Professional Development Opportunities
Creating an accountable, interactive, language rich classroom Training: (In-person at PPBOCES)
September 15, 2023
8:30 to Noon
Using opt-in, mutually accountable strategies to maximize student learning and check for understanding. You will learn to discern when to reteach or extend a lesson through using these engaging strategies as formative assessment. Equally important are the opportunities for students to think, read, write, speak and listen embedded in each strategy.
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MTSS for SSPs
September 18, 2023
2:00pm to 4:00pm
MTSS can be a powerful systems approach to ensure all students get what they need. Often SSPs have the expertise that is needed, but end up doing the work of general education. Explore how to advise and advocate through a shared partnership.
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Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships Training: (In-Person at PPBOCES)
October 9, 2023
8:30am to 12:00pm
Find the perfect balance between meeting state standards, engaging, high interest lessons, and building connections with your students. This is a great opportunity to plan with grade level teams or content area departments. Please bring any relevant curriculum or resources you plan to use.
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Academic Interventions for secondary students with IEP goals
A great classroom is great for every student. Learn about antecedent interventions in how to set up your routines and procedures to increase risk taking and create a sense of belonging. Explore the various types of interventions and resources available to you. Plan lessons to support your students with academic disabilities that meet the needs of all students.
December 18, 2023
8:30am-10:30am
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Tier 1 Academic Accommodations and Scaffolds: (In-Person at PPBOCES)
January 19, 2024
8:30 to Noon
Scaffolds, Accommodations, Modifications? Learn how to distinguish which is which, when one is required and another beneficial. You will delve into practices that serve as in the moment accommodations as well as documented accommodations. You will collaborate with other educators to produce lessons that meet the academic needs of all learners. Please bring any relevant curriculum or resources you regularly use.
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Tier 1 Classroom Management and De-escalation (In-Person at PPBOCES)
February 26, 2024
8:30 to Noon
Teach with credibility and confidence as you incorporate current, research-based practices into your classroom routines. Start with antecedent interventions such as setting up the classroom environment and behavioral boundaries. Use tried and true techniques to monitor and hold students accountable in a manner that maintains the learning focus. Redirect unwanted behaviors before they escalate¬¬¬¬. Track and document student behaviors and script communication home.
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Multiple Response Strategies as formative assessment and student engagement (In-Person at PPBOCES)
April 12, 2024
8:30 to Noon
Keep your students engaged and learning, and with the data to prove it! Research based practices from thought leaders in the field will be presented. You will experience strategies as a learner as well as in a learning lab with your peers. This is a great opportunity to plan with grade level teams or content area departments. Please bring any relevant curriculum or resources you plan to use.
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Adaptive Schools Training: (In-person at PPBOCES)
This is a four-day training and in order to receive credit, participants must be able to attend all four days. It is recommended that at least two participants from a school attend together. This training supports the creation of strong school community groups through the development of effective leadership in all stakeholder groups.
Monday, October 23, 2023 All days are 8:30 to 4pm | Thursday, February 8, 2024 All days are 8:30 to 4pm
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 All days are 8:30 to 4pm | Monday, June 10, 2024 All days are 8:30 to 4pm
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Description:
The Adaptive Schools Foundation and Advanced Seminars present a productive, practical set of ideas and tools for developing collaborative groups in becoming effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. The work of the Adaptive Schools Seminars is to develop the resources and capacities of the organization and of individuals to cohesively respond to the changing needs of students and society.
The training not only explores what makes teams effective, but how to develop skills as facilitators and informed group members in informal and formal settings, in small and large groups. It takes participants beyond the idea of professional learning communities to the actual implementation, describing specific ways to weave the collaborative fabric of a faculty, develop group member skills, and acquire the principles and understandings to engage in a continuous cycle of team and individual improvement. Adaptive Schools is the “how” of professional learning communities: how to behave in groups, how to lead them, and how to facilitate them for improved leading, teaching, and learning.