Start With Why- Simon Sinek
Sinek delves into how successful individuals and businesses inspire others. Inspirational leaders understand their reasons and beliefs first before moving onto the what and the how of what they want to accomplish.
The Reading Comprehension Blueprint- Nancy Lewis Hennessy
This text offers educators a clear understanding of how to deliver structured comprehension instruction in their classrooms. The blueprint breaks down the complex process of reading comprehension to help students construct meaning from challenging texts. No matter your level of teaching experience, it will be worth your time to read.
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
**Releasing November 30th!
If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. In Atlas of the Heart, we explore eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human and walk through a new framework for cultivating meaningful connection. This is for the mapmakers and travelers in all of us.
Learning by Doing
A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work is a guide for action that helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs). This text responds to the authors' work with teachers, principals, and central office staff to address and expand on the PLC implementation process.
How to Do the Work
Now, Dr. LePera is ready to share her much-requested protocol with the world. In How to Do the Work, she offers both a manifesto for SelfHealing as well as an essential guide to creating a more vibrant, authentic, and joyful life. Drawing on the latest research from a diversity of scientific fields and healing modalities, Dr. LePera helps us recognize how adverse experiences and trauma in childhood live with us, resulting in whole body dysfunction—activating harmful stress responses that keep us stuck engaging in patterns of codependency, emotional immaturity, and trauma bonds. Unless addressed, these self-sabotaging behaviors can quickly become cyclical, leaving people feeling unhappy, unfulfilled, and unwell.
Dignity for All Students Act: Required Training for Certification/Licensure (Teachers, Administrators, Teaching Assistants, Coaches, etc)
Six hour training in Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying and Discrimination in Schools.
In Person:
We have partnered with DCMO BOCES to continue growing our list of virtual opportunities for this school year. Like all of you, our artists are working hard to modify and adapt to the changing learning environment and are continuously adding new enrichment opportunities that can now be enjoyed virtually. We currently have over 80 high-quality virtual opportunities for students and schools to enjoy with more being added daily. If you have any questions regarding a specific program please feel free to reach out to WJones@citiboces.org.
First In Math - FREE to K-5 students!!
First In Math features hundreds of engaging math games designed to strengthen fact fluency, automaticity, computational thinking and other critical skills. Whether students are working on addition or algebra, built-in practice GOALS encourage achievement and keep them energized to sustain accelerated effort over time. We will explore First In Math on October 25 from 2:00pm-3:00pm at the initial math network meeting. Click here to register: K-5 Math Network
Contact Michael Perry, CiTi BOCES Math Network Liaison, at mperry@citiboces.org with any questions.
Contact Information
Email: CITIISS@citiboces.org
Website: CiTiBoces.org/ISS
Location: 179 County Route 64, Mexico, NY, USA
Phone: 315-963-4425