NYS-MEP Educator Newsletter: December 2018
Welcome to the first edition of the NYS-MEP Educator Newsletter.
The newsletter highlights professional development and resources for
Early Childhood, Grades K-8, Adolescents, OSY, and Parents.
Look for resources to support your work with students and families.
As always, if you have ideas for content suggestions or other comments,
please share them with us!
Mary Anne Diaz, mdiaz@brockport.edu
Betty García Mathewson, gmathews@brockport.edu
Jenny Verdugo, jverdugo@brockport.edu
Early Childhood
Early Childhood: Supporting Parents to Talk, Read, and Sing
This new virtual book in the Resource Library pairs simple stories with related picture-word cards to give parents tools for expanding their child’s language. Each set has a unique Parent Tip to encourage parents to talk, read, and sing with their child every day.
Grades K-8 ELA
Determining ELA Instructional Focus
When you have a student who needs help with reading fluency, you can use a few quick tests to pinpoint the skills the student needs by using the Phonics Screener.
The rest of the ELA Resource Library located on the NYS Migrant website.has specific strategies identified by Kathleen M. Lord, Ph.D., to address the skills areas from the Phonics Screener.
Grades K-8 Math
Charting a Path for your Students Using easyCBM Data to Drive Instruction
Watch Suzanne K. Fox, Staff Development Specialist at Oswego Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation (CiTi), highlight the Major Works and Math Fluencies for Grades K-8. See how to use easyCBM’s Math Item Analysis to identify instructional areas to focus on.
Adolescents
Graduation Plan Part 2
The relationships with students and the conversations you have are the base for the Graduation Plan Part 2. This plan can become a living document that guides holistic service and helps to broaden students’ sense of expectation for themselves.
The Graduation Plan Guidance Document references Chapter 8 about goal setting from the book, Turnaround Tools for the Teenage Brain. Click here to read an excerpt on goal setting.
Out-of-School-Youth
OSY Resources
A new page on the NYS-MEP website with a variety of resources for Out-of-School Youth. Here are a couple of examples.
- Creating a Padlet Page – A “How To Guide” to make an online bulletin board
- OSY Consortium – Links and descriptions of the website and some of its resources
- NYCAMH Handouts - Highlights farm health and safety articles. Look for their great resources about Cold Weather Safety/Precauciones con el frío and Influenza/Precauciones con la influenza at Farmworker Education.
Parents
(DASA) Protecting Your Children: What Parents Need to Know About Bullying
Information about the NYS Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) and resources to support parents with the knowledge they need to advocate for their family. Developed by Tracey D. Messinger, MS.Ed., SUNY Cortland DASA Lecturer and Cortland METS Educator.
Virtual Parent Engagement Meeting
Read about the Brockport METS virtual parent meeting.
Professional Development
New Employee Orientation
These modules compliment what Directors are providing at the local level. The overall focus is on statewide themes that support the Theory of Action (ToA) and its holistic approach.
This month’s highlight: Partnering with Families to Support Children’s Development. Participants will focus on establishing a learning environment in someone else’s home/space. It reflects the ToA in action for new employees and veterans alike.
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