SLS Weekly Update
Novemeber 18, 2022
Port Byron Makerspace Index Card Challenge
Port Byron Bridge Challenge
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Exploring Nature Resources
Hour of Code Advocacy Request
If you do anything with coding this week, can you please send me anything I can use for advocacy- pictures, short write-ups etc. I can pass them onto Paul and we can create a shared media push showing positive things happening in our libraries
EMTA Grant
About the Grant:
The New York State Educational Media/Technology Association provides up to two annual Media Literacy Grants in the amount of $1,250 for certified teachers in New York State who are working with Pre-K-12 students on media literacy. Eligible educators must work in a district that participates in the media service at a BOCES or Big 5 that is an EMTA member. Media Literacy is defined as the ability to comprehend, design, and produce media. It includes critical thinking skills used to evaluate and analyze information in a variety of formats. Media Literacy is essential to be able to distinguish between fact and fiction.
The purposes of the grant are to:
Support educators who provide resources and services that correlate to state and national learning standards for instructional excellence promoting media literacy.
To provide funds for research projects or demonstration projects that can be replicated in other areas across the state and nation.
Examples include:
A film literacy course held after school
Learning about the effective creation and use of media in student work
Using video effectively in your lesson plans
Link to apply below
Supporting ELLS sessions with RBERN
Teachers’ Cohort
Series: Supporting ELLs in the Content Area Classroom
Oracy for ELLs & Serving ELLs with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) and Newcomers
Tues, 12/6/22, 8:00am-2:00pm, Conference Rooms #1 & 2
This full day workshop is intended for content area teachers and ENL teachers. It will be divided into two parts. The first half of the day participants will explore the Oracy Framework, the Oracy Benchmarks, and various resources that support the understanding, planning, and implementation of oracy for Multilingual Learners and English Language Learners. In addition, participants will learn how they can create and implement classroom activities that incorporate high-quality talk through real-time Mathematics and Social Studies demo lessons applicable to their teaching practice. The second half of the day participants will learn about the growing ELL subgroup: Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE). Participants will discuss the unique needs of these students and explore differentiation strategies to support reading and writing development for SIFE and other Newcomers.
Standards-Based Instruction for ELLs in the Content Area Classroom
Mon, 1/9/23, 8:00am-2:00pm, Conference Rooms #2 & 3
In this full-day training, participants will use the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) theory and the NYS standards to plan lessons for students. UDL is a framework that supports teachers of MLs with different abilities to develop learning environments that are accessible and challenging to all. This session will introduce the UDL framework and the three Principles of UDL: engagement, representation, and action and expression. Standards-based instruction helps guide the planning, implementation, and assessment of student learning. Using standards to streamline instruction ensures that teaching practices focus on agreed-upon learning targets.
Support for ELLs in STEAM in Secondary School
Thurs, 3/16/23, 8:00am-3:00pm, Conference Rooms #1 & 2
This full-day workshop will help participants explore ways to create spaces for ELLs to innovate, hypothesize, collaborate and explore STEAM. Participants will be guided to intentionally create activities that open a space for exploration and communication while engaged in the discovery and collaborating with their peers.
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES SLS
Email: psweeney@cayboces.org
Website: https://www.cayboces.org/domain/28
Location: 1 Eagle Drive, Auburn, NY, USA
Phone: (315) 255-7609
Twitter: @plsweeney1