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Middle Level Liaisons and Support Schools Network

Middle Level Liaisons and Support Schools Network. Update on OCIS Initiatives Howard J. Goldsmith Executive Coordinator Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support (OCIS) NYS Education Department November 16, 2006. Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support (OCIS).

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Middle Level Liaisons and Support Schools Network

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  1. Middle Level Liaisons and Support Schools Network Update on OCIS Initiatives Howard J. GoldsmithExecutive CoordinatorOffice of Curriculum and Instructional Support (OCIS)NYS Education Department November 16, 2006

  2. Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support (OCIS) Assistant Commissioner’s Office Howard J. Goldsmith Executive Coordinator Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology Anne Schiano Adult Education and Workforce Development Tom Orsini Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies Pedro Ruiz Career and Technical Education Konrad Raup Summer Institutes Mary Daley GED UNIT Patricia Mooney www.emsc.nysed.gov/cis

  3. Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology (CIIT) • Integration of Middle Level Education into CIIT to enhance content area input and expertise. • Within the Regents P-16 Initiative, action step number 6 includes the revisitation of the learning standards. • The P-16 paper can be accessed at: www.oms.nysed.gov/comm/2006/1006commrep.html • Literacy program with District Superintendents

  4. Career and Technical Education (CTE) • Perkins re-authorization as Perkins IV. • Perkins can be used in the 7th and 8th grades. Applied learning can be an innovative approach to enhance middle level education and student performance. • Interim State Plan by April 16, 2007 with a final five-year plan due by April 2008. Public hearings and input will be solicited between December 2007 and February 2008.

  5. Career and Technical Education (CTE)(continued)

  6. New York State Summer Institutes(NYSSSA) • Eight programs in the areas of ballet, dance, choral, jazz, orchestra, theater, visual arts, and media arts. • Auditions for the summer 2007 program begin in January 2007. • Students in grades 8 through 12 are eligible to apply. http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysssa/si.shtml

  7. Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies (OBEFLS) • Fourteen BETACs (Bilingual Education Technical Education Centers) throughout the state to serve approximately 200,000 LEP/ELL students. • Develops and improves NYSESLAT with the Office of State Assessment (OSA). • Manages State and Federal (Title III) funds for LEP students.

  8. Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies (continued) • Title I vs. Title III. • NYSESLAT and ELA testing. • Results of the U.S. Education Department Title I Peer Review and the new Federal requirement for testing LEP/ELL students. • Our position and next steps.

  9. Thank You Howard J. Goldsmith New York State Education Department Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support OCIS Website: www.emsc.nysed.gov/cis/ E-mail: emscocis@mail.nysed.gov Telephone: (518) 474-8892

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