Course Approval

All members should consult the Course Approval Booklet before registering for a course. As of December 2002, the following list of colleges and universites will be approved by the district whether the course is taught by a full time or adjunct professor, as long as the course is listed in the regular course catalog and is relevant to the teacher's teaching assignment at Byram Hills. Please remember, teachers will still need to fill out the Course Approval Form (PDF) to be signed by the building Principal who will then send it out for approval to the district office.

Bank Street http://www.bnkst.edu/
College of New Rochelle (Art, Guidance, Special Education) http://www.cnr.edu/
Columbia University Teachers College http://www.tc.columbia.edu/
Fairfield University http://www.fairfield.edu/
Fordham University http://www.fordham.edu/
Hartt School of Music http://www.hartford.edu/hartt/
Lehman College (Education, Math, Health) http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/
Long Island University (Guidance Counseling) http://www.liu.edu/liu_start.html
Manhattanville College http://www.mville.edu/
Mercy College (Guidance Counseling) http://www.mercy.edu
New York Institute of Technology (Technology) http://www.nyit.edu/
New York University http://www.nyu.edu/
Queens College (Music) http://www.qc.edu/
SUNY New Paltz (Education, Art) http://www.newpaltz.edu/
SUNY Purchase (Dance, Acting, Design Technology, Visual Arts) http://www.purchase.edu/
Western Connecticut State University (Technology, Music, Film, Math) http://www.wcsu.edu/

Once a teachers has hit Master +15, +30, +60 an application for movement on salary schedule* must be filled out. Please note that the salary increase takes effect only twice a year (September and February). To move on the salary scedule you need to have at least 6 graduate credits for each 15 credit increment. In other words you would have 6 graduate credits and 9 inservice. You can of course have a more than 6 graduate credits per 15 credits.

*Application for Movement on the Salary Schedule (PDF)

NYSUT Courses for graduate and inservice credit:

The following NYSUT courses have been approved by the district for graduate credit.

Encouraging Student Responsibility
STAR
Assessment for and of Student Learning/Assessment for Student Learning(You may take either one of these but NOT BOTH
Brain Compatible Learning

BHTA members may take 1 ONLINE course as long as it is NCATE Certified. You must still fill out a course approval form before taking an ONLINE course.

Please remember, teachers will still need to fill out the Course Approval Form (PDF) to be signed by the building Principal who will then send it out for approval to the district office. All other NYSUT courses can be taken for inservice credit (subject to approval).

A comprehensive list of NYSUT courses with course descriptions can be found at:

http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/elt.htm

This page is maintained by Bob DiMartino, Executive VP, Communications.