JULY 29 30

ADMINISTRATOR CONFERENCE
Schedule - July 29 A1 A2 A3 A4 Tech lab 2 Tech lab3
Session 1: 8:00-9:15 Providing Effective Feedback in
the Elementary Math
Classroom
Providing Effective Feedback in
the Middle School Math
Classroom
Special Ed Apps for
Instruction/Adaptations
Providing Effective Feedback in
the High School Math
Classroom
Using AIMSWeb to inform SLOs
Session 2: 9:20-10:35 Special Ed for Principals - What
is your Role?
Testing Misconduct, Reporting,
and Recommended Training for
Faculty
Aligning Student, Teacher, and
Principal Evaluation
Data Warehouse Level 1 Primer
for Principals
Using STAR to inform SLOs
Session 3: 10:40-11:55 5 Keys for Principal Support of a
Successful Coaching Program
Checking for Understanding to
Increase Student Engagement
Collegial Conversations around
the CCLS implementation
School Program Evaluation
Using the School Report Card
AR4ED
Session 4: 12:00-1:15 Applying the NY CCSS
Instructional Practice Guide
(ELA K-5)
Providing Effective Feedback
using ELA shifts in SS, Sci and
Technical Subjects (grade 6-12)
Flip the Faculty (Meeting) e-Doctrina for administrators -
SLOs
Twitter for Professional Growth
Schedule - July 30 A1 A2 A3 A4 Tech lab 2 Tech lab3
Session 1: 8:00-9:15 5 Keys for Principal Support of a
Successful Coaching Program
Providing Effective Feedback in
the Elementary Math
Classroom
Testing Misconduct, Reporting,
and Recommended Training for
Faculty
Visible Learning - Session 1 Computer Based Testing Skills
in the Curriculum
Level 2 Warehouse and the
State Report Card
Session 2: 9:20-10:35 Applying the NY CCSS
Instructional Practice Guide
(ELA 6-12)
Thinking Collaborative in the
Classroom
Visible Learning - Session 2 Special Education: What is the
Continuum of Services?
Excel for Administrators School Program Evaluation
Using the School Report Card
Session 3: 10:40-11:55 Applyingthe NY CCSS
Instructional Practice Guide
(ELA K-5)
Inter-Rater Reliability
Evaluation Practice Session
Connecting Students through
Technology Pilots
Add STEAM to your Curriculum,
An Overview of How it
Connects.
Excel for Administrators #2 Using Digital Media to Connect
and Communicate
Session 4: 12:00-1:15 Special Ed for Principals - What
is your Role?
Flip the Faculty (Meeting) Ipad for administrators Wake Up & Power Up! Why
pay attention to Gamification
Twitter for Professional Growth
7.28.14
29-Jul
SESSION 1 DESCRIPTION
Providing Effective Feedback in the Elementary
Math Classroom
Participants will become familiar with the Math
K-8 NY CCSS Instructional Practice Guide and
how it aligns to the Danielson and Marzano
rubrics. Participants will utilize the tool while
analyzing instructional videos, math example
problems, and practice providing effective
feedback.
Providing Effective Feedback in the Middle School
Math Classroom
Participants will become familiar with the Math
K-8 NY CCSS Instructional Practice Guide and
how it aligns to the Danielson and Marzano
rubrics. Participants will utilize the tool while
analyzing instructional videos, math example
problems, and practice providing effective
feedback.
Providing Effective Feedback in the High School
Math Classroom
Participants will become familiar with the Math 9-
12 NY CCSS Instructional Practice Guide and how
it aligns to the Danielson and Marzano rubrics.
Participants will utilize the tool while analyzing
instructional videos, math example problems,
and practice providing effective feedback.
Special Ed Apps for Instruction/Adaptations
This session will look at some great Apps that can
be used inside of a special education classroom.
The Apps will be broken down by differentiation,
Alignment to the curriculum, data collection and
motivation for our special education students.
Using AIMSWeb to inform SLOs
There are several methods you can use to set
SLO targets in Aimsweb. Come explore some
ideas that may work for your district including
Rate of Improvement and Growth Norms.
Aimsweb will also provide scores for you - their
process will be explained. Please bring your
login credentials with you.
SESSION 2 DESCRIPTION
Special Ed for Principals - What is your Role?
Build an awareness of the special education
process regarding federal and state regulations
relevant to principals.Support the collaboration
of general and special education teachers to
ensure access to general education for students
with disabilities in the least restrictive
environment.
Testing Misconduct, Mandatory Reporting,
and Recommended Training for Faculty
Learn about the newest regulations for
mandatory reporting of testing misconduct,
including educator misconduct, filing reports with
the Test Security Unit, whistleblower protection,
the role of the Integrity Officer, recommended
training for all proctors and avoiding testing
improprieties.
Aligning Student, Teacher, and Principal
Evaluation
Thiswill be an interactive session that gathers
perception data and identifiesgaps between
student, teacher, and principal evaluation.
Through activie participationdata will be
collected and analyzed to determine what can be
controlled locally and what are non negotiables.
Data Warehouse Level 1 Primer for Principals
Principalswill experience exploringthe level 1
data warehouse focusing on instructional reports
and cubes. Participants should come prepared
with user ids and passwords so they can login
(uses email) to the data warehouse to follow
along with the facilitator. Verify your login before
attending.
Using STAR to inform SLOs
STAR assessments predict an end of year score
based on the thousands of data points. This
predicted score can be helpful in setting SLO
targets as well as progress monitoring goals.
Please bring your Renaissance Place login
credentials with you as well as the STAR link to
your district database.
SESSION 3
5 Keys for Principal Support of a Successful
Coaching Program
Principals who have Boces staff for coaching are
highly encouraged to attend. Professional
development programs are most effective when
they involve intensive forms of support. When
coaching programs are designed well and leader
supported, the chances for positive impact are
greatly increased.
Checking for Understanding in order to
Increase Student Engagement:
Anytime you ask a student to do something you
have created engagement. When teachers
create systems for checking for understanding as
an ongoing part of the lesson, student
engagement is increased.
Collegial Conversations around the CCLS
implementation
How are teachers in your district implementing
the CCLS? Session will offer opportunities for
structured discussion groups around a variety of
related curriculum topics, including scheduling,
vocabulary, available resources, guided reading
and more.
School Program Evaluation Using the School
Report Card
Using trend analysis when looking at district and
school report cards can help educators to find
strengths and weaknesses in education
programs. This session will show educators how
this process works. Participants should have
access to their district 2011-2012 and 2012-2013
School Report Cards.
AR4Ed
Find out what augmented reality (AR) is and it's
impact in the classroom. Examples of how local
schools are transforming learning through the
inquiry process will be shown. Best used with
mobile devices/tablets and addresses STEAM
and 21st century skills within the classroom.
SESSION 4 DESCRIPTION
Applyingthe NY CCSS Instructional Practice
Guide (ELA K-5)
Participants will share their experience using the
ELA K-2 and 3-5NY CCSS Instructional Practice
Guides, practice using the tool while analyzing
instructional videosfor the ELA Shifts,explore
givingeffective feedback using the tool, and
brainstorm uses for this tool in your
building/district.
Providing Effective Feedback using ELA shifts in
SS, Sci and Technical Subjects (grades 6-12)
A shift is the transition from present work to
common core standards. The 6 shifts require
content area teachers to be truly aligned in terms
of curricular materials and instruction. Overview
of what it looks like in those classrooms,
modifications needed for SWD, ELL, and content
specific issues.
Flip the Faculty (Meeting)
All great achievements require time --Maya
Angelou. Maximize face to face time with your
teachers by flipping your faculty meeting. Get
tips and tricks from experienced principals, along
with technology options to make flipping
seamless.
e-Doctrina for administrators - SLOs
This session will be a showcase of the updates in
eDoctrina. Reports, updates to SLO's, and
general information will be shared. Additional
follow up options will be provided.
Twitter for Professional Growth
People on Twitter are tweeting, but what are they
tweeting about? The time has come to learn the
basics of Twitter and use it as a means for
professional growth within the education world.
30-Jul
SESSION 1
5 Keys for Principal Support of a Successful
Coaching Program
Providing Effective Feedback in the Elementary
Math Classroom
Testing Misconduct, Mandatory Reporting, and
Recommended Training for Faculty
Visible Learning by John Hattie
Computer Based Testing Skills in the Curriculum
Level 2 Warehouse and the State Report Card
SESSION 2
Applying the NY CCSS Instructional Practice
Guide (ELA 6-12)
Thinking Collaborative in the Classroom
Special Education: What is the Continuum of
Services?
Excel for Administrators
School Program Evaluation Using the School Report
Card
SESSION 3
Applyingthe NY CCSS Instructional Practice
Guide (ELA K-5)
Inter-Rater Reliability Evaluation Practice Session
Add STEAM to your Curriculum, An Overview of
How it Connects.
Connecting Students through Technology Pilots
Using Digital Media to Connect and Communicate
SESSION 4
Special Ed for Principals - What is your Role?
Flip the Faculty (Meeting)
Ipad for administrators
Wake Up & Power Up! Why pay attention to
Gamification
Twitter for Professional Growth
DESCRIPTION
Principals who have Boces staff for coaching are
highly encouraged to attend. Professional
development programs are most effective when
they involve intensive forms of support. When
coaching programs are designed well and leader
supported, the chances for positive impact are
greatly increased.
Participants will become familiar with the Math
K-8 NY CCSS Instructional Practice Guide and
how it aligns to the Danielson and Marzano
rubrics. Participants will utilize the tool while
analyzing instructional videos, math example
problems, and practice providing effective
feedback.
Learn about the newest regulations for mandatory
reporting of testing misconduct, including educator
misconduct, filing reports with the Test Security Unit,
whistleblower protection, the role of the Integrity
Officer, recommended training for all proctors and
avoiding testing improprieties.
Visible Learning is the result of 15 years
research and synthesizes over 800 meta-analyses
(over 50K studies) relating to the influences on
achievement in students. It presents the largest
ever collection of evidence-based research into
what actually works in schools to improve
learning.
The focus on an overview of computer-based testing
components, sample questions and district
preparation. Examples of online assessment options
will be showcased in preparation for the PARCC
Assessment, along with a look at skills and resources
available to help students in the classroom setting.
This session will illustrate the connections between
Level 2 reports and the data in the NYS School and
District report cards. Topics include PIs, EAMOs and
AYP.
DESCRIPTION
Participants will refresh around the ELA 6-12 NY CCSS
Instructional Practice Guide, consider ways to
integrate with the Danielson and/or Marzano rubric,
and practice providing effective feedback using the
tool.
Infusing the strategies of Adaptive Schools into the
culture of Common Core
We will discuss the regulatory requirements to
guide recommendations for special education
services using a student need-centered process
for determining service recommendations on an
IEP. Specially Designed Instruction that supports
each individual student needs in the least
restrictive setting.
This session will introduce participants to the tools
they need to organize, explore and summarize data
using powerful features of excel.
Using trend analysis when looking at district and
school report cards can help educators to find
strengths and weaknesses in education programs.
This session will show educators how this process
works. Participants should have access to their
district 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 School Report
Cards.
Participants will share their experience using the ELA
K-2 and 3-5NY CCSS Instructional Practice Guides,
practice using the tool while analyzing instructional
videosfor the ELA Shifts,explore givingeffective
feedback using the tool, and brainstorm uses for this
tool in your building/district.
This session will provide administrators an
opportunityto watch, score, provide
instructional feedbackand compare ratings of a
teaching video. It's recommended multiple
administrators from a district attend for
authentic discussion on inter rater reliability
This session will provide an overview of the
STEAM movement, an introduction to the
instructional design of inquiry based lessons and
the connection to the Common Core Learning
Standards.
Are you looking at purchasing devices for
students but not sure what fits best for your
curricular goals? Investigate the pilot successes
and challenges. We currently work with districts
in implementing iPads, Chromebooks, Google
Play devices and Windows 8 devices.
The Internet provides different digital media methods
to connect with constituents to include websites,
blogs, and Facebook.Explore some of the possibilities
of digital media and start connecting and
communicating with constituents.
DESCRIPTION
Build an awareness of the special education
process regarding federal and state regulations
relevant to principals.Support the collaboration
of general and special education teachers to
ensure access to general education for students
with disabilities in the least restrictive
environment.
All great achievements require time --Maya
Angelou. Maximize face to face time with your
teachers by flipping your faculty meeting. Get
tips and tricks from experienced principals, along
with technology options to make flipping
seamless.
Administrators will learn how using an iPad in their
daily routine will assist with managing workflow
between staff, students, and parents. Participants will
be introduced to specific apps that can help manage
different aspects of the day as well as realizing the
transformative power of iPads.
Gaming and gamification are topics that have
garnered attention in education circles. But what
exactly do we mean by gamification and gaming?
What do these concepts have to do with education?
This workshop will define these terms and provide
resources to start gamifying your school.
People on Twitter are tweeting, but what are they
tweeting about? The time has come to learn the
basics of Twitter and use it as a means for
professional growth within the education world.