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BCIC December 2012

Here is the agenda for the OCM BOCES Curriculum and Instruction Council (BCIC) meeting, 8:30am, December 20, 2012, Henry Large Conference Room.

Welcome and Introductions

Updates

SED
Presentation about changes in Teacher Certification
Virtual AP Summary
Legislative
Instructional Technology and Design (ITD)
Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (CIA) schedule
Teacher Centers
- Possibility of providing Model Building training for teachers her on March 15th
Network Team
- Introducing Joanne Keim and Phyllis Litzenberger
Cybersmarts (3-6) and Teen Cybersmarts (6-12)
- Video demonstration
- Access it here (ocm; ocm)

Race To The Top

Standards
- Math Instruction
  - Math resources
    - checklist for implementation
    - PLCs book set (for NT districts)
  - University of Arizona Common Core math conference March 1-3
    - registration status
    - avaibility of stipends through School Improvement (form)
  - Bill McCallum session for administrators morning of March 1st
  - High School Test-specific Transition Groups
    - A1
    - Geometry
  - Math "course" idea (ELA, too?)
    - Week during the summer
    - 1 day per month during the following year
    - clusters collaborate in between
- ELA/literacy
  - curricumum modules update
    - "Smart Consumers" sessions being scheduled
  - Expeditionary Learning PD for teachers June 24-28?
    - 3-5 and 6-8
    - Would have a cost; need to know how to proceed
Data-Driven Instruction
- Common Formative/Interim Assessment
Professional Practice (including APPR)
Culture
- Update on PLCs at Work Summit possibilities

Assessment

3-8 Cluster Scoring
- Summary of last month's work with recommendations
- Consider ramifications of new formats (charts)
Regents Regional Scoring Planning and Preparation
- Who can score alone/who needs to score regionally or in clusters?
  - January plans spreadsheet
- Scoring needs language chart

Future Meeting Planning

The next BCIC meeting is January 17, 2013, in the Distance Learning Center