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1. Navigating AI: Using AI in the Classroom Self-Paced Online Course

Program: Online Workshops

Audience: teachers and librarians

Dates: On-Going (Ends Jun 2, 2025)

The full self-paced course will explore basic AI concepts and applications, examine classroom and schoolwide guidelines, and identify collaborative opportunities to incorporate AI literacy. Six hours of CTLE credit will be given for completing the course.

Course must be completed by September 1, 2025.
  • Hours: 8
  • Enrolled: 8/100
  • Wait: 0/0

2. Dignity for All Students (the 6 hour training required for certification) 25-26

Program: Online Workshops

Audience: Teachers and Leaders in need of DASA course for certification.

Dates: On-Going (Ends Jun 14, 2026)

Location: Online

Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) requires that everyone applying for teaching certification have 6 hours of coursework or training on the social patterns of harassment, bullying, and discrimination. DCMO BOCES is an approved provider of this training. Note: Any participant who is not an employee of DCMO BOCES or a DCMO Regional Component School will be charged $99 (will be billed either through a cross contract or invoiced separately.
  • Enrolled: 4/300
  • Wait: 0/0

3. New Mentor Training - Self-paced Course 2025-2026

Program: Online Workshops

Audience: all staff who plan to become mentors

Dates: On-Going (Ends May 30, 2026)

Location: Online Self-Paced

Self Paced Course
This workshop is for teachers who plan to become a mentor for new teachers, or have been a mentor in the past but could use a refresher with how to support their mentees. Information regarding NYS Teaching Standards, NYS Mentoring Standards, Growth Mindset, APPR, Cognitive Coaching, and building relationships are included.
As a self-paced course, participants watch videos and read articles and documents and then fill out reflection forms to work through the material. All questions can be directed to Nan Gizowski at gizowskd@dcmoboces.com Created Fall 2022
  • Enrolled: 10/100
  • Wait: 0/0

4. LETRS Volume 2: Summer 2025

Program: Literacy

Audience: This sequence is only for participants who have completed Volume 1. This prerequisite is essential; we cannot make exceptions.

Dates: 7/17/2025 to 10/2/2025

Closed
This course is the second half of the LETRS series focusing on language comprehension: vocabulary, background knowledge, language structure, literacy knowledge, and verbal reasoning.

Participants will receive the LETRS Volume 2, 3rd edition manual and a 1 year online license

The cost for this sequence is approx. $794 per participant if 40 registrations are secured. Approx. $1070 per participant if 25 registrations are secured and approx.. $1784 per participant if 15 registrations are secured.
  • Hours: 28
  • Enrolled: 12/12
  • Wait: 0/0

5. LETRS Volume 2 :Summer 2025 Work Sessions

Program: Literacy

Audience: This is only open to participants enrolled in LETRS Volume 2: Summer 2025

Dates: 7/31/2025 to 10/23/2025

Due to the condensed scheduling of LETRS Volume 2, we will offer a work day in between the facilitated workshops to allow teachers to complete additional suggested independent work. We have created these optional, non facilitated work sessions for participants of LETRS Volume 2 to have a chance to work together if they choose to do so or to work independently to complete the work of LETRS. Work sessions are scheduled halfway between the in-person training sessions. We anticipate Christine Newell from DCMO BOCES will be available as an informal resource. If your school participates in Stipend Reimbursement and/or Sub Reimbursement these work days will allow for a reimbursement to take place. Please bring your laptop, LETRS materials, and headphones/earbuds with you to each work session. Lunch is on your own. ** This is only open to participants enrolled in LETRS Volume 2:Summer 2025.
  • Hours: 28
  • Enrolled: 7/40
  • Wait: 0/0

6. The SUNY New Paltz Science of Reading Microcredential

Program: Literacy

Audience: K-12 Educators, Reading and Intervention Specialists, and Administrators

Dates: 8/1/2025 to 2/12/2026

Closed
Earn continuing education credits and a Science of Reading Micro credential via this self-paced course created by SUNY New Paltz School of Education Faculty. Educators will have 6 months to complete this 35 hour online course which is embedded with support and check-ins hosted by DCMO BOCES. Educators will be empowered with innovative, research-backed tools and techniques for enhancing literacy instruction to support all learners including struggling readers in elementary, middle school, and high school.
  • Hours: 9.5
  • Enrolled: 20/20
  • Wait: 0/0

7. Getting Started in the School Library

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: Those working in the school library

Dates: 9/3/2025

This workshop will go through the basic of what someone new to the school library needs to know to get started. This is open to new and veteran school librarians, TOSAs and library assistants. A handbook of getting started will be given to all participants. After this workshop, attendees should be able to use the library automation software, OPALs, to add a student or teacher, check books in and out, add an item, pull basic reports, update the website, teach students and teachers how to access the databases, how to borrow and lend books to other libraries, how to get help for any additional questions.
  • Enrolled: 1/25
  • Wait: 0/0

8. 2025-2026 Principal Meeting

Program: Leadership

Audience: Building and District Administrators including Principals, Assistant Principals, Directors, etc...

Dates: 9/10/2025 to 6/4/2026

Administrators in our BOCES region meet periodically to hear the latest news and regulatory advice, share and discuss common issues, and to further their own professional learning. There is no charge to attend these meetings; the cost is built into the ISS base fee.

In the 2025 - 2026 school year, Principal Meeting sessions will focus on:
-Portrait of a Graduate and the NYS Graduation Measures Initiative
-Project Based Learning and Standards Based Grading knowledge building
-Artificial Intelligence Integration - use and policy
-Improving Student Attendance and Behavior
-Creating and maintaining positive relationships and a welcoming and affirming environment
-Regional sharing opportunities
-NYSED and BOCES updates, announcements, and Round Table

Specific meetings may be split into grade level bands or titles (Elementary & MS/HS or Principal & Assistant Principals) based on the monthly topic of discussion. Meeting locations and times may vary. The format for meetings will vary to meet the demands on administrator time constraints.

Administrators are encouraged to attend these meetings in person whenever possible. We encourage each district to designate at least one administrator per meeting to attend in person. A zoom option will be available for those unable to participate in person. Reach out to kerry.simmons@dcmoboces.com for a zoom link at least one day prior to the meeting.
  • Hours: 30
  • Enrolled: 24/80
  • Wait: 0/0

9. First Days, Best Days: Master Your Classroom Management

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: All Teachers

Dates: 9/16/2025

Ready to kick off your school year with confidence and control? Our First Days, Best Days: Master Your Classroom Management regional training is designed for all teachers, whether you're just starting out or a seasoned pro. This isn't just theory; it's a one-day, action-packed session filled with practical organization tips, clever tricks, and powerful management strategies. You'll gain the tools to take strategic control of your learning space from day one. Based on research-backed methods, these strategies are proven to create positive long-term impacts and ensure you have a truly successful school year.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 3/25
  • Wait: 0/0

10. Professional Learning Steering Committee

Program: Leadership

Audience: District representatives may be an administrator or other instructional leader.

Dates: 9/17/2025 to 5/6/2026

Professional Learning Steering Committee * BY INVITATION ONLY *

The Professional Learning Steering Committee is a subcommittee of the DCMO BOCES Instructional Services Advisory Committee (ISAC). All participating districts identify 1-2 representatives to attend the monthly meetings, serve in an advisory capacity, and share relevant updates with their district administrative team members. District representatives may be an administrator or other instructional leader. The goal of the Professional Learning Steering Committee is "To innovate, examine, and recommend regional practices and programs that support student and adult learning."

Please note that all Professional Learning Steering Committee meetings will e held in person. A Zoom option will be available for those not able to attend the in-person meeting.
  • Enrolled: 5/35
  • Wait: 0/0

11. Tiny Humans, Big Emotions Virtual Book Club: Understanding and Supporting Emotional Development in Children

Program: Social & Emotional Learning

Audience: All School Staff

Dates: 9/18/2025 to 12/11/2025

ClosedStarting Today
Join us for a thoughtful and practical book club designed to help adults better understand, nurture, and respond to the complex emotional world of children. Through engaging readings, open discussions, and real-world reflections, we'll explore key concepts around emotional regulation, co-regulation, attachment, empathy, and behavior management.
Each session will focus on chapters or themes from the book that translate developmental psychology into actionable tools. Whether you're an educator and/or a parent you'll leave each meeting with new insights and simple strategies to support the little humans in your life-while taking care of your own emotional well-being, too.

What to Expect:

-Weekly discussions based on selected readings

-Real-life application and reflection prompts

-Supportive, judgment-free space for sharing experiences

-Practical tools for emotional coaching and connection

Participants will be sent the book, zoom link and book club guide upon registration. The group will discuss how the overall themes of the book inspire us to fuel this movement and create lasting positive change for an emotionally intelligent future.

Sessions will occur monthly beginning in September and ending in December from 3:30-4:30pm on the following dates:

September 18, 2025
October 16, 2025
November 13, 2025
December 11, 2025
  • Hours: 4
  • Enrolled: 13/13
  • Wait: 0/0

12. Data-Based Decision-Making to Improve Student Performance Targeted Skills Group

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: District and school administrators, literacy specialists, school psychologists, interventionists, other school staff


Only invited schools- GMU, Greene and Hancock

Dates: 9/24/2025 to 5/21/2026

Starting Soon
Targeted Skills Groups will adopt a team structure that focuses on data-based decision-making, while using a tool/checklist to ensure fidelity of implementation, in order to improve the outcomes for all students.

  • Enrolled: 9/35
  • Wait: 0/0

13. Communication Coordinators Meeting #1

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: School librarians and library staff

Dates: 9/25/2025

The DCMO School Library System Communication Coordinator Meetings are required by the Commissioner's Regulations 90.18. Districts are required to send one representative, preferably a certified school librarian to the meetings. Districts are able to send more than one representative as desired. The communications coordinator shall implement the procedures to be followed in the district, within the general guidelines and procedures determined by the school library system. The communications coordinator shall keep other school library media specialists and staff of the member's district informed of the policies, procedures, activities and services. The meetings also serve as a space for continued professional learning for librarians and those working in the school library. Often meetings consist of turn-key training and best instructional practices that are expected to be shared with school staff.
  • Enrolled: 8/30
  • Wait: 0/0

14. DCMO SLS Council Meeting #1

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: DCMO School Library System Council Members

Dates: 9/25/2025

This is a DCMO SLS Council meeting as required per Commissioner's regulations 90.18. If you are both a CC and a Council member, please sign up for only the CC meeting. Council members may stay for the entire day or leave when the council meeting has finished.
  • Enrolled: 3/10
  • Wait: 0/0

15. Overview of Specially Designed Instruction

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 9/25/2025

The Overview of Specially Designed Instruction professional development training package is the first in a suite of trainings on the development and use of specially designed instruction (SDI) for students with disabilities. This introductory training is intended to develop participants' working knowledge of the components of SDI, the rationale for using SDI, using SDI alongside other instructional strategies, and selecting appropriate SDI based upon student needs and characteristics.


  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 2/25
  • Wait: 0/0

16. Every Child, Every Day: Improving Attendance in Schools

Program: Leadership

Audience: School Attendance Teams, School Leadership Teams, At Risk Teams

Dates: 9/25/2025

Calling School Attendance Teams! Missing just 2 days a month-10% of the year-can significantly affect academic success, but the right strategies can make a difference. Join us in-person for a full day, interactive session to deepen your understanding of chronic absence and sharpen your team's response. This interactive session is for school attendance teams (groups of 2-6) to review key concepts, assess current practices, and create an action plan, helping your team get aligned and moving forward. Objectives: Reconnect with the "why" behind chronic absence Learn data practices to uncover patterns and root causes Assess and improve your current strategies Build a clear, actionable attendance plan tailored to your school's unique needs Exchange ideas and best practices with other teams
  • Hours: 6
  • Enrolled: 16/100
  • Wait: 0/0

17. Rooted in Relationships: Restorative Leadership for Today's Schools

Program: Leadership

Audience: All School Leaders including Teacher Leaders

Dates: 9/25/2025

Come Learn, Connect & Lead with NYSAWA!

Join the vibrant NYSAWA (New York State Association for Women in Administration) community for an energizing and inspiring opening session that will spark connection and elevate your leadership! Together, we'll explore the Social Discipline Window of restorative practices and how it can help create schools where everyone feels a true sense of belonging-from students to staff to school leaders.

You'll experience a community-building circle firsthand and see how this powerful strategy isn't just for the classroom-it's a game-changer for strengthening relationships, communication, and collaboration among the adults leading our schools. We'll also explore how restorative practices help elevate every voice and align beautifully with New York State's visionary Portrait of a Graduate initiative.

Whether you're a longtime NYSAWA member or just curious about what we do-you are welcome! We're growing, and we'd love for you to grow with us. And yes, men are warmly encouraged to attend-we truly value your support in championing women in educational leadership.

Come ready to connect, learn, and leave inspired-because leadership is better when we do it together!


You are welcome to attend any of the three BOCES location sites DCMO, TST & Broome Tioga BOCES. Paypal & Venmo available at the site or checks made payable to NYSAWA (can be mailed to Rebecca Stone at Broome-Tioga BOCES, 435 Glenwood Road, Binghamton, NY 13905). Contact ginger.rinaldo@dcmoboces.com for more information.
  • Enrolled: 21/50
  • Wait: 0/0

18. United in Learning: Regional Collaboration Day for Social Studies Educators

Program: Social Studies

Audience: Social Studies Educators (Grades 7-12)

Dates: 9/29/2025

Join us for a dynamic day of professional growth and collaboration designed specifically for Social Studies educators teaching grades 7-12. Our agenda includes comprehensive updates from the most recent SCDN meetings, essential information from the New York State Department of Education, and a focused session on integrating literacy and the Science of Reading into the Social Studies curriculum. This event is an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues, share best practices, and enhance your instructional strategies to better support student learning and engagement. Don't miss this chance to stay informed and inspired in your teaching practice!
  • Hours: 6
  • Enrolled: 4/35
  • Wait: 0/0

19. Increasing Instructional Time and Student Performance Utilizing: De-escalation Strategies

Asynchronous Training Course from September 1st- September 30th

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Support Staff, Related Service Providers, Paraprofessionals, Administrators, School Psychologists and Counselors who work with and support students in preschool through 12th grade

Dates: 9/30/2025

Self paced
In this training, participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of the phases of acting-out behavior and how to effectively manage unexpected social, emotional and behavioral situations in the classroom. Participants will learn to recognize and respond to acting-out behavior with de-escalation strategies tailored to each phase of the acting-out cycle. Equipped with this knowledge, educators will build their toolbox of techniques aimed at fostering a safer and more conducive learning environment that increases instructional time and improves student performance.


***Please ignore the time and date for this activity- this is a self-paced training from September 1st to September 30th***
  • Enrolled: 2/50
  • Wait: 0/0

20. Transition in the IEP Overview (Asynchronous training from Sept. 1st- 30th)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education administrators, special and general education teachers, Committee on Special Education (CSE) chairpersons, transition coordinators, school counselors, school psychologists, related service providers, families and anyone else involved with the development of the student's IEP.

Dates: 9/30/2025

The purpose of the Transition in the IEP-Overview of Core Components professional development (PD) package is to gain an in-depth understanding of the transition planning process and the components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of the best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.
Participants will:
- Identify key components of high-quality transition-focused IEPs and understand the transition planning process.
- Identify the components needed to develop and write Measurable Postsecondary Goals.
- Understand the relationship between transition needs and the development of annual goals to support the student toward achieving the postsecondary goals.
- Identify the components needed to develop and write measurable annual goals that support each of the Measurable Postsecondary Goals.
- Identify key concepts of Coordinated Set of Transition Activities.
- Ensure student participation in the development of a transition-focused IEP and parent involvement in the transition planning process.
- Be able to directly apply and implement today's concepts into practice.
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

21. Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) @ ISSC-

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: The Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) is a result of the OSE Educational Partnership Designations for a Focused Intervention. This provides districts with the requirements of the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition. During this TSG we will review the requirements and provide professional development encompassing the best practices to meet the requirements of Secondary Transition Planning and the Documentation of this in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of student

Dates: 9/30/2025 to 4/2/2026

The Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) is a result of the OSE Educational Partnership Designations for a Focused Intervention. This provides districts with the requirements of the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition. During this TSG we will review the requirements and provide professional development encompassing the best practices to meet the requirements of Secondary Transition Planning and the Documentation of this in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of students that are 14 and older. Participants take a deep dive in best practices, reflect on current systems and practices, are provided numerous resources to build their own transition resource binder, collaborate with additional school district participants and provide facilitated work time with scaffolding.

Note: The first Training Session is Mandatory for all participants/district team representatives. This session includes training mandated for all districts that will be part of the SPP Indicator #13 Compliance Review in the 2026-2027 school year. All CSE Chairpersons for secondary students and any administrator that is responsible for the meetings that may include Directors of Special Education Programs and/or Principals or Superintendents.

Coaching sessions will be scheduled with the district for additional support and scaffolding. Registrations for each session will be created once the date and time has been scheduled. It is a requirement that a coaching session of at least 1 hour will be provided by a Regional Partnership Center (RPC) member and at least one district team member.

26 (minimally)
Each Training Day 5.5 hours
Coaching Days are district dependent 1 1/4 6 hours

  • Hours: 26
  • Enrolled: 8/30
  • Wait: 0/0

22. The Language of Classroom Management
Must Attend both Sessions

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, P-12 General education teachers, Special Education Teachers, aides and teaching assistants.

Dates: 10/1/2025 to 10/30/2025

This is a two day, multiple module training designed for PreK- 12th grade educators who would like more information on positive behavior support-classroom management strategies which include:
arranging the physical environment
defining, teaching, and acknowledging expectations and rules
defining and teaching classroom procedures and routines
active supervision
behavior specific praise
response strategies for inappropriate behavior
class wide group contingencies
multiple opportunities to respond

Time will be provided to review and revise classroom management strategies within your own classroom and how to effectively implement changes to current classroom procedures and routines.

This is a two day training. Please plan to attend both days.
  • Enrolled: 1/20
  • Wait: 0/0

23. Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) @ DCMO

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: The Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) is a result of the OSE Educational Partnership Designations for a Focused Intervention. This provides districts with the requirements of the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition. During this TSG we will review the requirements and provide professional development encompassing the best practices to meet the requirements of Secondary Transition Planning and the Documentation of this in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of student

Dates: 10/2/2025 to 4/2/2026

The Transition Targeted Skills Group (TSG) is a result of the OSE Educational Partnership Designations for a Focused Intervention. This provides districts with the requirements of the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition. During this TSG we will review the requirements and provide professional development encompassing the best practices to meet the requirements of Secondary Transition Planning and the Documentation of this in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of students that are 14 and older. Participants take a deep dive in best practices, reflect on current systems and practices, are provided numerous resources to build their own transition resource binder, collaborate with additional school district participants and provide facilitated work time with scaffolding.

Note: The first Training Session is Mandatory for all participants/district team representatives. This session includes training mandated for all districts that will be part of the SPP Indicator #13 Compliance Review in the 2026-2027 school year. All CSE Chairpersons for secondary students and any administrator that is responsible for the meetings that may include Directors of Special Education Programs and/or Principals or Superintendents.

Coaching sessions will be scheduled with the district for additional support and scaffolding. Registrations for each session will be created once the date and time has been scheduled. It is a requirement that a coaching session of at least 1 hour will be provided by a Regional Partnership Center (RPC) member and at least one district team member.

26 (minimally)
Each Training Day 5.5 hours
Coaching Days are district dependent 1 1/4 6 hours

  • Hours: 26
  • Enrolled: 14/30
  • Wait: 0/0

24. Graduation Targeted Skills Group (TSG)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Delaware Academy, Hunter-Tannersville Central School, Milford Central School, Stamford Central School, and Worcester Central School.

Dates: 10/7/2025 to 4/14/2026

The Graduation Targeted Skills Group (TSG) is a result of the OSE Educational Partnership Designations for a Focused Intervention. Districts will develop systems using evidence-based practices and best practices to enhance the successful completion of school for students with disabilities during the training sessions. Training will include information about Work-Based Learning (WBL), Student Centered Planning, Self-Determination, Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) across the lifespan, Early Warning Systems, Transition Planning and Multiple Pathways to Graduation.

Coaching sessions will be held every other month where the district representative/teams will meet with the Regional Partnership Center (RPC) specialist and/or the Family Engagement Facilitator from the Family and Community Engagement Center (FACE) for a scaffolded approach to gathering and reviewing district specific data, determining root causes and creating a system to address those root causes including preventative procedures. It is an expectation of the Office of Special Education that this occurs for a minimum of 1 hour with at least one district team member. Registration for each session will be created once the date and time has been mutually agreed upon.


The districts are asked to create a team of representatives that must include an administrative representative that has the authority to make decisions and CSE chairperson/ director, as well as general and special education teachers, school counselor(s), and transition coordinator(s).
  • Hours: 12
  • Enrolled: 4/30
  • Wait: 0/0

25. DCMO BOCES Regional All Means All Steering Committee

Program: Leadership

Audience: Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Administrators, Principals, Teacher Leaders

Dates: 10/8/2025 to 5/6/2026

2025-2026 All Means All Steering Committee Dates

All meetings are from 12:30 - 3:00 pm


October 8, 2025: DCMO BOCES Support Services Center, Norwich NY (SSC)

November 5, 2025: SSC

December 10, 2025: DCMO BOCES Harrold Campus, Sidney Center, NY (Harrold)

January 7, 2025: SSC

February 11, 2025: SSC

March 4, 2025: SSC

April 1, 2025: Harrold

May 6, 2025: SSC
  • Enrolled: 4/45
  • Wait: 0/0

26.
Educating for the Future: Rural Education Collaborative Conference Between DCMO, ONC BOCES & SUNY Oneonta STREAMING ONLY

Program: Ongoing Initiatives

Audience: Districts NOT attending in person

Dates: 10/10/2025

New
The Rural Educators Collaborative is proud to host its first conference, Educating for the Future, a day dedicated to empowering rural educators through connection, innovation, and shared vision. This streaming opportunity will feature keynote speaker Trevor Muir, nationally recognized educator, storyteller, and author, who will inspire participants to make learning meaningful, purposeful, and lasting. In addition, featured speaker Mike Fisher will lead sessions focused on the Portrait of a Graduate framework, exploring how habits of mind and essential skills can be intentionally woven into rural schools to shape future-ready learners.
Together, participants will reimagine rural education with a focus on innovation and community. Educating for the Future is more than a conference-it is the beginning of an ongoing collaborative movement to strengthen and celebrate the unique strengths of rural schools while charting a path forward for the next generation of learners.
By registering for this streaming option only event the following presentations can be streamed throughout the day:
8:45 - 9:20 Opening Remarks, Celebration of Teaching Award, Welcome
9:20 - 11:00 Keynote, Trevor Muir, "Make Learning Epic: Using Purpose to Inspire"
11:15 - 12:00 Mike Fisher, Habits of Mind in Focus: Illuminating Your Portrait of a Graduate, Elementary Level
1:00 - 1:45 Trevor Muir, "Innovative Teacher Mindset"
2:00 - 2:45 Mike Fisher, Habits of Mind in Focus: Illuminating Your Portrait of a Graduate, Secondary Level

Districts will be charged a flat fee of $500.00
  • Enrolled: 0/1000
  • Wait: 0/0

Conference

27. Educating for the Future: Rural Education Collaborative Conference Between DCMO, ONC BOCES & SUNY Oneonta

Program: Ongoing Initiatives

Dates: 10/10/2025

The Rural Educators Collaborative is proud to host its first conference, Educating for the Future, a day dedicated to empowering rural educators through connection, innovation, and shared vision. This gathering will bring together teachers, administrators, pre-service teachers, and education leaders from across rural districts to engage in collaborative discussions, explore innovative practices, and reflect on what it means to prepare students for success in an ever-changing world.

The conference will feature a welcome by NYSED Commissioner Dr. Betty A. Rosa, followed by the keynote speaker Trevor Muir, a nationally recognized educator, storyteller, and author, who will inspire participants to make learning meaningful. In addition, featured speaker Mike Fisher will lead sessions focused on the Portrait of a Graduate framework, exploring how habits of mind and essential skills can be intentionally woven into rural schools to shape future-ready learners.

Together, participants will exchange ideas, build networks, and reimagine rural education with a focus on innovation and community. Educating for the Future is more than a conference-it is the beginning of an ongoing collaborative movement to strengthen and celebrate the unique strengths of rural schools while charting a path forward for the next generation of learners.

**8:00am to 8:45am Registration, Coffee, Hooked on Tonics

Districts participating in the regional conference are:

DCMO Districts:

Bainbridge-Guilford
DCMO BOCES
Downsville
Gilbertsville-Mount Upton
Greene
Otselic Valley
Unatego

ONC Districts:

Andes Central School
Charlotte Valley
Edmeston Central School
Jefferson CSD
Laurens
Milford Central
Morris
ONC BOCES
Roxbury CSD
Schenevus
South Kortright CSD
Stamford
Worcester Central School

CLICK ON VIEW SESSIONS/ENROLL BELOW TO REGISTER
  • Enrolled: 561/1011
  • Wait: 0/0

28. The Craftsman's Guidebook

Program: Arts

Audience: Arts and Music Teachers, Curriculum Leaders, Administrators

Dates: 10/10/2025 to 6/11/2026

Join us for an engaging professional development series that introduces The Craftsman's Guidebook-a four-level framework designed to help educators build and sustain a standards-aligned, inclusive, and visionary arts curriculum. From establishing a shared mission and unpacking the New York State Arts Standards to implementing vertically aligned benchmarks and culturally responsive practices, this model offers a clear, collaborative path for transforming arts instruction. Participants will explore essential tools like "I Can" statements, Learning Progression Charts, and standards-based assessments, all while aligning with MTSS to meet the diverse needs of every student. Whether you're laying the groundwork or refining your district-wide arts strategy, this series equips you with the strategies, resources, and community connections to elevate your practice. *$600-$700 per person (*District will be billed actual cost. Actual cost will depend on number of participants).
  • Hours: 36
  • Enrolled: 34/75
  • Wait: 0/0

29. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 10/14/2025

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 2/25
  • Wait: 0/0

30. Introduction to 3D Design with Tinkercad

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: K-12 Teachers and Support Staff looking to integrate 3D modeling into their classrooms

Dates: 10/16/2025 to 10/17/2025

This hands-on course introduces educators and students to the fundamentals of 3D design using Tinkercad, a free, browser-based modeling tool. Participants will explore basic and intermediate features of the platform while developing real-world design projects.

Over the span of 14 hours, learners will progress from simple shape manipulation to more advanced modeling techniques, including alignment, grouping, and hole tools.
  • Hours: 14
  • Enrolled: 1/8
  • Wait: 0/0

31. Understanding Intervention: Overview of Tiered Intervention in Schools

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Literacy Specialists; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; School Psychologists; Principals

Dates: 10/16/2025

Introductory PD on instructional matching:
Participants will be able to identify and differentiate between skill-based, fluency-based, and performance-based interventions
Participants will learn when each of these approaches is appropriate, given the nature of the observed problem.
Participants will learn how to titrate the intensity of intervention to the learner as a response to instruction


  • Hours: 7
  • Enrolled: 1/20
  • Wait: 0/0

32. LETRS Volume 1 2025-2026

Program: Literacy

Audience: All teachers of ELA, reading and reading intervention

Dates: 10/20/2025 to 3/2/2026

Closed
This course is the first half of the LETRS series focusing on word-reading instruction: phonological awareness, decoding, and sight recognition.

Participants will receive the LETRS Volume 1, 3rd edition Manual and a 1 year online license

The cost for this sequence is approx. $795 per participant if 40 registrations are secured. Approx. $1070 per participant if 25 registrations are secured and approx. $1784 per participant if 15 registrations are secured.
  • Hours: 28
  • Enrolled: 22/22
  • Wait: 0/0

33. LETRS Volume 2: 2025-2026

Program: Literacy

Audience: This sequence is only for participants who have completed Volume 1. This prerequisite is essential; we cannot make exceptions.

Dates: 10/21/2025 to 3/3/2026

Closed
This course is the second half of the LETRS series focusing on language comprehension: vocabulary, background knowledge, language structure, literacy knowledge, and verbal reasoning.

Participants will receive the LETRS Volume 2, 3rd edition manual and a 1 year online license

The cost for this sequence is approx. $794 per participant if 40 registrations are secured. Approx. $1070 per participant if 25 registrations are secured and approx.. $1784 per participant if 15 registrations are secured.
  • Hours: 28
  • Enrolled: 13/13
  • Wait: 0/0

34. Next Steps in Specially Designed Instruction

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 10/23/2025

The Next Steps with Specially Designed Instruction professional development training package is the second in a suite of trainings on the development and use of specially designed instruction (SDI) for students with disabilities. This advanced level training is intended to further develop participants' knowledge of specially designed instruction and how SDI should be designed and developed based on individual student need to address their learning barriers.  Participants will be trained on how specially designed instruction is used alongside other instructional strategies and the process of developing appropriate specially designed instruction based on individual student needs and characteristics. 

  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 1/25
  • Wait: 0/0

35. NEW Biology Regents Deconstruction & Item Analysis

Program: Science

Audience: Teachers of Life Science: Biology

Dates: 10/24/2025

This workshop will provide time with professional colleagues to analyze the NYSSLS Biology Regents Exam that was administered for the first time in June 2025. Discussion will focus on question items, data from the region and state, and implications for classroom instruction. Discussion regarding how the required investigations support the assessment will be included. If a district administered the new test in June, participants from that district will get district-specific item performance analysis reports. *This workshop will be scheduled for a half-day, with the second half of the day for Earth and Space Science. If teachers plan to stay for the whole day, they should register for both sessions.
  • Hours: 3
  • Enrolled: 6/36
  • Wait: 0/0

36. NEW Earth & Space Science Regents Deconstruction & Item Analysis

Program: Science

Audience: Teachers of Earth & Space Science

Dates: 10/24/2025

This workshop will provide time with professional colleagues to analyze the NYSSLS Earth & Space Science Regents Exam that was administered for the first time in June 2025. Discussion will focus on question items, data from the region and state, and implications for classroom instruction. Discussion regarding how the required investigations support the assessment will be included. If a district administered the new test in June, participants from that district will get district-specific item performance analysis reports. *This workshop will be scheduled for a half-day, with the second half of the day for Earth and Space Science. If teachers plan to stay for the whole day, they should register for both sessions.
  • Hours: 3
  • Enrolled: 7/36
  • Wait: 0/0

37. IEP Writing Workshop @ ONC BOCES ISSC in Oneonta

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 10/27/2025

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2025-2025 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

38. Rethinking Behavior Management: Mindfulness for Trauma-Responsive and Co-Regulated Classrooms

Program: Social & Emotional Learning

Audience: All School Staff

Dates: 10/27/2025

Mindfulness is an internal proactive approach to intentional well being through modeling and teaching self awareness. In this workshop we will review and practice trauma informed mindfulness techniques that can be incorporated into personal practice, classrooms and/or school based mindfulness groups. Mindfulness can transform individuals, classrooms and schools through intentional care and compassion for self and others. It can also enhance focus, self regulation, co-regulation, growth mindset, and healthy relationship dynamics. Mindfulness is a comprehensive social emotional learning technique that can help children and adults develop well being and mental health throughout their lifetime from a whole child approach.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 7/25
  • Wait: 0/0

39. Analyzing the 3rd-5th Grade NYS Science Assessment

Program: Science

Audience: Teachers of 3rd, 4th, and/or 5th grade Science

Dates: 10/28/2025

New
This workshop will provide time with professional colleagues to analyze the NYSSLS 3-5 Science Assessment that was administered in the spring of 2025. Discussion will focus on question items, data from the region and state, and implications for classroom instruction. Discussion regarding how the required investigations support the assessment will be included. Participants will get district-specific item performance analysis reports to review.

*This workshop will be scheduled for a half-day, with the second half of the day for the 6-8 Assessment. If teachers plan to stay for the whole day, they should register for both sessions.
  • Enrolled: 1/30
  • Wait: 0/0

40. Analyzing the 6th-8th Grade NYS Science Assessment

Program: Science

Audience: Teachers of 6th, 7th, and/or 8th Grade Science

Dates: 10/28/2025

New
This workshop will provide time with professional colleagues to analyze the NYSSLS 6-8 Science Assessment that was administered in the spring of 2025. Discussion will focus on question items, data from the region and state, and implications for classroom instruction. Discussion regarding how the required investigations support the assessment will be included. Participants will get district-specific item performance analysis reports to review.

*This workshop will be scheduled for a half-day, with the first half of the day for the 3-5 Assessment. If teachers plan to stay for the whole day, they should register for both sessions.
  • Enrolled: 1/30
  • Wait: 0/0

41. Model Schools Presents: "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas"

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: Pre-k to 12 teachers, aides and Admins

Dates: 10/30/2025

Join us for "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas," presented by Model Schools. This dynamic workshop will explore how to effectively incorporate artificial intelligence into project-based learning frameworks while enhancing assessment strategies across various content areas.

Participants will engage in collaborative worktime, allowing educators to brainstorm, share best practices, and develop actionable plans tailored to their unique classroom environments. Together, we will explore innovative tools and techniques to foster student engagement and deepen learning outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your teaching practices and empower your students for success in the digital age!
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/35
  • Wait: 0/0

42. Playful Learning: A Powerful Teaching Approach

Program: Literacy

Audience: UPK, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 teachers

Dates: 11/3/2025

Playful learning is a performance based learning approach that leverages the natural inclination of children to learn through play, exploration and discovery. It involves creating an engaging learning environment that promotes active participation, creativity, and problem solving. Incorporating playful learning into your teaching practice can help enhance student engagement, foster a positive learning experience, and promote deeper understanding of complex concepts. This professional learning course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to implement this approach effectively in your classroom. Through this course, you will learn about the core principles of playful learning, its benefits, and its application across different content areas and age groups. You will actively engage in a playful learning environment as you learn how to design and facilitate playful learning activities that align with the standards and promote collaboration. During this professional learning course you will engage in an exploration of "Bees". By the end of this session, you will be equipped with a range of strategies, techniques and materials to incorporate this experience into your classroom.
  • Hours: 7
  • Enrolled: 7/20
  • Wait: 0/0

43. Using the Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) Process to Support Students Needing Intensive Intervention

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: District and Building-level school teams who are responsible for the development and implementation of the FBA, BIP and Progress Monitoring.

Dates: 11/4/2025 to 12/16/2025

Part 1: Understanding the Behavior Pathway 
Build fluency with the theoretical foundations on which FBAs and BIPs are based (i.e., the behavioral pathway) 

Part 2: Conducting the Functional Behavior Assessment 
Understand and develop the skills necessary to complete the FBA; learn the components of the Competing Behavior Pathway (CBP) from which to develop the BIP 

Part 3: Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Develop the Behavior Intervention Plan 
Identify interventions based upon the Competing Behavior Pathway 

Part 4: Implementation and Progress Monitoring of the Behavior Intervention Plan 
Develop the skills necessary to 1) ensure the BIP is implemented with fidelity and 2) progress monitor a student's response to the plan with regard to changes in both the problem and replacement/desired behaviors. 

  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

44. Introducing Elementary Students to the World of Work: Career Development Across the Lifespan

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education elementary and middle school teachers, special and general education elementary and middle school administrators, work-based learning (WBL) coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers.

Dates: 11/5/2025

Introducing Elementary Students to the World of Work is designed to understand the importance of beginning career development at the elementary age for students with disabilities, explore and expand elementary career development activities that support self and career awareness, identity and career exploration, enhance understanding of collaboration among schools, families, and community connections in elementary career development, and review resources and strategies to ensure elementary experiences are impactful and encouraged for elementary-aged students with disabilities and throughout elementary school.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 1/30
  • Wait: 0/0

45. Developing Measurable Annual Goals

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 11/6/2025

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.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 5/25
  • Wait: 0/0

46. Exploring Makerspace Magic: Hands-On Time with Tools and Tech for Engaging Classroom Learning

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: Pre-K to 6 teachers

Dates: 11/7/2025

Discover the exciting world of makerspace tools and products in this hands-on workshop designed for educators of PreK-6 students. Explore a variety of materials and technologies, learn practical ways to integrate them into your classroom, and spark creativity and problem-solving skills in your students!
  • Hours: 7
  • Enrolled: 1/25
  • Wait: 0/0

47. Fundamentals of Work-Based Learning (WBL)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education teachers, special and general education administrators, WBL coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers, and job coaches.

Dates: 11/12/2025

Fundamentals of WBL will 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.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

48. Implementing Unregistered Work-Based Learning (WBL) Experiences

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education teachers, special and general education administrators, WBL coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers, and job coaches.

Dates: 11/12/2025

Implementing Unregistered WBL (WBL) Experiences provides 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. It is suggested as a follow-up/next step in the WBL series after completing Fundamentals of Work-Based Learning.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

49. Fusion Fundamentals: 3D Design for Educators

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: K-12 teachers, CTE instructors, and educational support staff seeking to introduce CAD and digital fabrication into their programs. Ideal for educators with little to no CAD background who want to bring real-world design skills into their classrooms.

Dates: 11/13/2025 to 11/14/2025

Unlock the power of parametric 3D modeling with this hands-on course designed for K-12 educators. Using Autodesk Fusion (formerly Fusion 360), participants will explore the fundamentals of CAD through engaging, real-life design projects that combine design thinking, spatial reasoning, and creativity.

Over 14 hours, participants will learn how to sketch, extrude, revolve, and manipulate 3D geometry using practical workflows. We'll focus on creating real-world projects such as rings, containers, custom accessories, and objects that could be printed, cut, or prototyped in the classroom. The course culminates in a hands-on final project, giving participants the opportunity to apply their skills to a personalized 3D design.


Intended/Invited Audience:
K-12 teachers, CTE instructors, and educational support staff seeking to introduce CAD and digital fabrication into their programs. Ideal for educators with little to no CAD background who want to bring real-world design skills into their classrooms.
  • Hours: 14
  • Enrolled: 3/8
  • Wait: 0/0

50. UFLI: Targeted Literacy Support for Tier 2 and Tier 3 Instruction

Program: Literacy

Audience: Classroom Teachers, Literacy Coaches, Reading Interventionists, and Special Educators supporting foundational skills

Dates: 11/13/2025

This full-day professional development session is designed for educators supporting students who require Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions in foundational literacy skills. Participants will explore how to implement the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) program as a structured and responsive instructional approach. The session will also focus on administering and interpreting the Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) and the Quick Phonics Screener (QPS) to identify student needs in phonemic awareness and phonics. Educators will learn how to use this diagnostic data to group students and plan targeted instruction aligned with the UFLI framework. Through modeling, hands-on practice, and collaborative planning, attendees will leave with the tools and confidence to deliver effective, data-driven Tier 2 and 3 literacy instruction. Cost of Manual $76.00 per person *ANY PARTICIPANTS WHO DO NOT NEED THE MANUAL PLEASE EMAIL Kerry Simmons OR DISTRICT WILL BE BILLED FOR THEM
  • Hours: 7
  • Enrolled: 5/30
  • Wait: 0/0

51. Council Meeting #2- Annual Report Approval

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: DCMO SLS Council Members

Dates: 11/14/2025

DCMO SLS Council meetings as required per Commissioner's regulations 90.18. This will be a virtual meeting to go through the annual report.
  • Enrolled: 2/12
  • Wait: 0/0

52. LETRS Vol 1:2025-2026 Work Sessions

Program: Literacy

Audience: LETRS Volume 1:2025-2026 Participants

Dates: 11/17/2025 to 3/30/2026

Due to the condensed scheduling of LETRS Volume 1, we will offer a work day in between the facilitated workshops to allow teachers to complete additional suggested independent work. We have created these optional, non facilitated work sessions for participants of LETRS Volume 1 to have a chance to work together if they choose to do so or to work independently to complete the work of LETRS. Work sessions are scheduled halfway between the in-person training sessions. We anticipate Christine Newell from DCMO BOCES will be available as an informal resource. If your school participates in Stipend Reimbursement and/or Sub Reimbursement these work days will allow for a reimbursement to take place. Please bring your laptop, LETRS materials, and headphones/earbuds with you to each work session. Lunch is on your own. ** This is only open to participants enrolled in LETRS Volume 1:2025-2026
  • Hours: 27
  • Enrolled: 15/22
  • Wait: 0/0

53. Introducing Elementary Students to the World of Work: Career Development Across the Lifespan

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education elementary and middle school teachers, special and general education elementary and middle school administrators, work-based learning (WBL) coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers.

Dates: 11/17/2025

Introducing Elementary Students to the World of Work is designed to understand the importance of beginning career development at the elementary age for students with disabilities, explore and expand elementary career development activities that support self and career awareness, identity and career exploration, enhance understanding of collaboration among schools, families, and community connections in elementary career development, and review resources and strategies to ensure elementary experiences are impactful and encouraged for elementary-aged students with disabilities and throughout elementary school.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

54. Best Practices in Academic Progress Monitoring Introduction

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Literacy Specialists, School Psychologists, any others interested in acquiring introductory knowledge to progress monitoring individual students. The training is most applicable to those who will be engaging directly in the progress monitoring process with students.

Dates: 11/18/2025

Overview of what progress monitoring for academics is and how to implement this practice with individual students.
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.
Covers the essential knowledge and skills needed to understand the importance and core features of progress monitoring, as well as modeling and practice with feedback on implementing progress monitoring.
Opportunity for independent work with support from the presenters.
Participants should be able to: 1. Describe the purpose of progress monitoring 2. Define progress monitoring 3. Identify the steps for implementing progress monitoring at the individual student level

  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 1/15
  • Wait: 0/0

55. IEP Writing Workshop @ DCMO SSC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 11/18/2025

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year you are able to attend. Participants will:
• Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodations/ Modifications
• Have collaboration time with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer. Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

56. LETRS Volume 2 :2025-2026 Work Sessions

Program: Literacy

Audience: This is only open to participants enrolled in LETRS Volume 2: 2025-2026

Dates: 11/18/2025 to 3/31/2026

Due to the condensed scheduling of LETRS Volume 2, we will offer a work day in between the facilitated workshops to allow teachers to complete additional suggested independent work. We have created these optional, non facilitated work sessions for participants of LETRS Volume 2 to have a chance to work together if they choose to do so or to work independently to complete the work of LETRS. Work sessions are scheduled halfway between the in-person training sessions. We anticipate Christine Newell from DCMO BOCES will be available as an informal resource. If your school participates in Stipend Reimbursement and/or Sub Reimbursement these work days will allow for a reimbursement to take place. Please bring your laptop, LETRS materials, and headphones/earbuds with you to each work session. Lunch is on your own. ** This is only open to participants enrolled in LETRS Volume 2:2025-2026.
  • Hours: 28
  • Enrolled: 7/40
  • Wait: 0/0

57. Building Thinking Classrooms Part III - Assessment, Feedback, & Grading

Program: Math

Audience: While math is the focus, any staff who have attended Part I or read the book are welcome

Dates: 11/20/2025

New
Welcome back BTC Teachers!! This is the third and final installment of the BTC Series of professional learning offered at DCMO. The workshop will focus on Chapters 12-14 of the original BTC book, which were not addressed in the first two sessions. Chapter 12 focuses on What We Choose to Evaluate, Chapter 13 looks at Formative Assessment, and Chapter 14 dives into Grading. Workshop participants will focus on the concepts discussed in the book and engage in discussion regarding implementation. Time will be built in for participants to begin reviewing and/or building examples of the rubrics and checklists that are highlighted. *Participants are encouraged to re-read chapters 12-14 before the day of the workshop and should bring their book with them on the day of the workshop.
  • Hours: 6
  • Enrolled: 1/30
  • Wait: 0/0

58. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 11/21/2025

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

59. Fundamentals of Work-Based Learning (WBL)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education teachers, special and general education administrators, WBL coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers, and job coaches.

Dates: 12/2/2025

Fundamentals of WBL will 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.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

60. Implementing Unregistered Work-Based Learning (WBL) Experiences

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special and general education teachers, special and general education administrators, WBL coordinators, paraprofessionals, related services professionals, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency/community service providers or case managers, and job coaches.

Dates: 12/2/2025

Implementing Unregistered WBL (WBL) Experiences provides 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. It is suggested as a follow-up/next step in the WBL series after completing Fundamentals of Work-Based Learning.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

61. IEP Writing Workshop at ONC BOCES- NCOC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers


Dates: 12/5/2025

Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.

  • Enrolled: 0/10
  • Wait: 0/0

62. The Adventures of Johnny Appleseed: Exploring STEM Through Story and Problem-Based Centers

Program: Literacy

Audience: Pre-k -2 educators, aides and special educators

Dates: 12/5/2025

New
In this interactive professional learning session, educators will discover how to bring literacy and STEM to life through the timeless tale of Johnny Appleseed. Participants will explore ways to integrate literature into problem-based learning centers that spark curiosity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Using Johnny's adventures as a springboard, teachers will design engaging activities that weave together reading, writing, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Educators will leave with ready-to-use strategies, hands-on center ideas, and cross-curricular connections that make learning both meaningful and memorable for students.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

63. Strengthening our Core: School Library Values in Practice

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: School librarians

Dates: 12/10/2025

Join us for an exciting day of professional learning as
librarians gather around New York State to listen, discuss, and
share best practices on programs, projects, and assignments
based on the five ALA Core Values of Librarianship!

  • Enrolled: 1/30
  • Wait: 0/0

64. Model Schools Presents: "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas"

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: Pre-k to 12 teachers, aides and Admins

Dates: 12/11/2025

Join us for "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas," presented by Model Schools. This dynamic workshop will explore how to effectively incorporate artificial intelligence into project-based learning frameworks while enhancing assessment strategies across various content areas.

Participants will engage in collaborative worktime, allowing educators to brainstorm, share best practices, and develop actionable plans tailored to their unique classroom environments. Together, we will explore innovative tools and techniques to foster student engagement and deepen learning outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your teaching practices and empower your students for success in the digital age!
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/35
  • Wait: 0/0

65. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 12/17/2025

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

66. IEP Writing Workshop @ ONC BOCES ISSC in Oneonta

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 12/18/2025

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2025-2025 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

67. Consultant Teacher Services: Supporting Classroom and Curriculum Participation
(Asynchronus training stating from December 1st-31st)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 12/31/2025

Self Paced
The purpose of this training is to 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.


***Please ignore the time and date. This is a self-paced course starting from December 1st-31st***
  • Hours: 2
  • Enrolled: 7/25
  • Wait: 0/0

68. Phonological Awareness: Establishing Foundations for Reading Success (Asynchronous Training from December 1st-31 st)

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Literacy/Reading instructors; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; Administrators

Dates: 12/31/2025

Self Pace
The purpose of this 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 skills to teach when, 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 the effectiveness of phonological 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.


***Please ignore the time and date. This is a self-paced course from December 1st-31st.***
  • Hours: 2
  • Enrolled: 2/20
  • Wait: 0/0

69. Phonics and Word Recognition: Establishing the Foundations for Reading Success

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Literacy Specialists; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; School Psychologists; Principals

Dates: 1/5/2026

New
Participants will be able to:
1.Describe the legal and ethical importance of providing research-based instruction in phonics and word recognition.
2.Define phonics and word recognition and describe why they are important to overall reading development.
3.Explain when and how to teach phonics and word recognition according to our current knowledge of the science of reading.
4.Identify ways in which classroom assessments can be used to improve phonics and word recognition instruction and student outcomes.
5.Describe ways in which students with diverse backgrounds and learning needs can be provided with individualized phonics and word recognition support.
  • Enrolled: 0/20
  • Wait: 0/0

70. IEP Writing Workshop at ONC BOCES- OAOC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 1/6/2026

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

71. Diploma and Credential Options for Students with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and Special Education Administrators, Special Education Teachers, School Counselors, School Psychologists and other Related Service Providers.

Dates: 1/6/2026

This training is designed to ensure that students with disabilities and their families are aware of the multiple pathways to graduate school with a diploma and exiting credentials.
1. Define Self-Determination
2. Discuss credit requirements for graduation
3. Discuss the multiple pathways to Regents diploma
4. Discuss appeal eligibility criteria
5. Discuss safety nets for students with disabilities
6. Discuss exiting credentials
  • Enrolled: 0/2
  • Wait: 0/0

72. Specially Designed Instruction for Families

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators


Dates: 1/13/2026

Specially Designed Instruction: A Guide for Families and Caregivers training package is the fourth in a suite of trainings on the development and use of specially designed instruction (SDI) for students with disabilities. This foundational level training is intended to develop participants' basic understanding of SDI in order to increase knowledge of parents and other family members as engaged meaningful partners in the special education process and the education of their child.
  • Hours: 1.5
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

73. Testing Accommodations for Students
with Disabilities

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience:
Special Education Teachers, General Education Teachers, Building Principals/Administrators, Committee on Special
Education (CSE) Chairpersons, Parents/Familie

Dates: 1/14/2026

Participants will:
- know the purpose of test
accommodations.
- define test accommodations.
- understand their role in supporting a
student with their test accommodations.
- recognize that instructional
accommodations used in the classroom
should be aligned with the testing
accommodations provided during
assessment.
  • Hours: 3
  • Enrolled: 2/25
  • Wait: 0/0

74. Introduction to 3D Design with Tinkercad

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: K-12 Teachers and Support Staff looking to integrate 3D modeling into their classrooms

Dates: 1/15/2026 to 1/16/2026

This hands-on course introduces educators and students to the fundamentals of 3D design using Tinkercad, a free, browser-based modeling tool. Participants will explore basic and intermediate features of the platform while developing real-world design projects.

Over the span of 14 hours, learners will progress from simple shape manipulation to more advanced modeling techniques, including alignment, grouping, and hole tools.
  • Hours: 14
  • Enrolled: 0/8
  • Wait: 0/0

75. Book Study - Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences

Program: Instructional Strategies

Audience: K-12 teachers, Administrators,

Dates: 1/15/2026 to 3/19/2026

Book Study
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Join this collaborative book study to take a deep-dive into Project Based Learning and Assessment. We will be reading "Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences," an exceptional resource in understanding and implementing PBLA methods. We will meet over four zoom sessions and are inviting educators and administrators in the ONC BOCES and DCMO BOCES regions.

Our discussions will center on grasping the core principles of PBLA, exchanging experiences, and crafting practical strategies for its effective use in our classrooms. This series is an opportunity to align our teaching methods with the evolving educational landscape, using insights from the book to guide our learning and collaboration.


Thurs. Jan 15 - Chapter Intro, 1 & 2
Thurs. Feb 5 - Chapters 3 & 4
Thurs. Feb 26 - Chapters 5 & 6
Thur. March 19 - Chapters 7 & 8
8 PD hours will be awarded. 4 hours to attend meetings and 4 hours to read the book.
  • Hours: 4
  • Enrolled: 0/21
  • Wait: 0/0

76. Communication Coordinators Meeting #2

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: School librarians and library staff

Dates: 1/22/2026

The DCMO School Library System Communication Coordinator Meetings are required by the Commissioner's Regulations 90.18. Districts are required to send one representative, preferably a certified school librarian to the meetings. Districts are able to send more than one representative as desired. The communications coordinator shall implement the procedures to be followed in the district, within the general guidelines and procedures determined by the school library system. The communications coordinator shall keep other school library media specialists and staff of the member's district informed of the policies, procedures, activities and services. The meetings also serve as a space for continued professional learning for librarians and those working in the school library. Often meetings consist of turn-key training and best instructional practices that are expected to be shared with school staff.
  • Enrolled: 2/30
  • Wait: 0/0

77. Developing an Effective Student Exit Summary

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency staff, as well as students and families

Dates: 1/29/2026

This training contains information on the development and provision of an effective exit summary for students. It will cover both the traditional exit summary, and the exit summary provided with the Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential.

The goals of this training are to ensure participants will recognize and identify:
1. Analyze the importance of students' self-determination skills in making the SES a meaningful and relevant document
2. Learn the federal and state requirements for the SES
3. Recognize and identify the required components of the SES
Identify a process for the development and issuance of the SES that that is student-centered
  • Hours: 3
  • Enrolled: 1/30
  • Wait: 0/0

78. Model Schools Presents: "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas"

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: Pre-k to 12 teachers, aides and Admins

Dates: 1/29/2026

Join us for "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas," presented by Model Schools. This dynamic workshop will explore how to effectively incorporate artificial intelligence into project-based learning frameworks while enhancing assessment strategies across various content areas.

Participants will engage in collaborative worktime, allowing educators to brainstorm, share best practices, and develop actionable plans tailored to their unique classroom environments. Together, we will explore innovative tools and techniques to foster student engagement and deepen learning outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your teaching practices and empower your students for success in the digital age!
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/35
  • Wait: 0/0

79. Developing an Effective Student Exit Summary

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency staff, as well as students and families

Dates: 1/29/2026

This training contains information on the development and provision of an effective exit summary for students. It will cover both the traditional exit summary, and the exit summary provided with the Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential.

The goals of this training are to ensure participants will recognize and identify:
1. Analyze the importance of students' self-determination skills in making the SES a meaningful and relevant document
2. Learn the federal and state requirements for the SES
3. Recognize and identify the required components of the SES
Identify a process for the development and issuance of the SES that that is student-centered
  • Hours: 3
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

80. IEP Writing Workshop @ ONC BOCES ISSC in Oneonta

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 2/2/2026

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2025-2025 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

81. Reading Fluency: Establishing the Foundations for Reading Success


Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, Literacy Specialists, School Psychologists, General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, any others interested in implementing universal screening

Dates: 2/2/2026

New
Participants will be able to:
1.Describe the legal and ethical importance of providing scientific research-based instruction in reading fluency.
2.Define reading fluency and describe why it is important to overall literacy development.
3.Explain when and how to teach reading fluency according to our current knowledge of the SOR.
4.Identify ways in which classroom assessments can be used to improve reading fluency instruction and student outcomes.
5.Describe ways in which students with diverse backgrounds and learning needs can be provided with individualized reading fluency support.
  • Enrolled: 0/20
  • Wait: 0/0

82. Function Based Thinking: Applying a Proactive Process to Support Student Behavior in the Classroom

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, CSE chairpersons, P-12 Special Education Teachers, Counselors, Social Workers, Regular Education Teachers, School Psychologists, and any members of district staff who might be included on a team for MTSS behavior support.

Dates: 2/3/2026

This training package offers an overview of challenging behaviors, the behavior pathway, and the function-based thinking process. Function-based thinking is a Tier 1 support that can be used for all students, which requires teachers to informally gather data on student behavior, analyze the behavioral data and use the behavior pathway to determine the function of the behavior, and to match interventions to the function of the student behavior. Function-Based thinking can support school staff in determining appropriate intervention measures that will help eliminate unwanted behaviors, which may lead to fewer suspensions and be associated with an increase in academic engagement and performance.

Participants will be able to:
describe challenging behaviors
understand the behavior pathway and use it to determine the function of behaviors
understand the function-based thinking process to prevent or extinguish unwanted behaviors by selecting intervention measures that meet the function of the
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

83. Function Based Thinking: Applying a Proactive Process to Support Student Behavior in the Classroom

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators, CSE chairpersons, P-12 Special Education Teachers, Counselors, Social Workers, Regular Education Teachers, School Psychologists, and any members of district staff who might be included on a team for MTSS behavior support.

Dates: 2/3/2026

This training package offers an overview of challenging behaviors, the behavior pathway, and the function-based thinking process. Function-based thinking is a Tier 1 support that can be used for all students, which requires teachers to informally gather data on student behavior, analyze the behavioral data and use the behavior pathway to determine the function of the behavior, and to match interventions to the function of the student behavior. Function-Based thinking can support school staff in determining appropriate intervention measures that will help eliminate unwanted behaviors, which may lead to fewer suspensions and be associated with an increase in academic engagement and performance.

Participants will be able to:
describe challenging behaviors
understand the behavior pathway and use it to determine the function of behaviors
understand the function-based thinking process to prevent or extinguish unwanted behaviors by selecting intervention measures that meet the function of the
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

84. Fusion Fundamentals: 3D Design for Educators

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: K-12 teachers, CTE instructors, and educational support staff seeking to introduce CAD and digital fabrication into their programs. Ideal for educators with little to no CAD background who want to bring real-world design skills into their classrooms.

Dates: 2/5/2026 to 2/6/2026

Unlock the power of parametric 3D modeling with this hands-on course designed for K-12 educators. Using Autodesk Fusion (formerly Fusion 360), participants will explore the fundamentals of CAD through engaging, real-life design projects that combine design thinking, spatial reasoning, and creativity.

Over 14 hours, participants will learn how to sketch, extrude, revolve, and manipulate 3D geometry using practical workflows. We'll focus on creating real-world projects such as rings, containers, custom accessories, and objects that could be printed, cut, or prototyped in the classroom. The course culminates in a hands-on final project, giving participants the opportunity to apply their skills to a personalized 3D design.


Intended/Invited Audience:
K-12 teachers, CTE instructors, and educational support staff seeking to introduce CAD and digital fabrication into their programs. Ideal for educators with little to no CAD background who want to bring real-world design skills into their classrooms.
  • Hours: 14
  • Enrolled: 0/8
  • Wait: 0/0

85. Tending The Roots: Recognizing Trauma & Cultivating Wellness (A NYS Trauma Informed Network Training)

Program: Social & Emotional Learning

Audience: All School Staff

Dates: 2/6/2026

The Tending the Roots training helps people and organizations understand toxic stress, trauma, and how they can affect everyone. This class also talks about how racism, parts of our environment (like our neighborhoods and schools), and tough experiences are connected, and how things like fairness and justice affect our health. We'll also learn about things that can help you and others bounce back from hard experiences. By the end of the program, we want everyone to have the knowledge and tools to create safe and supportive spaces for themselves and others to build a healthier and fairer world. Learning Objectives: -Learn about trauma, how common it is, and its effects. -Discover the key influences that help people overcome challenges. - Develop an understanding of how racism can affect a person's mental and physical health over time. - Get strategies to support people who have experienced trauma, in a way that works for the long term. -Encourage organizations to build the skills and resources they need to continue providing care for people who have experienced trauma.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 4/35
  • Wait: 0/0

86. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 2/11/2026

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 1/25
  • Wait: 0/0

87. Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance Work-Based Learning (WBL) Experiences

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, school counselors, transition coordinators, agency staff, as well as students and families

Dates: 2/12/2026

The purpose of Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance WBL Experiences is to define high-quality WBL and its benefits for students with disabilities, identify advantages and potential obstacles to utilizing web-based tools in WBL experiences, explore technology supported delivery formats to improve WBL outcomes, discover new resources to assist in developing and enhancing WBL
experiences, and apply strategies to ensure that technology-infused WBL experiences are
successfully integrated into student learning experiences.

This training serves as a tool to help Educational Organizations (EOs) understand and utilize resources that may assist in utilizing web-based tools to enhance WBL activities. It is not intended to be an exhaustive resource, but rather a tool to develop high-quality WBL opportunities for students to enhance in-person WBL experiences.
  • Hours: 3
  • Enrolled: 0/30
  • Wait: 0/0

88. DCMO SLS Council Working Meeting for 2026-2031 5 Year Plan of Service - Meeting #3

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: DCMO SLS Council Members

Dates: 2/26/2026

In compliance with Commissioner's regulations 90.18, the 5 year plan of service needs to be developed for the next 5 years. This will be a working meeting to go through each of the elements and make any needed or desired changes.
  • Enrolled: 1/14
  • Wait: 0/0

89. IEP Writing Workshop

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 2/26/2026

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

90. Explicit Instruction: An Evidence-Based Practice for Effective and Long-Term Learning

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 2/28/2026

Self Paced
This explicit instruction training package 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. Research has shown higher achievement results for students with disabilities in both reading and math after receiving explicit instruction.


***Please ignore the time and date. This is a self-paced course starting Feb. 1st-Feb. 28th***
  • Hours: 2
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

91. The Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards Across the Lifespan: Connecting Knowledge to Skills

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, related service personnel, school counselors, agency representatives, families, and students.

Dates: 3/3/2026

Goals of the Training:
The goals of this training are to ensure that participants will:
1. Identify foundational New York State (NYS) Part 100 Regulations and field memos related to career exploration and development in the classroom
2. Identify effective instructional design practices to teach academic and transition skills simultaneously
3. Apply the CDOS learning standards into all academic instruction across all grade levels
4. Recognize how the CDOS learning standards support all of the Multiple Pathways to Graduation and Exiting Credentials
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/20
  • Wait: 0/0

92. IEP Writing Workshop @ DCMO SSC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 3/4/2026

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year you are able to attend. Participants will:

• Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodations/ Modifications

• Have collaboration time with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer. Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

93. The Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards Across the Lifespan: Connecting Knowledge to Skills

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers and administrators, related service personnel, school counselors, agency representatives, families, and students.

Dates: 3/5/2026

Goals of the Training:
The goals of this training are to ensure that participants will:
1. Identify foundational New York State (NYS) Part 100 Regulations and field memos related to career exploration and development in the classroom
2. Identify effective instructional design practices to teach academic and transition skills simultaneously
3. Apply the CDOS learning standards into all academic instruction across all grade levels
4. Recognize how the CDOS learning standards support all of the Multiple Pathways to Graduation and Exiting Credentials
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/20
  • Wait: 0/0

94. Co-Teaching, Module 1, Six models of Co-Teaching

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special education teachers; general education teachers; administrators

Dates: 3/11/2026

The purpose of this training is to 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.
  • Hours: 2.5
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

95. Model Schools Presents: "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas"

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: Pre-k to 12 teachers, aides and Admins

Dates: 3/12/2026

Join us for "Innovative Pathways: Integrating AI in Project-Based Learning and Assessments Across Content Areas," presented by Model Schools. This dynamic workshop will explore how to effectively incorporate artificial intelligence into project-based learning frameworks while enhancing assessment strategies across various content areas.

Participants will engage in collaborative worktime, allowing educators to brainstorm, share best practices, and develop actionable plans tailored to their unique classroom environments. Together, we will explore innovative tools and techniques to foster student engagement and deepen learning outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your teaching practices and empower your students for success in the digital age!
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/35
  • Wait: 0/0

96. Introduction to 3D Design with Tinkercad

Program: Instructional Technology

Audience: K-12 Teachers and Support Staff looking to integrate 3D modeling into their classrooms

Dates: 3/16/2026 to 3/20/2026

This hands-on course introduces educators and students to the fundamentals of 3D design using Tinkercad, a free, browser-based modeling tool. Participants will explore basic and intermediate features of the platform while developing real-world design projects.

Over the span of 14 hours, learners will progress from simple shape manipulation to more advanced modeling techniques, including alignment, grouping, and hole tools.
  • Hours: 14
  • Enrolled: 0/8
  • Wait: 0/0

97. Science of Reading for Administrators: The First Steps

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Administrators

Dates: 3/19/2026

New
This training helps 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.  The training will also provide context for the importance of effective reading instruction and the impact that it has on equity for all students. To overcome equity barriers, school leaders need to support educators in utilizing systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading.  This training also highlights ineffective practices and why those may not be working; this is intended to inform leadership support of teachers implementing research-based and effective reading instruction.


  • Enrolled: 0/20
  • Wait: 0/0

98. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 3/20/2026

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 1/25
  • Wait: 0/0

99. IEP Writing Workshop at ONC BOCES- OAOC

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: Special Education teachers and Related Service Providers

Dates: 3/23/2026

Disclaimer: Participants must attend Creating the IEP training before they will have access to this IEP Writing Day. If you attended Creating the IEP in the 2023-2024 school year, you are able to attend.

Participants will:
Learn how to write quality IEPs with review around Present Levels of Performance, Goal Writing, and Accommodationations/Modifications
Have collaboration time to work with other educators throughout the region and ask questions of the trainer

Participants should bring draft copies (or electronic access to a draft) of IEPs to work throughout the day.
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0

100. Communication Coordinators Meeting #3

Program: School Library Systems

Audience: School librarians and library staff

Dates: 3/26/2026

The DCMO School Library System Communication Coordinator Meetings are required by the Commissioner's Regulations 90.18. Districts are required to send one representative, preferably a certified school librarian to the meetings. Districts are able to send more than one representative as desired. The communications coordinator shall implement the procedures to be followed in the district, within the general guidelines and procedures determined by the school library system. The communications coordinator shall keep other school library media specialists and staff of the member's district informed of the policies, procedures, activities and services. The meetings also serve as a space for continued professional learning for librarians and those working in the school library. Often meetings consist of turn-key training and best instructional practices that are expected to be shared with school staff.
  • Enrolled: 2/30
  • Wait: 0/0

101. Creating the IEP

Program: Regional Partnership Center

Audience: General and special education teachers, psychologists, related services, and chairpersons. Administrators who
may be in a dual administrative role such as chairpersons or directors of special education.

Dates: 3/26/2026

Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to
provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.
  • Hours: 6.5
  • Enrolled: 0/25
  • Wait: 0/0