Frontline Education

1. ELT Online: Learning Expectations

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Dates: 1/28/2019

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January 28 - February 25, 2019 Participants will explore when and how to make the purposes of their lessons or units clear, position those lessons around key concepts for broader learning, and link them to student interests. This course examines ways teachers can communicate to students the importance of what they are undertaking and clarify what they are learning.

2. The Way of Mindful Education ~ Book Study

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 1/30/2019 to 3/26/2019

Starting Soon

"With attention spans waning and stress on the rise, many teachers are looking for new ways to help students concentrate, learn, and thrive. The Way of Mindful Education is a practical guide for cultivating attention, compassion, and well-being not only in these students, but also in teachers themselves." This book explores the Why behind mindfulness in our schools, offers the starting point of beginning with ourselves and supports educators with making mindfulness come to life in the classroom. This 8-week book study combines the flexibility of online learning via Google Classroom and text in hand, digital collaboration via two Zoom meetings and in-person connection in our closing discussion as we bring it all together. We ask that participants commit to full participation when registering. Full engagement and participation is needed so that everyone has the experience that is intended and that is most beneficial to learning. Please register early so that you receive your materials in a timely manner! Check out the Book Study Newsletter for further details: https://www.smore.com/zm847 Optional Meet & Greet to pick up materials: January 30th 3:45 o Zoom Check-in #1 February 21st 3:45 – 4:45 o Zoom Check-in #2 March 7th 3:45 – 4:45 o Closing Discussion March 26th 4:00 – 5:30

3. Why Trauma Matters Part 1

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Administrators, educators, school counselors, support staff

Dates: 1/31/2019

To become a trauma informed environment, we must first understand trauma and how it can directly impact an individual’s behavior. For students especially, the learning process can be easily disrupted by trauma and stress. We will discuss the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study and the lasting impacts those experiences can have for today’s youth. Much of this workshop targets strategies one can apply to create a trauma informed environment. A second session will be offered as a continuation of this workshop on February 28th.

4. Helping Kids Prepare to SLAY Their Trauma Dragons

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 1/31/2019

A key to helping kids successfully work through anxiety and trauma is how well we prepare them. This workshop will offer some key strategies and hands-on activities to help students understand, manage and express triggers that cause their reactions/feelings towards stress. Next, strategies will be discussed, shown and then shared as we practice together. This will help all involved to feel empowered, as we see how easily and simply these options work. Learning Objectives:
•Participants will learn at least one version of how to talk to kids & caregivers about what trauma/anxiety is.
•Implement at least 3 to 4 activities that can be used to prepare these students for this work.
•Articulate what EMDR is and understand it’s amazing and powerful work with desensitizing trauma.

5. Grades 4-8 Science Teacher PD

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grades 4-8 Science Teachers

Dates: 2/1/2019

New

Participants in this workshop attended the November 9th Science training which included an overview of the NGSS standards. This professional development takes the group to the next level by engaging in a conversation of what Science curriculum and units could look like in the classroom. Participants will look at some existing high quality units that are available online. They will also be introduced to the Storyline approach to unit design. Participants should bring a device (laptop, Chromebook, iPad) if they have access, as the units that will be referred to are online. Agenda: 1.Shared learning experience: Energy In Action We will engage in phenomena based observations and see the connection within a coherent storyline. 2.Unit/Lesson exploration. We have compiled a variety of high quality examples from Achieve, Stanford, Next-Gen Storylines, and Ambitious Science Teaching for teachers to explore what quality examples look like and how they might use them in their classroom. 3.Lunch - on your own 4.Afternoon Breakout Session Participants will break into their selected groups to explore one resource in detail to evaluate how the unit addresses the selected performance expectations. How is this similar? How is this different? What questions do you still have? Identify your next steps in professional learning? Chart & share your learning

6. OCLI - First Grade PD

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Educators that provide literacy instruction to first grade students

Dates: 2/1/2019

New

1. Intro to Sound Walls: What are sound walls? How do they align with the research on how reading and spelling develop? Why might we want to consider a shift away from word walls? 2. Syllable Types: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. Attendees will review the syllable types and learn how teaching children about syllable types supports their reading and spelling development. 3. Decodable Books: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. All OCLI schools will soon be receiving over 1000 decodable books to support their evidence-based teaching. Attendees will learn about the rationale for using decodable books during reading instruction, and ways to use them.

7. OCLI - Pre-K & Kindergarten PD

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Educators that provide literacy instruction to Pre-K & Kindergarten students

Dates: 2/1/2019

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1. Introduction to Screening & The System of English Speech Sounds What are some common early literacy skill screeners? What are benefits? How can we use them? What are sound walls? How do they align with the research on how reading and spelling develop? 2. Teaching Phonological Awareness: Attendees will review what PA is and why it is important, then add to their repertoire of learning tasks for teaching PA. 3. Decodable Books: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. All OCLI schools will soon be receiving over 1000 decodable books to support their evidence-based teaching. Attendees will learn about the rationale for using decodable books during reading instruction, and ways to use them.

8. OCLI - Second Grade PD

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Educators that provide literacy instruction to second grade students

Dates: 2/1/2019

New

1. Intro to Sound Walls: What are sound walls? How do they align with the research on how reading and spelling develop? Why might we want to consider a shift away from word walls? 2. Syllable Types: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. Attendees will review the syllable types and learn how teaching children about syllable types supports their reading and spelling development. 3. Decodable Books: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. All OCLI schools will soon be receiving over 1000 decodable books to support their evidence-based teaching. Attendees will learn about the rationale for using decodable books during reading instruction, and ways to use them.

9. OCLI - Third Grade PD

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Educators that provide literacy instruction to third grade students

Dates: 2/1/2019

New

1. Syllable Types: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. Attendees will review the syllable types and learn how teaching children about syllable types supports their reading and spelling development. 2. Intro to Morphology: What is morphology and why should we teach it? How can explicit knowledge of roots and affixes support vocabulary development and reading comprehension? 3. Decodable Books: These sessions will be differentiated by grade level. All OCLI schools will soon be receiving over 1000 decodable books to support their evidence-based teaching. Attendees will learn about the rationale for using decodable books during reading instruction, and ways to use them.

10. PD for Health Educators in Oswego County

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Health Educators

Dates: 2/1/2019

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Health Agenda 8:30-9:00 Refreshments and networking 9:00-9:30 Welcome and morning session details (Room 1030) 9:30-10:30 All health teachers together (Room 1030)
• Group discussion on the skills and functional knowledge needed for new mandated health curriculum
• Create learning experience templates 10:30-11:30 Middle School Teachers (Room 1023) High School Teachers (Room 1030)
• Identify each standard and write down what you are currently doing to meet it
• Teachers will share with other teachers how they are meeting the standards
• Teachers will create/collaborate on google docs to create a county wide learning template 11:30-12:30 Lunch on your own 12:30:12:45 Afternoon agenda explanation (Room 1030) 12:45-2:30 All Teachers (Room 1030)
• Teachers will align their learning experiences vertically with teachers from their district
• Teachers will start to create learning experiences for other skills and functional knowledge 2:30-3:00 All Teachers (Room 1030)
• Identify possible topics and areas for future staff development days.

11. PD for Physical Education Teachers in Oswego County

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Physical Education Teachers

Dates: 2/1/2019

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Physical Education Agenda 8:00-9:00 Travel 8:30-9:00 Refreshments and networking 9:00-9:30 Welcome and morning agenda 9:30-11:30 Elementary PE-Healthy Highways ***Teachers please bring your Healthy Highway Teacher Kits 9:30-10:30 High School Teachers- Round table discussion (Changing procedures, make-ups, medical assignments, best units) Middle School Teachers-Sharing of best practices (warm-up games) 10:30-11:30 High School Teachers- Sharing of best practices (warm-up games) Middle School Teachers- Round table discussion (Changing procedures, make-ups, medical assignments, best units) 11:30-12:30 Lunch on your own 12:30:12:45 Afternoon Introduction 12:45-1:30 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Indoor drills and games. Any teacher can chose to attend. Elementary Teachers- Sharing of best practices (warm-up games) Secondary Teachers- Sharing of best practices (games/activities) differentiated Instruction & student centered games 1:30-2:15 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Indoor drills and games. Any teacher can chose to attend. Elementary Teachers- Sharing of best practices (games/activities) differentiated Instruction & student centered games Secondary Teachers- Team building activities/project adventure 2:15-2:30 District Reflection (How can we best utilize future county wide staff development days?) 2:30-3:00 Group Discussion/Closure & Exit ticket ***Every teacher should be prepared to share/teach a warm-up game and an activity. Secondary teachers also need to bring a team building activity to share.

12. ELT Online: Creating a Caring Classroom Culture

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 2/4/2019

Closed

February 4 - March 4, 2019 This seminar emphasizes the foundation for creating a classroom of mutual respect, care, and trust. Participants will explore the qualities that characterize effective, caring teachers and identify the ways in which their beliefs and expectations about teaching and learning can inform and sustain their leadership abilities.

13. Online Book Study: Lost At School

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Administrators / Teachers

Dates: 2/4/2019

Wait List

February 4, 2019 - March 4, 2019 Too Often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control, and beyond help, and are often the recipients of our most ineffective, most punitive interventions. Through this google based book study, participants will explore a Dr. Greene’s trauma informed, non-punitive, non-adversarial Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model and be introduced to the ALSUP tool to identify the lagging skills and unsolved problems that contribute to the challenging behavior.

14. Dignity for All Students Act: Required Training for Certification/Licensure (Teachers, Administrators, Teaching Assistants, Coaches, etc)

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 2/4/2019

Dignity for All Students Act (The Dignity Act or DASA) Workshop: Six hour training in Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention. New York State's Dignity Act seeks to provide the State's public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function. School professionals applying for certification or license on or after DECEMBER 31, 2013 are required to complete six clock hours of course work or training in this area. This training is designed to fulfill that requirement. Tuition is $50.00 for employees of district which subscribe to the Oswego BOCES School Improvement Co-Ser. Tuition is $75.00 for all other attendees. If you are self-paying, please mail a Money Order or Bank Check made out to CiTi Treasurer. Send attention Kate Ginney. NO CASH please. To CiTi, 179 County Route 64, Mexico, NY 13114

15. TIG (The Consortium on Trauma, Illness, and Grief in Schools)

Program: School Improvement

Audience: School Staff; counselors

Dates: 2/5/2019 to 4/30/2019

TIG will provide coaching, consultation,and training that links an organization's vision for trauma-responsive practices to processes for implementing sustainable change.

16. An Overview of Social Emotional Learning and Trauma

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Administrators, School Counselors, Behavior Specialists, Educators

Dates: 2/5/2019

Researchers have found Social Emotional Learning (SEL) holds great value in the academic success of students. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) “is the process through which children, youth, and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions” (Collaborative for Academic, Social, Emotional Learning). New York State recognizes the advantages SEL provides students and has adopted benchmarks around the five core competencies. This workshop provides an overview of the five SEL competencies and how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma impact SEL.

17. Self-Care Saturday for Educators

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 2/9/2019

To fight the winter blues this Self-Care Saturday will feature Geoff Baer ~ QiGong, Peaceful Painting with Julia Hanson, as well as Mindfulness Meditation and Chakra Bracelet Making with Liane Benedict.

18. Crafting a Learning Community for Classroom Discussions (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 2/11/2019

Effective and powerful classroom discussions do not just occur; they require a learning community that fosters their development. The use of different types of norms, selected scaffolds, and knowledge of the stages and continuum of classroom discussion are explored. (3 hour)

19. SLS Communication Coordinator Meeting

Program: School Library Systems

Dates: 2/13/2019

The SLS Communication Coordinators meetings are designed to be a bridge between the School Library System team and the school librarians in each of the districts and non-public schools that are members of the system. Each district has a designated Communication Coordinator who is required to attend the meetings but all members are welcome to attend.

20. National Board - Candidate Support

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 2/16/2019

This National Board Candidate Support Cohort provides a supportive, collaborative learning environment in which teachers will learn to describe and analyze their practice. Candidates will have multiple opportunities to receive peer review as well as a candid, fresh look at their respective written commentaries and video recordings.

21. Edcamp Firebird

Program: School Improvement

Audience: All school staff

Dates: 2/21/2019

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Join us for a morning full of teacher-driven professionals collaborating among educators throughout Central New York. Unlike traditional conferences, Edcamp sessions are not planned or scheduled until the morning of the event using a scheduling board on which attendees can place an index card with their session on it. The sessions range from basic conversations around teaching methods to sessions sharing digital projects by students or sessions based around just having fun. The emphasis of many Edcamps using technology in the classroom, but a technology focus is not necessary. However, it is suggested that you bring a laptop to an Edcamp as many presentations will be interactive. In addition to registering on MLP, participants also need to register at https://www.eventbrite.com/. For more information please go to the Edcamp Firebird site at https://sites.google.com/phoenixcsd.net/edcamp-firebird/home

22. A Restorative Approach to In School Suspension

Program: School Improvement

Audience: administrators, behavioral specialist, educators, school counselors, psychologists

Dates: 2/21/2019

Restorative approaches to discipline builds the school communities capacity to support and teach students about positive social interactions, positive relationships, and peaceful resolutions to conflicts and problems. Throughout this session, we will explore how ISS should positively impact student behavior, gain perspective on influential elements in an ISS setting, and challenge the way we structure the ISS process for everyone involved.

23. Online: Enhancing Content and Pedagogical Knowledge

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 2/25/2019

Wait List

February 25 - March 25, 2019 This seminar explores how participants can improve their content backgrounds, pedagogy, resources, and professional responsibilities in their specific content areas. Participants will explore methods for sharing their content knowledge and professional development beyond the classroom to make a difference in the profession.

24. I Just Focus On My Breath?? Where to Begin with Mindfulness

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 2/25/2019

Awareness (mindfulness) is a natural human capacity that lies dormant in many of us and is certainly less valued than our thinking capacity. We understand and value intellectual education and even physical education . Mindfulness can be thought of as mental education where we strengthen the muscle of mindfulness through practice. The benefits are increasingly documented in support of learning and overall well-being. So where do we begin? We, the adults, must incorporate mindfulness into our own lives so that we can effectively bring it into the classroom. This can seem daunting! Let's gather and yes, focus on our breath as a starting point. The first step on the journey...

25. Understanding the Role of Formative Assessment (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 2/26/2019

New

The role of data literacy and summative and formative assessments in the classroom is a critical one. This seminar will help teachers understand these assessment methods and when to use them to gather accurate information about student achievement. Participants will learn how to evaluate assessment items for depth of knowledge, classify questions to their level of rigor and write assessment questions for different levels of rigor.

26. Effective Questioning (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 2/27/2019

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400 questions a day. That’s the average number of questions teachers ask in a day. How many of these questions challenge students to think and demonstrate meaning? In this seminar, participants will explore the different purposes of questioning, classify questions according to purpose, and better understand Bloom’s Taxonomy and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge.

27. Why Trauma Matters Part II

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Administrators, educators, school counselors, support staff

Dates: 2/28/2019

To become a trauma informed environment, we must first understand trauma and how it can directly impact an individual’s behavior. For students especially, the learning process can be easily disrupted by trauma and stress. We will discuss the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study and the lasting impacts those experiences can have for today’s youth. Much of this workshop targets strategies one can apply to create a trauma informed environment. This is a continuation of Why Trauma Matters Part 1; you can attend this workshop without having attended the part one workshop.

28. ELT Online: Classroom Management Procedures

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/4/2019

Closed

March 4 - April 1, 2019 This seminar explores seamless integration of transitions, routines for handling materials and supplies, and performance of non-instructional duties. Participants will explore how to encourage students to assume responsibility for ensuring efficient procedures in a well-managed classroom.

29. Mental Health Education & Social Emotional Learning: Cultivating Mindful Connections

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 3/4/2019 to 3/22/2019

Through collaborative, hands-on investigation and experimentation, participants in this two-day experience will explore the intersections and implications of the SEL Guidance document and the NYS Mental Health Education Framework. We will work with the relevant texts as we develop a deeper understanding of what is being asked of us as educators in this SEL & Mental Health work. Important to this work is the self-awareness and reflection we engage in as adults, what Parker Palmer describes as “the work before the work”. We will spend time in this “work” as a community of learners. Central Questions for Exploration: How might we uncover and dismantle the stigmas associated with mental health? What might we need to be aware of in ourselves that informs the work we do with students? What are the possibilities for using the SEL Guidance document and the NYS Mental Health Education Framework in the most supportive and effective ways? Opportunities for further exploration will be discussed. This community will be central in the creative path forward with this work. Resources and information related to this experience and the ongoing work can be found here.

30. LETRS Training - Part 2 Cohort 1

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Professionals who had part 1

Dates: 3/5/2019 to 3/13/2019

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Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling - Part 2. Lunch is on your own. Water and coffee will be provided.

31. Teaching Students to Ask Quesitons (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/14/2019

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Students who initiate questioning in the classroom engage in higher-order thinking and advance their understanding of the content, demonstrating self-motivation. Participants will be introduced to, and work closely with, a protocol proven to encourage active classroom involvement and the development of questioning skills in students

32. National Board - Candidate Support

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/16/2019

This National Board Candidate Support Cohort provides a supportive, collaborative learning environment in which teachers will learn to describe and analyze their practice. Candidates will have multiple opportunities to receive peer review as well as a candid, fresh look at their respective written commentaries and video recordings.

33. Differentiated Instruction: Connecting With All Learners (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/19/2019

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This session raises awareness of research that supports instructional differentiation and examines the basic elements of two differentiation models. The seminar addresses the planning, teaching and learning aspects of differentiated instruction that all teachers may experience.

34. Cultivating a Mindful Community ~ Collegial Circles Zoom Online Meeting Opportunity

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 3/20/2019 to 6/12/2019

This professional collaboration opportunity is focused on building the skills of mindful communication and holding space for others by engaging in structured protocols that teach deep listening, presence, asking open, honest questions and honing the skill of paraphrasing. This offering is available to any educator and would be especially supportive to those in coaching and similar support roles. It is also relevant for any educator who seeks to bring heart-centered communication into their work and personal lives. Participants are asked to commit to all 4 Zoom Sessions to maintain the integrity and experience for all members.

35. National Board - Candidate Support

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/23/2019

This National Board Candidate Support Cohort provides a supportive, collaborative learning environment in which teachers will learn to describe and analyze their practice. Candidates will have multiple opportunities to receive peer review as well as a candid, fresh look at their respective written commentaries and video recordings.

36. ELT Online: Types of Learning Activities

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/25/2019

Wait List

March 25 - April 22, 2019 This seminar focuses exclusively on types of learning activities that promote deep learning aligned with the goals of the lesson and allow students to exercise some choice.

37. Dignity for All Students Act: Required Training for Certification/Licensure (Teachers, Administrators, Teaching Assistants, Coaches, etc)

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 3/26/2019

Dignity for All Students Act (The Dignity Act or DASA) Workshop: Six hour training in Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention. New York State's Dignity Act seeks to provide the State's public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function. School professionals applying for certification or license on or after DECEMBER 31, 2013 are required to complete six clock hours of course work or training in this area. This training is designed to fulfill that requirement. Tuition is $50.00 for employees of district which subscribe to the Oswego BOCES School Improvement Co-Ser. Tuition is $75.00 for all other attendees. If you are self-paying, please mail a Money Order or Bank Check made out to CiTi Treasurer. Send attention Kate Ginney. NO CASH please. To CiTi, 179 County Route 64, Mexico, NY 13114

38. Trauma Awareness in Education: Supporting Resiliency and Preventing Conflict (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 3/27/2019

New

Increasingly our students experience exposure to multiple or prolonged traumatic events, such as child abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence. This experience directly affects their social and emotional development and negatively impacts their behavior and academic growth in school. It is becoming more common that educators are faced with the challenges of connecting with and educating students who have endured complex trauma. Often the hurt that is felt by the student is placed on the educator and it can manifest in a variety of ways. This seminar will engage participants in understanding the roots of trauma, its prevalence and causes, the characteristics and associated behaviors, as well as learning how to work with traumatized students in a proactive and positive way.

39. Self-Care Saturday for Educators

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 4/6/2019

Save the Date! Details to follow soon!

40. National Board - Candidate Support

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 4/6/2019

This National Board Candidate Support Cohort provides a supportive, collaborative learning environment in which teachers will learn to describe and analyze their practice. Candidates will have multiple opportunities to receive peer review as well as a candid, fresh look at their respective written commentaries and video recordings.

41. Engaging the Disruptive Student (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 4/9/2019

Wait ListNew

What can you do when you have students who disrupt the learning in your classroom? This seminar will discuss the many strategies to enhance personal effectiveness with disruptive students and get student learning back on track.

42. SLS Council Meeting

Program: School Library Systems

Dates: 4/11/2019

These meetings are attended by members of the SLS Advisory Council that have been chosen and elected by the Communication Coordinators committee. The SLS Council advises the School Library System and helps create the Plan of Service and approves the SLS budget and Annual Report. All members of the SLS are welcome to attend but only members of the council may vote on recommendations.

43. Mindfulness in Education: Overview & Getting Started

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 4/19/2019

More than a buzzword, Mindfulness is rising up in its influence and value in education. The research is growing around its impact on learning, focus and overall health and well-being for students and adults. Through experiential learning and collaborative interactions, participants will explore mindfulness - what it is, why it matters, where it fits and how to begin. The work will involve an emphasis on personal practice as well as equip educators with strategies to begin using in their classroom or setting immediately.

44. Addressing Aggressive Student Behavior in Schools (3 hour)

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 4/22/2019

New

Special needs students experience many benefits as well as challenges in the classroom. Some students may resist efforts of teachers and SRPs to support and guide them. This resistance may be shown in passive ways or in more aggressive ways, such as acting out, tantrums, or even throwing objects. This seminar will focus on strategies for managing the behavior of students who demonstrate aggressive and disruptive behaviors. Participants will discuss the need to teach students to take responsibility for their own behavior, review a plan for ensuring they have the knowledge and skills to successfully change their behaviors, and proactive strategies for addressing specific misbehaviors. Confrontation strategies and strategies such as redirection, cause and effect and overcorrection will be explored and practiced.

45. SLS Kathleen Odean presents "The Best Young Adult Books"

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: Librarians & Teachers

Dates: 4/24/2019

Kathleen will present an all-day program for grades 6-12.

46. National Board - Candidate Support

Program: CNY/Oswego County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 4/27/2019

This National Board Candidate Support Cohort provides a supportive, collaborative learning environment in which teachers will learn to describe and analyze their practice. Candidates will have multiple opportunities to receive peer review as well as a candid, fresh look at their respective written commentaries and video recordings.

47. Cool Tools 2018-2019

Program: School Library Systems

Dates: 5/1/2019

Online self-paced learning program for a wide range of web-based services and networking tools. This Course will have a tentative start date in December of 2018 and will go through April of 2019.

48. SLS Joint Communication Coordinator / Council Meeting with Book Review Event

Program: School Library Systems

Dates: 5/7/2019

The SLS Communication Coordinators meetings are designed to be a bridge between the School Library System team and the school librarians in each of the districts and non-public schools that are members of the system. Each district has a designated Communication Coordinator who is required to attend the meetings but all members are welcome to attend. These meetings are attended by members of the SLS Advisory Council that have been chosen and elected by the Communication Coordinators committee. The SLS Council advises the School Library System and helps create the Plan of Service and approves the SLS budget and Annual Report. All members of the SLS are welcome to attend but only members of the council may vote on recommendations.

49. Mexico Elementary School Leadership Day

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 5/9/2019

Interested in learning more about an Oswego County school in Year 2 of the Leader in Me process? We invite you to attend Mexico Elementary School’s second annual Leadership Day. Our day includes time for classroom visits, a building tour, a question and answer session with our building’s Lighthouse Team, and our monthly student-led celebration, our Synergy Summit.

50. Cognitive Coaching Foundations Part 1

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 6/4/2019 to 6/26/2019

The mission of Cognitive Coaching is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.
In the eight-day Seminars, participants learn how to: *develop trust and rapport *develop an identity as a mediator of thinking *utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving *develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community *develop higher levels of efficiency, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence *apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating *utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions *distinguish among the five forms of feedback *use data to mediate thinking
Cognitive Coaching Seminars® are an eight-day training. Agendas for Days 1-4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching. Days 5-8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.

51. Self-Care Saturday for Educators

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 6/8/2019

Save the Date! Details to follow soon!

52. Cognitive Coaching Foundations Part 2

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 7/9/2019 to 7/31/2019

The mission of Cognitive Coaching is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.
In the eight-day Seminars, participants learn how to: *develop trust and rapport *develop an identity as a mediator of thinking *utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving *develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community *develop higher levels of efficiency, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence *apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating *utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions *distinguish among the five forms of feedback *use data to mediate thinking
Cognitive Coaching Seminars® are an eight-day training. Agendas for Days 1-4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching. Days 5-8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.

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