Bloomfield Teacher's Academy invites teachers to submit for approval courses that they will teach to their colleagues. The courses can be multi-hour, or single-hour, meet over many days, or just one, and cover instructional techniques that are most relevant to their colleagues.
Notes for instructors:
Share any information for a virtual class with your participants 1 week in advance of the meeting date.
Send Carolyn Caggiano and me your attendance sheet after the course. (We can't get anyone paid without it!)
Participants must attend the FULL session to receive payment.
Cameras MUST be on during a virtual class.
All payments are listed on individual pay stubs and noted by course number. Please encourage participants to check HERE before contacting Linda Kelly about missed payments.
Please encourage participants to fill out a course evaluation after the class.
The Academy is only for faculty and staff of Bloomfield School District
The Academy is not for CEU credit unless specifically noted in the Course Title or Description.
Unless otherwise noted in the course title or description, teachers who attend all the scheduled hours of an approved class receive compensation at the contractual rate. Instructors are compensated at the same rate, including one hour of preparation for every three hours of instruction.
Each term there will be a date by which courses have to be offered or proposed.
Teachers may propose courses, but all classes must be approved by the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, or authorized administrator, by the stipulated deadline for submission of courses for the term.
Teachers may propose courses to teach through the Goole Form. It is the teacher's responsibility to make sure that the rooms or locations where the course is to be offered are available on the dates and times indicated for the course.
To register to take approved courses, teachers must use the Google Form to register for the specific classes.
While every effort is made to ensure that a course offered by a teacher, approved by the administration, and posted for registration will be conducted, there is no guarantee that any particular course will be offered. Registrants will be notified of any change in the status of the course.
If a particular class fails to meet the necessary minimum enrollment or has to be canceled for other reasons, the teacher responsible for the course will be notified and the 'Posting' for that class will be noted with the change (i.e., either "Course Cancelled" or "Maximum Enrollment Met").
Instructors of approved classes will receive class lists via email. It is the instructor's responsibility to contact their teacher-students, confirm the course session, and notify them of any preparations that they need to make to complete the requirements of the course.
It is the instructor's responsibility to ensure that all teachers sign the Attendance sheet, stay for the full course, and complete all assignments.
All teachers who attend and complete an approved course must submit a course evaluation.
Based on needs of availability, specific content, or logistics, including available funds (as determined by the District), both course offerings and teacher registrations can be restricted, up and until BOE approval of rosters for courses each semester.
To receive compensation, teachers MUST complete all hours of a course.Â
It is always the presumption of the School District that all participants in the Bloomfield Teacher Academy will behave professionally, make every effort to learn thoroughly, and abide by all relevant Board regulations.
Courses will focus on Google Suite basics to exploring non-traditional uses for Google.
Courses will focus on various apps or programs utilized by the Bloomfield Schools. ie Clever, Nearpod, Newsela
Courses will be content- area driven, at times led by content area specialists.
Courses will range from SEL focus to interventions.
There will also be a focus area left open for topics categorized as "Other"
Did I get paid for the BTA I attended? You can log in to check your paystub.
