As previously mentioned, Professor Patty Cake ® Consulting,
L.L.C. has undergone tremendous growth recently which has required us to
increase our capacity and infrastructure. We are happy to announce that our
move to new office space has been successful. We are now located at:
404 Oak Street
Suite 267
Syracuse, NY 13203
With our new office space comes the opportunity to offer
additional services to our existing clients and expand our outreach to a new
client base by adding in-person and virtual career
coaching services to our offerings. Now aspiring (education majors),
transitioning (former educators who left the field of education and are
ready to come back/ Out of state educators wishing to obtain a position in
a NY school), retiring (retired or soon to be retiring educators
searching for their "what's next" position), and practicing
(current) educators can work with us directly to move their
careers forward and achieve professional success. Our new career coaching
services have been designed by our CEO, award winning educator Dr. Erica
Vernold Miller, to help educators leverage their skills, improve
their marketability, increase their resiliency, and successfully navigate
the field of education from preservice to retirement. Our new career coaching
services include:
*Career Mapping/Planning
*First Year Teacher Support
*Stress Management
*Job Search Support
*Resume and Cover Letter Writing
*Interview Prep and Image Consulting
*Graduate School Application Assistance
Additionally, we have also updated our professional
development services. Our current on-site professional
development workshops are as follows:
Improving: Cultural Competence
Effectively Meeting the Needs of Diverse Families In Our
Early Childhood/Elementary Schools- Many of today's young children are
now being raised in homes by same-sex parents, grandparents, stepparents, and
non-related adults. This workshop provides guidance to early
childhood/elementary teachers and administrators for how to best create and
maintain policies/procedures which are respectful to the needs of the
diverse families that they serve.
What's Hiding In Your Classroom Libraries-
The educational texts that we use in our classrooms communicate messages
to our students. This workshop takes a critical look at the quality of the
children's literature found in our classroom libraries and the unintended
hidden messages that the inclusion and/or exclusion of particular text send to
our students and their families.
The ABCs of Teaching Social Justice In Our Early
Childhood/Elementary Classrooms- It is never too early to teach
children about the importance of social justice. This workshop
teaches educators simple and highly effective ways to teach and promote social
justice in their classrooms.
Challenging Normalcy: Reframing the Language Regarding
Disability- Discussions about disability are often framed within a
context of tragedy and misfortune; whereby people with disabilities are
characterized as pitiable individuals in need of fixing because they do not fit
the accepted standard of what constitutes "normal." This
workshop will teach participants the importance of adopting practices in
their schools and communities which challenge normalcy and reframe the language
regarding disability. It will also provide them with strategies for
how they can effectively create a more inclusive environment where both
individuals with and without disabilities have the opportunity to
thrive.
Improving: Instructional Practice
Looking Outside the Box: How Grants and Creative
Partnerships Can Enhance Preschool Instruction-
Do you have a great instructional idea but struggle with how to fund and/or
provide the labor to make your idea a reality? This workshop chronicles the
evolution of one "great instructional idea" from the planning stages
to its implementation and gives participants a roadmap for how to :1) formulate
an action plan, 2) obtain funding, and 3) establish productive partnerships that
will help them make their idea a reality.
Too Cool for School: Motivating Students Who Engage In
Intellectual Downplaying Behavior- Have you ever encountered
a student who acted too cool for school by playing down his/her
intellectual ability? Chances are you were left wondering why she/he chose to
engage in such behavior and struggled with how you could motivate him/her to
ascend to his/her academic potential. Teachers who attend this
workshop will walk away from this session with: 1) an understanding of
intellectual downplaying, 2) knowledge of the factors contributing to
intellectual downplaying behavior, and 3) strategies for how to effectively
encourage students to embrace their true intellectual abilities.
High Yield Assessment Strategies for Student Success-
The word "ASSESSMENT" often strikes fear in teachers and students.
This workshop is designed to ease educators' fears about assessment and
teach them how to implement high yield/minimal effort assessment
strategies in their classrooms.
Improving: Resiliency & Wellness
Promoting and Sustaining Change- The ARC Method- Change
is hard and is often resisted. This workshop is designed for early childhood
administrators and teacher leaders who wish to promote and sustain change in
their schools. The ARC Method provides educational change agents with a
systematic approach for how to overcome resistance and achieve lasting change
in their schools.
Boosting Teacher Resiliency and Managing Stress In Times of Change- Today's educators are under more stress than ever before. Prolonged stress can lead to burnout and decreased job performance. This workshop is designed to provide teachers with strategies for how to build their resiliency and manage their stress in times of change.
Boosting Teacher Resiliency and Managing Stress In Times of Change- Today's educators are under more stress than ever before. Prolonged stress can lead to burnout and decreased job performance. This workshop is designed to provide teachers with strategies for how to build their resiliency and manage their stress in times of change.
Please contact us at 1-866-932-4454 or
professorpattycake@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more about our
new career coaching and professional development services.
Our new website is currently under construction and is set
to launch by January 1, 2017. Our new website promises to not only
be more visually appealing but it will also be more user friendly
with a lot of added features. Please check back periodically for continued
updates about our company!
Educationally Yours,
The Professor Patty Cake ® Consulting, L.L.C.
Team