Western Suffolk BOCES Workshop Listing
To view all Professional Development workshops offered at Western Suffolk BOCES, please view our catalog www.wsboces.org/webreg
To view all Professional Development workshops offered at Western Suffolk BOCES, please view our catalog www.wsboces.org/webreg
Over the last decade, curriculum has been redefined to include standards-based units of study, as well as the Science of Reading principles. Join Victor Jaccarino for a three-day interactive workshop/institute to help ELA teachers begin the process of writing a grade level standards-based curriculum based on The Science of Reading. During this process, teachers will […]
Opening - The Heart of Conversational Leadership CPO Framework -Today, leadership success is defined by the quality of our conversations. Leaders need to foster meaning, trust, and alignment - not just transmit information. -Purpose: To introduce the JLC Conversational Leadership framework and establish a shared understanding of the practices for initiating and maintaining containers that […]
Audience: School and district leaders, MTSS team members, interventionists, counselors, behavior specialists, instructional coachesPerfect For: Teams ready to strengthen Tier 1 systems, design effective intervention plans, and align scheduling to support MTSS implementationA strong Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) depends on more than interventions-it starts with a healthy instructional core and follows through with thoughtful […]
Challenging times call for school adults to communicate issues and needs without judgment or blame. This workshop introduces a simple 4-step process for improving our ability to: 1) say what we are observing without evaluation, 2) listen for and acknowledge the feelings and needs of others, 3) state our needs, and 4) make requests instead […]
This workshop is aimed at teaching middle and high school social studies teachers how to better support their students' literacy skills. Social studies teachers will learn some of the best literacy strategies for their content and the kinds of tasks that students are asked to do in social studies classrooms, including comprehension of primary source […]
This workshop supports K-3 teachers in strengthening writing instruction through explicit, systematic frameworks that help young writers develop both skill and self-regulation. Participants explore how to teach the full writing process-planning, organizing, drafting, revising, editing, and goal-setting-while also supporting early executive functioning skills such as focus, persistence, and strategic self-talk. Drawing on research-informed approaches such […]
Participants will learn strategies to engage families as active collaborators in the MTSS process, ensuring better student outcomes.Training helps districts build strong family and community partnerships within MTSS by -creating accessible resources, -clear communication systems, and -collaborative engagement opportunities. Participants will learn strategies to inform, equip, and involve families as active partners in supporting student […]
In educational settings, there has been an unfair emphasis on a student's individual responsibility to change, and a lack of attention to the many social and institutional factors that make a student's resilience possible. This session explores the 9 factors schools can successfully influence, based on the world-wide research of Dr. Michael Ungar, Director and […]
Learn about the most recent updates from New York State Department of Education regarding what your district must do to prepare students so they can be financially literate in alignment with updated graduation measures. Receive information, resources and materials to help plan and implement a high-quality financial literacy coursework for your district to meet the […]