CEA is hosting a variety of free, timely, online trainings, just for you.
Upcoming webinars include a Degrees Not Debt virtual seminar where you can get information about loan forgiveness programs, workshops about preparing for retirement, and a yoga class especially for teachers.
Google Classroom – Rubrics, Grading & Collaborating
April 21, 3:30-4:30pm
Are you comfortable using Google Classroom? Are you doing all you can to engage and teach your students using this platform? CEA members are invited to a free webinar that will help you improve your knowledge of Google Classroom and ultimately the learning environment for your students.
Learn how to use Google Classroom to create lessons, manage coursework, organize, distribute, and grade assignments, boost collaboration, provide feedback, and foster better communication with your students. In this session, we will cover Rubrics, Grading, and Collaborating with Google Classroom. The session will include key features of Google Classroom’s assessment tools as well as creative ways to promote collaboration in an online environment.
Degrees Not Debt
April 23, 4-6pm
Webinar participants will learn what it takes to qualify for both Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Presenters will discuss eligibility requirements for each program and how parents holding PLUS loans can also qualify for a discharge of their balance.
We’ll also learn about the factors you need to consider when deciding between those two forgiveness programs, how to rehabilitate loans that may have slipped into default, and how new teachers can effectively manage their debt when pursuing a Master’s degree. Finally, we’ll review the implications of Congress’s payment and interest forbearance in response to the COVID-19 emergency.
Thinking About Retirement Lately?
4/28, 5/5, 5/12 and 5/19, 4-5:30pm
Get the information you need about the teacher retirement process. Join one of four weekly Q&A webinars with CEA’s retirement specialist, Robyn Kaplan-Cho, who will provide an update on activities at the Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board and answer your questions about the retirement process.
Serenity Now: Yoga for Teachers
April 24 and every Friday, 5-6pm
After a long week teaching, relax and destress in this yoga class designed for you and held every Friday. Strengthen, stretch, and destress as we work out the kinks from sitting at a screen for long hours. Put your overworked, overthinking brain aside and experience the joy of movement.
We’ll start by moving on the waves of breath, which is an awesomely soothing activity, and then spend time on yoga poses, aligning the body for evenness and harmony as we explore sensations of grounding, balancing, lifting, opening, and finding solace. Modifications are offered to attempt to meet all levels of experience. Short meditations and breathing techniques to calm the mind round out our physical practice. Watch yourself transform from frazzled to serene.
