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Building Leadership for Teachers (BLT)

Do you want to advance your career, maintain certification, or enhance your current classroom skills? New York Institute of Technology’s “Building Leadership for Teachers” (BLT) online microcredential program provides K-12 educators with a new, flexible, and less time-intensive approach to professional development.

Our BLT program will help you:

  • Keep pace with developments in teaching, learning, assessment, and technology, as well as student demographic, social, and economic changes.
  • Maintain state teaching certifications.
  • Satisfy requirements for ongoing professional learning.
  • Advance on your salary schedule.
  • Earn badges demonstrating technology and leadership knowledge and skillsets.
  • Prepare for teacher leadership positions.

Each BLT track addresses pedagogical practices, technology integration and leadership, curriculum design, professional development, student growth and development, and leadership for school improvement.

How to Enroll

  • Register as a non-matriculated student and select one of New York Tech’s four BLT tracks.
  • Complete the requirements for three of the fully-online courses designated for your selected track.
  • Upon completion of the three courses, you will receive a badge/microcredential representing the achievement of a specific set of learning experiences. Badges can be added to resumes and electronic portfolios and shared with supervisors to earn advancement and salary increases.
  • Once you have completed a BLT program, you may apply for matriculation at New York Tech, with relevant course credits applied to degree requirements.

BLT Program Tracks

Exploring the Promise of Technology

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Choose three courses:

  • EDIT 605 Instructional Applications of the Internet
  • EDLT 805 Leadership in Technology I
  • EDLT 815 Leadership in Technology II
  • EDIT 663 Social Network and Learning
  • EDTR 670 Mobile Learning
  • EDTR 671 Game-Based Learning
  • EDIT 610 Multimedia Production
  • EDIT 614- Language Arts and Technology
  • EDPC 664 Institute in Education (Robotic Programming for K-8)

Innovation in Teaching and Learning

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Choose three courses:

  • EDTR 670 Mobile Learning
  • EDTR 671 Game-Based Learning
  • EDIT 610 Multimedia Production
  • EDIT 614 Language Arts and Technology
  • EDIT 690 Assessment and Evaluation
  • EDSS 620 Social Studies and Technology
  • EDMA 625 Math, Science, and Technology
  • EDLT 810 Educational Research
  • EDLT 825 Curriculum Design, Implementation, and Assessment
  • EDPC 664 Institute in Education (Robotic Programming for K-8)
  • EDPC 630 Culturally Responsive Teaching: Involving Families and Communities

Teacher Leadership

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Choose three courses:

  • EDLT 805 Leadership in Technology I
  • EDLT 815 Leadership in Technology II
  • EDLT 825 Curriculum Design, Implementation, and Assessment
  • EDLT 810 Educational Research
  • EDIT 690 Assessment and Evaluation
  • EDLT 830 Staff Development and Human Resource Administration
  • EDIT 663 Social Network and Learning

Reaching All Students

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Choose three courses:

  • EDPC 630 Culturally Responsive Teaching: Involving Families and Communities
  • EDCO 600 Introduction to School Counseling
  • EDCO 665 The Special Needs Student
  • EDCO 725 School Violence Prevention and Student Behavior Management
  • EDCO 601 Human Development
  • EDCO 650 Social Justice, Diversity, and Cultural Issues
  • EDIT 663 Social Network and Learning
  • EDLT 825 Curriculum Design, Implementation, and Assessment