September 25, 2015 at Ramada Inn in Getzville
Charlie Giglio, the 2015 New York State Teacher of the Year, is the Latin teacher for grades 8 through 12 in the Glov-ersville Enlarged School District. He came out of retirement to join the Gloversville district in January 2006. Charlie has permanent New York State certifications in elementary education, secondary English and Latin. He is certified as a school building administrator and school district administrator. He is a past president and vice president of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. He's a member of several professional organizations, including the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Phi Delta Kappa - Professional Fraternity to Education, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and the American Guild of Organists. He’s a member of the American Classical Association and the Classical Association of New York State.
From 1979-81, Charlie was an adjunct instructor and director of Special Academic Programs (Correctional Education) at Marist College. He taught English at Westfield Junior High School in Westfield, N.J., and was chairman of the Eng-lish Department. He also taught at Msgr. Farrell High School in Staten Island, N.Y. He taught Latin, theology and typ-ing at Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, N.J., and math, English and theology at Good Shepherd School in New York City. Charlie was principal of the New York City (Chinatown) Transfiguration Bilingual School for pre-K through eighth grade from 1971-77. He was principal of the Pomona, N.Y., Woodycrest Residential School (PINS) from 1977-79.
Charlie is a graduate of Long Island University in New York City, where he earned a master's degree in bilingual and urban education; Fordham University in New York City, where he received a diploma in administration and supervi-sion; Richmond College on Staten Island, N.Y., where he earned a master's degree in secondary education; and the Catholic University of America in Washington, where he received a bachelor's degree in Latin and Greek. Charlie lives in Guilderland with his wife, Patricia. His son, Thomas, the director for ESL and Refugee Programs in the Albany City School District, and granddaughter, Mia, also live in Guilderland. Charlie and Pat's daughter, Ann, lives in Delmar withher husband, Matt.
A Content Analysis of Teacher Candidates’ Reflections about Teaching and Learning Abroad: A Revelation of their Intercultural Engagement and Understandings, Maria Ceprano, Nancy Chicola
A content analysis of teacher candidate blogs during study abroad experiences reveal significant levels of understandings acquired with regard to their global knowledge, language learning, cross culturalconnections and self-awareness. The impact of the study on teacher curriculum is also discussed. (10:00—10:45 Session 1, Empire Room)
Effects of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies on Oral Reading Fluency & Content Knowledge of Middle School Students, Theresa M. Janczak, Gliset Colon
According to the most recent test results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (2013), 64% of eighth graders failed to demonstrate proficient levels of reading. Difficulties with the reading pro-cess negatively influence content knowledge of reading-dependent subjects such as social studies and sci-ence. This presentation will discuss the results of a peer-assisted learning strategies intervention designed to improve the oral reading fluency and science and social studies content knowledge of 7th grade students in an inner middle school.(10:00-10:45 Session 1, Room D/E)
Enriching the Book Club Experience Through Literature, Sherri Weber, Laura Thompson
This session will report on a current PDS partnership between the King Center Charter School in Buffalo and SUNY Buffalo State. Many students from the King Center participate in a Saturday morning reading program at the King Center known as "Book Club," where teacher candidates from a Buffalo State educa-tion course plan and implement literacy-based lessons. This past year, through funding from a PDS mini-grant, children were able to take home a book from the weekly Book Club theme to read at home. The pre-senters will share strategies they used to work with parents and students to increase the impact of sending books home.(10:00-10:45 Session 1, Buffalo Room)
Introducing the NYS Toolkit Inquiry: What does it mean to be a survivor? Jill Gradwell, Kevin Finn, Christy Galletti, Katherine Pessecow, Luke Salerno
In this interactive workshop, the facilitators will introduce the new New York State Toolkit project and show-case a newly created social studies inquiry developed in their graduate class, Teaching and Learning History with Documents and Digital Documentaries. Participants will view local WNY Holocaust survivor testimo-nies and engage in an abridged four-lesson inquiry to determine what it means to be a survivor. Copies of the completed social studies inquiry will be distributed.(10:00-10:45 Session 1, Amherst Room)
Let’s Get Real: Project-Based Learning Opportunities within School-University Partnerships, Kerry Renzoni, Taneisha Facey, Angela Carrier
In this session, we will share our experiences engaging in a semester-long project-based learning task— designing and performing a concert for children at a Buffalo-area elementary school. Session participants will have the opportunity to discuss developing, implementing, and assessing authentic project-based learningopportunities within clinically rich practice settings for teacher candidates. (10:00-10:45 Session 1, Room A)
Mirror/Mirror: Using Theater to Initiate Difficult Conversations, Drew Kahn, Eve Everette, THA 470: Theater Ensemble (Fall 2015 class)
Mirror/Mirror is the latest original play created by SUNY Buffalo State/Anne Frank Project students. Follow-ing their trip to Rwanda in January 2015, 12 students processed their experience through the creation of a new play: inspired in Rwanda, developed at Buffalo State, delivered to local Buffalo schools (Fall 2015). Mirror/ Mirror follows Anna, a teen girl who is filled with self-hate and personal judgement. She is pulled into a fan-tastic journey that reveals her inner secrets and leads her to learning to love her story. The performance is 40- minutes followed by a 40-minute workshop activating the lessons of the play.(10:00-10:45 Sessions 1&2, Room B/C)
Shaping the 21st Century Classroom: Using iPads and Digital Tools to Enhance the Common Core Cur-riculum, Part II, Jeremy Ventura, Larisa Useda, Emily Wright
Please join us as we share how we brought the Common Core State Curriculum to life in an urban first grade classroom. Our focus was to create meaningful, end of domain projects, using both iPad and computer tech-nology. Our goal was to motivate and engage students in curriculum related activities, enhancing their under-standing of the vocabulary and content, while addressing CCSS competencies. (10:00-10:45 Session 1, Ballroom)
4 + 1 = Success: A Roadmap for Early Childhood and Exceptional Education Certification, Kathy R. Doody, Kate Dust, Reva Fish, Adena Sexton, Wendy McLeish
This session will begin with a brief overview of the steps taken by the Exceptional Education and Elementary Education departments in creating a 4 + 1 program for early childhood majors in a teacher preparation pro-gram. This discussion will include the initial idea for the program’s inception and subsequent project timeline, along with the multiple layers involved in weighing programmatic concerns, student needs/interests, job mar-ketability, and State certification requirements in our plans. The presenters will facilitate an interactive conver-sation with participants to gather feedback regarding the program, and elicit collective suggestions for resolu-tion of the hurdles we faced. The presenters will survey participants to gather suggestions for future border-crossing and collaborative programming in teacher certification programs. (10:55-11:40 Session 2, Room A) View PDF
Building Academic Vocabulary through the Gift of the Month Literature, Patty George, Amy Moeller, Jen Bandelian
A highly successful school-wide literacy program called "The Gift of the Month" has been in place at Hillview Elementary in the Lancaster Central School District for more than 10 years. Through this unique program, classrooms receive a special book each month to promote cross-grade level discussion of text. This program brings K-3 students and their teachers together through a love of children’s literature. Join us to learn about how this program can be used to increase motivation to read, strengthen the home-school connection, develop kids of character and build academic vocabulary to meet the Common Core Standards. You will learn about the history of this wonderful program, find out about future plans to develop it further, and be inspired to implement "The Gift of the Month" at your own school! (10:55-11:40 Session 2, Empire Room)
Educating on Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Children and Adolescents: Determining Fact from Fallacy, Carol DeNysschen
Today’s media is filled with less than accurate information on nutrition and exercise. This session will educate the educator on how to decipher what are accurate lifestyle statements in the media and which messages, regarding diet and exercise, may be the most valid for children and adolescents. By the end of the session, participants will have a better understanding of quality resources for education on lifestyle change in our youth and ideas on how to implement dynamic education sessions. (10:55-11:40 Session 2, Room D/E)
Engaging with the Common Core as a School Community: Family Math Nights at Maryvale Interme-diate School, Angela L. Patti, Michael Viscome, Jaclyn Corsaro
With support from a PDS mini-grant, a series of family math nights were implemented to provide parents with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to support their children in completing work related to the new Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS) and Curriculum in Mathematics. The presenters, who in-clude a college faculty member, a school principal, and teacher candidates, will discuss the development, im-plementation, and results of these events. (10:55-11:40 Session 2, Buffalo Room) View PDF
NYSTCE's and Safety Nets, Patty Recchio
"What exams are required for Initial Certification?" "How do I prepare for them?" "When do I need to com-plete these requirements?" "What are Safety Nets?" This session will review which New York State Teacher Certification Exams are required, available preparation materials, and the Safety Nets along with a brief Q&A. This content is appropriate for candidates who plan to complete their Educator Preparation Program in Spring 2016, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017. (10:55-11:40 Session 2, Amherst Room)
Towards a Socio-literary Analysis in ELA: DuBois, Racialized Adolescent Identity Development, & Young Adult Literature, Jevon D. Hunter, Alicia Monaco
During this session, attendees will learn about the strategies, activities, and handouts we used to engage urban high school students in performing a socio-literary analysis, an examination of literary works through and with sociological concepts, in a co-taught ELA classroom. More specifically, we applied portions of W.E.B. DuBois’s The Souls of Black Folk as conceptual lens to read Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Heidi W. Durrow’s The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, having our students explore adolescent identity development among racialized youth and craft semi-autobiographical narratives that enfleshed the current struggles our young people face. The results of our efforts helped to shape a cul-turally sustaining pedagogy focused upon reading and writing tasks that fostered new forms of participation and engagement and attended to the broad educational needs of our city youth. (10:55-11:40 Session 2, Ballroom)
Helping Parents to Be Effective Educators of their Children, Kathy Doody
A partnership was established with an area organization which provides transitional housing and support to young, single-parent families who experience homelessness and are living in poverty. We partnered with the agency in several ways: to provide developmental and social-emotional screening of the children through ser-vice learning coursework in both the Exceptional Education and Psychology departments, to assist parents in the navigation of the special education system within our community, and to provide assistance, support, and guidance to parents while teaching them how to appropriately interact with their children. Lastly, our Buffalo State chapter of the Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) coordinated a toy drive, and then used those toys to create educationally appropriate and engaging activities for the parents and children. This presentation will outline the steps taken to design this program, and share results of both a quantitative and qualitative nature. The presentation will also share ideas and strategies for program expansion and sustaina-bility. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, Room A)
IPDS Chile: Reflections on Language Learning and Teaching, Angela L. Patti, Crystal Holmes-Smith, Kelly Beller, Christine Doherty, Alexia Matos-Mateo
Participants of the International Professional Development Schools (IPDS) Chile program will share reflections based on their three-week travel and service learning program to Santiago, Chile. The reflections will focus on the participants’ experiences of becoming language learners as they were completely immersed in the Spanish language while in Chile. Participants will also discuss how their experiences in Chile have shaped their perceptions and pedagogies related to teaching language learners. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, Buffalo Room) View PDF
Leaders in the City: Celebrating the Seven Habits in an Urban Setting, Megan Battista, Amy Waddington, Andrew Starr, Sara Fowler
Members of the Enterprise Lighthouse Team will share the successes and challenges of the roll out of the Leader in Me process at Enterprise Charter School. Within the session, we will discuss the power of putting leadership in the hands of students through leadership roles, a Student Lighthouse Team, and a whole school student led Leadership Day. Participants will also be given an overview of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and will see evidence of the potential for change within young people that are encouraged to be leaders and practice the habits. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, Amherst Room)
Literacy and Lunch: Transforming a Primary School Cafeteria, Laura Klenk, Gregory Mott, Caroline Munella
Does the noise level in your school cafeteria give you migraine headaches? Are behavior incidents frequent in your cafeteria, creating unhappy children and adults? Do you wish your students knew polite table manners? Are you concerned that they do not get the nutrition they need? At Grabiarz, we are transforming the primary cafeteria from a noisy, unruly place into a fine dining experience. In this session we share the results of a pilot study in which we are helping young children learn table manners in order to promote a more tranquil and healthy aging environment. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, Empire Room)
English Language Learners: A Shared Commitment to Success, Mark Warford
This session picks up where the Common Core leaves off, offering a framework for understanding the particular needs of English Language Learners, including both pedagogical and policy-oriented dimensions. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, 11:50 – 12:30, Ballroom)
Moving for Learning and Understanding, Susan McMillen
Do your students use movement to help them master academic content? See videos from PDS sites that show how incorporating movement engages students, deepens understanding, and increases motivation. Learn sim-ple techniques for creating your own motion PowerPoints. Leave with ideas to get your students moving and learning. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, Room B/C)
Traits of a Successful Teacher: What School Districts REALLY Want, Stephanie Zuckerman-Aviles, Jessie Lombardo
In order to better assist teacher candidates with their career planning and job search efforts, representatives of the SUNY Buffalo State Career Development Center collected data at Buffalo Area Teacher Recruitment Days. Findings represent data from both national and local school districts and include the top personal and professional traits sought in a first-time teacher and the types of interview questions with which candidates most often struggle. Findings will be shared and implications discussed. (11:50-12:30 Session 3, Room D/E)
Exploring Literacy Learning through iPads and iPad Applications for Emergent Bilingual Students, Micaila Herd, Jevon D. Hunter
This interactive presentation shares insights into the ways the SIOP model can be used with iPads and iPad applications to support literacy instruction and learning for elementary-aged, emergent bilingual students. Audience members will learn the benefits associated with designed lessons using iPads and iPad applica-tions and the potential learning outcomes for emergent bilingual students. (12:40-1:25 Session 4, Ballroom)
Flipping the PDS Relationship, Dianne McCarthy, Betsy Eden
Typical PDS experiences include mentor teachers hosting teacher candidates who implement lessons under the guidance of a college faculty member and the mentor teacher. In flipping the PDS, the college faculty member participated in the elementary classroom. Through the use of guided math groups the mentor teacher and college faculty both developed and implemented math lessons. This presentation will describe the unique flipped PDS experience and explore the many lessons learned that will influence the future PDS experiences for teacher candidates. (12:40-1:25 Session 4, Buffalo Room)
Implementing iPads for Teacher Candidates in Field Placement "I Pad ~ You Pad ~ We All iPad !" Coralee Smith, Judy Reese, Mercedes Charlong, Emily Honsberger, Lauren Imhof, Chelsea Jastemski, Amanda Mooney, Mary Sica, Nicole Spienza
Seven Teacher Candidates enrolled in the spring 2015 section of EDU 312, The Teaching of Mathematics and Science in the Elementary School. Teacher Candidates integrated iPads during field placement at Saint Christopher School to demonstrate their technology knowledge and skills to teach math and science. The Teacher Candidates were able to explore a variety of iPad tools incorporating pedagogical theory and prac-tice for teaching as well as classroom organization. Hear their stories and experience their work! (12:40-1:25 Session 4, Room A)
Playing Games to Increase Vocabulary: A Global Book Hour Initiative, Patty George, Tee-Ahna Gilmore, Megan Haefner, Kevin Macdowell, Brianna Ware
Global Book Hour is one of the service learning projects teacher candidates can partake in as a part of their Introduction to Literacy course (EDU 211). During the spring 2015 semester, participants worked with lo-cal children to read global picture books, learn about geography, and strengthen their vocabulary in the pro-cess. Join us to learn how these teacher candidates used games in this community-based setting to increase vocabulary. Marzano’s six steps for building academic vocabulary will be emphasized, with a special focus on playing games. You will learn several, easy-to-implement games to help your students expand their vo-cabulary to meet the Common Core State Standards through global children’s literature. (12:40-1:25 Session 4, Room B/C)
Reclaiming Kindergarten for Children: How Principals can Support Kindergarten Teachers, Laura Klenk, Wendy McLeish
Over the past 20 years, Kindergarten has been caught between early childhood and school-based interests. In this session we review some of the conflicting interests that continue to plague Kindergarten. We will also present research-based ideas to help principals support teachers in creating classrooms that are aligned with best practices in early childhood, yet allow children to develop strong academic skills. (12:40-1:25 Session 4, Empire Room)
We Need Your Feedback: Help Shape the Direction of an Innovative Inclusive Education Program Lisa Rafferty, Shannon Budin, Larry Maheady, Sherri Weber, Chris Shively, Pixita del Prado Hill
This session will be conducted as a focus group to generate feedback and ideas about an Exceptional Education and Elementary Education border-crossing program that will integrate special and childhood education for undergraduate teacher candidates. University faculty, mentor teachers, administrators, building leaders, and teacher candidates are encouraged to attend to provide input for a new direction in the School of Education. (12:40-1:25 Session 4, Amherst Room)
Teacher Candidate Research Poster Session
Buffalo State teacher candidates share their research posters!
(12:40-1:25 Session 4, Room D/E)
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