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March      3/23 - ONLINE Social Media to Improve Professional Practice & Instruction      3/25 - ONLINE Raz-Plus, Reading A-Z and RAZ Kids New and Updated Online Resources for K-6 Lunch and Learn      3/26 - ONLINE Social Studies LaunchPacks and Digital Storytelling with LumieLabs webinar      3/27 - ONLINE Science LaunchPacks and Digital Storytelling with LumieLabs webinar      3/30 - Online - NEWSBANK (database) ACCESS WORLD NEWS webinar      3/31 - ONLINE - LEGENDS OF LEARNING (Math & Science gaming) webinar      3/31 - ONLINE: TEACHINGBOOKS.NET: Collaborate, Customize, Communicate webinar      3/31 - Online - mediaCONNECT Overview April      4/1 - Online - America's Historical Newspapers (database) Webinar      4/2 - ONLINE - Video and Digital Storytelling with LumieLabs webinar      4/3 - ONLINE - School LIbrarians Sharing Session      4/7 - ONLINE - Overdrive Ebooks and Audiobooks and SORA App      4/7 - ONLINE: TeachingBooks: Set up for Success & Training Webinar      4/9 - ONLINE - Gale/Cengage Resources for Secondary-Level Content Webinar      4/9 - ONLINE - School LIbrarians Sharing Session      4/14 - ONLINE - Audiofile and OverDrive present: SYNC Audiobooks for Teens webinar      4/15 - ONLINE - Workshop to Become a NewsELA Certified Educator      4/16 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session      4/16 - ONLINE: Text Complexity: Join the Conversation Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan Webinar Part I      4/21 - ONLINE - Hacking School Libraries with Author and Ed Tech School Librarian, Kristina Holzweiss      4/22 - ONLINE: Text Complexity: Join the Conversation Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan Webinar Part I      4/23 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session      4/27 - ONLINE - LEGENDS OF LEARNING (Math & Science gaming) webinar      4/28 - ONLINE - Breaking the Mold: Rethinking K-12 and How OER Can Help Webinar      4/28 - ONLINE - Evaluating, Auditing, and Diversifying Your Collections course      4/30 - ONLINE - Gale/Cengage Resources for Secondary-Level Content Webinar      4/30 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session May      5/4 - ONLINE : Digital Reading Dashboards Connecting the Library and the Classroom Webinar      5/6 - ONLINE - Mentors Across Borders - Now What? A News and Media Literacy To Do List webinar      5/6 - ONLINE - SLS Council Meeting      5/7 - ONLINE - Get FACTCITED-ed with Lincoln Library Online Webinar      5/7 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session      5/7 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session      5/11 - ONLINE : e-Sports; Yes School Librarians Are Involved Webinar      5/13 - ONLINE - Sketchnoting: Doodling with a purpose      5/14 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session      5/14 - ONLINE: Text Complexity: Join the Conversation I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez Webinar Part II      5/15 - ONLINE - Resilient Digital Materials for K-12 Teaching and Learning: Copyright and Open Education Strategies Webinar      5/18 - ONLINE - Wakelet + Google Classroom = Engagement Webinar      5/19 - ONLINE - EDUCATION WEEK Online Resource Webinar      5/21 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session      5/27 - ONLINE - How to Lift Social Emotional Learning Skills from Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Webinar      5/28 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session June      6/1 - ONLINE - Mindfulness and the School Library Program webinar      6/2 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session - Summer Reading sharing      6/2 - ONLINE - Sneak Peek at the new Cengage KIDS INFOBITS      6/2 - ONLINE - Spotlights on Learning and Teaching; Resources and Strategies      6/3 - ONLINE - Mentors Across Borders FInal Meeting webinar      6/3 - Online - Creating Online Resource Pages in Wix      6/9 - ONLINE - Google Applied Digital Skills Webinar      6/10 - ONLINE - Google's CS First Virtual Course      6/11 - ONLINE - School Librarians Drop-In Session - Multicultural Collections & Diversity Audits sharing July      7/6 - ONLINE: Enhancing Your School Library Program with Esports course      7/14 - ONLINE Mental Health Literacy      7/15 - ONLINE Social Emotional Learning Introduction      7/15 - ONLINE-Grade 6 Science Collaborative      7/28 - Online - Proactive Elementary Library Program Planning      7/29 - ONLINE - Pathway of Change: Teaching the Erie Canal and CNY Part I & Part II      7/29 - ONLINE Adult Social Emotional Learning      7/29 - Online - Proactive High School Library Program Planning      7/29 - Online - Proactive Middle School Library Program Planning August      8/3 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion? (PM)      8/3 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate? (PM)      8/3 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision? (AM)      8/3 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems? (AM)      8/4 - Building an Engaging Google Classroom      8/4 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark? Overview (AM)      8/4 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth? Overview (AM)      8/6 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark? Overview (AM)      8/6 - The Quest for Learning: Online Book Study      8/7 - Online Book Study: Google Apps for Littles: Believe They Can      8/11 - 3D Assessment Writing for 6-12 Science Classrooms      8/12 - Online - Creating Online Resource Pages in Wix      8/12 - Online: Models for Blended Learning      8/13 - ONLINE: Adapting to the book needs of a blended learning environment      8/13 - ONLINE: Effective Literacy Leadership for K-6 Principals (Launch Date)      8/17 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion? (PM)      8/17 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate? (AM)      8/17 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision? (AM)      8/17 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate? (PM)      8/18 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth? Overview (AM)      8/18 - Online: Models for Blended Learning      8/19 - Online - Proactive Elementary Library Program Planning      8/20 - Online - Proactive High School Library Program Planning      8/20 - Online - Proactive Middle School Library Program Planning      8/24 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? (PM)      8/24 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems? (AM)      8/24 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate? (NOTE time changed to 2:30-4 PM)      8/25 - Online - Creating a Bitmoji Virtual Library      8/25 - Online: Destiny Discover      8/26 - SLS Orientation and Refresher      8/27 - Models for Blended Learning      8/27 - Online: Destiny Discover September      9/2 - Models for Blended Learning      9/2 - Online: Kahoot!      9/2 - Online: Screencastify - Make recordings for your students      9/2 - SLS Regional Purchases      9/4 - Online - Proactive Library Program Planning      9/8 - Online: Screencastify - Make recordings for your students      9/9 - Models for Blended Learning      9/9 - Online - Creating a Bitmoji Virtual Library/Classroom      9/11 - CANCELLED: Grade 3 - How Do Weather and Climate Affect our Lives? (Online)      9/14 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems? (Online)      9/15 - Grade 6: Space Systems Exploration (Online)      9/15 - ONLINE - Mandarin Library Automation User Group Meeting      9/16 - CANCELLED - Grade 6 - Matter and Its Interactions      9/16 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? (Online)      9/16 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate? (Online)      9/16 - ONLINE - Follett Library Automation User Group Meeting      9/16 - ONLINE: Legends of Learning: Math and Science Activities for K-8      9/16 - Online: Instructional Uses for Flipgrid      9/16 - Online: Sora - An Introduction      9/17 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate? (Online)      9/17 - ONLINE - Insignia Library Automation User Group Meeting      9/17 - ONLINE: Legends of Learning: Math and Science Activities for K-8      9/17 - Online: KidCitizen: Connecting K-5 Kids to Primary Resources      9/18 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate? (Online)      9/21 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away?      9/22 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate? (Online)      9/23 - ONLINE: Legends of Learning: Math and Science Activities for K-8      9/23 - Online - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      9/23 - Online - SLS Council Meeting      9/23 - Professional eBooks for Personalized Learning      9/23 - Spotlight Series: Interactive ebooks      9/24 - ONLINE: Legends of Learning: Math and Science Activities for K-8      9/24 - Structure and Function-Middle School (Online)      9/25 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather and Climate Affect our Lives? (Online)      9/30 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion? (Online)      9/30 - ONLINE: Legends of Learning: Math and Science Activities for K-8      9/30 - Online - Creating a Bitmoji Virtual Library/Classroom      9/30 - Online: Intro to MediaCONNECT      9/30 - Online: Teen Health and Wellness October      10/1 - ONLINE: Legends of Learning: Math and Science Activities for K-8      10/1 - Online: Newsbank: Using Newbank to engage students with past and current news      10/7 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate? (Online)      10/7 - Online: Discovery Education      10/7 - Online: Screencastify - Make recordings for your students      10/8 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems? (Online)      10/9 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms? (Online)      10/13 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth? (Online)      10/14 - K-5 NYSSLS & Smithsonian Introduction (Online)      10/14 - Online: Instructional Uses for Flipgrid      10/14 - Online: Learn360      10/15 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark? (Online)      10/16 - Online Book Study: Google Apps for Littles: Believe They Can      10/21 - Online: Launchpacks - Social Studies      10/22 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark? (Online)      10/22 - Online: What's New with Discovery Education?      10/27 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      10/28 - Online: An Afternoon with Jennifer LaGarde November      11/1 - Building Capacity Around the Next Generation Math Learning Standards for Elementary Teachers (Self-Paced)      11/1 - Building Capacity Around the Next Generation Math Learning Standards for Secondary Math Teachers (Self-Paced)      11/5 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark? (online)      11/6 - Online: Instructional Uses for Flipgrid - Pulaski      11/6 - Online: Interactive Slides with Peardeck - Pulaski      11/6 - Online: Noodletools; It's Not Just for Citation      11/6 - Online: Screencastify - Pulaski      11/10 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces and Motion (Online)      11/12 - Eureka Math/CNY EngageNY User Group      11/13 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound? (Online)      11/18 - Online: SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      11/20 - DATE CHANGED: Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth? (Online) December      12/7 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces and Motion (Online)      12/7 - Grade 6 - Matter & Its Interactions (Online)      12/7 - Grade 6: Space Systems Exploration (Online)      12/9 - Online: Best Databases for Elementary Schools      12/9 - Online: Best Databases for High Schools      12/10 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      12/15 - The mRNA Vaccine-What is it, and how does it work?      12/16 - Eureka Math/CNY EngageNY User Group      12/16 - Virtual Naviance User Group January      1/4 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion (online)      1/4 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather (online)      1/4 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals (online)      1/13 - "Ask the Lawyer" with Stephanie 'Cole' Adams      1/19 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      1/19 - Eureka Math/CNY EngageNY User Group      1/20 - How Can We Make Math Fun (for both Teachers and Students!)?      1/20 - Online: SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting February      2/1 - Administration and Scoring of the NYSESLAT (eLearning)      2/8 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      2/8 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      2/8 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land & Water on Earth?      2/8 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      2/8 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      2/8 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities and Differences Between Organisms?      2/8 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      2/8 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy To People's Homes?      2/8 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      2/8 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live On a Changing Earth?      2/8 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      2/8 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      2/8 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      2/8 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate?      2/8 - SchoolTool Maintenence Release (v18.2 - Build 20) User Group Meeting      2/10 - D.E.I: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources and Examples in Books for Young Adults (MS/HS) Readers      2/12 - Book Study: It's Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy      2/22 - Online Book Study: "Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible"      2/23 - Administration & Scoring of the NYSITELL (eLearning)      2/23 - Creating Language Objectives for ELLs (eLearning)      2/24 - Eureka Math/CNY EngageNY User Group      2/24 - ONLINE: Understanding How Language Impacts Learning      2/24 - Online: Defined Learning PBL Cohort Program      2/24 - Online: Diverse and Stand Out Elementary Books      2/25 - ONLINE: Understanding How Language Impacts Learning      2/25 - ONLINE: Understanding How Language Impacts Learning      2/25 - Webinar: Creating Language Objectives for ELLs      2/26 - ONLINE: Understanding How Language Impacts Learning      2/26 - ONLINE: NYSITELL Administration & Scoring March      3/1 - Online Book Study: "Breaking Down the Wall: Essential Shifts For English Learners Success”      3/2 - Research to Practice Dialogues: Teaching and Learning with and about Film and Media      3/3 - Elementary Report Card Update Training      3/3 - Hot off the Press: Best New Books for YA (MS/HS) Readers      3/3 - ONLINE: Youth Mental Health First Aid - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      3/4 - ONLINE: Health Teacher Collaborative - March Meeting      3/9 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      3/9 - OPALS Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/10 - 2021 Test Scoring Quality Control Session      3/10 - Jumpstart Your Math Instruction! (For Grades K-2)      3/10 - School Library Program Rubric Framework: Evidence of Impact      3/11 - OPALS Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/12 - Lead Evaluator Training - First Year Training 2021 (Synchronous and Asynchronous)      3/12 - Level 0 Training - Reports, Error Resolution      3/12 - ONLINE: NYSESLAT Administration & Scoring (Full Day)      3/15 - ONLINE: Book Study-- The Distance Learning Playbook for School Leaders      3/15 - ONLINE: Creating Language Objectives for ELLs      3/15 - ONLINE: Culturally Responsive Parent Engagement      3/15 - ONLINE: NYSITELL Administration & Scoring      3/16 - 3 Act Tasks in Elementary Math      3/16 - Follett Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/16 - Webinar: Creating Language Objectives for ELLs      3/17 - Join the (Contract) Resistance! Maximizing Access to Educational Resources One License at a Time      3/17 - Jumpstart Your Math Instruction! (For 3-5 Teachers)      3/17 - ONLINE School Psychologist Roundtable      3/17 - ONLINE: ELL Shadowing      3/17 - ONLINE: How Oracy Grants ELLs Access to Content      3/17 - ONLINE: Understanding How Language Impacts Learning      3/18 - Eureka Math/CNY EngageNY User Group      3/18 - School and Public Librarian Collaborative Event      3/19 - ONLINE: CRSE Framework      3/19 - ONLINE: Introduction to Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute      3/19 - ONLINE: LOTE/NYSSB      3/22 - ONLINE School Counselor Roundtable      3/23 - Insignia Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/24 - BT BOCES Component Schools Introduction to Language Acquisition and Support for ELLs      3/24 - Jumpstart Your Math Instruction! (For 6-8 Teachers)      3/24 - ONLINE: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators (Play and Create) - MARCH Meeting #8      3/24 - Online - SLS Council Meeting      3/24 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      3/25 - Insignia Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/25 - JL BOCES Component Schools: Introduction to Language Acquisition and Support for ELLs April      4/1 - ONLINE: Health Teacher Collaborative - April Meeting      4/5 - ONLINE: Book Study--The Writing Revolution      4/8 - ONLINE: Physical Education Collaborative      4/14 - BT BOCES Component Schools: Using Linguistic Goals to Support ELLs in the Regular Classroom      4/15 - JL BOCES Component Schools: Using Linguistic Goals to Support ELLs in the Regular Classroom      4/15 - ONLINE School Psychologist Roundtable      4/21 - BT BOCES Component Schools: Comprehensible Input: Strategies for Helping ELLs      4/21 - ONLINE: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators (Ride the Wave of Change) - APRIL Meeting #9      4/22 - JL BOCES Component Schools: Comprehensible Input: Strategies for Helping ELLs      4/22 - ONLINE School Counselor Roundtable      4/27 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      4/28 - BT BOCES Component Schools: Strategies for Helping ELLs Master Tier 2 and 3 Vocabulary      4/29 - JL BOCES Component Schools: Strategies for Helping ELLs Master Tier 2 and 3 Vocabulary May      5/6 - ONLINE: The Responsive Classroom® Core Course for Elementary Educators (2020 Revision - Spring Session via Zoom)      5/12 - SLS Admin Day      5/14 - ONLINE School Psychologist Roundtable      5/14 - Online: Leading from the Library Book Study      5/19 - ONLINE: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators (Celebrate and Appreciate) - MAY Meeting #10      5/21 - ONLINE School Counselor Roundtable June      6/3 - ONLINE: Physical Education Collaborative      6/8 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      6/8 - ONLINE School Psychologist Roundtable      6/10 - ONLINE School Counselor Roundtable August      8/17 - The Responsive Classroom® Core Course for Elementary Educators (2020 Revision) - Summer Session