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THE TEACHER CENTER 
of Broome County

Teacher Center Study Groups
Final Reports

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Study groups allow teachers to come together to learn more about a particular topic, such as assessment, standards based instruction, classroom management, school improvement initiatives, instructional programs. The groups review and discuss the literature, visit model programs, and meet to discuss the potential of the practices or programs for their school or classrooms.

The Teacher Center offers grants twice a year to teachers who wish to start a study group.  The grant provides incentive stipends to group members for a set number of hours and a set amount for research materials.   

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Summer (2008) Study Groups
Susquehanna Valley Schools Active Literacy Across the Curriculum
Binghamton City Schools Literacy Development
Binghamton City Schools Differentiated Math
  Promoting Literacy
Vestal Central Schools Lucy Calkins: Units of Study in the Writing Workshop, Grades 3 - 5
School Year (2007 - 2008) Study Groups
Binghamton City Schools Interconnectedness between Math, Science, and Technology
Deposit Schools Small Class Size
Summer (2007) Study Groups
Binghamton City Schools

Literacy in the Content Area 

Harpursville Central Schools Literature Circles
Susquehanna Valley Schools Student Study Skills
Maine Endwell Schools Health, Nutrition, Character Education and Math Problem Solving in the Early Elementary Classroom
Vestal Central Schools Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study for Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum
Binghamton City Schools Vocabulary And Comprehension skills instruction
Binghamton City Schools When Kids Can’t Read
BT BOCES Writing Needs
Vestal Central Schools Lucy Calkins, Units of Study in the Writing Workshop
Chenango Valley Schools Bullying
Binghamton City Schools Reading First for ALL Students
School Year (2006-2007) Study Groups
Vestal CSD Best Practices in Transition
Binghamton City Schools Use of Logo Programming Language to Support School Wide Enrichment
Assorted Districts Masks at Roberson
Summer 2006 Study Groups
Binghamton City Schools Bullying Awareness
Broome Cty. Catholic Schools Fitness Programs for Overweight Children
Broome Cty. Catholic Schools Integrating Media Literacy Into the Classroom
Binghamton City Schools Learning Powered by the Arts
Binghamton City Schools Creating a K-1 Child-Focused Transition
Maine Endwell CSD Enhanced Instruction in Grammar and Mechanics
Binghamton City Schools

Five Essentials of Reading Instruction and ESL/Struggling Readers in the Classroom

School Year (2005-2006) Study Groups
Vestal Central Schools Guided Comprehension
Summer 2005 Study Groups
BT BOCES Teenage Motivation
Binghamton City Schools Multiple Disabilities
Binghamton City Schools Reading Comprehension Strategies
Harpursville Central Schools Essentials of Reading
Vestal Central Schools Educating Families
Windsor Central Schools Developing Local History DBQ's using Roberson Museum Resources
School Year (2004-2005) Study Groups
Binghamton CSD Teaching Content Literacy
Harpursville CSD Implementing Guided Reading to Achieve a Balanced Literacy Approach in Fourth Grade
Maine Endwell CSD Enhancing Visual Perceptual Skills in Young Children
 
Summer 2004 Study Groups
Binghamton City Schools Special Education Topics
Binghamton City Schools Implementing Guided Reading in 4th Grade
Binghamton City Schools Science Skills
Binghamton City Schools TWIPS ~ Teachers as Writers in Intensive Poetry
Binghamton City Schools Literacy at the Middle School Level
Broome County Catholic Schools Exploring New Teaching Techniques for LOTE
Chenango Forks CSD Learning through Original Songs and Music
Chenango Valley CSD Computerized Measurement in Middle School
Deposit CSD Compass and GPS Integration
Maine Endwell CSD Systems for Change in Literacy Education
Windsor CSD Reading Essentials
Windsor CSD Implementing a Writing Workshop
Windsor CSD New Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension
Windsor CSD Exploring the Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Model

School Year (2003-2004) Study Groups

Chenango Forks CSD Air Brushing Techniques
Maine Endwell CSD (Homer Brink) Addressing Racism Through Children’s Literature
The Susquehanna School Best Practices: Russian Mathematics

Summer 2003 Study Groups

Assorted: Teachers from five different Broome County School Districts Family and Consumer Science: Where Academics Merge With Real Life
Binghamton City Schools Are our Words Hurting Forever? A Student and Teacher Needs Assessment Survey
Binghamton City Schools Bullying in our Schools
Binghamton City Schools How Grammatical Structure Informs a Writer’s Style
Binghamton City Schools Habits of Mind
BT BOCES Beyond Theory: Applying Best Practices in the Education of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chenango Valley CSD Special Education and Math Teachers Co-Teaching
Harpursville CSD/Olmstead Guided Reading Workshops for Primary Teachers
Harpursville CSD/High School Collaborative Strategies for Addressing Mental Health Concerns for High School Females
Susquehanna Valley CSD/Cedarhurst Yoga, Health, Wellness: Focus Activities
Vestal CSD/High School Economics: Differentiated Instruction, Evaluation, Essential Questions
Vestal CSD/Tioga Hills Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding
Vestal CSD/High School Making American History Come Alive
Whitney Point CSD/High School Expanding the Use of Technology in Music Education at Whitney Point High School
Windsor CSD/Weeks Art of Teaching Reading
 

School Year (2002 - 2003) Study Groups

Binghamton CSD/Roosevelt Character Education and Asset Training
Binghamton CSD/High School Peer to Peer
Broome County Catholic Schools  Integrating Calculators
Chenango Valley CSD/Chenango Bridge Constructing Document Based Questions
Chenango Valley CSD/Chenango Bridge Peer Learning Study
Chenango Valley CSD/Chenango Bridge Understanding the "Three Block" Framework
Chenango ValleyCSD/Chenango Bridge Guiding Readers and Writers
Chenango ValleyCSD/Chenango Bridge Home School Discovery Kits
Chenango Forks CSD/ High School Renaissance Interdisciplinary Unit
Chenango Forks CSD/High School Education in the Great Outdoors
CPS Study Group (Assorted Teachers) Using CPS in the Classroom
Handheld Study Group (Assorted Teachers) Using Handhelds in the Classroom
Instructional Support Teachers "Helping Them Get It" Book Study
Maine Endwell CSD/Homer Brink "Classrooms That Work" Book Study
Maine Endwell CSD/Homer Brink Integrative Science Webquest
Maine Endwell CSD/High School Techniques for Using Documents
Susquehanna Valley CSD/Cedarhurst Cedarhurst School Website
Whitney Point/Middle School Fever: 1793
Windsor CSD/ Floyd Bell Reading Aloud: K-2
Vestal CSD/Vestal Hills Integrated Weather
Vestal CSD/High School Art History Curriculum
Vestal CSD/High School Laboratory Activities 
 

School Year (2001-2002 ) Study Groups

Binghamton CSD/Franklin Identifying Primary Students at Risk
Binghamton CSD/West Middle/Owego Apalachin Crime Scene Investigation
Binghamton CSD/High School Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
Binghamton CSD/High School Rhythm Manual
BT BOCES/Career Tech High School Watership Down
Chenango Valley/Port Dickinson Models of Collaborative Teaching
Deposit Elementary AP Biology
Deposit Elementary Character Education Strategies
Deposit Elementary Collaboration
Deposit Elementary Directed Reading
Harpursville CSD Mandated Counseling Services
Maine Endwell/ Homer Brink Reading Comprehension
Maine Endwell/ Homer Brink School Technology

Maine Endwell/ High School

Seton Catholic High School Character Education
Susquehanna Valley CSD/Middle School Civil War Collaborative Unit
Susquehanna School Russian Curriculu

Vestal CSD/ High School

Art Madness

Vestal CSD/Vestal Hills

Improving Student Performance in the Areas of Drawing Conclusions and Inferencing
Whitney Point CSD Use of Math Manipulatives
Windsor CSD/Palmer Elementary Multiage Classrooms
Windsor CSD/Bell Elementary Student Writing