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What's New at FRBOCES?
Executive Director of FRBOCES Retires
After seven years of service to the Front
Range BOCES community, our Executive Director, Susan Sparks, has announced
that she will retire. Please watch for the upcoming job announcement for the
Executive Director of the Front Range BOCES on the
University of Colorado Denver job board
and on the Front Range BOCES website. Other information about this transition
in our organization will be announced as it is available.
FEATS - Facilitating Elementary Achievement through Science
This two day event in mid-June was held at the Summit Conference
Center in Aurora. In attendance were representatives
from 22 elementary schools across 8 Colorado school districts.
Approximately 150 teachers enjoyed
presentations by Dr. Michael Klentschy, who is the former Superintendent
of El Centro Public Schools in California and a current faculty member
at San Diego State University. He is a nationally recognized
consultant in science education for his work in increasing achievement
scores in schools where students are highly impacted by poverty and
learning English as a second language. Dr. Klentschy was accompanied by
Laurie Thompson, the former Director of CalTech CAPSI PreCollege
Curriculum Initiative and Ron De Fronzo, the Science Director for East
Bay Collaborative in Rhode Island. The three distinguished educators led
informative presentations and smaller breakout sessions, which explained
to the teachers how to support their students in writing about their
science inquiry. The sessions had a profound impact, as several inspired
groups of teachers discussed strategies for the coming school year long
after the speakers concluded. A big thanks to all those who attended!
Dr. Michael Klentschy (right) answering a
A group from Boulder Valley discussing possible strategies to
few questions during break.
implement into the classroom.
Making
Standards Meaningful for Instruction
The event on
Clarifying Essential Learning was a big success! A special thank
you to Julie O'Brian, Kathy Dyer, and Mary Romke for their
leadership and coordination! BOCES Board members in attendance
were appreciative for the opportunity to validate current
practices, create shared understanding on standards-based
education practice and policy in Colorado, and provide Deputy
Commissioner Ken Turner with food for thought. The dialogue and
cross district sharing was energizing!
Purpose
The purpose of this meeting was to provide an opportunity for
district-level leaders who have been working to make standards
meaningful for instruction to share and learn with other districts
engaged in the same work and representatives from CDE who are involved
in revising the state standards so they can improve their efforts.
Introduction
On February 12th, C2D3 and the BOCES co-host a one-day opportunity for
district leaders to learn about district efforts and gather input for
their state standards revision efforts. Over fifty participants from
thirteen different districts participated in the day long with Deputy
Commission Ken Turner. What transpired on this day is described
below.C2D3 and BOCES staff facilitated dialogue on the following
topics:
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Creating a common timeline for standards-based reform efforts in
Colorado,
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Comparing various districts approached to defining the elements of
standards based curriculum,
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Evaluation the quality of essential learning targets,
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Sharing experience and lessons learned, and
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Creating coherence between district and state efforts.
Attendance
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49 Teacher Leaders Attended
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12 Colorado Districts were represented
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8 Front Range BOCES districts
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Those who attended were from Elementary, Middle and High School as
well as District Administrative Services
National Staff Development
Council Goal
The FRBOCES supports the NSDC
Goal: All teachers in all schools will experience high quality
professional learning as a part of their daily work.
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Quicklink to ALL Upcoming
Events
Great Opportunities!
Wisdom of Mentoring
Online Mentor Training w/ Peer Seminars
Register Now!
Teacher Leadership Certificate: Curriculum and Assessment
Aug. 19th, Aug. 21 and Aug. 23
Thinking Maps
1-Day Intro!
Teachers: Implement Immediately
into Your Classroom!
Registration opens in August!
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