Rex Ogle's memoir of being in sixth grade in the Free Lunch Program. Free on Audible right now, this is a powerful read about growing up hispanic in poverty: the role of school, their self-consciousness, and what they need to heal from abuse.

Rex Ogle's memoir of being in sixth grade in the Free Lunch Program. Free on Audible right now, this is a powerful read about growing up hispanic in poverty: the role of school, their self-consciousness, and what they need to heal from abuse.

Unlock the power of podcasting to enhance discussions, foster critical thinking, and build key skills like communication and collaboration. In this hands-on PD, learn how to integrate podcasts into your teaching to create authentic, engaging learning experiences.

Unlock the power of podcasting to enhance discussions, foster critical thinking, and build key skills like communication and collaboration. In this hands-on PD, learn how to integrate podcasts into your teaching to create authentic, engaging learning experiences.

LivingWorks safeTALK is a four-hour training that equips people to be more alert to someone thinking of suicide and better able to connect them with further help. Using a simple yet effective model, LivingWorks safeTALK empowers everyone to make a difference. With over 120,000 people attending each year, it's the world's fastest-growing suicide prevention skills training course. The cost is FREE!

These meetings are reserved for Herkimer County component school district CSE Chairs and Directors of Special Education. Attendees will have an opportunity to remain up-to-date with current topics from the New York State Education Department and local partnerships.

Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18. The course will teach you how to apply the MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE): Assess for risk of suicide or harm, listen nonjudgmentally, give reassurance and information, encourage appropriate professional help, and encourage self-help and other support strategies. This training will be divided into two 3-hour in-person sessions. The first session will be held on May 12, 2025, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, and the second session will be held on May 20, 2025, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. A short online (approx. 1 hour or less) portion must be completed before the first in-person session. Access to the online portion will be provided to you once you enroll. Both sessions will be held at the Gateway Center, 420 E. German St, Herkimer, NY, 2nd floor, Bridge Room. This registration is for Herkimer BOCES Staff and the 10 Component School Districts. The cost is $60, billed directly to your department or district. For any questions, please contact the PBIS Coordinator, Kellie Maxwell, at kmaxwell@herkimer-boces.org or by phone at 315-867-2034.

Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18. The course will teach you how to apply the MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE): Assess for risk of suicide or harm, listen nonjudgmentally, give reassurance and information, encourage appropriate professional help, and encourage self-help and other support strategies. This training will be divided into two 3-hour in-person sessions. The first session will be held on May 12, 2025, from 8:30am to 12:00pm, and the second session will be held on May 20, 2025, from 8:30am to 12:00pm. A short online (approx. 1 hour or less) portion must be completed before the first in-person session. Access to the online portion will be provided to you once you enroll. Both sessions will be held at the Gateway Center, 420 E. German St, Herkimer, NY, 2nd floor, Bridge Room. The cost is $60. For any questions, please contact the PBIS Coordinator, Kellie Maxwell, at kmaxwell@herkimer-boces.org or by phone at 315-867-2034.

NYSED will release a series of numeracy briefs, developed by national expert. Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, from the University of Michigan. Cost of the session will include a light lunch.

Date: May 13 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM Location: Zoom Facilitator: EdElements (NYSASCD Partner) Credit: 1.5 Contact Hours/CTLE Credit Focus: Develop leadership competencies such as effective communication, conflict resolution, decision-making, and influencing others in adult learning settings. Outcome: Participants will gain practical tools to enhance their leadership presence and ability to inspire and support peers.

This six-hour course is required for anyone pursuing a new certification, including educators applying for their professional certification. Upon completion, Herkimer BOCES will report your completion electronically. The class has two portions. The first portion is a 3-hour online piece completed via Google Classroom. Instructions on how to access the classroom will be emailed to you. THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM PORTION OF THIS COURSE MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE DUE DATE BEFORE THE SECOND IN-PERSON SESSION!!!! If the online piece is not completed prior to the in-person session, you will not be granted credit for the course. The second portion will be held in person at the Gateway Center, 420 E German St, Herkimer, in the Bridge Room, on May 14, 2025 from 3 to 6 p.m. When: May 14, 2025 Where: The Gateway Center, 420 E German St, Herkimer, in the Bridge Room Time: 3 - 6 pm Cost: Free for Employees of Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES and any of the 10 component districts who subscribe to the DASA services. Registration cut-off is May 8, 2025, NO EXCEPTIONS. *Please remember that the 3-hour Google Classroom session must be completed before the in-person session at the WEB Complex, or you won't be able to attend the in-person session. If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact the PBIS Coordinator, Kellie Maxwell, Safety Services, at kmaxwell@herkimer-boces.org or by phone at 315-867-2034.

This six-hour course is required for anyone pursuing a new certification, including educators applying for their professional certification. Upon completion, Herkimer BOCES will report your completion electronically. The class has two portions. The first portion is a 3-hour online piece completed via Google Classroom. Instructions on how to access the classroom will be emailed to you. THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM PORTION OF THIS COURSE MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE DUE DATE BEFORE THE SECOND IN-PERSON SESSION!!!! If the online piece is not completed prior to the in-person session, you will not be granted credit for the course. The second portion will be held in person at the Gateway Center, 420 E German St, Herkimer, in the Bridge Room, on May 14, 2025 from 3 to 6 p.m. When: May 14, 2025 Where: The Gateway Center, 420 E German St, Herkimer, in the Bridge Room Time: 3 - 6 pm Cost: $90.00 for Non-Component districts of Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES or any Component districts that do not subscribe to the DASA services. Please make check payable to Herkimer BOCES, and write "Dignity Act Certification Course” in the memo section. Please mail payment to Adam Hutchinson, Herkimer BOCES, Supervisor of Safety Services, 352 Gros Blvd, Herkimer, NY 13350. Registration cut-off is May 8, 2025, NO EXCEPTIONS. *Please remember that the 3-hour Google Classroom session must be completed before the in-person session at the WEB Complex, or you won't be able to attend the in-person session. If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact the PBIS Coordinator, Kellie Maxwell, Safety Services, at kmaxwell@herkimer-boces.org or by phone at 315-867-2034.

This workshop is for staff who have completed the initial training and require a REFRESHER. To continue being CPI-qualified, you must take a yearly refresher. This workshop will review the basic concepts of responding to various crisis levels and the corresponding intervention. To receive a CPI blue card, staff must demonstrate competency in CPI concepts and interventions. You must have completed the initial CPI training to attend this refresher course. This workshop will be offered on May 16th, 2025 at the Gateway Center from from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. The cost is $45.00, and it will be billed directly to your department.

Slow and steady instructional design. You don't start blindly training for the Boilermaker Road Race without knowing the length, the time limit, and the course details. Join us to explore purposeful strategies to help your students reach the finish line.

Slow and steady instructional design. You don't start blindly training for the Boilermaker Road Race without knowing the length, the time limit, and the course details. Join us to explore purposeful strategies to help your students reach the finish line.

Join us to increase your awareness about suicide prevention in schools, to feel empowered to understand your role in identification and prevention, and to develop a plan to support your school's efforts in preventing suicidal behaviors among students. Following the training, participants will be able to: 1) Identify warning signs of suicide 2) Understand the critical and limited role of faculty 3) Become familiar with school procedures for referring students 4) Be more informed about suicide 5) Reinforce protective factors 6) Understand how suicide prevention can be applied in mental health education This FREE workshop is open to Herkimer BOCES Employees, our 10 Component School Districts as well as Non-Component Districts.

Date: May 20 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM Location: Zoom Facilitator: EdElements (NYSASCD Partner) Credit: 1.5 Contact Hours/CTLE Credit Focus: Provide strategies for designing and sustaining PLGs that align with district goals, meet NYSED accountability requirements, and ensure value for participants. Outcome: Teacher leaders will learn how to create focused, outcome-driven groups that positively impact classroom instruction and student learning.

The workshop was developed by collaborating with the NYSASP, SPCNY, and Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention. HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through: This training will: 1. Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior. 2. It is understanding the value of pre-planning and standardized procedures for intervention. 3. Identifying the value of collaboration and shared decision-making between school mental health professionals, community providers, and students and their families. 4. Reviewing documentation of suicide intervention. 5. Preparing to implement standardized procedures that reflect best-practice intervention. Registration is opened to School professionals, including psychologists, school counselors, social workers, school administrators who are involved in the helping process when a student may be at risk for suicide, and community mental health providers who work with and in schools. Course Length: 6 hours Location: Gateway Center Progress Room, 420 E. German St. Herkimer, NY Cost: FREE

Elementary Regional Leaders in the Herkimer BOCES Region will meet once a month to connect on best practices, get state updates, and collaborate with their colleagues.

Secondary Regional Leaders in the Herkimer BOCES Region will meet once a month to connect on best practices, get state updates, and collaborate with their colleagues.

Regional scoring of the NYSESLAT Exams. The session will include training on scoring the writing portion of the NYSESLAT Exams

To support educators in navigating personal grief, loss, and uncertainty in a way that does not sacrifice their well-being or effectiveness as teachers. This session will focus on reframing the societal expectation that educators must always be "okay” and explore strategies for teaching compassionately while embracing vulnerability.

To support educators in navigating personal grief, loss, and uncertainty in a way that does not sacrifice their well-being or effectiveness as teachers. This session will focus on reframing the societal expectation that educators must always be "okay” and explore strategies for teaching compassionately while embracing vulnerability.

These meetings are reserved for Herkimer County component school district CSE Chairs and Directors of Special Education. Attendees will have an opportunity to remain up-to-date with current topics from the New York State Education Department and local partnerships.