Transcript Curriculum and Instruction Council

Curriculum and Instruction
Council
November 12, 2009
Welcome and
Introductions
Article Read
SED Updates
Legislative Updates
2009-2010 Planning
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6+1 Traits of Writing
Direct Vocabulary Instruction
Classroom Management
Co-Teaching
Balanced Literacy
21st Century Skills
Differentiation of Instruction
School Secretary Training
Leadership This Fall
• Health & Safety Issues in Schools
• Legal Advice: Student Discipline
• Data Mining: Using COGNOS,
ReportNet, and Data Mentor to Answer
Your Data Questions
• TALKS: Hall Davidson
• Principals Meetings
Leading the Learning
ASCD Collection
IT&D Updates
CNY ASCD
Testing
• 3-8 Administration & Scoring Issues
• Tell CI&A SOON if you want them
involved with your 3-8 scoring
• 3-8 ELA tests arrive during break
• Still saying no change to 3-8 formats
• ELA Regents transition to 6hrs
“paused”
• FASTscore
• January Regents Week
21st Century Skills
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Next couple of BCIC meetings
Book at next meeting
C.21 skills primer
OCM BOCES P21
Affiliate Status
• Summer event
Content Area
Literacy
• Share resource: Time to Act: An
Agenda for Advancing Adolescent
Literacy for College and Career
Success
• Content Area Literacy intro
• Active Literacy Across the
Curriculum recommended
• What are districts doing?
Communicating and
Coordinating
Professional
Development Needs
for Next Year
• December meeting be ready to
share (organizer available)
• Service Visits coming
• Coffee & cookies visits, too?
Earning College
Credits in High School
Committee
• Came up at last meeting
• High Efficiency Planning Grant
news
• Form a committee to study?
Scheduling Question
• Do any districts offer block
scheduling by semester courses,
rather than full year courses? (this
would be for core area courses,
not electives)
BCIC Meetings
Next Meeting
This Meeting
More on 3-8?
Like Last Year
Iss.ocmboces.org
Wrap-Up
• Meeting evaluation
• Next meeting: December 10th