Thursday, April 28, 2011

Bringing the Common Core to Life Webinar

New York State Education Department on Washing...Image via WikipediaTo watch the Bringing the Common Core to Life webinar, which was viewed live by educators throughout New York State on Thursday, April 28, you can visit the New York State Education Department's RTTT website beginning on April 29.

Here is a description of the webinar:

"During the presentation, participants will engage with a leading author and architect of the Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, to understand how the Core Standards for College and Career Readiness build on the work New York State has done in developing a standards-based system. David will discuss New Yorkâ¬"s significant role in the development and implementation of the new standards in mathematics and English language arts and literacy. Further, as a result of this session, participants will gain specific insight regarding the impact that these next generation standards will have on individual roles and responsibilities in improving education in our State, namely teachers and instructional leaders. David will also discuss the Core Standards from the perspective of New York State teachers and instructional leaders. He will sketch out the most significant implications the Standards have for instruction and assessment in New York State. "

You can view the entire webinar here.




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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Welcome to our Race to the Top Website

We at SWBOCES hope to assist our school districts with the complex task, step by step, of making mandated improvements as part of the New York State Race to the Top initiative, for which New York received more than $700 million in federal funding to improve our state's public schools.

Implementing Race to the Top can be a confusing and complex process, and we hope this site will make it easy for you to learn more about the most recent developments, watch tutorials, and understand the entire RTTT process.



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