What's in Store

• Exclusive Vendor Spotlights: Enjoy dynamic, 30-minute feature presentations from each vendor highlighting their most powerful communication tools.

• Interactive Open Lab: Spend the final hour exploring the room, trying out the equipment firsthand, and seeing the technology in action.

• Expert Q&A: Bring your toughest questions, biggest ideas, and unique student scenarios directly to the specialists who know the technology best.

Don't miss this opportunity to find the perfect tools to help your students express themselves and reach their highest potential.

Note: A prerequisite to this refresher is attendance on both days of People Styles Training

Together, we'll examine instructional approaches that support students in developing additive reasoning and multiplicative reasoning, ensuring a solid, connected foundation for future math success. Each session blends practical strategies with meaningful discussion and direct classroom application.

For those looking to extend their learning, an optional enhancement includes 3 days of classroom visits and individualized coaching after each session-providing targeted feedback, reflection, and support as strategies are implemented with students. Cost: $2,600 If interested contact Theresa Patchen.

Dr. Hollins-Sims first breakout session will focus on creating equitable frameworks through data, systems, and practices to support student success. Her second session will help participants strengthen MTSS team effectiveness by establishing their G.P.A. (Goals, Purpose, and Actualized Outcomes). The experience will conclude with a collaborative "office hours” session, providing participants with opportunities to discuss questions, challenges, and scenarios while receiving consultation and thought partnership from Hollins-Sims Consultation.

This workshop is being offered at no cost to districts within the Wayne-Finger Lakes Region as part of the School Culture and Climate grant. Lunch is on your own.

The Curious Classroom Experience Series invites educators into professional learning that feels less like a presentation and more like an experience. Through mystery, challenge, tinkering, collaboration, and thoughtful instructional design, participants will explore how to create learning that sparks curiosity, builds agency, and brings classroom experiences to life. Each in-person, three-hour session models practical strategies educators can bring back to their own classrooms while also providing time to reflect, plan, and begin creating their own classroom-ready applications. Across the series, participants will experience both unplugged and tech-connected approaches to designing learning that is engaging, memorable, and meaningful.

Permission to Tinker

What if exploration, experimentation, and revision were not side effects of learning, but the point? In this interactive session, educators will engage in a hands-on tinker experience that highlights the power of playful problem-solving, productive struggle, and thoughtful integration of tools, materials, and technology. Together, participants will explore how to create classroom conditions where students feel invited to test ideas, take risks, revise their thinking, and learn through the process. Participants will also have time to design and begin developing their own tinker-based learning experience that supports curiosity, creativity, and meaningful classroom application.

The Curious Classroom Experience Series invites educators into professional learning that feels less like a presentation and more like an experience. Through mystery, challenge, tinkering, collaboration, and thoughtful instructional design, participants will explore how to create learning that sparks curiosity, builds agency, and brings classroom experiences to life. Each in-person, three-hour session models practical strategies educators can bring back to their own classrooms while also providing time to reflect, plan, and begin creating their own classroom-ready applications. Across the series, participants will experience both unplugged and tech-connected approaches to designing learning that is engaging, memorable, and meaningful.

Permission to Tinker

What if exploration, experimentation, and revision were not side effects of learning, but the point? In this interactive session, educators will engage in a hands-on tinker experience that highlights the power of playful problem-solving, productive struggle, and thoughtful integration of tools, materials, and technology. Together, participants will explore how to create classroom conditions where students feel invited to test ideas, take risks, revise their thinking, and learn through the process. Participants will also have time to design and begin developing their own tinker-based learning experience that supports curiosity, creativity, and meaningful classroom application.

Morning Beverages will be provided.

As the educational landscape rapidly evolves, a true Global Citizen must do more than adapt; they must lead with empathy and critical consciousness. This session will focus on cross curricular standards, Project Based Learning skills, AI implementation to make the standards and lessons engaging for students. The purpose of the session will be to develop your strong knowledge in the criteria while also building work that will meet the diverse needs of your school community.

TCIS helps participants and schools to:

◉ Create a trauma-sensitive environment where students and adults are safe and feel safe within their roles as a staff member
◉ Pro-actively prevent and/or deescalate potential crisis situations with the students they work with
◉ Manage a crisis situation in a therapeutic manner, and, if necessary, intervene physically in a manner that reduces the risk of harm to students and staff
◉ Process the crisis event with students and each other to help improve their coping strategies to reduce future risk

The Curious Classroom Experience Series invites educators into professional learning that feels less like a presentation and more like an experience. Through mystery, challenge, tinkering, collaboration, and thoughtful instructional design, participants will explore how to create learning that sparks curiosity, builds agency, and brings classroom experiences to life. Each in-person, three-hour session models practical strategies educators can bring back to their own classrooms while also providing time to reflect, plan, and begin creating their own classroom-ready applications. Across the series, participants will experience both unplugged and tech-connected approaches to designing learning that is engaging, memorable, and meaningful.

Crack the Curiosity Code

Step into a mystery-driven learning experience where collaboration, problem-solving, and purposeful technology use are the keys to success. In this immersive session, participants will work together to solve a series of escape-style challenges designed to model curiosity-rich instruction in action. After "cracking the code,” educators will deconstruct the experience to uncover the instructional moves behind it and explore how puzzle-based, tech-infused learning can support engagement, agency, and meaningful classroom transfer. Participants will then have time to begin designing their own clue, challenge sequence, or mystery-driven learning opportunity for classroom use.

The Curious Classroom Experience Series invites educators into professional learning that feels less like a presentation and more like an experience. Through mystery, challenge, tinkering, collaboration, and thoughtful instructional design, participants will explore how to create learning that sparks curiosity, builds agency, and brings classroom experiences to life. Each in-person, three-hour session models practical strategies educators can bring back to their own classrooms while also providing time to reflect, plan, and begin creating their own classroom-ready applications. Across the series, participants will experience both unplugged and tech-connected approaches to designing learning that is engaging, memorable, and meaningful.

Crack the Curiosity Code

Step into a mystery-driven learning experience where collaboration, problem-solving, and purposeful technology use are the keys to success. In this immersive session, participants will work together to solve a series of escape-style challenges designed to model curiosity-rich instruction in action. After "cracking the code,” educators will deconstruct the experience to uncover the instructional moves behind it and explore how puzzle-based, tech-infused learning can support engagement, agency, and meaningful classroom transfer. Participants will then have time to begin designing their own clue, challenge sequence, or mystery-driven learning opportunity for classroom use.

As the educational landscape rapidly evolves, a true Global Citizen must do more than adapt; they must lead with empathy and critical consciousness. This session will focus on cross curricular standards, Project Based Learning skills, AI implementation to make the standards and lessons engaging for students. The purpose of the session will be to develop your strong knowledge in the criteria while also building work that will meet the diverse needs of your school community.

*NOTE - The final agenda, including breakout session topics will be sent out two weeks prior to the session.

Note: A prerequisite to this refresher is attendance on both days of People Styles Training

The district must certify that these lead evaluators have been retrained in the minimum requirements as outlined in the APPR regulations. This training will meet the requirements in the manner prescribed by the NYSED.

Note: A prerequisite to this refresher is attendance on both days of People Styles Training

Participants will be able to gain greater understanding of numerous variables in assessing risk and to develop plans for reducing and managing risk in crisis and everyday activities for students. This risk assessment is a tool that enables students to take reasonable risks while developing their educational and life experiences. This update presents a five step risk assessment model that can be used to assess, manage, and review risk in their schools. It encourages them to consider individual, situational, decision making management and system wide risk factors which influence risk taking and therefore positively or negatively impact on the educational experiences of students in their schools.

Please visit the MHFA national website at https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/.

Please contact Peter Doell at 585-554-6492 or Peter.Doell@wflboces.org with questions and/or registration information.

Key Features


• Learn and engage in energizers and interactive learning structures that can be used with students


• Reflect on your current teaching context and new content learned throughout the week


• Experience an Academic Choice lesson using The New Bird in Town and Charlie and the Octopus that can be adapted for any grade level


• Plan an Interactive Modeling lesson, a role-play, and Guided Discovery lessons to use with students


• Map out your learning space to include elements of classroom organization


• Create detailed plans for implementation of Responsive Classroom practices

Included in the cost are copies of the Elementary Core Course Resource Book, Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development Ages 4-14, The First Six Weeks of School, The New Bird in Town, Charlie and the Octopus

*Participants should plan to participate in all three days.

Morning Beverages will be provided.

TCIS helps participants and schools to:

◉ Create a trauma-sensitive environment where students and adults are safe and feel safe within their roles as a staff member
◉ Pro-actively prevent and/or deescalate potential crisis situations with the students they work with
◉ Manage a crisis situation in a therapeutic manner, and, if necessary, intervene physically in a manner that reduces the risk of harm to students and staff
◉ Process the crisis event with students and each other to help improve their coping strategies to reduce future risk

*NOTE - The final agenda, including breakout session topics will be sent out two weeks prior to the session.

Please visit the MHFA national website at https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/.

Please contact Peter Doell at 585-554-6492 or Peter.Doell@wflboces.org with questions and/or registration information.