BCIC December 2013

Here is the agenda (slides) for the OCM BOCES Curriculum and Instruction Council (BCIC) meeting, 8:30am, December 19, 2013, Henry Large Conference:

Welcome and Introductions

Updates

• SED
• Assessment update
• PISA sample items
• Common Core-aligned Regents update   performance levels
• Legislative
• Instructional Technology and Design (ITD home page)
• Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (CIA)
• Teacher Centers
• Higher Education
• Instructional Support News
• CNY NYS ASCD home page
• Data in Schools Flyer
• OCM BOCES Building Purchase slides

District Sharing

• Onondaga Central's Smile Therapy program -- aimed at improving the culture.
• Volunteer for next meeting?

Race To The Top

• Standards
• • Common Core Items:
    • Bill Daggett January 9, 3-6p, Rodax 8 Large
    • ELA activities
    • Math activities
    • Math Boot Camp
      • January 17 & 18
      • Central Square Middle School
      • Grade Level Bands
      • webpage
      • Registration status
      • Class sizes of 48 at elementary level; 24 for middle
      • Andrew Chen
      • Good food
      • $40 per person cost
    •  Updating the chart if, including ELA in January and 8th Grade math acceleration double-testing
    • Resources for ELA 11
    • Resources for A1
• Core Research
  • Resources and support from NT, CI&A, and SLS
• Data-Driven Instruction
  • PLCs follow-up and support group
  • Turn Your RtI Upside-Down (connected to PLCs)
    • Mike Mattos is confirmed for October 24, 2014. 
    • SRC Arena is reserved
    • Lining up conference day on the BOCES calendar
    • What kind of participation?
    • Next steps?
• Professional Practice (including APPR)
• Culture
• Long-term planning for RTTT (example plan)
• NT Report (waiting)

Other Business

• Enterprise America
  • Grand Opening
  • Middle-Level Open House, Information Meeting and Guided Tours
• 2014 Law Conference
  • save the date
  • input for program
• Save the Date: PBLNY August 5-6-7
  • Yong Zhao
  • Sam Chaltain
  • Suzie Boss
  • Ron Berger
  • PBL 101
  • PBL Leadership
  • PBL Coaching
• CNY Regional Vision for PBL and New Tech High
  • Presentation to update status 
• Enterprise America Update

Assessment

• Research particiaption opportutnity: National Field Trial of Questions to Test Your Students’ College & Career Readiness (let Jeff know if you might be interested)
• LOTE Checkpoint B
  • Update
• 3-8 Regional Assessment
  • What are districts planning to do  chart
  • Optimum Solutions Corporation (through CNYRIC) costs:
    • $12.50 per exam for ELA 3-8
    • $10.50 per exam for Math 3-8
    • $  9.75 per exam for Science Grade 4
    • $11.75 per exam for Science Grade 8 
  • Implications on regional scoring
  • Next step identification

Future Meeting Planning

• The next BCIC meeting is December 19, 2013, in the Henry Large Conference Room.
• Next year we will hold our meetings in the Rodax 8 Large Conference Room: