Summer pre-service trainings are vital to ensuring a cohesive program and team. To support your efforts, the Collaborative is offering two recurring virtual foundational trainings – one for MLL/ELL and the other for special education – throughout the month of August. The two-hour courses will be offered over three weeks in multiple time slots to ensure they can be incorporated into your school’s typical pre-service training schedule.
For a flat fee, participating schools will get:
- Unlimited seats to a two-hour virtual foundational training offered in numerous time slots to complement your pre-service training schedule
- Preview session for school leadership to maximize participation and impact, including a walk-through of workshop materials and recommendations for follow up implementation and supportive staff structures
- A customized analysis of your staff’s feedback on exit surveys to guide your beginning-of-year implementation supports
- Exclusive access to session recordings to support the onboarding of mid-year hires
Event Category/Strand:
Summer Session
Suggested Audience:
Instructional staff
Strand 1
Special Education 101: Foundational Whats, Whys, & Hows
MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, AUGUST 11-27 (Virtual on zoom)
9:00-11:00am and 1:00-3:00pm
Support your team’s understanding of the fundamentals of special education law and the implementation of students’ IEPs, particularly accommodations, adaptations, behavioral support, and specially designed instruction. We’ll guide participants through the rights and protections of students with disabilities and provide practical approaches and tools for implementing individualized learning plans in inclusive spaces.
Event Category/Strand:
School Team Learning Cohort (STLC)
Suggested Audience:
MLL/ELL teachers, coaches, school leaders
Event Category/Strand:
Summer Session
Suggested Audience:
Instructional staff
Strand 2
Supporting Multilingual Learners: What Every Teacher Needs to Know
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AUGUST 12- 28 (Virtual on zoom)
9:00-11:00am and 1:00-3:00pm
Set the stage for your staff to share common language around engaging multilingual learners this school year! In this introductory session, all staff will gain a foundational understanding of how proficiency levels are assigned in New York, as well as how to identify the nuances of students’ language proficiency across four modalities: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Participants will also receive easily implemented strategies to proactively plan for and engage their multilingual learners in grade-level content across the modalities.
Event Category/Strand:
School Team Learning Cohort (STLC)
Suggested Audience:
School leaders, counselors, social workers, deans, special populations leads
Event Category/Strand:
School Team Learning Cohort
Suggested Audience:
School leaders, counselors, social workers, deans, special populations leads
Creating Equitable Systems in PBIS
March 21 & 28, 2025
Facilitator: Dr. Nikole Hollins-Sims
In this two-part series, school teams will engage in learning and reflection on implementing a social-emotional and behavioral framework that centers access, opportunity, and meaningful participation, especially from individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Event Category/Strand:
School Team Learning Cohort
Suggested Audience:
School leaders, counselors, social workers, deans, special populations leads
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