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Professional Development Opportunities
September Workshops
Numeracy Unboxed: Making Sense of the NYS Briefs
Join us for a dynamic full-day professional development experience designed to deepen understanding and spark collaboration around the New York State Numeracy Briefs. These sessions will bring together administrators, teachers, and support staff to explore how these timely and research-backed briefs can inform and elevate math instruction across all grade levels.
Brief 1: Understanding Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Mathematics
Brief 2: Debunking Myths about Mathematics Teaching and Learning
September 17, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Earth & Space Sciences Investigations Training
Each of these workshops allow science educators to explore the three required High School Lab Investigations in the selected discipline. Additionally, instructional coaches and administrators would benefit from attending to deepen their knowledge of the NYSSLS standards and to have an understanding of the shifts to 3 dimensional learning at the high school level. Participants will:
- Deepen their knowledge of the New York State Science Learning Standards
- Have a hands-on experience with the Lab Investigations
- Collaborate on strategies for successful implementation in the classroom
September 24, 2025 – 8:30-3:30
OCM BOCES
This session is based on the books Mentoring Matters (Lipton & Wellman) and Tell Me So I Can Hear You (Drago Severson & Blum-DeStefano). These sessions will highlight the mentor’s role in building a supportive school culture through their expertise in: understanding new teachers, generational differences, and offering support. Participants will explore: the process of brainstorming ideas, increasing professional knowledge, and examining the four “Ways of Knowing” (how adults receive and give feedback).
September 24, 2025 – 12:00-3:00
Costello Center
Introduction to NYS Portrait of a Graduate
On July 14, 2025, the final release of A NYS Portrait of a Graduate was released. It changed from the original draft that had existed. The final one focuses on the 6 attributes we want for our students in New York State. This one hour virtual session will do a brief overview of what is in the, The POG, as it is casually referred to. In addition, this one hour session will give participants a chance to give feedback to NYS's Thought Exchange on POG that closes in October of 2025. Our input matters. We can add a new comment or question on existing posts across the state.
September 24, 2025 – 3:30-4:30
Virtual
IEP for the General Education Teacher
What are the components of an IEP?
What is my role in the creation of an IEP?
How do I develop instruction thataligns with the IEP?
What am I accountable for legally?
Have any of these questions crossed your mind as a general education teacher?
Come learn the answers at a workshop designed specifically for YOU!
September 25, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Literate History: Read.Write.Inquire.
Social Studies teachers! Are you interested in helping your students become better critical thinkers and writers? Then this is the offering for you! It is asynchronous so you can take it at your own pace. It comes with materials that you can use with little additional prep. It was developed by the University of Michigan (sorry State and O-H-I-O fans!) and has been used successfully in schools.
Drag an ELA friend into this if you want… they may also find this useful! You COULD go check it out by yourself, but why not let us save you some time and guide you through it? We promise; you won’t be disappointed.
In addition to the 6 CTLE hours that you will receive for the class, you can earn an additional 6 CTLE hours for trying out your learning in the classroom!
We hope that you join us!
September 26, 2025 – November 21, 2025
Asynchronous
Instructional Coaching Professional Learning Group
Come to Instructional Coaching Professional Learning Group to connect with others in the region, learn, and share best practices around instructional coaching of teachers.
September 26, 2025 – 9:00-2:30
OHM BOCES
Numeracy Unboxed: Making Sense of the NYS Briefs
Join us for a dynamic full-day professional development experience designed to deepen understanding and spark collaboration around the New York State Numeracy Briefs. These sessions will bring together administrators, teachers, and support staff to explore how these timely and research-backed briefs can inform and elevate math instruction across all grade levels.
Brief 1: Understanding Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Mathematics
Brief 2: Debunking Myths about Mathematics Teaching and Learning
September 17, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
October Workshops
Co-Teaching and Direct Consult Teaching can bepowerful structures for general education andspecial education students alike. This training willcover the models of collaborative teaching andbest practices for quality implementation.Participants will take their learning to the next leveland participate in the models themselves, allowingthem to reflect on the strengths of each modeland how they can be used in their own settings.
October 7, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Texas Instruments – Calculator Training
Each of these workshops allow science educators to explore the three required High School Lab Investigations in the selected discipline. Additionally, instructional coaches and administrators would benefit from attending to deepen their knowledge of the NYSSLS standards and to have an understanding of the shifts to 3 dimensional learning at the high school level. Participants will:
- Deepen their knowledge of the New York State Science Learning Standards
- Have a hands-on experience with the Lab Investigations
- Collaborate on strategies for successful implementation in the classroom
October 10, 2025 – 9:00-3:00
Oneida Public Library
Science Phrases and PLDs
How often have we heard that science exams are also “reading exams”? How often have we seen students struggle to decode a phrase or idea, to the point where it gets in the way of the learning? How often have we thought, “How did they miss this question? They know this!”
All of these ideas point back to one simple action that we can take to help students along: Reducing the cognitive load. In the simplest terms, if we can make the ancillary skills commonplace, we free up student brain power for the things we want them to focus on.
How do we do this?
Great question! Participants in Science Phrases and PLDs will work together in a structured format to comb through state assessments and performance level descriptions (PLDs) to identify important and common phrases used in the secondary sciences. Once we know them, we can use them on a regular basis within our classrooms. These phrases become comfortable for our students, reducing their cognitive load, reducing frustration and making room for the good stuff!
October 17, 2025 – 12:00-3:00
Costello Center
Component Registration
Non-Component Registration
Math Manipulatives – Number Sense & Numeracy
Math manipulatives can make learning so muchmore accessible for many of our students, from kindergarten through high school! These trainings will focus on how manipulatives can be used to support all students in your classroom instruction. Please see the topic list below and sign up for any or all that you are interested in! Attention will also be given tohow these tools can be referenced on Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students who are identified through special education.
October 22, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Chemistry Investigations Training
Each of these workshops allow science educators to explore the three required High School Lab Investigations in the selected discipline. Additionally, instructional coaches and administrators would benefit from attending to deepen their knowledge of the NYSSLS standards and
to have an understanding of the shifts to 3 dimensional learning at the high school level.
Participants will:
- Deepen their knowledge of the New York State Science Learning Standards
- Have a hands-on experience with the Lab Investigations
- Collaborate on strategies for successful implementation in the classroom
October 22, 2025 – 8:30-3:30
OCM BOCES
Join a supportive community of educators who are passionate about helping students thrive. Together, we’ll share strategies, celebrate successes, and collaborate across districts to strengthen our practice.
Who Should Attend?
Special education teachers, paraprofessionals, psychologists, social workers, counselors, administrators – anyone committed to supporting students.
What to Expect
- Welcoming inclusion activities and team building
- Technical updates (goals, progress monitoring, transition, BIPs, etc.)
- Classroom environment & management strategies
- Problem- and success-sharing protocols
- Active student engagement & technology tools
- Dedicated collaboration time
Why Join?
- Connect with colleagues from across Central New York
- Gain practical strategies you can use right away
- Collaborate in a positive, welcoming environment
October 23, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Using AI to Save You Time – A Work Session
This interactive workshop is designed to meet you where you are in your AI journey. Whether you’re brand new and curious, have only dabbled with AI for emails or letters, or already feel comfortable and want to push into lesson design or student feedback, this is your space. You’ll receive personalized guidance as you explore how AI can streamline your planning, instruction, and professional tasks. The session will be free-flowing and hands-on, with plenty of time to try tools, ask questions, and test ideas. Most importantly, bring something you want to accomplish—a unit you’d like to rework, lessons you need to plan, or student work you want to analyze—and leave with real progress made. All levels of comfort are welcome, and you’ll walk away with practical skills you can immediately apply to save time and elevate your work!
October 27, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Component Registration
Non-Component Registration
Oral Language K-3
This interactive workshop is designed to meet you where you are in your AI journey. Whether you’re brand new and curious, have only dabbled with AI for emails or letters, or already feel comfortable and want to push into lesson design or student feedback, this is your space. You’ll receive personalized guidance as you explore how AI can streamline your planning, instruction, and professional tasks. The session will be free-flowing and hands-on, with plenty of time to try tools, ask questions, and test ideas. Most importantly, bring something you want to accomplish—a unit you’d like to rework, lessons you need to plan, or student work you want to analyze—and leave with real progress made. All levels of comfort are welcome, and you’ll walk away with practical skills you can immediately apply to save time and elevate your work!
October 29, 2025 – 8:30-3:00
Costello Center
Non-Component Registration
Physics Investigations Training
Each of these workshops allow science educators to explore the three required High School Lab Investigations in the selected discipline. Additionally, instructional coaches and administrators would benefit from attending to deepen their knowledge of the NYSSLS standards and
to have an understanding of the shifts to 3 dimensional learning at the high school level.
Participants will:
- Deepen their knowledge of the New York State Science Learning Standards
- Have a hands-on experience with the Lab Investigations
- Collaborate on strategies for successful implementation in the classroom
October 30, 2025 – 8:30-3:30
OCM BOCES