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1. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 7/9/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

2. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 7/10/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

3. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 7/18/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

4. 2024 HFM BOCES Regional Leadership Retreat

Program: Leadership Training

Audience: Leaders from the HFM BOCES region

Dates: 7/23/2024

This year our retreat will be held at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. This year's retreat will focus on building and implementing systems for effective literacy instruction that align with the Science of Reading including its integration with MTSS-I in all grades. This will include an introduction by The Reading League as well as district collaboration around guiding questions identifying systems in place that support the science of reading, as well as legal updates from Girvin and Ferlazzo The cost of the workshop includes a continental breakfast, buffet lunch and the presenter fee. A formal agenda will be sent to districts, as well.

5. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 7/25/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

6. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 8/6/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

7. Mentor Coordinator Training/Collaboration

Program: Mentoring

Audience: Mentor Coordinators

Dates: 8/8/2024

Whether you are brand new to your position as Mentor Coordinator or have been doing it for years, come and join us as we explore how to provide the best opportunities for our new teachers.

8. New Mentor Training

Program: Mentoring

Audience: Teachers intending to become mentors in their district.

Dates: 8/22/2024

This workshop will prepare all who wish to become Mentors by introducing them to the key information and skills necessary to build effective mentoring relationships. Anyone who has completed this but would like a refresher is also welcome to attend.

9. New Evaluator Training-two days

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: new building administrators and outside evaluators

Dates: 8/26/2024 to 8/27/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training including inter-rater reliability and agreement for all new evaluators is a two day in-person workshop. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric. (lunch is on your own)

10. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 8/27/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

11. Fall Asynchronous and ongoing- Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) (for September-December)

Program: DASA 6-Hour Certification

Audience: anyone seeking NYS Certification

Dates: 9/9/2024

Beginning January 1, 2014, all persons applying to the NYS Education Department for an adminstrative or supervisory service, classroom teaching service, or school service certificate or license, must complete six (6) hours of coursework or training in harassment, bullying, and discrimination prevention and intervention. The training is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to create an affirming school environment for all students. This class must be paid for ahead of time. No credit card payments can be accepted. Checks may be sent to HFM BOCES 2755 StHwy 67, Johnstown, NY 12095 Att: Instructional Services. If your district is supplying payment they will be billed. This is an asynchronous workshop. Participants will receive a link with the required work and be given five business days to complete it. Please send questions to tcaraco@hfmboces.org

12. Building Thinking Classrooms Book Study

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: Anyone who teaches or assists with Math

Dates: 9/23/2024 to 5/19/2025

Student difficulty with mathematics has been a pervasive and systemic problem since the advent of public education-not because students can't learn mathematics, but because, by and large, students can't learn it by being told how to do it. Research has shown that within a 60-minute lesson, 20% of students spent 8-12 minutes thinking, while 80% spent zero minutes thinking. This is a problem. This is what has been missing. Thinking is a necessary precursor to learning, and if students are not thinking, they are not learning. In the book Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl each chapter explores one of the 14 optimal practices, beginning with a deep dive into what are the institutionally normative practices that permeate many classrooms around the world. It reveals how each of these practices is working against our efforts to get students to think, and then it offers a clear presentation of what the research revealed to be the optimal practice for each variable. By the end of the book teachers will have a space that is inhabited by thinking individuals as well as individuals thinking collectively, learning together, and constructing knowledge and understanding through activity and discussion. You will purchase the book on your own, or your district can purchase it for you.

13. Literacy Study Group PK-5

Program: Instructional Strategies

Dates: 9/26/2024 to 5/22/2025

In response to NYSED's Literacy Initiative and the ongoing emphasis on the Science of Reading, this study group offers a recurring opportunity for educators to collaborate on advancing literacy. Together, we will explore systemic and classroom-based practices that support all students' literacy development. As schools and districts work toward similar goals and face common challenges, this forum will provide a space for mutual support, reflection, and sharing of best practices. This will be a bi-monthy, half day in person study group. All teachers are welcome to the group (SPED, Social Studies, Art, etc.) You do not need to come to every session if you are unavailable. Join anytime!

14. Building Thinking Classrooms Book Study BP Only

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: BP Math

Dates: 9/30/2024 to 6/20/2025

BP ONLY - Dates TBD - - Student difficulty with mathematics has been a pervasive and systemic problem since the advent of public education-not because students can't learn mathematics, but because, by and large, students can't learn it by being told how to do it. Research has shown that within a 60-minute lesson, 20% of students spent 8-12 minutes thinking, while 80% spent zero minutes thinking. This is a problem. This is what has been missing. Thinking is a necessary precursor to learning, and if students are not thinking, they are not learning. In the book Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl each chapter explores one of the 14 optimal practices, beginning with a deep dive into what are the institutionally normative practices that permeate many classrooms around the world. It reveals how each of these practices is working against our efforts to get students to think, and then it offers a clear presentation of what the research revealed to be the optimal practice for each variable. By the end of the book teachers will have a space that is inhabited by thinking individuals as well as individuals thinking collectively, learning together, and constructing knowledge and understanding through activity and discussion. Your district will purchase the book for you.

15. Science of Writing Series (1): Why is Writing so Challenging?

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: All K-12 teachers

Dates: 10/3/2024

Did you know only 27% of students in the nation are proficient writers? Why is that? In this PD we will discover what makes writing so challenging for students K-12. We will also answer the questions; what does the Science of Writing tell us about how students learn to write and what the prerequisites are for being proficient writers. Join us for session 1 of this 5 part series on the science of writing.

16. Building Thinking Classrooms Book Study - OESJ ONLY

Program: Instructional Strategies

Dates: 10/7/2024 to 5/28/2025

OESJ Only - Student difficulty with mathematics has been a pervasive and systemic problem since the advent of public education-not because students can't learn mathematics, but because, by and large, students can't learn it by being told how to do it. Research has shown that within a 60-minute lesson, 20% of students spent 8-12 minutes thinking, while 80% spent zero minutes thinking. This is a problem. This is what has been missing. Thinking is a necessary precursor to learning, and if students are not thinking, they are not learning. In the book Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl each chapter explores one of the 14 optimal practices, beginning with a deep dive into what are the institutionally normative practices that permeate many classrooms around the world. It reveals how each of these practices is working against our efforts to get students to think, and then it offers a clear presentation of what the research revealed to be the optimal practice for each variable. By the end of the book teachers will have a space that is inhabited by thinking individuals as well as individuals thinking collectively, learning together, and constructing knowledge and understanding through activity and discussion. Your district will purchase the book for you.

17. "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness" Book Study

Program: Culture/Climate

Audience: Any school Staff

Dates: 10/7/2024 to 12/16/2024

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the "play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the "phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this "great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children's social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies. Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the "collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood. The cost of this book study is only for the book. If you have the book, or plan on purchasing the book, the cost will be zero. If you would like me to order the book for you, please register by 9/10/24.

18. Literacy Study Group - Middle/High School

Program: Instructional Strategies

Dates: 10/10/2024 to 6/5/2025

In response to NYSED's Literacy Initiative and the ongoing emphasis on the Science of Reading, this study group offers a recurring opportunity for educators to collaborate on advancing literacy. Together, we will explore systemic and classroom-based practices that support all students' literacy development. As schools and districts work toward similar goals and face common challenges, this forum will provide a space for mutual support, reflection, and sharing of best practices. This will be a bi-monthy, half day in person study group. All teachers are welcome to the group (SPED, Social Studies, Art, etc.) You do not need to come to every session if you are unavailable. Join anytime!

19. "I Wish My Teacher Knew" Book Study

Program: Culture/Climate

Audience: Anyone that works in school buildings

Dates: 10/16/2024 to 11/13/2024

Have you ever asked your students to fill in this blank: "I wish my teacher knew_____". Kyle Schwartz, a third grade teacher did, and it changed her outlook. Throughout this book Kyle will share some of her students notes that relate to systematic issues in our schools (poverty, trauma informed classrooms, student engagement...). During our sessions, we will discuss this book and how it will relate to our work with students. The cost for this book study pays for the book. If you already have the book, or plan to get it yourself, just let me know (Hbozek@hfmboces.org) and the meetings will have no charge. **if you need a book ordered for you, please register by Tuesday, 9/10**

20. Model Schools: I have my i-Ready assessment data now what?

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Dates: 10/25/2024

Description of Learning: If your school uses the i-Ready Diagnostic Screener this training is for you! During our time together, we will cover the nuts and bolts of the i-Ready Diagnostic Screener. Topics discussed include the overview of the iReady Diagnostic Screener, the variety of i-Ready reports available, and how you can utilize and maximize the data to drive instructional planning. Please bring a computer and be ready to log into your iReady data as there will be time to dive into the data and start planning data-driven next steps. *Each session will be catered to the time of the year the test is taken

21. Science of Writing Series (2): How to Prepare Students for Writing (Spelling included)

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: K-5 Teachers (RTI - 6-8th grade)

Dates: 10/29/2024

In this PD we begin with understanding the basics of how writing develops in young students. We will then discuss how to teach spelling specifically for grades K-5. Spelling instruction does not have to end in 3rd grade. In fact, it shouldn't. "Until students learn how to spell the necessary vocabulary students often devote all of their available mental energy just getting words onto the page. Little memory is available for higher-level aspects of comprehension. As a consequence composition length and quality are likely to suffer. For this reason, spelling and overall writing achievement are highly correlated.” Join us for session 2 of this 5 part series on the science of writing.

22. Empowering Language Learning: Scaffolding Strategies for English Language Learners through AI Integration - In Person

Program: RBE-RN

Audience: Teachers and School Leaders

Dates: 11/7/2024

Starting Soon
Join us for an innovative and insightful professional development workshop designed to enhance your teaching strategies for English Language Learners (ELLs) through the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In today's diverse classrooms, educators face the challenge of catering to varying language proficiency levels. This workshop will equip you with practical scaffolding techniques, enriched by the power of AI, to create an inclusive and effective learning environment for ELLs. Teachers will have the opportunity to apply their learning to their current practice

23. The Science of Reading: A Secondary Focus

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: Anyone who teaches and assists students in 6-12th grade.

Dates: 11/7/2024

Starting Soon
There is a myth out there that the Science of Reading is only an elementary/phonics approach. That is just not true. The Science of Reading is research on how students learn to read AND comprehend at all levels of learning. If you're asking yourself, how does this effect me; how can I improve my instruction through the science of reading; what can I do to help my struggling learners, then come join us for an hour virtually after school. This applies to any and all teachers who teach grades 6-12.

24. New Mentor Training

Program: Mentoring

Audience: Teachers intending to become mentors in their district.

Dates: 11/8/2024

Starting Soon
This workshop will prepare all who wish to become Mentors by introducing them to the key information and skills necessary to build effective mentoring relationships. Anyone who has completed this but would like a refresher is also welcome to attend.

25. HFM BOCES Mentor/Mentee Required Meetings

Program: Mentoring

Audience: HFM BOCES Mentors and Mentees

Dates: 11/12/2024 to 6/3/2025

Participants will discuss and collaborate on timely topics as part of the Mentor Plan here at HFM BOCES.

26. Discover, Connect, Engage with Students and Sources

Program: School Library System/IRC

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 11/13/2024

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A brand new tool provided by SLS to help students and teachers discover, connect and engage will be the focus of this in-person training. Participants will discover, seek and find opportunities to improve how students interact and engage with technology to enhance learning while exploring, creating and engaging in critical analysis of academic content and knowledge. Participants will have time to connect and explore this tool where colleagues may expand learning and design learning experiences that are enhanced. The results will lead to engaged students. Librarians and other educators that will gain equitable access to digital content and help teach accessibility and digital health, safety and citizenship with easy ways to differentiate. This is a communication coordinator training but all librarians are encouraged to attend. The workshop will be followed by a virtual connect with area public librarians. Please note we will begin at 8:30 and end at 3:30 for this workshop.

27. Science of Writing Series (3): Building Sentences - The POWERHOUSE to Quality Writing

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: k-12 teachers

Dates: 11/14/2024

All Teachers are writing teachers! No matter what subject or grade you teach, students should be writing. Writing begins with understanding the sentence. Could you tell me what a subordinating conjunction is? How about an appositive? Do you know the difference between a simple, compound, and complex sentence? In the upper grades, you may think your students know these terms and can apply them to their writing already so you just assign writing without teaching it. If you want quality writing, then all grade level teachers should be practicing sentence work daily in the classroom. What does that look like? Join us for session 3 of this 5 part series on the science of writing.

28. 2024-2025 NYSAA-Required Facilitated Training

Program: Special Education Issues

Audience: NYSAA Test Administrators

Dates: 11/15/2024

This training is for any staff administering the NYSAA exam for the first time.Please bring your laptop and be sure to have access to KITE.

29. Comprehension is a Process AND a Product of Reading

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: All Teachers K-12

Dates: 11/18/2024

Have you ever encountered a student who, after reading the words on the page, looks up with a blank expression and cannot explain the story or text they just read? Or do they give bizarre or unrelated answers to questions about the meanings of passages read aloud? Or totally misinterpreted it because they "missed” something important? That is not uncommon. Most teachers would say that these students have problems with comprehension. But what exactly does that mean? In this PD we will define comprehension as both a process and a product of reading. We will dig deeper into finding out what specifically students are not comprehending and explore ways to help your students with reading comprehension.

30. Region High School Principals Fall Meeting

Program: Leadership Training

Dates: 11/19/2024

Please join us for this opportunity to collaborate with peers and address relevant topics. The agenda will be sent prior to the meeting. Topics to be covered: Tara Moffett from Girvin and Ferlazzo, Science of Reading - Middle School and High School levels.

31. Fall Regional Elementary Principals Meeting

Program: Leadership Training

Dates: 11/19/2024

Please join us for this opportunity to collaborate with peers and address relevant topics. The agenda will be sent prior to the meeting. Topics for this meeting include a look at NYSEDs Curriculum Review Tool, updates from the Office of Early Learning, and a look at Science Everywhere.

32. Model Schools: Mystery Science Hour

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 11/19/2024

Mystery Science is a K-5, NYS standards-aligned science curriculum that inspires kids to love science! The platform is inquiry-based and provides lessons and activities of varying length, focusing on exploration and hands-on activities, and it has a bank of premade assessments. Join us for this virtual, introductory session as we examine the basic features of Mystery Science and strategies for classroom implementation.
(With this session, it is highly recommended that you attendant the Science of Writing Session 3 on Building Sentences) Now that we have a good understanding of the sentence level of writing, your students are ready to write paragraphs and compositions. Planning a Narrative vs. an Informational vs. an Opinion/Argumentative piece all need specific instruction. How do we create a writers environment? Which graphic organizers will student use? How do we scaffold writing for students? How do we give feedback through the revising and editing process? Join us for session 4 of this 5 part series on the science of writing.

34. APPR Refresher Training for Evaluators

Program: Lead Evaluator Training

Audience: Building administrators and outside evaluators who have previously been trained

Dates: 11/22/2024

This year's required evidence-based observation training will be in person at the HFM BOCES Conference Center. Our work will include a Danielson Refresher as well as inter-rater reliability and agreement. This workshop will prepare attendees to evaluate teachers using the Danielson Rubric.

35. Model Schools: Teaching Tomorrow - An A.I. Infused Classroom

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 12/5/2024

Our world is changing. AI is ever present and not going away. How can we as teachers and administrators use it to our advantage? How can our students use this technology without it being considered "cheating?” Join us as we discuss AI and learn about how we can hone the power that it provides instead of shutting it out. Artificial Intelligence WILL change everything. Be part of the change for your students' success!

36. The Science of Writing Series - In PERSON

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: K-12 Teachers

Dates: 12/9/2024

Can't make the after school Science of Reading Series Sessions or would you rather learn it all in one day? Join us as we compile all of the Science of Writing Series in a day long session. We will explore all of the writing topics from the virtual meetings such as; 1. Why is Writing so Challenging? 2. How to Prepare Students for Writing (Spelling Included) 3. Building Sentences - The POWERHOUSE to Quality Writing 4. Supporting Composition: Narrative, Informational, and Opinion/Argumentative Writing 5. Assessing the Writing Process

37. Model Schools: Mystery Science Hour

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 12/10/2024

Mystery Science is a K-5, NYS standards-aligned science curriculum that inspires kids to love science! The platform is inquiry-based and provides lessons and activities of varying length, focusing on exploration and hands-on activities, and it has a bank of premade assessments. Join us for this virtual, introductory session as we examine the basic features of Mystery Science and strategies for classroom implementation.

38. The Science of Writing Series (5): Assessing the Writing Process

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: k-12 Teachers

Dates: 12/12/2024

How do you currently assess student writing? Does assessment inform your writing instruction or is it just another grade for the writing standard on the report card? In the last installment of the Science of Writing Series we will learn about evaluating student writing. Students should be evaluated on both the composition and the foundational writing skills that have been taught through explicit instruction. Proficient writers take proficient teachers who use research backed instruction to teach writing! Join us for session 5 of this 5 part series on the science of writing.

39. Digital Citizenship in Action Book Study

Program: School Library System/IRC

Audience: school librarians

Dates: 1/8/2025 to 2/13/2025

Digital citizenship curricula should strive to show students possibilities over problems, opportunities over risks and community successes over personal gain. This book shows educators how to do just that while being mindful of the responsibility to give back to the community and work toward social justice and equity. This book study is a regional study for school librarians to discuss the contents from a library perspective. It is limited to 20 participants.

40. MODEL SCHOOLS: Canva Beginner

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 1/10/2025

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The session will examine some basic features of Canva and will allow time for creating presentations or other media with assistance from the presenters.

41. The Peaceful Classroom Series: Community Circles

Program: Instructional Strategies

Dates: 1/17/2025

The purpose of this professional development session is to empower educators with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to effectively implement Community Circles in their classrooms. As a key strategy within social-emotional learning (SEL) and restorative practices, Community Circles foster a classroom culture rooted in respect, empathy, and open communication. In today's educational landscape, students face numerous challenges that affect their academic performance, social interactions, and overall well-being. Community Circles offer a powerful tool to address these issues holistically, providing a flexible space for students to express themselves, listen to others, and collaboratively solve problems. They promote a positive classroom culture by creating a sense of belonging and inclusivity, enhance SEL by fostering emotional regulation and empathy, and improve conflict resolution skills. Community Circles also foster open communication, build trust, implement restorative justice, and support academic success through engaged and collaborative learning. By participating in this session, educators will gain a comprehensive understanding of Community Circles, practical skills for facilitation, and confidence in their implementation, ultimately creating a more peaceful, inclusive, and supportive educational environment for all students.

42. Model Schools: Technology Addiction - Helping Students Maintain a Healthy Relationship with Technology

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: All educators

Dates: 1/21/2025

Cell phones and social media have become a part of our culture and everyday lives. They are revolutionary tools that in many ways have connected the world and brought people together, but they also have been a source of stress and division. In particular, studies have shown that these new technologies can have negative impacts on children, adolescents, and their developing minds. Join us as we investigate what studies say about the effects of technology and strategies that might be implemented to protect our students as they grow and learn in our technological age.

43. Model Schools: I have my i-Ready assessment data now what?

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Dates: 1/31/2025

Description of Learning: If your school uses the i-Ready Diagnostic Screener this training is for you! During our time together, we will cover the nuts and bolts of the i-Ready Diagnostic Screener. Topics discussed include the overview of the iReady Diagnostic Screener, the variety of i-Ready reports available, and how you can utilize and maximize the data to drive instructional planning. Please bring a computer and be ready to log into your iReady data as there will be time to dive into the data and start planning data-driven next steps. *Each session will be catered to the time of the year the test is taken

44. MODEL SCHOOLS: Canva Intermediate

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 2/7/2025

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Overview of some intermediate features of Canva, including education options, classroom features, presentation mode, and interactive content, with a creativity and consultation session developing media with help from the presenters. Canva Beginner is not a prerequisite but familiarity with the platform would be helpful.

45. MODEL SCHOOLS: Canva Advanced

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 2/28/2025

New
Overview of some advanced features of Canva, including video, artificial intelligence, editing a PDF, bulk create, and incorporating apps, with a creativity and consultation session developing media with help from the presenters. Canva Beginner and Canva Intermediate are not prerequisites but familiarity with the platform would be helpful.

46. Model Schools: Turbocharging Student Engagement

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Audience: All educators

Dates: 3/11/2025

Engaging students in the classroom has always been a challenge, but in our modern technological world, filled with distractions, that challenge seems to have grown. Join us as we investigate the causes of student disengagement and examine strategies that can be implemented to encourage classroom participation. We will also look at new technologies that have revealed ancient mysteries, creating opportunities to spark student interest and imagination.

47. Model Schools: I have my i-Ready assessment data now what?

Program: Integrating Technology into Curricula and Instruction

Dates: 6/13/2025

Description of Learning: If your school uses the i-Ready Diagnostic Screener this training is for you! During our time together, we will cover the nuts and bolts of the i-Ready Diagnostic Screener. Topics discussed include the overview of the iReady Diagnostic Screener, the variety of i-Ready reports available, and how you can utilize and maximize the data to drive instructional planning. Please bring a computer and be ready to log into your iReady data as there will be time to dive into the data and start planning data-driven next steps. *Each session will be catered to the time of the year the test is taken