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1. American Red Cross Adult CPR/AED UPDATE

Program: Coaching Courses

Audience: School Staff, School Coaches, Health and PE Teachers

Dates: 8/18/2025

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This course satisfies the state guidelines for elementary and secondary coaching certification. This certificate is valid for 2 years.

This class starts at 5:00PM

Location at Spring Valley High School in the upper gym.

Please use the entrance for athletics.

  • Max Class Size: 10

2. American Red Cross Adult CPR/AED FULL

Program: Coaching Courses

Audience: School Staff, School Coaches, Health and PE Teachers

Dates: 8/18/2025

This course satisfies the state guidelines for elementary and secondary coaching certification. This certificate is valid for 2 years.

This class starts at 7:00PM

Location at Spring Valley High School in the upper gym.

Please use the entrance for athletics.

  • Max Class Size: 10

3. American Red Cross Full First Aid Course for Coaches by Howard Arciniegas

Program: Coaching Courses

Audience: Coaches

Dates: 8/20/2025 to 8/22/2025

This course satisfies the state guidelines for elementary and secondary coaching certification. This certificate is valid for 2 years. After 2 years the First Aid Refresher Course is required to maintain certification.
  • Max Class Size: 15

4. Secondary School Librarian Network

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 9/16/2025 to 5/12/2026

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

5. Elementary School Librarian Network

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 9/16/2025 to 5/12/2026

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

6. Communications Coordinators (Liaison) and Council Joint Meeting

Program: School Library System

Dates: 9/30/2025 to 6/3/2026

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 4th meeting's snow date is December 11, 2025. The February 5th meeting's snow date is February 12, 2025.
  • Max Class Size: 20

7. ELA Curriculum Council Grades K-5

Program: Professional Development Center

Dates: 10/8/2025 to 5/5/2026

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

8. ELA Curriculum Council Grades 6-12

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Administrators, ELA Chairperson

Dates: 10/9/2025 to 5/12/2026

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

9. Integrated ENL Co-Teaching Series - 3 Sessions: 11/6/25, 12/4/25, 1/15/26 - at Rockland BOCES [HVRBERN-CTLE ID #23120]

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: All teachers who work with ELLs and who utilize NYSESLAT data.

Dates: 11/6/2025 to 1/15/2026

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TO REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO ENROLL AT ROCKLAND BOCES' SITE: CLICK HERE TO ENROLL This series will help co-teaching pairs to understand, plan for, and successfully implement Integrated ENL Co-Teaching in their content area classes. This series will discuss the NYS Co-Teaching Topic Briefs and reference the book Co-Teaching for English Learners: A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection by Maria Dove and Andrea Honigsfeld. Session 1 will focus on building co-teaching relationships, culturally responsive sustaining education, and instructional strategies. Session 2 will focus on co-planning practices and routines, assessment and writing language and content objectives. Session 3 will focus on co-teaching models. Opportunities for implementation of the practices and strategies will be embedded throughout the series. Classroom and state testing accommodations for ELLs will also be covered. We strongly recommend that ENL teachers attend this series with one co-teacher to allow pairs to strengthen their relationship and dedicate time within each session to planning upcoming units and lessons that they will co-teach together. Dually certified ENL and content area teachers are also encouraged to register. All participants must bring a device to access materials and participate in activities. Fee: Free For questions regarding this activity, please contact the HV RBERN.
  • Max Class Size: 26

10. (517 Leadership 2025-2026) - American Red Cross Adult CPR/AED UPDATE

Program: Coaching Courses

Dates: 11/10/2025

Starting Soon
This course satisfies the state guidelines for elementary and secondary coaching certification. This certificate is valid for 2 years.

This class starts at 7:00PM

Location at Spring Valley High School in the upper gym.

Please use the entrance for athletics.

  • Max Class Size: 12

11. (517 Leadership 2025-2026) - American Red Cross Adult CPR/AED FULL

Program: Coaching Courses

Dates: 11/10/2025

Starting Soon
This course satisfies the state guidelines for elementary and secondary coaching certification. This certificate is valid for 2 years.

This class starts at 7:00PM

Location at Spring Valley High School in the upper gym.

Please use the entrance for athletics.

  • Max Class Size: 12

12. Secondary Social Studies Curriculum Council facilitated by Pat Krizan

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Social Studies Lead Teachers, Department Chairs/Supervisors, Administrators

Dates: 11/12/2025 to 4/29/2026

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The Social Studies Curriculum Council is a Professional Learning Community (PLC) that will meet for three half-day sessions to keep informed of NYSED updates in social studies curriculum, instruction, and assessment as well as provide direction for social studies education in Rockland County. Council members will keep abreast of and share best practices in the varied aspects of the Seal of Civic Readiness. In addition, members will have the opportunity to collaborate on social studies teaching and learning in order to best prepare students for success.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 20

13. (517 Leadership 2025/2026) - American Red Cross Full First Aid Course for Coaches by Howard Arciniegas

Program: Coaching Courses

Audience: Coaches

Dates: 11/12/2025 to 11/14/2025

Starting Soon
This course satisfies the state guidelines for elementary and secondary coaching certification. This certificate is valid for 3 years. After 3 years the First Aid Refresher Course is required to maintain certification.
  • Max Class Size: 12

14. **LAST CALL*** APPR Re-calibration for Lead Evaluators - Zoom

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Lead Evaluators previously trained in APPR

Dates: 11/14/2025

NewStarting Soon
APPR Re-calibration training is for any administrator/department chair responsible for evaluating and coaching teachers as part of the evaluation process. This training will continue to address all of the state-prescribed components as well as any NYSED updates on the implementation and management of the APPR system. The emphasis will be on promoting inter-rater reliability/accuracy through use of video and discussions in small groups.

This will be the last one offered for the 2025-2026 School Year.

This session will be on Zoom.  The link will be shared, 24 hours before the workshop, with anyone registered. 

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 50

15. (517 Leadership 2025/2026) - American Red Cross First Aid Update for Coaches by Howard Arciniegas

Program: Coaching Courses

Audience: Coaches

Dates: 11/17/2025

Individuals who apply for a Temporary Coaching License Renewal or a Professional Coaching License or License Renewal must obtain a valid (not expired) first aid certificate of completion by completing either an Initial or Review course (not a Challenge or fully online course).

This course is required every 2 years to maintain First Aid Certification.
  • Max Class Size: 12

16. Lead Evaluator of Principals Training - MPPR

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Those who will be evaluating principals and are not yet certified as principal evaluators or are previously certified and looking to deepen their practice

Dates: 11/18/2025

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This training is designed to deepen principal evaluators' understanding and use of the Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric (MPPR). We will work together to promote continuous school improvement while focusing on Best Practice.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 30

17. Rockland's Resource Sharing Network: Interlibrary Loan Made Simple (Secondary Schools)

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 11/18/2025

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

18. Rockland's Resource Sharing Network: Interlibrary Loan Made Simple (Elementary Schools)

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 11/18/2025

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

19. OBEWL Statewide Conference: The Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: New York State administrators and literacy leaders

Dates: 11/24/2025

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The New York State Education Department will release a new toolkit, developed in collaboration with Dr. Socorro Herrera, Dr. Kathy Escamilla, and Dr. Robin Cabral. The agenda includes an overview of the six briefs developed to help educators ensure that the teaching of reading is inclusive of ELLs and MLs. 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, MLLs, and monolingual students. Please note that to participate in this event, you must attend in person.

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.

Lunch will be provided.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 35

20. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (3-5, Full Day, November)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade 3-5Teachers

Dates: 11/25/2025

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 15

21. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (6-8, Full Day, November)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade 6-8 Teachers

Dates: 11/25/2025

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 35

22. Developing Fact Fluency through Manipulatives and Math Talks in Grades 3-5

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Teachers, Grades 3-5

Dates: 12/2/2025

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Multiplication is much more than memorizing facts-it's about recognizing patterns, structure, and relationships. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore how concrete and visual models such as arrays, area models, base-ten blocks, and place-value disks support the development of multiplication and division with whole numbers-and how those same representations extend naturally to multiplication with fractions.

Grounded in the Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) progression and aligned with the "Representations” section of the NYSED Numeracy Briefs, this session emphasizes how manipulatives and purposeful math talks help students move from modeling to flexible reasoning and fluent computation. Teachers will analyze vertical alignment across Grades 3-5 to see how conceptual models of equal groups and area grow into understanding fraction scaling, area of rectangles with fractional sides, and proportional reasoning.

Participants will:
  • Use concrete and visual models to represent multiplication and division of whole numbers, and explore how these ideas extend to fractions.
  • Examine how consistent use of arrays, area models, and number lines supports conceptual coherence across Grades 3-5.
  • Practice targeted math-talk moves that help students explain and connect models to symbolic notation.
  • Identify scaffolds for students with unfinished learning to strengthen their reasoning and fluency within grade-level expectations.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

23. Rockland BOCES School Library System Strategic Planning and Plan of Service Development

Program: School Library System

Audience: K12 School Librarians

Dates: 12/4/2025

Designed specifically for library system communication coordinators, this targeted workshop focuses on crafting the Rockland BOCES School Library System's comprehensive Plan of Service aligning local educational objectives with New York State strategic guidelines. Participants will learn to develop strategic plans that enhance countywide library services, support local educational outcomes, and meet state-level compliance requirements. Participants will master constructing effective goal statements that drive strategic direction; articulating clear intended results for library services; designing robust evaluation methods to assess plan effectiveness; and understanding NYSED requirements for School Library System Plans of Service.
  • Max Class Size: 20

24. ENL, Immigration, and High School Graduation Pathways for School Counselors

Program: Professional Development Center

Dates: 12/5/2025

This workshop will equip the school counselors of Rockland County with the knowledge and strategies to award transfer credits, develop personalized graduation plans, and navigate NYS assessment requirements for immigrant and ENL students. During the session participants will explore best practices for integrating diverse learners into your school, ensuring a successful journey toward graduation.

This session is invite only.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 55

25. IMSE 30 Hour Morphology Plus Orton-Gillingham Training

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 12/8/2025 to 12/12/2025

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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: 25

26. Raz-Plus in Action: Tools and Tips to Support Reading Growth

Program: School Library System

Audience: Elementary School Librarians, Elementary Classroom Teachers

Dates: 12/9/2025

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Learning A-Z's Raz-Plus provides elementary librarians and teachers with high-quality resources to support instruction aligned to the Science of Reading, including student practice and formative assessments for individualized learning. Participants must currently be subscribed to and be able to access Raz-Plus to attend.
  • Max Class Size: 10

27. Supporting English Learners with Raz-Plus ELL Edition: Building Language and Literacy Together

Program: School Library System

Audience: Elementary School Librarians, Elementary Classroom Teachers

Dates: 12/9/2025

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Learning A-Z's Raz-Plus ELL Edition supports English language learners with tools, resources, and research-based strategies to achieve success with social and academic English. Raz-Plus ELL Edition provides reading, listening, speaking, and writing resources organized in content area topics at varying grade ranges. Participants must currently be subscribed to and be able to access Raz-Plus ELL Edition to attend.
  • Max Class Size: 10

28. Vocabulary and Reading Success with Vocabulary A-Z

Program: School Library System

Audience: Elementary School Librarians, Elementary Classroom Teachers

Dates: 12/9/2025

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Learning A-Z's Vocabulary A-Z helps enrich vocabulary across the content areas. Deliver direct vocabulary instruction, boost reading comprehension, and save teachers' time with Vocabulary A-Z. Thousands of pre-made word lists, lesson plans, and activities that students and teachers love! Participants must currently be subscribed to and be able to access Vocabulary A-Z to attend.
  • Max Class Size: 10

29. Engaging Young Writers: Strategies and Practice with Writing A-Z

Program: School Library System

Audience: Elementary School Librarians, Elementary Classroom Teachers

Dates: 12/9/2025

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Learning A-Z's Writing A-Z is a comprehensive K-5 writing curriculum that combines explicit instruction in foundational writing skills and strategies, with frequent opportunities to engage in guided writing assignments and independent grammar practice. Participants must currently be subscribed to and be able to access Writing A-Z to attend.
  • Max Class Size: 10

30. Increasing Engagement with Eureka Math Squared PLC

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Teachers Grades K-5

Dates: 12/10/2025 to 3/4/2026

Eureka Math Squared provides a strong, coherent structure for teaching rigorous mathematics - but sometimes that script can move faster than our students, leaving some behind or disengaged. This PLC is for teachers who want to bring all students along by making Eureka Math² lessons more interactive, inclusive, and joyful - while still meeting the curriculum's pacing and objectives. Each session blends collaborative planning and reflection with professional learning on Peter Liljedahl's Building Thinking Classrooms framework. Together, we'll explore how practices like random groupings, vertical non-permanent surfaces, and other research-based micro-moves can make students the ones doing the thinking - not just following the steps. Across three full-day sessions, we will:
  • Experience and unpack key Building Thinking Classrooms strategies.
  • Collaborate and test ideas for integrating these practices into Eureka Math² lessons.
  • Reflect and refine approaches that increase student voice, reasoning, and confidence.
  • Build a supportive network of colleagues experimenting with similar tweaks and celebrating what works.
    • By the end of the series, you'll leave with ready-to-use strategies - and a shared sense of purpose - to help make Eureka Math² lessons come alive for all learners.
  • Max Class Size: 25

31. Rooted in Values, Growing for the Future: School Libraries and the ALA Core

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 12/10/2025

Join us for a dynamic, statewide day of professional learning centered on the ALA Core Values-Access, Equity, Intellectual Freedom, Privacy, Public Good, and Sustainability-and their vital role in school library practice. Keynote speaker KC Boyd will inspire participants to lead with purpose as we explore how these values intersect with emerging and essential topics such as AI, culturally responsive and sustaining practices, ELL support, media literacy, and differentiated practices. Through presentations, collaborative table work, and reflective activities, attendees will leave empowered to align their library programs with the values that drive equitable, future-ready learning communities. Sponsored by the School Library Systems Association.
  • Max Class Size: 30

32. Inoculating Students Against Fake News and Misinformation

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: All teachers

Dates: 12/18/2025

This workshop is based on Dr. Sander van der Linden's research on effective methods for teaching people how to recognize misinformation in social media. It will be based on his award-winning book, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity. Participants will come away with resources that can be used in classrooms across content areas, at all grade levels.

Description on Amazon: From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being―yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. In Foolproof, one of the world's leading experts on misinformation lays out a crucial new paradigm for understanding and defending ourselves against the worldwide infodemic.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

33. ****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 31, 2025)

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

34. **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 31, 2025)

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

35. 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 31, 2025)

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

36. Quick and Easy Book Hooks for Secondary School Learners with TeachingBooks

Program: School Library System

Dates: 1/13/2026

Enrich your learning space with quick and easy Book Hooks from TeachingBooks. Using QR Code shelf talkers, engage learners with author interviews, video book trailers, audio excerpts, and book-related games that bring text to life and supplement integration of information across sources. Each activity covered in this session will be demonstrated in multiple ways so you are ready to implement them in your classrooms and libraries.
  • Max Class Size: 35

37. Quick and Easy Book Hooks for Elementary School Learners with TeachingBooks

Program: School Library System

Audience: K12 School Librarians

Dates: 1/13/2026

Enrich your learning space with quick and easy Book Hooks from TeachingBooks. Using QR Code shelf talkers, engage learners with author interviews, video book trailers, audio excerpts, and book-related games that bring text to life while supplementing application and integration of knowledge. Each activity covered in this session will be demonstrated in multiple ways so you are ready to implement them in your classrooms and libraries.
  • Max Class Size: 35

38. Discovering AI-Enhanced Technology Integration and Instructional Strategies for ELLs/MLs - at Rockland BOCES [HVRBERN-CTLE ID #23120]

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: 6-12 All Subject Teachers

Dates: 2/5/2026

TO REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO ENROLL AT ROCKLAND BOCES' SITE: CLICK HERE TO ENROLL In this interactive PD session, educators will immerse themselves in innovative instructional strategies - from scaffolding techniques to constructing pathways to knowledge, to nurturing language-rich environments. Participants will explore these strategies along with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tools to personalize learning, enhance student accessibility, and increase instructional engagement for English Language Learners. Participants will discover and practice how to use notable technology tools through hands-on activities and discussions. We aim to make this session both informative and practical; equipping participants with the skills and knowledge they need to leverage AI tools to support ELLs of all proficiency levels. Participants must bring a device to access materials and participate in activities. For questions regarding this activity, please contact the HV RBERN.
  • Max Class Size: 25

39. Interactive and Gamified Activities for Secondary Mathematics

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Secondary Math Teachers

Dates: 2/10/2026

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Gone are the days when teachers needed special equipment or complicated software to bring math concepts to life. Desmos and Amplify Classroom are free, powerful tools that make it easy to engage students in mathematical thinking through interactive and game-like experiences. In this full-day, hands-on workshop, secondary math teachers will learn how to create, adapt, and share dynamic digital lessons using Desmos and Amplify Classroom. The morning will focus on guided training in using Desmos Calculators, the Activity Builder, integrating activities into Amplify, and creating classes. In the afternoon, participants will collaborate in a supported work session to design and refine their own classroom-ready lessons and build a shared library of ready-to-use resources. Desmos and Amplify are Ed Law 2D compliant through the Erie 1 Model Schools Consortium.

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 25

40. NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES [HVRBERN-CTLE ID #23120]

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Any teacher or administrator who administers the NYSESLAT

Dates: 3/5/2026

TO REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO ENROLL AT ROCKLAND BOCES' SITE: CLICK HERE TO ENROLL Participants will learn about the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) structure and administration, and will practice scoring sample speaking and writing responses. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the NYSESLAT exam. Fee: FREE For questions regarding this activity, please contact Rachael Wasilewski-Alcantara.
  • Max Class Size: 25

41. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (3-5, Full Day, March)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade 3-5 Teachers

Dates: 3/11/2026

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 15

42. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (6-8, Full Day, March)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade 6-8Teachers

Dates: 3/11/2026

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 35

43. Pre-referral Considerations for ELLs

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: ENL

Dates: 3/20/2026

New
This workshop will provide teachers and administrators with practical knowledge for making informed decisions about when to refer an ELL for a special education evaluation and why. Behaviors that may resemble signs of a disability need careful examination to rule out factors unrelated to the student's inherent abilities. Distinguishing between stages of language acquisition, cultural and linguistic diversity, learning gaps, and disabilities is complex and challenging. A multidisciplinary team approach is necessary to examine and address external factors or systemic influences before making a referral. The session will provide: * Information on the legal and regulatory requirements * Understanding the characteristics of second language acquisition * Identifying the clinical markers of disabilities * Explore the cultural dynamics, crosslinguistic features of bilingualism, optimal learning environments, effective interventions, and comprehensive assessment practices. Participants should bring a device to access workshop materials. For questions regarding this activity, please contact Alison Provencher.
  • Max Class Size: 30

44. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (3-5, Full Day, April)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade 3-5 Teachers

Dates: 4/16/2026

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 15

45. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (6-8, Full Day, April)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade 6-8 Teachers

Dates: 4/16/2026

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 35

46. Smart Start 2025-26 Event (K-2, Full Day, April)

Program: Professional Development Center

Audience: Grade K-2 Teachers

Dates: 4/16/2026

*** Only for 2025-26 Smart Start Participants *** As part of the NY State Smart Start Grant Professional Development with Mouse.Org, teachers who participate, will be trained in effective coaching techniques and how to lead a professional learning community in the context of computer science education.

OBJECTIVES
Objective #1: Increase the number of teachers prepared to teach and deliver K-8 CS using research and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies.

Objective #2: Increase the number of schools offering computer science in grades K-8.

Objective #3: Increase the number of students enrolled in computer science-related courses for all students with attention to diversity -- racial, socioeconomic, gender, disabilities, ELL.

Objective #4: Demonstrate relevance of computer science education and computer science careers in local contexts (as defined by REDC).

Objective #5: Engage CS educators in a supportive professional learning community.

This activity has a Team Room

This activity has a required evaluation

  • Max Class Size: 15

47. SLS Annual Joint Conference - Empire Educators: School Libraries & Instructional Excellence

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 School Librarians

Dates: 4/17/2026

The SLS Annual Joint Conference, Empire Educators: School Libraries & Instructional Excellence, is a dynamic professional learning conference dedicated to elevating librarianship and teaching practice. We are honored to feature renowned keynote speaker Olga Nesi, who will share innovative strategies for integrating digital literacy, curriculum alignment, and instructional partnerships in today's diverse school communities. Participants will engage in hands-on workshops, collaborative planning sessions, and expert-led discussions designed to strengthen library programming and foster student success. This invigorating event offers school librarians, instructional coaches, and curriculum leaders the opportunity to grow their practice, build professional networks, and champion instructional excellence across their schools.

Early Bird Special: Before March 17, 2026: $125.00. After March 17, 2026: $150.00.

  • Max Class Size: 15

48. Plan for Summer Reading with TeachingBooks (Secondary School)

Program: School Library System

Audience: K12 School Librarians

Dates: 4/21/2026

Get your secondary school excited about summer reading! Join us for a look at summer reading lists, activity ideas, and ways to inspire independent reading and support curricular reading with TeachingBooks resources that let the books and their authors speak for themselves.
  • Max Class Size: 35

49. Plan for Summer Reading with TeachingBooks (Elementary School)

Program: School Library System

Audience: K12 School Librarians

Dates: 4/21/2026

Get your elementary school excited about summer reading! Join us for a look at summer reading lists, activity ideas, and ways to inspire independent reading with TeachingBooks resources that let the books and their authors speak for themselves.
  • Max Class Size: 35

50. New York State ELL Identification Workshop - at Rockland BOCES [HVRBERN-CTLE ID #23120]

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: 6/4/2026

TO REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO ENROLL AT Rockland BOCES' SITE: CLICK HERE TO ENROLL 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