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May      5/17 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 2 (Asynchronous) 2022-23      5/17 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 4 (Asynchronous) 2022 - 2023      5/26 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 3 (Asynchronous) 2022-23 July      7/12 - Math Camp for All Teachers (2 days)      7/18 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      7/18 - Human Impacts on Water and the Importance of Wastewater Treatment      7/19 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      7/20 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      7/20 - Progressions of Math Strategies for K-5 - PART 1 & 2 (2 days)      7/21 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      7/26 - Hands-on Stream Science in the Onondaga Creek Watershed August      8/1 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      8/2 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      8/3 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      8/4 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      8/4 - The Haudenosaunee (Part of the LOOOP Project from the Upstate Freshwater Institute)      8/9 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      8/10 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      8/10 - Marcellus Digifest with Keynote Speaker Jen Giffen      8/11 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      8/15 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      8/16 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      8/16 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      8/17 - DATE CHANGED: Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather      8/17 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      8/18 - Collecting and Visualizing Environmental Data      8/18 - DATE CHANGED: Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion      8/18 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      8/19 - DATE CHANGED: Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals      8/24 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces & Motion      8/26 - Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration September      9/1 - 2022-2023 PODCAST: Episode 33: Empowering Teachers to Build Connections for Student Success with Dr. DJ Kaiser      9/1 - 2022-2023 PODCAST: Episode 34: Benefits of Participation in PLCs and Supporting ELLs/MLs in Content Areas      9/1 - 2022-2023 PODCAST: Episode 35: Changing Perspectives on Emergent Multilingual Learners and Supporting Families with Susanne Marcus      9/13 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      9/14 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      9/14 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      9/15 - CANCELLED: Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      9/15 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      9/19 - BOOK STUDY: Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler (Group 4)      9/19 - Title III Consortium Meeting #1      9/21 - CANCELLED: Using Concrete Tools and Pictorial Representations in Middle and High School Mathematics - 2 days      9/21 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      9/22 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      9/26 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      9/27 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      9/27 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      9/28 - Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids?      9/28 - Student-centered Coaching      9/29 - Arts and Music Leadership Network      9/29 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark? October      10/3 - Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity Book Study      10/4 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      10/4 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      10/4 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals (PM session)      10/5 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      10/5 - Introduction to the TI-Nspire™ CX Technology (PM session)      10/5 - Learning Through Talk: Adding Oracy to the Student Experience      10/6 - Science Leadership Network      10/12 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      10/12 - Space Systems Exploration (North Syracuse 6th Grade)      10/13 - The 7E's on the 7 Seas: Bringing the Navy to the STEM Classroom (Three separate dates - all required)      10/18 - Instructional Coaches Collaborative      10/19 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      10/19 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      10/19 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces & Motion      10/25 - CANCELLED: Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration (see March 15 for new session)      10/25 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow? [held at Cortlandville Campus]      10/26 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      10/27 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      10/27 - Literacy Leadership Network Meeting November      11/1 - CANCELLED: Middle School Science Kit Training: Structure & Function      11/1 - Nix the Tricks and Rules that Expire in Mathematics (NEW DATE)      11/1 - P-3 Early Learning Leadership Network Meeting #1      11/2 - Grade 6 - Matter & Its Interactions      11/2 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion (PM session)      11/2 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather (AM session)      11/3 - CANCELLED: Hands-on Stream Science in the Onondaga Creek Watershed      11/3 - CANCELLED: Math Strategy: Model Drawing and Tape Diagrams      11/4 - Fine Arts: Not Just the Encore      11/4 - Making Math and Science Meaningful With the TI-Innovator™ Rover (AM session will begin at 7:45am)      11/4 - Making Math and Science Meaningful With the TI-Innovator™ Rover (PM session)      11/9 - DATE CHANGED: Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      11/10 - CANCELLED: One Whole Day of Fractions, Divided into Equal Parts      11/10 - DEI Coser Leadership Meeting      11/16 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      11/17 - Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids?      11/28 - BOOK STUDY: Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler (Group 6)      11/29 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      11/30 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms? December      12/1 - Co-Teaching Collaboration with Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations      12/1 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      12/6 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      12/7 - Cancelled: Middle School Science Kit Training: Genes & Molecular Machines      12/13 - Middle School Science Kit Training: Earth's Dynamic Systems      12/14 - Cancelled: Middle School Science Kit Training: Ecosystems & Their Interactions January      1/5 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      1/10 - DBT STEPS-A January Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      1/10 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      1/11 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      1/12 - 7E Lesson Design: Meeting the NYSSLS Instructional Shift      1/13 - OCM BOCES Drone Day!      1/23 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      1/24 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      1/25 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      1/25 - Math Leadership Network      1/26 - Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids?      1/26 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      1/27 - INVITE ONLY - Winter 2023 Tech Coach Collaborative Meeting February      2/1 - Arts and Music Leadership Network with Special Guest Jonathan Grice      2/1 - Mapping the World: GIS in the Classroom      2/2 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      2/6 - Book Study: Breaking Down the Wall: Essential Shifts for English Learners' Success (Virtual)      2/6 - Book Study: Unlocking ELLs Potential (Virtual)      2/6 - Title III Consortium Meeting #2      2/7 - CANCELED: Using Concrete Tools and Pictorial Representations in Middle and High School Mathematics - 2 days      2/7 - Rochester Antiracist Curriculum Project Cohort 2      2/7 - School Psychologist Roundtable: Winter 2023 Meeting      2/8 - P-3 Early Learning Leadership Network Meeting #2      2/14 - Math Strategy: Model Drawing and Tape Diagrams      2/14 - What's in a Number? An Exploration of Grading Practices      2/15 - Science Leadership Network      2/16 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      2/16 - Hybrid Book Study: The Writing Rope; A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects      2/27 - BOOK STUDY: Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler (Group 8)      2/28 - ONLINE: MTSS Leadership Network Facilitator's Meeting: February 2023      2/28 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Algebra March      3/1 - Asynchronous - Spring Cleaning for your Drive      3/1 - The Impact of ChatGPT and Other Related Technologies - Caring for the Present and Enabling the Future      3/7 - 7E Lesson Design: Meeting the NYSSLS Instructional Shift (2-day workshop)      3/7 - Lead Evaluator Starter: For New Administrators      3/8 - Interdisciplinary Civics: Combating Climate Change Through Public Policy      3/13 - [Rescheduled] Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) through an English Language Learner (ELL) Lens      3/14 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN      3/14 - DBT STEPS-A March Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      3/14 - Literacy Leadership Network Meeting      3/15 - Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration      3/17 - Getting to Know Panopto      3/21 - Middle School Science Kit Training: Weather & Climate Systems      3/21 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      3/21 - Nix the Tricks and Rules that Expire in Mathematics      3/22 - Seal of Civic Readiness Webinar Series      3/23 - Webinar - AI Tools, ChatGPT and the end of learning as we know it! ...or is it?      3/24 - Play and Learn with Technology      3/28 - MTSS Leadership Network Facilitator's Meeting      3/28 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      3/28 - Progressions of Math Strategies for K-5 - PART 1 & 2 (2 days)      3/28 - Rurally Responsive Education      3/28 - School Climate Survey Vendor Showcase      3/29 - RIC One DPSS NY State User Group Conference      3/30 - Helping Students at Risk for Suicide      3/30 - IMapInvasives      3/30 - The Impact of ChatGPT and Other Related Technologies - Caring for the Present and Enabling the Future April      4/1 - ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE: Introduction to the SEAL of Civic Readiness      4/3 - Asynchronous Culture Series: Young, Gifted, & Black      4/3 - Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity Book Study      4/10 - Asynchronous: Book Study: Mindful School Libraries      4/11 - *Seal of Civic Readiness District Collaborative (Day 3 of 4)      4/11 - BOOK STUDY: Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler (Group 9)      4/11 - ELL Program Administrators Meeting #7      4/11 - Introduction to Project-Based Learning: Gold Standard Project Design with SEL, Equity & Rigor in Mind      4/11 - Video Recording and Editing to Create Learning Artifacts (Using WeVideo)      4/12 - Administration and Scoring of the NYSESLAT *Refresher*      4/12 - Social Emotional Learning Leadership Network Meeting      4/13 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Strategies for English Language Learners      4/14 - Administration and Scoring of the NYSESLAT *for New Scorers*      4/17 - Mentors Across Borders (Cohort 1) - Mtg 3      4/18 - CANCELLED: Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids? [held at Cortlandville Campus]      4/18 - DBT STEPS-A April Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      4/18 - World Language Leadership Network meeting      4/19 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      4/20 - Asynchronous: Branding Brilliance: Designing Websites That Showcase Your Educational Mission (Spring 2023)      4/20 - Let's Talk Climate: Finding Ways to Build Hope and Action for a Resilient Future      4/20 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Algebra      4/21 - This is A School Library: Connecting Stories To The Readers Who Need Them Most      4/24 - 2023 SUNY Cortland Literacy Master's Workshop: Early Literacy and Technology Use      4/24 - 2023 SUNY Cortland Literacy Master's Workshop: The Importance of Differentiation in the Classroom Environment: The Impact of Understanding Learner Variability      4/24 - ASYNCHRONOUS Book Study - "Mindfulness in the Classroom" - Group 1      4/24 - Asynchronous Culture Series: American Born      4/24 - Asynchronous: Slay Your Classroom with Streamlined Interactive Notebooks (G-2)      4/25 - Crosswalk the Standards: ESIFC & CS&DF      4/25 - MTSS Leadership Network April 2023 Facilitator's Meeting      4/25 - Supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art) and Mathematics (STE(A)M)      4/26 - 2023 SUNY Cortland Literacy Master's Workshop: Comprehension Strategies that Work: Insight from Real Elementary and Middle School Classroom Teachers      4/26 - 2023 SUNY Cortland Literacy Master's Workshop: Using Literacy to Promote Self-Care and Relationship Building in the Classroom      4/26 - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) through an English Language Learner (ELL) Lens      4/27 - 2023 SUNY Cortland Literacy Master's Workshop: Accommodating all Learners: How to Effectively use Differentiated Instruction      4/27 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Co-Teaching      4/27 - The Responsive Classroom® Core Course for Elementary Educators (2020 Revision) - Spring Session      4/27 - Youth Mental Health First Aid *By Invitation Only: MHAT Grant-tMHFA Cohort 1      4/28 - INVITE ONLY - Spring 2023 Tech Coach Collaborative Meeting May      5/1 - 2023 SUNY Cortland Literacy Master's Workshop: Literacy Teaching in Hybrid/Virtual Environments      5/2 - Scoring the New US History and Government Regents Exam at OCM      5/3 - Asynchronous: Book Study Developing Digital Detectives      5/3 - Naviance - College Planning and Scholarships      5/3 - Naviance - College Planning and eDocs      5/4 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Algebra (Cohort 2)      5/8 - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Train the Trainer - *Designated Participants only*      5/9 - Arts and Music Leadership Network      5/9 - GIS: Classroom Applications      5/9 - PBIS Coaches Network Meeting - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      5/9 - Solar Eclipse 2024: Are You Ready?      5/10 - SLS Combined Council & Communication Coordinators Meeting      5/10 - The Intersection of Privacy and Access in the School Library      5/11 - Student-Centered Coaching for Administrators      5/16 - DBT STEPS-A May Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      5/16 - ELL Program Administrators Meeting #8      5/17 - Naviance - College Planning and Reports      5/17 - Naviance - Resume Builder and Survey Builder      5/17 - P-3 Early Learning Leadership Network Meeting #3      5/18 - Writing strategies for the Social Studies Classroom      5/22 - Asynchronous Culture Series: Learning with PRIDE      5/23 - Social Studies Leadership Network Meeting      5/23 - TCIS Update - TCIS UP - **designated attendees** - 5/23/23 & 5/24/23      5/24 - 7E's on the 7 Seas Collaboration      5/24 - Science Leadership Network      5/31 - Literacy Leadership Network Meeting      5/31 - Student-Centered Coaching for Coaches June      6/1 - Computer Science & Digital Fluency Leadership Network      6/1 - Hands-on Stream Science in the Onondaga Creek Watershed (NEW DATE)      6/1 - PBIS Tier 1 New Coach Training- Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer ONLY      6/1 - Tier 2 and Tier 3 Systems and Solutions for Mathematics      6/5 - 2023 NYSESLAT Regional Scoring at OCM BOCES      6/6 - DBT STEPS-A June Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      6/6 - Math Leadership Network      6/7 - Booktopia: An Oasis for Book Lovers at Book Cafe!      6/8 - DEI Leadership Network (for all districts)      6/9 - MTSS Leadership Network Cohort 1 Annual Summit      6/12 - Guaranteed & Viable Continuum for the School Library Program      6/13 - ELL Program Administrators Meeting #9      6/13 - Leading the Way: Building Multilingual Learners' Capacity in Career and Technical Education Programs      6/14 - Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics      6/19 - Title III Consortium Meeting #2      6/26 - LETRS Volume 1 Summer 2023 July      7/1 - A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change by Dolly Chugh      7/1 - Asynchronous: Book Cafe 2.0 (Summer Version)      7/3 - Asynchronous Culture Series: American Born      7/3 - Asynchronous: Book Study Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad (Group 2)      7/10 - "Normal Sucks" Book Study      7/10 - Crafting Winning Questions: A Battle of the Books Question Writing Workshop for the 2023-2024 Competition Season (Day 1)      7/12 - Teaching Stamped      7/13 - Cornell eBirds Exploration and Citizen Science (2 consecutive days)      7/14 - Branding Brilliance: Designing Websites That Showcase Your Educational Mission      7/14 - Lead Evaluator for Teams      7/17 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      7/18 - Game On: Roll the Dice with Board Games      7/18 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      7/18 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      7/19 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      7/19 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      7/20 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      7/20 - Guaranteed & Viable Continuum for the School Library Program (Part II)      7/20 - Solar Eclipses: Viewing Nature's Greatest Show (Math Focus)      7/20 - Solar Eclipses: Viewing Nature's Greatest Show (Science Focus)      7/21 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Algebra      7/24 - Game-Changing Gamification: An Engaging PD for Innovative Educators      7/24 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      7/24 - LETRS Volume 2 Summer 2023      7/25 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      7/25 - Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration      7/25 - Progressions of Math Strategies for K-5 - PART 1 & 2 (2 days)      7/26 - Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids?      7/26 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces & Motion      7/27 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      7/31 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion (AM session)      7/31 - The Power of Inclusivity: How Genrefication and Diversity Auditing are Changing Libraries August      8/1 - Asynchronous: Slay Your Classroom with Streamlined Interactive Notebooks      8/1 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather (AM session)      8/2 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals (AM session)      8/3 - Grade 6 - Matter & Its Interactions      8/4 - Crafting Winning Questions: A Battle of the Books Question Writing Workshop for the 2023-2024 Competition Season (Day 2)      8/7 - Asynchronous Culture Series: Learning with PRIDE      8/7 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      8/7 - Rurally Responsive Education      8/8 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      8/8 - Tier 2 and Tier 3 Systems and Solutions for Mathematics      8/9 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      8/9 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      8/10 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      8/14 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      8/15 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      8/16 - Classroom Management: Setting Your Classroom Up for Success      8/16 - Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      8/16 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      8/17 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      8/17 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      8/21 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      8/21 - Picture This! Embracing Equity and Engaging with Empathy through Literature      8/21 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Geometry September      9/1 - The Shift to Student-Led: Reimagining Classroom Workflows with UDL and Blended Learning by Catlin R. Tucker, Katie Novak      9/12 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN      9/22 - Asynchronous: Book Study: Core Values in School Librarianship: Responding with Commitment and Courage📚 October      10/10 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN      10/18 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      10/19 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration November      11/14 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN December      12/12 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN January      1/9 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN February      2/13 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN March      3/12 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN April      4/9 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN May      5/14 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN June      6/11 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN