Curriculum and Instruction Council

November 12, 2009

Welcome and Introductions

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SED Updates

Legislative Updates

2009-2010 Planning

• 6+1 Traits of Writing• Direct Vocabulary Instruction• Classroom Management• Co-Teaching• Balanced Literacy• 21st Century Skills• Differentiation of Instruction• School Secretary Training

Leadership This Fall

• 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

Leading the Learning

ASCD Collection

IT&D Updates

CNY ASCD

Testing

• 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

21st Century Skills

• Next couple of BCIC meetings• Book at next meeting• C.21 skills primer• OCM BOCES P21

Affiliate Status• Summer event

Content Area Literacy

• Share resource: Time to Act: An Agenda for Advancing Adolescent Literacy for College and Career Success

• Content Area Literacy intro• Active Literacy Across the

Curriculum recommended• What are districts doing?

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)

BCIC Meetings

Iss.ocmboces.org

Next Meeting

More on 3-8?

This Meeting

Like Last Year

Wrap-Up

• Meeting evaluation• Next meeting: December 10th