SERVICES & GRANTS

The St. Lawrence Valley Teachers’ Learning Center is one of 127 Teacher Centers throughout New York State. Our mission is to provide professional development opportunities for area educators. In 2007-2008 school year over 80 SLVTLC activities serviced over 2,660 area educators. Outlined below are additional services the Teachers’ Center offers you to enhance the education of the students you serve.

A group of two or more teachers from any district or combination of districts in St. Lawrence County can request Teachers’ Center funding for professional development in their district or some other centralized location. The training needs to serve a minimum of 10 people. The Teachers’ Center reserves the right to extend the invitation to educators from other districts to attend. Applications should be submitted about two months prior to the scheduled event. Download the application or you can obtain one by contacting the SLV Teacher Center office..

These grants provide funding to enable local educators to develop activities to improve learning and teaching. Awards range from $200-$3000. A listing of the grants funded over the past several years can be requested from the SLVTLC.

The SLVTLC Excellence in Education Grant program is open to any school teacher in St. Lawrence County. A Grant Committee reviews all grant applications and prioritizes according to the score received on the rubric included in the application.

Please contact us for a copy of the application. The application deadline date is October 31, 2008.

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.

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.

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.

The Teachers’ Center will pay teachers to present to a peer group. Please contact the office if you are interested in becoming a teacher presenter.

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).