NYSTC March 2012 Spring Symposium

2. Eastern Upstate
Far West
Greater Rochester
Long Island
Lower Hudson
New York City
Southern Tier

3. COMMON CORE DATA-DRIVEN
STANDARDS INSTRUCTION
APPR
TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION
TEACHER
LEADERSHIP

4. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
EASTERN UPSTATE REGION
GREAT TEACHERS ACADEMY
A Collaboration between GCRTC & WSWHE
BOCES
• Common Core Standards
• Data-Driven Instruction
• Teaching Standards & APPR
• Teacher Leadership
• Technology Integration

5. GREAT TEACHERS
ACADEMY
A Collaboration between
GCRTC & WSWHE BOCES
• Common Core Standards
• Data-Driven Instruction
• Teaching Standards & APPR
• Teacher Leadership
• Technology Integration

6. GCRTC’S GREAT TEACHER ACADEMY:
BUILDING CAPACITY BY DEVELOPING TEACHER LEADERS
30 teachers in Salem, North Warren and Saratoga Springs
are directly impacted by this pilot.
686 teachers will be impacted by those 30 teacher-leaders
in their respective districts.
4,634 teachers will ultimately be impacted in 32 districts in
the WSWHE BOCES region.

7. Teaching Response to Intervention
EASTERN UPSTATE REGION
ASSISTING WHEATLAND-CHILI
TEACHERS WITH RTI TRAINING

9. Developing Teacher Leadership
FAR WEST REGION
TEACHER LEADERS

10. 21st Century Technology Integration
FAR WEST REGION

11. Working Cooperatively to Achieve Our Goals
FAR WEST REGION
1. Teacher / 2. Common Core
Leader Learning
Effectiveness Standards
3. Data 4. Race to
Inquiry the Top Initiatives

12. Working Cooperatively to Achieve Our Goals
FAR WEST REGION
Goal 1 - Teacher Leader
Effectiveness
Instructional Leadership Seminar on NYS Teaching
Standards: Your Path to Highly Effective Teaching
Goal 2 – Common Core Learning Standards
Train on CCLS to Curriculum Learning Specialists
and District Literacy Teams to promote Career
and College Readiness

13. Working Cooperatively to Achieve Our Goals
FAR WEST REGION
Goal 3 – Data Inquiry
Provided every department with the book Protocols for
Professional Learning and participated in the design of
the training for Looking at Student Work (LASW).
Goal 4 – Race to the Top Initiatives
Supporting teachers in studying the
elements of instruction and engaging
them in reflective practice based on data.

14. Collaborating with Higher Education
FAR WEST REGION
Sharing NYS Teaching Standards
With Niagara University Clinical
Experience and Partnership Committee

15. Adapting to our increasingly globalized world
FAR WEST REGION
LOTE Curriculum
Revision Aligning
to Common Core
Learning Standards
and
Best Instructional
Practices

16. Developing Effective Teaching
FAR WEST REGION
Characteristics of an
Effective“SUPER” Teacher!

17. Developing Effective Teaching in Technology
FAR WEST REGION
“User-Friendly” Language for
Standards 1.6 and 2.1

18. “Gradually Releasing” Learner Responsibility
FAR WEST REGION
Teacher Responsibility
Focus Lesson “I do it.”
Guided Instruction “We do it.”
Collaborative “You do it together.”
Independent “You do it alone.”
Student Responsibility

19. Teachers teaching Teachers
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION

20. Teaching with 21st Century Technology Tools
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION
IPAD TRAINING PILOT
for
elementary
and secondary
math and
ELA
instruction

21. Teaching with 21st Century Technology Tools
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION
IPAD TRAINING PILOT

22. Teaching with 21st Century Technology Tools
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION
IPAD IN CLASS

23. Teachers Addressing Challenges with Peers
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION
TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN
COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY TRAINING

24. Teaching with 21st Century Technology Tools
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION
USING SKYPE
Teachers participating in
to “Read Across
America” on Inquiry Training
Collaborative Dr. Seuss’s
birthday

25. Teaching with 21st Century Technology Tools
GREATER ROCHESTER REGION
POSTING
QR CODES
TO GET THE
WORD OUT
ABOUT RTTT
INITIATIVES

26. Peer Reviewed Training with Higher Ed
LOWER HUDSON REGION
ONLINE ACADEMY
THROUGH NY INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
High-quality, online professional development for
educators in the 21st century aligned to SLOs
Student comment:
“Thank you for this course. Technology is constantly
changing and to stay current teachers need these
opportunities to apply new strategies in the classroom.”

27. Online Technology Tools for the 21st Century
LOWER HUDSON REGION
An online teaching and
learning community
which provides educators the use of social networking
tools, collaborative groups, personal web pages, and
electronic classrooms.
Connect and collaborate with colleagues
Enhance skills with professional development
e-Classroom: Create classrooms in the clouds

28. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
NEW YORK CITY REGION 150
School-Based
Teacher Centers
Borough- Network
Based Teams
Focus Areas
Networks Common Core
Data-Driven Instruction
Teacher Leadership
Technology Integration
Study
Professional Groups
Development
Institutes Citywide
Conferences

29. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
NEW YORK CITY REGION
Navigating Informational Text:
Shifting Perspectives, Changing Practice
• Analyze the CCLS instructional shifts in literacy.
• Explore the features of complex informational texts.
• Apply strategies - close reading, patterned reading - to comprehend
• complex texts.
Shifts in Mathematics Instruction: Standards to Practice
• Focus on major cluster of concepts – operations collaborate and number
Troy teachers and algebraic thinking and the
plan at high school
system to promote fluency and mastery.
• Create cognitively demanding learning experiences using Standards for Mathematical
Practice.
• Learn effective strategies to deepen conceptual understanding of:
• Numbers and Operations-Base 10 (PreK-2)
• Fractions (Grades 3-5)
• Ratios and Proportional Reasoning (Grades 6-12)

30. Teaching and Learning with Technology
NEW YORK CITY REGION
• Explore Web 2.0 tools for online communication,
collaboration and production aligned with the CCLS.
• Examine lesson plans, activities and resources on Verizon
Thinkfinity and SAS Curriculum Pathways.
Technology Integration
Professional Development -
modeling the use of
web 2.0 to communicate,
collaborate and share
published work

31. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
NEW YORK CITY REGION
Data-Driven Instruction – Response to Intervention
186 NYC School Teams - 6 Networks
Data Sources
o screening data
o diagnostic assessments Children’s First Network
o progress monitoring Schools Supported
Troy teachers collaborate and CFN 531
Data is used to… CFN 530
o design small group high school
plan at instruction 31 25
CFN 532
27
o monitor student progress 37
36
CFN 533
CFN 534
o identify areas for re-teaching 30
CFN 535
o provide students with feedback

32. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
NEW YORK CITY REGION
Master /
Turnaround Lesson Study Focused on
Teachers teaching and
Instructional learning Impact on
Lead Coaching aligned to the Student
Teachers Common Core Learning
Standards
National Study Groups
Board
Candidates

33. Using 21st Century Technology
LOWER HUDSON REGION
TAMING THE COMMON CORE MONSTER
Collaborate Clarify Explore Create Reflect
This Virtual PLC
allows teachers to collaborate in a safe environment
explores 6 shifts required in ELA instruction
provides activities for new standards
provides access to online resources, sample lessons
and a process to assess current teaching and
determine what instructional modifications will
better align instruction to Common Core Criteria.

34. Collaborating with Higher Education
LOWER HUDSON REGION
Teacher Leaders Program
Certificate of Advanced Study
Collaboration with Manhattanville College
15 credit certificate program
Prepares candidates for
Teacher Leader roles such as:
Literacy Coach
Instructional Facilitator
Inquiry Team Leader

35. Coaching Initiative for Teachers
LOWER HUDSON REGION
Provides highly qualified coaches just an email away
Coaches cover the following areas:
Elementary and Secondary Content / CCLS
Technology Integration
Special Education
National Board Certification
Leadership Training
Higher Education / Pre-Service Partnerships

36. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
SOUTHERN TIER REGION
GETTING TO THE CORE
A Conference for Educators by Educators
A Collaboration among ALL 12 STTCN Centers
• Common Core Standards
• Data-Driven Instruction
• Teaching Standards & APPR
• 21st Century Skills
• Technology Integration

37. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
SOUTHERN TIER REGION
Using the 3 Priorities of the Teaching Standards
to Design Common Core Units
A Collaboration among DTC, L-GTC, TCTC & TSTBOCES
• Common Core Standards
• Data-Driven Instruction
• Teaching Standards & APPR
• 21st Century Skills
• Technology Integration

38. Delivering the Regents Reform Agenda
SOUTHERN TIER REGION
A CALL TO ACTION:
Using Common Core for College & Career Readiness
For High School & College ELA & Math
• Common Core Standards
• ELA Shifts
• Math Shifts
• 21st Century Skills

40. Online Academy
High-quality, online professional development for
educators in the 21st century
Online Academy provides professional development
opportunities specific to subject areas aligned to student
learning objectives
Instructors complete rigorous, peer reviewed training through
New York Institute of Technology
Student comment:
“Thank you for the opportunity to take this course. Technology is constantly
changing and in order to stay current teachers need these opportunities to apply
new strategies in the classroom.”

41. Current professional development opportunity…
“Taming the Common Core Monster”
Collaborate Clarify Explore Create Reflect
This Virtual PLC allows teachers to collaborate in a safe, non-
threatening environment. The six shifts required in all ELA instruction
are explored in a series of segments which provide teachers with
activities designed to increase understanding of the new standards,
easy access to online resources, sample lessons and a process for
assessing current teaching and determining what instructional
modifications are needed to align instruction more fully to the
Common Core Criteria.

42. Teacher Leaders Program
Certificate of Advanced Study
Collaboration with Manhattanville
College
15 credit certificate program
Prepares candidates for Teacher
Leader roles such as:
Literacy Coach
Instructional Facilitator
Inquiry Team Leader

43. Coaching Initiative
Available to all teachers in the Lower Hudson Network
The Initiative provides highly qualified coaches who are
just an email away
Teachers may contact one of these coaches to ask for
assistance
Coaches cover the following areas:

44. Teacher Responsibility
Focus Lesson “I do it.”
Focus Lesson “We do it.
Guided Instruction
“You do it together.”
Guided Instruction
“You do it alone.”
Independent
Student Responsibility

45. “Gradually Releasing” Learner Responsibility
FAR WEST REGION
Teacher Responsibility
Focus Lesson “I do it.”
Focus Lesson
Guided Instruction “We do it.” do it”
“We
Guided Collaborative “You “You together.”
Instruction do it do it together”
Independent “You do itdo it alone”
“You alone.”
Student Responsibility