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CURRICULUM
CENTER
PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING
CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
COLLEGIAL CIRCLES
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION
& BELONGING
HUMANITIES
• LITERACY
• HEALTH
• SOCIAL STUDIES
• WORLD LANGUAGE
STEAM
• MATHEMATICS
• SCIENCE
• STEAM
APPR & DASA
www.PNWBOCES.org/Curriculum-Center
Dear Valued Colleague, 2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 2
The Putnam | Northern Westchester BOCES Curriculum Center is
Professional Learning
proud to present this year’s Professional Learning Catalog focused on
providing the region with layers of learning. The 2021–2022 catalog
is designed to meet the unique needs of educators particularly after “The beautiful thing
a challenging year for all. By offering learning opportunities in a about learning is that
number of different modes and contexts (in-person, virtual, blended), no one can take it
it is hoped that professional learning will be even more accessible for
educators across the region. away from you”
The carefully curated offerings contained within were designed to build B.B. KING
upon the strengths of educators in the region, fostering the lifelong
learner in all of us.
The Curriculum Center is dedicated to serving the expressed needs TO REGISTER
of educators across our region through partnership and collaboration.
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Dueck for a four-part series that will help you develop a contemporary Click on the workshop name, read
assessment plan for grades K-12, Diane Cunningham who will lead the details, and click the "Enroll"
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culturally responsive practices, and Jim Wright who will assist schools
in developing strong Tier 1 interventions for MTSS. Our carefully-
curated regional professional learning opportunities, paired with our TERMS AND CONDITIONS
robust collegial circle groups, will provide you and your teams with the
PNW BOCES is looking forward
tools needed to take teaching and learning to the next level.
to welcoming educators back to
our campus. Please note that
The multi-layers of learning from the Curriculum Center include more workshops held through December
than the workshops in the catalog. The Center continues to offer will take place virtually.
onsite work with consultants who are available to work in person or
virtually in order to support your district’s distinct needs. Along with Districts will be billed based on
registration unless cancelled
our regional workshops and onsite consultants, the Curriculum Center seven days prior to the workshop.
is launching a new webinar service, which will connect educators If a district does not approve of
synchronously and asynchronously, depending on individual learning attendance, the registrant must
styles and needs. withdraw from the workshop online
prior to the seven-day cancellation
Thank you for your continued support, and for choosing to learn at period or contact ccenter@
pnwboces.org for assistance.
The Putnam | Northern Westchester BOCES. We look forward to an Enrollees are responsible to make
exciting year ahead of us as we collectively lead, learn, and grow. sure that registrations are either
approved or disapproved prior to
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DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES
Samantha Hirsh
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES
All local BOCES provide professional
development and support services. Please
Mary Ford check with your local BOCES to see what is
offered. These programs and services are not
PRESIDENT, PNW BOCES CURRICULUM COUNCIL intended to take the place of similar offerings
provided by your own BOCES.
CURRICULUM COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND REPRESENTATIVES 2021-2022
ARDSLEY GARRISON MAMARONECK SOMERS
Duncan Wilson Carl Albano Annie Ward Claire Comerford
Allison Emig Kevin Guidotti
BEDFORD MONTICELLO
GREENBURGH
Amy Fishkin Linda Oehler-Marx SULLIVAN WEST
Corey Reynolds
Kathleen Bressler
BREWSTER MILLBOOK
Steve Walker
HALDANE
Michelle Gosh Caroline Hernandez-Pidala
Josh Elder
TARRYTOWN
BRIARCLIFF Maryann Seelke NORTH SALEM
Ronald Gonzalez
Jasmine McQuay Julio Vazquez
HARRISON
TUCKAHOE
BRONXVILLE Michael Greenfield OSSINING
Christopher Keogh
Mara Koetke Lisa Mulhall Michelle Grier
VALHALLA
BYRAM HILLS HASTINGS PLEASANTIVILLE
Elizabeth Kimiecik
Timothy Kaltenecker Melissa Szymanski Cameron Fadjo
Andrew Taylor WHITE PLAINS
HENDRICK HUDSON PEEKSKILL
Debbie Hand
CARMEL Margaret Ruller Dan Callahan
Lizzette Ruiz-Giovinazzi Rebecca Aviles-Rodriguez YORKTOWN
HYDE PARK
Ron Hattar
PELHAM
CHAPPAQUA Greg Brown Lisa O’Shea
Adam Pease Steve Garcia
IRVINGTON
POCANTICO HILLS
CROTON-HARMON Gail Duffy
John Griffiths Adam Brown
KATONAH-LEWISBORO
PUTNAM VALLEY
DOBBS FERRY Mary Ford
Darrell Stinchcomb Jacqueline Levine
LAKELAND
RISING GROUND
EASTCHESTER Karen Gagliardi
Scott Wynne Angela White
LIBERTY
RYE CITY
EDGEMONT Lynnette Bruger
Michael Curtin Tricia Murray
MAHOPAC
SCARSDALE
ELMSFORD Michael Tromblee
Marc Baiocco Edgar McIntosh
CURRICULUM
CENTER
PROFESSIONAL
TAble of Contents
LEARNING
CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION
COLLEGIAL CIRCLES
& ASSESSMENT 01 – 09
COLLEGIAL CIRCLES
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION 10 – 22
& BELONGING
DIVERSITY, EQUITY,HUMANITIES
INCLUSION & BELONGING 23 – 30
• LITERACY
HUMANITIES 31 – 48
• HEALTH
• SOCIAL STUDIES
• WORLD LANGUAGE
STEAM 49 – 63
STEAM
APPR & DASA
• MATHEMATICS 64 – 66
• SCIENCE
• STEAM
ON-SITE SERVICES SERVICES 67
APPR & DASA
PRESENTER AND ON-SITE CONSULTANT BIOS 68 – 77
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Layers of Learning
CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
The Curriculum Center takes immense pride in bringing the region some of the
best instructional leaders in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and
assessment. Our facilitators of learning are from across the region, state,
nation, and world to share their expertise and practice with us virtually and in
person. This year we continue our partnership with Diane Cunningham and
Myron Dueck to support the region in the areas of authentic assessment,
feedback, engagement, and student voice. We are working with regional
educators to deliver learning on the principles of Universal Design for Learning,
and with Jim Wright to focus on Tier 1 interventions and MTSS in the secondary
classroom. These opportunities, and more, will help support the continued
growth of your staff.
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CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Leading through Uncharted Waters: Ideas and Tools to Build Leadership
Capacity in Assessment, Grading, and Reporting Conversations
How do we build capacity around shifting our assessment practices?
Being an instructional leader can be difficult at the best of times, and all the more so when it’s
someone who’s ‘not regularly in the classroom’. In this session, Myron Dueck will share his leadership
experiences in helping guide administrators and teacher leaders through difficult assessment
conversations. Participants will review and discuss general concepts and ideas to assist them in
planning and sustaining change and will cover potential responses to typical and unique challenges.
Myron will share plans and templates that help guide important conversations, and participants will be
able to edit these documents for immediate use. The session will conclude with participants having the
ability to have an open and safe discussion on grading and assessment.
Participants: Teacher leaders, supervisors, building and district level administrators
Facilitator: Myron Dueck
Dates: 9/21/21 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Cost: $97 members / $112 non-members
Building an Effective Assessment Plan
How do we assess students in meaningful, authentic ways?
In a world demanding deeper thinking and problem-solving abilities, it is incumbent upon educators
to design ‘futurewise’ learning opportunities. These demonstrations of learning will in turn demand
different assessment tools. This four-part series will look at the many facets of assessment in order to
weave a blueprint for how we can be intentional in every step of the assessment process. Participants
will explore how we can truly involve students when we establish learning goals by approaching our
standards with our students and making learning goals clear and accessible. Participants will work
on how they can describe evidence of learning, assess the extent to which something is learned,
and report what has been learned. They will examine the purpose, use and design of performance
assessments (rubrics), as well as looking at different approaches to ongoing assessment and
alternative assessment routines.
Session 1: Purpose, Beliefs, and Clear Learning Targets
Session 2: Building Stronger Performance Assessments
Session 3: Designing Ongoing Assessments and Student Self-Reporting
Session 4: Do assessment changes cause a re-examination of grades?
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Facilitator: Myron Dueck
Dates: 9/21/21, 10/19/21, 11/16/21, 11/30/21 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $368 members / $424 non-members
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CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Blended Learning Institute: Amplifying Student Agency & Independence
How can we increase student engagement through blended learning?
This professional learning series will provide participants with an authentic blended learning experience
and exploration of the pedagogies and practices embedded in this instructional approach. We will
focus on how the blended learning model can support learner-centered practices that build student
independence, self-awareness, and agency for learning. Key questions that will be addressed include:
• What is blended learning and how does it differ from hybrid leaning?
• What does student centered instruction in a blended model look like?
• How do we achieve assessment as learning in the blended context?
Participants will be asked to take action, apply new learning, and return to group sessions ready to
share and discuss successes, challenges, and questions.
The blended program will be facilitated remotely, and will blend synchronous group meetings with
asynchronous, self-paced learning in between synchronous sessions.
All synchronous meetings will take place from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM and will be held on the following
days: 9/29/21, 10/13/21, 10/27/21, 11/10/21, 12/1/21, 12/15/21
Cost: $574 members / $660 non-members
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Leveraging Technology Learned Throughout the Pandemic
How do we leverage our new technology skills and apply them in a post-pandemic classroom?
You survived! You learned, out of necessity, to use many new tools and instructional models to adapt
to remote and hybrid learning. You would probably like to forget some of what you learned, but there’s
always a silver lining. In this workshop, participants will reflect on how teaching and learning were
impacted by the pandemic and how lessons were adapted accordingly. We’ll look at some of the best
practices that we can apply to our “normal” classroom, with the new skills that we (and our students)
have acquired.
Participants: K – 12 classroom teachers
Facilitator: Linda Brandon
Date: 10/1/21 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $97 members / $111 non-members
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CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Studying Skillful Teaching: Promoting Motivation, Learning, and Achievement
How can teachers develop a strong repertoire of teaching strategies and techniques that help
to establish a positive classroom climate and build high expectations for all students?
Nothing is more complex, challenging, or important than assuring high levels of learning for each and
every student. And no single factor has a greater impact on student learning than skillful teaching.
The Studying Skillful Teaching program is Research for Better Teaching’s (RBT) cornerstone program
for building teachers’ capacity (i.e. the knowledge and skills, as well as the courage and conviction
to promote students’ motivation, learning, and increased achievement). It is based on the belief
that teaching is a process of decision-making, and that skillful teachers never stop learning through
experimentation, data analysis, study, and collegial sharing about what works best for their students.
The Studying Skillful Teaching workshop is comprised of the following components:
• Course schedules are designed to balance in-class learning and reflection with
out-of-class application
• Course readings draw upon the course text, The Skillful Teacher: Building Your
Teaching Skills (2009), and current professional articles
• Course assignments, of which there are three, strengthen participants’ capacities
in the areas of planning, teaching, and reflecting
• Participants are expected to come prepared to each session having completed course
readings and assignments and ready to engage in critical thinking and dialogue with
fellow educators.
The course includes one copy of the required text, The Skillful Teacher.
Structure of sessions:
Dates: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Synchronous Learning
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Asynchronous Learning
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Synchronous Learning
Participants: K – 12 classroom teachers, coaches, and mentor teachers
Facilitator: Deb Reed
Dates: 10/5/2021, 10/26/21, 11/16/21, 12/7/21, 1/11/22, 1/25/22 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $860 members / $989 non-members
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Authentic Assessment – 5 part series with Diane Cunningham
How do we design authentic assessment to increase student learning?
Are you interested in becoming a designer of student learning through the use of authentic
assessment? If so, join Diane Cunningham for one or more of these unique virtual modules designed
to provide you with all of the tools you need to take your assessment design and practices to the next
level. Learn alongside others and receive individualized feedback as you learn. Each module can be
taken separately.
Module A: Power Up Student Voice - Design an Authentic Task
Students learn deeply when they are asked to use their knowledge and skills to create, design, teach,
or solve real problems. This module will highlight six design moves that increase authenticity and
amplify student voice. Teachers will be able to draft or revise an authentic task for their students in this
interactive workshop and receive feedback on their work.
Dates: 10/6/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
10/20/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $325 members / $375 non-members
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Module B: Engaging Students Through Choice
Choice not only motivates students, but it also fosters true engagement and builds essential self-
management skills. This module will address the following guiding questions and will offer practical and
useful strategies that work in face-to-face as well as remote settings. Participants will also have the
opportunity to apply their learning through design.
• What are the many benefits of choice?
• How do we design choices to address differences?
• How do we help students to make good choices?
Dates: 11/1/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
11/15/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $325 members / $375 non-members
Participants: K – 12 Educators
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Module C: Feed Learning: Provide Useful and Focused Feedback
When teachers ask their students to use knowledge and skills to create, design, teach or solve
real problems, the need for feedback throughout the process is evident. This module will provide
concrete strategies that will help teachers to provide quality feedback and manage the feedback
process when students are engaged in projects. Teachers will also explore self and peer feedback
that produces learning.
Dates: 1/10/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
1/24/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $325 members / $375 non-members
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Module D: Design Criteria for Success: Develop Checklists and Rubrics that Students Can Use
As students use knowledge and skills to create, design, teach, or solve real problems, they can
produce high-quality work when supported with models and clear criteria. This module guides teachers
in the development and use of criteria in checklists and rubrics. They will explore when and how to have
students use criteria for self- and peer-feedback. Teachers will be able to draft or revise a checklist or
rubric for their students in this interactive workshop and receive feedback on their work.
Dates: 2/7/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
2/28/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $325 members / $375 non-members
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Module E: Questioning for Thinking: Plan Questions That Ask Students to Think and Reflect
Teacher questioning practice, when done carefully, is linked to increased engagement and improved
thinking. This module will allow teachers to explore the type and timing of the questions they use to
support student learning of content and the development of thinking skills. Specific attention will be
given to questioning that promotes metacognition and reflection.
Dates: 3/14/21 | 8:30AM – 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
3/28/21 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM or 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $325 members / $375 non-members
Participants: K – 12 Educators
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Empowering the Expert Learner in Your Classroom: Using the Principles of Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) to Support and Empower All Students
How can I use the elements of UDL to support all learners?
Come join us for a four-part series that will focus on Universal Design for Learning and how it applies
to you, your teaching, and your students. Participants and facilitators will work together to identify
learning and teaching barriers, and will talk through solutions to maximize student voice, choice, and
engagement. Collaboratively, we will focus on creating a toolbox to empower expert learners in your
classroom. Participants will leave the series with knowledge of the following:
• An understanding of Universal Design for Learning Principles
• Access to resources to support learner variability in your classroom, including creating a
learner profile for your students
• A deeper understanding of tools that you have access to and how to reduce barriers
in your classroom
• A personalized tool box that you can implement in your classroom.
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Facilitators: Margaret Browning-Barnickel & Erica Rogan
Dates: 10/7/21 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
10/27/21 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
12/3/21 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
1/13/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $363 members / $417 non-members
MTSS for Academics:
Optimize Supports for At-Risk Learners in the Secondary Classroom
How can we implement MTSS models at the secondary level to support all students?
Middle and high schools need a system to help learners at risk for academic failure. This need has only
grown during the COVID pandemic, with increased numbers of students falling behind in academic
skills due to remote learning and interrupted instruction. This 4-hour remote training is intended to
help middle and high schools to establish or strengthen their MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports)
model. It will review best practices in MTSS for academics and highlight those ‘non-negotiable’
elements necessary for success at intervention Tiers 1, 2, and 3—with particular focus on the strengths
and challenges of making MTSS work in a secondary setting. Participants will also have an opportunity
to review their school or district MTSS practices, identify areas needing improvement, and develop their
own action plan. All resources introduced at this training will be accessible online after the workshop.
School and district teams are encouraged to attend.
Participants: Secondary educators
Facilitator: Jim Wright
Date: 10/14/21 | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $123 members / $141 non-members
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Infusing Technology into the SS/ELA Curriculum
How do we elevate the SS/ELA curriculum through infusing technology?
As a subscriber to the PNW BOCES SS/ELA curriculum, you may wonder how you can utilize and
incorporate the resources available on the website into technology-rich, student-centered lessons for
your students. In this workshop participants will be introduced to strategies and tools that will help
accomplish this goal. Example lessons will be shared with step-by-step instructions on how to design
and develop similar experiences for students. The workshop will be tailored to the grade levels of the
teachers enrolled, so be sure to sign up early!
Participants: K – 8 social studies teachers
Facilitator: Linda Brandon
Date: 10/25/21 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $97 members / $111 non-members
Tier 1: Building a Classroom Intervention Toolkit
How do we build our Tier 1 interventions to best support our students?
The recent COVID interruption has resulted in larger numbers of at-risk learners who need classroom
intervention plans to be successful. This 4-hour remote training demonstrates effective Tier 1 classroom
interventions (grades 3-12) across a variety of academic areas. Participants will also learn about
Internet sources to obtain high-quality research-based interventions to create their own intervention
bank. Sample forms will be shared for documenting Tier 1 interventions. All materials and resources
shared will be available free to participating schools.
Participants: Grades 3 – 12 teachers, building and district administrators
Facilitator: Jim Wright
Date: 11/18/21 | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $148 members / $178 non-members
Tier 1: Building a Classroom Data-Collection Toolkit
How do we build our data collection toolkit to best support our students?
This 4-hour remote workshop will demonstrate a bank of common, feasible data-collection methods (e.g.,
curriculum-based measurement, rubrics, work products, checklists, etc.) to track the progress of Tier 1/
classroom interventions in grades 3-12. Participants will review how to reduce error and increase the
trustworthiness of data sources. This training will also present a 7-step organizer to plan high-quality data
collection for any student. All materials and resources shared will be available free to participating schools.
Participants: Grades 3 – 12 teachers, building and district administrators
Facilitator: Jim Wright
Date: 11/30/21 | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $148 members / $178 non-members
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Digital Choice Boards: Giving Student Choice and Voice
How do we elevate student voice by giving them choice?
There are many ways that we differentiate for our students. One model that is gaining in popularity
is the digital choice board. These are interactive learning menus that give students opportunities to
explore and learn independently and then show what they know in a format that allows them to shine.
Choice boards take into account the students’ particular strengths, interests, and learning styles. In this
workshop you will be introduced to the model, view and review examples in all disciplines and grade
levels, and design your own for your classroom.
Participants: K – 12 teachers
Facilitator: Linda Brandon
Date: 1/11/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $147 members / $170 non-members
Educational Writing Retreat: Winter Cohort
How can I strengthen my writing skills to further share my message and support those I work with?
In any profession, effective writing is key to communicating successfully. In education, successful
communication is everything. Join a morning writing retreat to draft, edit, or finalize an important
document for work with students, staff, or families. Individual writing time, peer review and feedback,
and one-on-one time with the facilitator will be built into the morning session to help participants leave
with a further developed document or resource for implementing or sharing.
Participants: Teachers, leaders, and related service providers
Facilitator: Fred Ende
Date: 1/13/22 | 8:30 – 11:30 AM
Cost: $127 members / $146 non-members
Improve Those Docs — With HyperDocs!
How can we use HyperDocs to empower the learner in our classroom?
The HyperDoc model, developed by three savvy California teachers, brings student-centered,
inquiry-based learning to your classroom. In this workshop, you will gain a good understanding of the
HyperDoc model and learn the necessary skills needed to create one, while applying the principles of
good instructional design. Participants will create their own HyperDoc or modify an existing one for their
own curriculum with instructor and peer feedback to ensure successful implementation with students.
Participants: K – 12 Teachers
Facilitator: Linda Brandon
Date: 2/10/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $147 members / $170 non-members
9Layers of Learning COLLEGIAL CIRCLES Putnam | Northern Westchester BOCES's Collegial Circles are a wonderful opportunity to learn from and with colleagues. These high-powered groups receive the latest in NYSED standards for their discipline as well as create a forum to support the needs of teachers, lead teachers, program, and department leaders. This year we are pleased to offer twenty different collegial circles, content-specific as well as circles for RtI, SEL, Assessment and Instructional Coaching. All of our collegial circles expertly facilitated by a well-respected, highly knowledgeable local leader.
COLLEGIAL CIRCLES
Alternative High School Leaders Collegial Circle
How can we best grow our alternative school programs and support each other in our work?
During these collegial circle sessions, program coordinators will have the opportunity to initiate and
establish an alternative school, identify needs, share program progress, identify and seek feedback
on ideas and potential challenges, and explore tips and strategies for making programs even more
successful. Potential topics during these sessions will include:
• How to organize and evolve a program that works for your community
• Student-centered learning and jobs for students to empower them to be the leaders of the future
• Collaboration with other alternative programs in the area
• Design and staffing of alternative programs – mission statements
• Liaising with staff and departments from the traditional school
• Relationships, parent communication, and community involvement
• Requirements for entry and requirements for program completion
• Future work and continued obstacles
• How to get administration and Board of Education commitment for whatever your program is seeking.
Participants: Coordinators of alternative schools/programs
Facilitator: Pam Raines
Dates: 1/8/21, 12/10/21, 3/4/22, 5/27/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $450 members / $517 non-members
Arts Educator Collegial Circle
How can we best incorporate 21st century skills in the arts classroom?
In a technically–focused world, we have a responsibility to educate the whole child. Art has always
provided diverse opportunities for communication, expression, and motivating activities for all types
of learners. As we move into a new era of art education, our programs should be able to further
support this. The collegial circle for visual arts teachers will allow us to meet, share, and communicate
approaches for this type of classroom and curriculum. This program will provide K–12 art teachers with
ideas on how to motivate, engage, and create real–world experiences for their students.
Participants: Art teachers, teacher leaders, department chairs/coordinators
Facilitator: Danielle Michielini
Dates: 10/8/21 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
3/2/22 | Site Visits All Day
5/26/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $450 members / $517 non-members
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Assessment Leaders Collegial Circle
How can we develop and improve our leadership capacity in the area of assessment?
There is a compelling body of educational research telling us that high-quality assessment practices
tied to criterion-based rubrics and standards-referenced grading improves student learning. Moreover,
as an outcome of the pandemic, educators have engaged in innovative assessment and grading
practices that have transformed learning, opened doors to increased project-based tasks, performance
assessment, and methods that encourage student voice and choice. So, what prevents schools from
implementing these practices? What are the most difficult barriers to overcome? How do we build
capacity and lead our schools through a systematic and systemic change process?
The purpose of this collegial circle is to provide a collaborative forum for administrators and teacher
leaders to explore assessment opportunities and examine the instructional, cultural, and political
challenges involved in shifting practice in their schools. K-12 district/building leadership teams are
strongly encouraged to attend together. The facilitator will offer participants the option of individual/team
coaching sessions to extend feedback and further customize implementation planning.
Participants: Teacher leaders, building and district administrators. District/building leadership
teams are encouraged to attend.
Facilitator: Michael Greenfield
Dates: 11/9/21, 1/25/22, 3/8/22, 4/5/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $443 members / $510 non-members
Computer Science Educators Collegial Circle
How can we further our computer science teaching and learning?
As computer science (CS) programs in districts grow, it is important for our CS teachers in the region to
support each other’s learning. As an outreach program of the Computer Science Teachers Association
(CSTA) Lower Hudson Valley Chapter, the goal of this collegial circle is to bring quality professional
development and collaboration to all CS teachers.
In these sessions, computer science teachers will have an opportunity to collaborate and exchange
ideas on focused topics. They will receive training on various important computer science tools,
curricula, and pedagogies, appropriate for all grade levels. Topics of focus may include physical
programming, robotics, AP curricula, supporting younger learners, additional opportunities for PD and
student participation, strategies for increasing diversity in CS classrooms, appropriate learning spaces,
standards, and other important issues as related to K–12 Computer Science education. ALL teachers
who teach CS at any grade level are encouraged to enroll.
Participants: K–12 Computer Science Teachers
Facilitators: Amy Fox & Brandon Milonovich
Dates: 10/4/21 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
12/10/21 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
3/1/22 | 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $407 members / $468 non-members
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Elementary English Language Arts Leaders Collegial Circle
How can we support and learn from each other to become
ever more effective teachers and leaders of literacy?
Through this collegial circle, regional literacy leaders will have the opportunity to learn, share, and
grow around topics of interest and importance. Participants will have a forum for sharing resources and
ideas, and a network for continuing conversation and learning between sessions. Sessions will include
coffee talks around hot topics selected by participants, a learning piece around an article or text, and a
sharing of district initiatives, processes, or challenges. Topics addressed will include strengthening Tier
1 instruction, access to culturally relevant texts, assessment practices, the science of reading, curricu-
lum adoption and implementation, and literacy intervention programs and processes.
Participants: Elementary ELA leaders, building and district administrators/coordinators.
Facilitator: Danielle Colangelo
Dates: 10/6/21, 12/8/21, 3/2/22, 5/25/22 | 8:30AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $457 members / $525 non-members
Elementary Math Leaders Collegial Circle
How will you play a leadership role in the teaching and learning of mathematics in your school?
If you want to play a leadership role in your school and stay current with curriculum and practices in the
teaching and learning of elementary mathematics, then join the Elementary Math Leaders Collegial Circle.
The goal of this professional learning community of elementary math teachers/leaders is to address the
challenges and issues inherent in teaching and learning mathematics.
The Elementary Math Leaders group is comprised of math lead teachers, math specialists, coaches,
classroom teachers, and district math coordinators who have a math leadership role in their schools. The
workshop series will be held during four half-days and will provide a forum for participants to be informed
and stimulated in the area of elementary math. The leaders play an active and integral role in the design
of the meetings, and topics of study are generated by both the facilitator and members. Additionally, a
listserv is maintained by the facilitator which affords the opportunity for ongoing communication among
the participants.
Participants: Elementary math leaders, elementary math specialists, building and district
administrators/coordinators
Facilitators: Katherine Barpoulis, Jennifer Coughlin
Dates: 10/6/21, 12/8/21, 3/2/22, 5/25/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $411 members / $473 non-members
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Elementary Social Studies Leaders Collegial Circle
How can we support elementary school teachers
as they look to engage in work related to equity and social justice?
This year presents unique challenges for elementary teachers as we try to balance teaching content
while engaging our youngest learners in conversations around equity and social justice. If you want
to play a leadership role in your school and/or stay current with the curriculum and practices in the
teaching and learning of elementary social studies, please join the Elementary Social Studies Leaders
Collegial Circle. The goal of this professional learning community of elementary teachers/leaders is to
address the challenges and issues inherent in the teaching and learning of social studies.
This group will explore:
• The Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework: The CR-S framework helps
educators create student-centered learning environments that: affirm racial, linguistic and
cultural identities; prepare students for rigor and independent learning, develop students’
abilities to connect across lines of difference; elevate historically marginalized voices; and
empower students as agents of social change.
• Ways to engage our youngest learners in conversations around current events and hard history.
• Literature that can engage students in conversations around diversity, inclusion, and equity.
We will kick off the year with a joint meeting with our secondary colleagues. Together we will explore
how what we do in the elementary grades lays a foundation for future learning. We will have the chance
to learn more about social studies at different levels, and we hope to have a guest educator.
Participants: Elementary social studies lead teachers, social studies district and building
administrators
Facilitator: Jill Rogovic
Dates: 10/5/21 | 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
12/7/21 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
4/5/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $450 members / $517 non-members
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Elementary World Language Educators Collegial Circle
How can we best support world language programs in our elementary schools across the region?
Let’s discuss FLES. This collegial circle will focus on the specific needs of elementary world language
teachers. The meetings will help to build a community of local teachers who will collaborate, share,
and discuss best practices from their early language classrooms. Three meetings will be held with
participant–driven agendas that will include current topics such as curriculum development, student–
centered activities, comprehensible input, assessment, and the use of technology in the classroom.
There will also be a listserv fostering communication and collaboration among FLES teachers in the
group. In addition, we plan to host a site visit to a local FLES program during which we can help plan,
execute, and debrief a live lesson.
Participants: Elementary world language teachers and administrators supporting world languages
Facilitator: Marissa Coulehan
Dates: 10/7/21, 12/9/21, 3/3/22, 5/26/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $450 members / $517 non-members
Health Educators Collegial Circle
How do we support the ever-changing student in our schools?
This collegial circle will focus on how health educators are in a unique position to have a profound
impact on their students, colleagues, school culture, and community. As more school districts are
focusing on social emotional learning, health educators can and should be seen and utilized as experts
in this field. Participants will have four half–day meetings during the school year to collaborate on
lessons, share ideas and opinions about the current health curriculum, and imagine and plan for how
their role can be expanded within their school, district, and community. The group will select topics
that are timely and relevant. Group members will share concerns and challenges and problem–solve
together. Meetings will be a great opportunity to share ideas, recommend resources, improve programs,
and discuss a variety of issues.
Participants: Health teachers and teacher leaders
Facilitator: Jessica Butts
Dates: 10/7/21, 12/9/21, 3/3/22, 5/26/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $450 members / $517 non-members
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Instructional Coaching Collegial Circle
How can we develop our capacity as instructional coaches?
Through this new collegial circle, instructional coaches (current and prospective) will have the
opportunity to identify and establish a support network of coaches across the region. This unique forum
may undergird any previous training or experience in coaching. Essentially, participants will guide the
content roadmap—from immediate matters of evaluation to frameworks and practicalities of coaching—
to promote the whole child and whole teacher. We will explore the power of feedback and how to
intentionally shift culture to value feedback and high-quality student and teacher work (and growth).
Participants should anticipate a safe space for dialogue, role-playing, sharing resources and ideas,
and overall professional growth. Session materials may include an article or text, as well as relevant
district initiatives, processes, or challenges. Specific instructional coaching topics will include tenets
of coaching, how to have crucial conversations, assessment, curriculum, standards, planning, student
engagement, consensus-building and more.
Participants: Instructional coaches, teacher leaders, building and district level administrators
Facilitator: Shondra McClary
Dates: 10/8/21, 12/10/21, 3/4/22, 5/27/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $407 members / $468 non-members
Music Educators Collegial Circle
How can I impact my students, colleagues, and school culture more profoundly with music education?
This collegial circle will focus on ways in which music educators can foster their instruction to have
a deeper impact on their students, schools, districts, and communities. During the collegial circle
sessions, and through discussion, shared reading, and options for Learning Walks, participants will:
• Review research and practices that optimize the impact of music education
• Understand and embrace the new Core Arts Standards
• Explore ways in which music educators can perfect and refine their craft
• Identify ways in which to collaborate with local community partners in order to create authentic
arts experiences for students.
Participants: Music teachers, teacher leaders, department chairs/coordinators
Facilitator: Meghan Cabral
Dates: 10/7/21, 1/19/22, 3/22/22, 5/26/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $457 members / $525 non-members
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Reading Interventionists Collegial Circle
How can the role of a reading interventionist support student growth in literacy and learning?
During this collegial circle, reading interventionists will meet for a closer look at topics around work
to support struggling readers of all ages. Along with the face-to-face sessions exploring teaching and
learning of literacy, participants will have access to a web portal for the sharing of resources, requesting
of information, and continuation of conversations held during collegial circle sessions.
Participants will be invited to explore a variety of professional texts and articles. We usually select one
primary professional text to provide a deep-dive into a specific reading topic, while also sharing shorter
articles, videos, and discussion around other topics of interest.
For 2021-22, our work together will promote learning and dialogue around topics such as:
• How the most current research supports foundational reading skills and what shifts may be
necessary in our instruction. Possible texts will include: Brain Words by Gentry and Ouellette
and Proust and the Squid, by MaryAnn Wolf.
• Teaching reading with a lens toward equity and cultural competence.
• How to support older students in a Tier 2 Reading program.
• Use of technology to enhance student engagement and individualize instruction.
Participants will be invited in advance to offer input towards additional discussion topics for each
meeting and will be able to communicate with the facilitator and share resources with other participants
via the online web portal.
Participants: Reading specialists, literacy specialists, special education teachers providing
reading intervention services, and literacy coaches
Facilitator: Jennifer Hammond-King
Dates: 10/5/21, 12/7/21, 3/1/22, 5/24/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $457 members / $525 non-members
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Response to Intervention Leaders and Teachers Collegial Circle
How can I best coordinate/design RtI programming in my school and district?
Join us for Year Two of the RtI Leaders Collegial Circle. Returning and new members welcome!
Teachers, administrators, and leaders in RtI coordination roles (ex. RtI coordinators, building and
district administrators, curriculum leaders, and data and assessment specialists) are invited to join the
group to build a cross-district network of RtI leaders. Our conversations will center around how best to
use the RtI framework to maximize learning for all students.
Among the topics we will explore will be how RtI leaders can facilitate the work around how to:
• Use assessment
• Plan for instruction
• Develop interventions
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Allocate time
• Monitor progress
• Measure outcomes all through the lens of the RtI life cycle.
Collegial circle members will meet for four half-day sessions throughout the year.
Participants: RtI teachers, teacher leaders, building and district RtI coordinators
Facilitators: David Leis & Amy Unger
Dates: 9/29/21, 12/14/21, 3/8/22, 5/24/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $509 members / $585 non-members
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Science Coordinators Collegial Circle
How do we support our teachers as we shift towards the New York State Science Learning Standards?
The goals of this year’s meetings are to continue building the network of science leaders throughout
the Lower Hudson Valley region, delve into the P–12 New York State Science Learning Standards, and
explore and discuss any topics of interest to the group.
Four meetings will be held with participant-driven agendas that will include current topics, as well as
perennial favorites. Participants will be contacted in advance for input towards the discussion topics
of each meeting, and will be able to communicate with the facilitator and other participants using the
science coordinators listserv/Google group.
This year there will be a particular focus on unpacking, understanding, and planning for implementation
of the adopted New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS). There will also be continued
updates on the NYSSLS as we receive them from NYSED.
Member-generated agenda items have included the following:
• APPR/SLOs
• Curriculum mapping
• AP enrollment
• Latest technology for science classrooms
• State Education Department updates
• Potential grant funding science competitions (local/regional/national)
• New course offerings
• Industry internships/awards/visitations
• Scholarships
• Teacher mentoring
• STANYS
Participants: Secondary science teachers, teacher leaders, department chairs/coordinators
and administrators for science and technology
Facilitator: Patricia Viggiano
Dates: 10/5/21, 12/7/21, 3/1/22, 5/24/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $407 members / $468 non-members
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Secondary English Language Arts Leaders Collegial Circle
How can we support and learn from each other to continually improve our practice
of teaching and leading English Language Arts?
During meetings of the Secondary ELA Leaders Collegial Circle, participants explore topics of
relevance and importance. The group addresses current trends and issues as well as enduring
questions. The agendas are shaped around elements of curriculum and instruction, such as the
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Framework, writing assessment, departmental course offerings,
elective programs, and promising new book titles.
Group members also seek advice and pose solutions with one another: What are the best protocols
for courageous conversations in the classroom? How do we develop a scope and sequence in our
respective programs that satisfy many needs? How do we handle AP course admissions? How do we
run our summer reading programs?
Overall, the meetings are a great opportunity to share ideas, improve programs, and hear how different
schools approach a variety of issues. Members exchange valuable information and ideas not only at
the meetings but also via digital means throughout the year.
Participants: English Language Arts teachers, teacher leaders, department chairs/coordinators,
and building/district administrators supervising secondary English Language Arts
Facilitator: Brian Gutherman
Dates: 10/6/21, 12/8/21, 3/2/22, 5/25/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $407 members / $468 non-members
Secondary Math Chairs Collegial Circle
How can we continue to improve our mathematics leadership and instruction?
During Math Chairs meetings, members will have the opportunity to share issues, discuss concerns,
and provide feedback on happenings in their districts. Participants will have four meetings during the
school year to discuss the following (and more):
• State Education updates
• Current pedagogical practice with an emphasis on sharing back good practice
• The role of assessment in learning
• Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards and implementation timelines
• Regents exam analyses.
Come join the group and add to our combined knowledge and skill base.
Participants: Secondary mathematics teachers, teacher leaders, coaches, curriculum leaders,
chairpersons, and supervisors and administrators of secondary mathematics
Facilitator: Dr. Gregory Stephens
Dates: 10/6/21, 12/8/21, 3/2/22, 5/25/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $407 members / $468 non-members
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Secondary Social Studies Leaders Collegial Circle
How can we support our teachers as they navigate the instructional shifts and changes in social studies?
Are our students prepared for the changes that will continue to come to social studies? We are now
entering the final stages of preparing our students for the introduction of New York State’s latest model
of social studies assessments based on evidence-centered design. Fall, winter, and spring meetings
will keep us informed of the most current information being shared by New York State. Have you
adapted your classroom instruction to the shifts promoted by the state? Have you incorporated primary
and secondary sources into your curriculum? Have you integrated the social studies practices into
your lessons? During these sessions, members will share ideas and opinions about the latest issues
affecting the field, and engage in collegial conversation about preparing all levels of learners for the
exciting changes in instruction and assessment they are about to experience.
Participants: Secondary social studies leaders
Facilitator: Nancy Maguire
Dates: 10/5/21 | 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
12/7/21, 4/5/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $457 members / $525 non-members
Social Emotional Learning Educators Collegial Circle
How can I become a more emotionally intelligent educator?
Dewey asserted that reflection on learning is a critical part of the learning process, and should ideally
include recalling an event or experience, posing questions, and identifying alternative actions. In this
Collegial Circle, the Dewey protocol is one of several procedures that will be utilized to inform SEL planning
and implementation at all levels. Collaborative Voices from the Field is a Collegial Circle designed for
current SEL practitioners including teachers of all disciplines and grade levels, special services providers,
and administrators who are already in the process of implementing SEL in their schools. Schools and/
or school districts are encouraged to send one or more team members to deepen their knowledge, learn
from fellow educators in the field, and ultimately inform SEL initiatives at their own schools.
Through participation in this collegial circle, participants will:
• Review the New York State SEL Learning Benchmarks to evaluate compliance with these
guidelines and make sure that they are being adequately addressed
• Learn new strategies and tools from each other to help them implement social-emotional
learning initiatives at their schools and overcome obstacles that may exist in the process
• Work collaboratively as they consider a school or district level plan for prioritizing,
operationalizing, implementing & integrating, and monitoring & evaluating social-emotional
structures and supports.
Participants: SEL practitioners: teachers, special services providers, and administrators who are
already in the process of implementing SEL in their schools
Facilitator: Amy Stern
Dates: 10/15/21, 12/14/21, 3/7/22, 5/23/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $457 members / $525 non-members
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STEAM Educators Collegial Circle
How can we structure learning and leading with STEM/STEAM as a key focus?
Participants help to shape the agendas for these workshops. We will continue to arrange site visits to
observe exemplary STEM and STEAM programs in different schools. Participants will share resources
and activities and ideas. On occasion, a STEM vendor will host a meeting and share their product line
and ideas for how various items can enhance programs at specific grade levels. We will continue to
support one another with strategies for starting and growing industry partnerships. Participants will also
keep one another up to date on STEM and STEAM events occurring in our region.
Participants: Teachers and administrators serving in informal or formal STEM/STEAM
leadership roles.
Facilitator: Harry Rosvally
Dates: 10/8/21, 12/10/21, 3/4/22, 5/27/22 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $457 members / $525 non-members
World Language Coordinators Collegial Circle
What are critical and important issues and strategies in the teaching of world languages
affecting our teachers and students?
If you are a foreign language department chair, director, coordinator or lead teacher who wants to be
aware of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) policy on standards and assessments from the State
Education Department as well as the latest news from the field, come to PNW BOCES to meet with
other leaders and share experiences, expertise, successes and challenges. There will be a series of
four meetings this year. As a participant you will be included on a listserv that fosters communication
among members and with the facilitator throughout the year.
Participants: World language teachers, teacher leaders, department chairs/coordinators, and
administrators
Facilitator: Harriet Barnett
Dates: 10/4/21, 12/9/21, 3/3/22, 5/27/22 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $435 members / $500 non-members
22Layers of Learning DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging are necessary to support and educate all children. Please come join Paul Forbes as he guides us through recognizing our implicit biases and strategies to mitigate it so that we can move towards all students feeling welcomed and included. Erik Lepis will work with elementary and secondary teachers on culturally responsive teaching practices, and Amy Stern will help educators understand the components of Social Emotional Learning as they implement strategies and aspects of SEL into their classrooms.
D I V E R S I T Y, E Q U I T Y, I N C L U S I O N & B E L O N G I N G
Implicit Bias Awareness Series
How do I recognize my implicit bias and learn to overcome it in order to mitigate its effects?
During the three-part Implicit Bias Awareness Series, facilitated by Paul Forbes, participants will reflect
on the idea of public schools as supportive and inclusive environments where students’ intellectual,
social, and emotional well-being are safeguarded by every adult who comes in contact with students
and families; especially by ensuring that students are nurtured in every aspect of their development.
During this time of reflection, educators will understand how we can hold egalitarian values while
simultaneously creating policies and practices that do not reconcile with those same values and how
they usually lead to inequitable and disparate outcomes.
Over the past 20 years, we have learned about the concept of implicit bias, which refers to the attitudes
or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. While
we cannot eliminate our implicit biases, we can mitigate the effects they have on our practices, policies,
procedures, and behaviors.
By the end of this series, participants will:
• Connect and create a community
• Understand the concept of Implicit Bias
• Understand the neuroscience (brain-based elements) behind Implicit Bias
• Understand and practice strategies for reducing the effects of Implicit Bias
Participants: K – 12 Educators
Facilitator: Paul Forbes
Dates: 10/13, 10/19, 10/26 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $317 members / $364 non-members
Relying on Relationships: Components and Strategies for Effectively Building Connections
How do we build and sustain relationships that benefit the students,
staff, and community members we serve?
The saying, “It’s all about the relationships” couldn’t be more true. Strong relationships lead to better
outcomes for those we serve, and address our innate need to feel connected. Building and sustaining
relationships also supports the necessary focus on elements of diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging; connections are how we know when people are supported and when they are not.
In this three-part workshop, educators will come together to consider what makes relationships work,
what the research says about forming and sustaining effective relationships, and how we can leverage
relationships to help everyone get great work done.
Participants: Teachers, leaders, and related service providers
Facilitator: Fred Ende
Dates: 10/22/21, 11/17/21, 12/14/21 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $253 members / $291 non-members
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