Behavior

The Language of Classroom Management: Promoting Positive Teacher-Student Interactions and Relationships 

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

GST Region Registration

Date: November 3, December 1

Registration Deadline: 10.29.26

Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Zoom

Audience: Administrators, Teachers, Other School Staff, and Other Service Providers

Overview: Designed for PreK-12th grade educators who would like more information on positive behavior support- classroom management strategies including: 1) arranging the physical environment, 2) defining, teaching, and acknowledging expectations and rules, 3) defining and teaching classroom procedures and routines, 4) active supervision, 5) behavior specific praise, 6) response strategies for inappropriate behavior, 7) class-wide group contingencies, and 8) multiple opportunities to respond.

Creating Welcoming and Affirming Learning Environments and Applying a Proactive Function Based Thinking (FBT) Process to Support Student Behavior 

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

GST Region Registration

Date: January 12

Registration Deadline: 01.07.27

Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Location: GST BOCES

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Pupil Support Personnel, School and District Leadership and Administration, Directors of Special Education

Overview: During this session, we will begin by exploring "Creating Welcoming and Affirming Learning Environments,” one of four high leverage principles identified in the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) Framework. When students feel like they belong at school, they have fewer absences, fewer disciplinary infractions, higher graduation rates, as well as increased engagement, self-esteem, and attitudes. During the second half of the session this training package will provide an overview of challenging behaviors, the behavior pathway, and the function-based thinking process. Function-based thinking is a Tier 1 support that can be used for all students in combination with the principles of the CRSE Framework.

Integrating Trauma-Sensitivity within a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Framework 

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

Date: February 2

Registration Deadline: 01.28.27

Time: 8:30am - 11:30am

Location: Zoom

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Administrators, Educational Organizations, Support Staff

Overview: Explore the biological, cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects of trauma on student development and the ways they in turn affect a student's academic and behavioral functioning in the classroom. The content explains how to use the data, systems, and practices components of a multi-tiered systems approach to behavior to provide differentiated evidence-based supports. The package allows Educational Organizations to explore and determine if their school-wide Tier 1 practices reflect a trauma-sensitive approach to responding to student behavior. 

Increasing Instructional Time and Student Performance Utilizing De-escalation Strategies 

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

Date: March 18

Registration Deadline: 03.11.27

Time: 8:30am - 2:30pm

Location: Union-Endicott District Office

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Administrators,  School Psychologists and Counselors, Paraprofessionals, Support Staff, Related Service Providers

Overview: This training package empowers educators to understand and effectively manage the conflict cycle of behavior. Participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of the phases of acting-out behavior and how to effectively manage unexpected social, emotional and behavioral situations in the classroom. Educators will build their toolbox of techniques aimed at fostering a safer and more conducive learning environment that increases instructional time and improves student performance. 

Creating Welcoming and Affirming Learning Environments 

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

Date: April 20

Registration Deadline: 04.16.27

Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Location: Zoom

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Pupil Support Personnel, School and District Leadership and Administration, Directors of Special Education

Overview: During this session, we will begin by exploring "Creating Welcoming and Affirming Learning Environments,” one of four high leverage principles identified in the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) Framework. When students feel like they belong at school, they have fewer absences, fewer disciplinary infractions, higher graduation rates, as well as increased engagement, self-esteem, and attitudes. 

Alternatives to Suspension

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

Dates: May 6, June 15

Registration Deadline: 04.29.27

Time: 8:30am - 11:30am

Location: Zoom

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Building Level Administrators, School Psychologists and Counselors

Overview: The issue of in and out-of-school suspensions of all students, including students with disabilities, who demonstrate escalated classroom behavior, has become controversial and divisive leaving many staff members at odds. This two-day training package, designed for building level administrators and teachers, is intended to help participants understand that exclusionary practices have significant short and long-term negative effects on academic, social-emotional, health and wellness, and family outcomes of students and that there are alternative approaches to discipline that lead to improved student outcomes. Participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of suspension, removal, and discipline, as well as influences, impacts, policies, and procedures that contribute to the on-going suspension crisis in schools today. Throughout these two days, participants will learn and explore effective research-based strategies for responding to student behavior and appropriate alternatives to suspension, which have significantly fewer negative impacts on student or family outcomes. 

How to Foster and Support Self-Determination in All Students

Broome-Tioga Region Registration

Dates: May 17

Registration Deadline: 05.13.27

Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm

Location: Union-Endicott District Office

Audience: General and Special Education Teachers, Administrators, School Counselors, Related Service Providers, and Agency Representatives

Overview: Self-Determination is a research-based predictor of post-school success in the areas of education, employment, and independent living. The purpose of this training is to foster and support the development of self-determination skills for students of all ages utilizing a collaborative school and family approach. It provides participants with foundational concepts, resources, and strategies to implement and incorporate practices that promote the development of self-determination throughout a student's day and across all ages.