WSWHE BOCES Keeping You Informed

"It doesn't matter what others are doing, it matters what you are doing"

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December 2024

The Teacher-Leader Development Service (TLDS) at WSWHE BOCES School Support Services has been focused throughout 2024-25 to provide high quality professional development that is Rigorous, Relevant, Responsive and Flexible to meet both our collective regional needs and individual district needs.

We have only just begun digging into our content areas for Regional meetings! We would like to continue to expand opportunities for other content areas to collaborate, learn and share resources with other educators throughout or region! Please click here to tell us what you teach and how we can better support our educators throughout the region!

Check out the most recent updates here for information recently released from NYSED and our regional professional development opportunities.

Need some short video clips or Articles to motivate and/or inspire your staff? Check these out!

Videos:

• The Power of Relationships in Schools (3:40)

• Tackling Difficult Issues With Courageous Conversations (4:21)

• Matthew McConaughey's Motivational Speech (5:18)

Articles:

• 28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding

• Classroom Management in the Tech Era

WSWHE BOCES is providing Professional Development to help to support the Assessment Implementation Timeline for school districts. Please reach out to Abby Turcotte at aturcotte@wswheboces.org to schedule your customized professional development for your district! Be on the lookout for additional professional learning opportunities in Frontline!

Upcoming 2024/2025 In Person/Virtual PD Sessions

(Ballard Rd. Conference Center for in person Sessions)

Additional Professional Development Opportunities:

High School Science, Hands-on Investigations (Dec, Jan & Feb!)

STEM Cohort (12/10)

Educational Technology Cohort (Virtual- 12/10)

Regional Science PLC (12/17)

Contact us to schedule a planning session to review district priorities, professional development needs and identify a plan to maximize use of the district's TLDS PD support days that are allocated for 2024 - 2025.

Abby Turcotte

Lead Coordinator for Professional Learning

Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES

Email: aturcotte@wswheboces.org
Website: wswheboces.org
Phone: (518) 581-3765