Strengthening the Capacity of
21st Century Leaders and Learners

2021 Jane Bullowa Service and Leadership Award Recipient

Roseann Bayne
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction
Citi BOCES

2021-22 SCDN Meeting Dates
​Registration Information

September 23 & 24, 2021
December 9 & 10, 2021
March 3 & 4, 2022
June 2 & 3, 2022


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Book Study

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Join Vernita Brown, author of Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege, in a two-part virtual/synchronous book study.  

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Virtual Session 1:  August 3rd: 9:00-10:30
Dismantling Inequity: Leading the Change
Author will discuss:
  • Ways to establish the need for change when key opinion leaders fail to see or acknowledge it
  • How to Use the Cultural Competency Continuum™
  • What to do with potential equity disruptors (Behaviors and/or language that have been historically used to take a conversation off course
  • Five thought-provoking questions to ask for Chapter Two facilitation

Virtual Session 2: August 26th 9:00-10:30  
Facilitating Discussions about Racism Successfully and What Every Equity Facilitator Needs to Understand About Institutional Racism.
Participants will utilize customized scenarios while also practicing, critiquing, and receiving authentic feedback from their peers in their techniques on:
  • Modeling the normalization of vulnerability, discomfort and/or lack of immediate closure as a leader of equity
  • Setting norms for communication
  • Empathetic speaking and listening
  • Facilitating a conversation using a protocol
  • Five thought-provoking questions to ask for Chapter Three & Four facilitation
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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