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1. 2024-2025 Statewide Itinerant Supervisor PLC

Program: Itinerant Services

Dates: 9/13/2024 to 6/6/2025

Monthly meetings to discuss current issues, network, share resources and best practices, and brainstorm ideas to improve Itinerant and Related Services within BOCES around the State.
  • Enrolled: 7/100
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2. 24-25 Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing CLC

Program: Itinerant Services

Dates: 9/19/2024 to 6/19/2025

This is a collaborative learning community in which teachers/providers from around the state can gather to network, build relationships, collaborate, share ideas, and educate each other in the upcoming trends and regulations of their field. Updates from the field will be shared and new content explored as it becomes available. A meeting link will be sent to registrants several days prior to the meeting. If you do not receive this information, please reach out to Kimberlea Curran
  • Enrolled: 7/100
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3. Welcome to the 24-25 School Year in the Library - Databases, Updates, Changes and Other Good Stuff!

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 9/24/2024

Welcome back to another awesome year in the ONC BOCES School Library System! This library liaison workshop will be filled with updates, new things and time to talk library. Hear about new databases, changes from the summer library work group, updates from NYS, presentations from fellow colleagues and time to work together. Looking forward to seeing you! To be held at the School Library System offices conference room on Southside Drive, Oneonta NY.
  • Enrolled: 19/25
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4. Least Restrictive Environment

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Invited Districts
● Stamford Central School
● Unatego Central School
● Gilboa-Conesville Central School
● Edmeston Central School

Dates: 10/3/2024 to 6/4/2025

The objectives of this group are to:
● Develop district-wide supports for students with disabilities to learn in general education environments.
● Review and revise policies, procedures and practices that result in LRE identification.
● Identify and address factors contributing to LRE identification and develop staff training for equitable understanding.
● Increase the amount of time students with disabilities spend within the general education environment.
  • Enrolled: 5/25
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5. Conference Day - AI in the Library and Classroom with Information Literacy expert Dr. Kristen Mattson

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians, Teachers

Dates: 10/11/2024

Learn practical uses of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom and library with information literacy expert and former librarian, Dr. Kristen Mattson. Students as digital citizens need a unique skill-set to effectively, efficiently, and safely engage in a global society. Please join us for a full day workshop exploring practical uses and the ethical use of AI. To be held at SUNY Oneonta, Morris Hall, Craven Lounge.
  • Enrolled: 24/25
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6. Diverse Books Club: Louder Than Hunger

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians and High School Teachers and Administrators

Dates: 10/16/2024

Participants in our DEI Book Series will read Louder Than Hunger by John Schu. We will meet via Zoom on October 16, 2024 to discuss themes and resources for teaching in a classroom. A Zoom link will be sent to participants the day prior to meeting. This title is a Middle/High School read. We can loan you a copy of the book, or you can borrow an ebook, just let us know!

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia-and self-expression as an act of survival-in a wrenching and transformative novel-in-verse.

But another voice inside me says,
We need help.
We're going to die.

Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books-the weird one, the outsider-and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he eats, the bigger he feels. How long can Jake punish himself before he truly disappears? A fictionalized account of the author's experiences and emotions living in residential treatment facilities as a young teen with an eating disorder, Louder than Hunger is a triumph of raw honesty. With a deeply personal afterword for context, this much-anticipated verse novel is a powerful model for muffling the destructive voices inside, managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support, and love.
  • Enrolled: 3/15
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7. The Science and Joy of Reading in the School Library - Statewide PD for School Librarians

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 10/22/2024

Librarians and library services play a significant role in the literacy development of young people. Through their expertise and the use of library resources, librarians positively influence the implementation and success of evidence-based literacy instruction as defined by NYSED's Literacy Briefs and current research about literacy and libraries. In this workshop, participants will examine research findings and instructional resources, collaborate with peers, and develop plans for supporting and enhancing students' literacy and social development. In this session, Donalyn Miller (The Joy of Reading: Supporting Social Development and Building Background Knowledge) will share research findings, instructional moves, resources, and programming ideas for promoting wide reading. Session includes work session time to explore resources and collaborate with peers. 
  • Enrolled: 7/25
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8. Leatherstocking Conference

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 10/24/2024

Annual Leatherstocking Conference- Pablo Cartaya, internationally acclaimed author, screenwriter, speaker, and educator will be giving the keynote at this year's conference. Come spend the day learning with fellow school librarians at the areas only local library conference! Great food, keynote speaker, many great breakout sessions, vendor floor and prizes are planned. If you'd like to attend this wonderful conference, ONC School Library Systems will cover your registration fees! Register here!
  • Enrolled: 6/25
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9. Zoom Office Hours

Program: Distance Learning

Dates: 10/25/2024 to 5/30/2025


Join us for our Monthly Zoom Office Hours-a dedicated session where you can connect, learn, and get answers to all your Zoom-related questions! Whether you're new to Zoom or a seasoned user, these office hours provide a relaxed, open environment to:

Ask questions about any Zoom features, settings, or functionalities.
Explore new features and updates released by Zoom.
Troubleshoot any issues you're facing in real-time with expert assistance.
Share tips and best practices with fellow users.

Simply bring your questions or challenges, and we'll walk through solutions together. Whether you need help with Zoom meetings, webinars, or anything in between, we're here to support you.
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10. It's a MediaFlex/OPALs Holi-DAY!

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 12/12/2024

It's our annual MediaFlex learning day rolled into a holiday celebration! OPALS has new features, update your OPALS, implement new features and customize your pages for your users. OWL has a new look for your younger students. Learn how to run those reports you need. Half day of updates and half day of hands-on work time with experts. Make your OPALS pages look like new! Bring inspiration library web pages, or use one of ours to tailor your own OPALS.
  • Enrolled: 9/25
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11. Library Policies - Getting policies in place for your school library

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 1/23/2025

Not sure what library policies you have for your district? Do you know why you need to have library policies approved by your Board of Ed, and why you need procedures to follow policy in your school library? Feeling confused but want to make sure you're up-to-date? This is the right workshop for you! If you already have policies in place, please attend to help our discussions and work day! Workshop will include expert speakers and hands-on work time. Location at the School Library Office Conference room, 7352 State Highway 23, Oneonta, NY.
  • Enrolled: 9/25
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12. Diverse Books Club: Apple:Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians and High School Teachers and Administrators

Dates: 2/5/2025

Participants in our DEI Book Series will read Apple:Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth. We will meet via Zoom on February 5, 2025 to discuss themes and resources for teaching in a classroom. A Zoom link will be sent to participants the day prior to meeting. This title is a High School read. We can loan you a copy of the book, or you can borrow an ebook, just let us know!

Winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award, Michael L. Printz Honor winner and many other awards and nominations, this book is a must read. The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Grades 9-12. In Apple, Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family-of Onondaga among Tuscaroras-of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking. 272 pages
  • Enrolled: 2/15
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13. Conference Day - Science of Reading for School Librarians

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 3/14/2025

Learn about the science of reading and how this impact our library learners. Walk away with ways to support our library readers, with expert speakers and focus on school libraries and their impact on our students. This workshop is in collaboration with OHM and MO BOCES School Librarians. How can you, the school librarian, support the 90-95% of students for whom reading proficiency does not develop "naturally"? And what can you do to support classroom instruction as teachers learn decades of science about how the brain learns to read? While read-alouds play an important role in developing language, they are only one part of developing a proficient reader. Incorporating knowledge of English as a morphophonemic language system can be fun and engaging for you and your students. And curating resources such as decodable readers and materials for building phonemic proficiency supports the teachers you serve as they teach the foundational skills. Kelli Johnson has been an education professional for over three decades. She began her career as an elementary teacher thinking all children would learn to read as easily as she had. How naïve! Thankfully, the opportunity to study under Dr. Benita Blachman put her on the path to discovering the science behind preventing and remediating reading challenges. Following that experience, Kelli was afforded numerous opportunities to use her professional training and experience in a wide range of positions: supervising student teachers, teaching graduate/undergraduate courses, and serving as an Elementary Literacy Specialist for a federally-funded research project. Kelli also worked for a national non-profit organization as a reading coach director and community education and engagement specialist. Most recently, she served as an Adult Literacy Coordinator for Madison-Oneida BOCES and is currently a Literacy Specialist with the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) with the University of Minnesota. Welcome to the science of reading journey!
  • Enrolled: 5/25
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14. Collection Development - Diversity Audits and Social Justice

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians

Dates: 4/3/2025

This School Librarian workshop will have an in-person guest expert and children and YA consultant, Kym Powe, of the Connecticut State Library discuss and model the use of diversity audits for school library collections. The afternoon will focus on social justice in the library collection with an expert from Teach for Change. Learn these important rules and guidelines for your 21st century school library collection, with a K-12 focus. Hands-on time will be given to practice using audits with your collection. Learn analysis of your collection, gaps to assess and titles to add or delete. Light breakfast and lunch provided, this is a shared day with DCMO librarians, in-person.
  • Enrolled: 9/25
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15. Diverse Books Club: The Rock in My Throat

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians and High School Teachers and Administrators

Dates: 5/7/2025

Starting Soon
Participants in our DEI Book Series will read The Rock in My Throat by Kao Kalia Yang. We will meet via Zoom on May 7, 2025 to discuss themes and resources for teaching in a classroom. A Zoom link will be sent to participants the day prior to meeting. This title is a K-4 read and is available on SORA.

In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee navigating life at home and at school. Having seen the poor treatment her parents received when making their best efforts at speaking English, she no longer speaks at school. Kalia feels as though a rock has become lodged in her throat, and it grows heavier each day. Although the narrative is somber, it is also infused with moments of beauty, love, and hope.
  • Enrolled: 2/15
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16. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 5/8/2025

Starting Soon
Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Enrolled: 2/25
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17. Podcasting Made Easy: Give Your Students a Voice

Program: School Library System

Audience: ONC BOCES region school librarians and teachers

Dates: 5/9/2025

Starting Soon
Explore the basics of podcasting in this hands-on workshop for beginners. We'll guide you through our Media Library resources - Soundtrap, a simple online tool for recording and editing audio, and our Media Library Podcasting Kit.

This workshop is all about exploring the possibilities of podcasting to help students collaborate, create, and communicate. By the end, you'll be ready to bring podcasting into your classroom or library to inspire creativity and curiosity!
  • Enrolled: 4/15
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18. NYS NUMERACY INITIATIVE - NCOC

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals, Teachers, Professional Learning Specialists

Dates: 5/13/2025


We invite you to join us on May 13, 2025, for a day of learning and professional discussion on mathematics! The New York State Education Department will release a new series of numeracy briefs, developed by Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, that focus on evidence-based practices for teaching mathematics. The agenda includes an overview of each of the eight numeracy briefs, with time to reflect and discuss with colleagues.

This event, which will be a hybrid webinar with in-person discussion and presentations, will provide New York State administrators and numeracy leaders with specific and useful information to support high-quality teaching of mathematics across grades PK-12. Please note that to attend this event, you must attend in person at a BOCES, Big 5, or Small City School District designated site.

Participants in the event will have the opportunity to learn about the briefs with Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball and the SED team. Dr. Loewenberg Ball is the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan and the director of TeachingWorks.
  • Enrolled: 10/30
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19. NYS NUMERACY INITIATIVE - OAOC

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals, Teachers, Professional Learning Specialists

Dates: 5/13/2025


We invite you to join us on May 13, 2025, for a day of learning and professional discussion on mathematics! The New York State Education Department will release a new series of numeracy briefs, developed by Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, that focus on evidence-based practices for teaching mathematics. The agenda includes an overview of each of the eight numeracy briefs, with time to reflect and discuss with colleagues.

This event, which will be a hybrid webinar with in-person discussion and presentations, will provide New York State administrators and numeracy leaders with specific and useful information to support high-quality teaching of mathematics across grades PK-12. Please note that to attend this event, you must attend in person at a BOCES, Big 5, or Small City School District designated site.

Participants in the event will have the opportunity to learn about the briefs with Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball and the SED team. Dr. Loewenberg Ball is the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan and the director of TeachingWorks.
  • Enrolled: 7/30
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20. Annual School Librarians and Administrators Symposium

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians & Administrators

Dates: 5/21/2025

School librarians and administrators will be learning and growing together while celebrating school libraries. Join us for a wonderful keynote speaker, dynamic school librarian, Sue Kowalski, as she focuses on the power and impact of having a school librarian in your building and district. Sue Kowalski is currently the middle school librarian at Pine Grove Middle School in East Syracuse, NY. Empowering student voice is always her focus and she works to do that through various dynamic library programming, and multiple channels in and through the library. Sue shares the power of how school libraries CONNECT to the school community and beyond and continues to grow those collaborative partnerships. Join us for a full day of celebrating all things school library.
  • Enrolled: 18/125
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21. Diploma and Credential Options for Students with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and Special Education Administrators, Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School

Psychologists and other Related Service Providers.

Dates: 5/21/2025

This training is designed to ensure that students with disabilities and their families are aware of the multiple pathways to

graduate school with a diploma and exiting credentials.

1. Define Self-Determination

2. Discuss credit requirements for graduation

3. Discuss the multiple pathways to Regents diploma

4. Discuss appeal eligibility criteria

5. Discuss safety nets for students with disabilities

6. Discuss exiting credentials
  • Enrolled: 1/20
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22. May Principals Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: ONC BOCES component district Principals

Dates: 5/21/2025

In the 2024-2025 school year, Principal Academy sessions will focus on:

- The Principal's Guide to Conflict Management book study
- Instructional leadership
- Using data for decision - making
- Creating and maintaining a welcoming and affirming environment
- NYSED and BOCES updates, announcements, and Round Table

We provide a quiet workspace from 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. for those who would like to arrive early and complete book study reading. Light breakfast refreshments, coffee/tea/water, and lunch are provided.
  • Enrolled: 4/30
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23. Diploma and Credential Options for Students with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and Special Education Administrators, Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School

Psychologists and other Related Service Providers.

Dates: 5/21/2025

This training is designed to ensure that students with disabilities and their families are aware of the multiple pathways to

graduate school with a diploma and exiting credentials.

1. Define Self-Determination

2. Discuss credit requirements for graduation

3. Discuss the multiple pathways to Regents diploma

4. Discuss appeal eligibility criteria

5. Discuss safety nets for students with disabilities

6. Discuss exiting credentials
  • Enrolled: 0/20
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24. Diploma and Credential Options for Students with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and Special Education Administrators, Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School

Psychologists and other Related Service Providers.

Dates: 5/22/2025

This training is designed to ensure that students with disabilities and their families are aware of the multiple pathways to

graduate school with a diploma and exiting credentials.

1. Define Self-Determination

2. Discuss credit requirements for graduation

3. Discuss the multiple pathways to Regents diploma

4. Discuss appeal eligibility criteria

5. Discuss safety nets for students with disabilities

6. Discuss exiting credentials
  • Enrolled: 2/20
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25. Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for Teachers

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Literacy Specialists; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; School Psychologists; Principals

Dates: 5/22/2025

PD on embedding explicit vocabulary instruction into primarily Tier I instruction:
Participants will be able to explain the importance of robust vocabulary instruction for students in the elementary grades.​
Participants will understand how explicit instruction can be applied to vocabulary instruction.​
Participants will be able to describe key features of vocabulary instruction and identify ways to incorporate vocabulary instruction into different parts of the school day.
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26. Diploma and Credential Options for Students with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and Special Education Administrators, Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School

Psychologists and other Related Service Providers.

Dates: 5/22/2025

This training is designed to ensure that students with disabilities and their families are aware of the multiple pathways to

graduate school with a diploma and exiting credentials.

1. Define Self-Determination

2. Discuss credit requirements for graduation

3. Discuss the multiple pathways to Regents diploma

4. Discuss appeal eligibility criteria

5. Discuss safety nets for students with disabilities

6. Discuss exiting credentials
  • Enrolled: 0/20
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27. Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Mandated 6 Hour Certification Workshop (HYBRID)

Program: DASA

Audience: Principals, Superintendents, Teachers, Paraprofessionals (Support Staff)

Dates: 5/27/2025 to 6/12/2025


The Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) requires that candidates applying for certification, including educators with initial certification applying for professional certification, complete at least 6 hours of coursework/training on harassment, bullying, cyber bullying, and discrimination in schools [Article 2 Sections 10-18 of the Education Law]. This training also addresses microaggressions and social patterns of harassment, bullying, and discrimination.

We are approved to offer the DASA workshop as a 2-part course:

Part #1 Asynchronous training (Tuesday, May 27 to Friday, June 6): Participants work at their own pace during this window, to complete all tasks and assignments by the end date. This consists of a series of modules using recorded lectures, videos, readings, and activities, which takes at least 3 hours to complete. Participants need a computer/device with internet access to watch videos, view and complete documents in PDF format, complete Google Forms, and engage in online activities. You MUST complete Part #1 before you can attend the in-person session.

Part #2: In-Person Training (June 12, 8:00 am to 11:30 pm) Participants attend an in-person workshop with the trainer. Make sure you are on time, as we do not allow late entry.

Registration ends on Friday, May 23. Payment must be received no later than Friday, May 30. Please mail your CHECK or MONEY ORDER ONLY to: ONC BOCES, Attn: Audra DeSilva, 7352 State Hwy 23, Suite 3, Oneonta, NY 13820. (Payable to: ONC BOCES)

There is a $25 fee for employees of: Andes CSD, Charlotte Valley CSD, Cooperstown CSD, Laurens CSD, Schenevus CSD, Stamford CSD, South Kortright CSD, Worcester CSD

There is a $100 fee for all others.

Upon completion of both parts of the course, ONC BOCES will report your completion electronically. If you fail to complete you would need to pay and retake the course at the next offering.
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28. IEP Writing Workshop

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 5/28/2025

*** Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year, you are able to attend. ***

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 2/25
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29. Learn How to Breakout EDU in Your Classroom

Program: School Library System

Audience: ONC BOCES school librarians and teachers

Dates: 5/28/2025

Breakout EDU is an educational, game-based learning platform that harnesses the excitement of escape rooms and infuses them with academic content for the classroom or library. Each Breakout reinforces subject matter and curriculum concepts, as well as fosters critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and student collaboration! This one-hour session with a Breakout EDU expert will explain how to use this in your classroom or library, borrow the kits from ONC School Library System Media Library.
  • Enrolled: 0/15
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30. FBA/BIP: Combo Series

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, CSE chairpersons, P-12 Special Education Teachers, Counselors, Social Workers, Regular Education Teachers, School Psychologists, and any members of district staff who might be included on a team for MTSS behavior support.

Dates: 5/29/2025 to 6/3/2025

New
Over the course of two days, this training will cover a four-part series on understanding the Functional Behavior Assessment, Behavior Intervention Plan, and Progress Monitoring process as it relates to the NYS Part 200 and 201 regulations.
Part 1: Understanding the Behavior Pathway by building fluency with the theoretical foundations on which FBAs and BIPs are based (i.e. the behavior pathway)
Part 2: Conducting the Functional Behavior Assessment by understanding and developing the skills necessary to complete the FBA; and learning the components of the Competing Behavior Pathway (CBP) from which to develop the BIP.
Part 3: Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Develop the Behavior Intervention Plan by identifying intervention(s) to use based upon the Competing Behavior Pathway and discovering the function of the behavior.
Part 4: Implementation and Progress Monitoring of the Behavior Intervention Plan by developing skills to
ensure the BIP is implemented with fidelity
progress monitor a student's response to the plan with regard to changes in both the problem and replacement/desired behaviors.

Participants will build fluency with the science of behavior that provides the theoretical foundation on which FBAs and BIPs are based. They will acquire the skills necessary to complete the FBA process and develop the skills necessary to create, implement and progress monitor the BIP and will ensure these skills align with the New York State Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education regulations. This training is presented as using a team approach therefore districts should plan to send a team (of at least 2 people).
  • Enrolled: 9/12
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31. Consultant Teacher Services: Supporting Classroom and Curriculum Participation- (Asynchronous training from June 2nd-June 23rd)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators


Dates: 6/23/2025

The purpose of this training is to help participants understand how to use consultant teacher services to support the participation of students with disabilities in the general education classroom and curriculum. Participants will examine the purpose and goals of including consultant teacher services in a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP). The training will define consultant teacher services according to New York State regulations as well as offer insight into what effective consultant teacher services look like in the classroom. Participants will learn how to determine if consultant teacher services are appropriate for meeting a student with a disability's unique educational needs, what information about consultant teacher services should be included in an IEP, and the roles and responsibilities of educators in providing these services. We will also explore how teachers can engage in effective collaboration and co-planning to ensure the effective delivery of high-quality consultant teacher services.
***Please ignore the date and time of activity. This is an asynchronous on-line course. ***
  • Enrolled: 2/25
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32. Reviewing Your Literacy Curriculum: Evaluating Alignment with the Science of Reading

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, Literacy Specialists; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; School Psychologists

Max Num

Dates: 6/27/2025

The Reviewing Your Literacy Curriculum: Evaluating Alignment with the Science of Reading training was developed to provide participants with essential information necessary for preparing for and conducting a review of their district's current literacy curriculum. A school's core literacy curriculum serves as a critical foundation for all levels of reading instruction including for those students receiving supplemental support, intervention, or special education services. It is equally important for literacy curriculum to reflect the evidence-based content and instructional methods found in reading science as well as be free of practices that scientific research has shown to be ineffective or detrimental to learning. Participants will examine the purpose of regularly evaluating their literacy curriculum, review the key elements of the Science of Reading, and learn how to develop a curriculum review team. The training will also teach participants how to use the Reading League's Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines and Reviewer Workbook to evaluate their current curriculum for instructional gaps that should be corrected to provide students with highly effective and evidence-based literacy instruction. Finally, the training will address how participants can plan to address instructional gaps through implementing necessary initiatives and practices.


***Asynchronous- Trainings provided over a 2-week time frame to be worked on at your own pace. Feedback is provided throughout or via Office Hours after the 2-week window. ***
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33. Zoom training for educators

Program: Distance Learning

Dates: 7/16/2025 to 8/6/2025

New
A comprehensive training session covering zoom. This training will go over the following features:
1. Security Features: learn to protect your meetings with passwords, waiting rooms, locks, participant removal, muting participants, and screen sharing controls
2. Whiteboard and Annotations: How to use Zoom's whiteboard and annotation tools for enhanced collaboration
3. Scheduling and Invitations: Using the zoom client or website to schedule meetings and create invites
4. Meeting Controls: Understand how to customize meetings with various controls for optimal management.
5 Changing Views: Learn to switch between speaker and gallery views, and adjust shared screen views.
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34. 2025 Principal Academy Summer Retreat

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: Principals and Building Level Leadership

Dates: 7/30/2025 to 8/1/2025


We are thrilled to gather at the Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center in Lake George. The Retreat begins with lunch on Wednesday, 7/30, and we conclude with lunch on Friday, 8/01.

Registration includes a single accommodation for Wednesday and Thursday nights and the following meals: lunch and dinner on 7/30, breakfast, lunch and dinner on 7/31, and breakfast and lunch on 8/01. Participants will be billed through their monthly BOCES billing, the 2025- 2026 school year, in co-ser code 527.031.

Registration ends Friday, June 13th.

If you have any questions, or wish to have shared accommodations, please reach out to Audra DeSilva at adesilva@oncboces.org or 607-286-7715 X2704.

Billing will be direct to your district based upon confirmed commitments under 527.031 - 2025 Summer PA Retreat (Reservation/Base fee of $522). If your district requires additional reservations, we will send an ASR to accommodate the changes once all reservation requests are received. Direct billing for the full amount will occur after final bill from the vendor.
  • Enrolled: 2/30
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35. Distance Learning Room Training for New Teachers and Support Staff

Program: Distance Learning

Audience: Distance Learning Instructors and Room Aides

Dates: 8/20/2025

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This training is designed for new teachers who are delivering instruction to another school district, as well as room aides supporting teachers in distance learning classrooms. Participants will receive hands-on guidance in effectively using distance learning equipment, including cameras, microphones, monitors, and control systems. The session will cover essential operational procedures, troubleshooting common issues, and ensuring high-quality audio/visual communication.
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