NYS Teacher Centers

Summer Institute

August 5-7, 2008

Corning, NY

Registration Packet

Hotel Registration Form

Conference Registration Form

Workshop Descriptions

Schedule

Optional Evening Activities Form

Invoice

HOTEL RESERVATION FORM

Radisson Hotel Corning

NYS Teacher Center Summer Institute

August 4–7, 2008

Reservations will be accepted until July 14, 2008.

After this date, reservations will be accepted on a space availability basis only.

RATES: Single Occupancy: $105 per nightDouble Occupancy: $115 per night

Rates are per room, per night. Rates are subject to 12% Lodging Tax.

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Teacher Center Summer Institute

August 5–7, 2008

Conference Registration

***Registration Deadline, July 14, 2008***

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FULL CONFERENCE: (Tuesday lunch, Wednesday breakfast and lunch, Thursday brunch)$150 $200

Single Day Registration:

TUESDAY (includes lunch)$25$75

WEDNESDAY (includes continental breakfast and lunch)$75$125

THURSDAY (includes continental breakfast and lunch)$50$100

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Workshop Choices

  • Please indicate your first and second choice for each workshop time. Every effort will be made to accommodate your first choice.
  • If a workshop is a double session, please indicate the workshop number in both spaces.
  • You will receive your workshop schedule at registration.

Workshop Session / First Choice / Second Choice
Pre-Conf. Tues. 8/5, 8:30-11:30 am
#1 Tues., 8/5 2:00-3:15 pm
#2 Tues., 8/5 3:45-5:00 pm
#3 Wed., 8/6 10:15-11:30 am
#4 Wed., 8/6 1:45-3:30 pm
#5 Wed., 8/6 3:30-4:45 pm
#6 Thurs., 8/7 10:15-11:30 am

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Adirondack Teacher Center

90 Elm StreetFax (518) 481-6296

Malone, NY 12953Phone (518) 481-6333

PO or check must be made payable to Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES.

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NOTE:Hotel Reservations MUST be made DIRECTLY with Radisson Hotel Corning by July 14, 2008.

Teacher Center Summer Institute

Corning, NY

August 5-7, 2008

Workshop Descriptions

Pre-Conference Sessions
Tuesday, August 5
8:30-11:30 am
Session #
Pre-con-10 / Using Blogs for Staff Development
Dan LaFica, Director, Wayne-Finger Lakes Teacher Center
My center has been using a subscription service called Edublogs Campus. I have been using these blogsto support many of the workshops and projects being run at my center.In this session, I will demonstrate how to set up a blog(s) and use it to support some of your teacher training activities.This will be a hands-on session.
Pre-con-3 / Maximizing the Use of 21st Century Memory Strategies in the Classroom
Vivian Demers-Jagoda, Instructor, Orchard Park Middle School
If it is true that we use only 10% of our brain, certain techniques will raise that to 15 or 20 percent, which will make us (and our students) twice as smart as anyone else. Apply and practice the most modern strategies available to improve registration, retention, and retrieval. Use the current research to develop more “Velcro” for our students.Explore how memories are recorded, including the timing of sensory and short term memory and the importance of sleep. Identify recall, review, and retrieval strategies, using the rhythm of the brain (10-24-7), memory slots, and distributive practice.Practice and model mental movie and key word conversion memory strategies for terms/vocabulary to increase recall during assessments. Use and model brain-compatible graphic organizers and test preparation to trigger memory recall and retrieval.Identify the critical food source that regulates memory. Identify and apply the roles of emotions and repetition. Use visual input, not just verbal, to strengthen memory recording (cartoons aren’t just for Saturday mornings). Use auditory prompts (Stories stick…Facts fade). Use of props, environment, and music to lock in memory.
Pre-con-51 / New Directors
Members of the Statewide Teacher Center Evaluation and Strategy Committee
This workshop will set the stage for a year-long program designed to assist directors of both new and established centers. New Directors will: (1)Learn about the organizational structure of teacher centers; (2) Meet the SED program coordinator, the NYSUT representative for Teacher Centers, and representatives from Evaluation and Strategy and the Leadership Academy; (3) Review NYS Teacher Center and National Staff Development Standards; (4) Review and discuss an annual timeline of TC Director “to dos;” (5) Meet other Directors; (6) Have plenty of opportunities to ask burning questions that come with taking on a new position; (7) Become familiar with the Directors Kit and resources; (8) Learn what to expect from their mentors; (9) Network with each other.
Workshop Session #1
Tuesday, August 5
2:00-3:15 pm
Session #
1-16 / MS Word Stuff You Didn't Know
Stephen Bittner, Educational Technology Specialist, Syracuse Teacher Center
This will be a hands-on session. This will be a fast paced workshop showing some basic tips and tricks that even some experienced users don't know. The workshop will also include a demonstration of using MSWord to create downloadable forms and some other infrequently used features of the application.
1-27 / Service Learning—Moving Students in the P-16 Continuum From Apathy to Application!
Maureen Connolly, English Instructor, Professor, Molloy College
High quality service-learning provides an opportunity for P-16 students and teachers to apply the content and skills taught in today's classes to real societal needs. Service-learning is the answer to the question: "Why do we have to learn this?" In this interactive presentation, the speaker will present school-wide, local, and international service-learning models and lesson plans that can be used by P-16 teacher educators with their students. Many handouts will be provided and inspiration is guaranteed!
1-30 / NYSMSA and the Middle-Level Educator…A Strong Partnership
Monica Kwiatkowski, Region 9 Director, NYS Middle School Assoc.
Not quite a child but not quite an adult, the age of young adolescence can be daunting. The teachers who work with middle level students are a unique group of educators who need a well rounded understanding of the whole child in order to achieve success. The NYS Middle School Association provides top notch professional development opportunities for middle level educators and leaders. Come find out who we are and what we do for educators of the "in between" students.
1-33 / Response to Intervention: An Overview of the RTI Process
David Rothfuss, Assistant in Educational Services/NYSUT
The reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 formally introduced a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) process as part of the identification of students with specific learning disabilities.However, an RTI process is also recognized as a service that can benefit students without disabilities as well.While many districts are rushing to provide an RTI process, there remain concerns and confusion about the effective implementation of such a process.This session will provide information on the background that led to an RTI process, the legal requirement for an RTI process, and the implementation of an RTI process in New York State.
1-34 / GOTCHA! Effective Ways to Improve Student Attention
Tony Trunfio, SUNY Cortland
An interactive program on how to motivate your students with humor and other fun strategies. Come find out about the Laughing-Learning Connection.
1-4 / How Boys and Girls Learn Differently
Vivian Demers-Jagoda, Instructor, Orchard Park Middle School
With more biological and neurological information on how children actually learn and learn best, apply the best of the new science in everyday classrooms. Apply the recent research on gender differences including: Males have high metabolism and energy level, need physical release in order to self-manage behavior more than girls; BODY CAN BREATHE, SO MIND CAN GROW; Trouble learning because they don’t feel cared about; Girls are called on less=girl’s self-esteem drops; Boys get more attention=often negative attention; Double edged sword=boys force us to bond in negative ways; Girls stand back during class=bond less dramatic also more positive; Stressed kids act out=causing disturbances in class; Girls and boys announce their stress differently=girls passive-act in but boys increase aggressiveness-act out.
1-45 / Bringing Fair Trade Home
Anne Kelly, Fair Trade Promoter, Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State, Maureen Casey, International Project Coordinator, Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
NYSUT has launched an innovative campaign to bring Fair Trade to members, students, and communities. Come learn about Fair Trade and why it matters to millions of poor farmers and their children around the world. See why children are able to go to school instead of doing field work as a direct result of your and your students' purchases. Learn about tools to teach about Fair Trade, including the new curriculum modules developed by NYSUT's Social Studies and Arts Curriculum Committees and launched at RA 2008
1-1 / How Do You Deal with a Problem If you Don't Know You Have One?
Renee Rosenblum-Lowden, Education Consultant
How can we teach tolerance when we ourselves are unaware of our own prejudices? In this workshop we will discuss who we are and how we identify ourselves. We will then explore who "WE" are and "THEM". We study scapegoating, stereotyping, and discrimination. Then through socio/psychological perspectives, we look at the "Isms". (Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Ethnocentrism, Ageism, Sexual orientation, Disabilities, Looks "ism", Classism, etc.) We do this at both the impersonal and personal levels using interactive thought provoking and consciousness raising techniques. We conclude with an examination of the actions we can take to combat bigotry.
1-11 / Thinkfinity in Higher Education: A P16 Focus
Joe Pesevento, Director, Mid-Hudson Teacher Center,
JoAnn Murphy-Genter, Assistant Director, Mid-Hudson Teacher Center
Teacher Centers are committed to working with P-16 institutions. This Thinkfinity awareness session will focus on effective ways to share Thinkfinity resources so that our college partners might use them with preservice students. Thinkfinity is a rich website that contains more than 55,000 authoritative educational and literacy resources for teachers, students, and community programs including standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools, and web sites offers the highest quality, standards-based professional development from nine academic disciplines. The ThinkfinityNY Web site, a partner with the NYS Virtual Learning System, aligns Thinkfinity lessons and resources with New York State Standards. A Thinkfinity training will show how teacher centers, working with higher education representatives, can impact on the full P16 range, in particular, preparing the preservice classroom teacher.
Extended Workshop Session #1/2
Tuesday, August 5
2:00-5:00 pm
Session #
1/2-38 / The What, Why, and How of Reading Comprehension in Early Childhood
Deborah Jones, Doreen Bevilacqua, UFT Teacher Center
When we think about teaching reading to young students we think primarily about teaching decoding skills. Equally important is developing the listening comprehension and thinking processes that proficient readers automatically apply to make meaning of text. In this interactive session participants will explore the role of classroom discussion to enhance reading comprehension and experience an explicit instructional model that includes scaffolding instruction and using work stations where young students can practice and apply comprehension strategies that have been taught.
1/2-37 / NO Problem Problem Solving: Examining the Singapore Bar Model Strategy
Andrea Elasser, UFT Teacher Center
Expand your students’ problem solving took kit by introducing them to the Singapore Bar model. Examine the analytical, representational nature of this strategy which can provide students with a protocol to help them successfully attack about 80% of the math problems they encounter in textbooks. Explore the potential of this strategy in supporting students who are English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and emergent mathematicians.
Workshop Session #2
Tuesday, August 5
3:45-5:00 pm
Session #
2-12 / Opening Doors with Blogging
George Lohmann, Director, Tioga County Teacher Center
Blogging is an amazingly easy and valuable way to interact with students, parents, and colleagues. Explore the various ways blogging can be used in educational settings. About blogging, Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, blogging is"about the connections, collaborations, and conversations that the new 'cool tools' of the web are allowing us to create." Explore the benefits of creating classroom blogs, student portfolio blogs, writing lab blogs and blogs used by librarians, coaches, and guidance counselors, etc. Teacher Centers can also use blogs to quickly and efficiently communicate with their constituents.
2-17 / Excel Tips and Tricks
Stephen Bittner, Educational Technology Specialist, Syracuse Teacher Center
This will be a hands-on session. Participants in this workshop will learn some of the basics of using Excel to manage data and how to do a mail merge using Excel and Word together. Come in with your questions about this powerful application.
2-40 / Using Peer Review
Carolyn Williams, Assistant in Research and Educational Services, NYSUT
This session will provide an update on changes to tenure law, specifically, the use of peer review in making tenure determinations. Participants will gain an understanding of the history and context for peer review, barriers and elements of a productive peer review program, research on peer review, and the role of teacher centers in development and implementation of peer review programs.
2-46 / Looking at Your Leadership
Mary Ann Luciano, Director, Catskill Regional Teacher Center, Coordinator of the NYS TC Leadership Academy
Using an instrument from the National Staff Development Council, participants will examine their own leadership. There will be discussion about the Leadership Academy and opportunities for participation
2-48 / Tour of Filesafe
Gail Orione, Director, Rush-Henrietta Teacher Center, Ginny Gorski, Director, Monroe #1 BOCES Teacher Center
Take a tour of Filesafe on Caucus. All of your public relations and other resource materials are now readily available for your use. Find out how to access: logos, PowerPoint presentations, newsletters, posters, postcards,the director’s kit,the mentor binder,the TC brochure, and more!
2-49 / Explore the Possibilities! Learn what the AFT ER&D Can Do for Your Teacher Center
Kathleen Graham Kelly, NYSUT Educational Services Department
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Educational Research and Dissemination (ER&D) Program is a union-sponsored research-based professional development program. This program will demonstrate how K-12 educators can gain access to research on teaching and learning in a form that gives them the ability to apply the findings in their classrooms and share strategies with their colleagues. Attend this session to learn about the ER&D model and how to get involved in this AFT professional development program.
2-5 / High Impact Communication: Adult Learners
Vivian Demers-Jagoda, Instructor, Orchard Park Middle School
Many of our teachers and staff members are now asked to present to their adult peers. The leadership roles demand refinement of their great teaching skills to become effective adult presenters and facilitators. Effective trainer/facilitator of adult learning styles; Confidence in delivery and managing stress; 3 V’s of presentation (visual, verbal, vocal); Developing and using quality visuals and handouts; Delivery.