Model Schools

  • The CiTi Instructional Technology Support (ITS): Model Schools Program offers professional development and curriculum development for teachers to successfully integrate technology into the curriculum and classroom. 

    It is the mission of CiTi's ITS: Model Schools Team to facilitate the immersion of innovative pedagogies into the districts through supporting the students, administration, faculty, and staff of Oswego County. To achieve this mission, the team will collaborate with teachers and school administrators to:

    • design lessons and develop instructional materials to meet the curricular needs of all learners;
    • model effective instructional design using innovative technologies to support higher levels of learning;
    • provide learning opportunities for embedded individualized learning to enhance classroom instruction; and
    • examine emerging technologies in teaching and learning. 

CoSer Information

  • The Instructional Technology Support (ITS): Model Schools Program is designed to offer professional development and curriculum development for teachers to successfully integrate technology into the curriculum and classroom.

    Basic service (517.000) includes:

    • In-district days for instructional workshops (as scheduled with Coordinator, except on county-wide Superintendent’s Conference Days)
    • On-site follow-up to training (model lessons, planning, problem-solving and coaching)
    • Shared workshops between districts
    • BOCES-led ITS: Model School Workshops
    • Borrowing of Instructional Technology Equipment
    • Technology Integration and assistance with Common Core Learning Standards

    School districts that participate in CoSer 515 CLO (Common Learning Objectives) are required to participate in the Model Schools CoSer. 517.000.

    Additional Fees

    517.005

    Districts may purchase specialized software for presentations, hire outside consultants or specialized presenters, or additional professional development and curriculum services through the ITS Model Schools CoSer.

    Itinerant Staff

    517.010 / 517.020 / 517.025 / 517.026

    Itinerant Computer Education Specialists are 12 month employees who will facilitate the integration of instructional technology as a teaching tool, intervention tool, and assessment tool. ITS: Model Schools staff supports educators with instructional practices that strengthen student skills and proficiencies through the integration of technology.

    Itinerant staff will help teachers implement research-based best practices in their classrooms to enhance learning through research, communication, and the use of an array of technology tools.

    Districts may request additional staff on a per diem basis (517.010) or on an FTE basis: 517.015 (11-month) or 517.015 (12-month) for Elementary School, 517.020 (11-month) or 517.021 (12-month) for Middle School and 517.025 (11-month) or 517.026 (12-month) for High School. All services provide a link between districts and CiTi instructional technology department.

    Stipends

    517.030 

    Aid is available for those districts paying professional development stipends for technology-related instruction.

    Substitutes

    517.040

    Aid is available for substitute teachers for those teachers attending Model Schools Workshops.

Districts Served