The Queens Regional Partnership Center (QN RPC) is one of five borough based special education support centers. The Queens RPC is made possible by a contract with the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) Office of Special Education (OSE). The NYC RPCs are part of a larger network of RPCs throughout New York State, and are trained and provided with resources and materials from content specific Technical Assistance Partnerships (TAPs).

 

The NYC RPCs work collaboratively with the Regional Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Center, the local NYSED Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) office, and NYSED OSE to provide quality special education support and technical assistance to early childhood and school-age professionals and families in the areas of behavior, culturally responsive education, literacy, the special education process, specially designed instruction, and transition.

 

We invite you to explore our professional learning catalog and register for training opportunities facilitated by our skilled specialists.

 

For more information, please contact Abby Lovett Uddin, ALovett2@schools.nyc.gov the Director-Systems Change Facilitator (SCF) of the Queens Regional Partnership Center.

 

 


Month
Date
Location
Upcoming Event
June
6/6/2023
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Virtual
Promoting Self-Determination in Students with Disabilities, Queens RPC
Spaces Remaining: 40
In this training participants will deepen their understanding of the concepts and principles of self-determination, their applications, and enhancing their student’s self-determination skills. They will be able to identify the components of self-determination and how they are correlated with positive post-secondary outcomes for students. Participants will also learn how to develop practices that support the development of self-determination in students through student centered IEPs. Intended Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, School Counselors, School Psychologists and other related service providers'
6/8/2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Virtual- Microsoft Teams Webinar
Best Practices: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction/Virtual Training/Queens RPC
Spaces Remaining: 66
Best Practices: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction This is a Professional Development on embedding Explicit Vocabulary Instruction into primarily Tier I instruction. At the conclusion of this series, • Participants will be able to explain the importance of robust vocabulary instruction for students in the elementary grades. • Participants will understand how explicit instruction can be applied to vocabulary instruction. • Participants will be able to describe key features of vocabulary instruction and identify ways to incorporate vocabulary instruction into different parts of the school day.
6/8/2023
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Virtual
Introduction to Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education. Queens RPC
Spaces Remaining: 36
This package is intended to introduce participants to foundational elements of cultural responsiveness and explore the New York State Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. In doing so, it is meant to facilitate connections between Cultural Responsiveness and meeting the needs of students with disabilities, while also providing an opportunity for critical reflection on the extent to which culturally responsive practices are present within their Educational Organization(s). Objectives: ? Explore foundational elements of culture and Culturally Responsive Education ? Reflect on personal culture and experiences ? Become familiar with the NYSED Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education framework
6/8/2023
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Virtual- Microsoft Teams Webinar
Quality IEP Development
Event is Full
This professional learning opportunity addresses the specific responsibilities of the District Representative related to the development of the IEP. Federal law and State Regulations require the development of an IEP, a written statement that identifies the specific programs and services a student with a disability will receive, based on the unique need of the child, given the recommendations of the IEP team. Participants will engage with the guiding principles for IEP development, including a deeper understanding of each section of the IEP. Participants will gain insight regarding the IEP as the cornerstone of the Special Education Process, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), and Educational Benefit. This training is intended for administrators, general and special education teachers, psychologists, social workers and guidance counselors.
6/8/2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Virtual
Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, Queens RPC
Spaces Remaining: 25
This training was developed to promote the understanding and appropriate use of test accommodations for students with disabilities. The training is intended to provide information related to the decision-making process and types of test accommodations, as well as the documentation of appropriate accommodations on the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Participants will: -know the purpose of test accommodations. -define test accommodations. -understand their role in supporting a student with their test accommodations. -recognize that instructional accommodations used in the classroom should be aligned with the testing accommodations provided during assessment.
6/8/2023
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Virtual- Microsoft Teams Webinar
Promoting Self Determination in Students with Disabilities
Spaces Remaining: 84
In this training participants will deepen their understanding of the concepts and principles of self-determination, their applications, and enhancing their student’s self-determination skills. They will be able to identify the components of self-determination and how they are correlated with positive post-secondary outcomes for students. Participants will also learn how to develop practices that support the development of self-determination in students through student centered IEPs. Intended Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administrators, School Counselors, School Psychologists and other related service providers.
6/8/2023
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Virtual
Utilizing the Competing Behavior Pathway to Identify Interventions Module 3
Spaces Remaining: 61
'Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Identify Interventions (Virtual Synchronous) ***NOTE: It is highly recommended that Participants have attended the Introduction to the Behavior Pathway Series as well as module 1 and 2 of the Utilizing the Competing Behavior Pathway to identify interventions series. CTLE credits are awarded for each session attended. This live training session is a follow-up to the “Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Identify Interventions” modules 1 and modules 2. Participants will have the opportunity to briefly review the webinar content, expand and extend their knowledge through a series of application activities, and engage in action planning for effective implementation of strategies and practices within their respective settings. The Competing Behavior Pathway will be presented in a way that guides thinking so that effective intervention strategies can be identified. All School Based and Central/District level staff are encouraged to attend.'Participants will learn how to select function-based behavioral strategies, how to implement the strategies to fidelity and how to progress monitor PTR behavioral strategies to determine student learning and growth.
6/8/2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Virtual- Microsoft Teams Webinar
Next Steps in Specially Designed Instruction
Spaces Remaining: 40
Participants will be able to define and describe Specially Designed Instruction and Identify what instructional strategies may work to close gaps based on different characteristics of each student
6/15/2023
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Virtual
SDI for Administrators
Spaces Remaining: 99
The Specially Designed Instruction for Administrators professional development training package is the fifth in a suite of trainings on the development and use of specially designed instruction (SDI) for students with disabilities. This training is intended to further develop administrator’s knowledge of SDI and how SDI should be designed and developed based on individual student need to address their learning barriers. Administrators will be able to define SDI, recognize how to differentiate SDI from general education, identify what SDI looks like in the classroom setting, and gain necessary skills for supervision of implementation of SDI. This package is primarily designed to be delivered as a 2-3 hour in-person training; however, the training is structured to allow for online delivery based upon EO scheduling requirements.
6/15/2023
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Virtual
The Educational Benefit IEP Reflection: Strategies for Improving Education Programs and Decision Making at the Committee on Special Education and IEP Teams, Queens RPC
Spaces Remaining: 21
The Educational Benefit IEP Reflection: Strategies for Improving Education Programs and Decision Making at the Committee on Special Education and IEP Teams professional development training package is intended to build awareness that student growth should be reflected across multiple years of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Furthermore, it is intended to guide participants to the realization that throughout the IEP there should be indicators of how the student learns, what their needs are, and the specialized instruction that their disability requires. This training is intended for administrators, general and special education teachers, psychologists, social workers and guidance counselors. Objectives: • Participants will learn the historical context around Educational Benefit. • Participants will understand what constitutes Educational Benefit. • Participants will perform a replicable process for reviewing IEPs
6/16/2023
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Virtual- Microsoft Teams Webinar
The Pyramid Model – An Overview: Promoting Social and Emotional Competence and Addressing Challenging Behavior
Spaces Remaining: 298
This presentation is a guided introduction and overview of the Pyramid Model to familiarize all 3K and Pre-K school providers and administrators an understanding of this approach and framework, that is aimed at promoting the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children birth to five, address disparities in discipline practices, promote family engagement, use data for decision-making, and foster inclusion of children with, and at risk for, developmental delays and disabilities. The Pyramid Model builds upon a tiered public health approach to providing universal supports to all children to promote wellness, targeted services to those who need more support, and intensive services to those who need them. The targeted audience for this training are all 3K and Pre-K teachers, school providers and administrators.