Additional transition assessment trainings offered this year will include: Using Transition Assessment Results Throughout the IEP (1.27.2026) and Transition Assessment for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (1.14.2026).

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025 at 11:59pm.

*Please note that this workshop is NOT appropriate for personnel who wish to learn how to conduct FBAs and implement BIPs. This training only provides an overview. Please reach out to the instructor to find out about our multi-day, in-depth FBA-BIP workshop if you are looking for more extensive training in the step-by-step processes and procedures.*

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: Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 11:59pm

For a full review of all transition focused IEP components, please register for the additional modules, Measurable Post-secondary Goals on 12.10.2025 and Coordinated Set of Transition Activities on 12.18.2025. A review of all transition-focused components is also included in the training, Transition in the IEP: Overview of Core Components on 11.4.2025 (PNW BOCES) or 1.7.2026 (virtual).

This training will be held via Zoom.

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

For information on weather-related delays or cancellations, please go to the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 11:59pm

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

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 11:59 pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website.
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

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 11:59 pm

To overcome equity barriers, educators need to focus on systematic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading. This training is one within a series on effective reading instruction. Recommended trainings within this series include Foundations of Effective Reading Instruction: Understanding the Science of Reading, Phonics & Word Recognition: Establishing the Foundations for Reading Success, Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for Teachers, Explicit Instruction: An Evidence-Based Practice for Effective and Long-Term Learning, and Reviewing Your Literacy Curriculum: Evaluating Alignment with the Science of Reading. 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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website.
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

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, December, 3, 2025, 11:59 pm

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) is a state and federal mandated practice for adapting instruction for individual students within content, methodology, and/or delivery of instruction for students with disabilities. In this workshop, you will learn what SDI is and how it can be applied within instruction through the delivery of Explicit Instruction.

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: Friday, December 5, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Monday, December 8th, from 9:00am to 12:00pm

For a full review of all transition focused IEP components, please register for the additional modules, Present Levels of Performance 12.2.2025 and Coordinated Set of Transition Activities on 12.18.2025. A review of all transition-focused components is also included in the training, Transition in the IEP: Overview of Core Components on 11.4.2025 (PNW BOCES) or 1.7.2026 (virtual).

This training will be held via Zoom.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact 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 a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 8, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Wednesday, December 10th, from 8:30am to 9:30am

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.

For information on weather related delays or cancellations, please go to www.PNWBOCES.org. If BOCES closes, all professional learning activities will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date whenever possible. If a delayed opening is announced, start times are: 1-Hour Delay = 9:30am start; 2-Hour Delay = 10:30am start; 3-Hour Delay = 11:30am start. In the event of an early dismissal, afternoon professional learning activities, meetings, etc. will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 11:59pm

This training will take place at Rockland 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: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Friday, December 12th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be rescheduled for another date whenever possible.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, December 11, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

This training will take place at Rockland 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: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Monday, December 15th, from 9:00am to 3:00pm

For a full review of all transition focused IEP components, please register for the additional module - Measurable Postsecondary Goals on 12.10.2025. A review of all transition-focused components is also included in the training, Transition in the IEP: Overview of Core Components on 11.4.2025 (PNW BOCES) or 1.7.2026 (virtual).

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 11:59pm

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Wednesday, January 7th, from 9:00am to 11:30am

Topics will include an overview of transition assessment, transition assessments for students with ID/DD, and using transition assessment results. Participants will review over a dozen transition assessments to support transition planning and measurable postsecondary goals.

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be rescheduled for another date whenever possible.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 11:59 pm

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: Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Friday, January 23rd; from 9:00am to 1:00pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be rescheduled for another date whenever possible.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 11:59pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

Registration Deadline: Monday, January 26, 2026, 11:59 pm

Additional transition assessment trainings offered this year will include: Transition Assessment: The Essentials (11.18.2025) and Transition Assessment for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (1.14.2025).

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Monday, January 26, 2026 at 11:59pm

This training will take place at Rockland 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: Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Friday, February 6th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Whether you need guidance on your Tier 1 MTSS/PBIS implementation, implementing Check-in Check-out at Tier 2, or troubleshooting a current BIP that isn't yet having the desired impact, the RPC Behavior Specialists are here to help. Please note that this is NOT a training.

This is a work session and therefore participants must bring their own materials and data so that we can effectively provide consultation that will meet your unique needs (e.g., an FBA you are currently developing).

This session is recommended for educators who have previously attended or are currently attending our PBIS Tier 1 Booster sessions and/or our 4-day FBA-BIP Training Series.

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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found here: 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 rescheduled for another date whenever possible.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 11:59pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

Registration Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2026, 11:59pm

Participants will explore what skills to teach when, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonics and word recognition. The training will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve the effectiveness of phonics 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.

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

Registration Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026, 11:59pm

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: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Wednesday, February 11th, from 9:00am to 3:00pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be rescheduled for another date whenever possible.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 11:59pm

This training will also be offered on 9.25.25 (PNW BOCES) and 5.12.26 (SW BOCES).

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 11:59pm

Training Date: Wednesday, February 25th, from 9:00am to 11:30am

Participants will learn what reading fluency is, what the Science of Reading (SOR) can teach us about the critical elements of reading fluency, how it develops over time, and how best to teach this skill to support overall reading development. Additionally, information about how to use assessment to optimize student instruction in this area will be provided. The training will provide context for the importance of high-quality fluency instruction to issues of equity, legal responsibilities around providing instruction aligned with the SOR, and how to support students with diverse learning needs.

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 11:59pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

Registration Deadline: Monday, March 2 2026, 11:59pm

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: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 11:59 pm

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: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Wednesday, March 4th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

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 the 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: Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Friday, March 6th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be 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

When professionals think about the transition process through a culturally responsive lens, students with disabilities experience improved post-school outcomes in the areas of employment, postsecondary education, and independent living.

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, March 9, 2026, 11:59pm

You will explore ways to collaborate with community partners to help students as they move into the adult world. Learn about how students apply for services, eligibility requirements, types of programs available and how you can make referrals. We will be joined by representatives from community agencies who will share information about their services and how to access them.

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.

Cancellations and delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, morning learning sessions will be rescheduled for another date whenever possible.

Registration deadline: Monday, March 9, 2026, 11:59pm

Additional work-based learning trainings offered this year will include: Fundamentals of WBL (2.11.26 or 6.8.26) and Foundations of Job Coaching for Work-Based Learning (WBL) Experience (4.8.26).

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 11:59pm

Training Date: Wednesday, March 18th, from 9:00am to 11:30am

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: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 11:59 pm

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, April 6, 2026, 11:59PM

Participants will learn about the importance of vocabulary for reading success, the key features of explicit vocabulary instruction, and how to embed explicit vocabulary instruction into Tier I instruction.

Intended Outcomes: Participants will be able to explain the importance of robust vocabulary instruction for students in the elementary grades. Participants will understand how explicit instruction can be applied to vocabulary instruction. Participants will be able to describe key features of vocabulary instruction and identify ways to incorporate vocabulary instruction into different parts of the school day.

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, April 6, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

Participants will learn what reading fluency is, what the Science of Reading (SOR) can teach us about the critical elements of reading fluency, how it develops over time, and how best to teach this skill to support overall reading development. Additionally, information about how to use assessment to optimize student instruction in this area will be provided. The training will provide context for the importance of high-quality fluency instruction to issues of equity, legal responsibilities around providing instruction aligned with the SOR, and how to support students with diverse learning needs.

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: Thursday, April 9, 2026, 11:59pm

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.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 9, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

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, April 13, 2026, 11:59 pm

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, April 13, 2026, 11:59 pm

Additional transition assessment trainings offered this year will include: Using Transition Assessment results Throughout the IEP (1.27.2026) and Transition Assessment for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (1.14.2026).

This training will also be offered 11.18.25.

This training will be held via Zoom.

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 the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced, this session will be cancelled and rescheduled for another date if possible.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 11:59pm

Training Date: Wednesday, April 22nd, from 9:00am to 11:30am

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.

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Monday, May 4th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

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, May 4, 2026, 11:59 pm

Participants will explore what skills to teach when, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonics and word recognition. The training will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve the effectiveness of phonics 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.

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, May 4, 2026, 11:59pm

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, May 15, 2026, 11:59 pm

This training will not cover information on administering the alternate assessment or Dynamic Learning Maps.

This training will be held via Zoom.

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.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 11:59pm

Training Date: Wednesday, May 27th, from 9:00am to 11:00am

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: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:59pm

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: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:59 pm

Participants will:

Additional work-based learning trainings offered this year will include: Implementing Unregistered Work-Based Learning Programs (3.18.26) and Foundations of Job Coaching for Work-Based Learning Experience (4.8.26). This training is also being offered on 2.11.26.

This training will be held via Zoom.

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.

Registration Deadline: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 11:59pm

Training Date: Monday, June 8th, from 9:00am to 11:30am

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, June 8, 2026, 11:59 pm

Intended Outcomes: Participants will be able to explain the importance of robust vocabulary instruction for students in the elementary grades. Participants will understand how explicit instruction can be applied to vocabulary instruction. Participants will be able to describe key features of vocabulary instruction and identify ways to incorporate vocabulary instruction into different parts of the school day.

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, June 15, 2026, 11:59 pm

This training will be held via Zoom.

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.

Registration Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, June 16th, from 9:00am to 11:30am

Learn when each of these approaches is appropriate, given the nature of the observed problem and learn how to determine the intensity of intervention to the learner as a response to instruction.

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, June 15, 2026, 11:59pm