About Us The TEACHER CENTER of Broome County is a consortium of 10 public school districts, one BOCES and 7 private schools plus Broome County Head Start.  We serve approximately 3,000 educators. There are over 130 Teacher Centers operating throughout New York State.  They are funded yearly by a grant appropriated by the New York state legislature and administrated by the New York state education depatment. A Policy Board serves as the governing body of the TEACHER CENTER.  It is comprised of  at least 51% teachers, along with representatives from industry, parents, school administrators, public libraries, and higher education.  A TEACHER CENTER Policy Board must include a majority of classroom teachers. Each school in our consortium has a AMBASSADOR who serves as the voice of the TEACHER CENTER.  Contact your AMBASSADOR for grant applications and informational flyers.  The TEACHER CENTER of Broome County strives to be a recognized leader in promoting professional growth and development for educators in the TEACHER CENTER consortium. Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers were established by the New York State Legislature in 1984 to provide systematic, ongoing professional education services to the State's teachers. Teacher Centers have developed successful, cost effective, programs that address the purposes prescribed in statute.  Their goals encompass the following areas: ·        Assist educators in assessing and meeting the learning needs of students ·        Provide computer demonstration and training sites and programs for educators ·        Promote educators' use of and involvement in educational research to develop and produce curricula and curricular material ·        Provide educators with training for the improvement of teaching skills ·        Provide a location and atmosphere to foster sharing and increased understanding of resources, ideas, methods, approaches, information and materials among educators ·        Train educators to prepare students to use high technology and to teach the critical thinking and related skills needed for the changing world community. Centers provide a structure for teachers to take charge of their own professional growth, and afford them an opportunity to share with one another the great wealth of expertise that they possess.  Approaches to delivering professional development include new teacher training and support, mentoring, peer coaching, collegial circles, mini-grants, and research opportunities, as well as a full complement of topics offered in more traditional workshop or course formats.  For complete listing of New York State Teacher Center Standards, click here. http://www.nyiteez.org/NYteachercenters/homepage.htm