July 2016 Changes from SEDIf you haven’t already heard, the Board of Regents acted on June 13 to change the timeline for the new Regents exams in Global and U.S. History. There will be more transition time before the new exams are required, including two years when both old and new exams designs will be offered. The memo with the timeline can be found here. We are hoping for more clarification from SED about what this means for instruction, but right now for our BOCES Summer workshops we are moving ahead with professional development based on the Framework content and practices Summer OpportunitiesThere is still time to sign up for summer professional development! 2016 Law and Civic Education Summer Institute: News Literacy and Civic Responsibility. This workshop will take place July 12 and 13 at the Syracuse University School of Law. There is also a one day session in Rochester on July 14. Sponsored by the Law, Youth and Citizenship program of the New York State Bar Association these are opportunities to learn strategies and obtain resources to develop skills to empower students as active, informed, engaged, and responsible participants in our democracy. The workshops are open to all New York in-service and pre-service teachers in grades K-12. Find more information and register for the Syracuse session here. Find the Rochester session here. Summer Social Studies Curriculum Work Social Studies Leadership Network Monthly MeetingsThese have concluded for this year. The materials from our meeting are all posted on the OCM BOCES Social Studies page. Look for dates on My Learning Plan soon! Social Studies Curriculum Follow-Up Work SessionsThese have also finished for this school year. These sessions will continue next year and will be open to any teachers who have participated in the summer Social Studies PD. (5th-8th grade from last summer, K-4th and 9th-12th this summer). The sessions are Ideal for teams, but “onlies” are welcome! Look for dates on My Learning Plan soon. Look for a name change as well to Social Studies Collaborative. Online Resources of the Month:
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