This professional development package describes the diploma and credential options that are available to New York State (NYS) students, focusing on the options available to students with disabilities. Participants will learn the definition of self-determination and its relation to determining individualized diploma and credential options, the credit requirements for graduation in NYS, the Multiple Pathways to Graduation 4 + 1 Option requirements, the appeal eligibility criteria, the safety net options for students with disabilities, the superintendent's determination option for a local diploma, and exiting credentials available in NYS.

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

The Reading Fluency: Establishing the Foundations for Reading Success 2-day training dives deeper into one of the key instructional areas of reading: fluency.

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

This workshop will focus on progress monitoring for TEACHING ASSISTANTS. Participants will gain an overview of what progress monitoring for academics. Content is applicable to work with all students within a tiered model of academic support (e.g. MTSS, RtI) and students receiving supports

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

This training is a guide for developing an IEP with the incorporation of grade level standards to help students receive the specially-designed instruction necessary to access their grade level curricula.

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

The Foundations of Effective Reading Instruction: Understanding the Science of Reading training will help participants gain a greater understanding of what the Science of Reading has determined to be the foundational skills that are needed in order to become a proficient reader. Participants will explore current instructional practices in reading and the impact it has on reading proficiency scores. The training will also help educators effectively address equity barriers for historically marginalized students, especially black and brown children, through equitable, research-based practices, which focus on systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading.

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 explicit instruction training is intended to support participants' knowledge of explicit instruction and teacher' abilities to effectively implement explicit instruction. Explicit instruction is a high leverage practice that has proven to be effective for special education students. Participants will learn how to use the Recognizing Effective Special Education Teachers (RESET) Explicit Instruction Rubric (EIR) which is aligned with best instructional practices for students with disabilities within this training.

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

This full-day training package 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.

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

This training is designed to assist professionals in understanding the transition planning process from a culturally responsive lens.

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

THIS SESSION WILL NOW BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2026, LOCATION AND TIME ARE THE SAME.

Please join us to learn about NYS agencies and community based organizations and the services they provide to individuals with disabilities. Adult agencies such as Office for People with Developmental Disabilities(OPWDD), Adult Career and Continuing Education Services - Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) and the Office for Mental Health (OMH) will be discussed.

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

The purpose of Implementing Unregistered WBL Experiences is to provide Educational Organizations (EOs) with the foundational knowledge of what high-quality WBL unregistered WBL experiences look like in New York State (NYS) including but not limited to: reviewing in-depth unregistered experiences, discussing the alignment of WBL and the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential, identifying high-quality instructional practices that support the implementation of WBL, and determining specific areas that may increase the success rate of the WBL program.

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

INVITATION ONLY! OPTIONAL Tech Assistance for Check-In:
This is a 4-Part Series Tech Assistance Session. Participants who are part of this 4-Part Series will be able to ask questions and receive additional support and brainstorming with colleagues via Zoom.

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

This interactive workshop equips school staff and personnel with practical strategies to promote positive behavior in non-classroom settings such as hallways, cafeterias, playgrounds, and other common areas. Participants will learn how to define, teach, and reinforce clear expectations and routines, implement active supervision techniques, and respond calmly and effectively to challenging behaviors.

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

This workshop will equip teachers with easy to implement strategies for teaching vocabulary across content areas to improve student comprehension and close learning gaps.

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.

The Reading Fluency: Establishing the Foundations for Reading Success 2-day training dives deeper into one of the key instructional areas of reading: fluency.

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

This workshop is designed to further develop administrator's knowledge of SDI and how SDI should be designed and developed based on individual student need to address their learning barriers.

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.

Join us for coaching and support to improve social and behavioral outcomes for all students! 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 and resources that will meet your unique needs (e.g., an FBA you are currently developing or your most recent Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) results).

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.

Please make sure personally identifying student information is redacted from any materials that you bring.

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

This training package empowers educators to understand and effectively manage the conflict cycle of behavior. Participants will learn about the phases of acting-out behavior and how to effectively prevent and respond to unexpected social, emotional, and behavioral situations in school settings. Participants will learn to recognize and respond to acting-out behavior with de-escalation strategies tailored to each phase of the acting-out cycle. Opportunities to engage with colleagues and apply strategies to various scenarios are embedded into the training.
*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, April 13, 2026, 11:59 pm

This training is designed to assist professionals to identify the importance of collaborative transition planning with ACCES-VR.

The focus will be on reviewing Pre-ETS, integrating Pre-ETS into transition-focused Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and highlighting how strong community partnerships ensure successful outcomes.

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, April 14, 2026, 11:59pm

This training is intended to help administrators gain a greater understanding of what the Science of Reading has determined to be the foundational skills needed to become a proficient reader.
Participants will explore current instructional practices in reading and the impact they have on reading proficiency.
This training also highlights ineffective practices and why those may not be working. Participants will review tools to support analyzing classroom and building practices and have time to begin action planning for improvement.

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

This training was developed to promote the understanding and appropriate use of testing accommodations for students with disabilities.

The training is intended to provide information related to the decision-making process and types of testing accommodations, as well as the documentation of appropriate accommodations on the individualized education program (IEP).

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, April 14, 2026, 11:59 pm

The Educational Benefit IEP Reflection: Strategies for Improving Education Programs and Decision Making at the Committee on Special Education professional development training package is intended to build awareness that student growth should be reflected across multiple years of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Furthermore, it is intended to guide participants to the realization that throughout the IEP there should be indicators of how the student learns, what their needs are, and the specialized instruction that their disability requires.

● - Participants will learn the historical context around Educational Benefit.
● - Participants will understand what constitutes Educational Benefit.
● - Participants will perform a replicable process for reviewing IEPs.

***Please bring 3 consecutive years of a student's IEP with the corresponding progress notes for each year (paper copy only and DE-IDENTIFIED).

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 20, 2026, 11:59pm

This training introduces transition assessment, reviews transition assessments for education and training, employment, and independent living, and utilizes a case scenario activity to review using transition assessment results to develop the Individualized Education Program.

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 NEW training was developed to promote the recommendation and implementation of quality special education services for all students with disabilities. This training is intended to provide general education administrators an overview of special education and their role in supporting its implementation. This training will be offered as a 4-part series with 1.5 hour sessions all on Tuesday mornings, 9:30AM-11:00AM.

Session 1: (1) Federal and State laws, regulations, and policies establishing the special education process; (2) Intervention frameworks and instructional supports that impact the special education eligibility process; (3) Understanding responsibilities in the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)/Committee on Special Education (CSE).

Session 2: The Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Specially Designed Instruction (SDI), and Classroom Observations.

Session 3: Diploma and credential options for students with disabilities, Considerations for English language learners (ELLs) with or suspected of having disabilities, Placement & Scheduling to meet student needs & IEPs.

Session 4: Discipline considerations for students with disabilities and DCIP (Suspension or Removal from the Student's current placement).

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, April 27, 2026 at 11:59pm

Training Dates: 4/28/26, 5/5/26, 5/19/26, 6/2/26, all from 9:30am to 11:30am

This training is designed to provide participants with essential information necessary for preparing for and conducting a review of their district's current K-5 literacy curriculum. Participants will examine the purpose of regularly evaluating their literacy curriculum, review the key elements of the Science of Reading, learn how to develop a curriculum review team, and gain knowledge in how to create a plan to address instructional gaps through implementing necessary initiatives and practices.

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

This training is designed to look at specific examples of how businesses can partner with schools to implement WBL experiences, utilize strategies and resources designed to effectively recruit and build rapport with local businesses, and identify methods and resources to positively maintain business relationships throughout WBL experiences.

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

The purpose of this training is to help participants gain a greater understanding of the Science of Reading; specifically, what phonics and word recognition is and how crucial this skill set 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 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

This training will help participants understand how to use consultant teacher services to support the participation of students with disabilities in the general education classroom and curriculum.

Participants will examine the purpose and goals of including consultant teacher services in a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP). The training will define consultant teacher services according to New York State regulations as well as offer insight into what effective consultant teacher services look like in the classroom. Participants will learn how to determine if consultant teacher services are appropriate for meeting a student with a disability's unique educational needs, what information about consultant teacher services should be included in an IEP, and the roles and responsibilities of educators in providing these services. We will also explore how teachers can engage in effective collaboration and co-planning to ensure the effective delivery of high-quality consultant teacher services.

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, May 5, 2026, 11:59 pm

This training will describe the biological, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of trauma on student development and how they affect a student's academic and behavioral functioning in schools. Participants will learn how to apply a trauma-sensitive lens to school-wide multi-tiered behavioral systems, with an emphasis on using trauma-sensitive, evidence-based responses to misbehavior to better support students with social-emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs. This training is not appropriate for individuals new to PBIS/MTSS for Behavior.

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 guide participants through the eligibility requirements for New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA). We will discuss the definition and purpose of NYSAA, the regulations and eligibility for NYSAA, federal requirements, tools for appropriate decision-making, and justifications and assurances.

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

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.

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

This workshop is designed to follow the Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) Overview workshop. Participants must have completed our Specially Designed Instruction workshop prior to attending this Next Steps workshop. In this course, participants will determine specially designed instruction practices based on various case studies to then create lesson plans with evident SDI.
This training will be in person and will follow the SDI Overview training the same day in the morning, consider registering for both courses. Each course is 2.5 CTLE credits.

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

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.

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, June 5, 2026, 11:59 pm

The purpose of Fundamentals of WBL is to provide Educational Organizations (EOs) with 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.

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

This training is intended to help administrators gain a greater understanding of what the Science of Reading has determined to be the foundational skills needed to become a proficient reader.
Participants will explore current instructional practices in reading and the impact they have on reading proficiency.
This training also highlights ineffective practices and why those may not be working. Participants will review tools to support analyzing classroom and building practices and have time to begin action planning for improvement.

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

This workshop will equip teachers with easy to implement strategies for teaching vocabulary across content areas to improve student comprehension and close learning gaps. 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, June 15, 2026, 11:59 pm

Participants will learn about best practices for preparing Students with Disabilities for Life After High School and how to assist families in understanding the transition planning process specifically from high school to life after high school. When families are knowledgeable about the transition process and invited to participate by Educational Organizations (EOs), students with disabilities experience improved post-school outcomes in the areas of employment, postsecondary education, and independent living.

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

Identify and differentiate between skill-based, fluency-based, and performance-based interventions.

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

The goals of this training are to provide CPSE/CSE Chairpersons with information to enhance their knowledge and skills to:

- understand the special education process as delineated in New York State (NYS) Education Law and Regulations;

- perform specific responsibilities as Chairperson of the Committee;

- develop practices that encourage parental involvement and cultivate home-school partnerships; and

- identify strategies for the Committee to make high-quality decisions that will result in an individualized education program (IEP) that meets State requirements and will result in educational benefit to the student.

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 July 6, 2026, 11:59pm