Winter 2023  CBSE 7677 “Curriculum Modifications For Teaching Students With Special Needs”

First class start date: December 10, 2024

All Class Dates: December 10, 12, 17, January 7,9,14,16,21,23,28, 2025

Adaptation of general education curriculum for teaching students across the range of special needs, including giftedness and English language learners. Principles, rationale, and research-validated methods of instructing and assessing special populations in a variety of settings. Inquiry processes across all content areas and life skills, including literacy, mathematics, social science, and the expressive arts. Focus on the New York State Learning Standards and educational experiences of children and youth from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Field experiences in schools and a variety of community settings.

SPRING 2025:

Spring -CBSE 7678T Educational Assessment of Young Children and Students With Special Needs.

First class start date: February 11, 2025

45 hours; 3 credits

All Class Dates: February 11,13,25, March 4,11,18,20,25, 2025

Course Description: Critical review and use of formal and informal strategies for the assessment and evaluation of the cognitive, behavioral, social, and affective characteristics of young children and school-aged students with special needs including giftedness. Attention will be given to understanding cultural, linguistic, and societal factors involved in identification, placement and the academic and behavioral performance of students. Focus on curriculum-based assessment and collaboration with other professionals and parents. Field experiences in a variety of school and community settings.

SUMMER 1

 MID-MAY to MID-JUNE 2024:

CBSE 7689T Seminar in Special Education: Students Exhibiting Emotional Conflict

45 hours; 3 credits

First class start date: May 6, 2025

All classes: May 6, 8, 13, 20, 27, 29, June 3, 10

Course Description: Seminar concerning problems and issues in the organization of subject matter, techniques of instruction, classroom management, pupil adjustment, school-community relations. Attention is given to the particular needs and interests of students, with provision for individual and group study. (Not applicable to master's programs for teachers of the emotionally handicapped, mentally retarded, learning disabled.)

Fall 2023 through Spring 2024

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Fall 2022 through Spring 2023

Fall 2021 through Spring 2022

Instructor: John Felicciardi [email protected]

12-credit (NON-cohort)

Class time (in-person):  4 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. OR class time (remote): 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm

(Electronic components will be incorporated into the hours)

All participants must complete a Registration form AND register on MLP for EACH 3-credit class.

Click HERE to view course titles, certification requirements, and CST (Content Specialty Test) Information

Fall 2021 Virtual

CBSE 7659T - Instructional Strategies for Students with Special Needs

45 hours; 3 credits

Course Description:

We will examine the adaptations of general education curriculum for teaching students with special needs including English language learners using the principles, rationale, and research-validated methods of instructing and assessing special populations in a variety of settings. Inquiry processes across all content areas, including literacy, mathematics, social studies, science and the expressive arts will also be explored. The use of technology for instruction will be examined. We will also focus on the educational experiences of children and youth from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Please create a separate gmail account so that you may participate in the virtual classes.  Link will be emailed by instructor.

Participants may also receive CTLE (Continuing Teacher Leader Education) hours for this 45 hour course. Please as Director McAuliffe for the CTLE form.

 CBSE 7664T - Communication and Children with Special Needs: PlanningàMotivatingàTeaching

45 hours; 3 credits

Course Description:

Improving teaching methods through techniques of self-analysis and analysis of classroom interactions. Analysis of instructional settings and instructional strategies with focus on students with special needs and English language learners. Analysis of learning processes and modes of communication in the classroom. Examination of the specialized discourses of the subject disciplines in adolescent, middle, and childhood curricula. Analysis of uses of technology in the classroom.

 Mid-Winter 2021-2022 Virtual or In-person TBD

CBSE 7688T Seminar in Special Education: Students with Learning Disabilities

45 hours; 3 credits

Course Description:

Seminar focusing on students with learning disabilities, including core characteristics, co-morbid features, instructional techniques, identity and assessment, classroom management strategies and routines and procedures. Pupil adjustment and school-community relations will also be explored. Attention will be given to the particular needs and interests of students, with provision for individual and group study.

Spring 2022 Virtual or In-person TBD 

 CBSE 7692T Seminar in Special Education: Literacy and Communication

45 hours; 3 credits 

Course Description:

Seminar addressing and focusing on contemporary issues in autism spectrum disorder students including historical perspectives and perceptions, popular culture and identity, core characteristics, co-morbid features; communication and social development, and working with families from diverse backgrounds.

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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE VIRTUAL INFORMATIONAL OPEN HOUSE

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021

7 P.M. - 8 P.M.

REGISTER ON MY LEARNING PLAN NOW!

Consider joining the Fall 2021 start.  Registration began June 7, 2021 on MLP

FIRST DATE OF FALL VIRTUAL CLASSES: Tuesday September 14 @ 4:30 pm  

 2019-2020

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Fall 2018

FIRST DATE OF CLASSES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

NEW Gifted/Talented Cohort

Special Education Cohort 

Fall