Hudson River Center offers a wide range of professional development opportunities to support the development of high-quality educational programs. Professional development offerings operate from one to three days and can be customized to your needs.

Adult Literacy and Family Literacy

• Writing Instruction for Adults
• Linking Assessment and Instruction

• Parenting Education Plus provides the research, content knowledge, and tools to deliver parenting education that focuses on the role of parents in children’s language and literacy development. The four modules of the training address: embracing the role of family educator; developing and applying intentional instruction; fostering development of key parenting behaviors; and using the Parent Education Profile (PEP). Duration: Three days

• Parenting Education Training provides a framework for designing curriculum and instruction on key parenting behaviors and practices known to support children’s developing literacy skills. Topics covered in the training include: building the relationship between parent and family educator; designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment; exploring key parenting behaviors and practices; and how the development of those behaviors can be incorporated into instruction. Duration: One day

Corrections Education

• Civilian Orientation
• Making the Transition: An Instructional Guide for Incarcerated Education
• Transition Best Practices
• Bringing Family Literacy to Incarcerated Settings

ESOL Education and Native Language Screening

• Literacy in the First Three Years: Setting the Stage
• Literacy in the First Three Years: Making it Happen

Health Promotion

• Parenting Education Plus Training (3 days)
• Parenting Education (1 day)

Other Opportunities

• Hudson River Center works with local programs and associations to develop and deliver customized training workshops that address their unique needs and concerns, such as recruitment and retention and strengthening partnerships.

• Hudson River Center can bring National Center for Family Literacy training workshops to your location. For some workshops, New York State NCFL-certified trainers are available, which will reduce the workshop costs. 

Contact us with your training needs by emailing us at john@hudrivctr.org.