This is a 4-Part Series with a Tech Assistance Session. Participants in this series will be part of a think tank with like-minded educators. This training will be HYBRID allowing for a virtual option.

To ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of this initiative, we recommend that interested schools commit to sending the following participants to ALL 4 sessions:
1. At least one person in a supervisory role who can facilitate necessary systems-level changes.
2. At least one or two persons directly involved in implementing the student-directed process with students.
3. Additional Staffing: If possible, it is ideal to have more than one person involved in the implementation. This helps to ensure continuity of the initiative in case of staff reassignments or absences.
If your team is attending virtually, please set up a workspace, for all members to work collaboratively in your building.

Self-determination and its benefits provide the foundation for the ideas and resources shared to support students with disabilities at all grade levels to increase their participation in IEP development, Committee on Special Education (CSE) participation and IEP implementation. Networking and brainstorming with colleagues from other Educational Organizations (EO)s and national resources are provided.

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.

Day 1- 10/15/24, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Day 2- 11/12/24, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Day 3- 12/9/24, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Day 4- 5/30/25, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

*OPTIONAL, INVITATION ONLY for participants who are attending this 4-day series, Tech Assistance Zoom Session:
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00am - 11:00am (You must register separately for this session)

Registration Deadline: Friday October 11, 2024, 11:59 pm

This professional learning session is designed to help Elementary and Early Childhood Educators (Preschool-Grade 5) set up learning environments for young students with diverse needs, skill levels, and backgrounds that are developmentally appropriate and promote positive behaviors.

Participants will learn about 8 evidence-based classroom management practices:
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 behavior management systems and
8) promoting active student engagement.

The training includes interactive activities and opportunities for participants to consider how to apply the information to their settings.

This TWO-DAY in-person 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.

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

If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Wednesday, October 16th and Tuesday, October 29th; both from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) conducts the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition compliance review in the Fall of the school year a district is scheduled for monitoring of SPP Indicator 13 (in accordance with the six-year monitoring cycle). The purpose of this training is to review key concepts of this compliance review to ensure districts are developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for students aged 15 and over that meet SPP Indicator 13 compliance requirements. Districts are required to complete this training the school year prior to undergoing review. This training is focused on meeting compliance for SPP Indicator 13. The required district staff to attend this training is the CSE Chairperson for secondary students. Special education administrators and/or special education teachers from districts are also welcome to complete this training.

This session will be held 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: Monday, October 14, 2024, 11:59 pm

In the morning: This training will help participants gain a foundational understanding of co-teaching as a service delivery model and the six models used to implement it. In New York state the co-teaching model is most often associated with the special education service integrated co-teaching. This model will be covered as well as the use of the co-teaching model among other service providers (e.g. English as a New Language [ENL] teachers, speech language pathologists etc.). Variations for use of the models will also be discussed throughout the training.

In the afternoon: Planning for Instruction - . Co-planning is critical to the success of this teaching structure. The purpose of this training is to provide foundational knowledge for the effectiveness of purposeful co-planning. In addition, participants will gain knowledge about options for co-planning and apply the information to co-plan a lesson for current or future use. Co-teaching can be applied in any situation when two teachers provide instruction together. It is highly recommended that co-teaching teams attend together, although the information provided will benefit individual teacher practice as well.

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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Friday, October 18th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Creating Welcoming and Affirming Learning Environments is one of four high leverage principles identified in the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) Framework. When students feel like they belong at school, they have fewer absences, fewer disciplinary infractions, higher graduation rates, as well as increased engagement, self-esteem, and attitudes. Students with disabilities and students of different cultural backgrounds are less likely to feel like they have a positive relationship with their teacher and that their identities and abilities are valued and affirmed in school.

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, October 17, 2024, 11:59 pm

The Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Graduation Rate and Decreasing Dropout package is designed to assist Educational Organizations (EOs) to develop systems and evidence-based practices that are known to enhance successful completion of school for students with disabilities

Participants will learn about graduation and dropout rate calculations, state and local school completion data, disaggregated data, and resources to support school completion.

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, October 17, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
*This session will be held via Zoom

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: Thursday, October 24, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

The purpose of this 2-day 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 phonological awareness skills to teach, when to teach them, 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 effectiveness of phonological awareness instruction for students.

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.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 24, 2024, 11:59 pm

This half-day training for school administrators and CPSE/CSE Chairs will provide a basic overview of the components of quality functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Interventions Plans (BIPs) that align with NYS regulations and use evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for students.
The training will outline the components of effective FBAs and BIPs, with an emphasis on the role of administrators, the importance of maintaining students in the least restrictive environment, and how tier 3 behavioral interventions should fit within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS).

*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 for administrators. 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: Monday, October 28, 2024, 11:59 pm

The Competing Behavior Pathway is a problem-solving tool that guides stakeholders in determining the function of a student's problem behavior and identifying function-based interventions to promote student success.

This online training is broken up into three self-directed, asynchronous units offered through D2L/Brightspace. These can be completed at your own pace, but all the asynchronous activities must be completed prior to the course end date (12/6/24). It should take approximately 12 hours altogether to complete the asynchronous material, but you do not need to complete it in one setting and can break it up in whatever manner is convenient for you. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in activities to apply the information to their students and settings and individualized feedback is provided to all participants.

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.

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

If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 11:59pm
Access Instructions Sent/Asynchronous Course Starts: Friday, November 1st
Asynchronous Course Ends: Friday, December 6, 2024 at 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.

This four-day, in-person training will take place over four consecutive Fridays 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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Friday, November 1st; Friday, November 8th; Friday, November 15th; Friday, November 22nd; all from 9:00am to 3:00pm

This professional learning session is designed to help Middle and High School Educators (Grades 6-12) set up learning environments for general and special education students with diverse needs, skill levels, and backgrounds that are developmentally appropriate and promote positive behaviors.

Participants will learn about 8 evidence-based classroom management practices:
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 behavior management systems and
8) promoting active student engagement.

The training includes interactive activities and opportunities for participants to consider how to apply the information to their settings.

This TWO-DAY in-person 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.

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

If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Monday, November 4th and Tuesday, November 19th; both from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) conducts the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition compliance review in the Fall of the school year a district is scheduled for monitoring of SPP Indicator 13 (in accordance with the six-year monitoring cycle). The purpose of this training is to review key concepts of this compliance review to ensure districts are developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for students aged 15 and over that meet SPP Indicator 13 compliance requirements. Districts are required to complete this training the school year prior to undergoing review. This training is focused on meeting compliance for SPP Indicator 13. The required district staff to attend this training is the CSE Chairperson for secondary students. Special education administrators and/or special education teachers from districts are also welcome to complete this training.

This session will be held 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: Thursday, October 31, 2024, 11:59 pm

This professional learning package is designed to build foundational understanding of equity and cultural responsiveness.

Overall, the aim is to ensure that participants establish a common vocabulary while beginning to interrogate their personal, professional, and institutional capacity within these two areas.

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, October 31, 2024, 11:59 pm

This explicit instruction training is intended to support participants' knowledge of explicit instruction and teachers' 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 in-person workshop 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.

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

If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Monday, November 18, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, November 19th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Join us for this in-person training where we explore strategies for supporting the development of student self-determination skills utilizing a collaborative school and family approach. You will learn foundational concepts, resources, and actions to implement practices that promote the development of self-determination throughout a student's day and across the ages.
You will discover, through discussion and activities, how self-determination intersects with culturally responsive education, family involvement, specially-designed instruction and secondary transition.

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, November 19, 2024, 11:59 pm

This 3-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.

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, November 19, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

Participants will gain an overview of what progress monitoring for academics is and how to implement this practice with individual students. Content is 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. Topics include legal considerations of progress monitoring, using Curriculum-Based Measures (CBM) for data-based decision-making, and a 7-step process for implementing progress monitoring at the individual student level.

This training is one within a series of data-based literacy instruction for improving student outcomes. Recommended trainings within this series include Universal Screening: Best Practices in Screening Academic Deficits, Identifying and Intensifying Intervention: What to Do and How to Do It, 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.

Registration Deadline: Friday, November 29, 2024, 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 workshop will take place over two mornings 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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 9, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Tuesday, December 10th and Wednesday, December 11th; both from 9:00am to 1:00pm

Join us as we explore the transition planning process and related IEP components. You will deepen your understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning. Hands-on activities will be included throughout the training. A separate afternoon workshop entitled "Overview of Transition in the IEP: Case Study Application" is being offered as an extension of this session. You must register on Frontline for each workshop individually to join us for the full day of learning about Transition in the IEP.

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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 9, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, December 10th; from 9:00am to 11:30am

This afternoon workshop is a follow-up to the morning session, Overview of Transition in the IEP: Condensed Overview. Join us as we unpack a student case study, focusing on Transition in the IEP document. You will identify and understand key transition components of high-quality IEPs, and understand the planning process. During this hands-on session, you will utilize mapping templates to help guide you through your own IEP development process. PLEASE NOTE: All participants are strongly encouraged to complete the Transition in the IEP: Condensed Overview workshop prior to attending this training. Please bring a redacted IEP of a transition aged student to this session. You must register separately for each workshop.

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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 9, 2024 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, December 10th; from 12:30pm to 2:30pm

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: Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

In this training, participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.

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, December 12, 2024, 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.

This session will be held 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: Thursday, December 12, 2024, 11:59 pm

This 4-day workshop covers the entire FBA-BIP and progress monitoring processes from soup to nuts!

After participating in this intensive training, participants will be able to successfully:
-conduct functional behavior assessments (FBAs) to determine why problem behaviors are occurring
-develop comprehensive, function-based behavior intervention plans (BIPs) to address challenging behaviors and teach new skills
-collect and analyze behavioral data to monitor the effectiveness of BIPs and -engage in data-based decision making.

The workshop will provide detailed information about all components and how they align with NYSED regulations, as well as include application activities in which participants will apply their learning in their current educational settings. This workshop is best suited to individuals currently working in school settings so that they can apply the tools and strategies at their respective sites in between workshop days.

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.

Workshop Dates:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Friday, January 24, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025 and
Monday, March 3, 2025

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 16, 2024, 11:59pm

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, December 31, 2024, 11:59 pm

This training is designed to provide participants with essential information necessary for preparing for and conducting a review of their district's current 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.

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, December 31, 2024, 11:59 pm

This training will describe the ways in which a public health crisis, school crisis, and/or types of civic unrest may be significant sources of stress and/or trauma for students. Additionally, it explains the biological, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of trauma on student development and how they affect a student's academic and behavioral functioning in the classroom.

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.

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, January 6, 2025, 11:59 pm

This 3--part series provide foundational information related to what quality transition assessment is and why it is important, transition assessments that can inform each of the measurable postsecondary goal areas of education/training, employment, and independent living, and how to utilize the information gathered through transition assessment to develop quality transition-focused Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). There are three modules in the package:

Part 1: The Essentials 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 IEP. January 14th, 2025 (virtual)

Part 2: Using Transition Assessment Results Throughout the IEP is an optional module that can be used for participants who would like more detailed information and examples to learn to use transition assessment results in writing transition portions of the IEP. February 11, 2025 (virtual)

Part 3: Transition Assessment for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is also an optional stand-alone training for those who serve students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. May 6th, 2025 (In-person)

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.

Participants must register for each session individually.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, January 9, 2025, 11:59 pm

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, January 13, 2025, 11:59 pm.

There are many opportunities to earn diplomas, credentials and in some cases - both! Join us as we explore the Multiple Pathway (4+1) options available to students seeking to earn Regents as well as local diplomas.

We will also discuss requirements to earn the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential and the Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential.

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, January 21, 11:59 pm

In this training, 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 in-person workshop 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.

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

If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Wednesday, February 5th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

This full-day workshop will provide a review of Tier 1/Universal foundations essential to fostering a proactive and positive approach to discipline within a multi-tiered system of support for behavior and social-emotional wellness.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to gain access to a free website for collecting and analyzing implementation data; complete the free Tiered Fidelity Inventory to assess their school's current PBIS systems, data, and practices; and create an action plan for continued improvement and sustainability of school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports.

School PBIS teams comprised of administrators, teachers, clinicians, support staff, and family members who are responsible for the sustainability of an already existing PBIS system are encouraged to attend.

This workshop is not suitable for organizations with no prior PBIS implementation or early childhood programs implementing the pyramid model.

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 10, 2025, 11:59 pm

*INVITATION ONLY FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN THE 4-DAY SERIES!*

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: Monday, March 10, 2025, 11:59 pm
Zoom Access Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025