The Southern Westchester BOCES Board of Education will meet via videoconference on April 21, 2021. The meeting will be livestreamed at our Virtual Board Meeting page. A recording and transcript will be posted later at our Board Meetings Archive page. For meeting agendas, visit our Board Docs site.
We are happy to announce that the 2021-22 Southern Westchester BOCES Services Guide has been published. The Services Guide details the range of cooperative services available to component district schools in the coming school year. These services are developed in collaboration with our district partners and are designed with student needs and district goals and missions in mind. The Services Guide will be shipped to component district offices soon. As usual, a digitally accessible version is posted at SWBOCES.org under the Our Districts menu as well as attached to this announcement. We encourage you to peruse these pages and learn all about how SWBOCES works to support all our students and schools in ways that are effective and cost-efficient.
Please see our Response Plan for the latest guidance on temperature screening and the state Travel Advisory.
For more information contact Dr. Mary Elizabeth Wilson.
Join us as we welcome keynote speaker: Michael Horn.
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Using Blended Learning To Personalize: A Conversation with Michael Horn
Michael Horn speaks and writes about the future of education and works with a portfolio of education organizations to improve the life of each and every student.
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Where do we go from here to create quality blended and online learning for all students?
Lessons Learned from 3 Perspectives with
Randy Hall, Senior Facilitator, LHRIC Instructional Technology
Diane Cunningham, EdD, Curriculum Design & Adult Learning Facilitator
Gregory S. Brown, EdD, Deputy Superintendent,
Hyde Park Central School District
For more information contact Dr. Mary Elizabeth Wilson.
Join our remote discussion to learn about the transition process from school to adult life, including diploma and post-secondary options, and get an overview of services for adults with disabilities. Download the flyer attached below.
Presenter: Kit Casey, MA, LMHC, Transitional Specialist Lower Hudson Regional Partnership Center
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2021
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School counselors at the Center for Career Services found a creative way to bring prospective students on campus without them ever having to step foot in any of the buildings.
Students had opportunity to participate in virtual job interviews for positions at Playland Park in Rye as cashiers and ride operators.
The Southern Westchester BOCES Board of Education will meet via videoconference on April 21, 2021. The meeting will be livestreamed at our Virtual Board Meeting page. A recording and transcript will be posted later at our Board Meetings Archive page. For meeting agendas, visit our Board Docs site.
The Pleasantville Union Free School District is seeking candidates for the position of Superintendent of Schools. Click the advertisement linked here to learn more about the position and the district. The deadline to apply is April 26.
At Southern Westchester BOCES’ St. Matthew’s School site, one of the formative experiences in the Therapeutic Support Program is off-site vocational training and skills development. Since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic made that impossible this year, staff members came up with an alternate option: Open a school store where students can purchase rewards items and gain work skills.
“We cannot go outside to work or interact with the community, so we are instead bringing the world of work and community practices to St. Matthew’s,” said Patrice Cookes, a teacher in the Therapeutic Support Program for Developmentally Delayed (TSP-DD) students.
In Janell Burley Hoffmann’s keynote presentation during the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center’s virtual TELL Awards ceremony, educators had the opportunity to pause and reflect on the past year from a professional and personal standpoint.
On March 16, Ms. Burley Hoffmann – a consultant, author and founder of the Slow Tech Movement – led an interactive discussion with participants about what they learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and what will serve them well in the future.
“This keynote is a reflection on what I am carrying forward,” said Ms. Burley Hofmann. “My offering is that you hold a space for yourself. The space we are creating together does not hurry. We need to hold onto the idea of ‘the way forward’ – it embodies the past, regenerates and grows from it.”
The goal of much of Robert Dillon's work is to expand the definition of what a “healthy building” means. Most school buildings are conceptually designed for learning, but not for health, he said. His hopes are to broaden how buildings are constructed and to transition to a model that focuses on the health and wellness of students, staff members and any residents who enter.
“People want children to be in healthy buildings, but we need to expand its definition,” said Dr. Dillon, a longtime educator and thought leader who has served as teacher, principal and director of innovation. “The health of students and educators – both physical and emotional – are impacted by where they learn and teach. There’s an academic prowess to having a healthy building.”
On Feb. 26, Dr. Dillon was the engaging keynote speaker at the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center’s Technology Leadership Institute Active-Con 2021. His presentation, “Designing Learning Spaces for Health and Wellness,” discussed emerging trends, why issues of space and wellness are currently magnified, and what it means to be in a healthy building.
TV personality Mike Rowe recently interviewed a young woman whose success as a welder may change your thinking about a career in the trades.
Tappan Hill School celebrated leaders, innovators, artists, musicians, politicians and other Black historical figures during Black History Month, including Frederick McKinley Jones, who developed equipment for refrigerated transport of food and blood during World War II; George T. Sampson, who patented the automatic clothes dryer in 1892; poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou; former President Barack Obama; civil rights and women's rights activist Dorothy Height; and others.
Special thanks to security guard Dwayne Welcome for helping put up the display in our lobby!
