BCIC February 2014

Here is the agenda (slides) for the OCM BOCES Curriculum and Instruction Council (BCIC) meeting, 8:30am, February 13, 2014, Distance Learning Center. click for minutes

Welcome and Introductions

Updates

• SED
• Legislative
• Instructional Technology and Design (ITD home page)
• Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (CIA)
• Teacher Centers
• Higher Education
• Instructional Support News
• Regional Summer School
• CNY NYS ASCD home page
• Innovation Tech (New Tech High School)

District Sharing

• Marcellus
• Homer for March
• April: need volunteer
• May: need volunteer
• June: need volunteer

Race To The Top

• Standards 
  • Updating the curriculum and assessment chart
• Common Core Conversation
  • Mid-point checking in: How's the transition going?
  • Implications on text and resource purchasing
  • Updating the chart if, including ELA in January and 8th Grade math acceleration double-testing
• Core Research  flyer
  • Resources and support from NT, CI&A, and SLS
• Data-Driven Instruction
  • PLCs follow-up -- how can we support you?
  • Turn Your RtI Upside-Down (connected to PLCs) October 24, 2014 
  • PLCs at Work Institute August 12-14, 2015 here? maybe?
• Professional Practice (including APPR)
  • The next Lead Evaluator Training is March 17 (Syracuse) and 18 (Cortland)
  • Foci of this session are summative, NYS Teaching Standards, 6 & 7, and Growth Producing Feedback
• Culture
  • Regional RFP might be coming for assessment work: audit and subsequent work
• Long-term planning for RTTT (example plan)
• NT Reporting
  • No cost extension
  • Billing starting up again soon (letter will go out)

Regional Vision

• InnovationTech
• Tours of Tech Valley High School
• PBL models (Buck Institute and New Tech)
• PBL school implementation rubric
• PBL NY registration is now active (will not be advertised statewide until March 6th)

Other Business

• Testing of 8th Graders who are in accelerated math
  • Explanation memo
  • Double-testing slides

Assessment

• 3-8 Regional Assessment
  • Finalize chart
  • Finalize clusters
  • Next step identification
• June Regents Scoring

Future Meeting Planning

• The next BCIC meeting is March 20, 2014, in the Henry Large Conference Room.
• Next year we will hold our meetings in the Rodax 8 Large Conference Room: