October 29

Room of the week:

John Barkee

John is pictured giving instructions to his students.  He reviews safety and setup with each student on every tool before they're allowed to use it.  Great job John! 

‘I Didn’t Know It Had a Name’: Secondary Traumatic Stress and Educators
Thanks to Brooke for sending this out last week.  Please click the title to read the article.

Speaker on December 3
Just getting out in front of this one:  We have a speaker coming in on December 3rd, which is our half day.  We'll have to get a bit creative with scheduling.  More to follow.   I'm working on another program to come in just before the holiday break.  It's a very timely anti-vaping program.


State Education Department Releases draft NYS K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards for Stakeholder Feedback

The New York State Education Department has released a draft of the NYS K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards for stakeholder feedback. The draft standards were developed and reviewed by committees consisting of NYS educators, parents, curriculum specialists, school administrators, and college professors. Work on the new revised standards reflects the collaborative efforts and expertise of all the above constituents.

NYSED is accepting feedback on the draft standards through November 15.
Visit the NYS K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards Review web page to review the standards and submit feedback.

For more information, contact the Office of Educational Design and Technology at (518) 474-5461 or edtech@nysed.gov.

Supporting All Students: Resource Guides for Scaffolding Instruction of English Language Arts and Mathematics

• Resource guides aimed to provide teachers with examples of scaffolds and strategies to supplement their instruction of English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics curricula were designed through collaboration between the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and partners in the field. 
• Their purpose is to give teachers ideas on how they can supplement their instruction when teaching students who need additional support to learn academic content and be successful in meeting grade-level expectations. 
• The guides use lessons from the EngageNY ELA and mathematics curricula modules as exemplars since this is a free and open source curriculum available for all New York State educators. 
• The scaffolds in these guides can be adapted for use in any lesson and across content areas and are intended to be customized in any lesson teachers deem appropriate to best meet the needs of their students.
• More information can be found on the NYSED’s Supporting All Students Resource Guides webpage.
• Questions can be directed to the Office of Curriculum and Instruction at (518) 474-5922 or EMSCURRIC@nysed.gov. 

Free Online Resource Now Available for Educators to Recognize, Respond to, and Reduce Cyberbullying

A new free online resource is available on the Department’s website to assist school counseling and other staff in recognizing the signs of cyberbullying and how to respond and reduce it.

The resource is available at: CYBERBULLYING Response and Prevention.  Additional resources regarding preventing bullying and cyberbullying, and the Dignity for All Students Act is available on the New York State Center for School Safety’s web page at: New York State Center for School Safety.

Questions about the resources may be directed to SSEC@nysed.gov.

SEL Poster Campaign - Raising Adult Awareness

Increasing capacity and raising awareness is imperative to our success in implementing Social Emotional Learning.

In 2019, NYSED launched a year-long poster campaign designed primarily to increase the social and emotional competencies (and happiness) of Departmental staff and secondarily, to raise awareness around the role of social and emotional learning in our Agency’s work.

Download the posters and read more about the project on our website.

Questions can be directed to the Office of Student Support Services at (518) 486-6090.