BCIC January 2014

Here is the agenda (slides) for the OCM BOCES Curriculum and Instruction Council (BCIC) meeting, 8:30am, January 16, 2014, Henry Large Conference. click for minutes

Welcome and Introductions

Updates

• SED
• Legislative
• Instructional Technology and Design (ITD home page)
• Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (CIA)
• Teacher Centers
• Higher Education
• Instructional Support News
• CNY NYS ASCD home page
• OCM BOCES Building Purchase slides
• Innovation Tech (New Tech High School)

District Sharing

• TBA
• Volunteer for next meeting?

Race To The Top

• Standards
• • Common Core Items:
    • Updating the chart if, including ELA in January and 8th Grade math acceleration double-testing
    • Resources for ELA 11
    • Resources for A1
• Purchasing Educational Materials
  • Budget time does not mean hasty decisions. Use the process.
• Core Research  flyer
  • Resources and support from NT, CI&A, and SLS
• Data-Driven Instruction
  • PLCs follow-up and support group
  • Turn Your RtI Upside-Down (connected to PLCs) October 24, 2014. 
    • SRC Arena is reserved
    • Lining up conference day on the BOCES calendar
    • Think about your participation
    • We might charge a small amount to cover SRC expenses
    • Book Distribution: The RSE TASC has a copy of each book (one per district): Pyramid response to Intervention and Simpifying Response to Intervention: Four Essential Guiding Principles
• Professional Practice (including APPR)
  • The next Lead Evaluator Training is January 23 (Syracuse) and 24 (Cortland)
  • Foci of this session are evidence collection, NYS Teaching Standard 5, and Growth Producing Feedback
• Culture
• Long-term planning for RTTT (example plan)
• NT Reporting

Other Business

• Testing of 8th Graders who are in accelerated math
  • Explanation memo
  • Double-testing slides

Assessment

• Research participation opportunity: National Field Trial of Questions to Test Your
  Students’ College & Career Readiness (let Jeff know if you might be interested)
• LOTE Checkpoint B
  • Update
• 3-8 Regional Assessment
  • Finalize chart
  • Finalize clusters
  • Next step identification

Future Meeting Planning

• The next BCIC meeting is February 13, 2014, in the Distance Learning Center.
• Next year we will hold our meetings in the Rodax 8 Large Conference Room: