HUMANITIES LEADERSHIP NETWORK

NOTICE

Our OCM BOCES ISS Team is excited to share that we are creating a new Humanities Leadership Network that will merge P3 /Early Literacy, Social Studies, ELA/ Literacy groups. We are excited about this merger. If you or a member of your team is interested in attending, they will need to register for all three meetings using this new Humanities Leadership Network link. If they were already signed up for one of these groups, they have been alerted to cancel that registration and use this link to register for the newly merged network group.  We apologize for the adjustments however, we are excited to take on an interdisciplinary approach to this leadership network. 

Our other leadership groups will not be impacted by this merger. 

Description of Humanities Network Leadership Group:

This network will support teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and administrators in leading the work around P3 Early learning, Literacy/ELA Instruction and  Social Studies instruction. Information from NYSED, best practices, district highlights and network opportunities will be provided through this leadership network.

This group is for people who have been designated by their district to take a leadership role in literacy/ELA. It is recommended that districts send a team to the Literacy Leadership meetings that includes teacher leaders (elementary, middle and high school teachers) as well as building and district leaders.

This group serves to support the development of the district and regional capacity related to the Next Generation standards. This includes sharing and discussing up-to-date information related to the implementation of the standards from the State Education Department. Additionally, the goal of this group is to develop collaboration between districts in the region to support high-quality K-12 instruction and position the region to successfully implement the standards and evidence-based practices. 

The expectation for participating in this group is:

1. Attending all three meetings during the year. We will have a focus of study for the year that will build on our previous work.

2. Being prepared for the meeting by completing any personal learning required by the facilitator of this group.

3. Being responsible for working with your team to bring the learning from the meeting back to your district.

4. Being designated or gaining approval by your district to participate in this group.

The formal meeting will occur in the morning. However, there may be additional opportunities for learning offered in the afternoon, OR your district may ask your team to use the afternoon to develop a plan for implementing the learning from the meeting in your district. If your district asks this of you the meeting space will be available in the afternoon for use by those who wish to stay and work.