Frontline Education

1. Explicit Teaching of Behavioral Expectations

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy

Dates: 9/15/2026

New

Within an MTSS framework, behavioral expectations should be taught just as intentionally and explicitly as academic skills. In this session, staff will explore practical ways to teach, model, practice, and reinforce school-wide and classroom behavioral expectations. Participants will learn how to use common language and the SOAR Matrix, develop classroom-specific expectations and procedures, incorporate behavioral instruction into everyday routines, and use active supervision and modeling to support student success. We will also explore strategies for reteaching expectations and providing booster lessons throughout the year, along with ways to build behavioral instruction into a yearly teaching calendar. Staff will leave with concrete ideas and resources for creating a more consistent, proactive Tier 1 approach to behavior across classrooms and school environments.

2. NCOC Explicit Teaching of Behavioral Expectations

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy

Dates: 9/17/2026

New

Within an MTSS framework, behavioral expectations should be taught just as intentionally and explicitly as academic skills. In this session, staff will explore practical ways to teach, model, practice, and reinforce school-wide and classroom behavioral expectations. Participants will learn how to use common language and the SOAR Matrix, develop classroom-specific expectations and procedures, incorporate behavioral instruction into everyday routines, and use active supervision and modeling to support student success. We will also explore strategies for reteaching expectations and providing booster lessons throughout the year, along with ways to build behavioral instruction into a yearly teaching calendar. Staff will leave with concrete ideas and resources for creating a more consistent, proactive Tier 1 approach to behavior across classrooms and school environments.

3. Teacher Mentor Training

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 9/28/2026

Starting Soon

This professional learning session prepares experienced teachers to serve as mentors to new colleagues. Grounded in the NYS Mentoring Standards and Commissioner's Regulation 100.2(dd), the session moves participants through a purposeful arc: understanding the philosophy and structure of the mentoring program, developing empathy for the first-year teacher experience, building a concrete Mentoring Plan, and reflecting on the skills, beliefs, and mindset that define effective mentoring. Through collaborative protocols, structured planning time, and self-assessment activities, participants leave with practical tools they can use at the start of their mentor-mentee relationship.

Coffee, tea, water and light snacks are provided at our workshops. Participants will have a one-hour lunch break (on their own).

***ISSC Parking - Please use the back parking lot behind our building first. When at full capacity we may use the side and front lots. Please do not park in the spots directly against the backside of the building as these belong to the businesses. Thank you!***

4. Back to the Stacks: Everything You Need for a Great Year!

Program: School Library System

Audience: Librarians in the ONC BOCES region

Dates: 9/29/2026

NewStarting Soon

A new school year means new ideas, new possibilities, and a whole new chapter for your library! Join fellow school librarians for a day of connecting, sharing, learning, and getting ready for the year ahead. The agenda will include time to share ideas, successes, and strategies with fellow librarians. We'll also showcase select databases and ways to put them to work with your students and staff, and turn our summer learning into practical library ideas. We'll share the latest and most relevant OPALS updates, and explore new trends, tools, and possibilities to consider for your library this year.

Come ready to check out what's new, share what's working, and leave with ideas you can put into action right away!

Let's turn the page on a great new school year!

5. Community of Practice - Kindergarten

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 9/29/2026

NewStarting Soon

This half-day workshop brings Kindergarten teachers together to explore how everyday early childhood practices are already building the dispositions at the heart of NYS's Portrait of a Graduate. Participants will:

🔹Unpack the six Portrait attributes and what they look like through a developmentally appropriate, early-childhood lens
🔹Connect current best instructional practices in Kindergarten (play-based learning, small-group instruction, embedded SEL, culturally responsive teaching) to the Portrait's vision
🔹Walk away with practical, classroom-ready strategies and a shared vocabulary for talking about "whole child" development with families and colleagues
🔹Collaborate with peers to identify one or two instructional shifts to try in the coming weeks

No prior familiarity with the Portrait of a Graduate is required. Teachers will leave with concrete tools plus a clearer sense of how their daily work in the classroom connects directly to New York's long-term vision for every learner.

6. Community of Practice - PreKindergarten

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 9/29/2026

NewStarting Soon

This half-day workshop brings PreKindergarten teachers together to explore how everyday early childhood practices are already building the dispositions at the heart of NYS's Portrait of a Graduate. Participants will:

🔹Unpack the six Portrait attributes and what they look like through a developmentally appropriate, early-childhood lens
🔹Connect current best instructional practices in PreK (play-based learning, small-group instruction, embedded SEL, culturally responsive teaching) to the Portrait's vision
🔹Walk away with practical, classroom-ready strategies and a shared vocabulary for talking about "whole child" development with families and colleagues
🔹Collaborate with peers to identify one or two instructional shifts to try in the coming weeks

No prior familiarity with the Portrait of a Graduate is required. Teachers will leave with concrete tools plus a clearer sense of how their daily work in the classroom connects directly to New York's long-term vision for every learner.

7. Transition in the IEP Overview

Asynchronus from September 1st-30th

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education administrators, special and general education teachers, Committee on Special Education (CSE) chairpersons, transition coordinators, school counselors, school psychologists, related service providers, families and anyone else involved with the development of the student's IEP.

Dates: 9/30/2026

SelfPaced

The purpose of the Transition in the IEP-Overview of Core Components professional development (PD) package is to gain an in-depth understanding of the transition planning process and the components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.
Participants will:
- Identify key components of high-quality transition-focused IEPs and understand the transition planning process.
- Identify the components needed to develop and write Measurable Postsecondary Goals.
- Understand the relationship between transition needs and the development of annual goals to support the student toward achieving the postsecondary goals.
- Identify the components needed to develop and write measurable annual goals that support each of the Measurable Postsecondary Goals.
- Identify key concepts of Coordinated Set of Transition Activities.
- Ensure student participation in the development of a transition-focused IEP and parent involvement in the transition planning process.
- Be able to directly apply and implement today's concepts into practice.
***Please note this is a Asynchronous training from September 1st-30th. ***

8. Universal Screening: Best Practices in Screening for Academic Deficits
(Asynchronous training from September 1st-30th)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, Literacy Specialists, School Psychologists, General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, any others interested in implementing universal screening

Dates: 9/30/2026

Asynchronous Training

The purpose of this training is to provide participants with an overview of what universal screening is and how to
adopt this practice in their schools. At the conclusion of this training, participants should be able to:
1. Define universal screening
2. Describe the purpose of universal screening
3. Describe the features of a high-quality universal screening measure
4. Identify tools to guide them in selecting a universal screening measure
5. Describe ways in which data from a universal screening measure can be used

Credit will be given based on activities completed.

****THIS IS ON-LINE COURSE. PLEASE IGNORE THE TIME AND DATE BELOW. YOU CAN COMPLETE THE COURSE ANYTIME FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.****

9. Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) @ ISSC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Andes Central School District, Oxford Academy and Central School District, Stamford Central School Disrict, and Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District.

Dates: 9/30/2026 to 5/19/2027

The Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) is a result of the OSE Educational Partnership Designations for a Focused Intervention. This provides districts with the requirements of the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition. During this TSG we will review the requirements and provide professional development encompassing the best practices to meet the requirements of Secondary Transition Planning and the Documentation of this in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of students that are 14 and older. Participants take a deep dive in best practices, reflect on current systems and practices, are provided numerous resources to build their own transition resource binder, collaborate with additional school district participants and provide facilitated work time with scaffolding.

Note: The first Training Session is Mandatory for all participants/district team representatives. This session includes training mandated for all districts that will be part of the SPP Indicator #13 Compliance Review in the 2026-2027 school year. All CSE Chairpersons for secondary students and any administrator that is responsible for the meetings that may include Directors of Special Education Programs and/or Principals or Superintendents.

Coaching sessions will be scheduled with the district for additional support and scaffolding. Registrations for each session will be created once the date and time has been scheduled. It is a requirement that a coaching session of at least 1 hour will be provided by a Regional Partnership Center (RPC) member and at least one district team member.

10. Statewide NY Transformation Coalition - NCOC

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Dates: 10/2/2026

New

The three statewide days are intended to connect and support the work already happening across New York, not ask districts to start over. They will serve as anchors for local planning, shared learning, and continued progress throughout the year.

Across the three days, we will focus on two major areas:
Assessment: Developing local assessment strategies and utilizing NYSED tools and resources.
Planning: Advancing local planning across all four NY Inspires transformations as new information and resources emerge.

***What to Expect on October 2***
Welcome & Kickoff: NYSED Senior Deputy Commissioner Ceylane Meyers-Ruff
Local Opening: Lift up work already underway
Assessment Philosophy & Information: Zach Warner, NYSED
Explore State Assessment Tools: Hands on exploration of NYSED resources
District Planning: Consider starting points and planning across all four transformations so statewide content and resources can be built into local plans as they emerge, rather than becoming barriers to progress.

Lunch will be provided.

11. Statewide NY Transformation Coalition - OAOC

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Dates: 10/2/2026

New

The three statewide days are intended to connect and support the work already happening across New York, not ask districts to start over. They will serve as anchors for local planning, shared learning, and continued progress throughout the year.

Across the three days, we will focus on two major areas:
Assessment: Developing local assessment strategies and utilizing NYSED tools and resources.
Planning: Advancing local planning across all four NY Inspires transformations as new information and resources emerge.

***What to Expect on October 2***
Welcome & Kickoff: NYSED Senior Deputy Commissioner Ceylane Meyers-Ruff
Local Opening: Lift up work already underway
Assessment Philosophy & Information: Zach Warner, NYSED
Explore State Assessment Tools: Hands on exploration of NYSED resources
District Planning: Consider starting points and planning across all four transformations so statewide content and resources can be built into local plans as they emerge, rather than becoming barriers to progress.

Lunch will be provided.

12. 2026-2027 Statewide Itinerant Supervisor PLC

Program: Itinerant Services

Dates: 10/2/2026 to 6/4/2027

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.

13. October 2026 Faculty Meeting for OAOC

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Dates: 10/6/2026

Monthly building updates

14. An Overview of Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education and general education teachers and administrators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, guidance/school counselors, and work-based learning (WBL) coordinators.

Dates: 10/6/2026

Goals of the Training:
This training will focus on reviewing Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), integrating Pre-ETS into transition-focused Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and highlight how strong community partnerships ensure successful outcomes.

15. TCIS Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools Initial Training - Fall 2026

Program: TCI

Audience: Teachers and Staff who support Students in Crisis Situations in need of De-escalation training

Dates: 10/6/2026 to 10/28/2026

The Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) system is an adaptation of the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention System (TCI). TCI and TCIS embody the same concepts, but TCIS uses language and scenarios specific to the needs of a school audience. TCIS is a trauma-informed system that provides school staff with safe, effective, and trauma sensitive skills to manage the emotional and behavioral challenges they encounter in their daily interactions with students.

TCIS recognizes the many challenges teachers and school staff face such as fluctuations in class size, staff shortages, ever-changing initiatives and regulations, children who live with complex trauma, and the diverse social economic conditions among school districts.

16. Developing Measurable Annual Goals

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 10/6/2026

The purpose of this training is to help participants gain skills to develop measurable goals in the Individual Education Program (IEP). Participants will learn the regulations related to goal writing, how to develop observable language for the goal and how to determine the specific components that measure progress in the goal. The training will also focus on the importance of well written, data-based present levels of performance as the foundation of the goals.

17. OAOC- Positive Reinforcement & Behavior-Specific Praise

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy

Dates: 10/6/2026

New

Positive reinforcement is a powerful tool for building positive student behavior, but consistency and intentionality matter! In this one-hour session, staff will explore practical strategies for strengthening how we acknowledge and reinforce the behaviors we want to see more often.
Participants will have opportunity to practice using behavior-specific praise, explore the 5:1 positive interaction ratio, distinguish reinforcement from bribery, and discuss ways to acknowledge replacement behaviors using student-centered reinforcement. We will also review expectations for using Classroom Dojo consistently and purposefully as part of our acknowledgment system.
Staff will leave with simple strategies they can immediately apply to increase positive interactions and create more consistent acknowledgment systems across classrooms and programs.

18. Unwrapping the Standards (Part 2)

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 10/6/2026

PD session for CTE Teachers

19. October Principal's Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: Principals

Dates: 10/7/2026

2026-2027 Principals' Academy

The 2026-2027 Principals' Academy provides building leaders from across the region with monthly opportunities for professional learning, collaboration, networking, and leadership development. Each session is designed to keep principals informed, connected, and equipped with practical strategies they can immediately implement in their schools.

This year's academy will focus on:

* New York's Portrait of a Graduate - Understanding the framework and developing practical strategies to begin bringing this work to your building and school community.
* Instructional Leadership - Strengthening leadership practices that support high-quality teaching, learning, and continuous school improvement.
* NYSED & BOCES Updates - Staying informed on key state initiatives, guidance, regulations, and regional resources that impact schools.
* Collaborative Leadership Roundtable Discussions - Engaging with colleagues to share challenges, innovative practices, and solutions to common leadership issues.

Each session is designed to provide meaningful collaboration, relevant information, and actionable takeaways so participants leave with ideas, tools, and resources that can be implemented immediately within their districts.

20. SEAC October 2026

Program: Special Education School Improvement

Dates: 10/8/2026

We are excited to offer another year of SEAC. This PD opportunity will focus on the following:

- Light Up The Learning Brain Book study
- Instructional Leadership
- Using data for decision making
- Creating and maintaining a welcoming and affirming environment
- NYSED, BOCES, and RPC updates, announcements, and Round Table
- Monthly PD opportunities

We provide a quiet workspace from 8-8:30am for those who would like to arrive early and complete book study reading.

21. Transition Assessments: The Essentials

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers, Committee on Special Education (CSE) chairpersons, guidance counselors, school psychologists, and families; anyone else involved with the development of the student's IEP.

Dates: 10/8/2026

Participants will
- Identify what transition is and why it's important.
- Learn how transition assessments support career planning.
- Explore transition assessments for education and training, employment, independent living, and those that generalize across areas.
- Use assessment results to identify transition strengths and needs, to develop individualized goals and services.

22. NCOC Positive Reinforcement & Behavior-Specific Praise

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy

Dates: 10/8/2026

New

Positive reinforcement is a powerful tool for building positive student behavior, but consistency and intentionality matter! In this one-hour session, staff will explore practical strategies for strengthening how we acknowledge and reinforce the behaviors we want to see more often.
Participants will have opportunity to practice using behavior-specific praise, explore the 5:1 positive interaction ratio, distinguish reinforcement from bribery, and discuss ways to acknowledge replacement behaviors using student-centered reinforcement. We will also review expectations for using Classroom Dojo consistently and purposefully as part of our acknowledgment system.
Staff will leave with simple strategies they can immediately apply to increase positive interactions and create more consistent acknowledgment systems across classrooms and programs.

23. Unwrapping the Standards (Part 2)

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 10/8/2026

PD session for CTE Teachers

24. Literacy and Numeracy, Emergency Technologies in the Industry Center- CTE TAC

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Dates: 10/9/2026

Literacy and Numeracy, Emergency Technologies in the Industry Center- CTE TAC (8:00-2:30) hosted at NCOC

25. Communities of Practice - High School Science Investigations

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Dates: 10/9/2026

New

In collaboration with the Catskill Leatherstocking section of STANYS, this full-day session begins with a focused review of Regents science data to identify trends and areas for instructional adjustment. Teachers will then rotate through facilitator-led sessions on the NYSED-required high school science investigations, gaining hands-on familiarity with each lab's procedures and requirements. Throughout the day, participants will collaborate to discuss best practices for implementing each investigation and exchange instructional materials and resources that reinforce the underlying science concepts. The day is designed to strengthen both data-informed planning and lab-based instruction in service of student mastery of required science skills.

26. Portrait of a Graduate

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals, Teachers, Paraprofessionals (Support Staff), Guidance Counselors

Dates: 10/9/2026

New

New York State is in the midst of a significant transformation in how student success is defined and measured. In July 2025, the Board of Regents formally adopted the New York State Portrait of a Graduate, a milestone within the Department's broader NY Inspires plan to redesign graduation requirements and the P-12 learning experience by 2029.

This half-day workshop gives educators a clear, practical understanding of what these changes mean, why they're happening, and what to expect in the coming implementation years. Participants will leave with a working knowledge of the six Portrait attributes, an understanding of the NY Inspires timeline, and concrete ideas for how these shifts may show up in their own classrooms, courses, and school communities.

This session is designed as an awareness and readiness workshop - it does not assume final guidance has been issued (much of it hasn't), and it will explicitly distinguish between what has been formally adopted, what is proposed, and what remains to be determined.

27. Teaching Beyond the Screen

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 10/9/2026

New

Today is not about being anti-technology. Technology has its place. But, many feel the pendulum has swung too far, and we're seeing real consequences in our classrooms: shorter attention spans, reduced collaboration, declining handwriting and reading stamina, and a growing dependency on screens for even the simplest tasks.

With this half-day workshop, you can reclaim the craft of teaching - the kind that's proven, powerful, and doesn't require a charger. We'll look at what the research says, we'll experience some of these strategies together, and you'll leave with a plan you can use next week.

Workshop goals:
- Understand the research on screen time and technology's impact on student learning
- Explore and experience a toolkit of high-impact, tech-free instructional strategies
- Leave with a concrete implementation plan tailored to your classroom

28. Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals, Teachers, Paraprofessionals (Support Staff), Guidance Counselors

Dates: 10/9/2026

New

New York State's Culturally Responsive-Sustaining (CR-S) Education Framework, developed by the NYS Board of Regents and State Education Department, offers a roadmap for creating student-centered learning environments that affirm racial, linguistic, and cultural identities while promoting rigor, equity, and positive outcomes for every learner.

This half-day session introduces participants to the framework's history, purpose, and four guiding principles. Rather than positioning CR-S as an add-on initiative, the workshop helps participants see it as a lens for examining and strengthening the practices already present in their classrooms, schools, and systems. Participants will leave with a shared vocabulary, a clear understanding of what CR-S looks like in practice, and a concrete first step for applying the framework in their own context.

29. Explore the NYS Mental Health Briefs

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals, Teachers, Paraprofessionals (Support Staff), Guidance Counselors

Dates: 10/9/2026

New

In May 2026, NYSED released a series of seven Mental Health Briefs outlining a framework for building a comprehensive, tiered, school-based mental health system. This 2.5-hour session brings educators together to unpack that framework and use it as a mirror rather than a checklist.

Through small-group work, participants will dig into each brief, then use a structured rubric to honestly rate where their school currently stands - what's established, what's emerging, and what hasn't started yet. The session closes with the group identifying its top priority areas and a first concrete step for each, laying the groundwork for a written action plan. Participants should leave with a shared, honest picture of our current mental health system and a clear sense of what to tackle first.

30. The Language of Classroom Management: Promoting Positive Teacher-Student Interactions and Relationships

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, teachers, other service providers, other school staff

Dates: 10/13/2026 to 10/14/2026

This 2-day training is designed for educators who would like more information on positive behavior support-classroom management strategies including 1) arranging the physical environment, 2) defining, teaching, and acknowledging expectations and rules, 3) defining and teaching classroom procedures and routines, 4) active supervision, 5) behavior specific praise, 6) response strategies for inappropriate behavior, 7) class-wide contingencies, and 8) multiple opportunities to respond.

31. Lead Evaluator Training for New Leaders

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Principals

Dates: 10/14/2026

New

This training is designated for new leaders who will be evaluating teachers using their district-approved plan.

Lunch will be provided.

32. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Session 2 - Gilboa-Conesville CSD

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 10/15/2026

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Designing and Planning Tasks
- Explore Sample Tasks
- PBL Routines & Practices
- Work Time

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Bring unit/topic for 1st PBL task (to be completed by December 17 meeting)

33. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Session 2 - Worcester CSD

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 10/15/2026

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Designing and Planning Tasks
- Explore Sample Tasks
- PBL Routines & Practices
- Work Time

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Bring unit/topic for 1st PBL task (to be completed by December 17 meeting)

34. Transition Assessments: The Essentials

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers, Committee on Special Education (CSE) chairpersons, guidance counselors, school psychologists, and families; anyone else involved with the development of the student's IEP.

Dates: 10/15/2026

Participants will
- Identify what transition is and why it's important.
- Learn how transition assessments support career planning.
- Explore transition assessments for education and training, employment, independent living, and those that generalize across areas.
- Use assessment results to identify transition strengths and needs, to develop individualized goals and services.

35. Canva for the Classroom

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians in the ONC BOCES region

Dates: 10/16/2026

New

Enhance your design skills and create captivating educational materials with Canva. In this hands-on session, learn how to create posters, and interactive content for your library and classrooms as well as play with all of the AI features now in Canva. Whether you're designing engaging reading resources or promoting library events, this workshop will equip you with the skills you need to elevate your creativity.

36. Understanding Intervention: Overview of Tiered Intervention in Schools

Program: Regional Partnership Center

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

Dates: 10/20/2026

Introductory PD on instructional matching:
Participants will be able to identify and differentiate between skill-based, fluency-based, and performance-based interventions
Participants will learn when each of these approaches is appropriate, given the nature of the observed problem.
Participants will learn how to titrate the intensity of intervention to the learner as a response to instruction

37. Social Studies Community of Practice: Inquiry in Action

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 10/21/2026 to 4/28/2027

New

Join a year-long Community of Practice for K1/412 social studies educators from districts across the ONC BOCES region! Over the course of three in-person sessions, we'll build and refine learning tasks using the Inquiry Design Model - a practical, ready-to-use structure for turning any social studies topic into a compelling, evidence-based investigation for students.
This is a hands-on, teacher-driven group, not a lecture series. You'll leave each session with something you can teach the following week, try it in your classroom, and bring back real student work to share and refine with colleagues. Elementary and secondary educators will have dedicated grade-band time as well as structured opportunities to collaborate across grade levels. Whether you're looking to strengthen student literacy, infuse your current curriculum with more social studies, shift to inquiry-based learning, embed new content requirements like personal finance, or simply connect with other social studies educators in your region, this Community of Practice offers sustained, practical support across the full school year.

Grounded in the Portrait of a Graduate Framework, inquiry-based learning supports students in:
🌟Academically Prepared - Strengthening content knowledge and disciplinary literacy skills
🌟Critical Thinker - Evaluating multiple sources, weighing evidence, and reasoning
🌟Effective Communicator - Communicating an evidence-based argument
🌟Creative Innovator - Generating their own approaches and solutions
🌟Global Citizen - Global/cultural perspective-taking and connecting classroom learning to real issues
🌟Reflective and Future Focused - Reflecting on their thinking and revising their conclusions

38. Using Data-Based Decision-Making to Improve Student Performance Targeted Skills Group

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Morris Central School, Greene Central School

Dates: 10/22/2026 to 4/15/2027

New

This targeted skills group is designed to support schools in developing and sustaining a strong, data-driven Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) structure. The focus is on building the systems, routines, and team practices necessary to ensure that data-based decision making becomes an embedded and sustainable part of school improvement utilized to improve the outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities.

39. School Counselors, School Social Workers, and School Psychologists Community of Practice

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: School Counselors, School Social Workers, School Psychologist

Dates: 10/29/2026

New

Connect and network with school counselors, social workers, and school psychologists from across the region as we explore best practices for supporting all learners. Together, we'll share ideas, develop resources, and focus on topics such as social-emotional learning, learning and mental health. Join the School Counselors/Social Workers/Psychologists Community of Practice to collaborate, grow, and bring new ideas back to your school.

40. School Librarian Communities of Practice: Database Day

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians in the ONC BOCES region

Dates: 10/29/2026

New

The School Librarian Community of Practice meets to share expertise and collaborate on improving teaching and learning in elementary and secondary library instruction.

Did you know that the ONC BOCES School Library System purchases databases for you and your students to use? Join us as we review our lineup of databases for the 26-27 school year including; Newsbank, Teaching Books, Swank, Britannica, Gale, Sora, and more!

OUTCOMES:-Explore the library databases to gain an understanding of their features, content, and search capabilities- Curate a list of ways to integrate specific databases into their teaching and curriculum- Discuss strategies for promoting the use of these databases among their students and colleagues- Create a lesson featuring one of the library databases

41. Special Education Community of Practice - Elementary

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers, Paraprofessionals (Support Staff)

Dates: 10/29/2026 to 2/26/2027

New

This Community of Practice brings together special education teachers to collaboratively examine shared challenges and effective strategies in their day-to-day practice. Sessions will...

- Provide a space for peer dialogue and problem-solving.
- Serve as a channel for information from NYSED on the NY Inspires, Portrait of a Graduate, Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CR-SE) Framework, and the Mental Health Briefs.
- Discuss implications for students receiving special education services, ensuring participants are equipped to advocate for and implement equitable, inclusive practices as NYSED initiatives unfold.

Note: Attendance at both sessions is encouraged, but not required!

42. Special Education Community of Practice - Secondary

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers, Paraprofessionals (Support Staff)

Dates: 10/29/2026 to 2/26/2027

New

This Community of Practice brings together special education teachers to collaboratively examine shared challenges and effective strategies in their day-to-day practice. Sessions will...

- Provide a space for peer dialogue and problem-solving.
- Serve as a channel for information from NYSED on the NY Inspires, Portrait of a Graduate, Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CR-SE) Framework, and the Mental Health Briefs.
- Discuss implications for students receiving special education services, ensuring participants are equipped to advocate for and implement equitable, inclusive practices as NYSED initiatives unfold.

Note: Attendance at both sessions is encouraged, but not required!

43. Fundamentals of Work-Based Learning (WBL)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education teachers, special and general education administrators, WBL coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers, and job coaches.

Dates: 11/2/2026

Fundamentals of WBL will provide the foundational knowledge of what high-quality WBL looks like in New York State (NYS) including but not limited to: exploring registered programs and unregistered experiences available to students with disabilities, reviewing the career development process and the NYS framework for WBL, infusing WBL into individual education programs (IEPs), and determining who the essential partners are in order to ensure students are receiving an individualized and collaborative experience.

44. Using the FBA/BIP Process to Support Students Needing Intense Intervention

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: District and School level teams who are responsible for the development and implementation of the FBA, BIP and Progress monitoring

Dates: 11/3/2026 to 12/15/2026

A four-part series on understanding the FBA, BIP and PM process as it relates to the NYS part 200 regulations. Part 1: Understanding the Behavior Pathway. Part 2: Conducting the Functional Behavior Assessment. Part 3: Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Develop the Behavior Intervention Plan. Part 4: Implementation and Progress Monitoring of the Behavior Intervention Plan

45. Fundamentals of Work-Based Learning (WBL)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education teachers, special and general education administrators, WBL coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers, and job coaches.

Dates: 11/3/2026

Fundamentals of WBL will provide the foundational knowledge of what high-quality WBL looks like in New York State (NYS) including but not limited to: exploring registered programs and unregistered experiences available to students with disabilities, reviewing the career development process and the NYS framework for WBL, infusing WBL into individual education programs (IEPs), and determining who the essential partners are in order to ensure students are receiving an individualized and collaborative experience.

46. Advisory follow up and work based learning coordination - OAOC

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Dates: 11/3/2026

New

Advisory follow up and work based learning coordination

47. Least Restrictive Environment Module 1

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: building administrators, Director of Special Education, CSE Chairperson, school psychologist, special education teacher, general education teacher, etc.

Dates: 11/4/2026

The team will leave this training with a better understanding of the issues around the LRE. Participants will:

● Understand the foundations of regulations for LRE decisions and implementation.
● Learn the data used to measure compliance with federal and state benchmarks for LRE compliance.
● Be introduced to the four components to consider when creating an effective system for ensuring student placement in LRE.

48. November Principal's Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: Principals

Dates: 11/4/2026

2026-2027 Principals' Academy

The 2026-2027 Principals' Academy provides building leaders from across the region with monthly opportunities for professional learning, collaboration, networking, and leadership development. Each session is designed to keep principals informed, connected, and equipped with practical strategies they can immediately implement in their schools.

This year's academy will focus on:

* New York's Portrait of a Graduate - Understanding the framework and developing practical strategies to begin bringing this work to your building and school community.
* Instructional Leadership - Strengthening leadership practices that support high-quality teaching, learning, and continuous school improvement.
* NYSED & BOCES Updates - Staying informed on key state initiatives, guidance, regulations, and regional resources that impact schools.
* Collaborative Leadership Roundtable Discussions - Engaging with colleagues to share challenges, innovative practices, and solutions to common leadership issues.

Each session is designed to provide meaningful collaboration, relevant information, and actionable takeaways so participants leave with ideas, tools, and resources that can be implemented immediately within their districts.

49. Advisory follow up and work based learning coordination - NCOC

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Dates: 11/5/2026

New

Advisory follow up and work based learning coordination

50. NCOC- Responding to Contextually Inappropriate Behavior

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy

Dates: 11/5/2026

New

Responding to student behavior effectively requires consistency, clarity, and an understanding of what students may be communicating through their behavior. In this one-hour session, staff will explore practical strategies for responding to contextually inappropriate behavior while maintaining student dignity, safety, and access to instruction. Participants will review the difference between major and minor behaviors, clarify classroom-managed versus office-managed responses, and explore how function-based thinking can guide our response. We will also discuss restorative responses, progressive discipline, and ways to respond to behavior without unnecessarily removing students from learning opportunities. Staff will leave with a clearer understanding of their role in responding to behavior and practical strategies for creating more consistent responses across classrooms and programs.

51. SEAC November 2026

Program: Special Education School Improvement

Dates: 11/12/2026

We are excited to offer another year of SEAC. This PD opportunity will focus on the following:

- Light Up The Learning Brain Book study
- Instructional Leadership
- Using data for decision making
- Creating and maintaining a welcoming and affirming environment
- NYSED, BOCES, and RPC updates, announcements, and Round Table
- Monthly PD opportunities

We provide a quiet workspace from 8-8:30am for those who would like to arrive early and complete book study reading.

52. Quality IEPs for Student Success (Elementary)

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: 11/12/2026

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

This training will focus on writing IEPs for elementary students.

53. An Introduction to Transition Planning

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Students, families, and professionals (e.g., special educators, school counselors, school psychologists and social workers, building level administrators, and elementary, middle school, and secondary teachers).

Dates: 11/12/2026

The purpose of the training is to provide participants with a high-level understanding of student-centered transition planning, including its purpose and significance in supporting students with disabilities as they prepare for life after high school. The training covers relevant New York State (NYS) regulations and federal requirements, highlights where transition is addressed within the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and explores the role and types of transition assessments. Participants will compare multiple graduation pathways, diploma, and credential options, and learn strategies to engage students and families meaningfully in the process. The training also introduces the range of agencies and services available to support successful post-school outcomes.

54. DEI Book Group Discussion: Efren Divided

Program: School Library System

Audience: Librarians and Teachers in the ONC BOCES region

Dates: 11/12/2026

New

Participants will readEfren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros, Winner of the 2020 Pura Belpre Award. Both Efrén Nava's Amá and Apa work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mía feel safe and loved. But Efrén worries about his parents; although he's American-born, his parents are undocumented. His worst nightmare comes true one day when Amá doesn't return from work and is deported across the border to Tijuana, México. Efrén must help take care of and try to reunite his family.

Sign up by September 15 to receive this title to keep for your collection. We will meet via Zoom on November 12 to discuss the book and share resources. A zoom link will be sent the day prior to the meeting.

55. IEP Writing Workshop at ONC BOCES-ISSC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 11/16/2026

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 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 school years, 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 on throughout the day.

56. School Librarians Communities of Practice: OPALS day

Program: School Library System

Audience: Librarians in the ONC BOCES region

Dates: 11/17/2026

New

The School Librarian Community of Practice meets to share expertise and collaborate on improving teaching and learning in elementary and secondary library instruction.

Participants will have the opportunity to view new and upcoming improvements to the OPALS system, and speak directly to company representatives about improvements and issues in the OPALS and SCOOLS systems.

OBJECTIVES:- Identify new features and updates to the OPALS automation system - Propose and recommend future updates and features- Curate and personalize your Library OPALS catalogs

57. Best Practices in Academic Progress Monitoring Introduction

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Literacy Specialists, School Psychologists, any others interested in acquiring introductory knowledge to progress monitoring individual students. The training is most applicable to those who will be engaging directly in the progress monitoring process with students.

Dates: 11/17/2026

Overview of what progress monitoring for academics is and how to implement this practice with individual students.
Applicable to work with all general education students within a tiered model of academic support (e.g., MTSS, RTI) and students receiving special education services.
Covers the essential knowledge and skills needed to understand the importance and core features of progress monitoring, as well as modeling and practice with feedback on implementing progress monitoring.
Opportunity for independent work with support from the presenters.
Participants should be able to: 1. Describe the purpose of progress monitoring 2. Define progress monitoring 3. Identify the steps for implementing progress monitoring at the individual student level

58. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Virtual (by appointment with ISS)

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 11/19/2026

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Successes and problems of practice

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Bring unit/topic for 1st PBL task (to be completed by December 17 meeting)

59. Teachers observe workplace learning placements

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Dates: 11/20/2026

Teachers observe workplace learning placements

60. Teachers observe workplace learning placements

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Dates: 11/20/2026

Teachers observe workplace learning placements

61. Learning Targets

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 12/1/2026

PD session for CTE Teachers

62. ONC BOCES Pipeline to Leadership Certification Kickoff Meeting

Program: Leadership

Audience: Educators interested in exploring leadership, Principals, Superintendents

Dates: 12/1/2026

New

Please join colleagues from across the region to learn about the Pipeline to Building Leadership Certification. This is a partnership between ONC BOCES and Russell Sage College founded on the principle that rural schools need good leaders. This initiative provides an opportunity for regional educators to explore the idea of earning their School Building Leader certificate. This is a co-hort model program focused on the unique challenges and opportunities of rural leadership.

Join us on Tuesday, December 1st to hear from practicing rural leaders, engage in conversations with regional educators and learn about the logistics, structure, and opportunities that exist within this regional opportunity.

63. December Principal's Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: Principals

Dates: 12/2/2026

2026-2027 Principals' Academy

The 2026-2027 Principals' Academy provides building leaders from across the region with monthly opportunities for professional learning, collaboration, networking, and leadership development. Each session is designed to keep principals informed, connected, and equipped with practical strategies they can immediately implement in their schools.

This year's academy will focus on:

* New York's Portrait of a Graduate - Understanding the framework and developing practical strategies to begin bringing this work to your building and school community.
* Instructional Leadership - Strengthening leadership practices that support high-quality teaching, learning, and continuous school improvement.
* NYSED & BOCES Updates - Staying informed on key state initiatives, guidance, regulations, and regional resources that impact schools.
* Collaborative Leadership Roundtable Discussions - Engaging with colleagues to share challenges, innovative practices, and solutions to common leadership issues.

Each session is designed to provide meaningful collaboration, relevant information, and actionable takeaways so participants leave with ideas, tools, and resources that can be implemented immediately within their districts.

64. Learning Targets

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 12/3/2026

PD session for CTE Teachers

65. STEAM & Play Showcase

Program: School Library System

Audience: School librarians and teachers in the ONC BOCES region

Dates: 12/8/2026

New

We will start our day learning about Canva, exploring new features and some basic how-tos. Participants will also have the opportunity to print something on our Large Format printer. In the afternoon, bring your curiosity and dive into an exciting range STEAM tools from the Media Library. New items will be highlighted. This is the time to ask questions about the media Library collection as well. We can "unbox" any kit of interest to you - old or new. This dynamic day is designed to give you hands on time to inspire fresh ideas to use STEAM in your classroom.

66. Quality IEPs for Student Success (Secondary)

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: 12/8/2026

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum. This training will focus on writing IEPs for secondary students.

67. SEAC December 2027

Program: Special Education School Improvement

Dates: 12/10/2026

We are excited to offer another year of SEAC. This PD opportunity will focus on the following:

- Light Up The Learning Brain Book study
- Instructional Leadership
- Using data for decision making
- Creating and maintaining a welcoming and affirming environment
- NYSED, BOCES, and RPC updates, announcements, and Round Table
- Monthly PD opportunities

We provide a quiet workspace from 8-8:30am for those who would like to arrive early and complete book study reading.

68. Using Cricut in the Classroom

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians and Teachers in the ONC BOCES Region

Dates: 12/10/2026

New

Play with the Cricut Maker, ALL the presses, and more - all available from School Library System's Media Library.

Participants will learn the basics of the Cricut Design Space software as part of this workshop through set examples and then have open design time to create a project(s) of their choice for their classroom. Materials available will include paper, vinyl, and infusible ink. This is also an opportunity to try out all Cricut blades/tools (Such as the foil, engraving and perforation blades), and Presses (Hat, Mug, and the Easy Press). The Cricut line is perfect to use for decorating your classroom, for school club fundraisers and many other projects.

Having your own or a school Cricut machine to bring is recommended but not necessary to design and make something. Participants should bring a laptop with the Windows or Mac operating systems with Cricut Design Space installed. Limited laptops may be available for use. Please let us know if you will need one provided for your use.

Light refreshments will be available. Lunch will be on your own.

69. Data-Based Individualization (DBI)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers

Dates: 12/15/2026

Understanding Intensive Intervention: Implementing Data-Based Individualization (DBI) in Schools is the second part of a package designed to support schools in (a) understanding the DBI process, (b) understanding why educators should use DBI for students who are not responding to intervention, (c) knowing the steps of DBI, and (d) how educators can implement DBI utilizing National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) resources. This is the second of two modules on the topic of interventions. The first, Understanding Intervention: Overview of Tiered Intervention in Schools, is specific to identifying how academic interventions are used in schools, understanding the elements of high-quality intervention, and matching intervention to student needs.

70. IEP Writing Workshop at SUNY Oneonta

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 12/16/2026

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 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 school years, 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 on throughout the day.

71. Function Based Thinking

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Preschool/ K-12 Educators

Dates: 12/17/2026

This training package offers an overview of challenging behaviors, the behavior pathway, and the function-based thinking process. Function-based thinking is a Tier 1 support that can be used for all students, which requires teachers to informally gather data on student behavior, analyze the behavioral data and use the behavior pathway to determine the function of behavior and to match interventions to the function of the student's behavior.

72. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Session 3 - Gilboa-Conesville CSD

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 12/17/2026

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Managing Activities
- Scaffolding Learning
- Revisit SWOT
- Work Time

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Complete implementation of 1st PBL task
- Bring unit/topic for 2nd PBL task (to be completed by February 25th meeting)

73. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Session 3 - Worcester CSD

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 12/17/2026

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Managing Activities
- Scaffolding Learning
- Revisit SWOT
- Work Time

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Complete implementation of 1st PBL task
- Bring unit/topic for 2nd PBL task (to be completed by February 25th meeting)

74. IEP Writing Workshop at SUNY Oneonta

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 1/5/2027

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 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 school years, 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 on throughout the day.

75. OAOC- Effective Debriefs & Restorative Follow-Up (TCI-S)

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy; TCIS certified staff

Dates: 1/5/2027

New

What happens after a challenging incident is just as important as how we respond in the moment. In this one-hour TCI-S session, staff will explore how effective debriefing and restorative follow-up can turn difficult situations into opportunities for learning, reflection, and growth. Participants will review student and staff debriefing, post-crisis processing, and the difference between learning-focused follow-up and punishment. We will explore practical strategies for repair conversations, identifying what can be learned from an incident, and ensuring important information is documented and communicated to the appropriate team members. Staff will leave with a clearer understanding of the purpose of debriefing and practical strategies for creating more consistent, meaningful follow-up after challenging or crisis situations.

76. Types of Assessment

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 1/5/2027

PD session for CTE Teachers

77. Types of Assessment

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 1/5/2027

PD session for CTE Teachers

78. January Principal's Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: Principals

Dates: 1/6/2027

2026-2027 Principals' Academy

The 2026-2027 Principals' Academy provides building leaders from across the region with monthly opportunities for professional learning, collaboration, networking, and leadership development. Each session is designed to keep principals informed, connected, and equipped with practical strategies they can immediately implement in their schools.

This year's academy will focus on:

* New York's Portrait of a Graduate - Understanding the framework and developing practical strategies to begin bringing this work to your building and school community.
* Instructional Leadership - Strengthening leadership practices that support high-quality teaching, learning, and continuous school improvement.
* NYSED & BOCES Updates - Staying informed on key state initiatives, guidance, regulations, and regional resources that impact schools.
* Collaborative Leadership Roundtable Discussions - Engaging with colleagues to share challenges, innovative practices, and solutions to common leadership issues.

Each session is designed to provide meaningful collaboration, relevant information, and actionable takeaways so participants leave with ideas, tools, and resources that can be implemented immediately within their districts.

79. NCOC- Effective Debriefs & Restorative Follow-Up (TCI-S)

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy; TCIS certified staff

Dates: 1/7/2027

New

What happens after a challenging incident is just as important as how we respond in the moment. In this one-hour TCI-S session, staff will explore how effective debriefing and restorative follow-up can turn difficult situations into opportunities for learning, reflection, and growth. Participants will review student and staff debriefing, post-crisis processing, and the difference between learning-focused follow-up and punishment. We will explore practical strategies for repair conversations, identifying what can be learned from an incident, and ensuring important information is documented and communicated to the appropriate team members. Staff will leave with a clearer understanding of the purpose of debriefing and practical strategies for creating more consistent, meaningful follow-up after challenging or crisis situations.

80. NYSAA DLM New Teacher Training

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 1/11/2027

This is a full-day training for teachers who are NEW to the Dynamic Learning Maps/Educator Portal/KITE system for New York State Alternate Assessment for 2026 - 2027. We will be working within the Moodle platform to complete the training and associated module assessments. Participants who complete the modules and pass the assessments will meet the requirements to administer NYSAA to your students.

NOTE: If you are a teacher who completed training previously, please see your CSE chairperson for instructions on whether to complete new or returning teacher training.

Participants will need to:

1. Activate your account in Educator Portal PRIOR to training. You cannot participate in training if this step is not completed.

2. Bring a device (laptop, Chromebook) to the training.

Lunch on your own. Water, Coffee, and tea available.

81. Discipline Procedures for Students with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: District/building level administration- may include superintendents, directors of special education, directors of pupil personnel services, CSE chairpersons, principals, dean of students, etc.

Dates: 1/12/2027

This full day training is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities as per the Part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations. This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements and the administrative responsibilities, as they relate to discipline, and are aligned to state law to ensure district compliance. Participants will increase their knowledge of policies, regulations, and best practices related to suspension, removal, and behavioral supports related to implementing discipline for students with disabilities.

82. Robots in the Classroom

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 Educators

Dates: 1/14/2027

New

Are you interested in integrating robots into your lessons but don't know where to start? In this hands-on workshop, participants will "play" with a variety of classroom-friendly robots. Discover which robots are easiest to use right "out of the box" and which ones might require a bit more preparation. Get acquainted with new tools like the Sphero Bolt+, Evo accessories, the new Ari, and the Intelino coding train. And more if available.

Robotics in the classroom doesn't have to be limited to coding and STEM- get ideas on how to incorporate robots into the lessons you're already teaching across various subjects. Most of the Media Library robots can be adapted for all grade levels and skill levels. This workshop is geared towards K-12 educators.

83. NYSAA DLM Refresher Training

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 1/15/2027

This is a half - day refresher training for teachers who previously completed training for the Dynamic Learning Maps/Educator Portal/KITE system for New York State Alternate Assessment. Please see your CSE chairperson to verify your eligibility to complete refresher training.

Participants who complete the modules and pass the assessments will meet the requirements to administer NYSAA to your students.

Participants will need to:

1. Verify that you have an active account in Educator Portal PRIOR to training (make sure you can log in). You cannot participate in training if this step is not completed.

2. Bring a device (laptop, Chromebook) to the training.

Water, Coffee, and tea available.

84. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Virtual (by appointment with ISS)

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 1/21/2027

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Successes and problems of practice

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Come with successes and challenges gleaned during planning or implementing your 2nd PBL task focused on implementation

85. Quality IEPs for Student Success (Elementary)

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: 1/21/2027

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

This training will focus on writing IEPs for Elementary students.

86. Using Transition Assessment Results to Develop the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers, Committee on Special Education (CSE) chairpersons, guidance counselors, school psychologists, and families; anyone else involved with the development of the student's IEP.

Dates: 1/21/2027

Participants will
- Explain how to incorporate transition assessment results into the IEP through reviewing two case studies.
- Analyze and use assessment results to identify transition strengths and needs and develop individualized goals and services.

87. Using Transition Assessment Results to Develop the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers, Committee on Special Education (CSE) chairpersons, guidance counselors, school psychologists, and families; anyone else involved with the development of the student's IEP.

Dates: 1/26/2027

Participants will
- Explain how to incorporate transition assessment results into the IEP through reviewing two case studies.
- Analyze and use assessment results to identify transition strengths and needs and develop individualized goals and services.

88. Phonological Awareness: Establishing Foundations for Reading Success
(Asynchronus training starting January 1st to January 31st)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Literacy/Reading instructors; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; Administrators

Dates: 1/31/2027

ASYNCHROUS

The purpose of this training is to help participants gain a greater understanding of the Science of Reading; specifically, what phonological awareness is and how crucial this skillset is to the foundation of reading success. Participants will explore what skills to teach when, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonological awareness. The training will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve the effectiveness of phonological instruction for students. To overcome equity barriers, educators need to focus on systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading. ****PLEASE IGNORE THE TIME AND DATE FOR TRAINING. THIS IS A SELF-PACED ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING STARTING JANUARY 1ST-31ST.****

89. Developing an Effective Student Exit Summary (AM Session)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency staff, as well as students and families

Dates: 2/2/2027

This training contains information on the development and provision of an effective exit summary for students. It will cover both the traditional exit summary, and the exit summary provided with the Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential.

The goals of this training are to ensure participants will recognize and identify:
1. Analyze the importance of students' self-determination skills in making the SES a meaningful and relevant document
2. Learn the federal and state requirements for the SES
3. Recognize and identify the required components of the SES
Identify a process for the development and issuance of the SES that that is student-centered

90. Developing an Effective Student Exit Summary (PM Session)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency staff, as well as students and families

Dates: 2/2/2027

This training contains information on the development and provision of an effective exit summary for students. It will cover both the traditional exit summary, and the exit summary provided with the Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential.

The goals of this training are to ensure participants will recognize and identify:
1. Analyze the importance of students' self-determination skills in making the SES a meaningful and relevant document
2. Learn the federal and state requirements for the SES
3. Recognize and identify the required components of the SES
Identify a process for the development and issuance of the SES that that is student-centered

91. Assessment Inventory

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 2/2/2027

PD session for CTE Teachers

92. Assessment Inventory

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: CTE teachers

Dates: 2/2/2027

PD session for CTE Teachers

93. NCOC- Positive & Proactive Classroom Practices (TCI-S)

Program: ONC BOCES PD - NCOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy; TCIS certified staff

Dates: 2/2/2027

New

Strong classroom environments are built proactively, before challenging behavior occurs. In this one-hour TCI-S session, staff will explore practical strategies for creating predictable, supportive classroom environments that promote engagement, positive relationships, and student success. Participants will examine the use of predictable routines, opportunities to respond, active supervision, and intentional environmental structure to prevent challenges and increase student participation. We will also explore the role of positive relationships and culturally responsive classroom management in creating environments where students feel supported, connected, and ready to learn. Staff will leave with practical strategies they can immediately apply to strengthen classroom routines, increase engagement, and create more consistent proactive practices across classrooms and programs.

94. OAOC Positive & Proactive Classroom Practices (TCI-S)

Program: ONC BOCES PD - OAOC

Audience: Innovative Programs and Crossroads Academy; TCIS certified staff

Dates: 2/2/2027

New

Strong classroom environments are built proactively, before challenging behavior occurs. In this one-hour TCI-S session, staff will explore practical strategies for creating predictable, supportive classroom environments that promote engagement, positive relationships, and student success. Participants will examine the use of predictable routines, opportunities to respond, active supervision, and intentional environmental structure to prevent challenges and increase student participation. We will also explore the role of positive relationships and culturally responsive classroom management in creating environments where students feel supported, connected, and ready to learn. Staff will leave with practical strategies they can immediately apply to strengthen classroom routines, increase engagement, and create more consistent proactive practices across classrooms and programs.

95. February Principal's Academy

Program: Principals' Academy

Audience: Principals

Dates: 2/3/2027

2026-2027 Principals' Academy

The 2026-2027 Principals' Academy provides building leaders from across the region with monthly opportunities for professional learning, collaboration, networking, and leadership development. Each session is designed to keep principals informed, connected, and equipped with practical strategies they can immediately implement in their schools.

This year's academy will focus on:

* New York's Portrait of a Graduate - Understanding the framework and developing practical strategies to begin bringing this work to your building and school community.
* Instructional Leadership - Strengthening leadership practices that support high-quality teaching, learning, and continuous school improvement.
* NYSED & BOCES Updates - Staying informed on key state initiatives, guidance, regulations, and regional resources that impact schools.
* Collaborative Leadership Roundtable Discussions - Engaging with colleagues to share challenges, innovative practices, and solutions to common leadership issues.

Each session is designed to provide meaningful collaboration, relevant information, and actionable takeaways so participants leave with ideas, tools, and resources that can be implemented immediately within their districts.

96. SEAC February 2027

Program: Special Education School Improvement

Dates: 2/4/2027

We are excited to offer another year of SEAC. This PD opportunity will focus on the following:

- Light Up The Learning Brain Book study
- Instructional Leadership
- Using data for decision making
- Creating and maintaining a welcoming and affirming environment
- NYSED, BOCES, and RPC updates, announcements, and Round Table
- Monthly PD opportunities

We provide a quiet workspace from 8-8:30am for those who would like to arrive early and complete book study reading.

97. IEP Writing Workshop at ONC BOCES-ISSC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 2/5/2027

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 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 school years, 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 on throughout the day.

98. Alternatives to Suspension

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Building level administrators, general education teachers, special education teachers, school psychologists and counselors.

Dates: 2/9/2027 to 2/11/2027

The issue of an in and out-of-school suspension of all students, including students with disabilities, who demonstrate escalated classroom behavior, has become controversial and divisive leaving many staff members at odds. This two-day training, designed for building level administrators and teachers, is intended to help participants understand that exclusionary practices have significant short and long-term negative effects on academic, social-emotional, health and wellness, and family outcomes of students and that there are alternative approaches to discipline that lead to improved student outcomes. Participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of suspension, removal, and discipline, as well as influences, impacts, policies, and procedures that contribute to the on-going suspension crisis in schools today. Throughout these two days, participants will learn and explore effective research based strategies for responding to student behavior and appropriate alternatives to suspension, which have significantly fewer negative impacts on student or family outcomes.

99. Special Education for General Education Administrators

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General Education Administrators

Dates: 2/10/2027

Participants will:
Become familiar with Federal and State laws, regulations, and policies establishing the special education process.
Identify intervention frameworks and instructional supports that impact the special education eligibility process.
Understand their responsibilities in the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)/Committee on Special Education (CSE), and Individualized Education Program (IEP) processes.
Learn about Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), specially designed instruction (SDI), classroom observations, and diploma and credential options for students with disabilities.
Identify specific considerations for English language learners (ELLs) with or suspected of having disabilities.
Describe discipline considerations for students with disabilities.

100. IEP Writing Workshop at ONC BOCES- OAOC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 2/24/2027

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 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 school years, 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 on throughout the day.

101. Project-Based Learning Teacher Cohort - Session 4 - Gilboa-Conesville CSD

Program: Instructional Support/School Improvement

Audience: Teachers and Leaders

Dates: 2/25/2027

A Year-Long Professional Learning Experience
Are you ready to transform your classroom through authentic, student-driven learning?
We are seeking dedicated educators to join an exciting year-long professional learning cohort focused on Project-Based Learning (PBL). Grounded in the PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) Gold Standard framework, this cohort will guide participants through a structured progression - from exploring the research and design elements behind high-quality PBL, to developing problem-based learning tasks, and ultimately designing and implementing a full-scale PBL unit during the final marking period.
Cohort members will alternate between in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year, while also building a collaborative professional community along the way.

What You'll Gain
✓ Deep understanding of the PBLWorks Gold Standard design elements
✓ Hands-on experience designing and facilitating problem-based lessons
✓ A completed, classroom-tested PBL unit ready for future use
✓ A supportive network of colleagues committed to student-centered instruction

Topic(s)
- Power Standards that Spark Driving Questions
- Formative Assessment
- Revisit SWOT
- Work Time

In Preparation for this session, Please:
- Complete implementation of 2nd PBL task
- Bring unit/topic for end-of-year PBL task (to be planned by April 15th meeting)

Professional Development

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