October Upcoming Offerings

As the leaves begin to change, it's the perfect time to invest in your professional growth. This season's professional learning opportunities offer fresh ideas, practical strategies, and meaningful connections to support your work and inspire continued success. Explore the upcoming sessions below and discover new ways to learn, lead, and grow throughout the year.

Join this statewide hybrid webinar to explore evidence-based mathematics practices and the latest resources available through New York State's Numeracy Initiative. Participants will learn about legislative requirements, discover practical strategies for improving mathematics instruction, and gain access to the newly released K-5 Mathematics Best Practices Guide and additional implementation supports. The event features insights from Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan professor and Director of TeachingWorks, along with members of the NYSED team, and includes opportunities for reflection and collaboration with fellow educators. Attendance is required at a designated BOCES, Big 5, or small city school district host site.

Date: October 27

Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES, Professional Development Center

Join colleagues from across the region for a virtual discussion on implementing the NY STEPS Principal Evaluation requirements. Explore regional tools and resources, share ideas and challenges, and collaborate on effective evaluation practices.

Participants will:

• Learn about NY STEPS Principal Evaluation requirements and available regional supports.
• Exchange ideas, questions, and promising practices with peers.
• Explore opportunities for ongoing collaboration.
• Connect with a network of leaders supporting principal evaluation implementation.

Interactive Format: Come prepared to share your district's experiences, ask questions, and engage in collaborative problem-solving.

Date: October 29

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Join Jay McTighe in person for this interactive workshop on designing authentic performance tasks and projects. Participants will explore practical tools and templates, collaborate with colleagues to create a task they can implement right away, and leave with ready-to-use strategies for engaging students and assessing meaningful learning outcomes.

Date: November 5

Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Location: Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES

Intended Audience: K-12 Educators, Instructional Coaches, Curriculum Leaders and Administrators

Academic circles are a highly effective teaching method that can be incorporated into every subject area at any point in the regular instructional day or class period and used with all grades. Participants will gain experiential practice for using academic circles in the classroom, engaging students in active learning, critical thought, self-expression and trust building among peers. Teachers gain a better understanding of what students know and where they need support.

Date: November 13

Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Location: Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES, Professional Development Center

This four-session, in-person learning series supports educators in implementing the Portrait of a Graduate (PoG) framework through the lens of Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education (CRSE). Participants will explore PoG attributes, examine connections to CRSE practices, assess readiness, and develop an actionable plan for implementation. By the end of the series, educators will gain practical strategies, increased confidence, and a roadmap for bringing PoG outcomes to life in their schools and districts.

* NEW * Dates: Dec. 2, Jan. 27, Feb. 24, March 19

Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Location: Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES

Learn restorative approaches that help students take responsibility, repair harm, and strengthen relationships. Participants will explore restorative questions, mediation strategies, reflection techniques, and the role of empathy in resolving conflict, while gaining practical tools to foster accountability and communication.

Dates: December 7 & December 9

Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Location: Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES, Professional Development Center

Build the mental fitness skills needed to improve performance, well-being, and resilience in both your professional and personal life. Participants will learn to strengthen Self-Command, reduce the impact of Saboteurs, and access their Sage perspective to navigate challenges with greater clarity and confidence.

Program Includes:

• Seven one-hour virtual Positive Intelligence Foundation sessions
• Access to seven weekly program video sessions
• One year of access to the Positive Intelligence app, including daily mental fitness exercises, coach challenges
• The Positive Intelligence audiobook

Dates: Wednesdays 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10 & 2/24

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location: Virtual

Explore New York State's vision for the future of education through this asynchronous, one-hour professional learning experience. Based on the statewide NY Inspires presentation, participants will build their understanding of the initiative's background and purpose, examine the four transformations, and learn about the three phases of implementation. Emphasis will be placed on the Portrait of a Graduate, which serves as the foundation of NY Inspires and represents the first transformation, helping educators consider what students need to thrive in school and in their future careers.

Access to this course will begin on January 11th and conclude on May 14th.

The asynchronous and synchronous modules will focus on building capacity to develop and implement welcoming and affirming environments that aim to increase student belonging and academic engagement for 40 educators. Educators will move through a total of 10 (1.5 hour) modules that focus on content and application at their own pace.

Educators will also come together 3 times virtually for (1.5) hours between January 2027 to June 2027 to expand the application of the modules.

* NEW * Virtual Dates with Times TBD:
January 21, 2027

February 18, 2027

March 18, 2027

This four-session virtual training designed for district and school teams. Participants will assess their current systems, strengthen data-based decision making, and develop equitable, evidence-based academic and behavioral supports. Teams will leave with practical strategies and an action plan for implementation, sustainability, and improved student outcomes.

*NEW* Dates: Jan. 20, March 3, April 22, & May 12, 2027

Time: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm

Location: Virtual

We reserve the right to cancel any and all courses due to insufficient enrollment. Notification of course cancellations will be made by email or by phone. All course listings are accurate at the time of posting. However, course times, dates, locations and costs are subject to change.

National Speakers/ Consultants: Cancellations for events featuring national consultants/ speakers require a minimum of 2 weeks’ notice of your inability to attend. If prior notification of your inability to attend is NOT received 2 weeks’ prior registration fees still apply. Substitutions for your attendance will be considered on a case-to-case basis. Please contact our office at (585) 352-2402 or profdev@monroe2boces.org to discuss.

All other offerings: Unless otherwise noted in the course descriptions, workshops require a minimum of 48 hours’ notice of your inability to attend. If prior notifications of your inability to attend is NOT received, registration fees still apply.