SCOPE Education Services

S24-05004 BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING MULTI-LANGUAGE STUDENTS Deirdre Cerrito - deirdrecerrito@yahoo.com Jully Williams - gina102105@gmail.com 3 Credits - Inservice – June 26 —August 15 CTLE regulations require teachers apply 15% of their required hours toward enhancing language acquisition skills for ENL and ELL students. For ELL teachers, the percentage is 50%. This class provides instruction in best practices as outlined by NYSEDF. Learn best practices in scaffolding, literacy development, aligning instructional resources & academic language. A must for teachers hoping to help their ENL, ELL & MLL students learn English & succeed.

S24-04502 BEYOND BLOOM-BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Gayle Meinkes-Lumia - gmeinkeslumia@bufsd.org 3 Credits — Inservice - June 26—August 15 The Common Core requires educators to infuse a plethora of higher order skills, as well as deductive reasoning techniques into the classroom. This course will enable educators to comprehend the cognitive domains of Bloom’s taxonomy and subsequently move further and develop mastery level thematic strategies that guide students on their journey to success. Cross curricular teaching, interdisciplinary applications, analytic, philosophical and productive reasoning techniques will be addressed.

S24-05006 BOOST AND ACCELERATE YOUR ELL STUDENTS LEARNING: ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS WITH PRACTICAL STRATEGIES! Anthony Auciello - scopeauciello@aol.com 3 Credits – Inservice - June 26—August 15 Participants will be given the opportunity to learn about the various aspects of not only improving their ELL student’s participation and achievement in class, but also how to engage their families in the classroom and the school as a whole. Learn strategies that will help students learn in all areas of the classroom. You will finish the class with a wealth of strategies, understand when and where to employ them, and the reasoning behind selecting each strategy. Participants will be prepared to work with any child in any grade!

S24-11032 BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH PARENTS Michael Sims - mikesimsduke1@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - June 26—August 15 Explore the fundamental importance of encouraging real collaboration between schools and families. Developing good relations with parents is an essential tool for creating an optimal working environment for students. Construct materials, examine how to communicate proactively with parents, develop strategies for communicating negative information and how to remain professional with confrontational or hostile parents.

S24-11014 BUILDING STUDENT RESILIENCY—K—12 Michael Sims - mikesimsduke1@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - June 27—August 15 Teachers today have to manage students that struggle with independence & self-reliance. This stems from many factors, like bulldozer parents smoothing the road so they don’t encounter difficulties. Though their intentions are well placed, parents are actually denying opportunities for their kids to learn critical life skills like decision making, responsibility and coping strategies. Colleges have begun reporting students are not equipped to handle the rigors that come at the university level. To combat these trends, we will explore ways to create a culture where your students will learn resiliency & how to be independent thinkers.