New York City DOE • ASPDP • Spring 2025 • Cultivating Cultural Responsiveness and Effective Sheltered Instruction
This ASPDP course is entirely online and self-paced!
Course Description:
Create a culturally responsive classroom environment where every student feels valued and supported. This self-paced online PD course equips PK-12 educators with practical, ready-to-use tools for easily fostering inclusivity, creating an equitable classroom, managing differentiated learning, and implementing effective sheltered instruction for ELLs.
FTBT's uniquely effective PD experience is perfect for all NYC educators — whether you’re in the classroom, in a non-classroom role, or on leave. With no need to work directly with students to complete this course, you'll earn your salary differential credits with unmatched flexibility — all on your own schedule, from anywhere.
What You’ll Learn:
- Cultural Responsiveness in Action: Discover how to honor and leverage the diverse backgrounds of your students as powerful learning assets.
- Sheltered Instruction Strategies: Sheltered Instruction is an educational approach that makes academic content more accessible to ELLs while promoting their language development. For our multicultural classrooms, it's a must-have skill-set!
- Inclusive Teaching Made Simple: Immerse yourself in real-world examples and refine your approach with best practices that ensure all learners feel seen, heard, and valued in your classroom.
Why Educators Love This Course:
- Actionable Strategies: Walk away with a blueprint for culturally responsive teaching and ready-to-use techniques that make a real difference for your students.
- Support for English Language Learners: Learn proven methods for making content more accessible, while fostering engagement and academic success for ELLs.
- Self-Paced Flexibility: Learn at your own pace with a stress-free course designed to fit your schedule.
Empower Every Learner:
This course bridges the gap between cultural responsiveness and effective instruction, helping you create an environment where all students can succeed. By embracing diversity and implementing research-backed strategies, you’ll transform your teaching and inspire your students to reach their full potential.
Enroll Today!
Take the next step in your professional journey and make inclusivity the cornerstone of your classroom.
New York City DOE | ASPDP Course | Spring 2025
🌟 Spring 2025 ASPDP registration opens on January 27 and closes on April 7. You can start your course as early as February 10, and you have until May 23 to complete it.
🌟 Locate this course in the ASPDP course catalog: [click here]
🌟 3 P-Credits and A+ Credits towards BA+30, BA+60, and MA+30 salary differentials.
🌟 45 CTLE hours towards NYS Professional Development requirements
🌟 This course is designed for New York City DOE P-12 educators of ALL content areas.
🌟 Education Partner Fee ($175) + ASPDP Fee ($125) = Total Fee ($300)
🌟 If you have any questions or need any support with the registration process, please email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help you.
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Self-Paced, Streamlined, and Completely Online:
You can count on FTBT for stress-free PD designed with YOU in mind. With no start dates and no due dates, you can begin and finish this course whenever it is convenient for you. Plus, you do not need to be working with students to complete it. Entirely self-paced and self-guided, there are no scheduled check-ins, so you are free to work on the content whenever and wherever you want.
To make the completion process as painless and efficient as possible, you'll even be provided with an easy-to-use template for your work throughout the course. All you need to do is plug your assignments into the template — and, when you reach the end of the course, simply submit it to us via email or Google Drive.
Your Course Instructor
We are a highly dedicated team of full-time educators with professional licenses covering grades PK-12 in diverse areas, including Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialists. Our course authors and instructors collectively boast over two decades of experience in the education field, actively contributing to the growth and development of school communities in New York, Vermont, Ohio, and Hawai'i. Don't hesitate to reach out with any inquiries; we're here to assist you!
If you have any questions or need support, please reach out to us at [email protected].