2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog

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COST: $178/person for Curriculum Center Members; $205/person Curriculum Center Non Members
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building
FACILITATOR: Sandy Oringel was formerly the math enrichment specialist, staff developer, and consultant
teacher at the Putnam Valley Elementary School for more than 20 years. She is the author of teacher
resource books published by ETA/Cuisenaire, including Math Activities with Dominoes and several books
in the Math Super Source series. She works as a math consultant throughout the region, and until recently
was a math curriculum specialist with a major educational publishing company. Mrs. Oringel has led the
regional elementary math leaders to share best practices and research-based strategies. Mrs. Oringel is a
member of the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Network Team. Mrs. Oringel is available to provide
professional development and onsite support in your district.
Eleanore Livesey, Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Math Consultant, taught math methods and
supervised student teachers and graduate interns at Pace University. A former math teacher (elementary,
middle, and high school) and math supervisor at middle and high school levels, she has worked as a math
consultant throughout New York. Mrs. Livesey is the past president of the Association of Mathematics
Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS), NYS Association of Mathematics Educators (NYSAMS), and Ten
County Mathematics Education Association (TCMEA). Mrs. Livesey is available to provide professional
development and onsite support in your district.
Kathy Conley has been an educator for the past twenty-eight years. Prior to that time, she was employed
by a local bio-medical instrument manufacturer as a data analyst. She has held various administrative
positions including principal, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, and Assistant Superintendent for
Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Personnel. She is currently the Assistant Executive Director
of the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center (LHRIC). Kathy’s passion for using data to inform
decision-making led the way to an evolving relationship with the LHRIC going back to the time when
data warehousing was first being conceptualized in this region. Over the past eight years, Kathy has
done extensive analysis of student and district data and has facilitated data inquiry teams to inform and
enhance classroom instruction. In her current position, she supervises the Data Analysis, Data Warehouse,
Test Scoring, State Reporting and Instructional Technology departments.
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