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 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

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

This workshop is designed to further develop administrator's knowledge of the essential components of co-teaching that an administrator should focus on to best support their staff.

Participants will be able to understand co-teaching as a service delivery model, as well as understand the 6 models of co-teaching and how to effectively implement them. In addition, participants will learn skills for observing and evaluating co-taught classes.

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, June 16, 2026, 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 July 6, 2026, 11:59pm

This training package is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities, with a focus on disciplinary change in placement (DCIP) as per the part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations.

This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements, as well as how they fit within the context of a multi-tiered system of behavior support (MTSS) and how proactive systems and practices as well as restorative responses can prevent the need for exclusionary discipline. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussion and action planning and consider how to apply the information within their school settings.

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

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 11:59pm