Meet Our March Featured Teacher
With more than 12 years of teaching experience, Margaret Middleton is the Library Media Specialist at K.C. Heffernan (K-3) for the Marcellus Central School District . Margaret joined Marcellus CSD in 2012, following nine years working for the Fulton City School District as a special education teacher.
What are some of the innovative ways that Margaret integrates technology into her curriculum?
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Meet our Featured Teacher, November 2014
Mr. Johnsteven Melfi is a teacher at Onondaga Central Jr./Sr. High School in the Onondaga Central School District (OCS). He teaches Algebra II/Trigonometry with honors and Geometry with honors. His teaching career began 18 years ago at Bishop Grimes, and he has been at OCS for the past 16 years.
Follow Mr. Melfi on Twitter: @jsm0525
What are some of the innovative ways Mr. Melfi integrates technology into his curriculum?
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School District Spotlight, October 2014, Onondaga Central
Our Data Warehouse team is pleased to continue the “School District Spotlight,” an initiative to showcase districts that embrace data. This October we celebrate the Onondaga Central School District (OCS) .
Embracing Data to Improve Learning Environment
Throughout the past year, OCS took steps to evaluate how to best use data to inform district-wide decisions and improve the learning environment for staff members and ...
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School District Spotlight: September 2014, Fayetteville-Manlius
Our Data Warehouse team is pleased to introduce the “School District Spotlight,” an initiative to showcase districts that embra
ce data. This September we celebrate the Fayetteville-Manlius (F-M) School District , as it consistently uses data to inform, improve, and assess student learning.
From evaluating Board goals to differentiating instruction, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District is using data to inform, improve, ...
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Experience the New CNYRIC Website
As a leader in 21st century technology for 50 school districts across the Central New York region, it’s imperative that our website remain a pivotal resource for educators and administrators. In fact, our website, www.cnyric.org , experiences nearly 1 million unique pageviews annually, with an average of five minutes spent on the site per visitor.
Website Launched Sept. 10, 2014
Armed with these analytics ...
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Transform Instruction with New Tools
Learning Management Systems: Transform Instruction, Embrace New Tools
Daily teaching is changing. So are the teaching tools. Several new Learning Management System (LMS) products such as Canvas, Schoology, and My Big Campus, in addition to Blackboard, are available for classroom integration. How do these tools work? And how can they be used to transform instruction? Our Instructional Technology experts can assist educators as they ...
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Test Scoring Q & A
Q & A with Pam Dowse, Test Scoring Supervisor
Q: What is Written Response Scoring?
A: Its a new scoring process to help districts save time and resources when grading written or extended response questions on the NYS 3-8 assessments. This is the first year that we partnered with Optimum Solutions Corporation (OSC) to provide the scoring service, which is conducted by certified NYS teachers who undergo extensive training ...
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Meet Our Featured Teachers
Featured Teachers: Katrina Ercole & Maureen Manke
5th Grade, Driver Middle School, Marcellus Central School District
What does a 21st-century classroom look like? Step inside Katrina Ercole and Maureen Manke’s 5th grade wing at Driver Middle School for the answer. The pair co-teach and regularly integrate a wide variety of technology into their daily curriculum. From SMART Board utilization and Google Docs ...
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Data Warehouse Facilitates Workshop on HS Graduation Requirements
As district administrators and counselors finalize graduating seniors’ credentials, the CNYRIC’s Data Warehouse (DW) department is prepared to provide support through a dynamic spreadsheet application. In fact, the DW recently hosted a High School Verification workshop to review rules regarding Regents exam diploma requirements including the new pathways to graduation regulations, as well as address high school accountability ...
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CNYRIC Dives Deeper into Customer Service
Customer service has always been a focus of the CNYRIC, but the organization plans to elevate school district support in 2015 through a variety of new initiatives. The CNYRIC released a survey to districts in October 2014 to examine customer satisfaction with its departments, services, and personnel. Of the 143 respondents, more than 95 percent reported that they were satisfied or strongly satisfied with the CNYRIC’s overall ...
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District Spotlight: Trumansburg CSD
Our Data Warehouse team is pleased to present Trumansburg Central School District (TCSD) with this month’s “School District Spotlig ht.” Trumansburg is a small district, located northwest of Ithaca, whose mission lends itself toward data use for all: students and staff are encouraged to be self-motivated, confident, life-long learn ers who work effectively toward personal and professional ...
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Meet Our January Featured Teacher
Susan Lohret is a first grade teacher at Cicero Elementary in the North Syracuse Central School District . She was hired in 2000. Teaching is her second career. She earned a business degree and worked in the private sector for a few years after college. She later earned her MS in Education at LeMoyne College. She has begun ...
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Smart Schools Bond Act: Investing in our Students' Futures
New York state school districts will receive a significant increase in funding to support 21st century technology initiatives as a result of the successful Smart Schools Bond Act Referendum . The plan, approved this November 2014, is to invest $2 billion in districts around the state to create schools and classrooms that will prepare students to thrive in tomorrow's economy. Regionally, our districts will receive more than $80 million.
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Beyond the Buzz: Technology Integrators Leading the Way
"Bey ond the Buzz: Technology Integrators Leading the Way" is now available online. Read about talented teachers throughout central New York, as well as dynamic districts that are infusing technology into their schools.
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Introducing New Service: District e-Communications Support
In t oday’s connected world, timely, two-way district communication is an opportunity for school administrators to share news, listen, and build trust with their community stakeholders. Whether it’s showcasing student talent through a digital newsroom, providing emergency notifications via text message, live tweeting an athletic event, sharing student projects on Instagram, or promoting the budge vote in an e-newsletter – a strategic ...
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Data Spotlight: Lyncourt Union Free School District
Our Data Ware house team is pleased to present Lyncourt Union Free School District (LUFSD) with this month’s “School District Spotlight.” As a Pre-K through eighth grade district, LUFSD uses data to inform decision-making and improve student outcomes.
Developing a Plan
Several years ago, LUFSD Superintendent James J. Austin asked staff to research the Professional Learning Community model and focus on collective ...
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ITD TALKS: Flipped Classroom Pioneer Delivers Dynamic Day
Flipped Classroom Pioneer Jon Bergmann inspired more than 100 Central New York teachers and administrators during his interactive workshop at the CNYRIC Wednesday, Oct. 22. Throughout the day-long ITD TALKS event, Bergmann shared insightful tools, tips, and tactics for implementing flipped K-12 classrooms.
Flipped Classroom
A flipped classroom is a form of blended learning in which the typical lecture and homework elements of ...
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Meet Our Featured Teachers, October 2014, The STEAM Team
Pine Grove STEAM Team
8th Grade, Trans-Disciplinary
Pine Grove Middle School
East Syracuse Minoa Central School District
The STEAM Team is a trans-disciplinary group of eighth grade teachers at Pine Grove Middle School in the East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District. The team is focused on creating 21st century learning opportunities by integrating technology and engineering principles into Science, Math, English ...
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