The Long Island Network of Teacher Centers (LINC) provides regional support and collaborative opportunities to the 40 teacher centers that serve Long Island. Please feel free to view their professional learning opportunities.
Mike Anderson's What We Say and How We Say It Matter Asynchronous Course
Audience: All Educators Dates: 10/5/2026 to 11/5/2026
In this online course, you'll explore key ideas, learn practical strategies, and gain helpful resources to help you bring your language habits and patterns more in line with your best intentions and positive goals for students.
Understand how the language we use with students is so crucial to their academic and emotional engagement in school.
Consider language habits and patterns in three main areas: culture & climate, positive behavior, and academic engagement.
Explore many "instead of this--try this" examples to help you consider language shifts you might try.
Learn a process for changing language habits--and set a goal for person growth.
Gain access to a wide array of supportive resources--including articles, videos, podcasts, and more.
You will have access to this course for a year, so you can go back in over and over again. (6 CTLE hours)
Behind the Behavior: Reframing Student Conduct to Build Connection and Change
Audience: K-12 Educators Dates: 11/2/2026 to 11/23/2026
Instructor: Mike DeMario
This course shifts the central question teachers ask about behavior, from "How do I stop this?” to "What is this telling me, and what does this student need?” Five self-paced modules build toward that answer: a reframing mindset, the brain and body behind behavior, the student's context and unmet needs, the teacher's own lens and triggers, and a working set of restorative language and response scripts. Every module pairs short readings and videos with guided reflection, an asynchronous discussion board, and a task applied to the participant's own classroom. Participants work online at their own pace.
Optional office hours are available on request. (15 CTLE Hours)
Refocusing Our Lens: An Alternate Perspective on How to Support Students in the Modern Classroom
Audience: All Educators Dates: 11/2/2026 to 12/1/2026
Instructor: Dawn Alexander
Executive functioning skills play a critical role in helping students succeed both academically and independently. In this interactive workshop, we'll take a closer look at what executive functioning is, why it matters, and how to naturally weave these skills into everyday instruction. You'll leave with practical, easy-to-implement strategies that can be embedded into your daily routines to support the diverse and ever-changing needs of the students in your classroom.
Please note: District approval is needed for in-service credit. (15 CTLE Hours)
Introduction to Teaching Multilingual Learners
Audience: Any educator. No prerequisite Dates: 11/3/2026 to 12/2/2026
Instructor: Greg Conley
In this course, we will learn how multilingual learners are identified, serviced, and supported instructionally. We will explore different strategies and activities tailored to these students in the classroom.
Please note: Asynchronous hours are marked with placeholder dates and times. You can complete the work at anytime. District approval is needed for in-service credit. (15 CTLE Hours - Ell category)
Audience: All Educators Dates: 11/5/2026 to 11/12/2026
It's not exactly a news flash to say that it's a hard time to be a teacher. In this practical and inspiring asynchronous course, you'll learn concrete strategies to help you get into powerful habits so you can become a more well-balanced and energized educator. You will have access to this course for a year, so you can go back in over and over again. (6 CTLE hours)
Practical Classroom Management for Modern Classrooms
Audience: All Educators Dates: 1/5/2027 to 2/2/2027
Instructor: Jonathan Tsavos
Classroom management for challenging classrooms; classroom management for all classrooms. The objective of this course is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the book, Reclaim Your Challenging Classroom: Relationship-Based Behavior Management, by Alene H. Harris and Justin D. Garwood.
In addition to a professional analysis of the book, this course will include professional discussions, the creation of materials and strategies, as well as opportunities for application of materials and strategies through fieldwork. Another objective of this course is to help educators enhance their classroom management systems to reflect the most modern practices.
All participants in this course will be able to update, modify, and find alternative methods of classroom management practices and theories. Classroom management is a vital topic for educators at all levels, and is an important component for educators at all levels of experience. As proposed by Kim Collins in the Introduction, "Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection,” and classroom management is an important area for all educators to consistently strive for continuous improvement.
Please note: District approval is needed for in-service credit. (10 CTLE Hours)
Mike Anderson's What We Say and How We Say It Matter Asynchronous Course
Audience: All Educators Dates: 1/6/2027 to 1/20/2027
In this online course, you'll explore key ideas, learn practical strategies, and gain helpful resources to help you bring your language habits and patterns more in line with your best intentions and positive goals for students.
Understand how the language we use with students is so crucial to their academic and emotional engagement in school.
Consider language habits and patterns in three main areas: culture & climate, positive behavior, and academic engagement.
Explore many "instead of this--try this" examples to help you consider language shifts you might try.
Learn a process for changing language habits--and set a goal for person growth.
Gain access to a wide array of supportive resources--including articles, videos, podcasts, and more.
You will have access to this course for a year, so you can go back in over and over again. (6 CTLE hours)
AI for Educators: Modern Lesson Planning for Teachers
Audience: All Educators Dates: 1/11/2027 to 2/8/2027
Instructor: Christine Sanfratello
This course will explore the use of generative AI by Educators and how it can be used to enhance student learning and engagement while also easing the workload of teachers! AI may be "new” to education but it is quickly advancing and changing the way in which educators can manage their workload and empower students. This course will guide you through integrating generative AI into your daily instructional planning with confidence and efficacy. Throughout this workshop, you will explore how to harness AI as a collaborative "partner” to build dynamic, student-centered learning experiences.
Please note: The dates and times for asynchronous work are simply placeholders. You may complete the work when it works best for you. District approval is needed for in-service credit. (15 CTLE Hours)
Audience: All Educators Dates: 1/19/2027 to 1/29/2027
The content of this course is provided from Mike Anderson's Leading Great Learning online platform. The focus of the course is on kids who struggle with challenging behaviors and get caught in a negative cycle of bad behaviors leading to negative interactions with adults, which leads to more bad behaviors. Learn how to build positive relationships with your students who need it the most!
Gain access to a wide array of supportive resources--including articles, videos, podcasts, and more.
You will have access to this course for a year, so you can go back in over and over again.
Please note: District approval is needed for in-service credit. (6 CTLE Hours)
Audience: All Educators Dates: 2/1/2027 to 2/12/2027
It's not exactly a news flash to say that it's a hard time to be a teacher. In this practical and inspiring asynchronous course, you'll learn concrete strategies to help you get into powerful habits so you can become a more well-balanced and energized educator.
You will have access to this course for a year, so you can go back in over and over again. (6 CTLE hours)
