Participants will expand their knowledge of stress and stressors to improve the quality of instruction in their professional practice and learn to recognize the signs of stress early in order to use specific interventions. Participants will learn how to leverage the power of self regulation, mind/body connections and the power of the brain in play and unfocused time to improve student outcomes in content areas.

Participants will unpack the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards. The standards will be analyzed, and resources will be developed for use in the classroom. Participants will create their own lessons and activities, and begin to develop a resource library for these standards. Google Classroom will be the platform for the course. Participants must have a Google account in order to complete the activities. A personal Google account may be used.

This course is designed to help educators create an environment where students can be creative and self-directed learners. If we want students to thrive, we need to empower them with the tools to become architects of their own learning. This course aims to walk teachers through the process of designing student-centered inquiry lessons to create learning experiences that leverage student curiosity, encourages exploration, and allows the members of a learning community to learn with and from each other. There will be a strong emphasis on building student agency through choice and voice. Participants will explore the various purposes of utilizing choice, such as encouraging retrieval practice and providing students agency in terms of how they demonstrate their learning. Each module includes resources, templates, and action items designed to encourage teachers to take what they are learning and create resources and lessons they can use with students immediately. This course will be conducted in an asynchronous online setting utilizing Google Classroom as the delivery platform. Course Objectives Participants will be able to: Define student agency and the role it plays in the classroom. Examine the various purpose of choice boards, such as encouraging retrieval practice or providing students agency in terms of how they demonstrate their learning. Explore ways that playlists can differentiate and personalize instruction for students. Create learning opportunities that allow students choice and voice the content and process of their work. Select and use digital tools to create, revise, and publish digital artifacts

In this course, you will be given an opportunity to explore multi-tier approaches to support teaching skills to students. Meeting students' current levels and moving them forward is important. This class will help all learn strategies and techniques to support in teaching all students. This course will provide educators with the understanding of the specific approaches and levels to teach students. This course will incorporate resources, lessons and programs to utilize in your own classroom. This course will be online through the platform of Google Classroom.

Emotion regulation is the ability to exert control over one's own emotional state. It may involve behaviors such as rethinking a challenging situation to reduce anger or anxiety, hiding visible signs of sadness or fear, or focusing on reasons to feel happy or calm. The ability to regulate emotions is challenging for students with special needs. Emotional regulation is important because it empowers one to choose emotional responses and actions. In the course, strategies to identify and self-regulate emotions will be outlined. Participants will develop a tool kit with resources to implement calm within their daily practice. This course is beneficial for teachers, Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapist, Social Workers and School Psychologists.

LessonPix is a competitor to Boardmaker. It creates PDFs with ease and allows you to upload your work into other platforms to make them interactive. It is also an economical choice for speech language pathologist and all teachers working in the special education setting. In this course, you will learn how to make quick PDF materials for your special education students. You will explore all the settings and functions of LessonPix. To take this class you do not need a subscription, however, all of your materials will have a watermark on them. You need a subscription to remove the watermark. Check with your school district/department liaison to see if they have a group subscription. This course will be presented as a self-paced online format using Google Classroom, topics will include: 1. What is LessonPix and how is it different from other platforms? 2. Navigating the Dashboard 3. Editing symbols, saving work as PDFs and printing projects 4. Using Community Templates and using the play tools feature 5. Uploading work to PowerPoint and google to make it interactive.

This course will incorporate elements of Cybersecurity, Computer programing, programing for aquarium and hydroponic systems, and Artificial Intelligence. Fred Feraco is a Research Science Teacher.

Students sometimes need a creative outlet, especially since we now have limited time in the classroom. Project learning allows students to showcase what they know in a creative and fun way, while sharing the knowledge they have of a topic. Student in the class will learn about the benefits of project learning, Learn about different types of projects to showcase learning, how to create a project learning activity, learn how to create and make their own rubrics, and learn about the different types of project learning there is out there! Students will walk away from the class with a project idea and rubric to use with their classes.

This full day conference will offer teachers the opportunity to recharge as you begin the new school year. Laura Lynch will lead a tour and discussion of the Museum's exhibits and Deborah DeBetta will lead us in Mindfulness activities in the scenic atmosphere of the museum.

Flexible seating is gaining popularity in classrooms across the country. Research demonstrates the multitude of benefits flexible seating can have on academic performance. Movement increases blood flow, which in turn increases the amount of oxygen delivered to you brain to help keep your mind alert. Flexible seating systems also facilitate trunk muscles for improved posture and core strength. For students with attention deficit disorder, flexible seating provides just enough movement to help reduce in seat fidgeting, which in turn enhances focus. For students with social anxiety and testing anxiety, flexible seating offers not only more comfortable seating, but allows for flexibility of location in the classroom, allowing the anxious or inattentive student a place that can minimize stress and distractions for enhance focus and participation, engagement, and thus improved performance. Providing seating alternatives can create an environment that is engaging for students with a variety of needs, as well as the typically developing student or even those with superior intellect. As we have all experienced the constraints placed upon us during this recent pandemic, flexible seating systems can be manipulated to allow ample space between students and staff as well. This course will include research on flexible seating systems in the classroom, provide a rationale for diverse types of seating systems, safety considerations, and offer a variety of options for classroom systems that can be used in all settings and age groups. This course will also provide educators and therapists with the tools they need to identify the type of system that will most benefit students in their classroom, as well as facilitate lessons, academic performance, engagement, attention, and anxiety reduction.

This course will focus on how educators have a big role in the lives of their students and about the different influences they have in affecting students' connection to school, motivation, academic performance, and psycho-social well-being. It will talk about the ways teachers can change lives by focusing on home, school, internal and instructional factors and what the long term impact a teachers has on his or her students future outcomes. Also, fostering skills like self-regulation instead of just test scores. This class is beneficial for all educators K-12, and related service providers. For this class you will need a google classroom account.

In a world awash in technology, what EdTech skills and strategies should educators focus on to ensure they are making the best use of online spaces for classroom learning? This session will include an overview of the top technology strategies for all learning environments. Participants will examine ways to help students navigate online spaces, share their learning and connect their work to relevant audiences, develop transferable skills, and create digital learning products. During this interactive session, participants will explore ways to curate the best digital resources for students, how to introduce opportunities for students to explore the world, as well as the importance of developing collaboration structures and assessing students with intention. The session will conclude with tips for planning future tech-rich learning experiences. Registration 8:00 to 8:30. Presentation begins at 8:30. Lunch included

Getting Off to a Good Start with PBL Project-based learning has the potential to lead to deeper, more engaging learning for your students. But not all projects generate the same high-quality results. This hands-on workshop is designed to guide you through the project design process. Expect to build your toolkit of strategies for managing and assessing PBL, including classroom routines for student-centered learning and check-ins to make sure all students are making progress toward important learning goals. Case studies from across content areas and grade levels will inspire you to design real-world projects that will challenge your students to be effective problem solvers. Registration - 8:00AM - Presentation - 8:30AM - Lunch Included