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GST BOCES - January 27, 2017 Updates from District Superintendent Jim Frame RETIREMENT count. The goal is to use this social media platform With the expected retirement of Chris Weinman in to become more visible in the region and reach a June 2017, we have begun the process of finding a larger pool of people who may be interested in our new Director of CTE. The position has been adver- programs and services. It would also provide an- tised with a deadline of February 10, 2017. We an- other avenue to showcase the many talents of our ticipate that the new hire will begin in May so that students and staff. Chris can help with the transition. BUDGET MEETINGS SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH The month of February is a very busy month as we The Hornell City School District Board of Education begin to meet with each of the 21 component has reached out to me and asked that I facilitate the school districts to discuss budgeting for BOCES ser- search for a new Superintendent of Schools. The vices. Margaret Munson, Pat Cardona, Chris Wein- position was posted just after the new year began, man, Sarah Vakkas, and I will be meeting with each with a deadline of March 1. school district’s superintendent and administrators to discuss services for the 2017-2018 school year. NEGOTIATIONS Negotiations have been ongoing with all three HALL OF FAME APPLICATIONS unions. Hall of Fame Inductions are held every year in May, with the purpose being to recognize the personal ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING achievements of former GST BOCES students who At the Cabinet Meeting held on January 18, we dis- demonstrate an understandable connection be- cussed the need to hold active shooter training. tween their BOCES experience and career choice Brian Bentley will be reaching out to his son, who achievements. Anyone who has successfully com- works in the counterterrorism division with the pleted a Career and Technical Education Program is New York State Police, to schedule a presentation eligible for the Hall of Fame and applicants are eligi- with Cabinet members. ble after the sixth year following their program completion. If you know of someone that deserves TWITTER INITIATIVE this special recognition, please submit an applica- Sarah Vakkas and Stacy Saglibene are looking into tion. The deadline has been extended. the logistics of starting a GST BOCES Twitter ac-

BOARD BRIEFING GST BOCES - February 2017 SUPERINTENDENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL I met with the component district superintendents on January 17 for our monthly SAC meeting. Two staff members from Corning-Painted Post presented information on 1:1 device integration and how this was rolled out in the C-PP district. It appears that Recognition from Cabinet Members many of the component districts have begun 1:1 de- vice integration in their schools. Stacy Saglibene  Linda Haley, GT BOCES Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Sarah Vakkas reported to the superintendents that Hearing, had an article published in the the Regional Instructional Leaders Group will be January edition of Raising and presenting in-depth information on the ELA, math, Educating Deaf Children. Her article and science standards at the February SAC meeting. can be found at the following link: www.raisingandeducatingdeafchildren. There are many positive initiatives happening in all org/ 2017/01/05/a-todhhs-perspective- on-alternative-services-and-settings-for- of the component districts, from capital projects to dhh-students/ grant funded after-school programs. GST BOCES  The School Resource Officer located at continues to offer assistance to our districts in any Bush was on leave for six weeks. Jeff way possible so that they can continue to focus on Berdine and Jesse Ferris, Principals of student success. Special Education, really stepped up to help out and did an outstanding job. SUPERINTENDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Chris Weinman On January 20, I spoke at the Opening Session of  The underwater robotics competition the New York State Superintendent Development was held in Bath. Kelley Batrowny Program, held at West Genesee High School in Ca- and the STEM team did a great job organizing this. millus, NY. We sponsor the program statewide. This year we have 39 aspiring superintendents. I Sarah Vakkas will continue to work as a mentor with this group  Kasi Washburn and Matt Talada, over the next 18 months. Assistant Principals of CTE, have been trying to pull together a platform of school counselors in the region. They have created an agenda to hold a GST School Boards Legislative Event school counselor professional development day in March. Monday, February 27, 2017  Melissa Zelko-Wood is phenomenal in 5:45—7:30 p.m. her position as Operations Corning-Painted Post High School Communication Specialist. She is the Senator O’Mara “go to” for data inquiries and is very Assemblymen Friend and Palmesano capable of clearing up confusion and answering questions. Melissa is always More information to follow soon. ready to help in any capacity.

GST BOCES - April 2017 Updates from District Superintendent Jim Frame NYS SCIENCE LEARNING STANDARDS New York State Science Learning Standards NATIONAL TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY were adopted in December 2016. The Instruc- The National Technical Honor Society recently tional Support Team at GST has assembled a inducted 246 students from Bush, Coopers, and team to develop a series of professional devel- Wildwood. Ceremonies were held in March opment opportunities that will model the for all three campuses. changes, as well as provide an understanding of the new standards. The Regional STEM Pro- RETIREMENT gram continues to offer curriculum to our dis- BOCES staff and school superintendents have tricts that support the NYSSLS. been notified that Steve Manning will be retir- ing at the end of the school year. The position will be posted soon with a May 1 deadline. REGIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR SUMMIT The first Regional School Counselors Summit HORNELL SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH was held on Friday, March 10 at Coopers Edu- Initial interviews have been completed by the cation Center. This group has not had region- Hornell Board of Education for the superinten- al representation in quite a few years. Because dent search and the Board has narrowed the of this, the concept of holding a summit was field to two finalists. The community will have introduced by Sarah Vakkas and we will host an opportunity to meet each candidate on two these summits at least two times per year. The separate evenings in mid-April with a moderat- support of Kasi Washburn and Matt Talada in ed question and answer session. planning and feedback was instrumental in making this day possible. Forty-one people from 15 different GST component districts at- tended the summit. The events of the day con- sisted of professional networking, SED updates, BOCES updates, and breakout sessions in com- prehensive guidance planning, financial aid/ FAFSA, establishing a strong PBIS program, and utilizing service dogs in education.

BOARD BRIEFING GST BOCES - April 2017 Recognition from Cabinet Members Brian Bentley  Building maintenance mechanics across all three campuses have been doing an outstanding job. Bush campus Special Olympics Regionals mechanics have been upgrading DDC The Elsmere Eagles Floor Hockey Team participated Control systems in Building #1, saving in the New York State Special Olympics Winter GST approximately $50,000 by doing Games Floor Hockey competition in Poughkeepsie, the work themselves. NY on February 17-19. The Eagles competed against Chris Weinman the best Special Olympic Floor Hockey teams  Dale Robie, Teacher of Digital Media throughout New York State. Arts at the Coopers Campus, was awarded Skills Advisor of the year for Region 1. The Eagles played exceptionally well during the com- petition and earned their way into competing for the Sarah Vakkas  Kelley Batrowny hosted TST, BT, and Bronze Medal. With exceptional play from Team ONC BOCES to showcase our STEM Captains Yavari March and Devin Thomas, and stel- program. The group was able to tour lar play from Andrew Robbins and Andre Chalk, the the STEM/Science Resource Center, travel to Bath to observe a STEM training at the Kindergarten level, and travel to Waverly to observe a 6th grade STEM lesson. ROV Competition Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. @ Campbell-Savona Pool VEX Robotics Competition Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. @ Wings of Eagles

BOARD BRIEFING GST BOCES - April 2017 William Foster is a student in a 15:1 class at Bush Campus. His father passed away recently and all of the kids wanted to show their support to William by wearing these t-shirts. VEX Robotics Competition