Core Connection Course Catalog
Take PRIDE in Your Classroom: Supporting our LGBTQIA+ Students
This course is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, tools, and strategies necessary to support LGBTQIA+ students and foster an inclusive, respectful classroom environment. Through a combination of lectures, case studies, and practical exercises, participants will explore key topics such as gender identity, sexual orientation, and the unique challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals in educational settings…
Teaching Assistants and Aides Support Series 2025 Book Study: "What We Say and How We Say It Matters"
This blended learning experience, based on the book, What We Say and How We Say It Matters, is designed specifically for paraeducators and combines synchronous virtual meetings, asynchronous learning, and in-person collaboration to explore how intentional language choices can transform the classroom environment…
Study Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation
This book study of The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt's groundbreaking analysis, reveals how social media and modern parenting have created unprecedented mental health challenges for an entire generation. This 20 hour study includes discussion groups and practical applications for all participants…
Everyday Teaching Activities for Social Emotional Learning
This 5-week asynchronous book study of Nurturing Students’ Character - Everyday Teaching Activities for Social-Emotional Learning will guide you in understanding the components of social, emotional learning (SEL) and character development (SECD)…
Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom: Strategies and Practices to Enhance Student Learning
This course will provide teachers with research-based practices and strategies that can support any classroom environment. Through the use of secular-based yoga movements, breathing techniques, and mindfulness lessons, students (and their teachers!) will begin to develop techniques, incorporate tools to enhance the learning environment and improve self-regulation…
Quiet Wisdom: In-Person Summer 2025 Session
In this 3-hour in-person session, participants will have the opportunity to explore the practices from the virtual meditation in a live community setting. Practices to be explored include breathwork, movement meditation, silent nature immersion, compassion meditation, live sound bath, and more…
Quiet Wisdom: Continuing our Exploration of Contemplative Practices in Teaching- Fall 2025 Series
Inspired by Quiet Wisdom: Exploring Contemplative Practices in Teaching, this all new session of Quiet Wisdom will dive deeper into some previously explored contemplative practices for educators, as well as expand our repertoire of self-care for transitions, new seasons, and holidays. Both new and past participants are encouraged to attend…
DASA Certification Online Training - Monthly Sessions Available All Year Long!
This NYSED-approved DASA training includes 3 hours of self-paced, online instruction and a 3 hour live virtual meeting with an instructor…