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32 Annual Administrators’ Leadership Conference July 10-12, 2019 Administrators’ Leadership Conference Crowne Plaza July 6-8, 2016 York Lake Placid, New

A Climate of Learning and Leading

Keynote speaker, Dr. Peter DeWitt, will discuss school climate.

Conference participants will walk away with Dr. DeWitt’s book, School Climate: Leading with Collective Efficacy.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Lobby 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

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10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

Sky Room 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

MacKenzie’s & The Birch Room 1:00 – 1:15 p.m.

Olympic 2/3/4 Keynote 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.

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2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Sky Room

Registration Discovery Session: Augmented & Virtual Reality, Explore and Experience Innovation with Lynn Gaffney, Director of Programs and Professional Development and Eli Stawicki, Director of Information Technology In a world that never changes, the education landscape would now have reached perfection. We live in a world with constant changes and with it comes expectation of innovation. Join us as we explore the growing impact augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are having in the fields of education, medicine, and business and most importantly how this will shape social-emotional, academic, and physical learning for our students.

Digital Citizenship: Empowering Digital Safety within your School Models Schools with Lora Parks, North East Regional Information Center (NERIC) St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES and Model Schools from NERIC have teamed up to share the essential elements of Digital Citizenship: Digital Footprint, Privacy & Security, Cyberbullying/ Relationships, and Media Balance / Wellness. Throughout this session, you will experience the most current trends in digital citizenship- such as how to educate students within the curriculum and how to engage in conversations about digital wellness. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to view student-created videos on being a digital citizen and take away resources to share with teachers and students on how to be a model digital citizen.

Refreshment Break Lunch

Welcome, Stephen Shafer, District Superintendent, FEH BOCES Leadership is a Choice, not a Position with Gary McGuey, Consultant, The Leader in Me The 4 essential roles of leadership: Even in the most turbulent times, there are four roles leaders play that are highly predictive of success. We call them essential, because as leaders consciously lead themselves and their teams in alignment with these roles, they lay the foundation for effective leadership.  Inspire Trust: Be the credible leader others choose to follow-one with both character and competence.  Create Vision: Clearly define where your team is going and how they are going to get there.  Execute Strategy: Consistently achieve results with and through others using disciplined processes.  Coach Potential: Unleash the ability of each person on your team to improve performance, solve problems, and grow their careers.

Refreshment Break

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Concurrent Sessions: 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

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2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

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Restorative Justice: An Overview for Administrators with Shannon Pitcher-Boyea, Literacy Coach, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES We all know establishing, maintaining and sustaining relationships are critical for transforming school communities. Saying it is one thing, doing it is another. In this session, participants will gain an overview of restorative practices and restorative justice, who is using, and why. Participants will also learn the flow of a foundational circle, a practice that can transform your school community and culture. By strengthening relationships in the classroom to the board room, this work builds that community in which we all belong. Restorative Justice assists us in problem solving, repairing harm, and healing, which are elements often left out of a traditional zero tolerance system. When we punish in traditional ways, we activate the stress response system often re-enacting trauma. In the age of building trauma informed and trauma sensitive systems, we know better, so therefore we must do better. If you want to be a part of something transformational in education, if you want to do something different and create an equitable, dignified experience for all, you need to be learning about and doing this work.

Nearpod with St. Lawrence Lewis BOCES Model Schools Staff Participants will learn how to use this interactive classroom tool for teachers to engage students with interactive lessons.

http://bit.ly/2DEob1B Dinner on your own

Thursday, July 11, 2019 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Sky Room

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.

Olympic 2/3/4

Welcome, Stephen Todd, District Superintendent, JLHO BOCES

Keynote 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.

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School Climate: Leading with Collective Efficacy with Dr. Peter Dewitt School climate is a multi-layered topic. It involves all the complexities of meeting the academic and social-emotional needs of students, as well as how to get the adults in the school to focus on both. In this presentation, Dr. DeWitt will cover topics such as self-efficacy, collective efficacy, surface to deep level learning, trauma, minoritized populations, and how leaders can create a space where all of those issues cannot just be solved, but how the potential of all students can be maximized.

http://bit.ly/2vpMWtU 10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Sky Room

Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Olympic 2/3/4 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

MacKenzie’s & The Birch Room

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Thursday, July 11, 2019 (continued) 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

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2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

Sky Room Concurrent Sessions: 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.

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2:30-4:15 p.m.

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5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Golf Clubhouse 6:30 p.m.

Golf Clubhouse

Leverage Technology: Leading in the North Country with Leah McConaughey and Paul Facteau, Apple, Inc. How do we, as education leaders, help our students learn today and prepare them for a rapidly changing world? A driving force behind this change is technology. It affects the way we communicate, the way we work, the way we live day-to-day, and the way we lead. It also empowers every individual—and every learner—to create amazing things and make a difference in the world. But first, we need to raise the bar for what’s expected, and what’s possible, for learning with technology. Join Apple for a discussion about how to leverage technology to make learning and leading more productive in the North Country.

Refreshment Break

Standards Update:  ELA with Cheryl Dodds, Facilitator, CVES/NCTRC  Math with Teri Calabrese-Gray, Assistant Superintendent, CVES BOCES  Arts with Tammara Madeja, Music Teacher, Potsdam CSD  Social Studies with Marilyn Trainor, Supervisor, JLHO BOCES. Instruction based on the Social Studies Framework includes six practices, using primary sources, and a specific type of writing for the new Enduring Issues Essay. This workshop will provide key items to look for during social studies classes K-12.  Science with Melissa Cummings, SUNY Potsdam College Board Presentation with Matt Zarro The AP Program will launch a new system of resources in 2019-20 to support teachers, students, and coordinators. Based on best practices in schools and created in collaboration with educators from across the country, these resources will include an AP question bank, unit guides and personal progress checks, performance dashboards, and improved tools for exam ordering and administration. Join us to learn about the new resources and how they will be beneficial to students and professionals throughout your schools and districts.

During this session, participants will learn: • About the new resources and supports for educators rolling out in the 2019-20 school year • About the training and support the College Board will provide to districts and BOCES leading up to the 2019-20 school year.

• An overview of the resources, changes to the AP ordering and registration system, and how these resources will support teaching and learning in districts throughout New York State.

Information Networking Session Conference Dinner

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Friday, July 12, 2019 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Sky Room

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.

Olympic 2/3/4

Welcome, Mark Davey, District Superintendent, CVES BOCES

8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

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Regents Update with Regent Ouderkirk Overview and review of the latest SED initiatives. Followed by a question and answer opportunity.

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9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:00- 11:30 a.m.

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Legal Update with Dominic D’Imperio, Director Employer/Employee Relations and George Shaffer III, School Attorney, JLHO BOCES Legal update involving changes in the education law and recent cases in New York for the 2018-19 school year.

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11:30 a.m.

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Door Prizes (must be present to win)

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Thank you for attending the 32nd Annual Administrators’ Leadership Conference.

Your participation is greatly appreciated! Administrative Interns are encouraged to attend.

The Administrators’ Leadership Conference Planning Committee recognizes and thanks the following members for their tireless commitment and efforts to ensure a successful conference.

Teri Calabrese-Gray, Champlain Valley Educational Services Vicki Day, Gouverneur Central School Peg Drappo, Watertown City School District Cheryl Felt, Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES Bridget Finster, Watertown City School District Loretta Fowler, Chateaugay Central School Jennifer Myers, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Lynn Gaffney, Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES Kevin Kerr, Capital Region BOCES, NERIC Leslie LaRose, Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES Dustin Relation, Malone Central School

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