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SUMMARY:We Teach New Teacher Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Session #2 – Tuesday\, October 13\, 2026\, First session\nSession #3 – Tuesday\, January 12\, 2026\nSession #4 – Tuesday\, March 16\, 2026\n \nTime: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (Registration begins at 8:00 AM) Lunch Provided\n\nLocation: CVES Conference Center at 1443 Military Turnpike\, Plattsburgh\n\nPresenter: Jen Hesseltine\, Marker Box Education and guests as noted in description\n \nDescription: This four-part professional learning series will engage new teachers in developing their craft and using evidence-based methods to support student learning and growth. This series is suitable for teachers in their first three years of teaching or for those with more experience who could benefit from a collegial regional network supporting teaching excellence. Participants are expected to attend all four sessions. Jen Hesseltine will be joined by Dr. Amy Brambos\, Educational Consultant\, Enhancing Student Engagement Through Communication Skills Training\, the Mountain Lake PBS EDU team\, and other guests as appropriate to the needs of the 2026-2027 cohort of teachers. Marker Box Education is an initiative of K12 education consultant\, Jen Hesseltine. Marker Box workshops for new and early-profession teachers are:\n● Hands-on\, interactive\, and collaborative\n● Teacher-centered and supportive\n● Informative and resourceful\n\nTeachers walk away from sessions with strategies and routines that are transformative\, 21st-century-focused\, and mindful of a new generation of students. The time new teachers spend with us throughout the year will include facilitated\, hands-on workshop time to apply new strategies\, routines\, and practices with the guidance and support of workshop facilitators.\nThemes in the year-long cohort include:\n● Communication strategies for building professional relationships with students\, families\, colleagues\, administrators\, and the community\n● Strategies and routines for student engagement and learning\, classroom management\, time management\, and challenging behaviors\n● The overall shifts in NYS learning standards (across all content areas and grade bands) and what they mean for teaching and learning\, as well as new NYSED Graduation Measures and Portrait of a Graduate initiative updates\n● Student-centered learning with natural\, real-world\, connections to the community\n● The principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the design of learning activities that provide multiple means of engagement\, representation\, and action and expression\n● Connections between basic human needs (Maslow) and the types of tasks and activities we provide for students (Bloom)\, and the impact on student academic and personal growth\, confidence\, and overall well-being\n● Literacy in all grade levels and content areas\n● Educational technologies and digital resources (and balancing the use of technology with traditional analog tools and other classroom resources)\n● Culturally responsive pedagogy\n● Resources and routines for professional growth\, joy\, and well-being as a teacher\n● Topics as informed by the cohort of teachers\n\nIntended For: Teachers in the first three years of service or those with more experience who could benefit from a collegial regional network supporting teaching excellence\n\nRegister here:2026 – 2027 S3 Professional Development
URL:https://www.s3.cves.org/event/we-teach-new-teacher-workshop-series/
LOCATION:CVES Conference Center – Plattsburgh\, NY\, 1443 Military Turnpike\, Plattsburgh\, NY\, 12901\, United States
CATEGORIES:School Support Services
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SUMMARY:OPALS Library Automation Meeting for FEH Libraries
DESCRIPTION:Date: October 13\, 2027\n\nTime: 9 am – 1 pm\n\nLocation: North Franklin Educational Center (FEH BOCES) Tupper Lake Room\n\nThere is no cost. Lunch will be provided.\n\n\nRegister here:2026 – 2027 SLS Professional Development
URL:https://www.s3.cves.org/event/opals-library-automation-meeting-for-feh-libraries/
LOCATION:CVES Conference Center – Plattsburgh\, NY\, 1443 Military Turnpike\, Plattsburgh\, NY\, 12901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Checkpoint A (Grade 8) French and Spanish Regional Exams
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 14; Tuesday\, December 1; if needed Thursday\, January 7 \n8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (Registration begins at 8:00 AM) Lunch will be provided \nCVES Conference Center at 1443 Military Turnpike\, Plattsburgh \nCost Billed through 506 Co-Ser. Costs will be dependent on number of schools participating and purchasing the exams. \nPresenter: Stephanie Sorgule\, School Support Services Assessment and Planning Coordinator \nParticipants will review and revise (if necessary) current World Language Checkpoint A format and create question banks in French and Spanish for the Checkpoint A exams. Participants will supply in advance or bring with them reading passages\, realia\, and authentic documents in digital format to be used as the basis of listening and reading questions. Most of day1 will be spent writing test items using the submitted materials\, with the start of the day spent reviewing the current test format and guidelines for item writing. Day 2 will be for review of test bank items for quality\, levels\, and topics/standards. Additionally\, any revisions to administration manuals and rubrics will be done on this day. If necessary\, a day in January will be spent editing and doing a quality review on the test bank questions. A World Language consultant at CVES will choose questions from the banks to create the proficiency exams for the June 2027 administration by the end of March. A draft printing will take place in April. The exams will be reviewed and edited by individuals who do not have a vested interest in the outcomes of the tests in mid-April\, prior to the final printing. Tests will be sent to participating districts in May. \nTarget Audience: World Languages Teachers Grades 7-12
URL:https://www.s3.cves.org/event/checkpoint-a-grade-8-french-and-spanish-regional-exams/
LOCATION:CVES Conference Center – Plattsburgh\, NY\, 1443 Military Turnpike\, Plattsburgh\, NY\, 12901\, United States
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