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1. New Administrators' Network

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 10/26/2022 to 6/14/2023

Meeting Times: October 26 / November 30 / December 21/ January 25/ February 22/ March 22/ April 19/ May 24/ June 14 Each session is 4:00pm-5:30pm

Location: Zoom Online

Congratulations! You've secured your first role as a school administrator. It's an exciting time in your career and you have high hopes for how you will positively impact staff and students in your care. Now, who is going to take care of you? Who will help you think through and address the myriad issues and challenges you will face in the coming months? Join us for a year long series of meetings designed to provide you with support from both a facilitator and colleagues who are also new in their roles and experiencing many of the same things you are. The primary objectives of this series are to provide networking opportunities, informal mentoring and opportunities to discuss issues pertinent to those new in their roles in a safe, confidential space. Topics may include the following:


• Starting the year on a positive note.


• What have we learned in the first five weeks?


• Successes and challenges


• Goal setting


• "Getting Things Done” (David Allen)


• When is the honeymoon over? Unanticipated challenges and how we're dealing with them.


• Mid year check in


• Teacher Evaluation: How is it going?


• Protocols for productive conversations/meetings


• Managing change and the resistance that comes with it

2. Screencasting Tools

Program: Model Schools

Audience: All Districts: Teachers

Dates: 11/15/2022

Meeting Times: 8:00pm-10:00pm

Location: ZOOM Online

Explore software tools to screen record content and share with students, faculty, and more in order to share your thoughts.

3. Renaissance ~ Creating Turnkey Materials for Star Teacher Reports

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Building Administrators Leadership Instructional Coaches Team Leaders Content Leads Data Coordinators

Dates: 3/21/2023 to 3/24/2023

Meeting Times: 12:30pm-3:30pm

Together we will explore and create turnkey materials to introduce instructional staff to: Star Reports for Teachers Record Book-3 Instructional Paths Screening Report Summary Report Growth Report State Standards Report Star Custom reports teachers should be looking at. Question and Answer **Prior to our professional learning session, please have computers/devices along with administrative access to Renaissance site, username, and password to successfully log into the program.

4. Renaissance ~ Star Reports for Administrators

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Building Administrators Leadership AIS Educators RTI Educators Data Coordinators

Dates: 3/21/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00am-11:30am

Together we will explore and discuss: Star Admin Reports, Goal Setting and Progress Monitoring using RTI/MTSS, Introduction to Star Custom and Star Custom Reports Question and Answer **Prior to our professional learning session, please have computers/devices along with administrative access to Renaissance site, username, and password to successfully log into the program.

5. Science 21 Unit 3 Grade K (Liberty CSD ONLY)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Liberty CSD ONLY Grade K Science Teachers

Dates: 3/23/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00 am-3:30 pm

Location: Liberty CSD

Science 21 Training

6. Digital Citizenship

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads Librarians Special Education

Dates: 3/27/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

Living lives online is just a part of living life in 2023. Help yourself and your students explore better ways to keep safe online!

7. Collaborative Identification of English Learners with a Disability

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Building Administrators/Leadership, Instructional Coaches, Team Leaders/ Content Leads, Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologist,s Special Education AIS Educators RTI Educators, Educators K-2, Educators 3-5, Educators 6-8, Educators 9-12, Teacher Assistants

Dates: 3/28/2023

Meeting Times: 4:00pm-7:00pm

Location: ZOOM Online

Starting Today
Participants will examine the many facets of identifying English learners with special needs. Federal regulations and New York's CR Part 154-3 regulations will form the foundation of this session. Participants will analyze a case study and apply concepts and tools acquired throughout the program. Enriching discussion will focus on the collaborative process of identifying ELs who have a disability. Many practical resources and tools will be provided for educators to utilize from throughout the collaborative process of identifying ELs with a disability. Participants will need to have a computer with video and microphone capabilities to participate in the class. A phone is not adequate. Attendance time is based on participation and completion of all activities.

8. Digital Storytelling

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads Librarians Special Education

Dates: 3/29/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

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Telling our truths and experiences is essential. Explore platforms for best practices in Digital Storytelling.

9. SLS Zoom Book Club: Printz Contenders - We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

Program: School Library System

Dates: 3/29/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday March 29, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

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Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Printz Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "We Are All So Good at Smiling” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Novel-in-Verse When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression. -- From Follett.

10. Integrated ENL Co-teaching - Models, Roles and Planning Professional Learning Workshop

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/30/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-12:30pm

Location: Willowemock Conference Room

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This professional learning workshop will review various co-teaching models using Marilyn Friend's and Honigsfeld's & Dove's frameworks for collaborative instruction. ENL and content area teachers will be introduced to resources to help them differentiate between language and content objectives. Participants will also engage in co-planning activities and have access to a digital folder of templates and resources that can be used to support co-planning. The workshop will begin with a 4-hour in-person session with a follow-up 2-hour Zoom session a few weeks later to discuss progress on implementation of the content.

11. MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 4/11/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00am-11:30am

Location: TBD

MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

12. MTSS Implementation Team Guidance PM

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 4/11/2023

Meeting Times: 12:00pm-3:00pm

Location: TBD

MTSS Implementation Team Guidance PM

13. Science 21 Unit 3 Grade 3 (Liberty CSD ONLY)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Liberty CSD ONLY Grade 3 Science Teachers

Dates: 4/11/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00 am-3:30 pm

Location: Liberty CSD

Science 21 Training

14. A Deeper Dive into SeeSaw

Program: Model Schools

Audience: All Districts: Teachers

Dates: 4/12/2023

Meeting Times: 2:30pm-3:30pm

Location: ZOOM Online

In this workshop we will take a deeper dive into SeeSaw and explore more ways to use SeeSaw's built in tools. We will look at ways to take your SeeSaw lessons to the next level and explore features that can improve your students performance and make you look like a super star!

15. Introduction to SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression)

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 4/12/2023

Meeting Times: 10:00-11:30

Location: Online via Zoom

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Join Sullivan 180 and HiTOPS for a professional development opportunity focused on gender and sexuality. With concepts such as gender identity, pronouns, all-gender restrooms, and more, the world is a very different place than it was even just 5 years ago. HiTOPS offers practical suggestions for how to build and maintain an affirming, positive, and safe environment at home, in the workplace, and in the community with a youth-focused and youth-informed training model. Topics to be discussed include: What does it mean to be affirming & why is it so important? Explore SOGIE identities & related terminology Review implications for youth Discuss best practices for when someone comes out to you ***RSVP by April 5th to Elise Yamen at 845.295.2680 or Elise@Sullivan180.org.***

16. Science 21 Unit 3 Grade 2 (Liberty CSD ONLY)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Liberty CSD ONLY Grade 2 Science Teachers

Dates: 4/12/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00 am-3:30 pm

Location: Liberty CSD

Science 21 Training

17. SCITTA

Program: School Improvement

Audience: All Districts

Dates: 4/12/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-11:00am

SCITTA Meeting

18. SLS Zoom Book Club: Newbery Contenders - Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

Program: School Library System

Dates: 4/12/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday April 12, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Newbery Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Simon Sort of Says” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Realistic Fiction Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life. - From Follett

19. Using Google to Support Emerging Writers

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads Librarians Special Education Teacher Assistants

Dates: 4/12/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

Google has a lot of tools for emerging writers! Check out some of the Google Workplace tools to help the writing process.

20. Academic and Behavioral Progress Monitoring 101

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Pre-K- 12: Teachers, Administrators, SRPs, ENL Teachers, Related Service Providers

Dates: 4/13/2023 to 5/4/2023

Meeting Times: 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/23 7pm-9pm

Location: Zoom

Are you a new teacher? Have you been a teacher for 20 years and still go to RtI, MTSS, or CSE meetings without knowing what kind of data to collect beforehand? Then this is the workshop for you! During our 4-week sessions, we will explore and practice numerous ways to progress monitor academics and behaviors that will give you more information about your students to guide your future interventions. Each 2 hour session will discuss both academic and behavioral methods of data collection, so that you can be ready to use the methods in your setting immediately. An Action Plan will be worked on weekly, as well, to help you move forward with the implementation of the methods. You will need a computer with a camera and microphone to participate. A phone is not adequate. Dates: 4/13, 4/20, 4/28, 5/4/2023 7pm-9pm.

21. Elementary Principals Meeting

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Elementary Principals All Districts

Dates: 4/13/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-10:30am

Elementary Principals Meeting

22. Managing Student Behavior

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Special Education, Teacher Assistants

Dates: 4/13/2023

Meeting Times: 4:00 PM- 7:00 PM

Location: Zoom Online

This workshop provides effective strategies for communicating expectations to students, creating an environment in which appropriate behaviors are more likely to occur, and helping students learn to make appropriate choices.

23. Mental Health Round Table

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Building Administrators/Leadership, Social Workers, Counselors or other designated mental health professionals

Dates: 4/13/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30AM- 11:00AM

Location: TBA

This session is for Counselors, Social Workers and Administrators from our components districts and representatives from Community Service Providers to come together to discuss relevant issues related to student mental health. We want every district to be represented, but due to space limitations ask that no more than three representatives from each district attend. Please meet as a team ahead of time to decide who will register from your district. There will be another session in May if you want to rotate representatives.

24. Planning for the Success of ELLs in Content Classes

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Educators 3-5, Educators 6-8, Educators 9-12

Dates: 4/17/2023 to 4/24/2023

Meeting Times: 4:30 PM- 6:00 PM

Location: Zoom Online

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This class will meet 4/17/23 and 4/24/23. This zoom seminar provides the opportunity to examine research-based strategies and approaches that assist ELLs in meeting rigorous grade-level standards through a step-by-step breakdown of the lesson planning process that includes scaffolded language and content objectives. Participants will experience a variety of motivating and engaging instructional strategies that can be strategically applied to lesson plans as a way to increase academic language production and content comprehension for ELLs.

25. Our Students' Affective Domain and It's Impact on Assessments- Virtual

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 4/18/2023

Meeting Times: 4:30pm-6:00pm

Location: Zoom Online

"From walking into a room on regular school days, to walking into a room during the assessment days, energy and emotions can vary. This occurs in/for the adults and the students. During this workshop participants will read short articles, engage through the use of the ZOOM chat and breakout sessions with the intention of identifying ways in which they can support students to decrease their affective filters and therefore be available to learn and demonstrate their person best. The presenter will share her classroom and administrative level experiences from interactions with students and staff. There will be suggestions for communicating with peers, students and parents/caregivers. An outcome of the session will be for participants to have an increased awareness of their affective filter, alternative perspectives on arranging the classroom furniture, anchor charts and visual aids during instructional sessions and assessment sessions, and strategies for fostering a lower affective filter within the student body."

26. Secondary Principals Meeting

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Secondary Principals All Districts

Dates: 4/18/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-10:30am

Secondary Principals Meeting

27. Trauma and Resilience

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Building Administrators/Leadership, Instructional Coaches, Team Leaders/ Content Leads, Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologist,s Special Education AIS Educators RTI Educators, Educators K-2, Educators 3-5, Educators 6-8, Educators 9-12, Teacher Assistants

Dates: 4/18/2023

Meeting Times: 4:00pm-7:00pm

Location: ZOOM Online

The date for this workshop has been changed from March 21 to April 18. This introductory seminar provides a forum for educators to discuss what we mean by ‘trauma' and how toxic stress impact development and learning. This session will provide information to help educators learn how to boost students' resilience. Participants will need to have a computer with video and microphone capabilities to participate in the class. A phone is not adequate. Attendance time is based on participation and completion of all activities.

28. Creating Interactive Maps through Google

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads Librarians Special Education

Dates: 4/19/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

Google Maps is used on our phones to help us navigate. Explore ways to incorporate it in social studies and English classes to tell stories!

29. Motivating Students Through Music: A Whole Child Approach

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 4/25/2023

Meeting Times: 4:00 PM- 7:00 PM

Location: Zoom Online

This workshop will seek to enhance the skills and knowledge needed to empower educators to impact the life of students inside and outside of the classroom through music, lyrics, and poetry. Music speaks to the heart of caring individuals when faced with struggles and hardship in the school setting. Words are the key to bring about change in the life of a child. Motivating Students Through Music: A Whole Child Approach empowers educators to use the arts to engage students in learning and to promote positive behavior.

30. Establishing Inclusive Classrooms Where Newcomer ELLs Thrive

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Special Education AIS Educators Teacher Assistants

Dates: 4/26/2023

Meeting Times: 4:00pm-7:00pm

Location: Zoom Online

Newcomer students are recently-arrived immigrants representative of a range of languages, cultures, school experiences, literacy skills, and immigration circumstances. Many speak little or no English and may lack any formal education in their native countries. Guided by Eight Promising Practices, participants will learn ways to create an inclusive classroom for newcomer ELLs with spaces that embrace the voices of linguistically diverse communities and provide pathways for authentic learning opportunities.

31. Meeting SignUp Tools

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Building Administrators/Leadership Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads

Dates: 4/26/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

There are a lot of ways to sign for meetings for in person or virtual experiences. Explore them here.

32. SLS Zoom Book Club: Printz Contenders - Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

Program: School Library System

Dates: 4/26/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday April 26, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Printz Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Promise Boys” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Mystery J.B., Ramon, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested. -- From Follett

33. SLS Council Meeting #3 and PD Workshop

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 4/27/2023

Meeting Times: April 27th, 2023 8:30-3:00 pm

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Our formal council and liaison meeting will take place in the morning. There will also be presentations by Learnics and Penworthy. The afternoon will focus on eResources and database ordering.

34. Classroom Management in a Digital World

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Building Administrators/Leadership Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads Librarians Special Education Teacher Assistants

Dates: 5/3/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

Managing students on devices in class has added a new twist to classroom management. Discuss and explore ways to manage students on their devices in class.

35. Integrated ENL Co-teaching - Models, Roles and Planning Professional Learning Workshop

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/3/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-12:30pm

Location: Zoom Online

This professional learning workshop will review various co-teaching models using Marilyn Friend's and Honigsfeld's & Dove's frameworks for collaborative instruction. ENL and content area teachers will be introduced to resources to help them differentiate between language and content objectives. Participants will also engage in co-planning activities and have access to a digital folder of templates and resources that can be used to support co-planning. The workshop will begin with a 4-hour in-person session with a follow-up 2-hour Zoom session a few weeks later to discuss progress on implementation of the content.

36. Developing Google Sites

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads

Dates: 5/4/2023

Meeting Times: 8pm-10pm

Location: Zoom OnlIne

Google Sites are a powerful tool that can be used for professional or student portfolios. Explore best practices together here.

37. SCITTA

Program: School Improvement

Audience: All Districts

Dates: 5/10/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-11:00am

SCITTA Meeting

38. SLS Zoom Book Club: Newbery Contenders - Not an Easy Win by Chrystal D. Giles

Program: School Library System

Dates: 5/10/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday May 10, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Newbery Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Not an Easy Win” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Realistic Fiction Can Lawrence figure out how to get on the board, even though the odds are stacked against him? Introducing a powerful novel about family, forgiveness, and figuring out who you are when you don't make the rules--just right for middle-grade fans of Nic Stone and Jason Reynolds. -- From the publisher

39. Elementary Principals Meeting

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Elementary Principals All Districts

Dates: 5/16/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-10:30am

Elementary Principals Meeting

40. Media Literacy in NY: Report from the Field (Sullivan BOCES Satellite location)

Program: School Library System

Audience: Pk-12 School Librarians, Administrators, Classroom Teachers, Public Librarians, Academic Librarians

Dates: 5/17/2023

Meeting Times: May 17th, 8:30-3:00

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Join the School Library Systems Association of NYS (SLSA) for a full-day professional development designed for school librarians on media literacy. Participants will define media literacy and how it integrates into their curriculum. We will dive into the role school librarians play in teaching and supporting media literacy instruction and hear from NY school librarians (PK-12) who are actively teaching media literacy skills to their students. Participants will be guided through the Project Look Sharp Media Decoding Tool Kit to explore pre-made NYS lesson plans focusing on media literacy skills. This event is in person with virtual presenters. There will be in-person breakout groups, activities, and discussions. Participants are required to bring their own devices. All handouts will be available online.

41. Minecraft EDU

Program: Model Schools

Audience: All Districts: Teachers

Dates: 5/17/2023

Meeting Times: 2:30pm-3:30pm

Location: ZOOM Online

Come explore everything Minecraft has to offer in the classroom. In this course we will explore the educational uses of Minecarft and take a deep dive into the educational resources provided by Microsoft. We will explore how to engage both students in the classroom and at home within a variety of disciplines.

42. MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 5/17/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00am-11:30am

Location: TBD

MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

43. MTSS Implementation Team Guidance PM

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 5/17/2023

Meeting Times: 12:00pm-3:00pm

Location: TBD

MTSS Implementation Team Guidance PM

44. Mental Health Round Table

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Building Administrators/Leadership, Social Workers, Counselors or other designated mental health professionals

Dates: 5/18/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30AM- 11:00AM

Location: TBA

This session is for Counselors, Social Workers and Administrators from our components districts and representatives from Community Service Providers to come together to discuss relevant issues related to student mental health. We want every district to be represented, but due to space limitations ask that no more than three representatives from each district attend. Please meet as a team ahead of time to decide who will register from your district. There will be another session in May if you want to rotate representatives.

45. Secondary Principals Meeting

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Secondary Principals All Districts

Dates: 5/18/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-10:30am

Secondary Principals Meeting

46. SLS Zoom Book Club: Printz Contenders - Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong

Program: School Library System

Dates: 5/24/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday May 24, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Printz Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Nightbirds” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Fantasy In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all. -- From the publisher

47. SLS Zoom Book Club: Newbery Contenders - Big Tree by Brian Selznick

Program: School Library System

Dates: 6/7/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday June 7, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Newbery Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Big Tree” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Fantasy BIG TREE follows two tiny sycamore seeds, Louise and Merwin, as they try to save the world while searching for a safe place to grow. In the spirit of such timeless classics as Charlotte's Web, The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, BIG TREE is a fast-paced epic adventure that takes readers on a mesmerizing journey from the prehistoric age to present day. It is filled with mystery and danger, humour, heart, and hope, and will captivate readers ages seven and up. Selznick creates a vivid fantastical world rooted in science, a cast of unforgettable original characters, and an exquisite escapade that takes readers on a mesmerising journey from prehistory through the meteoric transformation of Earth to present day. Big Tree is a tour de force from an ingenious creator at the top of his creative form. -- From the publisher

48. SCITTA

Program: School Improvement

Audience: All Districts

Dates: 6/14/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-11:00am

SCITTA Meeting

49. MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 6/17/2023

Meeting Times: 8:00am-11:30am

Location: TBD

MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

50. MTSS Implementation Team Guidance PM

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 6/17/2023

Meeting Times: 12pm -3pm

Location: TBD

MTSS Implementation Team Guidance AM

51. Secondary Principals Meeting

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Secondary Principals All Districts

Dates: 6/20/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-10:30am

Secondary Principals Meeting

52. SLS Zoom Book Club: Printz Contenders - Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

Program: School Library System

Dates: 6/21/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday June 21, 2023 @ 3:00pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Printz Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Saints of the Household” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Realistic Fiction Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away. Told in alternating points of view using vignettes and poems, debut author Ari Tison crafts an emotional, slow-burning drama about brotherhood, abuse, recovery, and doing the right thing. -- From the publisher

53. HUE Conversations

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 6/28/2023

Meeting Times: 9am-4pm

This 1-day course is an introduction to the fundamentals of the human decision-making process and group dynamics. Participants will learn a practical, structured, and easy-to-apply method to facilitate conversations. The results: deepened understanding, engagement, and decisions that move into action. Embracing the values of profound respect and inclusive participation, HUE Conversations allows leaders to effectively establish trust with the group and create environments where the goal is to reach a shared understanding, include diverse perspectives, and learn from the experiences each person brings to the discussion. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Foundational values of authentic engagement HUE(TM)Conversations Method Tips and techniques to deal with various human dynamics How to lead a meaningful conversation that accomplishes the desired outcomes How to ask thoughtful questions LEARNING OUTCOMES More easily gather diverse perspectives via inclusive communication and feedback/input sessions Increase morale as employees feel listened to and respected Engage and motivate staff and team members while raising individual and group accountability Save time and money as a result of increased productivity Gain higher engagement, motivation, and greater results from teams

54. SCITTA

Program: School Improvement

Audience: All Districts

Dates: 7/12/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30am-11:00am

SCITTA Meeting