Program: Regional Partnership Center
Audience: School and district leaders, student support staff, classroom teachers, deans, behavior teams, and members of Code of Conduct Policy Review Committees. Anyone involved in shaping or applying discipline practices will benefit from this learning.
Dates: 12/2/2025 to 1/8/2026
This 2-day in-person workshop is intended to help participants understand that exclusionary practices have significant short- and long-term negative effects on academic, social-emotional, health and family outcomes and that there are prevention strategies and alternative approaches to discipline that lead to improved student outcomes. Participants will gain knowledge of the recent research on school suspensions and disproportionality, examine scenarios when alternatives to suspension may be used to change behavior, learn how a systemic change on the approach to discipline and problem behavior can affect school climate, and learn about several practical, research-based strategies to use as effective alternatives to suspension.
This training will take place at Southern Westchester BOCES.
Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Geraldine Gilmore, ggilmore@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.
For information on weather related delays or cancellations, please go to PNW BOCES website. If BOCES closes, all professional learning activities will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date whenever possible.
If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date whenever possible.
For full day professional learning activities, please see the start times below:
1-Hour Delay: Workshops start at 9:30am;
2-Hour Delay: Workshops start at 10:30am;
3-Hour Delay: Workshops start at 11:30am
In the event of an early dismissal, afternoon professional learning activities, meetings, etc. will be cancelled.
Registration Deadline: Monday, December 1, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Tuesday 12/2/25; Thursday 1/8/26; from 9am to 3:00pm