TAPCo. Times #27
March 18, 2019
Birthdays of the WeekSteven Cooper 3/20
Rita Reinoso 3/21 
June Regents Per-Session OpportunitiesScoring Site Management Team Selection: If your school is administering the June Regents, your performance and assessment lead (PAL) will contact you in the next several weeks if a teacher or administrator from your school has been nominated to serve in a site-management team (SMT) role (i.e., organizational team lead, ATS specialist, or content trainer), at a Regents-scoring site. Your PAL will ask you to confirm the nominee's qualifications and availability for training and scoring during the school day.
Per-Session Opportunities for School Staff: Note that Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Chemistry, Living Environment, Physics, Earth Science, ELA, US History, Global History (transition framework and new framework), Spanish LOTE, Chinese LOTE, French LOTE, Italian LOTE, and Korean LOTE will be scored partially or entirely through per-session opportunities that will be funded and managed by the DOE. Interested teachers and supervisors may apply for per-session positions at Regents-scoring sites beginning 6:00 p.m., on March 20 through April 17. Please share this information with all eligible staff members at your school. |
Pic Of The Week
Professional Development and Student OpportunitiesProfessional learning opportunities are posted on the I Teach NYC website and linked below. This week’s highlights include:
All Schools § Register by March 16: Health & Wellness Advocacy at the Museum of the City of New York § Register by March 21: Hudson Rising – The Environmental History of New York at the New York Historical Society § Register by March 22: New York City Writing Project’s Teachers in the Round Conference § Apply by March 22: Sustainability Showcase Project Presentation and Awards § Apply by March 22: The Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award § Register by March 22: Two-Day Zine-Making Workshop § Register by March 26: Lecture on the Criminalization of Youth in New York at the Museum of the City of New York Elementary and Middle Schools § Register by March 23: Gardening 101 at the New York Botanical Gardens Middle and High Schools § Apply by March 22: Facing History and Ourselves’ Year-Long In-Depth Program Grant Student OpportunitiesGrant OpportunitiesGrant opportunities are posted on the Grants website (you can visit the page on any computer using this link). This week’s highlights include:
§ Parent-Led Grants |
NYS Grades 3-8 Common Core ELA and Math Student Participation and Accoommodation Guides
- Last year, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) released the Policy and Tools Guide for Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities. You should review and share the guide with your test coordinator and teachers to ensure that you provide students with proper accommodations, if applicable.
- For questions regarding student participation for NYS grades 3–8 ELA and math exams, refer to this 2019 School Guide. You can share this 2019 Parent Guide with families who have questions about student participation; the parent guide, along with the translated versions (Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Korean, French, Haitian Creole, and Chinese), can also be accessed on the Testing page.