In this two-session workshop, we'll explore several key factors that contribute to effective, large-scale implementation of SEL. Participants will be offered lessons from the field and invited to analyze district case studies to determine a range of possible approaches and to consider what they can take away for their own context as they begin to plan or continue implementation of SEL schoolwide.

Outcomes:

- Describe necessary components of schoolwide SEL implementation

- Identify strategies for embedding SEL schoolwide

- Create an action plan for implementation

Please note:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 9, 2021.

- Registrants will be provided with the Zoom link prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

This training will focus on where SDI is in the IEP, how SDI is used alongside other instructional strategies, and the process of developing appropriate specially designed instruction based on individual student needs and characteristics.

OUTCOMES:

- Participants will be able to examine what SDI might look like in the classroom.

- Participants will examine the elements of the IEP and recognize how and where SDI for the student should be included in the IEP.

- Participants will be able to apply their knowledge of SDI to complete student summary sheets and write comprehensive IEPs.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: March 31, 2021.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

Using the 7 Steps to developing a Standards-Based IEP, this training focuses on developing quality and effective IEPS that are aligned with the NYS Learning Standards.

OUTCOMES:

- Participants will analyze the NYS Learning Standards, analyze student needs and then reflect that in the standards-based IEP.

- Participants will analyze their own IEPs to determine areas of strength and areas in need of improvement.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: March 31, 2021.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

In this session we will look at how we can make learning visible for remote and hybrid students using Jamboard. This is Google's version of a whiteboard but it allows users to do so much more than just write on it. Participants will learn the basics of Jamboard, including how to create one or multiple ways to share Jamboard with students. Examples of Jamboards will also be shared during the session.

Please note:

- Registration Deadline is Friday, April 9, 2021.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered 1.21.21.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

Celebrate School Library Month with John Schu as he presents some of the best new books. In typical John fashion, he will share book trailers, websites, activities, and interviews you can easily incorporate into book talks and programs to get everyone in your library hurrying to your bookshelves to find the perfect book.

John Schu is an advocate for kids, a blogger, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs.

PLEASE NOTE:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, April 12, 2021.

- The facilitator will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Planning curriculum, delivering instruction, and assessing student growth and mastery are at the heart of teaching online. With planning, instructing, and assessing online, there are specific considerations that must be made, beginning with the planning of units and lessons, delivering the learning experience for students and determining how to assess students' performance.

Outcomes:

- Review suggested frameworks for developing curriculum and instruction in multiple instructional models (in person, hybrid, remote)

- Review resources to create engaging learning experiences in multiple instructional models (in person, hybrid, remote).

Please note:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 13, 2021.

- Registrants will be provided with the Zoom link prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

Participants will develop an understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: April 5, 2021.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

Join young adult book aficionado Kathleen Odean as she shares the best books of 2020 and innovative ways to promote reading.

Outcomes:

- Identify the best non-fiction books for students in grades 6-12

- Learn best practices for promoting books

- Create connections between new materials and the AASL Standards

Please note:

- Registration Deadline: April 14, 2021.

- The facilitator will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Looking for a time and place to collaborate with other elementary teachers? This meeting provides teachers of grades 3-5 with an opportunity to come together virtually to share ideas and resources, offer each other support, and discuss updates to the current instructional situations.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

1. How do we best walk out and support the Seal of Civic Readiness Pilot? Christy Radez and Lisa Pingelski will field FAQ's about the CR Pilot Process.

2. What does Civic Readiness look like and sound like as we work with our K-5 teachers and students? This will give us an opportunity to come back to clarity around the Social Studies Practices and intentionally building concepts and meaning across the vertical continuum. We will think together about resources, the NYS Toolkit and inquiry, and other pictures of the possible.

3. What will our course be for next year? We will all have an opportunity to discuss content, format and timing of our 2021-2022 sessions.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Access information will be emailed to all registrants prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

Participants will learn each of the components of the competing Behavior Pathway in order to identify behavioral interventions to promote desired behavior.

OUTCOMES:

Participants will be able to apply the competing behavior pathway to promote positive desired behavior.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: April 7, 2021.

- This session, with identical content, is also being offered on 6.02.21.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- PREREQUISITE: Introduction to Behavior Pathways

Overview:

Join young adult book aficionado Kathleen Odean as she shares the best books of 2020 and innovative ways to promote reading.

Outcomes:

- Identify the best fiction books for students in grades 9-12

- Learn best practices for promoting books

- Create connections between new materials and the AASL Standards

Please note:

- Registration Deadline: April 16, 2021.

- The facilitator will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

In this 1-hour session, we will identify risk behaviors for suicide in youth and adults. Resources will be given for offering assistance to those in need. Content developed by the Suicide Prevention Center of NY.

Outcomes:

- Identify risk behaviors of suicide in youth and adults

- Access resources that address mental health needs

PLEASE NOTE:

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 16, 2021.

This session, with identical content was previously offered on October 1, November 5, and December 3, 2020, January 7 and February 24, 2021 and is also being offered on the following dates: May 13, and June 2, 2021.

Stipend processing through BT BOCES is restricted to Certified Staff ONLY.

This event is sponsored by Broome County Mental Health's Promise Zone.

This session continues the work of building Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education environments and systems. The focus of this session is on welcoming and affirming environments.

Outcomes:

- Describe key strategies for designing a physical/virtual classroom environment that resents a welcoming/affirming message

- Use norms, protocols and achievable expectations to promote success

- Identify ways to develop parents/caregivers as partners

- Describe ways to frame learning as a growth minded process

Please note:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 19, 2021.

- RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED: Participation in CRSE in Remote and Hybrid Environments, Modules 1A & 1B

- Registrants will be provided with the Zoom link prior to the session start time.

Overview:

Join young adult book aficionado Kathleen Odean as she shares the best books of 2020 and innovative ways to promote reading.

Outcomes:

- Identify the best fiction books for students in grades 6-8

- Learn best practices for promoting books

- Create connections between new materials and the AASL Standards

Please note:

- Registration Deadline: April 20, 2021.

- The facilitator will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

Learn about graduation and exiting credential options for students with disabilities. Develop the knowledge and tools that allow for individual students' strengths, preferences, and interests to be considered during the transition planning process resulting in improved student outcomes.

OUTCOMES:

Graduation and credential options for students with disabilities including:

- 4+1 Pathways

- Appeals Process

- Local Diploma Options

- Safety Nets

- Superintendent Determination

- Career Development and Occupational Studies Commencement Credential (CDOS)

- Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: April 14, 2021.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

What makes assessments effective? How can I measure what my students know with what I think they know? During this two part series participants will look at what it means to create a reliable assessment for any environment, any time and with any student. They will explore strategies which lead to high quality questions that aren't easily searchable. Each participant will have the opportunity to develop both a formative and summative assessment to incorporate into their class.

Objectives:

DAY ONE:

- Describe how difficulty and complexity play a role in effective assessment questions.

- Identify the critical attributes of check for understanding.

- Explain effective strategies for check for understanding/formative assessments in any learning environment.

DAY TWO:

- Explain the key components of success criteria.

- Describe effective tools for summative assessment.

- Create success criteria for effective assessment strategies and incorporate them into your lessons.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration Deadline: Monday, April 26, 2021.

- Registrants will receive access information prior to the session start time.

Join Dustin Andrus and Jaime Mendelis' Podcasting for Writers 6-hour, self-paced course via Schoology! You will learn about podcasts, the writing process, as well as how to plan and create a podcast for your students.

Once registered, the Schoology course code will be emailed to you on the day of the start of the course; all additional guidance will be outlined in the Schoology course.

You will have 1 month to complete the coursework. We are excited to have you join us and we look forward to celebrating your progression in this course!

Outcomes:

- Analyze the elements and techniques of both podcasting and storytelling

- Create a podcast

- Analyzing and practicing effective interviewing techniques

- Create a lesson that incorporates podcasting

OVERVIEW:

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: April 26, 2021.

- This session, with identical content, is also offered on 5.14.21.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

Overview:

Scientific models help us describe and predict interactions in ecosystems. Join us as we investigate free, classroom-ready BioInteractive resources that will help your students understand topics in ecology including population dynamics and ecosystem interactions. Using best practices in online instruction, we will explore strategies to construct and revise ecological models to make student thinking visible. In addition, we will demonstrate how the science practices and cross-cutting concepts can be implemented to enhance student understanding of fundamental ecological concepts.

Outcomes:

- Identify ways to incorporate Biointeractive resources into classroom content and curriculum.

- Discuss how these topics and resources can be utilized in both in-person as well as online class formats.

- Identify the practices and cross-cutting concepts that can be used to address Ecology in our classes.

PLEASE NOTE:

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

- Maximum CTLE Credits: Synchronous = 5.0 hours via Zoom; Asynchronous = 1 hour (Assignment to be completed prior to second session on May 15th)

- The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

This hybrid training involves both asynchronous activities which begin on May 10th, as well as one 2-hour Zoom session on May 18th, followed by additional asynchronous activities that conclude on May 23rd. The focus of this course will be on:

- How assessment informs instructional decisions

- Differentiate between 3 families of academic interventions

- Identify and categorize academic interventions

- Identify ways of intensifying interventions

Outcomes:

- Identify and differentiate between skill-based, fluency-based, and performance-based interventions

- Determine when each of these approaches is appropriate, given the nature of the observed problem

- How to determine the intensity of intervention to the learner as a response to instruction

PLEASE NOTE:

- Zoom Session: Tuesday, May 18th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.

- Registrants will be provided with access information prior to the course start date.

- CTLE Credits: Asynchronous (Google Classroom, etc.) = 4 hours, Synchronous (Zoom) = 2.0 hours

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, May 6, 2021

OVERVIEW:

Develop an understanding of the graduation options for students with disabilities.

OUTCOMES:

Graduation and credential options for students with disabilities including:

- 4+1 Pathways

- Appeals Process

- Local Diploma Options

- Safety Nets

- Superintendent Determination

- Career Development and Occupational Studies Commencement Credential (CDOS)

- Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: April 28, 2021.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

In this 1-hour session, we will identify risk behaviors for suicide in youth and adults. Resources will be given for offering assistance to those in need. Content developed by the Suicide Prevention Center of NY.

Outcomes:

- Identify risk behaviors of suicide in youth and adults

- Access resources that address mental health needs

PLEASE NOTE:

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, May 10, 2021.

This session, with identical content was previously offered on October 1, November 5, and December 3, 2020, January 7, February 24, March 24, and April 21, 2021 and is also being offered on June 2, 2021.

Stipend processing through BT BOCES is restricted to Certified Staff ONLY.

This event is sponsored by Broome County Mental Health's Promise Zone.

OVERVIEW:

Participants will develop an understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: April 26, 2021.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on 5.07.21.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

Participants will learn each of the components of the Behavior Pathway in order to guide thinking that leads to the understanding of the function of behavior to promote desired behavior.

OUTCOMES:

Participants will be able to apply the behavior pathway to promote positive desired behavior.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: May 5, 2021.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on 3.16.21.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- This offering is a prerequisite for "Using the Behavior Pathway to Identify Interventions”.

Looking for a time and place to collaborate with other elementary teachers? This meeting provides teachers of grades 3-5 with an opportunity to come together virtually to share ideas and resources, offer each other support, and discuss updates to the current instructional situations.

The instructor will provide registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

OVERVIEW:

Participants will learn each of the components of the competing Behavior Pathway in order to identify behavioral interventions to promote desired behavior.

OUTCOMES:

Participants will be able to apply the competing behavior pathway to promote positive desired behavior.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Registration deadline: May 19, 2021.

- This session, with identical content, was previously offered on 4.21.21.

- The instructor will provide all registrants with access information prior to the session start time.

- PREREQUISITE: Introduction to Behavior Pathways

In this 1-hour session, we will identify risk behaviors for suicide in youth and adults. Resources will be given for offering assistance to those in need. Content developed by the Suicide Prevention Center of NY.

Outcomes:

- Identify risk behaviors of suicide in youth and adults

- Access resources that address mental health needs

PLEASE NOTE:

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, May 27, 2021.

This session, with identical content was previously offered on the following dates: October 1, November 5, and December 3, 2020, January 7, February 24, March 24, April 21, and May 13, 2021.

Stipend processing through BT BOCES is restricted to Certified Staff ONLY.

This event is sponsored by Broome County Mental Health's Promise Zone.

District teams who will support the work in a specifically identified building (Middle school or High School) will learn and practice circle Keeping for community building. Teams will develop a draft multi-year action plan for implementation of Restorative Practices and be given guidance and recommendations for successful implementation.

Outcomes:

- Identify basic principles of Restorative Practices and the research base that supports the work

- Describe how Restorative Practices fits into a multi tiered system of Social and emotional learning supports

- Use prompts to practice circle keeping for community building

- Develop a draft plan for implementation

These sessions are supported by funding from the Broome County Promise Zone initiative.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, July 9, 2021.

Culture, Community, and the Classroom teaches culturally-responsive and culturally-engaged learning through the arts. Folk arts are found in every community and authentically reflect their diversity. BT BOCES is partnering with Local Learning* to offer this professional learning opportunity that will connect educators in any subject area (Grades K-12) with local folk artists to:

- Define folk arts and folklife through uncovering personal and local traditions

- Create lessons using ethnographic tools of folklife such as interviewing, note taking, sketching, photographing, and mapping

- Demonstrate their own cultural knowledge through creative activities that they can replicate in the classroom so students can explore their cultural identity

- Examine the ethical considerations of representing diverse cultures in a classroom

- Practice how to moderate "tough” conversations that culture may provoke

- Access local and national interdisciplinary resources for artists and educators to integrate folk arts into classroom curricula and activities

- Connect local folk arts traditions and research to NYS learning standards

Following completion of this two-day learning opportunity for educators, there will be an option for eight teacher-artist partnerships to continue working together to create and implement lesson plans though an artist residency program; information regarding eligibility will be discussed at the first session.

*For over 25 years Local Learning has provided services to the field of Folk Arts in Education, offering training around the nation. Our New York State series includes building capacity of excellent local host organizations, teaching artists, and educators for sustainability.

Please register early; seating is limited. Registration Deadline: Thursday, July 15, 2021.

This work is intended for teams who began Restorative Practices implementation prior to the 2021-2022 school year and who are successfully implementing initial action plans. The work will focus on using Restorative Practices specifically for Restorative Justice. Strategies and practices during the session will concentrate on developing emotional resilience, promoting healing, repairing harm and problem solving. Teams will also use reflective protocols to reflect on their Restorative Practices Implementation, lessons learned and next steps.

Outcomes:

- Describe uses of circle in level 2 and level 3 Restorative Justice work

- Use circle facilitation skills to facilitate circles that develop emotional resilience, address trauma and repair harm

- Use reflective protocols to examine strengths and success and consider next steps

These sessions are supported by funding from the Broome County Promise Zone initiative.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, July 16, 2021.