Overview:

Designed for teachers to collaborate and grow in their use of Google Classroom through immersion within the platform, as well as breakout zoom sessions focused on specific areas of growth and needs. two 3-hour Zoom sessions will provide breakouts, set up so that participants can attend the ones they need/want. In between these sessions, participants will have access to support through various media within a Google Class.

Integration with other Google collaborative tools may also be focused on as determined by participants. (ie Google Forms, Google Slides, Google Docs and Google Jamboard). ALL ENTRY LEVELS ARE WELCOME!

Please note the following:

- REQUIREMENT: Participant District will need to whitelist BT BOCES Domain to allow their teachers to join BT BOCES Google Classroom. Please contact Dodie Ainslie at dainslie@btboces.org , or Josh Hough at jhough@btboces.org with any questions related to Camp content or whitelist specifications.

- Registration Deadline is Monday, August 17, 2020.

Requirement: Participant District will need to whitelist BT BOCES Domain to allow their teachers to join BT BOCES Google Classroom. Please contact Dodie Ainslie at dainslie@btboces.org , or Josh Hough at jhough@btboces.org with any questions related to Camp content or whitelist specifications.

- Zoom meetings will be held on the dates and times noted below; the instructor will email registrants the Zoom and platform links for this PL prior to the first session date.

- CTLE: 6 Zoom hours, 4 additional online total: 10 hours

This workshop is intended for teams who have participated in follow up work in 2019-20 and who are successfully implementing initial action plans. The work of the day will focus on using circle for Level 2 and Level 3 Restorative Justice work. Learning will focus on using circle to develop emotional resiliency, promote healing, address and repair harm, problem solve and deepen established relationships. Participants will live circle in a number of different scenarios and will have opportunities to practice facilitation skills. Teams will also be given time to reflect on Restorative Practices implementation in their buildings and to think ahead to year two of the work. The session will address considerations for and successful implementation of virtual circle work.

Outcomes:

- Describe uses of circle in Tier 2 and Tier 3 Restorative Justice work

- Use circle facilitation skills to facilitate circles that develop emotional literacy, solve problems and repair harm

- Use reflective protocols to examine strengths of initial action plan implementation and to describe district next steps

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

- Follow-up support opportunities (virtual and on-site) will be arranged between the presenter and participants.

* Due to COVID19 considerations, we may need to modify the structure and delivery of our session(s) prior to the posted session date(s).

This session is supported by funding from the Broome County Promise Zone initiative.

Overview:

Learn to create safe and joyful learning communities where every student can thrive- while helping your students develop strong social and academic skills. In four engaging and interactive days, you'll discover how to:

- Begin and end the day positively with Morning Meeting and closing circle - Integrate energizers and interactive learning structures throughout the school day

- Teach students how to complete academic tasks, interact with classmates, and maintain routines with Interactive Modeling

- Establish rules with your students and provide positive structures to support success

- And much more

Resources Include: Elementary Core Course Resource Book, First Six Weeks of School, and Yardsticks

*PLEASE NOTE:

* Due to COVID19 considerations, we may need to modify the structure and delivery of our session(s) prior to the posted session date(s).

- Limited Seating

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

This session is supported by funding from the Broome County Promise Zone initiative.

Overview:

This service, in collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Dept., provides participating teachers with intensive professional development in knowledge and use of literacy learning progressions, specific assessment tools, and a range of instructional strategies to design instruction targeted to address student needs. Participants will learn how to select and modify interventions & strategies based on analysis of student data to flexibly respond to students' needs, with the goal of accelerating student learning. Each participating school will have regular onsite coaching visits as part of the service.

Outcomes:

- Explain profiles of struggling readers, how the brain reads, and what makes reading difficult for some students

- Explain learning progressions of simpler to more complex skills and apply this knowledge to assessment and instructional design

- Describe ways to effectively and efficiently assess struggling readers

- Apply high yield instructional strategies to address identified needs

- Create lesson plans that align to precise teaching points identified by data and are organized to ensure transfer of critical skills

- Implement a system to house your data digitally

Please note the following:

- Additional Cost: Accelerating Student Literacy, Service #551-211-020

- All sessions will involve synchronous (18 hours) and asynchronous (18 hours) coursework.

- Participants that completed assignments during the asyncronous Sept/Oct makeup session will be awarded up to 10 CTLE credits associated with the makeup session dates and up to 26 CTLE credits for this (comprehensive) series.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 5, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with Zoom and Schoology links prior to the first session date.

This series is a collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Department.

Overview:

This series will focus on the essentials of creating a stress-free learning zone that allows learners to reach their potential. Strategies will be shared for creating and sustaining relationships with learners and integrating Social and Emotional Learning core competencies. Prior to the first session, participants will complete an online learning module in Schoology (must be completed by August 21, 2020) focused on CASEL's core competencies. The series will continue with three Zoom meetings on the dates noted.

Objectives:

- Identify and explain CASEL's core Social and Emotional Learning competencies

- Describe strategies for integrating the CASEL core competencies into your learning space

- Describe strategies for creating and sustaining relationships with students

- Develop a plan for beginning the school year

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Friday, August 14, 2020.

- The instructor will email registrants the Zoom link and Schoology code for this PL prior to the first session date.

This virtual 2-day event, held in a Camp fashion, is intended for all Schoology users at any level and even if you have zero experience. There will be break out learning sessions on different aspects of Schoology based upon what the attendees want to learn. This PL will be a highly collaborative 2-day experience allowing for teachers to not only get the personalized help that they need, but also a forum to have all of their questions answered.

Through Zoom, teachers will be able to self-select their breakout room buddies to work to get their materials ready for the start of the new school year. We will also have different themed sessions happening in the main Zoom room that teachers will be able to leave their breakout rooms to watch if they would like. There will be an intro Schoology 101 session happening the first day for those who need the overview. Attendees will be able to take breaks as needed and attendees will receive credit through submitting multiple reflections of what they have been working on over the two days.

Outcomes:

- Identify best practices of classroom management in an online environment

- Identify key attributes in building a successful online classroom

- Build course materials

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, August 20, 2020

- The instructor will provide the Zoom and Schoology links to all registrants prior to the first session date.

Overview:

This service, in collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Dept., provides participating teachers with intensive professional development in knowledge and use of literacy learning progressions, specific assessment tools, and a range of instructional strategies to design instruction targeted to address student needs. Participants will learn how to select and modify interventions & strategies based on analysis of student data to flexibly respond to students' needs, with the goal of accelerating student learning. Each participating school will have regular onsite coaching visits as part of the service.

Outcomes:

- Explain profiles of struggling readers, how the brain reads, and what makes reading difficult for some students

- Explain learning progressions of simpler to more complex skills and apply this knowledge to assessment and instructional design

- Describe ways to effectively and efficiently assess struggling readers

- Apply high yield instructional strategies to address identified needs

- Create lesson plans that align to precise teaching points identified by data and are organized to ensure transfer of critical skills

- Implement a system to house your data digitally

Please note the following:

- Additional Cost: Accelerating Student Literacy, Service #551-211-020

- All sessions will involve synchronous (18 hours) and asynchronous (18 hours) coursework.

- Participants that completed assignments during the asyncronous Sept/Oct makeup session will be awarded up to 10 CTLE credits associated with the makeup session dates and up to 26 CTLE credits for this (comprehensive) series.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 5, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with Zoom and Schoology links prior to the first session date.

This series is a collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Department.

In this session, participants will be given a virtual tour of the digital resources provided by New York State Library and the Broome-Tioga BOCES School Library System.

Please note:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, August 27, 2020.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with the Zoom link prior to the session date.

In this session, participants will be given a virtual tour of the digital resources provided by New York State Library and the Broome-Tioga BOCES School Library System.

Please note:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, August 27, 2020.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with the Zoom link prior to the session date.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration deadline is Tuesday, September 1, 2020 @ 3 pm.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration deadline is Tuesday, September 1, 2020 @ 3 pm.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Monday, September 7, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session start time.

- This session, with identical content, is also being held on September 9th, 10th, and 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Monday, September 7, 2020

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- There is a 1/2 hour intermission between Parts 1 and Part 2.

- This two-session series, with identical content, is also being held on September 9th, 10th, and 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Monday, September 7, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session start time.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Monday, September 7, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, is also being held on September 9th, 10th, and 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Monday, September 7, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, is also being held on September 9th, 10th, and 11th.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Monday, September 7, 2020

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, September 8, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th and is also being held on September 10th and 11th.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, September 8, 2020

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session date.

- There is a 1/2 hour intermission between Parts 1 and Part 2.

- This two-session series, with identical content, was previously held on September 8th and is also being held on 10th, and 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, September 8, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th and is also being held on September 10th and 11th.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, September 8, 2020

- This session, with identical content, is also being offered on September 10th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Tuesday, September 8, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th and is also being held on September 10th, and 11th.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 9th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th and 9th and is also being held on September 11th.

This workshop is intended for Binghamton University teaching candidates who are part of the Substitutes With A Purpose (SWAP) partnership. Participants will gain a greater understanding of how to succeed as a substitute teacher, including strategies for engaging students, managing behavior, and working as a professional in the school.

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020 by 3 p.m.

Part 1 will focus on planning and teaching classroom norms and expectations and considerations for different learning environments.

Part 2 will focus on strategies for building relationships with students and fostering peer relationships in virtual/blended learning environments.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th and 9th and is also being held on September 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th and 9th and is also being held on September 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2020

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session time.

- There is a 1/2 hour intermission between Parts 1 and Part 2.

- This two-session series, with identical content, was previously held on September 8th and 9th and is also being held on September 11th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2020.

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th, 9th, and 10th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2020.

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session start time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th, 9th, and 10th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2020.

- The instructor will provide access information to all registrants prior to the session start time.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on September 8th, 9th, and 10th.

Please note the following:

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- There is a 1/2 hour intermission between Parts 1 and Part 2.

- This two-session series, with identical content, was previously held on September 8th, 9th, and 10th.

Please note:

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- Registration Deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2020.

Overview:

The Adaptive Schools Foundation and Advanced Seminars present a productive, practical set of ideas and tools for developing collaborative groups in becoming effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. The work of the Adaptive Schools Seminars is to develop the resources and capacities of the organization and of individuals to cohesively respond to the changing needs of students and society.

The training not only explores what makes teams effective, but how to develop skills as facilitators and informed group members in informal and formal settings, in small and large groups. It takes participants beyond the idea of professional learning communities to the actual implementation, describing specific ways to weave the collaborative fabric of a faculty, develop group member skills, and acquire the principles and understandings to engage in a continuous cycle of team and individual improvement. Adaptive Schools is the "how" of professional learning communities: how to behave in groups, how to lead them, and how to facilitate them for improved leading, teaching, and learning.

Chairs: Eric Attleson (CV) and Kevin Strahley (Windsor)

Dr. Greg Wilsey from the Office of State Assessment will be joining us on day 2 for conversation around the Constitutional/Civic Issue Essay- Part III of the Framework US History and Government Exam. Your Statewide Planning Committee will continue to provide time for translating the work and resources into professional development that can be delivered to the field. A more detailed agenda and links for accessing the zoom sessions will be provided to registrants prior to the session.

In these sessions, regional curriculum directors and instructional technology leaders meet to discuss issues that are pertinent to curriculum, assessment, instruction, and instructional technology. Included in the meetings are updates and talking points related to NYS and national standards, regional professional learning needs and planned offerings, requirements from the NYS Education Department, as well as new programs and resources available to support the work of schools.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Chairs: Kevin Richman (Binghamton), Steven DiStefano (Union-Endicott)

Chairs: Kelli Vosbury (Deposit), Bob Rodgers (Newark Valley)

* No meeting scheduled in April*

Outcomes:

- Explain what the research tells us about how the brain reads and why some students experience difficulty in learning to read.

- Explain profiles of struggling readers and the implications this has for assessment and instruction.

- Explain the essential components of literacy instruction for students in grades K-8.

- Explain the phonological awareness learning progression, including the distinction between phonemic and phonological awareness.

- Explain the relationship between the phonological awareness learning progression and phonics continuum.

- Describe efficient and effective literacy assessment, especially for students who persistently struggle with reading.

- Create an assessment plan and toolkit for the first few weeks of 2020-2021.

Please note:

*IMPORTANT:

Participants must also be registered for the comprehensive offering - registration links provided below.

Accelerating Students Literacy Growth, Grades K-1: Year 1

Accelerating Students Literacy Growth, Grades 2-8: Year 1

**Additional Cost: Accelerating Student Literacy, Service #551-211-020 (cost recognized with registration in the comprehensive offering.)

This series is a collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Department.

This course is designed to give teachers the opportunity to create a common scope and sequence that they will use during the school year. Teachers will also create assessments from released state test items, that they will give to drive future instruction. Please note the expectation will be for participating teachers to follow the agreed upon scope and sequence in order to administer and analyze common assessments.

Outcomes:

- Design a common math curriculum

- Create shared assessments

- Analyze data patterns to ensure student progress

- Develop instructional plans based on common assessments

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This webinar will be a 1-hour overview of Zoom where functionality and best practices along with Q&A will be covered. These will not be step by step tutorials but more of what are some features that I can use as a teacher with my student. By the end you will have a better awareness of Zoom and how to get started. As you play and create more in Zoom please schedule an office hour if support is needed.

Registration Deadline: Monday, September 28, 2020.

Overview:

This course is designed to give teachers the opportunity to create a common scope and sequence that they will use during the school year. Teachers will also create assessments from released state test items, that they will give to drive future instruction. Please note the expectation will be for participating teachers to follow the agreed upon scope and sequence in order to administer and analyze common assessments.

Outcomes:

- Design a common math curriculum

- Create shared assessments

- Analyze data patterns to ensure student progress

- Develop instructional plans based on common assessments

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start date.

Instructional coaching is a widely utilized practice that enhances teacher growth and success. Through the coaching process, teachers will be able to partner with a Professional Learning Specialist to identify and hone a growth area. Participants will be meeting with a coach over the course of a semester in mutually defined times to strategize around their goal. Topics that participants might be interested in setting a goal around include but are not limited to: student engagement, classroom management, prioritizing curriculum, assessment and feedback.

Want to know more? Check out this short video! CLICK HERE!

Outcomes:

Identify a goal or growth area

Describe and use strategies that will assist in meeting your goal

Discuss characteristics of success and areas of continued growth

PLEASE NOTE:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, January 4, 2021.

- CTLE Credit is dependent on individual plants with maximum credit equal to 8 CTLE hours.

Overview:

In these sessions, participants will continue to work on the adoption of the NYS Science Learning Standards, as well as the best practices associated with teaching Science aligned to the new standards. The group will review data (when applicable) and develop lessons/activities aligned to the new standards. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to each session's agenda. There will be time to learn, share, and create the instructional materials to implement these strategies.

Outcomes:

- Create and share materials, strategies, and best practices (aligned to the new standards) to share with the group.

- Identify and describe techniques for differentiating instruction for below and above grade-level students.

- Design a plan for each session.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Ensuring that elementary students who are learning in a hybrid or 100% remote environment have access to targeted reading instruction is crucial. During this session, participants will become acquainted with the free virtual teaching tools available through the University of Florida's Virtual Teaching Resource Hub. Digital tools include those applicable to teaching: word work, phonics, encoding and decoding, phonological awareness, sight words and ideas for remote reading lesson plan format.

Outcomes:

- Identify the digital reading tools available through the University of Florida's Virtual Teaching hub - Describe how these tools could support small group instruction.

PLEASE NOTE:

- This series, with identical content, is also offered at different times on October 9, October 14, and October 17, 2020.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 1, 2020.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Health Education teachers. This year's discussion will focus on skills-based curriculum, instruction and assessment practices in the hybrid, remote, and/or socially-distanced health education classroom.

PLEASE NOTE:

The instructor will provide access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals necessary for fostering a successful remote learning environment. Participants will discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategies and collaborate with other remote learning teachers. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to each session's agenda.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 30, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals necessary for fostering a successful remote learning environment. Participants will discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategies and collaborate with other remote learning teachers. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to each session's agenda.

PLEASE NOTE:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 30, 2021.

- The instructor will provide access information prior to the session start time.

During this asynchronous (self-paced) course, participants will examine the Fine Arts Standards and the supplementary tools which support the implementation of the standards. They will explore the horizontal and vertical alignment of the standards and how this impacts their curriculum. Participants will create next steps for implementing these standards into their course curriculum.

Outcomes:

- Describe the unique characteristics of the Fine Arts Standards for their individual courses

- Identify the role of the standards in their curriculum

- Create a plan to implement the standards (for the first time or deeper) into their curriculum

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, November 6, 2020.

OVERVIEW:

This session is one-of-five remote sessions offered via Zoom in our Classroom Management series. All sessions are designed for PK-12 educators who would like more information on positive behavior support classroom management strategies. There are no prerequisites for the series; please register for any/all sessions that interest you.

This session focuses on an overview of Classroom Management, as well as arranging the Physical Environment. During this session, participants will:

- Examine Re-thinking Discipline

- Review Behavior Basics

- Discuss and Develop Room Arrangement for Engagement and Efficiency

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 8, 2020.

Overview:

State-mandated quarterly meeting of representatives from each of the component school districts.

Outcomes:

- Discuss, advise on, and approve the activities of the School Library System

- Discuss updates to and trends in the field of school librarianship, including state and national updates

- Participate in collegial, collaborative discussions regarding standards and curriculum

- Engage in a book study

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Technology, Agriculture, and Business. Participants will discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategy and collaborate with other colleagues. This year will focus on creating and implementing lessons using best practices in the hybrid/virtual classroom.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 1, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Family Consumer Science Educators. Participants will discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategy and collaborate with other FACS Teachers. This year will focus on creating and implementing lessons using best practices in the hybrid/virtual music classroom.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 1, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of MS and HS Physical Education teachers. Participants will be introduced to the new Physical Education Learning Standards and discuss how they impact classroom practices. This year's discussion will focus on connecting the new standards to best practices in the hybrid, remote, and/or socially-distanced physical education environment.

The instructor will provide access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

Librarians will leave with strategies to embed standards and practices into their lessons, explore and share resources, and engage in collaborative conversations with their regional peers.

Outcomes:

- Design instruction that builds student's critical thinking, research, and communication skills

- Design collaborative opportunities that are aligned to content area practices

- Explore Media and Digital Literacy resources, guidance, and curriculums

- Identify a range of resources to support rigorous, inquiry-driven instruction

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

In this course participants will examine instructional strategies that strengthen students' ability to solve fluency, conceptual modeling, and real world application problems. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to each session's agenda. There will be time to learn, share, and create the instructional materials to implement these strategies.

Outcomes:

- Identify patterns and gaps of learning from analyzing state test results

- Create and share materials, strategies, and best practices to share with the group

- Identify and describe techniques for differentiating instruction for below and above grade-level students

- Design a plan for each session

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

Utilize the 6 Dimensions of Wellness to reflect on our practice as educators and to build a repertoire of practices and strategies that build a sense of efficacy in our roles as teachers in both traditional and online contexts.

Outcomes:

- Identify areas of strength and growth points utilizing the lens of Occupational Wellness

- Use Community building circles as a means to discuss wellness

- Develop personal wellness plans

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This asynchronous training will be an online self-paced learning opportunity for new teachers. Participants will be provided with materials, videos and interactive activities to be completed during the 3-month time frame provided. This training will provide participants with an understanding of Explicit Direct Instruction, learn instructional strategies and practice developing lesson plans within the EDI framework while embedding learned strategies.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

This asynchronous training will be an online self-paced learning opportunity for new teachers. You will be provided with materials, videos and interactive activities to be completed during the 3-month time frame provided. In this training, participants will:

- Define Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) and understand State and Federal regulations around it.

- Differentiate between general education instruction and SDI, and define commonly used terms.

- Identify elements of instruction that can be adapted.

- Apply SDI based on individual student needs.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

OVERVIEW:

This synchronous training will be offered in 1 hour segments. In this training, participants will:

Identify what elements of instruction may be adapted when specially designing instruction including content, methodology and delivery of instruction. - Prioritize standards-aligned content for students with severe disabilities.

- Explore various evidence-based instructional methodologies, learning strategies and supports for students with disabilities.

- Apply SDI based on your own individual student needs as it pertains to a specific learning target

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

OVERVIEW:

This synchronous training will be offered in 1 hour segments. In this training, participants will:

- Develop scope & sequence for intensive math intervention

- Identify & differentiate between skill based, fluency based & performance based interventions

- Learn when to use interventions

- Learn how to titrate interventions

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This self-paced Schoology course will help you understand how to conceptualize, organize, and enhance your school's systematic approach to meeting students' social-emotional needs. We will look at the MTSS framework through a data-driven lens to help you align interventions, programs, systems and practices that ensure equity for all.

Outcomes:

Identify critical features of Multi Tiered Systems of Support for Social Emotional Learning & Behavior - Clarify understanding of MTSS framework and implementation process

- Reflect on current practice and identify possible enhancements

- Create a plan for implementing MTSS in your school and/or district

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 2, 2020.

In this session, participants will be introduced to eDoctrina and how it can be used to create and administer assessments. Attendees will learn how to create quizzes or tests from scratch, along with using the question banks that are available. Additionally, participants will have an opportunity to see the variety of reports that are available to analyze assessment data.

Outcomes:

- Create assessments in eDoctrina

- Align questions to standards/learning targets

- Print answer sheets

- Review scanned/entered assessment data

- Generate reports to analyze assessment data

Throughout this 5 part session, participants will examine CASEL's Social Emotional Learning competencies and discuss strategies for implementation within a Special Area classroom. Participants will choose strategies to utilize and reflect on success. Each participant will leave with multiple effective strategies and a plan which can be used throughout the school year.

Outcomes:

- Identify key features of the NYS Benchmarks for Social Emotional Learning and CASEL's 5 Social Emotional

- Learning competencies

- Describe elements of SEL curriculum that are unique to the Special Areas

- Create a plan to implement SEL strategies into the Classroom

PLEASE NOTE:

* Participants will be required to complete a ½ hour asynchronous assignment prior to each session.*

- The instructor will provide all registrants with the initial asynchronous assignment on 10.16.20 and all assignments thereafter.

- The instructor will provide access to all course platforms prior to the session start time.

- CTLE Credits: Zoom = 5; Schoology = 2.5

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 16, 2020.

This work will focus on four things:

1. Building a regional learning community of Grade 11 social studies professionals and library media specialists who support them.

2. Promoting and supporting teacher leadership within Grade 11 social studies education.

3. Aligning instruction and assessment with the Social Studies Practices and the New York State K-12 Social Studies Framework.

4. Ensuring readiness for the Framework Exam in US History and Government.

Outcomes:

- Design instruction that builds student's critical thinking and communication skills

- Design assessments aligned with the Social Studies Practices and the K-12 Social Studies Framework

- Identify a range of resources to support rigorous, inquiry driven instruction

The Instructor will forward the zoom link to registrants prior to sessions.

During this session, participants will focus on utilizing breakout rooms to advance student learning. They will explore strategies which will ensure student engagement and promote retention of knowledge and skills ensure student engagement and promote retention of knowledge and skills. Participants will examine ways to manage student behavior effectively while holding them accountable for the work they do within the breakout room. Participants will leave the session with a plan to implement breakout rooms successfully in their virtual classroom.

Outcomes:

- Explain when to incorporate breakout rooms to enhance student learning

- Describe effective strategies to keep students on task and engaged in a breakout room

Registration Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2020.

This will be our regional meetup where we talk about best practices in world language teaching and discussion on technology can be used to better facilitate our educational practices.

Outcomes: -Identify best practices in world language education

-Identify best practices in technology integration in world language education

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

During this session, participants will focus on utilizing breakout rooms to advance student learning. They will explore strategies which will ensure student engagement and promote retention of knowledge and skills ensure student engagement and promote retention of knowledge and skills. Participants will examine ways to manage student behavior effectively while holding them accountable for the work they do within the breakout room. Participants will leave the session with a plan to implement breakout rooms successfully in their virtual classroom.

Outcomes:

- Explain when to incorporate breakout rooms to enhance student learning

- Describe effective strategies to keep students on task and engaged in a breakout room

Registration Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2020.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Elementary Physical Education teachers. Participants will be introduced to the new Physical Education Learning Standards and discuss how they impact classroom practices. This year's discussion will focus on connecting the new standards to best practices in the hybrid, remote, and/or socially-distanced physical education environment.

The instructor will provide access information prior to the session start time.

1. What do the texts teach us about effective writing instruction?

2. How do we want to translate this understanding into broader reaching continuous improvement?

Each member will participate in a structured debrief session for one of the book study texts. Additionally, there will be a large group discussion to draw out commonalities and differences amongst the texts. All PD Framework participants will receive all texts, but each individual will participate in only one study. Books included in the book study are (select titles to view):

- Handbook of Writing Research

- Best Practices in Writing Instruction

- The Writing Revolution

- From texting to teaching: grammar instruction in a digital age

This work will focus on four things: 1. Building a regional learning community of Grades 9-10 social studies professionals and library media specialists who support them. 2. Promoting and supporting teacher leadership within Grade 9-10 social studies education. 3. Aligning instruction and assessment with the Social Studies Practices and the New York State K-12 Social Studies Framework. The instructor will provide the zoom link to registrants prior to each session.

Outcomes:

- Design instruction that builds student's critical thinking and communication skills

- Design assessments aligned with the Social Studies Practices and the K-12 Social Studies Framework

- Identify a range of resources to support rigorous, inquiry driven instruction

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

This workshop series is a continuation of the learning from year 1 of Accelerating the Progress of Struggling Readers, K-8. Participants will refine their understanding and implementation of targeted instruction to meet learner needs, with special emphasis on helping students access grade-level text. We will examine and implement instructional scaffolds (both virtually and in person) to assist striving readers with challenging text as well as create instructional plans for transfer of learning. Onsite/virtual coaching for participating teachers is included.

Outcomes:

- Revise assessment plan to include both in person and virtual assessments and to ensure precision of targeted instruction

- Continue to refine lesson planning that aligns to precise teaching points identified by data and organized to ensure transfer of critical skills

- Design multi-component instruction addressing multiple teaching points based on data

- Identify precise prompting language for more effective transfer of critical skills into reading and writing

- Design and revise communication strategies to ensure instructional coherence for identified students

Please note the following:

- Additional Cost: Accelerating Student Literacy, Service #551-211-021

- All sessions will involve synchronous (12 hours) and asynchronous (8 hours) coursework; ASYCHRONOUS COURSEWORK CANCELLED.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 20, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the first session date.

This series is a collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Department.

This virtual professional learning will include multiple sessions, one synchronous call and the remainder of the work asynchronous. The teachers will create a BrainPOP Educator Account and learn how to use BrainPOP to provide instruction to their students as well as receive evidence of the students' learning. The teachers will also create a student account, allowing them to not only develop classroom materials but learn what it will look like for their students. Knowing both sides of the platform will enable the teachers to better support their students. The first session will be synchronous on Zoom, introducing BrainPop Educator Accounts, covering basics of the tools that will be available for use, as well as the components of the asynchronous work that the teachers will complete at their own pace. The asynchronous work will include each of the tools available through the new accounts: Make-A-Map, Challenges, Games, Coding, Reading and Primary Sources, Make-A-Movie, Quiz Mixer. This asynchronous work will involve learning about the tool for both the teacher and student, as well as practice building an activity/assignment using that tool. Throughout the course, Office Hours will be provided to help support participants as they work through the asynchronous portions of the course.

Outcomes:

- Create an educator BrainPop account and classes to have your students join.

- Identify at least one topic area to focus on for lesson development.

- Develop assignments and assessments for use in the classroom.

- Review the capabilities of each tool and complete an assignment for each tool within BrainPop to determine best uses with students.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Zoom Session: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 2:30 - 3:30 pm.

- Registrants will be provided with access information prior to the course start date.

- CTLE Credits: Zoom = 1.0 hour, OYO = 8.0 hours

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 22, 2020.

OVERVIEW:

This professional development training is designed to follow the CSE/CPSE process from referral through re-evaluation as defined in NYSED Law and Regulations. The training will include the following modules: Regulatory Foundations, Referral, Evaluation, Eligibility, Recommendation/IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Annual Review, Reevaluation, Effective Meetings and the CPSE Process.

NOTE: This is a synchronous adaption to the vetted 4-day professional development workshop by NYS State Education Department in order to provide CPSE and CSE chairpersons with a best practices approach to the CPSE/CSE process, their role as a chairperson and is recommended by NYSED especially those in their position two years or less.

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 22, 2020.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This webinar will be a 1-hour overview of Kami where functionality and best practices along with Q&A will be covered. These will not be step by step tutorials but more of what are some features that I can use as a teacher with my student. By the end you will have a better awareness of Kami and how to get started. As you play and create more in Kami please schedule an office hour if support is needed.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 22, 2020.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

This session is the second-of-five remote sessions offered via Zoom in our Classroom Management series. All sessions are designed for PK-12 educators who would like more information on positive behavior support classroom management strategies. There are no prerequisites for the series; please register for any/all sessions that interest you.

This session focuses on Defining, Teaching and Acknowledging Classroom Expectations, Rules, Procedures, and Routines. During this session, participants will:

- Draft a Classroom Positive Behavior Matrix for Remote and/or In-Person Learning

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 23, 2020.

Participants of the "Don't Look Away” book study summer 2020 will have the opportunity to come together to reflect on their successes and challenges when implementing changes in their classroom community.

Outcomes:

- Discuss changes made in practices and current classroom community

- Create a plan to implement additional strategies for the 20/21 school year

- The facilitator will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 23, 2020.

Google Slides is often referred to as the "swiss army knife” of Google. This course will walk participants through the versatility of Google Slides and just what it has to offer! Teachers will learn how to create engaging lessons for student independent practice and assessment in a hybrid classroom. Once registered, you will receive access to a Google Classroom where all materials will be provided. You will have 3 weeks to complete the coursework. The code to join Google Classroom will be shared prior to the start date of this course.

Outcomes:

- Learn how to imbed videos into a Google Slide Deck

- Learn the tools in Google Slides that can be leveraged to increase student participation

- Identify where and how this can be applicable to your current content

- Create lesson materials to use with your students this school year

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 30, 2020.

Participants will examine the characteristics of implicit bias and explore how implicit bias impacts the classroom community and culture. They will learn about effective strategies to reduce implicit bias in both themselves and their students. Participants will leave with a plan to implement these strategies in both a hybrid and virtual environment.

Outcomes:

- Describe implicit bias and what it looks like in a classroom

- Identify characteristics of implicit bias and microaggressions

- Create a plan to reduce implicit bias in the classroom

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

The shifts to hybrid and remote instruction have caused us to think differently about instructional design and delivery. With synchronous instructional time limited, teachers have expressed the need for more meaningful asynchronous literacy activities for their students. Using the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) Listening & Learning strand resources, this group will create shared virtual lessons that teachers can utilize in remote, hybrid, or in-person independent centers. Throughout this collaborative opportunity, selected teachers will learn how to develop virtual asynchronous lessons using the Listening & Learning resources (Grade K) in Seesaw. Each participating teacher will create the virtual lessons for one domain of the Listening & Learning strand (Grade K) and will share these resources with participating districts in the region. Teachers in participating districts will be able to save the activities in their Seesaw library so that they can be assigned to students in their class.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Lead Evaluator Recertification Training

Overview:

This course is designed to give teachers the opportunity to create a common scope and sequence that they will use during the school year. Teachers will also create assessments from released state test items that they will give to drive future instruction. Please note the expectation will be for participating teachers to follow the agreed upon scope and sequence in order to administer and analyze common assessments.

Outcomes:

- Design a common math curriculum

- Create shared assessments

- Analyze data patterns to ensure student progress

- Develop instructional plans based on common assessments

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

In these sessions, participants will continue to work on the adoption of the NYS Science Learning Standards, as well as the best practices associated with teaching Science aligned to the new standards. The group will review data (when applicable) and develop lessons/activities aligned to the new standards. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to each session's agenda. There will be time to learn, share, and create the instructional materials to implement these strategies.

Outcomes:

- Identify patterns and gaps of learning from analyzing state test results

- Create and share materials, strategies, and best practices to share with the group

- Identify and describe techniques for differentiating instruction for below and above grade-level students

- Design a plan for each session

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start date.

Overview:

You've participated in Responsive Classroom training, now let's hone your skills in some key areas. Each session will focus on developing strategies in one of these 5 skill areas: Morning Meetings, Interactive Modeling, Teacher Language, Responding to Misbehavior, and Engaging Academics. Discussion will also include how these skills transfer to the virtual environment.

Outcomes:

- Identify key elements of Responsive Classroom practices

- Discuss strategies to utilize practices in both virtual and physical classroom environments

- Connect with colleagues

PLEASE NOTE:

- Prerequisite: Successful completion of Responsive Classroom Core Course

- Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 29, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This session is supported by funding from the Broome County Promise Zone initiative.

This conversation series will focus on the changing role of administrators through the lens of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL). "The Standards adopt a future-oriented perspective. While they are grounded in the present, they are aspirational, recognizing that the changing world in which educational leaders work today will continue to transform-and the demands and expectations for educational leaders along with it. The Standards envision those future challenges and opportunities so educational leaders can succeed in the future (PSEL Standards, 2015).” Conversation topics will include: instructional leadership and supervision, building and maintaining a community of care and support, and fostering teacher development and leadership.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registrants will be provided with access information prior to the session start time.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Secondary (6th-12th grade) Art Educators. Participants will continue to look at the Fine Arts Standards and how they impact the classroom. Participants will also discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategy and collaborate with other Secondary Art Teachers. This year will focus on creating and implementing lessons using best practices in the hybrid/virtual music classroom.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 3, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

In this 1-hour session, we will identify risk behaviors for suicide in youth and adults. Resources will be given for offering assistance to those in need. Content developed by the Suicide Prevention Center of NY.

Outcomes:

- Identify risk behaviors of suicide in youth and adults

- Access resources that address mental health needs

PLEASE NOTE:

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 2, 2020

This session, with identical content was previously offered on October 1, 2020 and is also being offered on the following dates: December 3, 2020, January 7, February 24, April 21, May 13, and June 2, 2021.

Stipend processing through BT BOCES is restricted to Certified Staff ONLY.

This event is sponsored by Broome County Mental Health's Promise Zone.

This meeting is for all districts interested in participating in the BT BOCES consortium for the NYS Seal of Biliteracy during the 2020-21 school year. Updates from SED will be shared, and there will be an opportunity to update the regional plan and discuss next steps for preparing interested students.

The facilitator will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

This workshop series is a continuation of the learning from year 2 of Accelerating the Progress of Struggling Readers, K-5. Participants will further refine their understanding and implementation of targeted instruction to meet learner needs both virtually and in person, especially in the area of targeted explicit instruction in comprehension. We will examine and implement instructional scaffolds to assist striving readers with challenging text as well as create instructional plans for transfer of learning. Onsite/virtual coaching for participating teachers is included.

Outcomes:

- Explain how current research and additional evidence-based practices can inform our instruction

- Design multi-component instruction incorporating new evidence-based practices virtually and in person

- Design and implement a system of communication and planning for alignment between shared providers of children

- In collaboration with the BT BOCES Acceleration Team, design a plan to communicate key understandings from our sessions with colleagues and school leaders

Please note the following:

- This series will involve 9 hours of synchronous coursework.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the first session date.

This series is a collaboration with Binghamton University's Education Department.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of General Music Educators. Participants will continue to look at the Fine Arts Standards and how they impact the classroom. Participants will also discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategy and collaborate with other General Music Teachers. This year will focus on creating and implementing lessons using best practices in the hybrid/virtual music classroom.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 3, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

This webinar is designed to introduce educators to concepts of communication and culture that impact the ways educators and EO's interact with families. Overall the goal is to ensure that, as educators, we are all mindful of how we communicate with parents, guardians, and families and to ensure that schools are culturally responsive and welcoming to all.

PLEASE NOTE:

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Elementary (Pre-K- 5th grade) Art Educators. Participants will continue to look at the Fine Arts Standards and how they impact the classroom. Participants will also discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategy and collaborate with other Elementary Art Teachers. This year will focus on creating and implementing lessons using best practices in the hybrid/virtual Art classroom.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 3, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This group focuses on the needs and educational goals of Ensemble Music Educators. Participants will continue to look at the Fine Arts Standards and how they impact the classroom. Participants will also discuss curriculum, effective instructional practice, share strategy and collaborate with other Ensemble Music Teachers. This year will focus on creating and implementing lessons using best practices in the hybrid/virtual music classroom.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 3, 2021.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

We will break down NYS Math Regents exam questions with the TI-84 Plus technology. Preparing students to succeed with proven tips that not only increase exam scores but also build math confidence. We will use TI-Smartview software which all attendees can gain a copy of. Also learn about the Chromebook solution and how to obtain the extension ID. Use skills gained in the webinar in your classroom immediately to build math confidence.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, November 12, 2020.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start date.

During this session, participants will focus on utilizing breakout rooms to advance student learning. They will explore strategies which will ensure student engagement and promote retention of knowledge and skills ensure student engagement and promote retention of knowledge and skills. Participants will examine ways to manage student behavior effectively while holding them accountable for the work they do within the breakout room. Participants will leave the session with a plan to implement breakout rooms successfully in their virtual classroom.

Outcomes:

- Explain when to incorporate breakout rooms to enhance student learning

- Describe effective strategies to keep students on task and engaged in a breakout room

- Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 12, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Participants will review new NYSAA information as a group, then break off to watch required videos and do the qualifiers, and then the group will resume together to wrap things up.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Please attend (virtually) in a room free of distractions.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

This is a three-part series for administrators and literacy coaches & leaders whose faculty are participating in the service, Accelerating Students' Literacy Growth K-8. We will be sharing key understandings and critical takeaways that teachers in this service are learning as part of this series including virtual strategies and resources. Additionally, we will share ideas and artifacts from the work with teachers and coaches.

Outcomes:

- Explain key understandings shared with participants during workshop sessions

- Explain look-fors and ask-abouts pertinent to to building systems to support striving readers

- Identify some action steps for working with your teachers to support learning in a hybrid environment forward this year

Please note the following:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, November 12, 2020.

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the first session date.

These sessions are offered in collaboration with Dr. Nicole Fenty, Binghamton University.

Creating civically active students is a major component of NYS K-12 Social Studies Framework. During this workshop, participants will revisit their civic action projects that were designed during the 2019-2020 school year, with a focus on revising/redesigning instructional delivery for our current reality. This is a blended learning opportunity in which participants will be meeting synchronously and working on curriculum asynchronously. The instructors will send a zoom link to registrants prior to the session.

Outcomes:

- Use current learning environment realities to revise a previously designed civic engagement projects

- Explain how "reboot” meets criteria for facilitating development of student civic identities, promotes critical thinking and allows student voice to be communicated to an authentic audience.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 12, 2020.