Frontline Education

1. Teach Happier: Strategies for a Balanced and Happier Life in Education *Still time to join for last two sessions

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Building Administrators/Leadership, Instructional Coaches, Team Leaders/ Content Leads, Librarians, Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Special Education, AIS Educators, Educators K-2, Educators 3-5, Educators 6-8, Educators 9-12, Teacher Assistants

Dates: 9/30/2025 to 11/19/2025

Meeting Times: 9/30/25, 10/28/25 and 11/19/25 from 7-9 PM

Location: Online - Link will be sent prior to course start.

"Suzanne Dailey is a teacher and host of the Teach Happier podcast and author of the book Teach Happier This School Year: 40 Weeks of Inspiration and Reflection! Join us for three engaging two-hour virtual sessions where you'll discover practical and proactive strategies rooted in positive psychology, designed specifically for educators seeking work/life satisfaction during these challenging times. Together, we will explore nine fundamental principles that, when integrated into your daily routine, can lead to significant improvements in your happiness as a teacher, partner, and individual. By making small, manageable shifts over time, you'll enhance your overall well-being, foster happier relationships at home and work, and cultivate a joyful approach to teaching and leadership. Embrace this opportunity to thrive both personally and professionally! You are guaranteed to leave this course feeling positive and empowered! Meeting Dates and Times: 9/30/25, 10/28/25 and 11/19/25 from 7-9 PM

2. Tackling the Motivation Crisis: Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Building Administrators/Leadership, Librarians, Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Special Education, AIS Educators

Dates: 10/2/2025 to 10/24/2025

Meeting Times: N/A

Location: Link to course will be sent upon successful regist

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In this six-hour, asynchronous course, you will learn why incentives should be avoided, how to use six key intrinsic motivators in academic work, and how to teach students the self-management strategies they need to be successful. You will have 90 days from start of course to complete. A short google form will need to be completed at end of course as well as course certificate to receive CTLE hours. You will have access to the course itself and all of the LiveBinder resources included for 365 days from the start of the course.

3. Unlocking Innovation: Transformative EdTech Essentials Workshop Series with Monica Burns

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Team Leaders/ Content Leads, Librarians, Special Education, AIS Educators

Dates: 10/15/2025 to 11/12/2025

Meeting Times: 10/15/25, 10/29/25, 11/12/25 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: Online - link will be sent prior to course start

EdTech Essentials Virtual workshops with Monica Burns (3 part series) Session 1 : Beyond the Basics: AI for Instructional Planning and Personalization Session 2: Exploring AI with Students: Modeling Best Practices in Moderated Spaces Session 3: AI and Creativity: Sharing Student Work in Big and Small Ways This exciting virtual series with guru Monica Burns will meet on Oct. 15, 2025, Oct. 29, 2025 and November 12, 2025 from 5:30-7:00 PM

4. Regents Ready: Decoding the New Earth Science Exam

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Science Teachers

Dates: 10/30/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Bldg. - Neversink Conference Room

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Get ready to confidently tackle the new Earth & Space Science Regents! This workshop is a deep dive into the June Regents exam, revealing the critical shifts in content and format. We'll analyze how the required Science Investigation skills and practices directly translate into high-stakes exam questions. Walk away with actionable curriculum strategies-identifying specific instructional changes and topic adjustments needed to fully align your teaching with the new assessment standards and ensure your students are prepared for success.

5. Regents Ready: Decoding the New Living Environment Exam

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Science Teachers

Dates: 10/30/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 M - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg. - Neversink Conference Room

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Prepare your students for the evolved Living Environment Regents with confidence! This workshop offers a deep-dive analysis of the June Regents exam and the significant changes in its structure and content. We will examine the new format, specifically connecting the required Science Investigation process to the types of questions appearing on the exam. You'll leave with a clear roadmap for curriculum modification-identifying changes in instruction and content delivery necessary to align your classroom practices with the new assessment and maximize student performance.

6. High Impact Instructional Practices for 3 - 5: Focus on Place Value

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 3-5 Math Teachers

Dates: 11/5/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

Through hands-on activities and visual models, participants will explore strategies that help students develop a deep understanding of how the base-ten number system functions. The course highlights the progression of place value concepts-from the introduction of multiplication and division in grade 3 to the complex algorithms used by grade 5. By examining this learning trajectory, teachers will gain insight into how students build number sense over time, enabling them to differentiate instruction and meet the diverse needs of all learners.

7. High Impact Instructional Practices for Grades K - 2: Focus on Place Value

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade K-2 Math Teachers

Dates: 11/5/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

Through hands-on activities and visual models, participants will explore strategies that help students develop a deep understanding of how the base-ten number system functions. The course highlights the progression of place value concepts-from rote counting in kindergarten to adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers by grade 2. By examining this learning trajectory, teachers will gain insight into how students build number sense over time, enabling them to differentiate instruction and meet the diverse needs of all learners.

8. School Strategies and the Power of Restorative Practices & Policies

Program: Arts In Education / Instructional Support Services

Dates: 11/5/2025

Meeting Times: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Location: CVI Auditorium - 1 Cablevision Center Drive, Liber

Parents Against Vaping (PAVe) is a grassroots community of passionate parents and concerned individuals committed to protecting children from the dangers of vaping and other flavored tobacco use. This presentation is appropriate for anyone looking to learn more about the issue and the solutions, but will be particularly impactful for parents, teachers, principals, school administrators, school resource officers, school nurses, as well as public health and youth development professionals. PAVe leaders will present "Reducing Youth Vaping: School Strategies and the Power of Restorative Practices and Policies”. To register, email Trainings@Sullivan180.org.

9. APPR - Lead Evaluator of Principals

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Evaluators of Principals

Dates: 11/6/2025

Meeting Times: 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Location: Zoom - Link will be sent prior to activity start.

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We will once again be joined by Cora Stempel to lead a discussion of best practices in evaluating Principals.

10. Beyond Behavior: Mindfulness Strategies for Student Regulation

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 11/7/2025

Meeting Times: 11/7/25 8:30 - 3:00

Location: Willowemoc Conference Room

This immersive training introduces essential principles of Creative Arts Therapy, demonstrates the application of trauma-informed practices in classroom settings, and incorporates personal wellness strategies to support the mental health of both educators and students. Participants will engage directly with the Mindful Art Program curriculum, gaining hands-on experience in its methods while also developing a practical plan of action for successful implementation in their schools. As a pilot initiative, this course aims to strengthen the region's arts and education landscape by equipping teachers with innovative, evidence-based tools that promote resilience, creativity, and meaningful connection in students, particularly those most at risk.

11. Developing Behavior Systems that Work: Tier 1 Practices to Support Student Behavior (In-person)

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 11/10/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Willowemoc Conference Room

Participants can identify the key components to developing a system that promotes and develops Tier 1 classroom practices that support positive outcomes for student behavior. Participants will reflect on how cultural values and beliefs play a role in a teachers' classroom management practices and identify strategies/practices to be used consistently across school spaces. Further, participants will identify how providing continuous professional development and coaching to all teaching staff, along with creating structured opportunities for observations and feedback can support fidelity and sustainability of Tier 1 practices.

12. Making Magic With MagicSchool AI

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 11/10/2025

Meeting Times: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Location: Online - Link will be sent prior to course start

Discover how MagicSchool's powerful AI tools can transform your teaching experience in this workshop. Learn to navigate the platform, create engaging lesson plans, generate customized assessments, and access a vast library of educator resources. Whether you're tech-savvy or just getting started, this session will equip you with practical skills to save time and enhance student learning. Join us to unlock the full potential of MagicSchool in your classroom!

13. High Impact Instructional Practices for 3-6: Focus on Bar Models

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 3-6 Math Teachers

Dates: 11/12/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Willowemoc Conference Room

Bar models-also known as tape diagrams-are powerful tools that help students represent and reason about mathematical situations. In this session, participants will explore how these models make the structure of story problems visible, enabling students to identify relationships, compare quantities, and recognize multiple solution paths. We will examine how bar models are used to solve addition and subtraction problems to more complex multiplication, division, and fraction situations. Teachers will leave with practical strategies for introducing, extending, and embedding bar models in their daily.

14. High Impact Instructional Practices for K - 2: Focus on Models

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade K-2 Math Teachers

Dates: 11/12/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Bldg - Willowemoc Conference Room

This workshop introduces K-2 teachers to key mathematical models-number bonds, bar models, place value blocks and disks-that support young learners in developing strong number sense and a deep understanding of early operations. Participants will explore how these models make abstract concepts visible and help students see the relationships between numbers. The session focuses on using models to build fluency with addition and subtraction, lay the groundwork for place value understanding, and support problem-solving. Teachers will leave with practical strategies for integrating these models into daily instruction to support all learners.

15. APPR - Lead Evaluator of Teachers for New Administrators

Program: School Improvement

Audience: New K-12 Administrators

Dates: 11/13/2025

Meeting Times: 8:30 - 11:30

Location: Neversink Conference Room

This is a requirement for initial APPR Certification for Administrators who have not been Lead Evaluators in NYS. We will take a deeper dive into the Elements of APPR Certification.

16. Scholastic Teacher Program Overview

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Art Educators

Dates: 11/13/2025

Meeting Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Online - Link will be sent prior to start of meeti

In this session we will review the registration process, discuss tips, and answer any questions you have about the Scholastic program.

17. High School Science Investigations: Earth & Space Science - Sky is the Limit

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 11/18/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

18. High School Science Investigations: Earth & Space Science - Unearthing Mars

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 11/18/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

19. High Impact Instructional Practices for K - 6: Focus on Instructional Planning

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade K-6 Math Teachers

Dates: 11/19/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

This K-6 workshop focuses on effective lesson planning to support clear, intentional, and engaging math instruction. Participants will explore the key components of a strong math lesson, including standards-based learning goals, appropriate tasks, meaningful discussions, addressing student errors, and effective use of the district's math textbook series. The session will also address how to move from one lesson to the next while still attending to gaps in student learning, as well as strategies for managing instructional time effectively. The strategies shared can be applied across grade levels to enhance instructional planning and support student growth. New teachers are especially encouraged to attend.

20. The Educator's Tour: Mastering the New LeaderinMe.com Online Resources 11/19

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 11/19/2025

Meeting Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Zoom - Link will be sent to registered users prior

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We'd love for you to join Paige Pye for a guided walkthrough of the new LeaderinMe.com website-your all-in-one destination for Leader in Me resources, professional learning, and member tools. During this brief session, Paige will demonstrate how to: - Access staff on-demand learning and Leader in Me Weekly - Explore the Yearlong Leadership Plan and Digital Guides - Navigate curriculum and classroom resources for teachers - Engage with community events and coaching tools - Discover the latest membership benefits and site enhancements It's a great way to see what's new and ensure your team is getting the most from your membership.

21. NYSAA Eligibility: Criteria, Tools, and Annual Review

Program: School Improvement

Audience: PPS Directors, CSEA Chair Persons, Special Education Coordinators

Dates: 11/20/2025

Meeting Times: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Location: Admin Bldg. - Willowemoc Conference Room

In this session, participants will: • Review the criteria for NYSAA eligibility • Review and understand how to utilize the new NYSAA Decision-Making Tool • Review the requirements for parent notification • Review the New York State Alternate Assessment Decision-Making Tool: Frequently Asked Questions • Understand the requirements for reviewing NYSAA eligibility on an annual basis Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions.

22. The Science of Reading for Multilingual learners @ Sullivan BOCES

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Educators

Dates: 11/24/2025

Meeting Times: 11/24/25 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin. Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

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We invite you to join us on Monday, November 24, 2025, for a day of learning and professional discussion on best literacy practices for linguistically diverse learners! This event will be held as a hybrid webinar with in-person discussion and online presentations. New York State administrators and literacy leaders will be presented specific and useful information to understand and address the ontological differences between ELLs, MLs, and monolingual students. Participants in the event will have the opportunity to learn about the briefs with Dr. Socorro Herrera, a professor at the College of Education and the director of the Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy at Kansas State University. Dr. Herrera's K-12 teaching experience includes an emphasis on literacy development, and her research focuses on literacy opportunities with culturally and linguistically diverse students, reading strategies, and teacher preparation for diversity in the classroom.

23. High Impact Instructional Practices for 3- 5: Focus on Multiplication and Division Algorithms

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 3-5 Math Teachers

Dates: 12/3/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

This session emphasizes the connections between manipulatives (such as place value blocks and disks), drawn models (such as area models), and the corresponding algorithms. The progression of algorithms will move from simple to complex including various partial products and partial quotient algorithms, as well as standard algorithms like long division and short division. Teachers will leave with strategies and models to differentiate instruction that will strengthen students' understanding and ability to solve multiplication and division expressions.

24. High Impact Instructional Practices for 6 - 8: Focus on Algebra

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 6-8 Math Teachers

Dates: 12/3/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

This workshop supports grades 6-8 teachers in deepening their understanding of foundational algebra concepts and how to teach them effectively. Participants will explore key ideas such as patterns, expressions, equations, and inequalities. Through hands-on activities and visual representations, such as bar models, teachers will explore strategies to bridge arithmetic to algebra, address common misconceptions, and promote mathematical reasoning. The workshop also highlights how algebraic thinking develops across the middle grades, preparing students for success in high school mathematics.

25. The Educator's Tour: Mastering the New LeaderinMe.com Online Resources 12/3

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 12/3/2025

Meeting Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Zoom - Link will be sent to registered users prior

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We'd love for you to join Paige Pye for a guided walkthrough of the new LeaderinMe.com website-your all-in-one destination for Leader in Me resources, professional learning, and member tools. During this brief session, Paige will demonstrate how to: - Access staff on-demand learning and Leader in Me Weekly - Explore the Yearlong Leadership Plan and Digital Guides - Navigate curriculum and classroom resources for teachers - Engage with community events and coaching tools - Discover the latest membership benefits and site enhancements It's a great way to see what's new and ensure your team is getting the most from your membership.

26. Using Nearpod Activities to Promote Student Engagement

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 12/8/2025

Meeting Times: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Location: Online - Link will be sent prior to course start

Take a deeper dive into Nearpod and it's various activities for students that make learning fun, engaging, and interactive. We will look at different types of Nearpod activities and how to enhance your Google slides and Nearpod content all while collecting important data about your students learning.

27. High Impact Instructional Practices for 4-6 : Focus on Geometry

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 4-6 Math Teachers

Dates: 12/10/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

Participants will explore hands-on strategies for helping students use tools like protractors and pattern blocks to measure, estimate, and construct angles. We will also examine ways to guide students in classifying quadrilaterals based on their attributes, building toward a clear understanding of how shapes are related within a hierarchy.

28. High Impact Instructional Practices for K-3: Focus on Geometry

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade K-3 Math Teachers

Dates: 12/10/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

In this session, participants will explore strategies for helping young learners recognize, describe, and compare 2D and 3D shapes using hands-on experiences and visual models. We will examine how sorting, building, drawing, and discussing shapes support students in noticing attributes, identifying similarities and differences, and using precise mathematical language.

29. The Educator's Tour: Mastering the New LeaderinMe.com Online Resources 12/10

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 12/10/2025

Meeting Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Zoom - Link will be sent to registered users prior

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We'd love for you to join Paige Pye for a guided walkthrough of the new LeaderinMe.com website-your all-in-one destination for Leader in Me resources, professional learning, and member tools. During this brief session, Paige will demonstrate how to: - Access staff on-demand learning and Leader in Me Weekly - Explore the Yearlong Leadership Plan and Digital Guides - Navigate curriculum and classroom resources for teachers - Engage with community events and coaching tools - Discover the latest membership benefits and site enhancements It's a great way to see what's new and ensure your team is getting the most from your membership.

30. High School Science Investigations: Biology - Balancing Act

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 12/11/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Building - Neversink Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

31. High School Science Investigations: Biology - For the Birds

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 12/11/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Building - Neversink Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

32. High School Science Investigations: Physics - Induction Junction

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 12/17/2025

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

33. High School Science Investigations: Physics - Wheels to Watts

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 12/17/2025

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

34. The Educator's Tour: Mastering the New LeaderinMe.com Online Resources 12/17

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 12/17/2025

Meeting Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Zoom - Link will be sent to registered users prior

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We'd love for you to join Paige Pye for a guided walkthrough of the new LeaderinMe.com website-your all-in-one destination for Leader in Me resources, professional learning, and member tools. During this brief session, Paige will demonstrate how to: - Access staff on-demand learning and Leader in Me Weekly - Explore the Yearlong Leadership Plan and Digital Guides - Navigate curriculum and classroom resources for teachers - Engage with community events and coaching tools - Discover the latest membership benefits and site enhancements It's a great way to see what's new and ensure your team is getting the most from your membership.

35. High Impact Instructional Practices for 3 - 5: Focus on Fractions

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 3-5 Math Teachers

Dates: 1/7/2026

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

This workshop helps grade 3-5 teachers strengthen their conceptual teaching of fractions. Participants will explore how familiar models-number lines, bar models, and area models-build visual understanding and support commonly used algorithms. Emphasizing fractions as numbers, the session covers all fraction standards, including comparison and all operations. Teachers will leave with a clear sense of how fraction understanding develops across the grades.

36. High Impact Instructional Practices for 6 - 8: Focus on Fractions

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Grade 6-8 Math Teachers

Dates: 1/7/2026

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Bldg - Neversink Conference Room

This workshop helps grades 6-8 teachers strengthen their ability to teach fractions with clarity. It begins with a look back at key fraction concepts from earlier grades, equipping teachers to identify and address gaps in student understanding. Participants will explore visual models-such as number lines and area models-and reasoning strategies that bring meaning to fraction operations, with a focus on division, ratios, and proportional reasoning.

37. Leveraging Generative AI to Enhance Science of Reading-based Literacy Instruction

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Special Education, AIS Educators, Educators K-2, Educators 3-5, Educators 6-8, Educators 9-12

Dates: 1/27/2026

Meeting Times: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM *Snow Date 1/28/26*

Location: Willowemoc Conference Room

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This 6-hour in person workshop provides educators with practical, time-saving, strategies and tools to effectively integrate generative AI (GenAI) into science of reading-based literacy instruction. The day of instruction balances hands-on exploration, collaborative discussion, and actionable planning tailored to participants' instructional contexts. There will be separate facilitators and , breakout sessions for elementary and secondary teachers and leaders so participants can connect with role-alike educators. Learning Outcomes: Understand key principles of productive struggle and how tools like generative AI can augment, rather than replace, evidence-based literacy practices, apply models such as Scarborough's Rope and Duke's Active View of Reading to evaluate and design instructional resources, develop strategies for analyzing and refining AI-generated texts and activities for classroom use, focusing on accuracy, bias, and developmental appropriateness, explore the integration of GenAI in foundational skills, including fluency and decodable text creation, while maintaining a focus on student learning objectives and reflect on guiding questions to ensure AI use aligns with literacy goals and supports students' developmental needs. *Snow Date 1/28/26*

38. Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Fostering Voice, Mastery, and Authentic Engagement

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Secondary ELA Teachers

Dates: 2/4/2026

Meeting Times: 2/4/26 - Times TBD

Location: Willowemoc Conference Room

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In secondary classrooms, helping students find their voices as writers can feel both inspiring and elusive. How do we balance process and product? How do we make room for authenticity without losing structure, or structure without losing joy? Join us for a half-day workshop designed for secondary ELA teachers who want to enhance voice, productivity, and engagement in writing instruction. Together, we will focus on creating writing experiences that combine mastery, authenticity, and autonomy, helping students truly care about their words. By exploring how to incorporate quick writes and low-stakes writing invitations into daily routines, along with intentional process-based strategies for developing strong, well-thought-out pieces, we will establish conditions that foster confident, independent writers. Participants will also examine meaningful and ethical ways to integrate AI tools that can spark creativity, model revision, and deepen reflection. You will leave with practical strategies, fresh writing ideas, and a renewed sense of what it means to nurture voice in every young writer.

39. IEP Writing: Developing Quality Measurable Goals

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 2/13/2026

Meeting Times: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: Willowemoc Conference Room

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The Measurable Annual Goals professional development training package is an in-depth, standalone package focusing on the development of quality annual goals. This training is intended to further develop participants' knowledge of the components of annual goals as well as how annual goals should be developed based on individual student needs. The training will explore using the guidance in the regulations as well as the Guide to Quality IEP Development and Implementation to improve participants ability to develop appropriate goals for students with disabilities. Participants need to bring 1-2 redacted IEPs with them to the training so that they can complete the activities. Participants will be able to:
• Describe the relationship between identified needs in the data-based present levels of performance and prioritized measurable annual goals
• Explain each of the four components of measurable annual goals
• Evaluate the quality of current measurable annual goals and develop new measurable annual goals that match the Quality Indicators in order to improve student outcomes

40. Owning Your 4 Walls: How Everyday Actions Can Shift School Culture

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Educators

Dates: 2/13/2026

Meeting Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: CVI Building - 1 Cablevision Center Dr, Liberty, N

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What if the biggest impact you could make wasn't schoolwide, but room by room? In this empowering keynote, Brian Williams-founder of Think Kindness-equips educators and staff with practical, research-backed strategies to transform the culture within the spaces they influence most: their "four walls.” Whether it's a classroom, front office, cafeteria, or bus, this session focuses on the ripple effect that starts with personal responsibility and daily, intentional acts of care. Learning Outcomes: -Learn science-backed strategies to promote kindness and respect -Identify simple daily practices that shape inclusive, connected spaces -Take immediate action within your "four walls” to model positive behavior -Explore how emotional climate affects learning, engagement, and retention -Reinforce staff-wide buy-in by starting with individual leadership -Understand how small, consistent actions contribute to long-term cultural shifts

41. High School Science Investigations: Biology - Lactose Tolerance

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 3/13/2026

Meeting Times: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Admin Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

42. High School Science Investigations: Earth & Space Science - Ripple Effect

Program: School Improvement

Audience: High School Science Teachers

Dates: 3/13/2026

Meeting Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Admin Building - Willowemoc Conference Room

The workshop on NYS Science Investigations for high school teachers will provide an in-depth exploration of the state's scientific inquiry framework, with a focus on enhancing classroom investigations. Participants will engage with hands-on activities that align with New York State standards, while developing strategies to foster critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving skills among students. The session aims to equip educators with practical tools and resources to implement more dynamic, inquiry-based learning experiences.

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