Strengthening the Capacity of
21st Century Leaders and Learners

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Jackie O'Donnell
​2022 Jane Bullowa Service and Leadership Award Winner

Jackie O’Donnell, Chief Operating Officer/Deputy District Superintendent, Southern Westchester BOCES, is a veteran educator who has served children as a teacher and school leader for over 30 years. Her extensive experience as a public school teacher, elementary principal, high school principal, and assistant superintendent prepared her well while always mindful of the successes and challenges experienced by educators. She is committed to using her experience and skills to serve children by supporting their teachers and leaders.
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Jackie’s role as a wife, mother and grandmother adds to her commitment to our schools. She believes this is a critical time in American education and is honored to be able to be part of the work.

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2022-23 SCDN Meeting Dates

September 22 & 23, 2022
December 8 & 9, 2022
March 2 & 3, 2023
June 1 & 2, 2023

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Instructional Resources for Juneteenth Freedom Day

Thank you, Buffalo City Schools, for sharing your curriculum for Juneteenth Freedom Day.  These instructional lessons and resources can be used in PK-12 classrooms to learn about Juneteenth.

Download Juneteenth Curriculum

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Instructional Resources for US History and Government

On May 24, 2022, NYSED together with the Board of Regents made the decision to cancel the U.S. History and Government (Framework) Regents Exam scheduled for administration on June 1, 2022. This decision was made to appropriately support our students and their well being in the wake of the heinous mass shooting in Buffalo.   To best support teachers with instructional resources for use in their US History and Government class, S/CDN, and the S/CDN Social Studies Framework Group Co-Chairs compiled sample resources.  Those resources are below:

• NYSED Toolkit Project housed on the C3 Teachers website.  By going to this search page, teachers can search by grade level and state.  There are five inquiries mapped to 11th grade NYS standards:
  
  • Civil Rights
    
  • Constitution
    
  • Immigration
    
  • Johnson and Reagan
    
  • World War II
• NYSED Civic Knowledge Research Project – developed as part of the NYSED Seal of Civic Readiness Pilot.
• NYSED Social Studies Research Page​

The Staff/Curriculum Development Network of New York State (SCDN) has existed as an extension of the District Superintendents since 1986. Although originally funded by the State Education Department (SED) as the operational arm of the Offices of Curriculum and Assessment, the Network has been self-sustaining for more than fifteen years and is governed according to its own by-laws and protocols. In effect, SCDN is the instructional leadership arm of the thirty-seven Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and the Big 5 Cities in New York State.  Read our bylaws.  

Our Mission is to strengthen the capacity of school districts to promote successful attainment of the New York State Standards by all students.

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