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1. ******The RSE-TASC Catalog has been MOVED!*******

Program: RSE- TASC

Audience: ONC BOCES, GST BOCES, DCMO BOCES

Dates: 5/1/2018

Starting Soon
The RSE-TASC Catalog has been moved to the BT BOCES WebReg catalog. Please click the following link to access the catalog: https://goo.gl/ckqnCy (if link does not automatically open, copy and paste the link into your web browser). Please follow your usual district procedures for registration.
  • Enrolled: 0/50
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2. Google Certified Educator Level 1 Institute

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers, Library Media Specialists

Dates: 5/7/2018

New
Beyond the Beginner! Join us for a deep dive into G Suite with this full day professional development opportunity. Explore various Google Applications that will assist in transforming your classroom as well as other aspects of your professional life. Basic knowledge and understanding of Google is recommended but not necessary to participate in this learning opportunity. Learning Activities will be provided to help you explore areas of Google that may be new to you or to refresh your Google abilities.

Topics Include:
- Copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use
- Understanding Google Classroom
- Basics of Google Drive
- Using Docs for more than word processing
- Exploring Slides
- Fun with Spreadsheets
- How to use Forms to change classroom assessment and projects
- NEW Google Sites
- How Gmail and Calendar can make your work life better
- Using Hangouts

* Registration: 8:00 AM
8:30 start time


Lunch included

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 15/30
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3. Mindfulness in Education

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers, Paraprofessionals, administration, support staff

Dates: 5/11/2018

AM: Introduction to Mindfulness: *why mindfulness *connection to stress-response and social-emotional learning *sampling of practices for self and classroom *encouragement to establish a consistent *personal mindfulness practice before teaching it to others PM: A full-day of Mindfulness-what does it look like? *Preparing for systemic classroom application *Connections to social-emotional learning competencies

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 38/59
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4. Music Education Day

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Music Teachers

Dates: 5/11/2018

Participants will gain knowledge in the areas of technology, sight-singing, classroom management techniques, standards and other music education topics. Technology session will include the use of apps for all content areas and the implementation of technology. Sight-singing/NYSSMA session will include practice examples and the sharing of appropriate solos for vocal and instrumental. Classroom management conversations will share techniques for the large group/ensemble. A round-table discussion will address the new music standards. Additional music topics to be discussed include ensemble repertoire and jazz piano technique. Participants should come prepared to share their classroom strengths, as well as music repertoire with others. Lunch will be provided.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 6/25
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5. PreK-2 Professional Learning Community

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Primary Teachers

Dates: 5/11/2018

Our group will collaborate with other groups in the morning to examine Argument.
Questions to guide our work include:
- How is argument defined in your discipline?
- What are the critical attributes of argument?
- What are some examples specific to PK-2 learners?
- How are these examples similar to, and different from, other grade levels and disciplines?
- How can those similarities help our PK-2 learners? What challenges do those differences create.

In the afternoon, we will be working with Dave Burnsworth, Instructional Technology Specialist, to explore how technology can be used to enhance learning for our youngest students.

Other topics for the day will be determined by participants.

- Please bring a device to use; a set of classroom data; planning materials; and a smile

Registration: 8:00-8:30
Start time: 8:30 AM
Please note: Lunch is on your own
Coffee available

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 7/25
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6. The Poverty Simulator

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Dates: 5/11/2018

The simulator experience is designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation, not a game. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income people. The experience includes: an introduction and briefing, the simulation exercise, and a debriefing period in which volunteers and staffers share their experience.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 37/100
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7. A Day of Collaboration for Pre-K Teachers

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Pre-K Teachers

Dates: 5/11/2018

This training will provide participants with:
- New ideas and resources to use in ELA, Math, and handwriting
- The opprotunity to meet colleagues who also teach Pre-K

The content to be covered will include:
- Resources you can use in ELA, Math, and handwriting
- Collaboration time with colleagues about what has worked and what has not worked
- Collaboration time about how Science and Social Studies is being included in your Pre-K program
- A time for networking with our colleagues so when we leave this session we can stay in contact.

Lunch on your own.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 5/30
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8. Artists as Advocates

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Primary Teachers, Intermediate Teachers, Middle grade teachers, High school teachers

Dates: 5/11/2018

This cross-curricular presentation will explore possibilities to cultivate community & cultural understanding. Using historical & current events to create avenues of design allowing students a voice and understanding where they can initiate a positive change through visual art production.

Participants will gain knowledge of how to:
- Incorporate the new NYS Visual Arts Anchor Standards #10 and #11 into lesson plans
- Learn about opportunities to participate in art advocacy
- Explore art project examples
- Make connections for cross- curricular lesson planning

* Participants will have the opportunity to create a hands on make-n-take related to current cultural issues.


Lunch on your own.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 6/20
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9. New York State Next Generation English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standards

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Primary Teachers, Intermediate Teachers, Middle grade teachers, High school teachers, Administration

Dates: 5/11/2018

The content to be covered will be:
- To describe the evolution of the NYS Next Generation Math/ELA Standards
- To reflect on the changes to the NYS Next Generation Math/ELA Standards
- To analyze the NYS Next Generation Math/ELA Standards

AM Sesson:
Spend time working in your discipline to unpack argument. How is argument defined in your discipline? What are the critical attribute of argument? What are some discipline specific examples? Then come together to with other disciplines to identify the similarities and differences between the critical attributes of argument. How can the similarities help learners and teachers? What challenges do the difference create?

PM Session:
Spend time learning and collaborating about the transition from the Common Core to the New York State Next Generation English Language Arts/Mathematics Learning Standards. Participants will develop an understanding of the evolution of the standards, the changes made to the standards, and the organization of the standards.

Lunch on your own.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 18/40
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10. NY State P-12 Science Learning Standards: Make Them Stick!

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Primary Teachers, Intermediate Teachers, Middle grade teachers, High school teachers

Dates: 5/11/2018

This workshop will consist of two sessions.
AM Session:
The morning will be spent looking at the concept of argument across the curriculum. How is argument defined in your discipline? What are the critical attributes of argument? What are some discipline specific examples? Then come together with other disciplines to identify the similarities and differences between the critical attributes of argument. How can the similarities help learners and teachers? What challenges do the differences create?

PM Session:
In this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of grade level science content, concepts, and practices and collaborate to align a current lesson to the new standards. The afternoon portion of this workshop will be participant-driven according to interest and needs of the audience. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
- in-depth standards review
- exploring available vendor created curriculum
- designing and using driving questions
- "flipping" a science lesson to align to the new standards

Registration: 8:00-8:30
Start time: 8:30 AM
Please note: Lunch is on your own
Coffee available

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 10/30
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11. Our Greatest Wealth is our Students Health

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Primary Teachers, Intermediate Teachers, Middle grade teachers, High school teachers, Health and Physical Education

Dates: 5/11/2018

Through collaboration with peers, participants will walk away with new activities that can be used in their curriculum

The content to be covered will include:
- Best Practices in Health & Physical Education
- Technology Practices
- Mindfulness in PE and Health
- Fit Kids, Fit Future

Lunch on your own.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 8/40
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12. Project Based Learning: After School Incubator

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: LTA's, CROP After School Staff

Dates: 5/11/2018

Presenters: Carolyn Cooper, Global Education & Service Learning Advisor and Instructor of English & Education at Hartwick College and CROP Evaluator; Liz C. Forster, CROP Program Mananager; and Sarah Herger, Assistant CROP Program Manager

Participants will be able to define Project Based Learning, will brainstorm projects together, and will write thoughtful plans to implement a project with their after school students.

This workshop is designed for LTAs and aides who also serve as activity leaders in after school programs such as CROP, or for anyone who would like an introduction to Project Based Learning (PBL).
The content to be covered will include:
- What kind of projects lead to the deepest learning?
- How can we keep things organized in a less-structured environment such as an after school program?
- Participants will understand why PBL works, and how to be a great facilitator who can get students excited about learning.

* In the afternoon, the room will turn into an incubator for creating realistic and fun project ideas that can be implemented immediately.

We will be using the computer lab to prepare lesson plans - you may bring your own laptop if you prefer that.

Please BYO Bagged Lunch.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 9/25
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13. Regional Educator's Network: Social Studies- What Does a Successful Social Studies Graduate Look Like? **FOR ALL MS/HS Social Studies Teachers**

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: High school teachers

Dates: 5/11/2018

- AM Session:
The morning will be spent looking at the concept of argument across the curriculum. How is argument defined in your discipline? What are the critical attributes of argument? What are some discipline specific examples? Then come together with other disciplines to identify the similarities and differences between the critical attributes of argument. How can the similarities help learners and teachers? What challenges do the differences create?

- PM Session:
Participants will gain a deep understanding of what skills and knowledge students will need to show on the new assessments, through a review of the six practices, the NYS Framework for SS, and the materials released by NYSED. Time will be given to work collaboratively to create tools and share ideas. Please bring any materials you have that supports the shifts in instruction and learning. Social Studies teachers from the ONC BOCES region will be facilitating this work.


Coffee available
Lunch on your own.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 16/25
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14. School Library Round Table

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 5/11/2018

This session will cover best practices, sharing resources and knowledge among colleagues. Session will focus on end of the year tasks, promoting eBooks, technology in the library, advocacy and sharing programs and ideas.

The content to be covered:
- Demonstrate content knowledge
- Remain current in content knowledge
- Engage in ongoing professional development
- Reflect on practices to improve effectiveness planning

* Participates should bring handouts, newsletters, lesson plans and your ideas.


Lunch on your own.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 2/25
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15. Causes of Trauma and the Effects Within the Classroom (AM) Finding a Common Ground – Diversity and Inclusion for students, faculty and staff (PM)

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Primary Teachers, Intermediate Teachers, Middle grade teachers, High school teachers, LTA's, Administration, Counseling

Dates: 5/11/2018

AM: Causes of Trauma and the Effects Within the Classroom Participants will gain an understanding of:
- The causes of trauma children endure
- Successful strategies that can be implemented in the classroom

The content to be covered will include:
- Information on the causes of trauma that student's within our schools face
- How this impacts their social, emotional and cognitive well being
- What trauma looks like in the classroom
- How to effectively identify those students who have or are experiencing trauma
- Research-based strategies that can be implemented in the classroom immediately

PM: PM: Finding a Common Ground – Diversity and Inclusion for students, faculty and staff Educational institutions receive Diversity scores throughout NYS – from incredibly diverse districts like the Schenectady City School District (rated by public school review with a .73 {chance students from two different races would be chosen at random}), to predominately white districts in our local area (rated at .04). For reference, the NYS average is .70. Due to this, we find ourselves as staff at upstate NY colleges and K-12 districts, for the most part, at predominately white schools. This makes it even more important that our students of color and students from marginalized backgrounds (minoritized religions, LGBTQ students) feel welcomed and included in our daily dialogues. This workshop will teach the skills needed to be more inclusive in dialogues with students, faculty, and staff from all races, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, gender identities and sexual orientations, while being intentional in creating space for these students in schools where they may be one of a few students who identify the way they do. Lunch on your own.
Lunch option available to purchase in the Cafeteria

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 58/75
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16. School Counselors: Providing Advocacy, Leadership, Collaboration and System Support

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: School Counselors & Adminstrative School Leaders

Dates: 5/11/2018

Network with NYSSCA Region 7 governor Maizy Jaklitch. Take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions about the new regulations and your comprehensive school counseling program!

Workshop 1: Creating Inclusive Spaces: Finding a Common Ground for Students, Teachers, and staff- Faith Tiemann, Director, Multicultural Student Initiatives, SUNY Oneonta
- This workshop will teach skills needed to be more inclusive in dialogue with students, teachers, and staff from all races, religions, gender identities and sexual orientations, while being intentional in creating space for all students in schools where they may be one of a few students who identify the way they do.

Workshop 2: Trauma Manifestations, Jenny Tanis, M.A. Doctoral Psychology Intern SUNY Oneonta Counseling Center
- The goal of this in-service is to educate professionals about the difference between developmental and single-incident trauma. Regulation of the fight and flight response will be explored, and the concepts of freeze and fawn will be introduced.

Workshop 3: Realistic Expectations on Adjusting to College Rady Oeur, M.A. Doctoral Psychology Intern, SUNY Oneonta Counseling Center
- This workshop focuses on addressing the common myths and misconceptions about college with information supported by national surveys (sex, alcohol, mental health, etc.)

Workshop 4: Best Practices Round-Table Sharing by Level: Elementary, Middle and High School
-Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas on any topic of interest or current issue. Participants are asked to bring their best resources, lessons, and ideas on the topics related to your level of interest

Note: Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 9:00 program start time
Lunch included
Registration deadline- 04/30/2018
*If attendees are outside of ONC BOCES districts, payment needs to be in place either by approved cross contract, or check presented prior to, or at the time of the event.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 23/65
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17. May DASA Certification Training

Program: DASA

Dates: 5/15/2018

This 6-hour course is required for anyone pursuing a new certification, including educators applying for their professional certification. Upon completion, ONC BOCES will report your completion electronically.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 5/20
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18. 2018 Administrative Symposium - The Reading Life: Connecting Classrooms, Libraries, and Communities through Story

Program: School Library System

Audience: Administrators; school librarians; teachers; library aides

Dates: 5/17/2018

New
The ONC BOCES School Library System and the Principals' Academy are joining forces for a day of professional development. Join us on May 17th for the 27th Annual Administrative Symposium - our keynote speaker is John Schumacher. John Schumacher (AKA Mr. Schu) is a blogger, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs. He served on the 2014 Newbery committee, which named the title Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures "the most distinguished contribution to children's literature." He has also served on ALSC’s Children and Technology committee, AASL’s Best Websites for Teachers and Learning, two readers’ choice award committees, the School Library Month Planning Committee, and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature selection committee. The Library Journal named him “The Xtreme Librarian” for the high level of exertion – along with some gears and stunts – he uses to get kids reading, and Instructor Magazine named him a Cool Teacher for redefining what it means to be a teacher-librarian. John blogs daily at MrSchuReads.com. Visit: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/traveling-school-librarian-john-schumacher-spreads-enthusiasm-for-reading/ Administrators and school librarians will come together for the keynote: The Reading Life: Connecting Classrooms, Libraries, and Communities through Story - John Schumacher (aka Mr. Schu)will share his experiences in promoting a culture of reading among students, staff, and parents. The keynote will be followed by the Administrator of the Year Award and the Susan Tumasella Award. Principals will then meet for Principal Academy. School librarians will have a PD session: He will share book trailers, websites, activities, and interviews you can easily incorporate into lessons and booktalks to get everyone on your campus hurrying to your bookshelves to find the perfect book.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 15/36
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19. May Principals' Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: ONC BOCES Building Principals

Dates: 5/17/2018

Principals will participate in a re-callibration and inter-rater reliability activity. Additionally, important NYSED and ONC BOCES updates will be shared on topics such as APPR, new School Counselor Regulations, ESSA, and Computer Based Testing. Registration/breakfast 8:00-8:30.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 7/25
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20. ******The RSE-TASC Catalog has been MOVED!*******

Program: RSE- TASC

Audience: ONC BOCES, GST BOCES, DCMO BOCES

Dates: 6/1/2018

The RSE-TASC Catalog has been moved to the BT BOCES WebReg catalog. Please click the following link to access the catalog: https://goo.gl/ckqnCy (if link does not automatically open, copy and paste the link into your web browser). Please follow your usual district procedures for registration.
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21. June Principals' Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: ONC BOCES Building Principals

Dates: 6/7/2018

Principals will participate in a re-callibration and inter-rater reliability activity. Additionally, important NYSED and ONC BOCES updates will be shared on topics such as APPR, new School Counselor Regulations, ESSA, and Computer Based Testing. Registration/breakfast 8:00-8:30.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 2/25
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22. Instructional Rounds- Training

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals, Superintendents, Teachers, Staff Developers

Dates: 6/18/2018 to 6/19/2018

This training will provide participants with a complete understanding of Instructional Rounds including:
What Rounds Is/Isn't
Level of Commitment
Evidence Collection
Tools and Resources
Role specific responsibilities
Proven benefits

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to participate in instructional rounds as requested. This is not a turn-key training. Cost includes training, materials, and breakfast/lunch.

This activity has a required evaluation

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23. July DASA Certification Training

Program: DASA

Dates: 7/23/2018

This 6-hour course is required for anyone pursuing a new certification, including educators applying for their professional certification. Upon completion, ONC BOCES will report your completion electronically.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Enrolled: 0/20
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