The Mutt-i-grees Curriculum offers professional development opportunities introducing ways in which social emotional learning and humane education can be integrated into their lesson plans and school culture.
The goal of the Mutt-i-grees Program is to cultivate empathy and compassion while developing skills to build resiliency and embrace diversity. Service Learning is a key component demonstrating the importance of making a positive difference in your community – the world. That students have the power to make a difference at any age.
For the time-being all programs are being offered virtually. NY state educators can receive CTLE hours for participating.


Events for the 2019/20 School Year
2020
August
- 8/8/20 – BOCES PD
September
- 9/8/20 – Are you staying healthy and strong: Coping during a crisis – Queens Chamber of Commerce
2020
June/July
- 6/29/20 – 7/2/20 – Cesar Millan Virtual Training
2019
November
- 11/12/19 – John Philip Sousa Elementary School – Port Washington, NY
October
- 10/31/19 – Present @ Teachers College – Columbia University – Thursday Seminar with Former Principal Bob O’Brien – 25 West 120th Street, NY, NY 11:15 AM
June
- 6/18/19 – 6/21/19 – Institute for SEL Conference, Princeton, NJ
May
- 5/17/19 – Social-Emotional Learning & the Human-Animal Bond- Mental Health Association of Nassau County, 16 Main Street, Hempstead, NY
Presented by Jayne Vitale, Director, Education and Youth Programs, Mutt-i-grees Curriculum, and Kimberly Spanjol, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LMHC National Education Trainer & Evaluation Associate. This presentation will outline the basics of the Mutt-i-gree Curriculum itself, how and why it works, and the importance of its implementation in the area of social and emotion learning. Click here for registration info. - 5/20/19 – Judy Clay, Mutt-i-grees National Trainer, will present at the South Central Arkansas Early Childhood Collaboration Meeting – South Central Education Cooperative, 2235 California Avenue, Camden, Arkansas. The training will provide participants with an overview of the Mutt-i-grees Curriculum as well as Mutt-i-grees at Home, a recently developed resource for parents and caregivers. The training will begin at 9:30. For more information, contact [email protected].
- 5/20/19 – 5/22/19 – SEL Conference – Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 E Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD
March
- Dignity Act Coordinators Meeting: Mutt-i-grees As An Answer to Bullying and Discrimination – The Jane Bullowa Conference Center, Ulster BOCES
- Iona College Presentation, New Rochelle
- Connecting Communities of Education Stakeholders Conference (CCES), Greensboro, NC,
2018
December
- Social Workers Advancing The Human Animal Bond
November
- NYC School Library Conference @ Citi Field
April
- Churchill School Training
2017
August
- Purina Headquarters, St. Louis, MO
June
- Alfred De B. Mason P.S./I.S. 226, Brooklyn, NY
- Corona Arts & Sciences Academy, Corona, NY
- P.S. 75 Emily Dickenson School, New York, NY
- P.S. 110 The Monitor School, Brooklyn, NY
May
- The Co-op School, Brooklyn, NY
April
- Purina Headquarters, St. Louis, MO
- P.S. 75 Emily Dickenson School, New York, NY
March
- Robert H. Goddard M.S. 202, New York, NY
- I.S. 254, Bronx, NY
- The Riverview School, Long Island City, NY
February
- Park Place Community MS, Brooklyn, NY
January
- J.H.S. 14 Shell Bank MS, Brooklyn, NY