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1. New Administrator's Network

Program: School Improvement

Audience: New Administrators (less than 3 years)

Dates: 8/14/2023 to 5/15/2024

Meeting Times:
9/20/2023 (virtual) 3:30-5:00
10/11/2023 (virtual) 3:30-5:00 PM
1/10/2024 (in person at BOCES) 3:30-5:00 PM
3/13/2024 (virtual) 3:30-5:00 PM
5/15/2024 (in person at BOCES) 3:30-5:00 PM

Location: Online and Virtual

Congratulations! You've secured your first role as a school administrator. It's an exciting time in your career and you have high hopes for how you will positively impact staff and students in your care. Now, who is going to take care of you? Who will help you think through and address the myriad issues and challenges you will face in the coming months?

Join us for a year long series of meetings designed to provide you with support from both a facilitator and colleagues who are also new in their roles and experiencing many of the same things you are. The primary objectives of this series are to provide networking opportunities, informal mentoring and opportunities to discuss issues pertinent to those new in their roles in a safe, confidential space.

Meetings will be held at the following times:

9/20/2023 (virtual) 3:30-5:00 PM
10/11/2023 (virtual) 3:30-5:00 PM
1/10/2024 (in person at BOCES) 3:30-5:00 PM
3/13/2024 (virtual) 3:30-5:00 PM
5/15/2024 (in person at BOCES) 3:30-5:00 PM

These sessions are provided at no cost to component districts. Non-component district personnel may participate @ $100 per session.

2. Asynchronous- Implementing IXL in the Classroom and Making the Most of IXL Data.

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 9/25/2023 to 12/2/2023

Meeting Times: Asynchronous

In this asynchronous course we will cover using IXL in your instruction. The class will review the basics of IXL Running the diagnostic and targeting skills in IXL. We will also look at the data collected by IXL and how to use this to improve and target instruction. As you accomplish tasks you will earn CTLE credit hours. Complete some or all for full credit (5 CTLE credits) modules are self-paced and can be completed anytime between September 26 - December 11, 2023. Registrants will be notified by email once registration is complete with course access information. If you have additional questions about the course email: John.Larson@scboces.org

3. One Trusted Adult

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers Building Administrators/Leadership Instructional Coaches Team Leaders/ Content Leads Librarians Psychologists Speech and Language Pathologists Special Education AIS Educators MTSS/RTI Educators Teacher Assistants

Dates: 10/18/2023 to 6/24/2024

Meeting Times: Asynchronous course

Location: Registrant will complete on their own schedule

Asynchronous Link to access program will be sent upon successful enrollment. This online course is a professionally produced, interactive program designed to be viewed individually, online, on demand. It is based on extensive academic research, includes a downloadable workbook, and features Brooklyn Raney, the founder of One Trusted Adult. Participants Will: *Review evidence, and recognize importance, of every child being able to name a trusted adult *Become trusted adults who are Accessible, Boundaries, and Caring *Set up spaces to meet the BASICS (universal youth needs), including magnets & mirrors, and strategic questions *Establish healthy and appropriate youth-adult relationships and avoid boundary blur and professional burnout *Encourage teamwork and build a network of many trusted adults *Implement communication techniques and strategies to improve relationships with other trusted adults *Apply caring modes and comfort zones frameworks for effective mentorship *Link will be sent upon course approval Course Expectations: *Upon completion, please share certificate to christine.decker@scboces.org to receive credit. *Be willing to participate in discussion(s)/forum(s) during the school year.

4. Co-Teaching Strategies to Scaffold Learning to the Needs of all Students, including ELL

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers Instructional Coaches Educators K-2 Educators 3-5 Educators 6-8 Educators 9-12

Dates: 11/28/2023 to 12/12/2023

Meeting Times: 11/28/23, 12/5/23 and 12/12/23 4:30 pm-6:30 pm

Location: Zoom- Must have computer and access to microphone

Zoom link will be provided within 24 hours of the workshop There are many challenges to meet the Learning Standards and address the needs of all the students, especially English Language Learners. This professional learning opportunity is dedicated to best practices for co-teaching strategies for all educators. An essential component of success for all students is communication and scaffolding the learning so everyone has an access point to the standards. The goals are: Learn about the six co-teaching structures for effective classroom practice Develop co-teaching strategies for the regular education teacher, the special education teacher, ELL teacher, and other support personnel to work together to meet the needs of all students Develop more scaffolding strategies in the area of ELA to respond to the rigor of the standards that apply to all content areas Develop a broad range of instructional strategies and language acquisition to make subject matter more accessible. Explore and use a variety of resources to meet the diverse needs of students and promote achievement. Revise lessons to incorporate the scaffolding strategies for the student. 6.0 hours total. Must have computer with microphone and camera. No cell phones.

5. Setting the Tone: Decreasing Discrimination in Education - AM Session

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Supervisors, Directors and Administrators at Sullivan BOCES and it's Component Districts

Dates: 11/29/2023

Meeting Times: 8:30-12:00

Location: 15 Sullivan Ave, Suite 1W, Liberty, NY 12754

Starting Today

Raise your awareness about diversity, discrimination and its impact on NYS schools. ***The cost of this workshop will be based on participation, not to exceed $100 per person***

6. Setting the Tone: Decreasing Discrimination in Education - PM Session

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Supervisors, Directors and Administrators at Sullivan BOCES and it's Component Districts

Dates: 11/29/2023

Meeting Times: 12:30-4:00 PM

Location: 15 Sullivan Ave, Suite 1W, Liberty, NY 12754

Starting Today

Raise your awareness about diversity, discrimination and it's impact on NYS schools. ***The cost of this workshop will be based on participation, not to exceed $100 per person***

7. SLS Zoom Book Club: Printz Contenders - Impossible Escape

Program: School Library System

Dates: 11/29/2023

Meeting Times: Wednesday November 29, 2023 @ 3pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Starting Today

Join us for a one-hour discussion of current and starred reviewed titles that are contenders for the Printz Medal. Participants will read the book and be ready to discuss the work during the ZOOM hour. "Impossible Escape” is available on Sora, your school library's ebook collection. The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registering on MLP. Genre: Nonfiction It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolph (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if death is more likely. Rudi has learned the terrible secret hidden behind the heavily guarded fences of concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe: the methodical mass killing of Jewish prisoners. As trains full of people arrive daily, Rudi knows that the murders won't stop until he reveals the truth to the world―and that each day that passes means more lives are lost. Lives like Rudi's schoolmate Gerta Sidonová. Gerta's family fled from Slovakia to Hungary, where they live under assumed names to hide their Jewish identity. But Hungary is beginning to cave under pressure from German Nazis. Her chances of survival become slimmer by the day. The clock is ticking. As Gerta inches closer to capture, Rudi and his friend Alfred Wetzler begin their crucial steps towards an impossible escape. This is the true story of one of the most famous whistleblowers in the world, and how his death-defying escape helped save over 100,000 lives. -- From the publisher

8. Using Nearpod Activities to Promote Student Engagement

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 11/29/2023

Meeting Times: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Location: ZOOM

Starting Today

Take a deeper dive into Nearpod and it's various activities for students that make learning fun, engaging, and interactive. We will look at different types of Nearpod activities and how to enhance your Google slides and Nearpod content all while collecting important data about your students learning.

9. Frontline Administrator User Group - Professional Learning (MLP)

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Administrators of the Frontline System

Dates: 12/4/2023

Meeting Times: 1:00pm-3:00pm

Starting Soon

During this user group, we will get hands-on in the system with opportunities to ask questions, share challenges and successes, and apply the learning in our own organization. We'll explore configuration options and best practices. Individuals attending this workshop must have administrative access to the system.

10. Supporting the Teaching Assistant Role with ENL Practices

Program: School Improvement

Audience: Teaching Assistants and Teaching Aides

Dates: 12/4/2023

Meeting Times: 9:00-12:00

Location: 15 Sullivan Ave Suite 1W, Liberty, NY 12754

Starting Soon

This workshop is designed for teaching assistants who work with English language learners. Participants will explore instructional strategies that can support students at various stages of English language acquisition. Cultural competence will also be discussed, and participants will learn how to partner with students and families from all cultural backgrounds.

11. Transgender and Gender Expansive Guidance

Program: School Improvement

Audience: School Administrators

Dates: 12/7/2023

Meeting Times: 3:00-4:30

Location: Online - Zoom link will be sent to participants 24

Build awareness and strategies for best practices to support schools in fostering an educational environment that is safe, supportive, and affirming for transgender and gender expansive (TGE) students

12. Increasing Family Engagement to Promote Achievement of ELLS

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers Educators K-2 Educators 3-5 Educators 6-8 Educators 9-12 Teacher Assistants

Dates: 12/11/2023

Meeting Times: 4:30 pm-7:30 pm

Location: Zoom

Zoom link will be sent to registrants within 24 hours prior to the workshop What are some approaches educators can use to develop effective partnerships with bilingual families? In this session, you will examine ways to increase family engagement and improve the home-school connection with the families of our English learners while taking into consideration the four stages of immigrant parent involvement. (3 hour)

13. Instructional Strategies for Educators of ELLs/MLs (K-12)

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 12/11/2023

Meeting Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: 15 Sullivan Ave Suite 1W, Liberty, NY 12754

During this workshop educators will enrich their teaching methods and establish inclusivity within their classrooms for English Language Learners/Multilingual Students (ELLs/MLs). * Educators will dive into regional data to gain insights into the linguistic proficiencies of ELLs/MLs in the classroom. * Educators will gain an understanding of language acquisition and proficiency levels and discuss supports for ELLs/MLs. * Educators will immerse themselves in innovative instructional strategies including scaffolding techniques and nurturing language-rich environments. * Educators will learn to craft assessments aligned with language proficiency levels.

14. Getting Started with Kami

Program: Model Schools

Audience: Teachers

Dates: 12/13/2023 to 1/6/2024

Meeting Times: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Location: ZOOM

In this workshop we will explore Kami and how it can be used to transform all your static documents, PDFs, images, or other learning resources into an interactive experience ready for expression, analysis, or debate. Create a Seamless workflow where you can create, send, and grade assignments all from one place. Kami works with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology Learning Management Systems.

15. APPR Lead Evaluator of Teachers - Recert

Program: School Improvement

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

Meeting Times: 1:00-4:00 PM

Location: Monticello Central School District Offices

This is the required training for Lead Evaluators

16. Intermediate Science Investigations Structure Function and Information Processing: It's Alive?

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 12/14/2023

Meeting Times: December 14, 2023 12:00 PM to 3 PM

This workshop will introduce and prepare intermediate level science teachers with the disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and cross-cutting concepts needed to present this investigation to students. Teachers will examine the materials that are needed and will work through the intricacies of the investigation. Investigation packets must be provided to teachers by their district administrators.

17. TLC Tuesdays via Zoom - Weeding, Genrefication, Collection Development Oh My!

Program: School Library System

Audience: Sullivan County School Librarians/Library Teachers

Dates: 12/19/2023

Meeting Times: Tuesday December 19, 2023 - 3:30pm

Location: Online via Zoom

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Join Kelly on Tuesday December 19, 2023 3:30pm-4:30pm to learn and discuss best practices and best TLC reports to use for weeding your collection, genrefying and/or overall collection development. Various ways that BOCES can help to support you in the process - with or without a school visit - will also be shared. A Zoom link will be shared the day of the training. If you have any specific questions you want answered, email kelly.wells@scboces.org ahead of time to have it included!

18. SLS - 2024 Mock Book Awards

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 Librarians, Library Staff

Dates: 1/8/2024

Meeting Times: January 8th, 2024 (SNOW DATE January 9th, 2024)

In late January, the American Library Association presents their book awards for the best literature for children. Our goal for the Mock Book Awards day is to share quality literature with our SLS members that our students would read. Each participant will have read quality children's literature from 2023. At the Mock Awards sessions, they will break into groups for the Newbery Award (elementary), Caldecott Award (picture books), or Printz Award (young adult). The discussion throughout the day will center around the aspects of the book that make it quality literature for children. Participating Sullivan County librarians will also be sent a list of books to choose from to add to their collections. Snow date is Jan. 9th.

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

Program: School Library System

Audience: K-12 Librarians, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Dates: 1/10/2024

Meeting Times: January 10, 2024 8:30am-3:00 pm (SNOW DATE 1-17)

Join us in person for a virtual statewide workshop on Artificial Intelligence and School Librarians. The keynote will be Dr. Christopher Harris: Demystifying Artificial Intelligence: Understanding how ChatGPT Works. Hear from successful integrators, and learn how to rise to this new challenge! Sponsored by the School Library System Association.

20. The Holocaust and Marginalized Communities: Hope, Sanctuary, Compassion and Community Expressed

Program: Sullivan County Teacher Center

Audience: Teachers, Teacher Asst.

Dates: 1/11/2024 to 2/6/2024

Meeting Times: 4:30 pm-6:00 PM

Location: Zoom Online

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Through the starting point that the Holocaust and acts against marginalized communities is a relevant and required topic of study, the facilitator will share arts and literary materials. As a springboard, Dr. Blecher will share her poetry and first hand account of visiting a concentration camp in order to engage participants in expressions of Hope, Sanctuary, Compassion and Community. These four words span from Dr. King to the present day. Combined with last year's Stand Up To Hate campaign initiated by Robert Kraft, those will also be part of the connections that participants can engage with during the session. The timing of the workshop will connect with the UN's designation of January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the May 2024 observance of Yom Hashoah, in addition to Music in Our Schools and various heritage month designations. Participants will become aware of local opportunities for themselves and their students to meet survivors of the Holocaust and therefore, to hear first hand accounts from this diminishing population. They will respectfully engage in exploring resources and planning related to local exhibitions, opportunities for community participation in self selected activities. Resources including literature, fine arts, websites and grant opportunities will be available to attendees. Workshop dates: Jan 11 and Feb 6, 2024

21. TLC Tuesdays via Zoom - LS2 Cataloging 101

Program: School Library System

Audience: Sullivan County School Librarians

Dates: 1/16/2024

Meeting Times: Tuesday January 16, 2024 3:30-4:30pm

Location: Online via Zoom

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Join Kelly on Tuesday January 16, 2024 3:30pm-4:30pm for LS2Cataloging 101. This first LS2 Cataloging training will focus on the basics of searching for and adding an item to the collection. We will also explore title and item spaces. If you have any specific questions you want answered, email kelly.wells@scboces.org ahead of time to have it included! A Zoom link will be shared the day of the training.

22. Assessing 3D Learning ECSD only

Program: School Improvement

Dates: 2/12/2024

Meeting Times: 02/12/2024 8:30am to 3 pm

Location: Eldred CSD

How do we assess complex learning in science? Using samples from other states' assessments, teachers will explore NYSSLS-aligned assessments in preparation for the NYS new science exam adoption schedule.

23. TLC Tuesdays via Zoom - LS2 Cataloging 102

Program: School Library System

Audience: Sullivan County School Librarians

Dates: 2/13/2024

Meeting Times: Tuesday February 13, 2024 3:30-4:30pm

Location: Online via Zoom

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Join Kelly on Tuesday February 13, 2024 3:30pm-4:30pm for LS2Cataloging 102. This second LS2 Cataloging training will explore and discuss authority records and demonstrate the advanced searching features offered within LS2Cataloging - offering some tips and tricks that might improve your workflow. If you have any specific questions you want answered, email kelly.wells@scboces.org ahead of time to have it included! A Zoom link will be shared the day of the training.

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