Staff & Curriculum Development
Support and Solutions - Issue 18
About the Newsletter
The Madison-Oneida BOCES Staff and Curriculum Development Newsletter is a platform that we use to provide you with curated resources, things to know, tools to use, and ideas to explore.
If we share them, it's because we have looked at them and we think they might be worthy of your limited time! Click on the things that you think will help you and skip the things that won't. And remember, we are here if you need us!
One to Share
Good ol' Simon Sinek -- sharing the science of how we work as humans, and doing so in short, interesting, bites. Here's an idea to share and discuss with your students. Enjoy!
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CONTENT & PEDAGOGY
Seven Phrases to Remember
What messages do they hear from us?
Stephen Merrill offers 7 key phrases to use in your classroom to help build strong relationships and a positive culture.
Up and Coming...
ALSO... The webpage is constantly updated with dates and times for Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and for other workshops and opportunities that arise.
Up and coming opportunities include
- Virtual Interactive Notebooks
- High School Physical Science PLC
- School Counselor PLC
- Agriculture Education PLC
- Family and Consumer Science PLC
- K-12 Science PLC (focus on Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts)
- Brainstorms & Brilliance: Support for New Teachers
- Band PLC
- Flipped Classroom
...and that's all between now and February 1st!
Instructional Minutes
Maria Papa has designed these quick videos for our current reality: when we have limited time but want to keep learning professionally! Enjoy!
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RESOURCES AND IDEAS
Important Resource Notice
NYSED plans to move the materials to it's Curriculum and Instruction website. The move should be completed in March of 2022.
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THE READING CORNER
Graphemes, Phonemes, & Letters, Oh My!!
All teachers know what letters are. But some may not know what graphemes and phonemes are. Graphemes are the written symbols that represent one sound. Phonemes are the individual sounds found in a word. Use this infographic to help aid your understanding.
To see an example of a lesson that is built to helps students begin to orthographically map a word using phonemes, graphemes, and letters, check out the video below!
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Just for Fun...
Looking for support? Have an idea to share? Have a video that we should add? Reach out to us at scd@moboces.org. Also, check out our webpages by clicking on the logos below!
January 12, 2021
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