The Center has offered many courses and workshops over the years, and has been instrumental and successfull in bringing technology into the classrooms and integrating it with the curriculum. All programs actively engage teachers in the planning and implementation of new ideas, and more importantly, give educators occasion to share their ideas with colleagues. But the Center is much more than staff development for teachers. The present focus of the Center has changed to include parents, students, and community members. Through outreach programs such as Homework Centers and a Homework Help Hotline, students find assistance.
Teachers can also find support to attend a conference or to fund a classroom project.
As a result of these outreach programs, over 6,000 teachers, parents and students were served by the Center in 1994-95 alone, despite a decrease in funding from New York State. With great pride, the East Ramapo Teachers' Center celebrated its 10th Anniversary in December 1994 with an Open House. Those who had visited before, knew how valuable the Center's services have been to the educational community. Although the East Ramapo Teachers' Center was originally begun in 1978 and was one of only three Centers in New York State to be funded under Federal Legislation, the 10th Anniversary marked the Center's reopening in 1984 with funding from New York State. The Center truly supports and encourages teachers' efforts to effect change and make a difference.