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Curriculum and Instruction Council. November 12, 2009. Welcome and Introductions. Article Read. SED Updates. Legislative Updates. 6+1 Traits of Writing Direct Vocabulary Instruction Classroom Management Co-Teaching Balanced Literacy 21 st Century Skills Differentiation of Instruction
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Curriculum and Instruction Council November 12, 2009
6+1 Traits of Writing • Direct Vocabulary Instruction • Classroom Management • Co-Teaching • Balanced Literacy • 21st Century Skills • Differentiation of Instruction • School Secretary Training 2009-2010 Planning
Health & Safety Issues in Schools • Legal Advice: Student Discipline • Data Mining: Using COGNOS, ReportNet, and Data Mentor to Answer Your Data Questions • TALKS: Hall Davidson • Principals Meetings Leadership This Fall
3-8 Administration & Scoring Issues • Tell CI&A SOON if you want them involved with your 3-8 scoring • 3-8 ELA tests arrive during break • Still saying no change to 3-8 formats • ELA Regents transition to 6hrs “paused” • FASTscore • January Regents Week Testing
Next couple of BCIC meetings • Book at next meeting • C.21 skills primer • OCM BOCES P21Affiliate Status • Summer event 21st Century Skills
Share resource: Time to Act: An Agenda for Advancing Adolescent Literacy for College and Career Success • Content Area Literacy intro • Active Literacy Across theCurriculum recommended • What are districts doing? Content Area Literacy
Communicating and Coordinating Professional Development Needs for Next Year • December meeting be ready to share (organizer available) • Service Visits coming • Coffee & cookies visits, too?
Earning College Credits in High School Committee • Came up at last meeting • High Efficiency Planning Grant news • Form a committee to study?
Scheduling Question • Do any districts offer block scheduling by semester courses, rather than full year courses? (this would be for core area courses, not electives)
Next Meeting BCIC Meetings This Meeting More on 3-8? Like Last Year Iss.ocmboces.org
Wrap-Up • Meeting evaluation • Next meeting: December 10th