Regional School Success Digest
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A Warm Welcome
The purpose of our TST BOCES Regional School Success newsletter is to highlight upcoming professional development opportunities, support, resources, information, and more based on what is in demand and what is on our calendar!
Right now we are showcasing opportunities offered for the rest of August and are starting to look into the month of September. We know school is just around the corner and TST BOCES has a number of different ways to help our parents, educators, and students!
We have a new website for Parents!
Digital and Blended Learning Website
However, if you prefer a more self-paced version of these professional learning opportunities, we've designed modules for educators to build their own capacity to support students and families during this challenging time.
Regional Professional Development & Learning Opportunities from TST BOCES
Content Creation for Distance Learning
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020, 12:00 PM
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Restructure Learning Time: Rethink the Structures, Timing and Cadence of Learning presented by BetterLesson
WHEN
August 19th, 2020, 8am - 10am
WHERE
This is an online event.
MORE INFORMATION
The workshop focuses on distance and blended learning instructional strategies first and foremost, and then helps you learn about and practice a variety of freely available technology and support tools that you can use to implement those strategies. Throughout the workshop, the BetterLesson coach uses activity pedagogy, giving you a chance as a learner to experience best practice distance and blended learning strategies, tools and models.
To register in Frontline click here!
Be sure to register soon - only 20 spots are available!
Social Studies Exam Training
Shift #1: Focus on Conceptual Understanding
Shift #2: Foster Student Inquiry, Collaboration, and Informed Action
Shift #3: Integrate Content and Skills Purposefully
Participants will review the shifts and discuss the changes in the exam format. Additionally, they will investigate part II and III of the exam. Based on the new shifts, participants will explore and share some instructional and assessment strategies to support the new framework.
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020, 09:00 AM
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Student Engagement: Voice & Choice During Distance Learning
WHEN
Wednesday, August 19, 9am - 12pm
WHERE
This is an online event.
MORE INFORMATION
Student voice and choice is at the center of engagement. Participants will explore new strategies and tools to increase student engagement during distance learning. This 1 hour synchronous session will include direct instruction, as well as guided exploration. Participants will then have 2 hours to design and apply learning to prepare for the fall, as well as time to share artifacts and have questions answered.
Creating Meaningful Parent Teacher Connections
In this session, participants will explore strategies for building meaningful parent- teacher relationships so together they can create a positive, supportive, and lasting learning experience for everyone involved. Discussion will include possible roadblocks teachers may encounter, brainstorming ways to counteract them, and the continuance of a learning environment based on mutual trust and respect.
An additional office hour will be available (3:00pm - 4:00pm) for any participant who wishes to dive deeper into the content or discuss individual questions and challenges.
Thursday, Aug 20, 2020, 01:00 PM
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Seesaw Connect 2020: TST BOCES Consortium - New Cohort
Launch Date: Tuesday August 25 at 1:00 PM
WHERE
This is an online event.
MORE INFORMATION
Join Seesaw Certified Educator Matt O'Donnell for 2 weeks of asynchronous learning using Seesaw Learning Journal.
Participants will collaborate asynchronously to learn from fellow Seesaw community members, explore new ideas & strategies, and get inspired.
Daily weekday check-ins and posts will be expected throughout the 2 week period. No Seesaw experience necessary!
The format of this class:
- 1 hour synchronous time (30 minutes direct instruction, 30 minutes exploration): TUESDAY AUGUST 25 at 1pm
- Encouraged optional creation and application time afterwards with followup consulting with small groups
Instructional Resources For Teachers
UFLI Virtual Teaching Resource Hub
This helps teachers explore new ways to teach foundational reading skills using technology. This site has tools for reading instruction and intervention with children in the elementary grades. This provides great foundational reading resources that provide teachers with tools that can be used fluidly in a blended learning model.
Resource site can be found here: https://education.ufl.edu/ufli/virtual-teaching/main/
Introduction video:
UFLI Webinar
The video below provides Tech Tools for Online Instruction
Also from the University of Florida Literacy Institute is a live document that will be continuously updated with teacher tech tutorials. Teachers are encouraged to add and ask for further resources through the link provided on this document.
Fundations Introduces Virtual Resource Hub
For those using Fundations, Wilson Language has a virtual hub coming soon.
The new virtual hub can be found here!
Watch a sneak peak video of the Virtual Resource Hub below:
Professional Learning Opportunities & Webinars
CORE: 2020-21 Professional Learning Webinar Series
Topics for September and October from CORE:
September 23th from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMTeaching Spelling Using a Structured Literacy Approach With Dr. Louisa Moats, President, Moats Associates Consulting, Inc.
To register click here for this webinar.
October 8th from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM:
What Does Good Instruction Look Like for Students with Dyslexia: A Systems and Classroom View With Dr. Carrie Thomas Beck, Director of Literacy, CORE and Dr. Dale Webster, Chief Academic Officer, CORE
To register click here for this webinar.
Beyond the Phonics Fights With Emily Hanford, Senior Education Correspondent, APM Reports
Every webinar is aligned to the Science of Reading and are only thirty minutes!
Here are some of the available titles:
Teaching with Decodable Text
Mastering the Questioning Process
What is Orthographic Mapping?
How the Brain Reads
Scarborough's Rope: Strand By Strand
Phonemic Awareness for Older Readers
Balanced Literacy and Structured Literacy
Morphological Awareness: Does it Really Matter
Mid-State Professional Development is pleased to provide you with the following virtual workshops.
All of their offerings can be found here!
To learn more about the Mid-State Partnership and their projects, check out their website.
TST BOCES Regional School Success
Email: rss@tstboces.org
Website: https://www.tstboces.org/rss
Location: 555 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY, USA
Phone: 607-257-1551
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Twitter: @TSTboces