The Driving Student Success (DSS) Dashboard Cohort is designed for leaders from our partner districts using EduTech's Dashboard Service and will consist of four modules, beginning on August 16th. It is ideally timed with the restart of accountability, as one underlying theme with accountability is that there is always room for improvement. Each session will provide professional learning and scenarios to help participants to understand how to dig into dashboard data and leverage it to inform decision making and uncover areas for improvement. There will also be an opportunity to collaborate with nearby/partner districts. The first session will be held in person. At that time, the group will decide if the cohort wishes to combine participants from GV & W-FL BOCES and meet virtually or in person.

Explore the overarching leadership theory based on the four obsessions of effective leaders.

October 12, 2023: Climate and Culture. We will take time to talk about important factors that we as leaders must consider when building, transitioning and maintaining the kind of climate and culture we want, one that optimizes the learning experiences we are able to provide to our students.

November 16, 2023: The Confrontation of Self. The session will provide time for self reflection and awareness to promote the growth and change in ourselves that will allow us to be the type of leaders our staff and students deserve.

January 25, 2024: Communication. Participants will analyze their own communication strengths and weaknesses while building a framework to move forward in their work with stronger strategic communication skills that will best serve staff, students and the school community.

March 28, 2024: Initiating, Managing and Leading Change. Time will be spent exploring how the four obsessions together serve us in moving our organization forward while examining the most powerful ways in which change can be brought about in both our staff and our organization as a whole.

Lunch Included

There are five significant strategies for multiplication and division of whole numbers laying the foundation for later number types. This session is a deep dive into those strategies highlighting what they are and how they work while providing classroom-ready resources to help you teach them.

Mr. SanGiovanni is also offering two more sessions, if you are interested in other mathematical fluency professional learning, please review those Frontline descriptions.

This cohort will focus on supporting K-12 English as New Language (ENL) teachers in the Genesee Valley region. The cohort will give teachers the opportunity to engage in learning and networking with other ENL professionals around best practices in ELL education. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in learning focused on topics that will be determined by the participants and the needs of the region. Lunch is on your own.

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 our practice, sharing effective coaching strategies, and having 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.

If you are a new instructional coach and have never been to the cohort meetings, you will need to take the 9/27/2023 prerequisite session. This is a separate registration link in Frontline.

Have you ever wished you could have more conversations with other school librarians? Have you looked for a supportive community to share the challenges and joys of being a school librarian at your grade level? Do you want to talk to your colleagues that "get it”? This group is for you! In LiNC, you will be among friends. We will foster a supportive, collaborative, joyful community of school librarians in Monroe One and 2 BOCES and the Genesee Valley BOCES regions. Throughout this twenty-week Schoology course, some discussions will be K-12 and others will be split by grade level. We will also host periodic Zoom meetings where we can put faces to names and have live discussions. This work will be asynchronous, with weekly discussions and resources posted by the facilitators, as well as opportunities for you to set the topic. Each week should take only about a half hour, so you have the opportunity to earn a half credit of CTLE per week. You can participate as much or as little as you would like, and credits will be granted based upon how much you choose to participate. Since capacity varies throughout the year, we understand and expect that not everyone will be able to join in every discussion. We hope this will be a place to share advice and resources, to ask questions, to validate your experiences, and to learn from each other. The Zoom meetings will be posted separately. Disregard the date below as this will start January 16 and run until June 14. This group is for PreK-12 School Librarians only.

The 2024 presidential election is approaching sooner than we realize, and you might find yourself engaging in political discussion more frequently with your students and colleagues. Maybe you always were? Are you struggling with divided political mindsets in your classroom? Finding it challenging to work with parents on hot-button issues? Join School Improvement for a ten-week book study to explore and discuss Learning to Depolarize by Kent Lenci. The text describes how teachers and administrators can prepare students for the partisan political world they are set to enter upon graduation. Through extensive research and experience in the classroom, Lenci offers strategies and practices to help students collaborate and converse across social and political divides. Topics addressed by this work include the causes and consequences of political polarization in our society, why schools must address the challenge head-on, bridge-building in the classroom, media literacy and social-emotional learning as tools for depolarization, and partnering with parents across the divide. Kent Lenci will kick off our book study with a synchronous meeting on 2/28/24. He will be one of our featured speakers at Genesee Valley BOCES, in the Fall of 2024, just before the presidential election as well!

Course Launch Date: February 28, 2024

Course Close Date: May 16, 2024

Format: Online Hybrid Book Study

Location: Zoom/Google Classroom

Registration Closes On: February 21, 2024

Join School Improvement for an eight-week book study to explore and discuss the text: Closing the Writing Gap, by Alex Quigley. Participants will explore the technical and practical aspects of how children learn to write and learn how a synthesis of research can maximize instructional shifts of practice. This book study will include intervaled reading and discussion sections to address key topics including: grammar, sentence-level composition, disciplinary writing, and practical strategies.

Participants can expect to participate in a virtual book study by reading, writing, and posting on the Schoology platform. A syllabus and a copy of the book will be provided to participants prior to the book study launch date. Assignments and discussions will be posted throughout the week. In order to receive credit, participants must complete all requirements. CTLE hours will be awarded based upon online participation and completion of course tasks.

Course Launch Date: Friday, March 1, 2024

Course Close Date: Friday, April 26, 2024

Format: Online Book Study

Location: Schoology

Regional CSE Chairperson Meetings are to provide special education leaders in the Genesee Valley BOCES area with updates from the Office of Special Education, NSYED, and regional networks. Time will also be given up to guest speakers, professional learning, and collaborative projects.

Want your students to focus attention, remember instructions, plan, organize, set goals, and be able to juggle multiple tasks? Executive Functioning Skills are the mental processes that enable students to do so. They lay the foundation for learning! When students have daily practice employing them they are more likely to succeed academically and in the workplace. This course will focus on a suite of Executive Functions that research has shown have a positive impact on students and their academic success. Those skills are Working Memory, Planning & Time Management, Organization, Goal Setting, Accountability, and Self-Regulation. Each participant will have access to the asynchronous course How to Teach Executive Function in Any Classroom with Mitch Weathers and will be asked to reflect in Schoology and create a Classroom Action Plan to synthesize your learnings. Mitch Weathers (course instructor) will meet with participants twice during the course to check in and offer additional support to participants. Meeting will be on April 15 & May 15 from 4:00-5:00 Meet Your Instructor: Mitch Weathers is an award winning teacher, speaker, adjunct professor, and creator of Organized Binder. He believes deeply that students are successful when learning in predictable environments. His program equips educators with an instructional protocol to establish a daily routine that gives students practice with and daily modeling of executive functioning skills.

In the United States, at least one in four youth experiences trauma severe enough to negatively affect their school success.* Give hope and help to these students with this reader-friendly how-to guide, your springboard for building responsive, trauma-sensitive preK-12 schools. Drawing on her extensive experience as a school counselor, trainer, and mother, trauma expert Jen Alexander delivers a comprehensive framework for building a safe, supportive school environment that helps all students learn and thrive. You'll start with an evidence-based introduction to the profound impact of trauma on a child's development, attachment, and behavior. Then you'll get an effective multi-tier system of support (MTSS) for developing a trauma-sensitive learning environment, including both universal strategies (Tier 1) and more intensive interventions (Tier 2 and Tier 3) for students who need more support. Compelling anecdotes and sample scripts illuminate challenges and solutions, and the included forms and worksheets are valuable tools for helping educators build the mindset and skills necessary for becoming trauma-sensitive. With this engaging, highly practical guide to what works and why, your school team will gain insights and develop action plans that make a real difference in the lives of all kids, including our most vulnerable youth.

In this course, educators will learn about the power of kindness and positivity as a source of personal inspiration as well as how to encourage others to become kindness cultivators. The course also provides opportunities for educators to promote joy, opportunities for healing, and growth in self-awareness for themselves as educators in an increasingly negative world. This learning can be helpful to help overcome exhaustion and/or burnout, and also provide a sense of purpose. Activities and strategies in this book can be used as lessons and activities for personal growth, and in the classroom. Educators will be given suggestions for ways to help students evaluate their own thought and speech patterns and become kindness cultivators. The real life stories and easy to implement strategies and language can help begin a kindness and positivity boomerang effect that can radiate beyond our classrooms and environments where we implement our learning. Educators will read the book (2 chapters per week) and complete activities in Schoology at their own pace, asynchronously. There will be one Google Form check-in at the halfway point to provide the instructor with feedback so adjustments can be made, if necessary. A course evaluation will be completed at the end.

Location #1: Drape's Outdoors - Indoor Archery (Free) 3851 Main St, Piffard, NY 14533 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00am - Instruction and target shooting in the indoor facilities Location #2: York Central School - New Fitness Trail - outside property if weather permits:) Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Lunch: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (on own in Geneseo) Location #3: Livingston Lanes ($8 per game with shoes) 4260 Lakeville Rd, Geneseo, NY 14454 *Information on fieldtrip information and activities that are offered for large student groups Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Care to Share: 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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

The Ag Cohort is intended to provide professional learning for Ag educators. It is an opportunity to collaborate on important issues and topics affecting their practice. Participants will discuss best practices for advancing Ag education programs in districts through classroom instruction, Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE), and Future Farmers of America (FFA). The cohort will collaborate with representative members from organizations such as Future Farmers of America (FFA), Career & Technical Education (CTE), and Agri-businesses in our GV BOCES region. Tours of local Agri-businesses will be scheduled as part of the professional learning day.

Registered participants will receive updates on locations and tours throughout the school year.

Lunch is included.

Regional CSE Chairperson Meetings are to provide special education leaders in the Genesee Valley BOCES area with updates from the Office of Special Education, NSYED, and regional networks. Time will also be given up to guest speakers, professional learning, and collaborative projects.

Please join us for the Spring meeting of the Math RTI Network! At this meeting we will be welcoming presenters from the The Center for Professional Development and Education Reform at the Warner Graduate School at the University of Rochester. They will lead us in professional development on "Teaching and Learning through the Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices.

Connect and share with other Tech and CTE instructors in the Genesee Valley region. The morning will include 3 Livingston County industry tours (LP Evans Construction, D.P. Tool and Barilla) to learn about local opportunities for our students and how to prepare them for future jobs/careers in our area. A working lunch will be enjoyed at Avon High School. The afternoon will include a tour of Avon's tech facilities, a program/lesson sharing session and networking.

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This cohort it designed for anyone who is in the beginning of their library career. In each meeting we will share best practices for library and collection management. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other library staff to share ideas and discuss challenges. We encourage you to bring any questions or problems that you would like assistance in solving.

Date: Thursday, May 30, 2024 Time: 8:30 - 2:30 Location: Genesee Region Teacher Center Room 115 - Batavia The Robert Morris Building *** We ask you to please enter the building at the Community School door. It is in the parking lot on the corner of Richmond Ave and Vern Ave. Please check in with the secretary and receive a name tag.*** AGENDA Collegial Conversations: *Welcoming and Connecting, *TCTRC & GRTC Updates from Pat & Juanita Supporting the Improvement of Practice: *What does support look like from Year 1 - Year 2 - Year 3 for Mentors? For Mentees? *New Teacher/Staff Orientation Topics *Questions and Queries - what are some questions or difficulties you are having? Open Forum / Carousel Charting Action Planning time and networking with your colleagues Next Steps: Setting meeting dates and possible agenda topics for next year. BRING YOUR CALENDARS Agendas are set by you and based on your needs or questions. Please contact Beth if you have any questions or topics to be discussed. bpeck2060@gmail.com

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.

During this asynchronous session, participants will be introduced to an instructional framework that shifts the cognitive load from the teacher to the students. The goal of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework is to provide appropriate instruction, moving students towards independence. Participants will explore guided practices, collaborative learning, and independent application.

All session materials will be sent to participants on June 1, 2024 via email. Participants will have until July 31, 2024 to complete the asynchronous session.

In this session, participants will examine research-based practices that educators should know and be able to do within classrooms. This opportunity is grounded in the article 'Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know' by Barak Rosenshine (2012). This professional-learning opportunity explores ten evidence-informed classroom practices that effective educators have employed for decades. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their instructional delivery, identify areas to make small shifts in practice, and potentially identify areas for future continuous improvement.

All session materials will be sent to participants on June 1, 2024 via email. Participants will have until July 31, 2024 to complete the asynchronous session.

Video 1: Foundations of Fluency - Number Concepts

Description: Certain skills and understandings are good (and necessary) beginnings for fluency. This session unpacks what those skills and understandings are while providing classroom-ready resources for teaching and practicing them. This session also helps pinpoint where to provide intervention when student fluency stalls.

Video 2: Foundations of Fluency -Basic Facts

Description: There is nothing basic about basic facts. Though fluency goes beyond basic facts, they do play a role in students' growth and ultimately their overall fluency. This session examines proven approaches to realizing basic fact fluency. Instructional sequences and resources will be provided. This session also helps provide ideas for intervention and reteaching in later grades.

Video 3: Foundations of Fluency - Strategies for Addition & Subtraction

Description: There are five significant strategies for addition and subtraction of whole numbers laying the foundation for work with later number types. This session is a deep dive into those strategies highlighting what they are and how they work while providing classroom-ready resources to help teach them.

Session recordings will be sent to participants on June 1, 2024 via email. Participants will have until July 31, 2024 to complete the asynchronous session.

This asynchronous 3-hour course on play-based learning equips educators to integrate more play into their teaching practices, promoting holistic development across cognitive, social, emotional, and physical domains. Participants will explore the theoretical foundations of learning through play, including the key roles it serves in childhood development. Learn strategies for creating stimulating learning environments, incorporating more playful learning into the classroom, and designing play, challenge, and STEAM-based learning activities that will benefit students at all grade levels.

All session materials will be sent to participants on June 1, 2024 via email. Participants will have until July 31, 2024 to complete the asynchronous session.

On January 10, 2024, The New York State Education Department (NYSED) kicked off a literacy initiative to release supporting literacy documents to the field of education. At this event, Nonie Lesaux (2024) presented her seven literacy briefs to two (2) administrators per New York State district. Her presentation intended to strengthen attendees' knowledge of evidence-based literacy practices in PK-12 education under the title of: The Science of Reading. Now, the briefs have been released to classroom educators to build background knowledge and develop common language and understanding as well. In this professional learning session, participants will have the opportunity to read the briefs and reflect on their significance to their practice/understanding!

All session materials will be sent to participants on June 1, 2024 via email. Participants will have until July 31, 2024 to complete the asynchronous session.

Research and evidence in education reminds teachers that they can better help students learn if they understand the processes through which student learning takes place. By applying the principles of cognitive science, teachers can help improve students' ability to manipulate knowledge and retain information over time, leading to more effective learning and better academic performance. Teaching students how to learn and effectively acquire information is as important as teaching them course content. This session will help ensure that this vital information is in the hands of those who need it the most.

All session materials will be sent to participants on June 1, 2024 via email. Participants will have until July 31, 2024 to complete the asynchronous session.

Regional CSE Chairperson Meetings are to provide special education leaders in the Genesee Valley BOCES area with updates from the Office of Special Education, NSYED, and regional networks. Time will also be given up to guest speakers, professional learning, and collaborative projects.

Location: Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures 5662 NY-64, Canandaigua, NY 14424 Instruction and climbing time on the seven high ropes courses Time: 9:00 am -1:00 pm Lunch: 1:00 - 2:00 pm (Pack a lunch and eat on the mountain) Care to Share time/presentation: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm