Frontline Education

1. MICRO-CREDENTIAL Maximizing Success for You & Your Student Teacher (21-22)

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2022

Ongoing July 1, 2021 to May 30, 2022

Self Paced

Closed

Mentoring a student teacher supports the profession, but it can also be beneficial to you. This learning will help you maximize those benefits.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

2. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Google Jamboard Level 1 (21-22)

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2022

Ongoing July 1 to May 30, 2022

Self Paced

Closed

Google Jamboard is a digital whiteboard that lets you create interactive learning experiences..
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

3. Inclusion: Planning and Preparation (District Invitation Only)

Program: Special Education

Audience: District Invitation Only

Dates: 8/11/2022 to 5/9/2023

In Person

District Invitation Only

4. Regional Genesee Valley BOCES CSE Chairperson Meetings

Program: Special Education

Audience: Genesee Valley BOCES Special Educaiton Administators

Dates: 9/15/2022 to 6/15/2023

In Person

Regional Genesee Valley BOCES CSE Chairperson Meetings are intended for Special Education Administrators in the Genesee Valley Region.

5. NEW! Trauma-Informed Leadership Series

Program: Trauma, Illness and Grief (TIG)

Audience: Superintendents, School Administrators

Dates: 10/4/2022 to 5/2/2023

Fine Tune Your Administrator Skills in Difficult Situations. Five 1-hour Zoom meetings. TOPICS: October 4, 2022 - Trauma 101: The newest evidence on how trauma impacts learning and behavior December 13, 2022 - Creating a Trauma Informed Workplace: Supporting Staff February 7, 2023 - TIG Essentials: Responding to Crisis using the TIG network April 4, 2023 - Crisis Communications: Best Practices for Communicating in a Critical Incident May 2, 2023 - Trauma Informed Memorials, Commemorations & Graduations

6. School Social Work Peer Group

Program: Trauma, Illness and Grief (TIG)

Audience: School Social Workers

Dates: 10/25/2022 to 5/23/2023

Meet with other school social workers in the region for professional development, case reviews, peer support/mentorship and networking. Drop in format, come to as many sessions as you can.

7. ELA 5-8 Cohort

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades 6-8 ELA Teachers

Dates: 10/27/2022 to 3/23/2023

In Person

Lunch Provided

The English Language Arts (ELA) Cohort will afford teachers the opportunity to connect with other ELA teachers. The cohort model is structured to provide NYSED/regional updates and collaborative opportunities. The goal of the cohort is to learn best practices and why they work, as well as what these practices look like in a classroom. Participants will collaborate with colleagues to implement the best practices and reflect on implementation. The cohort structure also allows teachers to share personal implementation and reflections with the larger group.

For new participants, interested in joining the ELA 5-8 cohort in 2022-2023, please register for session #1 only, of The Writing Revolution (TWR) professional learning (on 8/23/2022) as an onboarding/prerequisite to cohort. The TWR session is a separate Frontline registration.

8. Instructional Coaching Cohort (New and Returning Cohort Members)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Instructional Coaches and Administrators

Dates: 11/15/2022 to 5/16/2023

In Person

Lunch Provided

Book Included

Instructional coaching has proven to be an effective strategy for personal teacher growth, increased student achievement, and individualized professional development. In this cohort, participants will collaborate with other coaches in the region to focus on improving practice, share effective coaching strategies, and have collegial dialogue regarding the implementation of the cohort model. Participants can expect to collaborate and problem-solve, as well as explore the characteristics of the most effective coaches. Coaches will discuss high-impact teaching strategies and learn how to share these strategies with colleagues. The cohort will continue to create and develop a playbook, or handbook, that works best for coaches and their district.

If you are a new instructional coach and have never been to the cohort meetings, you will need to take the 10/12/2022 prerequisite session. This is a separate registration link in Frontline.

9. Poor Students, Rich Teaching Book Look

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers and Administrators

Dates: 1/17/2023

Growing up with his share of adverse childhood experiences, Eric Jensen knows firsthand the relationship between student poverty and education and the importance of rich teaching for economically disadvantaged students. Discover practical and data-driven strategies to ensure college and career readiness for all students, regardless of socioeconomic status. This thorough resource details the necessary but difficult work that teachers must do to establish the foundational changes essential for overcoming adversity and positively impacting students from low-income families. Organized tools and resources are provided to help teachers effectively implement these essential changes and create a positive classroom environment. Access the complete resources by pairing this resource with its companion, Poor Students, Richer Teaching.

10. Teaching That Changes Lives

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers, Assistance, Administration

Dates: 1/17/2023 to 3/28/2023

Dr. Adams masterfully connects mindsets with self-regulation and use of a choice map to help one develop self-directedness and ownership of one's own behavior. The book Teaching That Changes Lives is a transformational and practical guide that will enable teachers to make an authentic difference with their students and avoid succumbing to the myriad pressures and challenges of their jobs. Using the storytelling format that proved so successful in her previous book, Adams tells how Emma, a sixth-grade teacher on the verge of quitting her job, learns to cultivate what Adams calls the "Learner Mindset”- having the discipline, curiosity, and courage to consistently ask growth-oriented, open-minded questions of oneself and others-and to avoid the close-minded and critical "Judger Mindset.” Emma transforms her classroom, her relationships with her colleagues, and, most importantly, her students' eagerness for learning and achievement Teaching is more than imparting facts and skills-it's preparing students for the test of life. Featuring an innovative, easy-to-follow workbook and access to a Learner Mindset online mini-course, this inspiring book will ensure that teachers and students alike become creative, resilient problem solvers, bridge builders, and lifelong learners Please join us in this life-changing adventure.. 11 CTLE Hours 5 section asynchronous Schoology course January 18, 2023-March 28, 2023 Tentative Course launch with Dr. Adams on January 17 7:00-7:30 Q & A session with Dr. Adams March 28 or 29 7:00-8:00

11. Motivating, Engaging & Managing Difficult Students in the Covid Era with Brian Mendler

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers, Assistants, Administrators

Dates: 1/30/2023

This is a webinar/video course offered by Brian Mendler with Schoology discussions ( 6 CTLE hours). Access to the course is from enrollment to April 30th. Here is the description of the course as described by Brian Mendler himself. I have received a lot of questions lately about how to engage students online and in person. I created this course so educators can have tools necessary to succeed with difficult and hard to reach students. The ones that "push our buttons" and/or "slip through the cracks". Whether working in a hybrid model, 100% distance learning or in person, this course will help you build relationships with reluctant learners and successfully motivate your hardest to reach students! A separate Synchronous Session with Brian Mendler will be offered by the Greater Rochester Teacher Center Network and is a separate registration link)

12. Advanced Placement Summit: US History

Program: School Improvement

Audience: US History Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 1/31/2023

Lunch Provided

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

13. The Not So Simple View of Reading: Introduction to the Science of Reading (Part One)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 General and Special Education Teachers, Interventionists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders, and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

This professional learning opportunity is the first in a four-part series designed around best practices for teaching reading. This self-paced course will introduce the concept of the science of reading. The intent of this course is to learn about key, scientifically-based, reading research foundations critical for understanding how reading develops. Topics include: understanding reading research, cognitive psychology's contributions to understanding the reading process, the essential components of reading instruction, and various foundational conceptual models like The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986).

Note: This self-paced course can be taken individually or as part of the four part series sequence.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

14. The Not So Simple View of Reading: Language Comprehension (Part Three)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 General and Special Education Teachers, Interventionists, Teacher Leaders, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

This professional learning opportunity is the third session in a four-part series around best practices for teaching reading. This self-paced course will explore the language comprehension portion of The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), which is a foundational conceptual model every teacher should know how to apply in their classroom. From this course, participants will learn that when readers are able to derive meaning from spoken language, coupled with mastery of decoding skills, they will be able to comprehend what they read. This session will explore verbal reasoning, literacy knowledge, language structures, background knowledge, and vocabulary.

Note: This self-paced course can be taken individually or as part of the four part series sequence.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

15. The Not So Simple View of Reading: Reading Comprehension (Part Four)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 General and Special Education Teachers, Interventionists, Teacher Leaders, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

This professional learning opportunity is the fourth and final session in a four-part series designed around best practices for teaching reading. This self-paced course will explore the reading comprehension portion of The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), which is a foundational conceptual model every teacher should know how to apply in their classroom. Reading comprehension is the act of understanding and interpreting information within a text. This comprehension results from efficient decoding and the ability to understand language. This self-paced course will allow participants to explore the traits of a skilled comprehender, the role of fluency, the importance of background knowledge, and the role of memory.

Note: This self-paced course can be taken individually or as part of the four part series sequence..

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

16. The Not So Simple View of Reading: Word Recognition (Part Two)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 General and Special Education Teachers, Interventionists, Teacher Leaders, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

This professional learning opportunity is the second session in a four-part series designed around best practices for teaching reading. This self-paced course will explore the decoding, or word recognition portion, of The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), which is a foundational conceptual model every teacher should know how to apply in their classroom. Throughout this self-paced course, participants will have the opportunity to explore the underlying elements of word recognition (the ability to read words accurately and automatically). Many elements of this complex, multifaceted process will be explored, such as concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, and sight word recognition.

Note: This asynchronous course can be taken individually or as part of the four part series sequence.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

17. The Science of Reading Series: Digging Deeper into Phonological Awareness

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

This asynchronous session will provide an opportunity to dig deeper into the understanding of phonological awareness. While many children enter school with well-developed phonological awareness skills, research has shown the critical need for explicit instruction to ensure all children have this foundation. Specifically, participants will learn why phonemic awareness is a necessary prerequisite for learning to read, as well as explore best practices and instructional tools for teaching phonological and phonemic awareness skills.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

18. The Science of Reading Series: Implementing a Sound Wall

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

There is no doubt that the implementation of a sound wall supports the science of reading regarding how the brain learns to read and the importance of speech sounds. Direct instruction about sounds, or phonemes, can happen easily in Tier 1 instructional time, especially through the use of a sound wall. This asynchronous session will discuss the basics of setting up and implementing a sound wall, as well as how to integrate sound walls into daily lessons to support and increase phonological awareness.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

19. The Science of Reading Series: Improving Phonics Instruction

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

The important role of phonics, in building the necessary foundational skills for reading, has been well documented by research over the past few decades. This asynchronous session will allow participants to discover how to create explicit, systematic, and effective phonics instruction in their classroom. Participants will learn about the pitfalls and obstacles in phonics instruction and ways to avoid them, identify the seven key ingredients for student success and how to improve instruction based on these ingredients (Blevins, 2017), and identify look-fors in key phonics instructional routines to enhance your practice.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

20. The Science of Reading Series: Orthographic Mapping

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

Orthographic mapping is the mental process proficient readers use to permanently store words for immediate, effortless retrieval. Ehri (2014) and Kilpatrick (2015) argue that proficient readers recognize most words by sight, rarely needing to employ phonics skills. This asynchronous session will explore the three components of orthographic mapping, the relationship between orthographic mapping and phonic decoding, and ways to teach reading in light of the process.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

21. The Science of Reading Series: Structured Literacy- Connecting Research and Practice

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Good for Novice Teachers

Closed

Structured Literacy is an approach to reading instruction that applies the science of reading to classroom practice. Participants will learn the principles of Structured Literacy, including ways to be explicit, systematic, cumulative, diagnostic, and responsive (i.e. the how). This asynchronous session will focus on the components identified as necessary for reading proficiency (i.e. the what), the research evidence (i.e. the why), and the application of Structured Literacy (i.e. the how). By implementing the components, principles, and instructional practices, administrators and educators are assured that all students will receive the multifaceted literacy instruction they need for reading and academic success.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

22. The Science of Reading Series: Teaching with Decodable Texts

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

This asynchronous session will examine the critical role decodable text plays in early phonics instruction. Research tells us that when students are still in the decoding stages of reading, they benefit from applying newly acquired phonics skills to controlled, decodable texts. This allows students to develop a sense of comfort in, and control over, their reading growth; as a result, decodable texts should be a key learning tool in early phonics instruction (Blevins, 2017). Participants will examine the current research around decodable texts and what separates strong from weak texts. This asynchronous session will also discuss ways to extend the use of decodable texts to build phonics fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

23. The Science of Reading Series: The Reading Brain

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 2/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

Human brains are inherently wired to learn to speak, but learning to read requires fundamental changes in brain organization. Participants will explore how researchers and scientists study reading, learn where reading occurs in the brain, and examine how the brain changes when we learn to read. This asynchronous session will also explore what brain imaging reveals about struggling readers and how educators can rewire the brain through instruction. The asynchronous course information will be sent to registered participants the day of the session.

Participants will receive the asynchronous content prior to February 1, 2023, and will have until March 31, 2023 to complete the session.

24. Advanced Placement Summit: World History

Program: School Improvement

Audience: World History Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 2/1/2023

Lunch Provided

Closed

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

25. Advanced Placement Summit: Calculus

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Calculus Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 2/2/2023

Lunch Provided

Closed

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

26. Advanced Placement Summit: English Language & Composition

Program: School Improvement

Audience: English Language & Composition Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 2/7/2023

Lunch Provided

Closed

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

27. Advanced Placement Summit: Computer Science

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Computer Science Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 2/8/2023

Lunch Provided

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

28. Advanced Placement Summit: Chemistry

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Chemistry Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 2/9/2023

Lunch Provided

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

29. Retrieval Practice: Remembering So We Never Forget (Arkport CSD Only)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Arkport CSD Staff

Dates: 2/10/2023

Asynchronous

The purpose of this asynchronous session is to arm instructional staff with research-based methods that, when employed, increase the likelihood of long-term learning. To do that, this learning opportunity will define, share research, and investigate strategies ready for classroom use all on the topic of retrieval practice. This topic is emblematic of the promise of current times and the convergence of three major research strands: psychology, education, and neuroscience. In fact, Agarwal and Bain (2019) describe retrieval practice as "more potent than other techniques commonly used by teachers and students, such as lecturing, re-reading, or taking notes” (p. 28); so join here to learn more about what it is… and how to do it.

All session materials will be sent to participants on 2/10/2023 via email. Participants will have until March 1, 2023 to complete the asynchronous session.

30. Advanced Placement Summit: Biology

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Biology Advance Placement Teachers

Dates: 2/14/2023

Lunch Provided

Closed

AP Summits are back for the 2022-2023 school year! Join AP teachers from the region to strengthen your instructional practice and pedagogy in an effort to increase the effectiveness of your AP classroom. This one-day summit is designed for AP teachers to share practices, collaborate, and review/refine lessons in their content area. Each session will be facilitated by the LeRoy AP instructor. The facilitator will email out the agenda, resources needed for the day, and other important details prior to each summit. Lunch will be included.

31. Mentors Coordinators' Meeting

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Mentor Coordinators

Dates: 2/28/2023

AGENDA Collegial Conversations: *Welcoming and Connecting, *TCTRC & GRTC Updates from Pat & Juanita, * Updates Supporting the Improvement of Practice: *How to manage PD with lack of subs *The who? what? where? and what? of CTLE, *Focus of meetings: Mentors? Mentees? or both? * New Teachers building better adult relationships (other than with their mentor ) * Getting teachers to take PD in "classroom management" Action Planning time and networking with your colleagues Next Steps: Setting agenda topics for next meeting Agendas are set by you and based on your needs or questions. An updated agenda will be sent closer to the meeting date. Please contact Beth if you have any questions or topics to be discussed. bpeck2060@gmail.com

32. Scaffolds for Writing: Providing Assistance for Those Who Need It at the Appropriate Time

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

Dates: 3/1/2023

Asynchronous

Closed

Kellogg and Whiteford (2009) argue that "The advancement of writing skills from beginner to advanced levels depends on the availability of adequate working memory resources and the capacity to allocate them appropriately to planning, sentence generation, and reviewing” (p. 256). The authors point out two critical concepts here: writing skills are on a continuum (beginner to advanced) and writing is complex (adeptly juggling working and long-term memory to attend to the writing process). This professional learning session focuses on writing scaffolds, taught within direct, explicit instruction, as strategies employed to advance writers along the continuum, from novice to expert, resulting in writing skills being captured in the three phases of learning: encoding, storage, and retrieval (Agarwal & Bain, 2019).

The asynchronous content will be sent to registered participants on the day of the session. Participants will have from March 1st to March 31st to complete all requirements to earn session credit.

33. TCIS: Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (Levels I & II)

Program: Special Education

Audience: Grades K-12 Paraprofessionals, General and Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School Administrators, and School Psychologist

Dates: 3/9/2023 to 3/24/2023

Wait List

The Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) training program for child and youth care staff presents a framework for implementing a crisis and management system that reduces the need to rely on high-risk interventions. The TCI framework complements the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach and also includes aspects of trauma-informed care. Staff who are trained in the TCI program are provided a crisis prevention and intervention model designed to teach staff how to help children learn constructive ways to proactively diminish crisis and also support students and staff to react to a crisis. The skills, knowledge, and professional judgment of staff in responding to crises are critical factors in helping young people learn constructive and adaptive ways to deal with frustration, failure, anger, rejection, hurt, and depression. Program objectives include learning to proactively prevent and/or de-escalate a potential crisis situation with a child or young person, manage a crisis situation in a therapeutic manner, and if necessary, intervene physically in a manner that reduces the risk of harm to children and staff and process the crisis event with children and young people to help improve their coping strategies. Upon completion, this training will certify the attendee in Levels I & II certification.

Attendance is required for all four days to receive certification.

Lunch will be on your own on 3/9, 3/10, and 3/23. Lunch will be provided on 3/24.

34. Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester: Four-Day Science Series

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Intermediate/High School Science Teachers & Administrators

Dates: 3/14/2023 to 4/13/2023

In Person

Featured Speaker

Lunch Included

Closed

The Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester is offering a regional four-day professional learning institute to support educators, and improve the learning and teaching of science and engineering in K-12 settings. This series is an integrated institute that develops teacher understanding of the Next Generation Science practices and 3D learning as described in A Framework for Science Education. Below you will find an outline of the four-day series.

Session #1:March 14, 2023

In this introductory session, participants will engage in an investigative experience as a learner with embedded metacognitive stops for reflection on student learning implications.

Session #2: March 21, 2023

This sense-making session will engage participants in deepening their understanding of 3-D Learning.

Session #3: March 23, 2023

Learning labs are in-person learning experiences that happen in a classroom setting with students. These embedded experiences showcase exemplary teaching to provide a "modified lesson study” of a 3-D, phenomenon-based lesson in conjunction with the institute sessions. The structure of a learning lab consists of 1. Planning Session (Pre-Lesson) 2. In-class (fishbowl with students) 3. Post-debrief Session

Session #4: April 13, 2023

This session will allow for reflection on the learning lab with a focus on applying the learning to teachers' own lessons and unit construction.

**Lunch is included in the cost for all four dates.

35. Indispensable Vocabulary Design

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades PreK-12 Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Instructional Coaches and Administrators

Dates: 3/14/2023

In Person

Lunch Provided

Closed

Are you looking for vocabulary strategies that are grounded in cognitive development and not just liked on Pinterest? This in-person, professional learning opportunity will present instructional staff members with research-based practices, which are likely to increase the frequency and depth of long-term learning. These methods "support teachers in the quest to help students learn as effectively and efficiently as possible” (Busch & Watson, 2019). This learning opportunity will highlight six key vocabulary recommendations and their associated, science-of-learning, strategies to make instruction stick. This information can be used for immediate classroom implementation, so students are not left to their own devices in becoming the word wizards we want them to be. Instead, these methods can offer every student the best pathway to learning-- by design.

36. Unlocking the Power of the Next Generation Science Standards: Paul Andersen

Program: School Improvement

Audience: PreK - 12 Science Educators & Administrators

Dates: 3/16/2023

In Person

Featured Speaker

Lunch Included

Description:

This workshop will focus on the best practices of science instruction including; modeling instruction, argument-driven inquiry, phenomenon-based instruction, and the science and engineering practices contained in the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS). Special consideration will be given to the cross-cutting concepts as a both a thematic and practical lens to drive scientific inquiry. Participants will engage in scientific inquiry that is guided by authentic assessments and best practices. Come and experience this form of 3-dimensional instruction with Paul Andersen as your guide. Explore the wonders of science as you rediscover the curiosity that guided your childhood. Teachers should come prepared to do science!

Biographical Sketch:

Paul Andersen is an educational consultant and YouTube creator living in Bozeman, MT. Paul is an experienced educator having taught science in Montana for 20 years. Paul was the 2011 Montana Teacher of the Year and was also one of four finalists for the 2011 National Teacher of the Year. In addition to teaching, Paul has created hundreds of YouTube science tutorials that have been viewed millions of times by students around the world. Paul has provided training for thousands of students, teachers, and administrators around the world.

37. PK-K Network

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Pre-K & Kindergarten teachers

Dates: 3/22/2023

Guest speaker: Emilee Williamson, Genesee Valley BOCES, will share a presentation on incorporating STEAM into our classrooms We have created a wonderful support network in this group and this meeting is an opportunity for us to come together and chat about our plans to finish off the 2022-23 school year. Please join us for the chance to gather, support one another, collaborate and hopefully we will be able leave with a few ideas and resources that you can implement in your classroom. Tentative Agenda: Introduction / Sharing STEAM Presentation Share about ways you incorporate Steam in your classroom Bring your favorite go to center, activity, resource, game, or make and take for Spring or the end of thes school year Resources and ideas - be prepared to share your favorites Sign up to share an activity or idea (make and take, game, activity, anything you think others might like to see) As always, if you have a topic or anything you want discussed at the meeting just send me an email and I will add it to the agenda Brainstorming plans for a Fall Network meeting

38. Mentors Connecting 3

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Mentors

Dates: 3/22/2023

Want to continue to refine your mentoring skills and connect with other mentors in the region! Join us for Mentors Connecting 3 where you'll be able to have collegial conversations and expand your Mentoring Tool Kit. The agenda includes: Collaborating with others to dialogue about real-life mentoring situations, ideas for how you've dealt with difficult situations with mentees and how to support each other & mentees. Other topics are always welcome. Please let Pat Mullikin (pmullikin@avoncsd.org) any additional items you'd like to discuss. This session is open to all mentors or others interested. A Zoom link will be sent to those registered on the day of the session. There will be 1 additional session on May 11, 2023. Each session is independent of the others and all are welcome to attend.

39. Speech Language Pathologist Network

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Dates: 3/23/2023

New

Topics Include: Selective Mutism, characteristics and treatment! Case study: Middle School bilingual student Tools and Techniques: pass and add to current list Discuss change in venue based on last meeting's feedback Round table Topics for next meeting tentatively scheduled for May 18th

40. Reforming School Discipline in New York State

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Pre-K-12 School Administrators, Deans of Students, PPS/Special Education Administrators

Dates: 3/23/2023 to 4/27/2023

In Person

Lunch Provided

Closed

Join the Genesee Valley BOCES School Improvement Team and the Mid-West Regional Partnership Center's Behavior Specialists for a hybrid opportunity to unpack, explore and discuss the recommendations from the New York State Education Department (NYSED) on reducing disparities in and reforming school discipline in New York State. This opportunity will allow administrators to examine statewide data, understand the impacts of exclusionary discipline and consider recommendations for reform at the local level. Participants can expect the engage in pre-reading, independent reflection, and synchronous Zoom regional discussion.

Registration closes on March 10, 2023

Course materials, a reading calendar, and reflection questions will be sent to participants on March 10, 2023.

CTLE credit will be based on synchronous Zoom attendance.

41. The Writing Revolution (TWR) Overview Series

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades 1-12 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders and Administrators

Dates: 3/29/2023 to 3/30/2023

In Person

Lunch Provided

Book Included

ClosedStarting Soon

"Help - My students can't write!” Although this is an American sentiment expressed all too frequently, there has been little to address the decades of statistics that support the perspective… until now! TWR, also known as the Hochman Method, presents a self-contained ecosystem of sentence-level strategies, single and multiple paragraph outlines (SPO & MPO) and structures, as well as note-taking and summary writing techniques. TWR is not a program; it is, however, an explicit instructional method poised to address the longstanding deficiency of writing skills still plaguing schools today. In Part 1, participants can expect to learn and understand six (6) guiding principles, as well as approximately nine (9) sentence-level strategies. In Part 2, participants will continue to investigate single and multi-paragraph outline structures, as well as annotating and summary writing techniques.

Registered participants will receive a copy of the text The Writing Revolution.

42. Collection Development Follow Up

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians who participated in the 2-day Collection Development workshop

Dates: 4/14/2023

School librarians who participated in the 2-day Collection Development workshop may earn additional CTLE credit for related ongoing work utilizing the GVPLS platform. This is an asynchronous online course. A suggested timeline will be provided and 6 assignments must be completed and submitted through the GVPLS site by 3pm on April 14, 2023 to earn credit for this work.

43. Tech Teachers Cohort

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Technology Educators

Dates: 4/21/2023

New

This cohort meeting is designed for educators teaching Technology Education in our region. The agenda will include 2-3 corporate visits in the Batavia area in the morning. In the afternoon, Elba CSD will host us to share best practices from their Tech program and break out sessions. The goal of this cohort is to create a support network within the teaching community as well as establishing stronger relationships with local businesses to foster the growth of the technology industry in our region. This event is being sponsored by the Genesee County BEA and they will be providing lunch.

44. Art Network

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Art Teachers

Dates: 4/28/2023

AM Session with Guest Speaker Mary Kozub of Burchfield Penny Art Center Afternoon Guest Speaker STEAM Education with Emilee Hillman, Art Educator Lesson Sharing/Making, and Discussion

45. STEAM Cohort

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Grades K-12 STEAM Teachers (or those pursuing a STEAM position)

Dates: 5/2/2023

New

This cohort is designed for educators that are working in a STEAM-related position, interested in moving into such a position, or interested in integrating EdTech and other STEAM activities and resources into their regular classroom/library. The Cohort will be introduced to a variety of EdTech and STEAM tools and resources. Options for integrating STEAM activities into a variety of curricular areas will be explored, with additional emphasis on building collaborative relationships with other teachers for planning STEAM activities including how to build a STEAM culture in your school building. Lunch will be provided.

46. TCIS: Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (Levels I & II)

Program: Special Education

Audience: Grades K-12 Paraprofessionals, General and Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School Administrators, and School Psychologist

Dates: 5/8/2023 to 5/19/2023

Wait List

The Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) training program for child and youth care staff presents a framework for implementing a crisis and management system that reduces the need to rely on high-risk interventions. The TCI framework complements the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach and also includes aspects of trauma-informed care. Staff who are trained in the TCI program are provided a crisis prevention and intervention model designed to teach staff how to help children learn constructive ways to proactively diminish crisis and also support students and staff to react to a crisis. The skills, knowledge, and professional judgment of staff in responding to crises are critical factors in helping young people learn constructive and adaptive ways to deal with frustration, failure, anger, rejection, hurt, and depression. Program objectives include learning to proactively prevent and/or de-escalate a potential crisis situation with a child or young person, manage a crisis situation in a therapeutic manner, and if necessary, intervene physically in a manner that reduces the risk of harm to children and staff and process the crisis event with children and young people to help improve their coping strategies. Upon completion, this training will certify the attendee in Levels I & II certification.

Attendance is required for all four days to receive certification.

Lunch will be on your own on 5/8, 5/10, and 5/18. Lunch will be provided on 5/19.

47. Communication Coordinators: Professional Learning

Program: School Library System

Audience: GV BOCES region librarians

Dates: 5/9/2023

TBD

48. Communication Coordinators: Meeting

Program: School Library System

Audience: GV BOCES region librarians

Dates: 5/9/2023

Program, service, & regional updates; questions and sharing.

49. MICRO-CREDENTIAL Authentic Learning-Introduction

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Open Year Long

Self Paced

MicroCredential

Authentic Learning is a practical approach to engaging students, recognizing that the entire world is a hands-on learning environment. This is based on the text, Authentic Learning Experiences by Dayna Laur.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

50. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 10

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All Audiences

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced

Open Year Long

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 10. .

51. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 4

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers, Admins,

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced

Open Until May 30, 2023

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 4.

52. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 5

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All Audiences

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Year Long

Self Paced

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 5.

53. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 6

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All Audiences

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced

Open Year Long

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 6.

54. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 7

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All Audiences

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced

Open Year Long

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 7.

55. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 8

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All Audiences

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced

Open Year Long

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 8.

56. Micro-Credential Equity Challenge Week 9

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All Audiences

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced

Open Year Long

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 9. .

57. MICRO-CREDENTIAL Maximizing Success for You & Your Student Teacher (22-23)

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Mentoring a student teacher supports the profession, but it can also be beneficial to you. This learning will help you maximize those benefits.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

58. MICRO-CREDENTIAL The Together Teacher-Time Management

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Become more organized and manage time better to live a more stress-free life with the Together Teacher System. The book Summary is the main resource for this work.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

59. MICRO-CREDENTIAL-NYSTC Equity Challenge Week 3

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: All

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced Through May 30, 2023

Click this link

Participating in New York State Teacher Centers' 10 week Equity Challenge will introduce you to equity and how it impacts students and families. This work will support educators as they build local ecosystems of success. This badge corresponds with the activities in Week 2.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by May 30, 2023

60. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Deck Toys-Getting Started

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Create interactive and student-centered lessons and escape rooms, called Decks, using this awesome learning platform. Learn how to create engaging learning paths and learning adventures with this introduction.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

61. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Google Slides

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Google Jamboard is a digital whiteboard that lets you create interactive learning experiences..
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

62. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Habits of Mind for 21st Century Learners: An Overview

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Builds awareness of how Habits of Mind correlate with the 4 C's of 21st Century Skills & supports students in all aspects of their life.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

63. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Helping Students Work Cooperatively Together: A 21st Century Skill

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Gain insight into characteristics of successful collaborators ready for the real world.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

64. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Implicit Bias-Overview

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing June 30, 2021 to May 30, 2022

Self Paced

Implicit bias is a result of mental associations that are formed by direct/indirect messaging received and impact our decisions & behaviors.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2022

65. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Resilient Educator- Know Yourself

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Reflection is part of Danielson's Framework. This learning will help you reflect both personally and professionally to build resiliency.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

66. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Supporting English Language Learners

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Learn the basics for working with English Language learners including how they become ELLs and how to best support them.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

67. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Voracious Vocabulary Introduction

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Teaching vocabulary is the ability to identify & explicitly teach Tier II words while building students' academic language & literacy skills
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

68. MICRO-CREDENTIALS Google Jamboard Level 1 22-23

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 5/30/2023

Ongoing July 1 to May 30, 2023

Self Paced

Google Jamboard is a digital whiteboard that lets you create interactive learning experiences..
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by June 30, 2023

69. MICRO-CREDENTIAL Twitter: You're In For A Tweet!

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers and Administration

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced through May 30, 2023

Twitter can be a powerful, personal learning and networking tool for educators. It is an excellent way to collect, create, and share information.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by May 30, 2023

70. MICRO-CREDENTIAL-Voracious Vocabulary Master

Program: Teacher Center Catalog

Audience: Teachers and Administration

Dates: 5/30/2023

MicroCredential

Self Paced Until May 30, 2023

The badge builds on identified Tier II vocabulary words and creating an instructional routine of meaningful Tier II word learning opportunities. Voracious Vocabulary-Introduction is a prerequisite.
1. Enroll in the course on Frontline
2. Click this link
3. Register for an account or sign in if already registered
4. Start learning!
5. Course must be finished by May 30, 2023

71. Genesee Valley BOCES Regional Curriculum Council Meeting (session 4 of 4)

Program: Curriculum Council

Audience: Instructional Administrators

Dates: 6/9/2023

In Person

Lunch Provided

The Genesee Valley BOCES Administrative Curriculum Council meets often throughout the school year in efforts to collaborate with other Instructional Leaders in the region, hear updates from various departments, and continue professional learning together.

72. Genesee Valley BOCES 2023 Leadership Institute

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Genesee Valley BOCES K-12 Building and District Leaders

Dates: 8/2/2023 to 8/3/2023

2 day event

AGENDA: A more detailed agenda is forthcoming

Day 1:
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Jones
Professional Learning Sessions

Day 2:
Conversation Stations/District Work Time/Team Building

**This event is for GV BOCES component districts only

**Participation in the 2023 Leadership Institute serves as annual APPR re-certification for leaders.

73. Assisting Individuals In Crisis with Barb Ertl

Program: Trauma, Illness and Grief (TIG)

Dates: 10/2/2023 to 10/3/2023

Advance you TIG Training with this ICISF course. Crisis Intervention is a specialized acute emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy. Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called "emotional first aid”. This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention.This course is designed for anyone who desires to increase their knowledge of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques in the fields of Business & Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress. Two-Day Course 13 Contact Hours

Professional Development

Help Topics

Catalog: Genesee Valley BOCES (Web Registration)

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