Hudson River Teacher Center

Welcome from the Director

On behalf of the Policy Board of the Hudson River Teacher Center, I welcome you to our web site. Our Center has been in existence since 1986 and has grown over the years into a mature creative and innovative, staff development center.

The Teacher Center is governed by a policy board composed of teachers, administrators and parents, as well as business, community and college representatives. It guides the Center in providing all staff the opportunity to take charge of their own staff development. The Center provides grants, consultants, workshops/courses, special programs and technology equipment loans. A director coordinates the activities of the Center.

We provide Professional Staff Development for our participants based on the Standards for New York State Teachers Centers. Our consultants will present and facilitate workshops and courses in your school for teachers, support staff, teacher aides and assistants. In addition, you will find these same offerings and many others at our center located at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES in Yorktown Heights. We base our topics on teacher need, follow-up evaluations, state mandates and district plans.

Our services include loans of technology and audio visual materials, and opportunities to get Masters degrees in a variety of programs. As well, our mini-grant program, offered in the early spring each year, provides monetary grants to both individual teachers and groups in schools.

We’d like to hear from you if you have staff development ideas for your school or wish to present at our center.

Sincerely,
Kathy Batchelor