In November, the HHHTA Public Relations Committee held a week-long children’s book drive at all five elementary schools. This was done during the week of elementary parent/teacher conferences. The drive was organized to benefit The Book Fairies, a Long Island-based non-profit organization that collects and donates books to high poverty schools and community outreach programs [...]
A boy following his dreams, the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead, and a journey through a family’s past were all brought to life in Pixar’s movie Coco, the film selected for this year’s HHHTA Family Movie Day. The HHHTA Family Movie Day was a huge success. Every seat in the theater was [...]
The HHHTA held its 3rd annual Walking Food Tour on Saturday, October 14, 2017. The tour covered the Lower East Side of Manhattan and began on East Houston Street. Our first stop was Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery. It opened in 1910 and is still going strong. Not only were the knishes delicious, on offer were [...]
The HHHTA joined many others in the HHH community in the welcoming of all members for the 2017-2018 school year! The Public Relations/Membership team met over the summer to plan ahead for Superintendent's Conference Day, which was our team's first opportunity to make face-to-face contact with our members. We hosted a "Welcome Back" area at [...]
Fifty years ago this month, the Half Hollow Hills Teachers’ Association received its charter from the State Education Department. Starting salary was $6,900 and becoming pregnant could cost you your job. Our contract was a fraction of what it is today, and we spent the next several decades organizing our members to improve teaching conditions, [...]
I took two professional development workshops in additional to spending countless hours preparing to teach a new grade level which included studying curriculum guides, updating my eBoard, reading pedagogical books and moving and setting up a new classroom in a new building.
I aligned math curriculum to common core, revised and aligned social studies curriculum to common core as well. Also, though not official, the amount of time I spent on pinterest this summer looking at ways to incorporate common core into my classroom practices and improve my effectiveness should really be considered PDP! :-)
I volunteered this summer for the Pajama Program in Suffolk County. The Pajama Program provides new books and pajamas to children in need. The volunteers go to Head Start programs and give out the books and pajamas and read to the children. The smiles and gratitude from the children are priceless. It puts everything in [...]
Collaboration with the seniors from High School East and High School West writing children's economic books, resulted in us winning the New York State Teacher of the Year in Social Studies.