Building Bridges to Cuba

$3,995 per person to earn 60 CTLE hours or 6 CEUs

• Includes airfare (round-trip from New York City to Havana),
• Casas particulares in Havana and Trinidad (bed and breakfasts, double occupancy),
• Meals,
• Local transportation,
• Bank Street faculty program leader,
• Guest speakers, and
• Museum entrance fees.

This program is open to all educators. Bank Street affiliation is not required.

Additional costs could include:

• Drinks outside of meals or on the bus, souvenirs, optional evening activities.
• Single occupancy accommodations available for an additional $70. (All accommodations have shared bathrooms.)
• 1 graduate credit option will be an additional $617; 2 graduate credits will be an additional $2,229. Coursework will be due four weeks after the program.

Bank Street Cooperating Teacher Vouchers and Bank Street Staff Waivers reduced the cost of this program to $2,995.

Apply here for Summer 2019

Julie Broderick, MSEd, MS, teaches 5th grade at the School at Columbia. She is a lead teacher of mathematics, literacy, and social studies. She is also an instructor at Bank Street, teaching math methods classes for Continuing Professional Studies. In addition, she has spent seven years as a lecturing professor of undergraduate elementary methods courses at Barnard College. Prior to teaching at The School, Julie taught for thirteen years in the New York City public schools, teaching 1st– 5th grades in Washington Heights and on the Upper West Side. Julie began her career as a bilingual teacher, working in both transitional and dual language Spanish bilingual programs. She has traveled to Cuba five times, presenting at conferences and traveling the country with teachers. Julie holds advanced degrees from both Bank Street and Georgetown University and earned her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she majored in government with a concentration in Latin American politics.