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Sullivan County's eight schools dis-tricts – Liberty, Monticello, Falls-burg, Eldred, Roscoe, Livingston

Manor, Tri-Valley and Sullivan West –contract with Sullivan County BOCESfor critically important services. In thisarticle, Interim District Superintend-ent Chuck Khoury discusses theimportance of BOCES to the educa-tional community.

How does BOCES affect SullivanCounty students, taxpayers, familiesand the community?

Sullivan BOCES is an educationalservice agency that strives to assistschool districts in meeting the manyeducational needs of the students andadults of Sullivan County. We work col-laboratively with the eight districts tooffer programs that any individual dis-trict wouldn't likely be able to afford.

We are able to do so by fostering part-nerships within the eight districts.

In addition we offer a solid Careerand Technical Education programtraining students in a variety of careerfields, training students for entry levelpositions in these fields or for furtherstudy at the two or four year collegelevel.

We also provide a wide range of Spe-cial Education services to meet theeducational needs of a challengingsegment of the educational communi-ty in the most efficient manner. All ofthese activities save districts money,thus allowing each district to use this"savings" to offer more programs.

What has been new and excitingabout this school year?

Sullivan BOCES has been working

Why districts in need giveBOCES a call,

saving cash for classrooms STORY AND PHOTO BY KATHY DALEY

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with its component school districts toboth modify and create programs thatmeet their current needs. Thisincludes creating services and makingchanges to both instructional andnon-instructional program offerings.

In terms of instructional program-ming, the Career and TechnicalEducation Division has developedthree new program offerings sched-uled to start in the upcoming schoolyear (2016-2017) including anInnovative Design program, a newHospitality program, and a Weldingprogram.

The Alternative Education program,located at the main campus, experi-enced a significant enrollmentincrease, and the special educationenrollment was stable

The management services divisionsaw expansion in its Central BusinessOffice functions and is also addingHuman Resources coordination serv-ices to comply with both theAffordable Care Act as well as withSIRS reporting requirements.

In addition, BOCES completed anassortment of renovation work at itsRubin Pollack Education Center,

including upgrading and relocatingthe Network Operating Center andcompleting a renovation project thatincluded replacing windows and avariety of exterior doors including theinstallation of new overhead shopdoors in both the auto tech and autobody shops.

Finally, Sullivan County BOCES waspart of a four-county initiative thatassisted with the coordination of anRFP (Request forProposal) for bothInternet and WideArea Networkconnectivity. TheBOCES represent-ed the componentdistricts andworked alongsidetheir BOCEScounterparts todevelop the speci-fications and review the responses.The RFP process resulted in a signifi-cant reduction in costs, providing theBOCES and its component districtswith a 47.2 percent reduction inInternet costs.

What's on the horizon for the nextschool year?

Additional technology upgrades will

be made at the start of the upcomingschool year as the BOCES gears up toprovide up to 10 Gigs of bandwidth ona county-wide level. Both the BOCESand the school districts require addi-tional bandwidth to support the inte-gration of technology in the class-rooms as well as to prepare forComputer Based Testing requirementsof the future.

More renovation work will take placeat the RubinPollack EducationCenter as theBOCES plans toreconfigure theCareer and Techbus loop and ren-ovate the entranceto the Tech Center.In addition, astandby generatorwill be installed to

provide emergency back-up power tovirtually the entire campus. The newgenerator will replace the temporarygenerator that currently only providespower to the Network OperatingCenter, in the event of a power outage.

We anticipate that our new Careerand Tech offerings will flourish and weare preparing for the possibility of

additional expansion in our manage-ment services division.

Finally, the entire BOCES organiza-tion is looking forward to working witha new District Superintendent as wellas fill other leadership positions thathave or will soon be open. Theyinclude: the Director of Special andAlternative Education, the Director ofSchool Improvement, Director ofFacilities and an Assistant Principal inthe secondary special educationdepartment.

What is happening with the DistrictSuperintendent search?

The search started in early Februaryand applications will be accepted untilthe position is filled. The position hasbeen advertised in local, regional andnational publications and websites. Inaddition, over 30 placement offices atGraduate Schools of Education in theTri-State area were contacted andnominations were solicited. Everysuperintendent of any district in anycounty that is contiguous to SullivanCounty received a direct mailing of anapplication and nomination form. The Board is committed to doingwhatever it takes, for however long ittakes, to find the right person to leadSullivan BOCES.

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“BOCES helped me to get agood job with salary andbenefits,” said Blanca

Ramos, as she assisted a woman gin-gerly into a bed at Catskill RegionalMedical Center. “Our teacher wasalways available to us and sheexplained everything so well.”

Ramos began her medical career atBOCES' Certified Nursing Assistantprogram, which is part of the publicorganization's Adult Education offer-ings.

Now working at the Harris hospital'sskilled nursing unit, Ramos plans tobegin her studies as a Licensed Practi-cal Nurse in September. Hers is one ofmany positive stories generated by theCNA program.

“We have a great success rate and agreat placement rate,” explainsBOCES' Deborah Theysohn. ”We havean impeccable reputation, and we getcalls from doctor's offices or clinics allthe time.”

A registered nurse, Theysohn over-sees the CNA program and the otherhealth-related Adult Ed health-relatedofferings. They include dialysis techni-cian, EKG technician, phlebotomytechnician, pharmacy technician, clin-ical medical assistant, and a medicaladministrative assistant program.

High school students may also learnCNA job skills at a Career & Technologycourse by the same name, saidTheysohn, who is principal of theCareer & Tech program.

“I have an interest in helping others,”said Briana Mandes, who is enrolled inthe student course. “Seeing themhappy and smiling after I've done agood thing puts a smile on my face too.”

Student Kayli Hussey added, “I defi-nitely want to be a CNA. When I was lit-

tle, both my grandparents were sickand I helped take care of them. Thatinspired me to do this.”

All over the U.S., jobs for CNAs areavailable in hospitals, rehab centers,assisted living centers, mental healthfacilities and more. But the most com-mon work settings are nursing homesand adult day care centers.

Students entering the adult CNA pro-gram range in age from 19 to individu-als in their 60s, women and men both.

“Some are single parents for whomthis is a great employment opportunityand a way to better their lives,” saidTheysohn.

Others include people who are look-ing to change careers, and still otherswho decide to enter the work field oncetheir children are in school or grown.

The $1,680 program cost includesbooks, scrubs, CPR training, physicalexams and proof that students havetheir necessary immunizations against

illnesses. Financialassistance is availablethrough the SullivanCounty WorkforceDevelopment office andthrough New YorkState's Adult Career andContinuing EducationServices (ACCES), whichhelps fund the educa-tional needs of adults,said Linda Blanton,principal of BOCESAdult and ContinuingEducation.

The CNA course runsfor 10 weeks, with 100hours of classroom andlab work, and 30 hoursof supervised clinicalwork at the hospital or

one of the nursing homes. “Students learn the rationale and the

science behind the procedures andskills they perform,” said Theysohn.

For example, they learn the infectioncontrol importance of proper hand-washing.

Students view videos on bed baths,

and they practice on manikins. Theylearn about feeding, dressing patients,and assisting patients with eliminationneeds. They learn how to transfer apatient from bed to wheelchair, andhow to assist them on walkers orcrutches.

Attendance, ethics, being on time,and a dress code are enforced at theclass taught at the St. John Street Edu-cation Center in Monticello.

“They must wear their hair up, nojewelry, no long nails, no cell phones,”said Theysohn.

At the end of the course, they under-go the state exam for the New YorkState Nurse's Assistant Certification,which tests both their written knowl-edge and hands-on clinical skills.

Most students do pass on their firsttry. Remediation is available for thosewho need a second chance, saidTheysohn.

Many of the graduates, like BlancaRamos, do go on to further schoolingas LPNs or RNs.

“They come back and tell us, 'thankyou for being strict,'” said Theysohn,“'Thank you for pushing me.'”

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Blanca Ramos, a graduate of BOCES Adult Education's CertifiedNursing Assistant Program, works now at Catskill Regional Med-ical Center in Harris. Above, Blanca, at center, and teens BrianaMandes and Kayli Hussey (now enrolled in the CNA program forhigh school students), assist a patient in the skilled nursing unitat the hospital.

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he excitement is palpable.As BOCES unveils three new

career courses for local highschool students, staff members

take to the highways and byways ofthe county with the message: “we stayahead of the curve and we want youwith us.”

Programs in hospitality and tourism,innovative design and the down-to-earth skill of welding promise both

work and career satisfaction insideand outside county borders, sayBOCES' vigorous trend watchers.

“Agriculture and tourism are ourmain industries already, and with theMontreign resort [planned forMonticello], it's key to have studentsprepared for jobs,” said BOCESDirector of Communications DonnaHemmer, referring to the hospitalityprogram. “Students can learn the nutsand bolts of the industry and get theskills they need to do it.”

The class in Hospitality and Tourism

is warmly welcomed by those in theindustry.

“This kind of program can make aworld of difference,” said DarleneFedun, chief executive officer forBethel Woods Center for the Arts. “Ourmuseum and concert guests are fre-quenting many of the regional restau-rants, shops, service and conveniencestations throughout the county. Awell-trained employee in guest rela-tions is a major part of the experi-ence.”

Shannon Feeney of Roscoe BeerCompany calls tourism “the bloodlinefor businesses.”

“There is a dire need for employeeswith the skills and knowledge of hos-pitality and how tourism works,”Feeney said.

As is each of the new courses,Hospitality and Tourism will beoffered beginning September 3 atBOCES Rubin Pollack EducationCenter on Ferndale-Loomis Road.

It’s a two-year program that intro-duces students to the industry, teach-es the “soft skills” like communicationand the guest cycles, and moves on tofront office operations, housekeeping,facilities management, food and bev-erage services, marketing and so on.The second year will focus on leader-ship and management.

Several of the rooms at RubinPollack will transform into a simulat-ed front desk area of a hotel, and apretend guest room complete withbed and TV and other accoutermentsof comfort.

The course will take place five daysa week for two-and-a-half hours perday and is open to 11th and 12thgraders.

Internships at industry-relatedbusinesses will round out the experi-ence for the student who is thinkingof working as chef or casino gamingworker, as event planner or house-keeping supervisor, as personal train-


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‘power’ courses in welding, design and tourism planned

Above: One of the most in-demand professions nationally is that of the welder. High school students already get exposure to welding in BOCES automotive classes, but a new coursewill focus on the skill needed locally in bridge-building and in fabrication of trucks and highpressure tanks.

At left: High school student Alexis McCoy studies in BOCES culinary arts program and welcomes a new class in Hospitality and Tourism that further increases her career-boundmarketability.

er or health club worker, or as travelguide, security guard or sports plan-ner.

“This program is going to help readySullivan County students for profes-sional jobs right here in their ownbackyard,” said Feeney. “We'reextremely excited to see this programtake off.”

Going innovative in 3dBOCES' newest course in Innovative

Design will attract a wide range of stu-dents, from those who are artistic tothose who are engineering bound, orstudents who are bored with schooland want to get in touch with theircreativity.

The two-year course, geared for11th and 12th graders, teaches stu-dents to design not so much on paper,but on computer.

Teacher Patrick Killian notes thatthe class will use the powerful soft-ware called SketchUp, which is a 3Dmodeling computer program for awide range of drawing applicationssuch as architectural work, interiordesign, civil and mechanical engi-neering, film, and video game design.

Students will explore ideas and cre-ate plans. They will coax two-dimen-sional documents into 3D models.Areas of study will include gamedesign, project design, auto design,building and landscape design and 3-D printing.

“Basically, this enables students todesign anything in 3-D, right down tothe screws,” said Killian.

Today's manufacturers of every-thing from cars to airplanes to iPhoneparts are seeking to hire engineers,designers, machinists and computerprogrammers.

In addition to gaining marketableskills, students in the class can poten-tially earn college credits from AlfredState College, Binghamton University,SUNY Sullivan and SUNY Cobleskill.

Welders demanded hereThe world can't seem to get enough

welders. But BOCES is stepping in tofill the breach.

Starting September 3, students whotake the one-year Welding programmay wind up working in aerospace orunderwater. Or they may find a jobworking on the Tappan Zee Bridge,where welders are paid from $50 to$100 per hour.

Or they may find jobs much closer to

home.“I'm very excited about the new

course,” said Rob Green of RobertGreen Auto & Truck Inc.

The company's Robert Green TruckDivision does truck upfit, adds Green,customizing and installing truck bod-ies and equipment for dump trucks,platform trucks, utility trucks andsnowplows. Welding plays an impor-tant role in all that work.

The firm already welcomes BOCESstudents as interns, affording them

real-life shop work experiences at itsMonticello headquarters.

“One of the big factors in growingour business is finding qualifiedstaffing,” said Green. “We needwelders, and we look forward to work-ing with BOCES graduates.”

The course will teach students basicmetal fabrication, welding theory andsafety, metal preparation, blueprintreading and project layout as theylearn the various types of welding:oxyfuel, gas/metal arc welding, basic

TIG welding, shielded metal arc weld-ing and plasma cutting.

“There is a huge need for weldersnationwide,” agrees BOCES teacherFred Muller, noting that the demand isnot only in the auto industry but alsoin factories where high pressure tankscontaining water and steam requirewelding.

“In Sullivan County,” he added,“there's a lot of bridge building andrepairs being done – and it all requireswelders.”

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Sullivan BOCES prides itself oncreating learning environmentsthat best suit the needs of the

students. Primarily located at theWhite Sulphur Springs School,BOCES offers a program called theS.T.A.R.S (Structured Teaching andRelated Services) Program for chil-dren within the autism spectrum andfor children who have other commu-nication disorders.

The main goal of the S.T.A.R.S pro-gram is to help students acquirecommunication skills that will enablethem to relate to others and demon-strate their learning. BOCES dedicat-ed staff works with each of the stu-dents to teach them cognitive andfunctional academics. Along withteaching academics, the staff workwith students to shape appropriatebehavior using replacement behav-iors, social skills, modeling and agreat deal of positive reinforcement.The program also offers a strongreceptive and expressive, functionallanguage component for our studentthat have little or no speech.

All of the classes consist of an 8:1:3ratio; 8 students, 1 teacher, 1 teachingassistant, and 2 aides, to provide stu-dents with the differentiation andsupport they need to increase suc-cessful outcomes.

The classroom layout is designed inlearning centers and students aretaught individually and in smallgroups. This allows the staff to makeaccommodations for visual, auditory,kinesthetic, tactile, or multimedialearning based on the students’learning style.

The classroom routines are postedand expectations are clearly definedso students always know what toexpect. Each student also has a picto-rial schedule that he/she can followindependently. This helps the stu-dents to feel comfortable, whichdecreases anxiety levels and increas-es student time on task to maximizelearning.

All of the students benefit from aunified approach that addresses all oftheir needs and the classroom teach-ers collaborate and work closely withthe related service providers to make

sure they are getting their requiredservices like: speech therapy, coun-seling, occupational therapy andphysical therapy.

The staff also works with the stu-

dents and their families to improvecoping and functioning skills andimplement effective and functionalhome programs and to generalizeskills from school to home. They alsoprovide the necessary skills to attainthe highest level of performance pos-sible to allow the students to be ableto learn, live, and work more effec-tively and independently at home, atschool, and in the community.

“I’m proud to work with such a ded-icated team,” said Teri Knight,S.T.A.R.S Teacher, “We all implementApplied Behavior Analysis (ABA)techniques to support individualizedinstruction to our students. As ourstudents increase their languageskills we see a decrease in negativebehavior. In the last three years ofusing ABA, our data has shown muchsuccess in the areas of academics,language and behavior, which vali-dates that our program works.”

S.T.A.R.SProgram


Above, student Richard Welk working withTeacher Teri Knight.

At left, James Trevorah uses the smart boardin a music lesson.

Where special needsstudents gain life skills

and love of learning

Cathy Cross breaks eggs into abig bowl, tumbles in some cakemix and milk and passes the

bowl on to Jonathan, then to Ariel,then to Jennie for stirring. Soon thechocolate confection is ready for theoven, which is a standard teachingtool in Cross' BOCES classroom.

“Tomorrow, we put on the frosting,”Cross says. “We'll decorate the cakewith M&Ms.”

Turning to one of her teenagers, sheasks “Drew, can you tell me what timethe cake will be done?”

Cross's students are high schoolaged, but the best functioning pupilsin her class only read at a secondgrade level. Her kids are multiply dis-abled, defined by the U.S. Individualswith Disabilities Education Act ashaving combined mental disabilitywith another disabling condition,such as cerebral palsy, blindness,autism, deafness or birth defect,among others.

They may have a problem walkingor speaking, or with attaining infor-mation and remembering. There maybe issues with behavior or with expe-riencing discomfort in social situa-tions.

“I've been working here for 25years,” said Cross. “I've known someof these kids since they were babies.”

Cross teaches in BOCES CAP(Career Academic Program), as do hercolleagues Stacey Bendle and PeterMonfredo.

“The main goal of our program,”reports Bendle, “is to prepare stu-dents for life beyond graduation andto become productive communitymembers.”

BOCES work is key because at age21, school services are no longeravailable to special needs individuals.The young people can languish athome in front of the TV, without pos-sibility of growth, stimulation or anychance for semi-independence.

Special needs students like those inCross's class will not earn Regentsdiplomas and do not take standard-ized tests. But they do revel in learn-ing new things and in planning fortheir futures.

Riding a bus from their homeschool district, the students arrive at8 a.m. and spend the day at the RubinPollack Education Center on Fern-dale-Loomis Road. Part of the time isdedicated to physical therapy, occu-

pational therapy, speech, music andart. But most of the day, Cross is thekey adult in her student's lives.

“I teach English Language Arts,math, social studies and science, allrevolving around life skills,”explained Cross. “Whatever the childis able to handle, we modify the taskto suit what he or she is capable ofaccomplishing.”

In the writing portion of the day,students might learn to print theirhome addresses and phone numbers.Up to their own level, they learn num-ber recognition, counting, and meas-uring as in cooking. They learn thedays of the week, months of the year,how to read a calendar and how to telltime by a clock.

Cross brings in advertising circularsfrom supermarkets and asks studentsto look up items and write down thecost of, say, Oscar Meyer hot-dogs.

“They copy down the prices, mak-ing a list and using a calculator to addup the cost,” said Cross.

Optimally, they learn how to countdollar bills and change.

Where possible, students also learnhow to perform simple assemblywork tasks or to stock shelves – prac-tical skills that they may use in afuture job setting.

“At age 13-14-15, we have to thinkrealistically as to where the end gameis,” said Cross. “We are preparing


Student Michael Bryant looks on as BOCES teacher Cathy Cross measures cake mix into abowl as part of a math and life skills cooking lesson. Michael, age 14, said math is his favoritesubject.

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them on every level to get to thatpoint.”

Cross imbues her students with thebelief that “'right now, this school isyour job.' We work on appearance, onlistening and following directions.”

They learn the importance of get-ting along with each other and howgood it is to congratulate someonewho has done good work.

Fortunately, Sullivan County doesharbor post-high school services fordisabled students. SullivanArc, basedin Monticello, offers day programs.New Hope Community providessupervised group homes on the LochSheldrake campus and in residencesscattered throughout the county.

“Some of our students will be ableto be employed out,” noted Cross.“Some will be in group living situa-tions.”

Higher functioning students taughtby Bendle and Monfredo do volun-teer work at Catskill Regional MedicalCenter in Harris, where they sort mailand deliver lunches and snacks topatients.

The BOCES jumpstart on the futureis valued by parents who often feel at

odds as to how to provide their adultchild with a secure and meaningfullife.

In April, the CAP program willescort students to a musical perform-ance at Bethel Woods Center for theArts.

“Any opportunity, we jump on,”said Cross. “These are the things ourstudents may not necessarily be ableto do with their families.”

The delight that her students expe-rience at outside events and in class-room learning gladdens Cross'sheart, too.

“One parent was thrilled when shesaw her son write his name for thefirst time,” Cross recalled.

The students love to learn culinaryskills they can then use at home: likegrilling cheese sandwiches, cookingmacaroni and cheese, or making hotcocoa.

Jennie was thrilled, her teachersaid, when she was able to make herown cup of cocoa for the first time.

“These kids are so excited whenthey learn something,” said Cross. “Idon't have to convince them aboutthe importance of learning. They loveto do it.”

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