The application deadline date is October 31, 2009.
School District
Substitute Pay Reimbursement
If you are a school
teacher in St. Lawrence County and attend a Teachers’ Center program
during the school day your school will be reimbursed up to $60 a day for
a substitute teacher. Your district will be sent a sample bill for this
reimbursement when they are billed for your attendance.
Professional
Development Fee Waiver Requests
St. Lawrence County
educators can apply for a registration fee waiver if they are using
personal time to attend professional development at the St. Lawrence
Valley Teachers' Learning Center. Waiver requests will be reviewed by
the Executive Board two weeks prior to the training. Participants will
be asked to supply a copy of their personal day request. Districts of
these participants would NOT be eligible to request substitute teacher
reimbursement through the Center. Call if you have any questions
regarding these requests.
Visitation Program
(more info)
This program allows any
school teacher in St. Lawrence County to visit a colleague's classroom
to observe an "educational best practice," either within their own
district or at a neighborhood district. The Center will reimburse the
cost of the a substitute teacher (to a maximum of $60 for a full day)
and mileage for these visits.
Feel free to
contact us for an application or
print the form from this webpage.
(.pdf)
Teacher Presenters Wanted
The Teachers’ Center will pay teachers
to present to a peer group. Please consider becoming a teacher presenter.
Ellison Machine
The Teachers’ Center has
three Ellison Machines with several dies which work similarly to cookie
cutters for ease in making materials for bulletin boards and other
classroom displays. Two machines "tour" the county spending time at most
area schools. The third is available for use at the SUNY Potsdam
Literacy Center, 104 Satterlee Hall (call to check for times it is
available).
