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March      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      6/9 - 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      7/29 - ONLINE - Pathway of Change: Teaching the Erie Canal and CNY Part I & Part II August      8/4 - Building an Engaging Google Classroom      8/7 - Online Book Study: Google Apps for Littles: Believe They Can      8/12 - Online - Creating Online Resource Pages in Wix      8/13 - ONLINE: Adapting to the book needs of a blended learning environment      8/25 - Online - Creating a Bitmoji Virtual Library      8/25 - Online: Destiny Discover      8/26 - SLS Orientation and Refresher      8/27 - Online: Destiny Discover September      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 - Online - Creating a Bitmoji Virtual Library/Classroom      9/15 - ONLINE - Mandarin Library Automation User Group Meeting      9/16 - CANCELLED - Grade 6 - Matter and Its Interactions      9/16 - ONLINE - Follett Library Automation User Group Meeting      9/16 - Online: Instructional Uses for Flipgrid      9/16 - Online: Sora - An Introduction      9/17 - ONLINE - Insignia Library Automation User Group Meeting      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      9/30 - Online - Creating a Bitmoji Virtual Library/Classroom      9/30 - Online: Intro to MediaCONNECT      9/30 - Online: Teen Health and Wellness October      10/7 - Online: Discovery Education      10/7 - Online: Screencastify - Make recordings for your students      10/14 - Online: Instructional Uses for Flipgrid      10/14 - Online: Learn360      10/16 - Online Book Study: Google Apps for Littles: Believe They Can      10/21 - Online: Launchpacks - Social Studies      10/22 - Online: What's New with Discovery Education? November      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      11/18 - Online: SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting December      12/9 - Online: Best Databases for Elementary Schools      12/9 - Online: Best Databases for High Schools      12/16 - Virtual Naviance User Group January      1/13 - "Ask the Lawyer" with Stephanie 'Cole' Adams      1/20 - Online: SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting February      2/10 - D.E.I: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources and Examples in Books for Young Adults (MS/HS) Readers      2/24 - Online: Defined Learning PBL Cohort Program      2/24 - Online: Diverse and Stand Out Elementary Books March      3/3 - Hot off the Press: Best New Books for YA (MS/HS) Readers      3/9 - OPALS Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/16 - Alexandria User Group      3/16 - Follett Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/17 - Join the (Contract) Resistance! Maximizing Access to Educational Resources One License at a Time      3/18 - School and Public Librarian Collaborative Event      3/23 - Insignia Library Automation User Group Meeting      3/24 - Online - SLS Council Meeting      3/24 - Virtual: SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      3/25 - Insignia Library Automation User Group Meeting April      4/14 - ONLINE: John Schu's Review of Books for You and Your Readers, Too!      4/28 - Naviance User Group Spring 2021 May      5/5 - Online: A Workshop with author Shaun David Hutchinson      5/5 - Online: Destiny Refresher      5/12 - Online: TikTok for Librarians      5/14 - Online: Leading from the Library Book Study      5/20 - Miseducated: Presentation and Q&A with Brandon P. Fleming June      6/1 - ONLINE: 2021-2022 Year-Long Book Study - "ONWARD: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators" - Group 2 July      7/1 - Discovery Education Experience Asynchronous Course      7/8 - Gale In Context: For Educators Training      7/12 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      7/12 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      7/13 - CANCELLED: Citizen Science and the NYSSLS      7/13 - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Institute      7/14 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather      7/14 - Online: SUPA for Library Media Specialist      7/15 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      7/15 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion      7/15 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals      7/19 - TRLE: Culturally Responsive Education Module 5---Ongoing Professional Learning      7/20 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      7/20 - Leading The Rebound-20 Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning      7/21 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      7/22 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      7/30 - Discovery Education Experience Asynchronous Course August      8/2 - Flipgrid Certified Level 1: Certified Educator      8/2 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      8/2 - Using Seesaw to create digital content for your students      8/3 - Google Classroom: The Student's Perspective      8/3 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes? (Date changed from August 18 to August 3, 2021)      8/3 - Lead Evaluator for Teams      8/4 - Google Slides - a way to package digital content and more!      8/4 - Kami Certified Educator Level 1: Fundamentals Course      8/4 - What Can I Do With Google Classroom Now?      8/5 - Mentor Institute: Working Together to Provide Support for New Teachers      8/9 - Flipgrid Certified Level 2: Certified Expert      8/9 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      8/9 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      8/10 - Grade 2 What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      8/10 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      8/11 - Grade 3: How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      8/11 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      8/11 - Using Google Slides to Create an Interactive Hyperdoc Lesson      8/12 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      8/12 - Grade 5: How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      8/12 - Kami Certified Educator Level 2: Advanced Course      8/16 - First Steps to Success: A Workshop Series for New Teachers (Cohort 1A)      8/16 - First Steps to Success: A Workshop Series for New Teachers (Cohort 1B)      8/16 - Getting Back to Normal Doesn't Mean Doing Things The way they have always been done      8/16 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      8/17 - Digital Assessments Using Google Forms      8/17 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      8/17 - The Responsive Classroom® Core Course for Elementary Educators (2020 Revision) - Summer Session      8/17 - Your School Library's Virtual Presence      8/18 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      8/19 - Book Bentos using Google Slides      8/19 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      8/19 - Lead Evaluator Training - First Year Training 2021      8/24 - Gmail: Clean it up and start fresh in September      8/24 - ONLINE DBT in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (STEPS-A). Offered in collaboration with NYS OMH and SPC/NY      8/25 - AIMSweb Plus Basic Screening Training - Grade 2-8 Measures (Zoom Meeting)      8/25 - AIMSweb Plus Basic Screening Training - Grade K-1 Measures (Zoom Meeting)      8/25 - New Librarian Orientation      8/27 - Discovery Education Experience Asynchronous Course (August) September      9/10 - AIMSweb Plus Basic Screening Training - Grade 2-8 Measures (Zoom Meeting)      9/10 - AIMSweb Plus Basic Screening Training - Grade K-1 Measures (Zoom Meeting)      9/14 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      9/14 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces & Motion      9/14 - Lead Evaluator Training - First Year Training 2021      9/15 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      9/16 - Grade 3: How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      9/16 - Grade 5: How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      9/21 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      9/21 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      9/22 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      9/23 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      9/23 - Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration      9/28 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      9/28 - Grade 6 - Matter & Its Interactions      9/28 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      9/28 - SLS Council Meeting      9/29 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      9/30 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      9/30 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes? October      10/6 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      10/6 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather      10/7 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      10/7 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion      10/7 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals      10/13 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      10/13 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      10/14 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      10/19 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      10/19 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      10/20 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      10/27 - Citizen Science and the NYSSLS      10/28 - The Responsive Classroom® Core Course for Elementary Educators (2020 Revision) - Fall Session November      11/4 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      11/9 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      11/15 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      11/15 - SLS Council Meeting      11/16 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      11/17 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      11/19 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      11/30 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather December      12/1 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion      12/1 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals      12/2 - The 2021 NEWLY REVISED Responsive Classroom® ADVANCED Course for Elementary Educators - (Level 2)      12/17 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY January      1/4 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      1/5 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      1/6 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      1/6 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      1/11 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      1/11 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      1/12 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      1/12 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      1/13 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      1/19 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      1/19 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      1/20 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      1/20 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      1/21 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      1/25 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      1/25 - Grade 3: How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      1/26 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      1/26 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      1/27 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      1/27 - VIRTUAL: SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting February      2/3 - Grade 5: How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      2/9 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      2/18 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY March      3/1 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces & Motion      3/8 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      3/9 - Grade 6 - Matter & Its Interactions      3/10 - Grade 5: How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      3/15 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      3/15 - Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration      3/16 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      3/16 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      3/17 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      3/17 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      3/18 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      3/22 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      3/22 - Grade 3: How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      3/22 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      3/22 - SLS Council Meeting      3/23 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      3/23 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      3/23 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather      3/24 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      3/24 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion      3/24 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals      3/29 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      3/30 - Grade 1: How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      3/31 - Grade 2: How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow? April      4/5 - Grade 2 What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      4/6 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      4/6 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      4/7 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      4/7 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      4/22 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY May      5/20 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY June      6/17 - Monthly MTSS Coaches Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY