SCOPE Education Services

W26-03045 AI IN ACTION! Danielle Pallatto - dpallattoscope@gmail.com 3 Credits – Inservice - February 4 — April 8 There is so much buzz around AI, especially in the education world. Come join us as we learn how to use different AI apps and digital tools in our teaching practices. We will dive into some of the popular AI tools, as well as some that are lesser known, but equally as resourceful. There is something for everyone in the world of AI!

W26-01132 ACE’S 101: WHAT’S IN YOUR STUDENT’S BACKPACK—K-12 Janine Simpson—Janine.crosby@yahoo.com 3 Credits—Inservice— April 15 — June 17 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) have increased significantly over the years-as educators, we are seeing more students impacted by ACE’s. ACE’s are linked to chronic health problems, mental illness, and substance use problems in adolescence and adulthood. They negatively impact education, job opportunities and earning potential. This course will delve into the definition of ACE’s and trauma as well as its impact on a child’s outcomes and educational experience.

W26-02014 APPROACHING WORD PROBLEMS WITH CONFIDENCE BY UNDERSTANDING EACH WORD PROBLEM TYPE AUDIENCE Dina Carlucci - kdcarlucci@gmail.com 1 Credit – Inservice - February 4 — April 8 This course will provide classroom instructors with the tools to assist their students in identifying the various word problem types in order to approach them with confidence and reach solutions with accuracy. Participants will explore the range of word problem types, including Result Undown, Chang Unknown, Start Unknown, Comparison Problems, Separation Problems and Joining Problems. Students who have cultivated the ability to identify the word problem category are well equipped to solve these tasks successfully. This knowledge eliminates the daunting nature of word problems on state assessments, unit exams and homework assignments. More specifically, it will include the multitude of math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division which accompany each of thes work problem types. Relevant for all teachers and students in their respective grade levels.Optional Google Meet will be offered to support participant discussion, questions, and real-time collaboration.

W26-12005 AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS: AN OVERVIEW OF WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH APD Linda A. Cohen - lhardmancohen@gmail.com 3 Credits - Inservice - February 4 — April 8 What does it mean to have an Auditory Processing Disorder? It is estimated that 5-7% of children sitting in the classroom suffer with APD. That means there is the likelihood of having a student with APD in your current classroom. Learn about the characteristics of an Auditory Processing Disorder and how to work with children that struggle with this disorder. You will also learn about the challenges students with APD face in their reading skills and what you can do as a teacher to help them.

W26-05004 BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING MULTI-LANGUAGE STUDENTS Deirdre Cerrito - deirdrecerrito@yahoo.com Jully Williams - gina102105@gmail.com 3 Credits - Inservice – February 4 — April 8 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.

W26-04152 BEST PRACTICES IN CONTENT AREA LITERACY Gayle Meinkes-Lumia - gmeinkeslumia@bufsd.org 3 Credits — Inservice - February 4—April 8 Literacy is at the forefront of education today. All teachers are expected to be “teachers of reading,” no matter what their subject area may be. Teachers need a repertoire of lessons and ideas to motivate learners and elevate student abilities. This course provides a plethora of lessons, graphic organizers, best practice techniques, strategic thinking skills, collaborative, small group activities and models that enhance student learning. In the end you will walk away with a literary bag of tricks!

W26-04502 BEYOND BLOOM-BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Gayle Meinkes-Lumia - gmeinkeslumia@bufsd.org 3 Credits — Inservice - April 15 — June 17 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.

W26-03026 BEYOND THE BASICS: TAKING GOOGLE APPS TO THE NEXT LEVEL– K—12 Christina Sciarrotto - cmes724@yahoo.com 3 Credits - Inservice - April 15 — June 17 Participants will engage in activities that are beyond the basic Google Apps. Participants will take Google Slides to the next level by creating Stop Motion, Games, Comic Strips, Timelines, Magnetic Poetry, Digital Escape Rooms and Figjam. You will also learn about Google Keep, Sites, Add-ons and Extensions, and YouTube.

W26-03074 BEYOND THE WORKSHEET: CANVA ASSESSMENTS TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY Kristina Holzweiss - lieberrian@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - April 15 — June 17 This course is designed for educators across all grade levels and subject areas who have a foundational understanding of CANVA and are looking to enhance their assessment strategies. You will focus on harnessing Canva’s versatile tools to design engaging, visually appealing, and pedagogically effective assessments that go beyond traditional assessments. Through hands-on activities and real-world examples, you will learn how to utilize Canva’s features-such as templates, multimedia integration, and interactive elements-to develop assessments that foster creativity, critical thinking, and student engagement. By the end of the course, teachers will have a toolkit of dynamic assessment strategies that can be tailored to diverse learning needs & instructional goals.

W26-11032 BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH PARENTS Michael Sims - mikesimsduke1@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - February 4 — April 8 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.

W26-11014 BUILDING STUDENT RESILIENCY—K—12 Michael Sims - mikesimsduke1@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - April 15 — June 17 Teachers today have to manage students that struggle with independence and 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.

W26-04062 CELEBRATING READING IN THE 21ST CENTURY Kristina Holzweiss - lieberrian@yahoo.com 3 Credits – Inservice - February 4 — April 8 I don’t believe in non-readers or reluctant readers; they are Yet-To-Be Readers! I believe in children who haven’t YET connected with reading. The connection could be finding the perfect book that speaks to them, regardless of topic and reading level. It can be a book in a different format such as an ebook or an audiobook. Or it could be sharing the reading experience with another person. Reading doesn’t have to be a solitary activity. It can be an event that brings people together. But how can reading books compete with screen time and video games? Come collaborate & share ideas to promote books & reading in our school learning communities through low tech and high tech means.

W26-01096 CHILDHOOD OBESITY: A MODERN DAY EPIDEMIC—Pre-K-12 Brianna Burghard—bburghard26@gmail.com 3 Credits—Inservice— April 15 — June 17 This course focuses on the epidemiology of child and adolescent obesity with a focus on environmental and socioeconomic factors. This course will cover the potential implications of childhood obesity, including health and economic consequences. Environmentally focused interventions and programs to combat childhood obesity will be included.

W26-04101 COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR STUDENTS—K—12 Jean Galima - jeangalima@yahoo.com 3 Credits - Inservice — April 15 — June 17 Providing students with the application of the elements of good communication skills, not only improves their self-image, but also raises their self-confidence level, assertiveness and respect for others’ ideas. All teachers especially ENL and PE teachers will have opportunities to explore and expand their repertoire of activities to give students experiences to sharpen their communication skills, share learned knowledge and become more effective, respectful communicators and listeners.

W26-12017 CREATING A SUCCESSFUL CLASSROOM FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES Kysten Ellison - Kysten@aol.com 3 Credits - Inservice - February 4 — April 8 Students of all abilities and backgrounds want classrooms that are inclusive and convey respect. For those students with disabilities, the classroom setting may present certain challenges that need accommodation and consideration. This course will focus on various types of disabilities, how each disability may impact student learning, the accommodating classroom environment, accessing resources, and explore ways to use this information to better meet the needs of our developing students.

W26-03032 CREATING A WEBSITE WITH GOOGLE SITES Sue Presberg—spresberg@gmail.com 3 Credits - Inservice - February 4—April 8 This course is designed to help you step by step, create a website for yourself and/or your students. Creating a personalized Google website is a great way to track growth in real time. You will select and organize content and also reflect on student achievements, skills and future aspirations. This can be used for parents, administrators and the community as well as for professional growth of either the educator or their students. Using Google Sites can be a lifelong narrative that can be constantly updated, where the content is never lost over the years. It will be the educator’s choice as to what type of website they will create.

In pursuant to Chapter 102 of the Laws of 2012, Article 2 of the Education Law (Education Law 10 - 18) and Part 57-4 and Part 80 of the Regulation of the Commissioner of Education, requires that anyone applying for an administrative or supervisory service, classroom teaching service, or school service certificate of license on or after January 1, 2014, shall have completed at least six clock hours of coursework or training in Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination Prevention and Intervention.

In pursuant to Chapter 102 of the Laws of 2012, Article 2 of the Education Law (Education Law 10 - 18) and Part 57-4 and Part 80 of the Regulation of the Commissioner of Education, requires that anyone applying for an administrative or supervisory service, classroom teaching service, or school service certificate of license on or after January 1, 2014, shall have completed at least six clock hours of coursework or training in Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination Prevention and Intervention.

F25-12025 DIFFERENTIATING LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE AND LANGUAGE DISORDER Angie Elkaray—elkarayangie@yahoo.com 3 Credits - Inservice - October 8 — December 15 Differentiating Language Difference and Language Disorder is a comprehensive course designed to equip speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and related professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to accurately distinguish between language differences stemming from cultural and linguistic diversity and true language disorders. Participants will explore foundational concepts, cultural competence, and evidence based assessment and intervention strategies.

W26-07001 DEVELOPING A COLLEGE/CAREER READY STUDENT Francesca Cavallaro - fncavallaro@gmail.com 3 Credits - Inservice - April 15 — June 17 This course is geared towards making students more college and career ready. This can be accomplished by impeding a college/career focus in curriculum, through lessons and by exposing students to different opportunities that foster growth and awareness of the different colleges and careers available. Schools exposing students to a wide variety of supports will provide students with an opportunity to set individual postsecondary goals for themselves. This course aims to bring to light the different local opportunities, online resources and potential field trips schools can implement within their school.

W26-12025 DIFFERENTIATING LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE AND LANGUAGE DISORDER Angie Elkaray—elkarayangie@yahoo.com 3 Credits - Inservice - April 15 — June 17 Differentiating Language Difference and Language Disorder is a comprehensive course designed to equip speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and related professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to accurately distinguish between language differences stemming from cultural and linguistic diversity and true language disorders. Participants will explore foundational concepts, cultural competence, and evidence based assessment and intervention strategies.

W26-12003 DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION Gayle Meinkes-Lumia - gmeinkeslumia@bufsd.org 3 Credits - Inservice – April 15 — June 17 Learn everything there is to know about differentiating your classrooms. Learn the secrets to recognizing and building on the individual talents of each student, while preparing all students for the rigors of standards and assessments. Learn student centered ideas, lessons that differentiate, challenging ways to motivate students, current research on differentiation, constructivist practices, ideas for putting research into action, examples & strategies that assist in differentiation, assessment & tiered lesson ideas and websites.

W26-04172 DIVE INTO THE SCIENCE OF READING Christina Sciarrotto - cmes724@yahoo.com 1 Credit - Inservice - February 4 — April 8 Dive into the Science of Reading with a course tailored to decodables. In this course you will learn what is a decodable and how to effectively utilize decodable texts to support readers. Additionally, you will discover innovative ways to utilize AI tools to create decodable text and access to a wealth of free resources.

F25-03351 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO 3D PRINT, NOW! Vincenzo La Ruina—vincenzoLaRuina@gmail.com 3 Credits – Inservice— October 8 — December 15 Whether or not you have access to a 3D printer, you will learn how to use them, how they can be used in your classroom (for any subject), and you’ll even be able to print files without a 3D printer. This class makes 3D printing simple & it includes free PDF versions of the books you will need. Appropriate for K-12 teachers, including art and technology.