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1. DASA: Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention Certification Training

Program: Online Workshops: Professional Development Unit

Activity Owner/Manager: Laura Purdy - lpurdy@cayboces.org

Dates: On-Going (Ends Jun 1, 2024)

DASA: New York State's Dignity for All Student's Act (Dignity Act) seeks to provide NYS public elementary and secondary school students with a safe, supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function. The Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES is a NYSED approved provider of the Dignity Act certification training.

The required training consists of a 6-hour asynchronous online training with accompanying assignments.

****You will be sent an invoice for $50.00 upon registration.

All registration fields must be filled out including address and phone number, or we will not be able to process your registration.

Course link will be emailed to you once payment has been received by our business office.****

Please contact Sara Herman with any questions at sherman@cayboces.org

2. Implementing Culturally Responsive Practices in Schools

Program: Online Workshops: Professional Development Unit

Audience: All educators

Dates: On-Going (Ends Jan 2, 2024)

Participants in this course will follow a path of self-reflection and discovery to develop an understanding of the who, what, why, and where of Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education (CR-SE). This 5 module course is grounded in the CR-SE Framework as well as supplemental resources to support individual growth. A course-specific journal will be provided to use as a place to reflect on beliefs and systems that impact diversity, equity and inclusion.

This course includes:
An essential question to guide the intention of each module.
Moments of reflection, including self-awareness around the knowledge, skills, and practices around the core principles of CR-SE.
Leveled professional learning based upon participant identified readiness.
Opportunities to set goals to drive their action plan for the final module's work.

*Course link information will be sent within 48 hours of your registration.*

3. Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES Curriculum and Staff Development Council

Program: Professional Development Unit

Audience: Administrators

Dates: 10/16/2023 to 5/20/2024

CSDC is a working group dedicated to developing the capacity of teachers and leaders in the CO BOCES region. Meetings include NYSED updates, teach pieces on curriculum, instruction and assessment topics, and collegial sharing. Members of the group are tasked with:
* participating in discussions around current teaching and learning practices
* serving as a liaison between their districts and BOCES regarding professional learning needs
* sharing information about curriculum, instruction, and assessment with their leadership teams and teachers.

4. Seal of Biliteracy Consortium Meetings

Program: Professional Development Unit

Audience: World Lang Teachers, Counselors, ELL/ENL Teachers, Administrators

Dates: 11/14/2023 to 3/12/2024

The THREE Seal of Biliteracy Consortium meetings have been planned to revolve around reporting deadlines and feedback from participants in CO BOCES World Languages Day. At the meetings, participants will review information and share practices. This year we will also work to deepen our understanding of the research projects and presentations in order to create consistency within our consortium.
Tues, November 14, 2023 - Seal documentation, research, and project expectations
Tues, January 16, 2024 - Monitoring SEAL students and expectations for visiting students
Tues, March 12, 2024 - Panel calibration, CO BOCES official forms, and WLD logistics

5. Secondary Math Collaborative Community

Program: Professional Development Unit

Audience: Secondary Math Teachers

Dates: 12/8/2023

This interactive work day is designed specifically for teachers of Mathematics to come together to discuss their craft, study best practices, and share and borrow ideas. This session will be facilitated by a regional practitioner with support from the Professional Development Unit.

6. Council/ Communication Coordinator Meeting

Program: School Library System

Dates: 12/14/2023

The Council advises the School Library System and helps create the Plan of Service, approves the SLS budget, and approves the Annual Report. All members of SLS are encouraged to attend, but only members of the Council can vote. The Communication Coordinators meetings are a bridge between the SLS and school librarians in-district. Each district has at least one designated Communication Coordinator who is required to attend, but all librarians are encouraged to attend.

7. Innovate, Integrate, Lead: School Librarians at the Forefront of the AI Revolution

Program: School Library System

Audience: School Librarians, instructional coaches, technology coordinators, and administrators

Dates: 1/10/2024

ChatGPT and other forms of generative AI have burst into our lives as a disruptive new technology. It is critical that school libraries lead the way in educating students, parents, and our colleagues on how this technology works and how to best work with it. In this full day statewide PD session we will learn more about how it works and how we can use it to boost our existing work. The NYS Education Department will also present on the Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards and connections to AI. We will also hear from school librarians who have used AI in the field. We will round off this day with a presentation from Common Sense Media on what parent need to know

8. Social Studies Collaborative Community

Program: School Library System

Audience: Social Studies Teachers

Dates: 1/11/2024

This interactive work day is designed specifically for teachers of Social Studies to come together to discuss their craft, study best practices, and share and borrow ideas. This session will be facilitated by a regional practitioner with support from Instructional Support Services

9. The Arts Collaborative Community

Program: Professional Development Unit

Audience: Music and Art Teachers

Dates: 1/17/2024

This interactive work day is designed specifically for teachers of "The Arts" to come together to discuss their craft, study best practices, and share and borrow ideas. This session will be facilitated by a regional practitioner with support from the Professional Development Unit.

10. Building Great Relationships and Environments

Program: Professional Development Unit

Audience: Administrators, instructional and student support leaders

Dates: 1/22/2024

This training will present a concise overview of both the First Five and Circles to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the foundational elements. The initial 90 minutes of our session will be dedicated to exploring mindset shifts, the influence of digital media on today's students, and an introduction to Restorative Practices (RP). The majority of our time will be focused on delving deeper into an approach to addressing school discipline and repairing harm. We will also discuss what successful RP implementation looks like and how it can be effectively applied in each unique campus setting.

11. Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (Level One)

Program: Professional Development Unit

Audience: teachers, assistants, paraprofessionals, support staff, administrators, and additional school personnel

Dates: 1/29/2024 to 1/31/2024

Therapeutic Crisis Intervention in Schools (TCIS) is a student crisis management system designed to prevent crises from occurring as well as training staff to de-escalate potential crises, effectively manage acute crises, learn constructive ways to handle stressful situations, and develop a learning circle within the organization. Participants will be trained over the course of three days in active listening, behavior support techniques, emotional first aid, crisis co-regulation, the life space interview, and the stress model of crisis. This training is available for teachers, assistants, paraprofessionals, support staff, administrators, and additional school personnel.
Registrants outside of the Cayuga-Onondaga districts will be charged a $150 fee for this workshop.

12. Council/ Communication Coordinators

Program: School Library System

Dates: 2/13/2024

The Council advises the School Library System and helps create the Plan of Service, approves the SLS budget, and approves the Annual Report. All members of SLS are encouraged to attend, but only members of the Council can vote. The Communication Coordinators meetings are a bridge between the SLS and school librarians in-district. Each district has at least one designated Communication Coordinator that is required to attend, but all librarians are encouraged to attend.

13. Council/ Communication Coordinator Meeting

Program: School Library System

Dates: 6/5/2024

The Council advises the School Library System and helps create the Plan of Service, approves the SLS budget, and approves the Annual Report. All members of SLS are encouraged to attend, but only members of the Council can vote. The Communication Coordinators meetings are a bridge between the SLS and school librarians in-district. Each district has at least one designated Communication Coordinator that is required to attend, but all librarians are encouraged to attend.

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