Ithaca College

Calling all current and future educators!

For the past 16 years the Ithaca community has hosted the Ithaca Loves Teachers Winter Recess Teacher Festival in February, with discounted lodging, dining and activities available to public school teachers, school district employees, home school teachers, childcare workers, teachers union retirees and their guests. Teachers from all over the country come to this much anticipated event! Student teachers are also welcome to the festivities, you will just need a letter from your host school to use when registering for the festival.

Ithaca College Teacher Education faculty and staff will again be offering FREE Virtual Workshops for professional development and Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credit to attendees. Workshops will be held every day of the week of February 15th from 3-4:30pm. Teachers can earn up to 7.5 hours of CTLE credit! Visit our website for more details and registration information. Open to all!

The Department of Education will be posting more information on Instagram and Facebook so be sure to follow us there. We will have prizes and giveaway’s during the week featured on social media, including a beautiful limited edition locally made mask.

Virtual Workshop titles this year, click here for more info:

• Racism, Anti-Racism, and Us: Teaching with Stamped in Tompkins County, Hosted by Dr. Sara Levy, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Education

• Using LGBTQIA Literature to Promote Allyship and Co-conspiracy, Hosted by Kimberly Slusser, Coordinator of Field Experiences in the Department of Education

• Cultivating an Asset-Based Approach in Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Hosted by Dr. Shuzhan Li, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education

• Educational History in Ithaca, NY: Access, Equity & Inequity, Hosted by Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education

• Professional Development for Teachers: Analyze personal aspects that influence anxiety to help your students, Hosted by Dr. Laura Campbell Carapella, Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Physical Education

We hope that you will be able to join us!

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Sarah House at shouse@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.