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October      10/3 - Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity Book Study May      5/10 - SLS Combined Council & Communication Coordinators Meeting      5/10 - The Intersection of Privacy and Access in the School Library June      6/26 - Asynchronous - 📋Google Practice Sets July      7/3 - Asynchronous - Canva Creation for Teachers      7/3 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 1 (Asynchronous) 2023 - 2024      7/3 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 2 (Asynchronous) 2023 - 2024      7/3 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 3 (Asynchronous) 2023 - 2024      7/3 - The Co-Teaching Series: Module 4 (Asynchronous) 2023 - 2024      7/5 - BOOK STUDY: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth (ASYNCHRONOUS & VIRTUAL)      7/10 - "Normal Sucks" Book Study      7/13 - Cornell eBirds Exploration and Citizen Science (2 consecutive days)      7/17 - Asynchronous - Canva Creation for Teachers      7/17 - Asynchronous - 📋Google Practice Sets      7/17 - Cognitive Coaching Foundations Course      7/17 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      7/18 - CANCELLED: NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      7/18 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      7/19 - CANCELLED: NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      7/19 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      7/19 - NEW DAC Training - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      7/19 - RETURNING DAC Training - Dignity Act & Mental Health CoSer Schools ONLY      7/20 - Bring the World to Your Classroom      7/20 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      7/20 - Nutrient Pollution and Water Quality with Upstate Freshwater Institute      7/20 - Solar Eclipses: Viewing Nature's Greatest Show (Math Focus)      7/20 - Solar Eclipses: Viewing Nature's Greatest Show (Science Focus)      7/21 - CANCELLED: Preparing for the Next Generation of Algebra      7/24 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      7/25 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      7/25 - Progressions of Math Strategies for K-5 - PART 1 & 2 (2 days)      7/26 - Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids?      7/27 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      7/31 - Asynchronous - Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Interactive Slide Decks      7/31 - Asynchronous - SEL + Tech = MFEO (Made for Each Other) ❤️      7/31 - CANCELLED: Diving into NYSSLS: Empowering Students Through 3D Community Science and Onondaga Lake (2 consecutive days)      7/31 - Empowering Special Education Teachers with Google Sheets      7/31 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion (AM session) August      8/1 - Kindergarten - Exploring My Weather (AM session)      8/2 - Kindergarten - Exploring Plants & Animals (AM session)      8/2 - Marcellus DigiFest 2023      8/2 - tMHFA Certified Instructor Course *By Invitation Only Cohort 1 tMHFA Training Project Districts- SPONSORED by SAMHSA MHAT GRANT      8/7 - Asynchronous Culture Series: Learning with PRIDE      8/7 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      8/7 - Middle School Science Kit Training: Earth's Dynamic Systems      8/8 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      8/8 - Middle School Science Kit Training: Weather & Climate Systems      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?      8/10 - Lead Evaluator Training - First Year Training 2023      8/11 - Lego Coaches Bootcamp      8/14 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      8/15 - DBT STEPS-A August 2023 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      8/15 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      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 - Asynchronous - A.I. Uses for Teachers      8/21 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      8/21 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Geometry      8/21 - Strategies for Enhancing Reading and Writing with Technology      8/21 - Tech Troubles? No More! Join Our Professional Development Session to Unlock the Full Potential of Technology      8/28 - Middle School Science Kit Training: Ecosystems & Their Interactions      8/29 - Middle School Science Kit Training: Genes & Molecular Machines September      9/1 - OD: Digital Organization      9/1 - OD: Discovery Education      9/1 - OD: Google Data Studio aka Looker Studio      9/1 - OD: Legends of Learning      9/1 - OD: Libguides      9/1 - OD: Noodletools      9/1 - OD: Peardeck      9/13 - Coaching to Support Integrative STEM Curriculum Development (Multi Day Workshop)      9/13 - Introduction to the TI-Nspire™ CX Technology      9/14 - CANCELED: Launching Learning: Harnessing the Power of Statapults in Education      9/15 - Instructional Coaches Collaborative      9/18 - "Normal Sucks" Book Study *DEI CoSer Only*      9/18 - BOOK STUDY: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth (ASYNCHRONOUS & VIRTUAL)      9/18 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      9/19 - Grade 5 - How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems?      9/20 - Grade 3 - How Do Weather & Climate Affect Our Lives?      9/20 - How to Be An Inclusive Leader Book Study      9/20 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      9/21 - Algebra I Community of Practice      9/21 - CLOSED: Grade 4 - How Can We Provide Energy to People's Homes?      9/21 - Grade 2 - How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?      9/21 - Solar Eclipse Community Science: Empowering Students Through NASA GLOBE (Multi-day Workshop)      9/21 - Solar Eclipse Community Science: Empowering Students Through NASA GLOBE (Multi-day Workshop)      9/22 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      9/26 - Grade 3 - How Can We Predict Patterns of Motion?      9/26 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      9/26 - SLS Council Meeting      9/26 - TEACCH Training *Designated Staff*      9/26 - Wanted: Educational Engineers for a Deep Dive Into Life Science/Biology NYSSLS (3 meetings)      9/27 - Grade 2 - What Can Maps Tell Us About Land and Water on Earth?      9/27 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      9/27 - Wanted: Educational Engineers for a Deep Dive Into Earth and Space Science NYSSLS (3 meetings)      9/28 - Assistant Principal Collaborative      9/28 - Math Interventionist Community of Practice      9/28 - STAR/Fastbridge to Freckle Connection Lunch and Learn      9/28 - Supporting Newcomers' Success - Session 1: Getting to Know Multilingual Learner Newcomers      9/28 - The ELL Identification Process for Qualified Personnel @ OCM BOCES      9/28 - Wanted: Educational Engineers for a Deep Dive Into Physics and Chemistry NYSSLS (3 meetings)      9/29 - AIMSweb Plus Reports Training      9/29 - Arts and Music Leadership Network      9/29 - Follett Destiny Refresher      9/29 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff) October      10/2 - ASYNCHRONOUS: A More Just Future by Dolly Chugh Book Study (Group 2)      10/2 - Asynchronous Book Study- The Writing Rope; A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects      10/2 - BOOK STUDY: Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler      10/3 - DBT STEPS-A October 2023 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      10/3 - Grade 1 - How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?      10/3 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      10/3 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting Afternoon ONLY      10/3 - Xello Regional User Group      10/4 - AIMSweb Plus Progress Monitoring Training      10/4 - Geometry Community of Practice      10/4 - Lead Evaluator Training of Principals: Virtual      10/4 - Lead Evaluator Training of Teachers      10/4 - Regional Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Training Session Fall 2023      10/4 - Schooltool Attendannce User Group Meeting      10/4 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      10/5 - Bridge the Gap--STEM Career Connection Series: Parasitology by SUNY Oneonta      10/5 - Intro to Argument Driven Inquiry (ADI)      10/5 - Kindergarten - Exploring Forces & Motion, Exploring My Weather, and Exploring Plants & Animals      10/5 - Podcast Study: NPR CODE SWITCH: School Colors podcast series *CoSer Only*      10/5 - Science of Reading Series; Bringing the Science of Reading into Social Studies Instruction      10/5 - Supporting Newcomers' Success - Session 2: Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment      10/9 - ASYNCHRONOUS - 📋Google Practice Sets      10/10 - Computer Science & Digital Fluency Leadership Network      10/10 - Elementary Math Mastery Community of Practice      10/10 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      10/10 - Writing is Thinking 101 - The Mighty Sentence      10/11 - Effective Literacy for Leaders      10/11 - Grade 1 - How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?      10/11 - Grade 5 - How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?      10/11 - Middle School (6th -8th) Math Community Of Practice      10/11 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      10/11 - Unlocking the Power of 3-Dimensional Assessment Writing (3 days)      10/12 - Building Thinking Classrooms in All Contents      10/12 - DEI COSER Leadership Network      10/12 - Grade 1 - How Do Living Things Stay Safe & Grow?      10/12 - Grade 4 - How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?      10/12 - Grade 6 - Matter & Its Interactions      10/12 - The Responsive Classroom® Core Course for Elementary Educators (2020 Revision) - FALL 2023 SESSION      10/13 - AIMSweb Plus Reports Training      10/13 - Making Math and Science Meaningful With the TI-Innovator™ Hub & Rover      10/16 - ASYNCHRONOUS - Lesson planning with A.I.      10/16 - Bias Incidents, DASA, & Civil Rights *DEI CoSer Only*      10/16 - CNY NYSAWA-Inspiring and Leveraging the Voice of Women in Educational Leadership with Keynote from Amy Henecke, The Micron Foundation      10/16 - CNY NYSAWA-Inspiring and Leveraging the Voice of Women in Educational Leadership with Keynote from Amy Henecke, The Micron Foundation      10/16 - Lead Evaluator Training of Teachers: Virtual      10/16 - Mentors Across Borders - Meeting 1      10/16 - Writing is Thinking 101 - The Mighty Sentence      10/17 - Algebra 2 Community of Practice      10/17 - Classroom Management Series: Fostering Student Engagement in the Classroom      10/17 - Naviance Product Demonstration - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm      10/17 - Naviance Regional User Group - 9:30 am to 11:00 am      10/17 - Science Leadership Network      10/17 - Science of Reading Series; Foundations of Effective Reading Instruction for Support Staff      10/18 - AIMSweb Plus Progress Monitoring Training      10/18 - Grade 6 - Space Systems Exploration      10/18 - NYS Lab Investigations: Intermediate Level Science Exploration      10/18 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      10/19 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Co-Teaching      10/19 - NYS Lab Investigations: Elementary Level Science Exploration      10/19 - Non-Regents Math Classes Community Of Practice      10/19 - PBIS Tier 1 Booster      10/20 - Gizmos User Group: Grades K-12      10/20 - Nurturing the Creative Mind: Cultivating Imagination in Fine Arts Education      10/20 - Reflex/Frax User Group: Grades 2 +      10/23 - ASYNCHRONOUS - New to Seesaw? No problem!      10/23 - TCIS Implementation for Leaders      10/24 - Grade 4 - How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?      10/24 - Math Leadership Network      10/24 - PBIS Virtual Overview      10/24 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      10/24 - Restorative Practices Virtual Overview      10/24 - STEM/STEAM Through An ELLs Lens: Building a Community of Practice (multi-day workshop)      10/25 - 2023 Greater CNY School Library Systems Annual Fall Conference      10/25 - Grade 1 - How Can We Predict When the Sky Will Be Dark?      10/25 - Grade 3 - How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?      10/25 - Grade 5 - How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?      10/25 - Seal of Civic Readiness; An Introduction for Administrators      10/26 - Grade 2 - How Can We Stop Soil from Washing Away?      10/26 - Grade 4 - What is Our Evidence We Live on a Changing Earth?      10/26 - Seal of Civic Readiness Series; Empowering Civic Engagement: Integrating the NYS Seal of Civic Readiness into 9th grade Global      10/26 - Solar Eclipses: Viewing Nature's Greatest Show      10/26 - Supporting Newcomers' Success - Session 3: Cultivating Social and Emotional Learning      10/27 - MTSS Leadership Network      10/30 - ASYNCHRONOUS: Engaging EduProtocols for Teaching (Group 2)      10/30 - Asynchronous Culture Series: More than one thing *Co Ser Only* November      11/1 - AIMSweb Plus Fall User Group      11/1 - Bring the World to Your Classroom      11/1 - Grade 2 - How Can We Change Solids & Liquids?      11/1 - Grade 5 - How Can We Use The Sky To Navigate?      11/1 - Social Studies Leadership Network Meeting      11/1 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      11/2 - Grade 3 - What Explains Similarities & Differences Between Organisms?      11/2 - Seal of Civic Readiness Series; Middle School Capstone Experience by WCNY Enterprise America      11/6 - ASYNCHRONOUS - Using Digital Tools to Help Collect and Share Data in Special Education      11/6 - Arts and Music Leadership Network      11/6 - Asynchronous: Book Study The 6 Literacy Levers: Creating a Community of Readers (Group 2)      11/7 - Asynchronous Book Study-The Reading Comprehension Blueprint; Helping Students Make Meaning from Text      11/7 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Algebra      11/8 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      11/9 - Enhancing Writing Instruction in the Secondary Classroom      11/9 - Military Child Storytime      11/13 - Picture This! Embracing Equity and Engaging with Empathy through Literature      11/13 - Suicide Safety for Teachers (School Staff)      11/14 - Advancing Naval STEM Teacher Education Collaboration Part 2      11/14 - Booktopia: An Oasis for Book Lovers at Book Cafe!      11/14 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      11/15 - Bridge the Gap--STEM Career Connection Series: Social Climate Justice with ESF      11/15 - Grade 6 - Energy, Forces & Motion      11/15 - Science of Reading Series; Unlock the Power of Literacy in STEM Education!      11/15 - Social Emotional Learning Leadership Network Meeting      11/16 - Classroom Management Series: Responding to Problem Behaviors in the Clasroom      11/16 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Strategies for English Language Learners in Content Area Classes      11/20 - DEI Leadership Network ALL      11/21 - Literacy Leadership Network Meeting      11/28 - DBT STEPS-A November 2023 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      11/28 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      11/29 - MTSS Monthly PLC for November      11/29 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      11/29 - SLS Council Meeting      11/30 - Inclusive Holidays DEI COSER DISTRICTS ONLY December      12/1 - Scoir Product Demonstration (Virtual) 1:00 pm      12/1 - Scoir Regional User Group (Virtual) 9:00 am      12/4 - Game On: Roll the Dice with Board Games      12/5 - PBIS Tier 2 Virtual Overview      12/12 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      12/12 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      12/14 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Formative and Summative Assessments      12/14 - PBIS Coaches Network Meeting      12/14 - Solar Eclipses: Viewing Nature's Greatest Show      12/18 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Geometry      12/19 - Bridge the Gap--STEM Career Connection Series: Electrical Engineering with Hidden Level & Syracuse University      12/20 - MTSS Monthly PLCs-December January      1/1 - Asynchronous: Book Cafe 2.0 (Spring 2024)      1/9 - DBT STEPS-A January 2024 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      1/9 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      1/10 - Computer Science & Digital Fluency Leadership Network      1/10 - Social Emotional Learning Leadership Network Meeting      1/16 - Literacy Leadership Network Meeting      1/16 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Geometry      1/17 - Advancing Naval STEM Teacher Education Collaboration Part 2      1/17 - MTSS Leadership Network      1/18 - My NASA Data Teacher Leadership Program: Harnessing the Power of Data for Student Achievement (2-day session)      1/22 - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) 3 Day Certification      1/22 - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) 5 Day Certification      1/23 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      1/25 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Equitable Assessments (HS Regents, Grades 3-8 ELA/Math)      1/25 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      1/29 - MTSS Monthly PLCs-January      1/29 - Mid-State RBERN Book Study: Unlocking ELs' Potential - Spring 2024 (Virtual)      1/30 - The SEL Connected Classroom      1/31 - Math Leadership Network February      2/1 - ASYNCHRONOUS: Core Values in School Librarianship Book Study      2/5 - P-3 Early Learning Leadership Network Meeting      2/6 - PBIS Tier 1 Team Training      2/6 - Science Leadership Network      2/7 - Exploring Upstate Freshwater Institute: Designing NYSSLS-Aligned Lessons (2-day workshop)      2/8 - Making Math and Science Meaningful With the TI-Innovator™ Rover Part 2      2/12 - DBT STEPS-A February 2024 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      2/13 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      2/14 - Launching Learning: Harnessing the Power of Statapults in Education      2/14 - PBIS Tier 2 Team Training      2/15 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Co-Teaching      2/21 - MTSS Monthly PLCs-February      2/27 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      2/28 - Game-Changing Gamification in the Classroom March      3/5 - Social Studies Leadership Network Meeting      3/12 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      3/13 - Bridge the Gap--STEM Career Connection Series: Sustainability Math Using R with Ithaca College      3/13 - DEI Leadership Network ALL      3/15 - Arts and Music Leadership Network      3/18 - DBT STEPS-A March 2024 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      3/19 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      3/20 - MTSS Monthly PLCs-March      3/21 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Strategies for English Language Learners in Content Area Classes      3/27 - SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting      3/27 - SLS Council Meeting      3/27 - TI Tips for the Algebra I & Algebra II Regents      3/28 - Administration and Scoring of the NYSESLAT *for New Scorers* @ OCM BOCES April      4/2 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Geometry      4/3 - Diving into NYSSLS: Empowering Students Through 3D Community Science and Onondaga Lake (2 consecutive days)      4/4 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: Formative and Summative Assessments      4/9 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      4/10 - Social Emotional Learning Leadership Network Meeting      4/11 - Bridge the Gap--STEM Career Connection Series: Monitoring Biochemical Processes in Lakes by Upstate Freshwater Institute      4/16 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      4/30 - P-3 Early Learning Leadership Network Meeting May      5/1 - Learning To Code With the TI-Innovator™ Hub (TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ CX Families of Graphing Calculators)      5/2 - Mid-State RBERN's Caffeinated Conversations: NYSESLAT Q & A      5/7 - DBT STEPS-A May 2024 Workgroup (Sponsored by SPC/NY and NYS OMH for Onondaga County GLS Grant funded participants)      5/7 - Preparing for the Next Generation of Geometry      5/7 - Science Leadership Network      5/14 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting      5/15 - Computer Science & Digital Fluency Leadership Network      5/16 - PBIS Coaches Network Meeting      5/21 - RBERN C.A.R.E.S - A New ENL Teacher Cohort Meeting      5/21 - Social Studies Leadership Network Meeting      5/22 - DEI Leadership Network ALL      5/23 - MTSS Leadership Network      5/29 - Literacy Leadership Network Meeting      5/29 - MTSS Professional Learning Communities June      6/11 - Charter School PLC Meeting with Mid-State RBERN      6/11 - Math Leadership Network      6/11 - Regional ENL Administrators' Meeting