School Safety and Facilities
Brandon A. Cruz, Supervisor
School Safety & Facilities
(914) 345-8500, Ext. 3167
bcruz@swboces.org
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention®
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Training provides your educators with the skills to safely recognize and respond to everyday crisis situations. You will learn to:
- Minimize Physical Interventions
- Recognize & Respond to Defensive Behaviors
- Understand What’s Behind the Behavior
- Address the Needs of the Individual
Regional Crisis Response Team
The SWBOCES Regional Crisis Response Team (RCRT) supports school districts after a crisis by providing Consultation, Counseling, Debriefing, and Support. A crisis can be a natural disaster, the passing of an individual within your school community, or a distant event that has a deep effect on students and staff. More information about the becoming an RCRT member or accessing services is available on the RCRT Resources Page
Coronavirus Resources
Southern Westchester BOCES has assembled and shared reliable resources about the COVID-19 outbreak since early in the pandemic. Our Coronavirus Resources Page is a continuously updated repository of information and guidance from medical professionals and public health officials, curated to inform and protect the health and safety of our community.
Events coming up
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SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
SLS Council Meeting
The School Library System Council is responsible for developing and approving the Plan of Service; is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Plan of Service; recommends for approval the annual budget prior to submission to the District Superintendent for his signature; and supports the activities of the School Library System, through service on a committee.
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SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
SLS Communication Coordinators Meeting
Register through My Learning Plan here
Quarterly meetings for SLS Communication Coordinators as mandated in NY State Education Law 90.18. Communications Coordinators are informed on topics such as New York State Education Department updates, technology, and Information Fluency Skills. Professional development is provided on current issues with the expectation that it is shared with other school librarians in district.
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via Zoom
Building Leadership Capacity - Initial Training for Evaluators of Teachers
This course provides the foundational training for supervisors who will be observing teachers and/or serving as Lead Evaluators. The structure of this workshop assists individuals in developing a functional understanding of APPR components and guidelines, while focusing on evidence-based observation. Participants will engage in a calibration activity and examine their own personal biases in order to promote equity in the process. This course addresses New York State's nine requirements for lead evaluator training and can be used as evidence for certification as Lead Evaluators, Peer Evaluators, and Independent Evaluators.
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SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
Culturally Responsiveness & Equity in Health Education PE/HE CONS
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SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
DEI Leaders Network
Enrollment is currently full
Click here for more information and to be placed on the waiting list
Why join the DEI Leaders' Network? DEI work can be rewarding but also isolating and challenging. We believe in the power of collaboration, where people come together to share, learn, grapple, and grow in creating welcoming, affirming, and rigorous learning opportunities for all. Our Network serves as a community of practice with the intent of realizing the promise of developing equitable and inclusive educational journeys for all.
What will you learn?
- Promising practices in leading for DEI. Strategies for persisting in the face of challenges.
- Ideas for leveraging personal, professional, and personal-professional experiences to build and action strategies, resources, policies, and plans that advance DEI goals.
- Approaches to implementing the NYSED Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework, which highlights the importance of "incorporating an equity and inclusion lens in every facet of our work.
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SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
Digging Deeper into the NGLS Writing Standards for Narrative Writing (Grades 3-5)
Instructor: Sarah Cordova
Would you like to deepen writing instruction for your students, while ensuring you are crafting lessons aligned with the NGLS? Join Sarah Cordova, National Literacy Consultant, to explore the ins and outs of the Narrative Writing Text Type NGLS writing standards, including:
- The difference between text types and genres
- How to vary the narrative genres and strategies across grades
- The power and purpose of mentor textsCenter for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support -
SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
Physical Education PLCs & Leadership PE/HE CONSORTIUM
Instructor: Dr. Robert Schmidlein
Physical Educators Teacher Leaders are essential to help a department grow and learn as professionals.
This workshop will focus on models of leadership to drive physical education department leaders to become more than just a sounding board. The participants will engage in a variety of activities that include:
• Curriculum round tables
• Protocols for presenting
• Protocols for discussions
• 21st-century decision-making guidance for improved leadership
The Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) will help guide mastery learning and grading, to accomplish a school-wide approach. Participants will develop PLCs to pilot lessons, assessments, and grading to improve instruction at their site by working with people across the county.
The morning portion of the program will focus on:
• Norms of collaboration
• What is a PLC
• How to become a mastery learning teacher and how does that lead to grades
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a clear mentorship approach, a group of similar-minded cohort participants to help facilitate growth, and a clear vision for where their department will go.
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SWBOCES - 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd floor, Harrison, NY
Curricular Mapping the New PE Standards PE/HE CONSORTIUM
Instructor: Dr. Robert Schmidlein
Often teachers have lessons, assessments, and maps that are outdated and underused. The goal of this workshop is to map standards (psychomotor, cognitive, and affective) in a meaningful way to meet the needs of our changing student population. ELL, Autism, and at-risk youth will be addressed as well as traditional monocultural physical education settings.
By the conclusion of the workshop, teachers will have tangible products to use for the current school year. The created maps will align with proficiency scales that are standard-based and drive both assessment and instruction.
Free to members of the 2023-2024 Section One PE/HE Consortium
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PD Short: Promoting Positive Student Behaviors in the Classrooms
Supporting students in exhibiting positive behaviors is an important role of the classroom teacher. During this session, participants will explore strategies for managing and responding to challenging student behaviors, while building effective, culturally responsive relationships to promote student and teacher success.
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via Zoom
Elementary Literacy Study Group: Bringing NYSED's Literacy Initiative and SOR into Practice
Between NYSED launching its Literacy Initiative and publishing seven Literacy Briefs in January and ongoing attention to the Science of Reading and meeting students' academic needs, this study group will provide a recurring opportunity to convene with colleagues to collaborate around leading for literacy and the systemic and classroom-based practices that will support all students' literacy development. As schools and districts pursue similar aims and navigate similar obstacles, space for reflecting on and sharing practices and navigating challenges can serveas a forum for mutual support.
We welcome teams of teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, reading specialists, department chairs, and all for whom literacy instruction is integral to join us as leaders of literacy.
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Mandated Training
The Mandated Training Link above lists School Safety training mandates and Facilities requirements for all NYS schools and districts. Please refer to the link and to our Training and Services listed below.
Regional Facilities News
Southern Westchester BOCES is proud to partner with the Southeastern Chapter of the New York State School Facilities Association (NYSSFA). Please use the links below to find the NYSSFA meeting calendar and training information.
School Safety Training
- Active Shooter Training
- Building Level Emergency Response Planning
- CPR/AED
- Crisis Response Training
- DASA/Violence Prevention refreshers
- Develop Crisis Plans
- Incident Command Management
- Lockdown Emergency Training
- New Building Emergency Plan Template
- Risk Assessments
- Safety Audits
- Table Top Exercises
Facilities/Compliance
- Asbestos testing and training
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Chemical Hygiene Plan Development
- Chemical and Petroleum Storage
- Cooling Towers Inspections
- CPR/AED
- Fire Inspections
- Indoor Air Quality Testing
- Lockout/Tagout
- Playground and Gymnasium Inspections
- Right to Know
- Underground Storage Tank Programs
- Water Testing
