The New Teachers College has established two centers through which it will provide on-going education for teachers and administrators throughout the greater Cleveland area.  Professional development will be tailored to specific needs and designed in various formats including courses, workshops, seminars, symposia and summer institutes. 

The Center for Cultural Competence and Teaching 
The mission of the Center for Cultural Competence and Teaching is to enhance the educator’s abilities to respond positively to student differences and to interact in ways that promote students’ learning. 

Goals of the Center 
Six essential elements contribute to a school’s ability to become more culturally competent:

• Value diversity
• Have a capacity for cultural self-assessment
• Establish cultural knowledge as its institutional ethos
• Become conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact
• Develop culturally responsive teaching strategies
• Develop institutional goals to meet diversity needs

The Center for Curriculum and Teaching 
The mission of the Center for Curriculum and Teaching is to bring essential foundations and the latest research and knowledge of best practices in teaching and learning to area teachers and administrators. 

Goals of the Center 
These essential elements form the core of the Center’s work: 

• Foundations and innovations in human development & learning
• Classroom organization and management within a context of student self-responsibility and empowerment
• Creating academically rigorous and engaging curriculam
• A theme-based teaching model that integrates student development, subjects and intelligences in ways that relate to the world children live in
• Authentic assessment where students explore, learn and demonstrate knowledge in meaningful, realistic, applications
• Nationally renowned presenters
• Opportunities for research

Questions? Contact TNTC