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Sep 02 2009

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The Chinese and Korean Laundry shop model

Filed under Alternative Education, Daily Living Skills, General Education, High Schools New Face, School to Work, communication with teachers

It fascinated me last summer when I visited an inner city laundromat run by an immigrant family.  With limited English skills these folks practiced customer service, took orders and delivered the product in the said times listed in the shop window.  Clothes were taken in, tagged, instructions for care were written in Chinese script, invoices were prepared for shirts, pants etc. separately and the entire transaction lasted five minutes. 

I have begun to think of this work concept in relation to teaching work skills, daily living skills, enterprenuership,  general organization and daily management to students who might be receive both and IEP or Regents diploma.

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Aug 28 2009

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Web 2.0 at home and School

Filed under General Education, School to Work, Uncategorized, communication with teachers, professional development for school leaders, student outreach

See what students are saying about schools, learning and what they want.  Can we meet their needs even half way?

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Aug 16 2009

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HNSF 2009 presentation, Ellicottville, NY – For teachers by teachers

Filed under English, General Education, High Schools New Face, School - College Collaboration, School to Work, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Uncategorized, communication with teachers, instructional resources, self-directed teacher professional development, student outreach, virtual school communties

 
By Patrick Fanelli, ERIE 2 CC BOCES, Public Information Officer

 Faculty Promote 21st Century Approach To Education
Faculty from the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES recently joined dozens of teachers from throughout the region to promote new educational approaches that incorporate cutting-edge technologies and meet the needs of a rapidly changing society.

At the fourth annual High School’s New Face conference, which was held on Thursday, July 16 at Holiday Valley in Ellicottville, N.Y., four E2CCB teachers presented on four different topics that addressed the same fundamental theme: developing 21st century skills in the classroom.

Jaime Monaco, special education teacher at the E2CCB Hewes Educational Center in Ashville, discussed the use of iPods in the classroom as a way of motivating students and augmenting their education. The popular devices can be used to administer quizzes, as a creative method of instruction, as a study tool, as a book, as a reward, and more, she explained.

James Hedlund, another special education teacher at the Hewes Center, discussed the Young Adult Advancement Initiative, which provides students with real-life, work-related experience. Through a collaboration with Chautauqua Works, a non-profit organization that offers various workplace resources for employers and job seekers alike, students are provided real employment opportunities that help them develop the workplace skills and behaviors they will need to be successful later in life through the program, Hedlund told participants.

Julie Sek, alternative education teacher at the E2CCB LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia, discussed the incorporation of blogs into the curriculum and she used a real-life lesson as an example. Her students, she explained, would visit her blog and answer a preliminary question about sustainability. They would then read a brief summary of the people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), who squandered their resources to the detriment of their civilization. The students would then develop their own definition of sustainability without simply memorizing a definition from a textbook.

Finally, Jason Delcamp, career and technical education instructor at the LoGuidice Center, discussed the incorporation of various technologies and resources into the automotive repair curriculum. One of his students, he said, used his Blackberry to build a relay and develop an understanding of complicated electronics concepts. Delcamp also uses hand-held computer devices to stay up-to-date with the latest in automobile technologies and repair methods.

The E2CCB delegation to High School’s New Face was led by Una Raimando, special education supervisor at the Hewes Center, and assisting the delegation was Kim Texter, staff development specialist.

The purpose of High School’s New Face is to bring educators together every year to discuss ways to develop 21st century skills in the classroom. The following are all seen as skills that are essential for students to be successful in the 21st century economy: critical thinking and problem-solving skills; the ability to collaborate across networks and lead by influence; agility and adaptability; initiative and entrepreneurialism; effective oral and written communication skills; the ability to access and analyze information; and curiosity and creativity. 

 

 

 

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Jan 25 2009

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High School Program expansion: Special Education

Filed under Graduation rates, High Schools New Face, School - College Collaboration, School to Work, communication with teachers, professional development for school leaders

I am very excited at the thought of conducting a tour of our High School Special Education Programs which are aimed at three distinct student groups – 4 year College bound, Career & Technical College education with immediate entry into 2 year colleges or the work place and students who will need supportive living and job coaching.  Our programs currently consist of five 1:6:1 classrooms and two 1:8:1 classrooms.  We have not had this level of programming within our BOCES in Chautauqua County and have planned for  this over the past 5 years.   

Calls are coming in to tour of high school programs and a brochure is being developed so that high school Principals and Directors of Special Education can equally begin to plan their cohort graduation results four years before students enter high school.  Both these offices within a school share equal responsibility for planning, developing and investing in educational programs that benefit students and which will lead to 4 year graduations from high school.  School districts that are showing interest in our work at the Hewes Center include – Southwestern and Randolph.  Our goal is to reach all schools in the Southern Tier and to accomplish this teachers will be heavily involved with me in the crafting of our brochure so as to reflect the exciting instructional work being accomplished and the student learning taking place at the Hewes Center in our grade 9-12 programs.

Program Highlights: 

English:  Big Read America Project in colloaboration with area libraries and colleges – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. 

English:  Celebration of the 200th Birthday of Abraham Lincoln – reading of the Speeches at Gettysburg. 

Electives:  Marine Biology, Foundations of Music, Creative Writing, CPR training, Work Experience and Job shadowing.   

Field Trips:  Step Into Africa, an interactive Exhit at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Skating Rink, Illstyle:  a hip hop production staged at the Reg Lenna Civic Center/Theatre. 

Extra-Curricular:  HIgh Student newspaper written and published by students, Student Council, Popcorn and Pizza sales to promote student entreprenuership, student membership in NAMI – National Association for the Mentally Ill, donation to St. Susan’s Kitchen by students on behalf of NAMI.  Honor and Merit Roll. 

Monthly Guest Speaker Series:  To date Jim Tillotson, His Climb Up the Himalayas, Kelly Joslyn, How the Democrats took the White House. 

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Nov 29 2008

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Good tips for all of us in the workplace including schools

Filed under General Education, International Education, School to Work, communication with teachers, personnel, professional development for school leaders, self-directed teacher professional development

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1265

The above link proposes to rid us of Bad Work Habits.  I liked the problems listed and the tips to solve them.  I do belive that we will all be better supervisors and employees if we heed the messages contained herein.

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