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Each year, the Collaborative hosts their Annual Education Conference that brings together hundreds of NYC educators to learn and explore ways to promote equity and inclusion for historically underserved students. Our conference this year, Creating Access, Creating Opportunity, is an all-day, virtual event on January 31, 2024. Sessions include: How Can Technology Help Us Scaffold […]
High quality IEPs are an essential component in ensuring equity and access for our students with disabilities. By ensuring that IEP goals are aligned to general education standards, students with disabilities are included in general education practices and instruction, creating an alignment. When careful planning occurs with this alignment, ALL students benefit from many of […]
High quality IEPs are an essential component in ensuring equity and access for our students with disabilities. By ensuring that IEP goals are aligned to general education standards, students with disabilities are included in general education practices and instruction, creating an alignment. When careful planning occurs with this alignment, ALL students benefit from many of […]
Join us for this two-part series* with Andi Sachs, an occupational therapist and executive functioning expert with the Cooke School and Institute! Part 1 will provide participants a background on occupational therapy services in the elementary setting. This session will focus largely on breaking down sensory processing and executive functioning skills, providing strategies for intervention, […]
Our CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) trainings are ONLY available to Enhanced and Premier Collaborative members. Part I (Verbal De-Escalation): Through training in CPI’s Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI), participants will develop prevention strategies for safely defusing anxious, hostile, or unsafe behavior at the earliest possible stage. Participants will learn how behavior escalates and how to […]
Our CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) trainings are ONLY available to Enhanced and Premier Collaborative members. Part II (Physical Disengagement) Through training in CPI’s Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI), your school’s designated team (up to 4 for Enhanced member schools and up to 5 for Premier member schools) will develop prevention strategies for safely defusing anxious, […]
In this session, we focus on integrating high-impact, low-prep trauma-informed practices for MLLs/ELLs, underpinned by Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practice (CRSP). This session is tailored to equip educators with the knowledge and tools to create equitable and supportive environments for all students, with a particular emphasis on recently arrived […]
Our roundtable discussions bring together practitioners from across the charter sector to share best practices and surface common problems (and brainstorm solutions!) on different special populations topics. These sessions are HIGHLY INTERACTIVE and learning will largely be driven by what the participants bring ready to discuss and share. Based on the discussion, more targeted follow […]
Are you a special education leader wondering how to best partner with families on behalf of students with disabilities? Then this session is for you! Hear from Special Education Attorney Magda Labonté-Blaise on ways that Special Education leads can work with families throughout the IEP process to ensure maximum outcomes for students. A former special […]
In this SEAT-FREE Lunch & Learn, participants will gain insight in best practices as to hiring and preparing, or fully onboarding, their special populations teachers, coordinators, and staff. From compliance to introducing external liaisons, working with families, & setting instructional expectations, this session will review all elements of onboarding your key specialists and stakeholders when […]
Join us for this two-part series* with Andi Sachs, an occupational therapist and executive functioning expert with the Cooke School and Institute! Part 1 will provide participants a background on occupational therapy services in the elementary setting. This session will focus largely on breaking down sensory processing and executive functioning skills, providing strategies for intervention, […]
In this dynamic workshop, participants will learn how to break down linguistic barriers and plan intentional instructional supports for MLLs/ELLs of all proficiency levels. We will explore high leverage, research-based methods when differentiating instruction by content, process, and product to address language development throughout a lesson, regardless of content area. Work time will be given […]
How do we understand behavior and how does that influence how we support our students in a positive, rather than punitive, manner? In this session with Amanda Morin, educator and author of What is Empathy, we?ll explore these questions and more! Come learn about the different functions of behavior, strengths-based approaches to teaching and reinforcing […]
With an influx of MLL/ELLs, schools are looking for the best ways to support these students in core content classes. Data collection and background knowledge of students is essential for schools to determine individual needs and ways to reach them. Come join leaders from FLACS as they share how their schools bring principles of data-driven […]
This series* is designed for coaches who are currently supporting ELA teachers in grades 4-12 and will balance exploring best practices in ELA, as well as best practices in coaching teachers. Participants will learn strategies to support teachers in differentiating by content, process, and product for their struggling readers and writers and will walk away […]
Given the prevalence rates, every teacher can count on having at least one child with ADHD in their classroom (diagnosed, or not) and ADHD comes with its own set of considerations for teachers, students and families, including the fact that there is very definitely a cultural component to ADHD that impacts diagnosis, treatment and providing […]
Make sure you're ready to hit the ground running once you run your lottery and begin to enroll students for SY24-25. In this training, participants will learn about different legal mandates and best practices around special populations identification and enrollment. There will also be time for Q&A. By attending this session, attendees will leave with... […]
In this full-day IN-PERSON session, participants will engage with theories, policies, artifacts, and case studies to explore: what to consider and do in the assessment and evaluation of MLLs/ELLs and CLD students with potentially underlying disabilities best practices in support, collaboration, and IEP development/implementation before or after disability identification; and considerations for family, community, and […]
How do I know if my students are "getting it?" What are practices I should be putting in place for my MLLs/ELLs to help further answer this question? Common prompts like “Any questions?” or “Does everybody understand?” are often the default for checking student understanding, but these prompts offer little linguistic support to help our […]
ABOUT P.I.P.E.L.I.N.E. (Preparing Impactful Programs for Exceptional Learners Intensive for “New-to-Special-Education” Educators) Charter schools have always exercised certification flexibility in hiring, but the pandemic exacerbated special education staffing challenges, leading to more designated special education roles being filled by general educators. In response, the Collaborative created the PIPELINE program to train these “new-to-special-education” teachers and […]
In this full day, in-person session, counselors and social workers will have the opportunity to network with peers, learn and share best practices, and feel empowered to better support their school communities for an impactful Spring semester. In the morning session, the SWEET Institute will provide participants strategies and interventions for managing behaviors of children […]
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