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SULLIVAN BOCES | 6 WIERK AVENUE, LIBERTY, NEW YORK 12754 | (845) 295-4000 | SCBOCES.ORG

LINDA OEHLER-MARX

Director of Instructional Support Services

Instructional Support Services: A division of Sullivan BOCES

“Building capacity to support quality programs and outcomes for students throughout the educational community”

Linda Oehler-Marx, Director of Instructional Support Services June 2015

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES:

We are busy wrapping up the school year. Data Services are hopping, keeping up with all their deadlines. Our School Improvement and Model Schools personnel are coordinating Regional Scoring of Regents Exams, here at BOCES and in Monticello. We have also been working toward planning for the summer and next fall. Our summer is shaping up to be exciting with a number of new opportunities, including our focus on Blended Learning, the STEAM Institute co-sponsored by OU BOCES and our roll-out of the new regionally developed Social Studies Inquiries.

I.S.S. OVERVIEW

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School Improvement In-District Service Days and Workshops Month 2013-4 Workshops

Participants Served

2014-5 Workshops

Participants Served

2014 Embedded In-

District Work

Number of Days

Summer 186 145 + 86 (Jensen) 1

September 99 6 4.5

October 72 39 + 691 (Jensen) 3

November 103 156 5

December 159 30 3

January 22 215 13

February 205 194 16

March 306 19 15.5

April 142 46

May 209 80

June 148

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By-District School Improvement Differentiated Service Days

Eldred SW Tri Valley Monticello LVM Roscoe Liberty Fallsburg BOCES

Sept 2 1.5 1

Oct 1 .5 1

Nov 3.5 1 2 .5 .5

Dec 2.5 .5 1

Jan .5 1 1 3 .5 4 4 .5

Feb 1.5 1 3 2 5 2 1.5

Mar 1 1 2 3 2 3 3.5

Apr 2.5 4 2 1

May 1 1.5

June 7 2.5

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Nicole Gallo - School Improvement Math Specialist June 2015

“Assist district administrators from component school districts to provide School Improvement program and technical support with a concentration in Mathematics.”

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES: (ex. new initiatives, status of program, updates on older efforts, student achievements, etc.)

Nicole’s first day with us is June 29th. She has been busy planning her summer work and getting ready for a move up to the area. She comes to us from Long Island where she has taught project-based learning and Tech Valley High in Troy where she taught math in an integrated learning environment. She received a degree in mathematics from RPI.

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Dola Deloff, ELA Specialist June 2015

Assists district administrators from component school districts to provide School Improvement program and technical support with a concentration in ELA. The primary focus is for School Improvement strategies, and efforts for College and Career readiness.

TRAININGS FACILITATED: (ex. new initiatives, status of program, updates on older efforts, student achievements, etc.)

Writing Workshop and the Common Core

Began a series of workshops in Livingston Manor CSD with elementary school teachers about how to integrate writing workshop with the Common Core

modules.

Staff Observations

Continued the process of observing teaching assistants at the RPEC. Activities included observing the teaching assistants, conducting the post-conference,

and providing useful feedback.

Art and Music Leadership Group

Facilitated county-wide meeting of art and music teachers. Topics included the Common Core, the Pathways, and the arts standards. We also discussed

needs for next school year.

LOTE Leadership Group

Met with foreign language teachers from around the county to discuss issues related to LOTE, including the Pathways (4+1), State Ed. information

regarding Pathways LOTE exams, testing, and the future of this group. The group proposed planning and leading countywide LOTE professional

development groups next year.

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AP Council

Met with Assistant Principals from around the county to discuss State Ed updates and continued the series of principal leading trainings offered by

Learning Forward. We also discussed continuing the meetings during the next school year, 1 a quarter.

NYSESLAT Scoring

Conducted training to score the NYSESLAT exams and led staff in the scoring of these exams. Participants were ELL teachers from around the county.

Grades 11-12 ELA Support Group

Met with 11th grade ELA teachers to discussion curriculum matters.

TRAININGS ATTENDED:

Reconsidering the Role of Regents Exams in Classroom Assessment Design

Engaged in text-based discussions and explored research and strategies related to the use of exams. Will be able to turnkey information in future SC BOCES

workshops.

Teaching is the Core Grant

Participated in 2 sessions to be able to assist component school districts that have received the grant. Also attended the final session in which participants

shared their work. Will be able to turnkey information gained in future SC BOCES workshops

Socratic Seminar

Attended in workshop about the merits, strategies, and implementation method of the Socratic Seminar in the classroom. Attendees included teachers of

various grade levels and subjects. Will be able to turnkey information gained in future SCBOCES workshops.

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NYSTCE Educating All Students Standard Setting Panel

Invited to participate in a day-long panel discussion facilitated by Pearson, Inc. and the NYS Ed Department regarding the setting of standards of a teacher

preparation exam. The panel created recommendations that will be presented to the Commissioner of Education.

Webinar—Redefining What’s Possible with Technology

Explored webtools to be used in the classroom. Will integrate skills learned in future SC BOCES workshops.

ON THE HORIZON:

Trainings to Facilitate

Goal setting with Liberty CSD middle school teachers

Writing Integration and Balanced with Liberty CSD elementary instructional coaches

Teaching Assistants Observations (completion)

Regional Scoring of June Regents

Writing Strategies with Livingston Manor CSD elementary teachers

Writing Strategies with Tri-Valley CSD elementary teachers

Grade Band Reflection Groups

Continued work with Liberty instructional coaches and staff about balanced literacy

Dissecting the Writing Prompt

Inquiry Learning

Coaching for Coaches

Socratic Seminar

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Workshops for sponsored STEAM Institute

Trainings to Attend

Staff/Curriculum Development Network meetings

Blended Learning training

Branding Your School training

Arts in Ed training

Field trip to DIA (to support STEAM Institute)

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Rosibel Gonzalez, Coordinator of RSE-TASC June 2015

“Special Education School Improvement Specialist”


Special Education School Improvement Specialist (SESIS): May 11- 15, DTSDE self-review:

SESIS participated and supported Fallsburg’s self DTSDE review process for the elementary and secondary buildings. The team was composed by OEE Mike Yahoo, a district administrator, a RBE-RN and RSE-TASC representative. As a result of the reviews, the team provided recommendations for implementation to the building leaders.

Induction meeting: On May 19, SESIS provided professional development to a mix-group of new Sullivan County educators (teachers and support service personnel.)

The focus of the session was on Literacy and the session was titled: How to Build Students’ Capacity to Write with Evidence. The goal of the session was for participants to have a better understanding of academic language and the academic language alignment of writing assignments to the CCS. Participants engaged in brief conversations of academic language, a brief overview of the components of writing standards, and their student’s writing skills.

Mid-Hudson Regional RSE-TASC Work: Fallsburg BIP Survival Training:

RSE-TASC

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On May 27, Dorothy Novogrodsky, RSE-TASC Behavior Specialist, presented the BIP Survival Training to Fallsburg CSD educators. The goal of the training was to gain an understanding of when and why a behavioral plan is needed, what it is, and how to properly implement and monitor a BIP. SESIS participated in this training to support Fallsburg CSD by developing a common language and understanding of their processes and concerns.

Tri-Valley CSD Self-review process on Suspension of Students with Disabilities

On May 28, Dorothy Novogrodsky; RSE-TASC Behavior Specialist, facilitated the self-review process for Suspension of Students with Disabilities at Tri-Valley CSD. SESIS participated in this process as a team member of the review. As a result of the review, Tri-Valley administrators will address a few systemic processes that impact some regulatory concerns.

Monticello CSD Self-review Process – Transition IEP review

On May 19, Patti Davis; RSE-TASC Transitional Specialist, facilitated the self-review process on Secondary Transition. SESIS was not able to participate in this review due to other work scheduled on that day.

Mid-Hudson PBIS Showcase

On May 19, the Mid-Hudson RSE-TASC had its annual PBIS Showcase at the Wallace Center in Dutchess County. At this event, Mr.Tom Ellison; PBIS Specialist from Sullivan BOCES, was recognized with an award for his work on PBIS and Olweus in Sullivan County as well as his collaboration with the RSE-TASC over the years. Educators from Liberty CSD participated in this event and represented members of the panel of speakers. Educators from the RPEC also participated in this event.

Stakeholders:

Literacy Work Group:

On May 3 – 4, SESIS worked with SESIS specialist from Oswego to align work conducted in literacy in preparation for the June meeting. As a result of this work, it was decided that there is a need for reformatting the literacy component titled “Systemic Support” in order to be useful to educators. Much editing needs to be conducted before the work is presented in June to other Literacy Workgroup members.

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On May 29, SESIS met with Mr. Millas, Ms. Fuchs Nadeau, and Ms. Laruffa to continue the discussion on the type of support RSE-TASC could provide. Ms. Davis; RSE-TASC Transitional Specialist, participated at this meeting. Dates were scheduled for CDOS professional development training with Ms. Davis for this fall of 2015.

Trainings/Conference Attended: New SESIS Trainings:

On May 5, SESIS participated in the New SESIS training which took place in Albany. This is a mandated professional development for all new individuals in the position. Part of the morning session focused around the Quality Improvement Process and Plan (QIP) Components and Tools, the SESIS work. In the afternoon, participants received an overview of repertoire of skills and tools for planning and conducting successful meetings, with emphasis on skills and techniques for facilitation.

Statewide SESIS Meeting:

On May 6-7, the SESIS participated in the statewide mandated meeting which took place in Albany NY. Day 1 focused on using a functional perspective to develop behavioral supports. This was an overview of the theories behind how and why behaviors occur within the context of the education environment. It was followed by text-based discussion around the book on Managing Challenging Behaviors in Schools by Lane, Menzies, Bruhn, & Cronobori. The afternoon was followed by breakout sessions. Day 2 of the meeting focused on DTSDE updates and processes, ESEA waiver and quality needs assessment focus groups.

On May 18, SESIS attended the monthly JMT RSE-TASC meeting. The meeting focused on Evaluating Professional development. We discussed chapters 4-6 from the Evaluating Professional Development by Thomas R. Gusky as it relates to each individual work.

On The Horizon:

SESIS will participate in the following upcoming activities: o June 2 & 9, 2015 Continue work with Fallsburg special education teachers o June 23-24, 2015 Literacy Workgroup, Albany NY

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Parents for Parents June 2015


Monthly Contacts:

P4P had 20 contacts with parents for the month of May which can consist of face-to-face meetings or phone calls. (data will follow)

Districts Calls Face-to-face

Monticello 5 3

Tri-Valley 0 4

Liberty 0 3

Sullivan West 0 2

Eldred 0 3

Total 5 15

Meetings attended:

On 5/28, Ms. Poitras attended the following SPOA meetings for 4 referrals:

2 Monticello

1 Sullivan West

1 – Ellenville _ Ulster Co./Sullivan border – Wurtsboro address

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Other Activities:

Ms. Poitras attended an informational presentation to the Transportation Subcommittee of the Sullivan County Long-Term Care Council on

Wednesday, May 20, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Legislative Committee Room with A.T. Stoddard of LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc,

regarding the findings for a county-wide transportation plan.

On May 21st, attended A.T. Stoddard’s presentation to the County Legislature in the Legislative Chambers. The purpose of attending this

meeting was to show support for the new Comprehensive Coordinated Transportation Plan.

Mr. Lederman :

Working with one parent to begin addressing behavioral concerns with child.

Attended the Sullivan CSE chairs meeting to present the work of P4P.

Working with Sullivan West, Tri-Valley, and Monticello districts regarding specific students.

In the Horizon:

Continues to search for a speaker for the Autism Acceptance Conference Day in the fall.

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Susan Zieres Teeple, Model Schools Coordinator June 2015 “Leveraging technology to transform education to improve the learning and lives of students.”

Description of Training Offered Location Enrollment

Google Goodies Webinar 4

Twitter as a Personal Learning Network Webinar 4

Collaborate with Students to Create eBooks Conf. Room 4 3

Redefining What is Possible with Tech Webinar 11

Research Better on the Web Webinar 3

Kids These Days Webinar 13

Online Research Tools Webinar 3

Digital Assessment that Feels More Like Play Webinar 8

30 Chrome Extensions to Increase Productivity Webinar 3

Managing a YouTube Channel Webinar 3

Total 52

MODEL SCHOOLS

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COURSES OFFERED Top Web Tools for the Classroom Cool Math Tools Chromebooks in the Classroom What’s New in Office 2013


Technology Plans - We are currently reading and reviewing all component school district plans. In order for school districts to apply for their SMART Bond money, they

will need an approved technology survey from SED. The Model Schools department and the MHRIC will be reviewing and approving all plans prior to SED submission.

Distance Learning Consortium Meeting – During our statewide meeting a representative from SED came to discuss models the BOCES are utilizing around the state for

online and blended learning. They are interested in seeing how the VAP courses are going to take shape now the grant and funding has concluded. SED is currently

forming a committee to see how the state can offer more online and blended learning to students around the entire state.

Sullivan West –I am a member of their technology committee meeting and have sat in on several committee meetings. Model Schools also did a demo for their high school

and elementary administrative staff on Office 365. The district plans to rollout Office 365 over the summer and the 15-16 school year.

BOCES – This past month we trained all the BOCES staff on how to administer STAR testing for all ELA and math teachers. We are also working on setting up the back end

and vetting the summer school courses with our blended learning platform Edmentum.

Roscoe – We continued to support Roscoe’s imitative on engaging students in the classroom. We spent the day in district observing and advising teachers on tools and

strategies to engage students with technology in the classroom.

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Upcoming Events:

6/11 – Engaging Students with Technology Over the

Summer

Webinar, 4-6 pm

7/16 – Social Media for Administrators

Conf. Room 1 –9:00am – 2:00 pm

7/28 – Introduction to Digital Portfolios


7/29, 7/30, 8/13 – Flip Learning Academy


8/17/15 – Flipped Learning Support Group


Monticello/Liberty – We just finished interviewing and plan to hire a new technology integrators for the 15-16 school year. S/he will work in Monticello C.S. four days a

week and one day in Liberty C.S.

Livingston Manor/ Tri-Valley – We have had several phone and in person meetings/questions about the development of their technology plans.

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Jodie Pillius-MacKrell, Educational Research and Evaluation Analyst June 2015

“data analysis and instructional research”


Monticello Central School District, Liberty Central School District, Sullivan West Central School District Working with newly released NWEA data for Monticello and Liberty Central School districts. Will create end-of-year data for buildings. Creating attendance data and reports for Monticello Central School District. Principal Meetings, SCCITA Meetings Attendance of meetings on a monthly basis to present and discuss data perspectives. Presented at all three meetings on 2014 data for NYS tests and how it aligns to poverty.

DATA SERVICE

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Shannon K. Leaney-Levenson - Educational Data Manager June 2015


Sullivan BOCES

Continued work to implement the Renaissance STAR Assessments for our Special Education Students.

Monticello

NWEA – Northwest Evaluation Association o Perform daily assessment coordinator tasks through-out the three weeks. Train staff on retesting procedures. Train our HS staff on

proctoring tasks. Close the testing window and begin work on all district, building and student level reports. DATA – Continue to work on end-of-year tasks and new-year set up. Work with Administration on enhanced VADIR/DASA/Discipline entry &

consistency in SchoolTool. Work with IT on issues and plans for better data security and upcoming enhancements to SchoolTool account security. Work with Administration and the Department Instructional Leaders to completely revamp the Elementary Report Card format for next year.

Both Sullivan BOCES & Monticello

TSDL – Complete the verification process with Teachers for TSDL (Teacher-Student-Data-Linkage). The Federal CRDC reporting system has become available, with an August due date. Continue to work towards completion of all required 2014-15 SIRS templates.

Training/Conferences Attended

Attended MHRIC SchoolTool User Group meeting on 5/19, New Paltz. Facilitated MCSD Data Team meeting on 6/1.

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Heather J. Strauss, Technical Data Specialist June 2015

“Data Team member - test coordinator, student management systems specialist, computer services”


BOCES Data projects, as directed; 3-8 Testing – Compiling, sorting & delivering all 3-8 exams for scoring; CTE Post Assessment creation – all classes; BOCES – All Post Assessment exam creation; ISS Summer Catalogue

MONTICELLO

Continuous compiling data for state reporting; Updates on data discrepancies, score uploads, program services, assessments; Testing Coordinator - 3-8 testing, data to RIC & new rosters; NYSESLAT & Science testing organization; Regents set-up and coordination; Teacher report card set-up and delivery.

DISTRICT WIDE

EDoctrina - LOTE exam updates for each language for 3 years - ongoing project (BOCES, All)

DATA SERVICE

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Compiling, sorting & delivering all 3-8 exams for scoring (multiple districts); Created & distributed post exams for all districts

COMING UP

SLO scores – data entry & processing for all Monticello Regents scores loaded

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Lynn Miller, School Library System Director June 2015

Our mission is to be instructional partners in preparing life-long learners for the 21st century.


The New York State Library contacted each School Library System for assistance with the Microsoft settlement. Our schools that qualified for

the settlement funds are Fallsburg, Monticello and Liberty. Our understanding is that given the settlement size, Microsoft is looking to purchase

multi-year contracts of several databases for these schools. To date, we have not heard the results on this yet.

The SLS Council invited Jeffrey Urbin from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to present to the group. He provided a

very informative program that will help our schools with the new Social Studies frameworks being rolled out.

At our last SLS Council has been discussing strategies to encourage our students to read over the summer. I have contacted my colleague at the

Ramapo Catskill Library System, Randy Enos, for the summer reading lists of favorite titles for kids; we have added as many of the titles that

are available in eBook form to OverDrive. During the month we have made bookmarks promoting summer reading and have begun distributing

them to the schools.

For July 8th

& 9th

, we have planned two mornings of hands-on workshops to learn about all the different digital services we provide. This is free

to our schools and an excellent way for teachers to broaden their skills and teaching resources.

LIBRARY SERVICES

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Jennifer Hollingshead June 2015

Arts In Education Program Assistant



Scholastic Art Awards * The National Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, June 11th at Carnegie Hall. Arts-In-Education * Contracts have been coming in for school performances from our CoSer participants. * Dates are currently in the planning process for next year's Elementary and High School Art Shows.

ARTS IN EDUCATION

ARTS IN EDUCATION

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Thomas Ellison, Prevention Specialist June 2015 PBIS/Olweus


Liberty CSD Provided discipline data studies, analysis and recommendations. Provided individualized follow up training and technical assistance for staff completing FBA/BIPs. Provided classroom environment assessments and follow up training for 1 teacher. Attended PBIS and Olweus team meetings. Provided training for elementary aides and monitors. Assembled and graphed FBA/BIP data for PPS Director. Completed Team Implementation Checklist in the elementary school.

Roscoe CSD

Provided monthly Olweus Bullying Prevention Program consultation. Facilitated contact with National Olweus Training Director. Planned Effective Supervision Training for Para-professional staff and faculty. Provided recommendations for summer training agenda.

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