This certification workshop will be conducted via Zoom. Participants will be emailed a Zoom link and all necessary materials.

As this is a mandated, six-hour New York State Certification course, the following requirements are in place.

Participants will explore:

Upon successful completion of the workshop, the individual will be certified to facilitate a 60 to 90 minute in-person or virtual training that is designed to:

1. Review the importance of suicide prevention

2. Describe the characteristics of at-risk students

3. Outline educators' limited but critical role

4. Clarify building referral procedures

5. Identify school and community resources

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Administrators will be able to define SDI, recognize how to differentiate SDI from general education, identify what SDI looks like in the classroom setting, and gain necessary skills for supervision of implementation of SDI.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

This is an in-person session.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, August 22, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

This training includes a live Zoom session and asynchronous activities. Participants will first review the content through interactive modules at their own pace, then participate in a Zoom session to clarify any questions. Participants who would like to receive CTLE credit for the workshop must complete both portions which will take approximately 4 hours to complete.

The live Zoom session will take place on September 25th at 8:30 am - 9:30 am. The asynchronous course content on Brightspace will be available beginning September 9th until September 27th. Asynchronous content, including a short quiz, must be completed by September 27th to receive CTLE credit. Information to access the Zoom and Brightspace content will be emailed to the participants via the email with which they register.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Friday September 6, 2024, 11:59 pm
Mandatory Zoom Session: Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 8:30 am - 9:30 pm
Brightspace Self-directed course begins: Monday, September 9, 2024, access instructions will be sent
Brightspace course closes: Friday, September 27, 2024, 11:59 pm

Intended Outcomes: Participants will be able to define and describe the purposes of high-quality universal screening and identify the steps for implementing a universal screening process.

Research indicates that early and accurate identification of students with disabilities and at-risk students through universal screening leading to individualized and intensified intervention increases the likelihood of improved learning outcomes and participation in general education classrooms. This training is one within a series of data-based literacy instruction for improving student outcomes. Recommended trainings within this series include Identifying and Intensifying Intervention: What to Do and How to Do It, Best Practices in Academic Progress Monitoring: An Introduction, and Reviewing Your Literacy Curriculum: Evaluating Alignment with the Science of Reading. Please note that each of these trainings requires its own registration.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Monday, September 9, 2024, 11:59 pm

In this one-day training, participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of the phases of acting-out behavior and how to effectively manage unexpected social, emotional and behavioral situations in the classroom. Participants will learn to recognize and respond to acting-out behavior with de-escalation strategies tailored to each phase of the acting-out cycle.

Equipped with this knowledge, educators will build their toolbox of techniques aimed at fostering a safer and more conducive learning environment that increases instructional time and improves student performance.
*Please note that this is NOT a crisis or emergency intervention training.*

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Monday, September 9, 2024, 11:59 pm

IN-PERSON Professional Learning Sessions

THIS COHORT IS BEING HELD AT ARLINGTON CSD

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

This professional learning is a series of sessions, each one centered on a new unit. Each session introduces and emphasizes the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts of the standards outlined in every lesson. This experiential workshop provides time for teachers to unpack and perform the instructional techniques and explore student tasks before introducing the curriculum in classrooms!

Please note that teachers will be provided with a printed copy of the unit manual at their first learning session.

This training is designed for preschool - grade 12 educators in both general education and special education settings.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Friday, September 13, 2024, 11:59 pm

Participants will develop interpersonal Spanish skills, enabling them to communicate with students and their families. Participants will enhance their interpretive skills, allowing them to understand and respond appropriately to basic verbal and written communication in Spanish. Sessions will include interactive drills and exercises aimed at practicing real-life scenarios, such as communicating during parent-teacher conferences, giving instructions, and seeking information.

This is a comprehensive, synchronous 24-hour course that will run from September 16, 2024 through January 6, 2025. Sessions will be held on Monday evenings from 4:30-6:30 PM via Zoom.

IN-PERSON Professional Learning Sessions

THIS COHORT IS BEING HELD AT ARLINGTON CSD

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

This professional learning is a series of sessions, each one centered on a new unit. Each session introduces and emphasizes the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts of the standards outlined in every lesson. This experiential workshop provides time for teachers to unpack and perform the instructional techniques and explore student tasks before introducing the curriculum in classrooms!

Please note that teachers will be provided with a printed copy of the unit manual at their first learning session.

IN-PERSON Professional Learning Sessions

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

This professional learning is a series of sessions, each one centered on a new unit. Each session introduces and emphasizes the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts of the standards outlined in every lesson. This experiential workshop provides time for teachers to unpack and perform the instructional techniques and explore student tasks before introducing the curriculum in classrooms!

Please note that teachers will be provided with a printed copy of the unit manual at their first learning session.

IN-PERSON Professional Learning Sessions

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

This professional learning is a series of sessions, each one centered on a new unit. Each session introduces and emphasizes the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts of the standards outlined in every lesson. This experiential workshop provides time for teachers to unpack and perform the instructional techniques and explore student tasks before introducing the curriculum in classrooms!

Please note that teachers will be provided with a printed copy of the unit manual at their first learning session.

IN-PERSON Professional Learning Sessions

THIS COHORT IS BEING HELD AT ARLINGTON CSD

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

This professional learning is a series of sessions, each one centered on a new unit. Each session introduces and emphasizes the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts of the standards outlined in every lesson. This experiential workshop provides time for teachers to unpack and perform the instructional techniques and explore student tasks before introducing the curriculum in classrooms!

Please note that teachers will be provided with a printed copy of the unit manual at their first learning session.

IN-PERSON Professional Learning Sessions

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

This professional learning is a series of sessions, each one centered on a new unit. Each session introduces and emphasizes the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts of the standards outlined in every lesson. This experiential workshop provides time for teachers to unpack and perform the instructional techniques and explore student tasks before introducing the curriculum in classrooms!

Please note that teachers will be provided with a printed copy of the unit manual at their first learning session.

VIRTUAL Professional Learning Sessions

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

The workshop format consists of asynchronous pre-session activities and a 2-hour synchronous meeting using Zoom. Two CTLE credits will be awarded for completion of the pre-session activities, and two more credits will be awarded for attendance of the synchronous meeting per session. Each of the six sessions addresses about one-half of each unit's lessons.

The following asynchronous assignments are to be completed before each professional learning session:

VIRTUAL Professional Learning Sessions

This series of professional learning sessions introduces the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) at this grade level and focuses on how to operationalize them in classrooms. These sessions provide immersion tasks, so teachers experience how students are expected to use the three dimensions of the standards to make sense of core science ideas.

The workshop format consists of asynchronous pre-session activities and a 2-hour synchronous meeting using Zoom. Two CTLE credits will be awarded for completion of the pre-session activities, and two more credits will be awarded for attendance of the synchronous meeting per session. Each of the six sessions addresses about one-half of each unit's lessons.

The following asynchronous assignments are to be completed before each professional learning session:

The WRS Intensive Instruction for the Non-Responsive Reader (Steps 1-6) Online Course entails 90 hours of coursework. The Web-Based WRS Steps 1-6 Practicum entails: