Staff Wellness Days

Calendar of Upcoming Events

  • Virtual/ Online event

    Online Course Provided by NYSCATE- Rolling enrollment

    Register for online courses in partnership with NYSCATE. Enrollment is open throughout the year and participants have until June 30, 2025 to complete all course requirements. Current available courses include:

    CSDF in Science Class

    CSDF in Art Class

    CSDF in ELA Class

    CSDF in Math Class

    Creating Effective Supports and Scaffolds for ELL/ML Learners

    CSDF for Grades 2,3

    CSDF for Grades 4-6

    CSDF for Grades 7-8

    CSDF for Grades K-1

     

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY

    Teaching Social Studies: Assessment Strategies, Source Analysis, and Skills including Historical Empathy - with Greg Ahlquist

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    This interactive workshop with Greg Ahlquist* focuses on practical assessment strategies in social studies & using quick smaller assessment tasks as part of our instructional practice. Using the Global & US Regents exams as a springboard, we'll explore effective methods for reading & analyzing diverse sources (textual, informational, & visual) applicable to daily instruction & equipping students to read more effectively. Beyond the Regents, we'll delve into broader assessment practices & discuss the Social Studies Practices and skills and strategies for cultivating historical empathy, an overlooked skill, which we will connect to our classrooms & consider instersections with social-emotional learning (SEL), NYS's Portrait of a Graduate, and the NYS Social Studies Framework.

    Participants will leave with concrete tools, practical strategies, & a deeper understanding of how to integrate source analysis & historical empathy into their teaching to foster student success. Time will also be devoted to create tasks & materials aligned to the thinking & discussion of the day. Participants are also invited to bring best practices & strategies on these topics to share.

    *Greg Ahlquist is a High School Social Studies teacher and Teacher Center Director in Webster, NY where he was the 2013 New York State Teacher of the Year. He leads the district's induction program for mentors and new staff. In addition to speaking and leading professional learning on Social Studies teaching, the new Regents exams, mindset, and leadership, he has led instructional design projects for NYSED, Advanced Placement, and the World History Digital Education Foundation.

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY

    Meeting the Needs of All Students in Physical Education (Adapted PE) PE/HE CONSORTIUM

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    The purpose of this workshop will be to present information, assessment activities, and strategies specific to serving children with disabilities in general and adapted physical education environments. Sensory-based activities will be presented along with various adaptations that can be utilized for ALL students in PE. Additionally, teachers will experience the concept of "Simplexity Games” (games that address ability levels, simple to complex) and experience modified equipment that will address the wide range of abilities and disabilities commonly found in today's Physical Education classes.

    Instructor: Tim Davis, Ph.D., SUNY Cortland, National Chair of Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS) Program, oversees national standards and certification process in Adapted Physical Education sponsored by the National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID)

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • via Zoom

    Meet-Up: School Safety: Introduction to CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

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    Do you find yourself in potentially dangerous situations while working at school? Are you familiar with de-escalation strategies to avoid these types of situations? This meetup will introduce participants to the two-day CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification course. Participants will learn that different types of behavior require different responses in order to de-escalate, with the goal to avoid a potential outburst and as a last resort use safe physical interventions.

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • 450 Mamaroneck Ave, Harrison, NY 10528

    Spring 2025 LinkIt! User Group

    We are excited to invite you to our upcoming LinkIt! User Group on Wednesday, April 2nd, from 11:30 - 3:00! This session will provide an opportunity for districts to explore key topics for data-driven decision-making and strategic planning. Topics include: Fall to Winter Data Analysis: Learn how to effectively analyze and interpret student performance/growth data as you wrap up winter benchmarks. Grouping Module: Dive into how the grouping module can help you identify and track high-achieving students. We'll discuss strategies for creating optimal groupings for honors, gifted, and Advanced Placement (AP) classes, ensuring your students are placed in the best learning environments. Online and Bubble Sheet Testing: How did you prepare your students for computer-based testing this year? Hear from a district that used LinkIt! We will cover best practices for preparing online and bubble sheet assessments. Considerations for Closing Out the Year: As we approach the end of the academic year, we'll discuss key considerations for closing out the year in LinkIt! Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and optimize your use of the LinkIt! data dashboard. Lunch will be provided.

    Register Here

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • via Zoom

    Meet-Up: School Safety: Introduction to CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

    Register Here

    Do you find yourself in potentially dangerous situations while working at school? Are you familiar with de-escalation strategies to avoid these types of situations? This meetup will introduce participants to the two-day CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification course. Participants will learn that different types of behavior require different responses in order to de-escalate, with the goal to avoid a potential outburst and as a last resort use safe physical interventions.

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • via Zoom

    Meet Up: Suicide Safety for Teachers and School Staff

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    Suicide Safety for Teachers (SST) is one of a series of school-based suicide prevention offerings of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York (SPCNY) funded through the New York State Office of Mental Health. This training is designed to meet the most basic awareness needs of school staff.

    SST Training Objectives:
    •Review the importance of suicide prevention
    •Describe Characteristics of at-risk students
    •Outline educators' limited but critical role
    •Clarify building referral procedures
    •Identify school & community resources.

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • Virtual/ Online event

    Presented by Apple: Get Started with iPad

    iPad is packed with features for learning and teaching. In this hands-on session, learn how to use gestures, work with text, enable accessibility features, and work with multiple apps simultaneously.

    You’ll need the latest version of iPadOS installed on your iPad for this session.

    Register Here

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • Career Services, 65 Grasslands Rd, Valhalla NY Building D

    SWBOCES Annual Meeting

    Southern Westchester BOCES
  • Virtual/ Online event

    Presented By Apple: Write Your First Song with GarageBand

    Unlocking creativity just got easier. Introducing Everyone Can Create Projects, an online series of time-saving tutorials that make it faster than ever to foster creativity in any lesson with iPad. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to use GarageBand to write, play, and record an original song. You’ll also explore resources that can help students of all abilities express themselves and their ideas by writing their own original songs.

    You’ll need GarageBand installed on your iPad for this session.

    Register Here

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY

    Science Investigation (Biology). Structure and Function: Balancing Act -Exploring Feedback and Homeostasis

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    This one-day session focuses on Science Investigation (Biology) Structure and Function: Balancing Act -Exploring Feedback and Homeostasis.

    This Investigation is a hands-on laboratory experience that prepares teachers to ready students for the new Biology Regents Examination to be administered in June 2025. (This is 2 of 3 Science Investigations: Biology).

    Participants in this one-day session will: experience this Investigation both as a teacher and student; plan and conduct an investigation to determine the body's response to an external factor that may affect feedback mechanisms related to thermoregulation; analyze data related to the regulation of blood glucose levels;  analyze collected data to draw conclusions about thermoregulation; explore a phenomenon and draw conclusions relating to feedback mechanisms that maintain homeostasis; deepen their understanding of NYSED's expectations for the new Regents' exam in Life Science: Biology. 

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY

    Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Key Points Refresher Recertification

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    The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Key Points Refresher is designed to help improve your understanding of key program concepts, enhance your skills and provide strategies to apply the information to workplace realities. Only participants who have completed the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training during the 2022-2023 school year are eligible to participate in the Refresher Training. You must attend all sessions. In addition, we are asking that individuals attend in pairs or trios so that they can perform the physical interventions with a partner. All participants must complete the physical interventions in order to receive certification.

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY

    NYS Literacy Initiative: An exploration of the P-3 L

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    NYS Literacy Initiative: An exploration of the P-3 Literacy Instructional Best Practices Tool

    In response to NYSED's Literacy Initiative and NYS Education Law §818, this session will provide administrators and literacy leaders with an opportunity to learn about, explore and plan for utilization of the P-3 Instructional Best Practices Tool. The P-3 Instructional Best Practices Tool is to be utilized when reviewing instruction and making the required attestation per Education Law §818 by September 2025. Subsequent to the law's 2024 passage, districts must reflect on the instructional best practices and literacy curriculum for students in prekindergarten through third grade, ensuring literacy instruction and interventions align with the Commissioner's requirement that literacy instruction be based on the body of research known as the Science of Reading. Participants will have time to walk through the resource, reflect on the implementation of the best practices, and consider the steps to complete the attestation process.

    We welcome teams of teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, reading specialists, and other literacy leaders to join. Note: If you attended the NYSED/BOCES launch sessions on January 7th, or the SOR PreK-12 Study group on January 15th, this will be an expanded version.

    Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support
  • Virtual/ Online event

    Canva Creativity Corner

    Join us for the Canva Creativity Corner, a 30-minute open agenda session! This is your time to come up with any questions you have about using Canva. Whether you're a beginner looking to get started or an experienced user seeking advanced tips, this session is here to help. Our expert will provide guidance, share helpful tips, and answer your Canva-related questions. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your design skills and unleash your creativity with Canva! These sessions will take place on Thursdays at 3:30, January-June.

    Connection Information:
    https://lhric-org.zoom.us/j/99469061976?from=addon
    Meeting ID: 994 6906 1976
    Passcode: 187829

    Register Here

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • 450 Mamaroneck Ave, Harrison, NY

    Spring 2025 eduCLIMBER User Group

    Join us on April 4th for our eduCLIMBER user group, co-hosted by the LHRIC and Renaissance! The user group will include: "A Day in the Life" of eduCLIMBER, opportunities for district collaboration, breakout sessions, and a raffle! The breakout sessions will include work with interventions, smartFORMS, thresholds, and more! Lunch will be provided.

    REGISTER HERE

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • Virtual/ Online event

    What is Flocabulary?

    This is an introduction to Flocabulary, a dynamic learning program designed for students across all grade levels. Flocabulary uses educational hip-hop music to captivate students and boost achievement across various subjects. In this session, you'll explore how Flocabulary's standards-based videos, instructional activities, and student creativity tools can supplement your teaching and help develop essential literacy skills. We'll delve into Flocabulary's unique approach to building academic vocabulary in every lesson, across every subject. Discover features designed to support all learners, including text-to-speech functionality, peer discussion prompts, and adjustable playback speeds that are particularly helpful for English Language Learners (ELLs). This session will provide practical insights and strategies to maximize student engagement and learning outcomes in your classroom. Registrants will receive a Zoom invite prior to the session.

    Register Here

    LHRIC Instructional Technology
  • Virtual/ Online event

    Presented by NYSCATE: Best of NYSCATE 2024

    Missed some of the top-rated sessions from the NYSCATE New York State of Mind Conference?

    Join us for this exclusive Best of Conference Virtual Event, where we bring back some of the highest-rated presenters to share their insights, strategies, and innovations.

    This special online event will feature engaging speakers, interactive discussions, and actionable takeaways—all from the comfort of your own space. Whether you attended the in-person conference or are looking for fresh ideas, this is your chance to experience the sessions that made the biggest impact.

     Link to Flyer with Speakers Names!

    Register Here

    LHRIC Instructional Technology

  • Half Day Early Dismissal 11:10

    The Valhalla Center

  • Half Day Student Early Dismissal 11:10am

    St. Matthews

  • Half Day/ Student Early Dismissal

    Half Day/ Student Early Dismissal - 11:30 AM

    Tappan Hill
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Our Mission, Vision, Values & Goals

Berkley DriveThe job of BOCES is to support learning in schools and communities by providing services and supports they are not able to provide individually.

We commit to being leaders in the field – competent, responsive, collaborative and helpful.  Seeking excellence, we endeavor to provide high quality services and supports that are valued both internally and externally.

We choose actions that demonstrate our commitment to excellence and the values of trust, respect, and collaboration.   We commit to practices that nurture and grow our shared values.

We commit to the continuous development of goals that address gaps and help us live our Mission, Vision and Values.  Our district problem solving protocol and goal setting process create a road map of clarity that engages partners in a shared focus.

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