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1. Secondary School Librarian Network

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 9/15/2026 to 5/11/2027

The Secondary School Librarian Network is a forum to support school librarians as leaders in their educational community on program development, curricular development, educator collaboration, and advocacy. School librarians will share successes, ideas, and strategies for professional growth and to build a network of peers. All school librarians are invited to join.
  • Max Class Size: 20

2. Secondary School Librarian Network

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 9/15/2026 to 5/11/2027

The Secondary School Librarian Network is a forum to support school librarians as leaders in their educational community on program development, curricular development, educator collaboration, and advocacy. School librarians will share successes, ideas, and strategies for professional growth and to build a network of peers. All school librarians are invited to join.
  • Max Class Size: 20

3. Elementary School Librarian Network

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 9/16/2026 to 5/12/2027

The Elementary School Librarian Network is a forum to support school librarians as leaders in their educational community on program development, curricular development, educator collaboration, and advocacy. School librarians will share successes, ideas, and strategies for professional growth and to build a network of peers. All school librarians are invited to join.
  • Max Class Size: 20

4. Maximizing Shared Resources for Secondary Students: Strengthening Teaching and Learning with Rockland School Library System Digital Tools

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians, K-12 Educators

Dates: 9/23/2026

Join us for a hands-on webinar in which we will explore a variety of digital tools provided to members of the Rockland School Library System. We will share practical strategies for effectively integrating the resources into your teaching practice as well as discussing insights and techniques for enhancing use and strengthening educational impact across your school community. We will take a deep dive into three powerful platforms (Overdrive's Sora, TeachingBooks, and Tech-Talk) and discuss how each can support student learning and engagement. Whether you are new to these tools or looking to expand your current use, this webinar will leave you with actionable insights to bring back to your classroom or library.
  • Max Class Size: 15

5. Maximizing Shared Resources for Elementary Students: Strengthening Teaching and Learning with Rockland School Library System Digital Tools

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians, K-12 Educators

Dates: 9/23/2026

Join us for a hands-on webinar in which we will explore a variety of digital tools provided to members of the Rockland School Library System. We will share practical strategies for effectively integrating the resources into your teaching practice as well as discussing insights and techniques for enhancing use and strengthening educational impact across your school community. We will take a deep dive into three powerful platforms (Overdrive's Sora, TeachingBooks, and Tech-Talk) and discuss how each can support student learning and engagement. Whether you are new to these tools or looking to expand your current use, this webinar will leave you with actionable insights to bring back to your classroom or library.
  • Max Class Size: 15

6. Making the Portrait Accessible: How the Six Attributes Show Up for English Language Learners - at Rockland BOCES [HVRBERN-CTLE ID #23120]

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: All Educators of Grades 7-12

Dates: 9/24/2026

As schools across New York State align instruction with the Portrait of a Graduate, ensuring equitable opportunities for Multilingual and English Language Learners (ELLs) is paramount. This interactive session explores how the six core attributes of the Portrait manifest within linguistically diverse learning environments. Participants will examine practical scaffolding strategies, culturally responsive approaches, and actionable frameworks that help ELLs develop and demonstrate complex competencies-such as critical thinking, effective communication, and collaborative problem-solving-alongside language acquisition. Participants should bring a device to access workshop materials. For questions regarding this activity, please contact David Mumper.
  • Max Class Size: 25

7. Communications Coordinators (Liaison) and Council Joint Meeting

Program: School Library System

Dates: 9/29/2026 to 6/10/2027

The School Library System Council meets regularly to recommend policy, perform long-range and short-range planning, including overseeing the development of the system's Plan of Service. Participants will also work to approve the annual system budget, the system's annual report, and to evaluate the system's services. The December 8th meeting's snow date is December 10, 2026. The March 3rd meeting's snow date is March 10, 2027.
  • Max Class Size: 20

8. Restorative Practices to Improve School Culture

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: School Building Leaders, Teachers, Counselors, Student Support Staff, Deans, and Instructional Coaches

Dates: 10/6/2026 to 3/18/2027

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This three-session professional learning community (PLC) equips school teachers, instructional coaches, deans, school counselors, and school building leaders with the mindset, language, and practical strategies necessary to establish aligned, relationship-centered school environments.

The PLC prepares educators to work across the restorative continuum, build trust, belonging, and a positive culture to respond effectively when conflict or harm occurs. Participants will examine restorative practice strategies to create psychological safety for students, foster relationships and community, build shared accountability, respond to conflict, and restore relationships.

The PLC supports educators in moving beyond punitive measures to developing the skills necessary to facilitate difficult conversations, elevate all student voices, build student ownership, and create meaningful pathways for repair.

Through interactive learning, reflection, and real-world scenarios, participants will strengthen their capacity to proactively build community, create restorative environments, and restore it when challenges arise.

This PLC will be facilitated by Amber Lee Forrester. Amber serves as a life and leadership coach, consultant, facilitator, and Founder of Quartz Wellness Collective. For over a decade, Amber has worked with public and charter schools, youth-serving organizations, and community partners in New York City, California, and Detroit.

Amber provides professional development and coaching for leaders and staff, implements SEL and personal development programs for youth, and contributes to organizational culture development.

She integrates restorative practices, positive psychology, social-emotional learning, trauma-informed methods, and coaching into comprehensive professional learning experiences where people feel seen, supported, accountable, and empowered for success.

Participants should bring a laptop to access workshop materials.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

9. ELA Curriculum Council Grades K-5

Program: Professional Development Center

Dates: 10/7/2026 to 5/11/2027

Are you a Literacy Leader in your District? If you are, this council is an ideal opportunity for you to come share ideas, resources and strategies with your colleagues from across the county. The ELA council is a Professional Learning Community (PLC) who will meet four times throughout the school year during rotating half day sessions.

During the councils, participants will examine instructional strategies and best practices currently being implemented in classrooms across the county in ELA. Updates from the State Education Department will be shared along with how to navigate the Next Generation ELA Learning Standards.

The council provides an opportunity for collaboration with Literacy colleagues across the districts to discuss professional development needs, best practices, vertical alignment across grade levels and provide direction for ELA instruction in Rockland County.

Participants will be added to the list serv to raise questions and get answers from all members of the council!

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 30

10. Rockland Read In: Reading, Community, and Connection

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians, K-12 Educators

Dates: 10/8/2026

Join us for an engaging webinar on bringing the 43rd annual Rockland Read In to your school! We will walk through setting up your school's participation, share creative activities other Rockland County Schools have used to make their Read In a success, and explore how the event connects to broader literacy initiatives. You will leave with tips for coordinating volunteer readers and practical strategies for keeping the reading momentum in your school alive long after the Rockland Read In. Whether you are a first time participant or a seasoned Read In organizer, this workshop has something for everyone.
  • Max Class Size: 15

11. Rockland Read In: Reading, Community, and Connection

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians, K-12 Educators

Dates: 10/8/2026

Join us for an engaging webinar on bringing the 43rd annual Rockland Read In to your school! We will walk through setting up your school's participation, share creative activities other Rockland County Schools have used to make their Read In a success, and explore how the event connects to broader literacy initiatives. You will leave with tips for coordinating volunteer readers and practical strategies for keeping the reading momentum in your school alive long after the Rockland Read In. Whether you are a first time participant or a seasoned Read In organizer, this workshop has something for everyone.
  • Max Class Size: 15

12. ELA Curriculum Council Grades 6-12

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Administrators, ELA Chairperson

Dates: 10/9/2026 to 5/12/2027

Are you a Literacy Leader in your District? If you are, this council is an ideal opportunity for you to come share ideas, resources and strategies with your colleagues from across the county. The council is a Professional Learning Community (PLC) who will meet four times throughout the school year during rotating half day sessions.

During the councils, participants will examine instructional strategies and best practices currently being implemented in classrooms across the county in ELA. Updates from the State Education Department will be shared along with how to navigate the Next Generation ELA Learning Standards.

The council provides an opportunity for collaboration with Literacy colleagues across the districts to discuss professional development needs, best practices, vertical alignment across grade levels and provide direction for ELA instruction in Rockland County.

Participants will be added to the list serv to raise questions and get answers from all members of the council!

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 30

13. The Motivated Classroom/Classroom Management

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Educators (K–12), Coaches, Deans, School Building Leaders 

Dates: 10/13/2026 to 3/3/2027

This three-session Professional Learning Community (PLC) helps strengthen school and classroom culture while reducing off-task and disruptive behaviors. Participants explore approaches to student self-motivation and how classrooms can encourage it.

Participants practice making decisions about classroom conditions and learn strategies to increase student self-motivation and engagement. The PLC offers practical tools to enhance teaching, reduce out-of-class referrals, and maximize instructional time.

  Through collaborative discussions, article readings, and real classroom scenarios, educators strengthen their ability to create and maintain classroom cultures based on respect, safety, and equity.

This PLC will be facilitated by Christopher Finn who brings 30 years of experience in public and charter schools in Newark, New Jersey, serving as a teacher, dean, and principal. He holds degrees in social work, urban education, and educational leadership. He later worked as a consultant for Cambridge Education, where he led equity audits and developed professional learning programs nationwide.

Chris is a board member at the School of Research Science in Dubai, where he oversees international partnerships and STEAM initiatives. He and his wife, Eileen, co-founded Freedom Ink, LLC, which offers leadership coaching and professional learning to clients worldwide.

Please bring a growth mindset and a laptop to access workshop materials.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

14. Elementary Science Council

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Elementary Science Coaches, Specialists, Teachers and Administrators (K–5)

Dates: 10/14/2026 to 3/17/2027

This four-session Science Instructional Council aims to support elementary science coaches, specialists, teachers, and building administrators in understanding and implementing the New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards within K-5 science instruction.

Participants will receive explicit guidance on aligning science instruction with the Science Learning Standards and the Portrait of a Graduate competencies. Collectively, we will examine how the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts within the Science Learning Standards foster these competencies from the earliest grades.

​ We will discuss science instructional strategies and practical application​-including methods for safeguarding student investigation time​, tools for assessment-informed instruction, and how to effective communication.

Through collaborative discussion, coaching practice, and real-world examples, participants will enhance their ability to establish a coherent K-5 foundation for the NYSE P-12 Science Learning Standards and Portrait of a Graduate attributes.

This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. David Jacob who founded Science Education Innovations and has spent over 30 years in STEM education and curriculum design. He previously served as Regional Science Coordinator for Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, where he built and facilitated the Regional Science Forums and grade-band leaders forums.

Dr. Jacob specializes in coaching teachers and administrators through the language and instructional shifts of the New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards statewide and nationally. He served on the NYSED PLAN Pilot committee since its inception.

Dr. Jacob also partners with regional education agencies and districts across multiple states to build sustainable, standards-aligned science education systems.

Participants are encouraged to bring a device to access session materials.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

15. Middle School Science Council

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Middle School Science Coaches, Specialists, Teachers, Department Chairs, and School Building Leaders (6–8).

Dates: 10/14/2026 to 5/19/2027

This four-session Science Council is intended to support middle school science coaches, specialists, teachers, department chairs, and administrators in understanding and implementing the New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards for grades 6 through 8.

Participants will receive guidance on aligning science instruction with the NYSE P-12 Science Learning Standards and the Portrait of a Graduate competencies. The council will examine how the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts contribute to coherence and competency development.

​The council will explore strategies for sequencing investigations and calibrating assessment-informed instruction to maintain coherence across grade levels, while focusing on practical application, coaching tools, team-oriented resources, and effective approaches for communicating with stakeholders.

Through collaborative discussion, peer coaching practice, and real-world examples, participants will enhance their ability to establish a coherent foundation for the Science Learning Standards and Portrait of a Graduate attributes.

Participants are encouraged to bring a device to access session materials.

This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. David Jacob who founded Science Education Innovations and has spent over 30 years in STEM education and curriculum design. He previously served as Regional Science Coordinator for Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, where he built and facilitated the Regional Science Forums and grade-band leaders forums.

Dr. Jacob specializes in coaching teachers and administrators through the language and instructional shifts of the New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards statewide and nationally. He has served on the NYSED PLAN Pilot committee since its inception.

Dr. Jacob partners with regional education agencies and districts across multiple states to build sustainable, standards-aligned science education systems.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

16. World Language Collegial Circle/Professional Learning Community

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Teachers of World Languages

Dates: 10/14/2026 to 5/12/2027

During World Language Collegial Circle/Professional Learning Community meetings, members will delve into pertinent topics in World Language teaching and learning. Discussions will revolve around updates from the State Education Department and the most recent developments in the field. The group will tackle present trends, issues, and persistent questions. Agendas will be structured around aspects of curriculum and instruction. Participants will seek guidance, propose solutions among their peers, exchange ideas, enhance programs, and learn about schools' diverse approaches to addressing various issues.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

17. IMSE Orton-Gillingham Plus (OG+) Training (30 Hour)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Instructional Staff

Dates: 10/19/2026 to 10/23/2026

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The Orton-Gillingham Plus Course is an interactive, hands-on training that provides educators with a deep understanding of IMSE's enhanced Orton-Gillingham program. This accredited Structured Literacy course equips teachers with the knowledge, strategies, and tools necessary to effectively implement IMSE's foundational literacy skills curriculum across all instructional tiers. The OG+ Course is ideal for teachers working with emergent and beginning readers, as well as those supporting students who continue to develop word recognition skills.

Teachers will receive training with respect to:
● Phonemic awareness
● Multi-sensory strategies for reading, writing, and spelling
● Syllabication patterns for encoding/decoding
● Multi-sensory techniques for irregular words
● Student assessment techniques
● Guidelines for weekly lesson plans
● Asynchronous fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension


Materials Provided by IMSE:
● OG+ Training Kit Materials (each participant will choose one by clicking here and filling out this Google Form)
○ Kindergarten
○ 1st Grade
○ 2nd Grade
○ OG+ Lift-Intervention (additional cost of $200)

The participant and the grade-level training kit must match to not incur fees. If the new participant doesn't match the grade-level training kit, a new kit must be shipped. The new participant will receive a voucher to attend a future IMSE Training. The district will incur the following fees: ● Cost of training kit ● Re-registration of $200/participant

In order to avoid a cancellation fee, please select someone from your District to attend in your place if you are unable to attend.

If the course is full, please join the waitlist as if there are enough people, we will open another section.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 26

18. IMSE 30 Hour Morphology Plus Orton-Gillingham Training

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 10/26/2026 to 10/30/2026

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A thorough, engaging and session designed for teachers who teach third grade through fifth grade and any grade whose students require intervention in fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Teachers will gain a deep understanding of the role morphology plays in spelling and vocabulary. Teachers will also gain understanding of how to implement fluency and comprehension.

Teachers will receive training with respect to:
● Advanced understanding of Morphemes
● Lesson planning
● Greek and Latin Bases
● Vocabulary
● Fluency
● Comprehension

Materials Provided by IMSE:
● Morphology Plus Manual by IMSE
● Morphology Teacher Guides (4) by IMSE
● Morphology Plus Student Passages (3 PDFs) by IMSE
● The Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Hennessey
● Vocabulary Handbook by Linda Diamond and Linda Gutlohn
● IMSE Morpheme Card Pack
● Morphology Plus Practice Packet
● Procedural Routine Flip Chart
● Dry-Erase Paddle Board
● IMSE's Writing and Grammar Manual, practice packet, and webinar
● IMSE's Asynchronous Video for Encoding and Decoding Red Words
● Digital copy of Spelling 3rd Grade Plus Teachers Guide


In order to avoid a cancellation fee, please select someone from your District to attend in your place if you are unable to make it. If materials are included, districts will be charged the cost of materials for absent participants.

If the course is full, please join the waitlist as if there are enough people, we will open another section.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 26

19. Teaching for Proficiency: Maximizing Target Language Use and Assessing Performance

Program: Professional Development Center

Dates: 10/29/2026

Morning: Increasing Target Language Use in the Classroom

During this half-day workshop, participants will gain strategies for creating a supportive environment to build student confidence in using the target language and for maximizing teacher and student target language use.

They will gain thinking frames for planning opportunities for students to perform in all modes of communication in the target language.

Afternoon:

Assessing Student Performance in the Proficiency-Focused Classroom How do we gauge student growth in proficiency in the language classroom? In this workshop, participants will gain strategies for designing proficiency- based performance assessments, calibrating scoring, and practice providing students with meaningful feedback to grow in their proficiency level. They will examine proficiencybased rubrics, Can-Do statements, and templates and processes for designing real world and developmentallyappropriate assessments for language students.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

20. Rockland's Resource Sharing Network: Interlibrary Loan Made Simple

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 10/29/2026

This workshop introduces Rockland school librarians and other library staff to the fundamentals of interlibrary loan (ILL) services and how they can expand access to resources for students and staff. Participants will learn how to request and respond to requests for materials, navigate the union catalog, and understand timelines involved in borrowing and lending in the Rockland School Library System. We'll cover best practices for managing requests, availability of materials, and troubleshooting common challenges. By the end, you'll feel confident using interlibrary loan as a powerful tool to service your school community.
  • Max Class Size: 15

21. Rockland's Resource Sharing Network: Interlibrary Loan Made Simple

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 10/29/2026

This workshop introduces Rockland school librarians and other library staff to the fundamentals of interlibrary loan (ILL) services and how they can expand access to resources for students and staff. Participants will learn how to request and respond to requests for materials, navigate the union catalog, and understand timelines involved in borrowing and lending in the Rockland School Library System. We'll cover best practices for managing requests, availability of materials, and troubleshooting common challenges. By the end, you'll feel confident using interlibrary loan as a powerful tool to service your school community.
  • Max Class Size: 15

22. MeAndMine Lunch and Learn

Program: Professional Development Center

Dates: 11/4/2026

TBD
  • Max Class Size: 25

23. Rockland Read In: Reading, Community, and Connection

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians, K-12 Educators

Dates: 11/17/2026

Join us for an engaging webinar on bringing the 43rd annual Rockland Read In to your school! We will walk through setting up your school's participation, share creative activities other Rockland County Schools have used to make their Read In a success, and explore how the event connects to broader literacy initiatives. You will leave with tips for coordinating volunteer readers and practical strategies for keeping the reading momentum in your school alive long after the Rockland Read In. Whether you are a first time participant or a seasoned Read In organizer, this workshop has something for everyone.
  • Max Class Size: 15

24. Rockland Read In: Reading, Community, and Connection

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians, K-12 Educators

Dates: 11/17/2026

Join us for an engaging webinar on bringing the 43rd annual Rockland Read In to your school! We will walk through setting up your school's participation, share creative activities other Rockland County Schools have used to make their Read In a success, and explore how the event connects to broader literacy initiatives. You will leave with tips for coordinating volunteer readers and practical strategies for keeping the reading momentum in your school alive long after the Rockland Read In. Whether you are a first time participant or a seasoned Read In organizer, this workshop has something for everyone.
  • Max Class Size: 15

25. Building Thinking Classrooms with Peter Liljedahl Session 2 (11/19)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Elementary Teachers; mathematics teachers, K-12

Dates: 11/19/2026

Dr. Peter Liljedahl will be giving a full-day workshop on Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC), the second of his full 3-day training. He will be outlining 14 research-based classroom practices that promote thinking in the mathematics classroom. This workshop will not only give an overview of the ideas in BTC, but also allow teachers who have begun to implement these practices to ask questions about implementing these practices successfully.
***NOTES***
--If you can no longer attend after being fully enrolled, you will need to find someone to take your place. No refunds will be given.
--Please be fully enrolled by September 18, 2026.
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Building Thinking Classrooms is an educational approach developed by Dr. Peter Liljedahl, professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Sparked by observing dozens and dozens of teachers struggle to engage students in deep thinking and problem solving, and observing hundreds of students engaged in a lot of behavior that didn't include thinking-or learning-Peter set out to find the answer to a simple question: How can we get more students to think and to think longer?
Over the next 15 years, he set a research course to break every institutional norm possible to see what shifts could get students thinking. Out of this research grew 14 specific norm-busting teaching practices that have proven to enhance thinking-and thus learning in hundreds of thousands of classrooms around the world. And it doesn't stop there. Not only do the 14 practices enhance thinking, they enhance other competencies in students such as collaboration, perseverance, risk-taking. Further, they enhance access and equity to learning and student autonomy and ownership of learning.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 60

26. Strategies for Instruction and Assessment of ELLs - at Rockland BOCES [HVRBERN-CTLE ID #23120]

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: All Educators of ELLs

Dates: 12/3/2026

This workshop will highlight practical instructional strategies across all language modalities- listening, speaking, reading, and writing-while exploring assessment practices that support English Language Learners. Participants will examine formative and summative approaches to assessment through the lens of Margo Gottlieb's framework of Assessment AS Learning, Assessment FOR Learning, and Assessment OF Learning. Attendees will leave with practical strategies and tools that can be immediately applied to support multilingual learners in diverse classroom settings. Participants should bring a device to access workshop materials. For questions regarding this activity, please contact the Rachael Wasilewski.
  • Max Class Size: 25

27. ****ONLINE****UPDATED IDENTIFICATION & REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE & MALTREATMENT - THIS IS AN ON LINE COURSE AND FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSES

Program: SAVE and Child Abuse Awareness

Audience: Classroom teachers, teaching assts, educ in adm/supv service, coaches, persons NY State cert/license

Dates: On-Going (Ends Dec 30, 2026)

This is an ONLINE course. Candidates applying for New York State certification/license, or are have an active registration in TEACH, in New York State, must complete two hours of course work in the **UPDATED** Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment in accordance with Education Law. Rockland BOCES is providing a two-hour fully online certification course that fulfills this requirement. A certificate will be issued to participants at the completion of this course as well as an electronic upload of completion directly to TEACH.

Participants register and pay thru Frontline. Upon receipt of payment, each registrant will receive an online account.

Usernames, enrollment password for the course, and link to the course are then emailed to the student. Students may begin the course when they receive their account information. Participants do not have to wait until the date posted on this registration.

  • Max Class Size: 250

28. **ONLINE** Dignity For All Students (DASA) - 6 Hour Certification Course

Program: Dignity for All Students Act

Audience: Anyone needing training for certification

Dates: On-Going (Ends Dec 30, 2026)

WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE IN THIS 100% ONLINE COURSE

Effective December 31, 2013 all applicants for Certification are required to complete six clock hours of coursework or training in accordance with Article 2 Sections 10-18 of the Education Law. Rockland BOCES is pleased to be a provider of DASA Training. Upon completion of the workshop, you will receive a Certification of Completion.

The coursework will address the social patterns of harassment, bullying and discrimination, marginalization and microaggressions, including but not limited to those acts based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex.

PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED TO RECEIVE LOGIN INFORMATION **NOTE - WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONLINE PAYMENT**

A check may be mailed to:
Rockland BOCES
Attn: Stacy Muthig
Building 10 65 Parrott Rd,
West Nyack, NY 10994

please email Stacy Muthig: smuthig@rboces.org.

Once payment is received you will receive your login credentials via email and you may begin the course right away!

No district approval and building required.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 200

29. S.A.V.E. Online Class

Program: SAVE and Child Abuse Awareness

Audience: Classroom teachers, teaching assts, educ in adm/supv service, coaches, persons NY State cert/license

Dates: On-Going (Ends Dec 30, 2026)

Candidates applying for a New York State certification/license, must complete two hours of course work in school violence prevention (Schools Against Violence in Education) in accordance with Education Law. Rockland BOCES is providing a two-hour fully online certification course that fulfills this requirement. A certificate will be issued to participants at the completion of this course.

Participants register thru MyLearningPlan. Upon receipt of payment, each registrant will receive an online account. Once participants receive their account information, they may start the course. Participants do not have to wait until the date posted on the registration.

Usernames, enrollment password for the course, and link to the course are then emailed to the student.

  • Max Class Size: 250

30. Building Thinking Classrooms with Peter Liljedahl Session 3 (3/11)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Elementary Teachers; mathematics teachers, K-12

Dates: 3/11/2027

Dr. Peter Liljedahl will be giving a full-day workshop on Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC), the third of his full 3-day training. He will be outlining 14 research-based classroom practices that promote thinking in the mathematics classroom. This workshop will not only give an overview of the ideas in BTC, but also allow teachers who have begun to implement these practices to ask questions about implementing these practices successfully.
***NOTES***
--If you can no longer attend after being fully enrolled, you will need to find someone to take your place. No refunds will be given.
--Please be fully enrolled by January 10, 2027.
***********
Building Thinking Classrooms is an educational approach developed by Dr. Peter Liljedahl, professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Sparked by observing dozens and dozens of teachers struggle to engage students in deep thinking and problem solving, and observing hundreds of students engaged in a lot of behavior that didn't include thinking-or learning-Peter set out to find the answer to a simple question: How can we get more students to think and to think longer?
Over the next 15 years, he set a research course to break every institutional norm possible to see what shifts could get students thinking. Out of this research grew 14 specific norm-busting teaching practices that have proven to enhance thinking-and thus learning in hundreds of thousands of classrooms around the world. And it doesn't stop there. Not only do the 14 practices enhance thinking, they enhance other competencies in students such as collaboration, perseverance, risk-taking. Further, they enhance access and equity to learning and student autonomy and ownership of learning.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 60

31. New York State ELL Identification Workshop - at Rockland BOCES

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: All who are involved in the identification and screening process of potential ELLs; including registrars/registration staff, ENL coordinators, district and building administrators, PPS personnel, ENL teachers, guidance counselors, and bilingual family liaisons

Dates: 6/10/2027

This workshop will include an overview of New York State regulations related to the English Language Learner Identification process. Participants will unpack the ELL Identification Flowchart, Home Language Questionnaire, and Individual Interview process. Participants will also understand when and how to convene a Language Proficiency Team and how to screen for potential SIFE students (Students with Interrupted Formal Education). Participants will review: * ELL identification regulations * The completion and processing of the HLQ * The role of the Language Proficiency Team (LPT) when potential ELLs are enrolling who already have an IEP or 504 plan * Screening for potential Students with Inconsistent/Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) * Parent Orientation and Student Placement procedure * How and when to initiate and ELL Identification Review Cost: Free For questions regarding this activity, please contact the HV RBERN.
  • Max Class Size: 25