William Floyd Teacher Center

"Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student." ~George Isles

William Floyd Teacher center policy board

Director: Mary Siano, William Floyd Elementary School
Staff Development Specialist: Eileen Randazzo, Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School
Chairperson: Kathleen Pantaleo, District-wide Educational Technology
John S. Hobart Elementary School: 
Shari Costello and Kristin McNamara
Moriches Elementary: 
Leah Olivo and Thomas Short
Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School: 
​Eileen Randazzo and Melissa Worthington
​Tangier Smith Elementary School: 
Andrew DeMasi and Darlene Savage
​​William Floyd Elementary School: 
Jennifer Berg and Kimberly Mina
​William Floyd Learning Center: 
Brianna Clarke
William Floyd Middle School:
Maria Gervasio and Stephen Seedorf
William Floyd High School: 
Kate Devenney, Gina Fumai, and Viveca Nargi
William Paca Middle School: 
​Melissa DiDonato and Melissa Moscater
Members-at-Large:
Charles Cabrera and Kathleen Pantaleo
Teaching Assistants: 
Deena M. De Vito and Regina Folan
Administrators: ​
​​Keith Fasciana, TJ. Heintz, Kathleen Keane, Mary Koehler, Robert Lavigna, Christine Rosado and Stacey Scalise
Institute of Higher Learning: Diane Impagliazzo (Stony Brook University)
Parent Representative: Maureen Benson
Community Member: Lindsay Davis (MMS Community Library)

MEETING INFORMATION

Meetings are held at the William Floyd Elementary School Library at 3:30pm. 

Important Links
The William Floyd Teacher Center Policy Board will once again be offering Target Action Research Projects as free professional learning experiences.  These independent study options provide educators opportunities to explore current issues impacting instructional practice.  Completion of a Targeted Action Research Project will afford participants with in-service and CTLE hours at no cost.
 
Currently there are five Targeted Action Research Projects from which to choose.  The projects available are:
  • ​Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas (will count toward ENL requirements)- can be taken for 15 or 30 hours based on completed assignments;
  • The Life Cycle of a Career Teacher -15 hours;
  • Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher -15 hours;
  • Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Mindsets for Change -15 hours;
  • Teaching with Poverty in Mind -can be taken for 15 or 30 hours based on completed assignments.

​Participants will:
  • ​​Select a project from the above list;
  • Sign out materials from one of your building's teacher center representatives;
  • Your building representative will contact Mary Siano;
  • You will use the directions in the kit to add yourself to a Google classroom which will allow you to submit assignments electronically;
  • Read the text and complete assignments;
  • Submit assignments to Mary Siano.  When all coursework is completed, work will be reviewed and hours will be entered into My Learning Plan;
  • Return materials to your Teacher Center Representative.    

​See a Teacher Center representative or contact Mary Siano for additional information.
High School: Kate Devenney 
Hobart: Shari Costello 
Moriches: Thomas Short 
Paca: Melissa DiDonato 
Tangier Smith: Darlene Savage 
WFMS: Maria Gervasio 
Wm. Floyd El & Wm. Floyd Learning Center: Jennifer Berg 
​Woodhull: Eileen Randazzo.

Teacher Center Videos

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Teach for the Teacher Center!

Classes for In-service Credit
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Are you interested in teaching a professional development course for the William Floyd Teacher Center? Complete the Course Proposal by:
1. Logging into Google Drive;
2. ​Clicking on this link; and 
3. Clicking FILE and MAKE A COPY.
4. Completed applications must be submitted to Mary Siano at least one week before the scheduled Teacher Center meeting you would like it discussed at. 
Professional Learning Circles
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The Professional Learning Circles program provides teachers with structured time for sharing ideas, strategies and techniques with colleagues. Login to My Learning Plan to fill out an application. 

Course Policies

In Person Classes:  Participants are entitled to miss 3 hours per credit (1 credit classes – 3 hours / 2 credit classes – 6 hours / 3 credit classes – 9 hours). Missed work must be made up and all assignments must be completed by the end of the course.

Online Classes: Since seat-time is not monitored, absences are not recorded. Instead, attendance is based on submitted assignments.  Participants are entitled to post one late assignment, to be submitted by midnight the next night.  All assignments must be completed by the last session.

Hybrid Classes:  Participants are entitled to miss  20% of the face-to-face time (for example – if a class meets in person for 15 hours, 3 hours can be missed) and post one late assignment, to be submitted by midnight the next night.  All assignments must be completed by the last session.
The William Floyd Teacher Center is a NYSED approved sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education. Click here to view the list of approved NYSED Continuing Teacher and Leadership Education (CTLE) Sponsors. ​Organizations listed on the site are the only centers approved by NYSED to provide learning that will accrue CTLE hours. ​