The Study Council is a partnership organization within the School of Education. This partnership includes educational leaders from Central New York school districts and BOCES who collaborate for a variety of educational services. The benefits of membership include:

• Access to email listserv highlighting research
• Announcements about education related speakers and event on campus
• Regional conversations with networking opportunities
• On-line book clubs and webinars
• Professional development partnerships
• Faculty research spotlights
• Advisement and support

Recent faculty research spotlights include:

• Lesson Study with Sharon Dotger (Science Education)
• Social Emotional Learning with Melissa Luke (School Counseling and Counselor Education)
• Christine Ashby (Inclusive Education; Institute on Communication and Inclusion)
• Clinical Simulations for Emerging Teachers and Leaders with Benjamin Dotger (Teaching & Curriculum; Educational Leadership)
• Bullying with Yanhong Liu (School Counseling)

The annual membership fee for the Syracuse University Study Council is $165. If you are a member district and want to discuss partnership ideas or if you are not a member district and would like to find out more about the Syracuse University Study Council, please contact:

Leela George, Assistant Teaching Professor

legeorge@syr.edu|315.443.2685

Member Resources

The Constitution of the Study Council at Syracuse University

• Evaluating Teaching Evaluations
• Counting and Recounting
• Addressing Three Common Myths About the ‘Next Generation Science Standards’
• Questions & Answers on New Science Standards
• Journal for Leadership and Instruction (current and past issues available)
• Career Pathways Agenda
• 10 Principles for Modern Learning
• How the Hack Mindset Can Foster Innovation in Schools
• The Principal of Change Blog
• Teaching to Strengths- Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence and Chronic Stress
• Helping Students with Emotional Problems Succeed
• Focusing on the 19 Behaviors Most Essential to a Positive School Culture
• ASCD Whole Child Snapshot Report
• ASCD Whole Child Snapshot Next Steps
• The Evaluator Conferencing Skills Initiative
• Educational Leadership Interest Survey
• Professional Learning Plan Guidance from NYSED
• Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Framework NYSED

Member Districts

• Adirondack CSD
• Alexandria CSD
• Auburn Enlarged City SD
• Baldwinsville CSD
• Beaver River CSD
• Belleville Henderson CSD
• Brookfield Central School
• Carthage CSD
• Cato-Meridian CSD
• Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation (CiTi) BOCES
• Chittenango CSD
• Cincinnatus CSD
• Clinton CSD
• Copenhagen CSD
• East Syracuse Minoa CSD
• Fayetteville-Manlius CSD
• Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES
• General Brown CSD
• Holland Patent CSD
• Homer CSD
• Indian River CSD
• Jamesville-DeWitt CSD
• Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES
• LaFargeville CSD
• Lowville Academy & CSD
• Lyme CSD
• Lyncourt UFSD
• Madison-Oneida BOCES
• Marcellus CSD
• McGraw CSD