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SULLIVAN BOCES | 6 WIERK AVENUE, LIBERTY, NEW YORK 12754 | (845) 295-4000 | SCBOCES.ORG

MARKI L. CLAIR-O’ROURKE

Interim Director of Instructional Support

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Instructional Support Services: A division of Sullivan BOCES

“Building capacity to support quality programs and outcomes for students throughout the educational community”

Marki L. Clair-O’Rourke, Interim Director of Instructional Support Services October 2015

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES:

I began my position as Interim Director of Instructional Support Services on Thursday, September 17th and have been warmly welcomed by all BOCES ISS staff. I am quickly learning about the many programs and services we provide and will also be reaching out to our component districts to learn about their professional development needs. One of my top priorities is to fill vacated ISS positions with highly qualified individuals so the department is in the best position to continue to provide the high quality services our component districts have come to rely upon. As of October 2, 2015:

District Days Allocated Days Provided/Scheduled Days Remaining Eldred 10 1 9 Fallsburg 15 0 15 Liberty 16 4.5 11.5 Monticello 29 16 13 Roscoe 6 0 6 Sullivan West 13 0 13 Tri-Valley 12 6 6 Sullivan County BOCES 8 4.5 3.5 The Instructional Support Services Brochure is now available online at http://brochures.lerntools.com/pdf_view.cfm?id=3238 . Please take a look at the

array of professional development opportunities being provided as we kick off the new school year!

I.S.S. OVERVIEW

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Vacant - School Improvement Math Specialist September 2015

“Assist district administrators from component school districts to provide School Improvement program and technical support with a concentration in Mathematics.”


The School Improvement Math Specialist position is currently vacant. The first round of interviews for this position, held in early July, did not yield a favorable candidate pool. The position has been reposted and applications have been reviewed. An interview team representative of BOCES and component district administrators will interview four candidates on October 6th. We are looking for strong math content and pedagogical expertise at the secondary level. We are most hopeful to have a candidate to recommend to the Board at the November 14th Board meeting. In the meantime, Janine Brutvan continues to serve as a math consultant and provides needed professional development and support to component district elementary math teachers.

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Dola Deloff, ELA Specialist September 2015

Assists district administrators from component school districts to provide School Improvement program and technical support with a concentration in ELA. The primary focus is for School Improvement strategies, and efforts for College and Career readiness.


TRAININGS FACILITATED: Writing Workshop and the Common Core: Continued a series of workshops in Tri-Valley CSD with elementary school teachers about how to

integrate writing workshop with the Common Core modules. RTI Training: On opening day, presented RTI to Eldred CSD high school teachers. Social Studies Inquiries: On opening day, introduced all Roscoe CSD teachers to the social studies inquiries and demonstrated how the model can

be used in other subject areas. APPR Calibration Training: Worked with administration council of the Fallsburg CSD to calibrate their scores for teachers’ evaluations.

TRAININGS ATTENDED:

Staff/Curriculum Development Network (S/CDN): Attended 1st quarterly meeting to become informed of latest changes and developments in the NY State Education Department. Topics included standards-based report cards, 3012-d, blended learning, and the state-wide professional development framework.

NYS Association for Women Administration: Attended quarterly meeting that included a board panel about budgets. PLANNING MEETINGS ATTENDED:

Monticello Central School: 14 days of training in assessment evaluation Roscoe Central School: 4 days of training in inquiry BOCES CTE Program: Several faculty meetings and full-day trainings in data analysis and lesson plans County School Counselors: Garnered invitation. Presented updates at the state level. Will follow up with more information at next meeting.

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Statewide Professional Development Framework: On steering committee of ELA group. Planned the November workshop. ON THE HORIZON: Trainings to Facilitate:

Continue with RTI training at Eldred CSD Grade Band Reflection Groups Social Studies and ELA integration with Liberty Elementary and Middle School teachers, with Social Studies consultant Inquiry Learning (and reflection group) Coaching for Coaches (and reflection group) Socratic Seminar (and reflection group) Assessment Evaluation in the Monticello CSD Evaluation Calibration in the Fallsburg CSD Continue with data analysis at BOCES CTE LOTE leadership group Social studies inquiries at Eldred ELA/social studies group at Eldred Continue with writing workshop in Tri-Valley AP council Writing coaching sessions with Liberty middle school teachers Art and music leadership group

Trainings to Attend:

Teacher Leadership Evaluation (to turnkey) Re-framing the Role of Principals (to turnkey)

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Rosibel Gonzalez, Coordinator of RSE-TASC September 2015

“Special Education School Improvement Specialist”


Special Education School Improvement Specialist (SESIS):

Fallsburg CSD: Jointly with district administration, SESIS began developing a Quality Improvement Process (QIP) Upfront Agreement to support Special Education

initial efforts. As a result, the district established a QIP Leadership Team to support and monitor the improvement process through-out the school year. The team is composed of district administrators, special and general education teachers, and special education service providers representative of elementary and secondary school buildings.

In collaboration with district administrator, SESIS began planning the first QIP leadership team meeting. Data was prepared and collected to share with the team. A few goals were outlined for the first meeting: establishing purpose, vision, and developing outcome goals for students with disabilities.

On 9/29/15; SESIS co-facilitated the first QIP Leadership Team meeting with district administrator. The QIP process was explained to the team as well as the reason for NYSED identification. The team engaged in a data discussion by looking at a few district’s data points to determine the existence state of student performance. The team also engaged in discussing desire state for students with disabilities as part of the process. As a result, the team developed outcome goals for instructional change, and drafted activities to support these outcome goals. SESIS will use the information provided by team to draft the QIP plan with district administrator for future implementation.

Monticello CSD: Monticello will notify SESIS how to best support their efforts in the implementation of the district Local Assistance Plan as it relates to special

education students goals in the plan. An October date was scheduled for a follow-up conversation. Sullivan BOCES:

On September 17, attended and participated a meeting with BOCES representatives to discuss how to best support Sullivan County Transition Council team. Patrick Sullivan was appointed as the BOCES representative to support the council’s efforts. The purpose of the meeting was for planning purposes. As a result of this meeting, outcome goals were outlined for the first SC Transition Council meeting.

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On September 18, SESIS planned and co-facilitated the SC Transition Council meeting with two regional Transition Specialists from the RSE-TASC. One of the goals of the meeting was to identify the purpose, mission, and goals of the council. At this meeting, the team engaged in dialogue and discussion of the type of work they conducted and accomplished in the past and drafted future goals.

Meetings with Stakeholders: On September 15, attended and participated in the Sullivan county SCCITA meeting. On September 17, attended and participated in the Sullivan county Elementary Principal meeting. On September 17, attended and participated in the Administrative Cabinet meeting. On September 24, SESIS met with DC BOCES SESIS for planning and collaboration of future district work. On September 24, SESIS attended and participated in RSE-TASC JMT meeting. At this meeting, SESIS engaged in dialogue of the new SESIS Status

report template and QIP template developed by the state. The team engaged in dialogue of the type of data review and collection for purpose of reporting.

Literacy Work Group: The literacy workgroup met in Albany September 9-11, 2015.

Mid-Hudson Regional RSE-TASC Work: The following regional professional development scheduled in Sullivan County BOCES was canceled due to low enrollment:

9/22/15 Transition in the IEP On The Horizon:

In October, SESIS statewide meetings, Albany (3 days) Begin Quality Improvement Process implementation in FCSD and continue collecting data for future QIP Leadership Team review.

Parent 4 Parent Meetings: Continuing to work on topics/presenters for the upcoming P4P meetings On 9/22, the first Parent for Parent meeting for the 2015-2016 school year was held with 3 parents in attendance.

Trainings/Conference Attended: Webinars: Where is my Notebook? Teaching Organization Skills That Last and Addressing ADHD Behaviors in the Classroom On the Horizon: Autism Support Meeting – October 13, 2015

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Susan Zieres Teeple, Model Schools Coordinator September 2015

“Leveraging technology to transform education to improve the learning and lives of students.”


Description of Training Offered Location Enrollment

Teaching and Assessing with Digital Comics Webinar 3

Schoology 101 Conf. Room 4 3

Edivation Training SC BOCES 57

Office 2013 Eldred CS 50

Office 365 Training Sullivan West CS 28

What’s New in SMART Notebook Sullivan West CS 9

Google Teacher Academy Session 1 Conf. Room 4 1

New Mentor Training Conf. Room 1 27

Total 178

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COURSES OFFERED (NO ENROLLMENT)

Google Classroom Leveraging Student Personal Technology Twitter for Professional Growth

In District Work

SC BOCES – BOCES is currently rolling out an online observation and online system. We have given a basic introduction and overview training to all

staff who will be utilizing the system. Starting last January we started training our administrative staff on the online observation process. We will

be doing refresher training as well and a full administrative training for the new administrators. Throughout the year we will continue to support

the new system.

Eldred CS – Eldred just upgraded their Microsoft Office Suite to 2013. During their conference day we introduced all instructional staff to the new

features of Office that will be beneficial for them and classroom instruction.

Sullivan West CS – Sullivan West just finished their upgrade to Office 365. We did full day training with the instructional staff. We introduced

cloud storage, one drive, and the collaborative capabilities of Office 365. They also upgraded their SMART Notebook software and we help a training

introducing the new features of the software.

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Upcoming Events:

10/6 – Google Forms – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/7 - iPads in the Classroom – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/13 – Blogging to Micro Blogging in Domain IV - Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/14 – Digital Collaboration… The Wave of the Present – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/15 – Office 365 in the Classroom – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/16 What’s New in Smart 15.1 - Workshop, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

10/20 – Google Teacher Academy Session 2 – Workshop, 8:30am – 11:30am

10/20 – You Have Tech Questions… We Have Answers – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/21 – Screencasting 101 – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/23 – Introduction to Digital Notebooks with OneNote - Workshop, 8:30am – 11:30am

10/27 – Not All Digital Presentations are Created Equal – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/28 – Must Know Tech Tools for Paperless Classroom - Workshop, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

10/28 – Digital Posters in the Classroom – Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

10/29 – Cellphones in the Classroom - Webinar, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Mobile Learning Summit NYSCATE – We are excited to cohost with Monticello CS district a technology conference on February 12th and 13th. We are in

the process of finalizing the contractual details and will start promoting the event by the end of the month. All component districts are invited to attend the

event.

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Jodie Pillius-MacKrell, Educational Research and Evaluation Analyst September 2015

“data analysis and instructional research”


Sullivan BOCES

Working with Renaissance STAR Assessments uploads for our Special Education and CTE students Handling Civil Rights Data Collection information Working on collecting data for SIRS uploads in October.

Monticello

Created presentation for Kindergarten entry Made a binder of incoming 9th graders and 6th graders with all their individual data

Training/Conferences Attended

Attended and presented at SCCITA on Ron Berger and Expeditionary Learning Will attend DATAG on Oct. 9 Will attend 2015 BOCES NY User Group on Oct. 16 Will attend the Data Meeting at the Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center on Oct. 20

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Vacant - Educational Data Manager September 2015


The position of Educational Data Manager is currently vacant. As Interim Director of Instructional Support Services, I have been charged with examining

the structure of our data services to determine we are providing the services in the most efficient and effective means possible. I will meeting with former

and current data services staff, as well as the component districts that are served by data staff, to make this determination prior to posting, interviewing

and filling the Educational Data Manager position.

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Vacant, Technical Data Specialist September 2015

“Data Team member - test coordinator, student management systems specialist, computer services”


Four candidates were canvassed and interviewed for the Technical Data Specialist in early September. The preferred candidate rescinded her application

just prior to her final interview. A second round of interviews will be held on October 8th with the two other strong candidates. We hope to have a

candidate to recommend to the Board at the November 14th Board meeting.

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Lynn Miller, School Library System Director September 2015

Our mission is to be instructional partners in preparing life-long learners for the 21st century.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES: (ex. new initiatives, status of program, updates on older efforts, student achievements, etc.)

I made visitations to two schools in Monticello this month. I visited Kaiser Middle School to discuss library programs and goals for those programs. I

have been assisting the teacher assigned to the Chase Elem library as everything was removed from the room to replace carpet with tiles. Most of

the furniture was put back but all the books were mixed up on the shelves. It would have been impossible for anyone to locate specific titles in that

state. I made several visits to work on organizing the books to be able to circulate them, instructing Mrs. Prestianni on adding and changing

students’ records in the TLC software, and weeding out books due to less shelves available now.

I attended two meetings of district administrators and was able to demonstrate the new Rosen eBooks purchased this summer for classroom use. I

also shared the new eBook collection on OverDrive with them that includes titles that supplement the ELA modules for students with reading

difficulties. These books can be found together or by searching by reading lexile (level).

The School Library System held its first Council meeting and professional development of the year. The members split into two groups and worked

with the Information Literacy Assessments in developing inquiries for their teaching. They then shared their groups’ work with those present and

discussed alternatives or modifications they could make depending on the class.

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Susan Zieres Teeles, Arts in Education September 2015

Arts In Education Program

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES: (ex. new initiatives, status of program, updates on older efforts, student achievements, etc.)

Scholastic Art Awards AIE contracts will be going out this month to our participating school districts. We are excited to have several new school districts participating! Adjudication will take place at out BOCES in January, with our Art Exhibition and Ceremony is scheduled for February 5, 2016. Arts In Education Contracts have been coming in for school performances from our CoSer participants. Elementary Art Show Scheduled for Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Hurleyville Museum. High School Art Show Scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Catskill Art Society.

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Tom Ellison, Prevention Specialist SEPTEMBER 2015 PBIS/Olweus Coser


Liberty CSD Provided 2014-15 year end discipline data studies, analysis and recommendations. Attended PBIS and Olweus team meetings. Met with new Guidance Department Director. Met with middle/high school administrators. Provided training in progress monitoring for 2 elementary staff.

Roscoe CSD

No activity to report. SC BOCES and District staff are determining my role in the district for the 2015-16 school year.

Monticello CSD Provided 2014-15 year end discipline data studies, analysis and recommendations. Provided discipline data studies through 9/28, analysis and recommendations for the HS at their request. Attended RJK Olweus Team meeting. Met with RJK Asst. Principal and Olweus Team Leaders to plan Fall Kick Off event and additional Olweus Bullying Prevention Program training for

support staff. Worked with instructional coach at the Cooke School to provide positive classroom management information to staff. Met with Cooke Principal and scheduled PBIS training for new staff in October. Will provide the training in conjunction with instructional coach and

social emotional wellness coordinator.

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Met with HS and KLR administrators to plan for the year. Introduced Effective Classroom Management Plan in KLR. Met with Dana Taylor, Supervisor of Special Programs, to coordinate efforts and share information.

Fallsburg CS

Provided 2014-15 year end discipline data studies, analysis and recommendations. Provided classroom and school-wide expectation posters for teachers. Assisted in planning beginning of the year PBIS & Olweus kick offs for staff and students. Attended PBIS/Olweus Team meetings Met with PBIS and Olweus Team Leaders. Met with building administrators to plan for the year.

Sullivan BOCES

Attended PBIS Team meetings. Provided information for long term PD planning. Met with WSS Principal and shared discipline data and information about PBIS in the building.

Other Activities:

With Dr. Dorothy Novogrodsky, R-TASC, and the support of Melissa Stickle, Deputy Director of SC Community Services, provided Day 2 of the Wraparound Facilitator Training for County, SC BOCES, and school district staff. Total of 22 participants.

Participated in a national study of PBIS & Olweus integration as a key informant. Provided PBIS Overview Training for 14 staff from 3 districts. Provided Olweus Overview Training for 12 staff from 5 districts.

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Jennifer Williams, Teacher Center September 2015


I began in the Teacher Center at the beginning of July. I have received a welcoming reception among the ISS staff and look forward to future collaborations between programs. During the month of July I worked on completing the state required End of Year Report which documents the activities sponsored by the Teacher Center grant during the past year. It was not an easy task tracking down all the required documentation, but it was a good way for me to review the past year’s activities. I have also been working on becoming acquainted with the programs currently being offered as well as discussing with ISS providers the needs of the districts. This includes continuing to support the “Inquiry Writing Social Studies Framework” professional development offerings this past summer. These courses will continue to be offered throughout the school year with workshops focusing on specific grade levels.

Trainings/Conferences Attended:

7/22- The Data Are Coming: Get Ready to Access with L1RPT - This workshop helped me understand the types of data that are being used in districts to identify student needs.

8/19- Inquiry Learning: Taking Apart the Puzzle for a Deeper Understanding - This workshop expanded upon the 7/22 workshop to help participants gain a deeper understanding of the data and in what ways this information can be accessed to show trends in student performance

8/25- Socratic Seminar: Achieving Mastery Through Dialogues- I attended this workshop as well as the Teacher Center collaborated with BOCES to provide reference books for the participants on this topic.

8/26- The Scores Are In - Now What? Evidence-Based Learning and the Impact on Class Instruction - I attended this workshop as well as the Teacher Center collaborated with BOCES to provide reference books for the participants on this topic.

9/29- Attended the network meeting of the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center Directors

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On the Horizon:

I will continue to work with both the ISS staff and districts to develop professional development opportunities. I have been working with Susan Zieres and art teachers in the county to explore NYSATA's Portfolio Project emphasizing a student's creativity and ability to express their knowledge and experiences in artwork, writing and personal presentation. In October, the first Teacher Center Policy Board meeting will be held. Increased participation by the teachers to become more active in identifying professional development needs in their districts will be emphasized. There will be a state-wide Teacher Center meeting called the “Fall Focus” at the end of October. The focus of this meeting will be developing a system to evaluate on-going professional development offerings to determine their effect on teacher practice and student performance. I look forward to learning more on this topic and applying knowledge to programs offered in Sullivan County.

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