2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog

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Meetings for Social Studies Chairs/Directors/Coordinators/Lead Teachers
What are best practices for leaders of social studies?
There has been no period during the past half century in which the urgency for social studies
administrators/leaders/teachers to gain a collective understanding of the changing landscape of social
studies education on both the state and national level has been greater than now. During its fall and
spring session, P/NWBOCES social studies leaders has discussed issues as diverse as social studies Training
with local university and college departmental liaisons; the implications for the Common Core and
APPR on social studies education; social studies and the NYSED initiative in Distance Learning; regional
development of pre-assessments; and NYSED and local district decisions regarding potential scope and
sequence changes. The group will continue to monitor these and other NYSED and national changes and
requirements as they introduced.
PARTICIPANTS: Social studies teachers and curriculum administrators
DATE/TIME: Oct 15 2013; Mar 18 2014 8:00AM - 12:00PM
COST: $184 for Curriculum Center Members; $212 Curriculum Center Non Members
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building
FACILITATOR: Greg Varley has facilitated this group for more than decade. He has taught and
coordinated social studies for more than 40 years, the last 30 in the Lakeland School District. He also
coached interscholastic debate for more than 25 years, culminating in election to the Ohio, New York,
and national Coaches Halls of Fame. He has assisted in the development of local debate programs and
has helped incorporate debate into the social studies classroom. He has presented at local and regional
conferences, been an advisor to the Teaching American History program, and currently serves as a social
studies onsite consultant for P/NWBOCES.
Social Studies
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY: 10/1/2013
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