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Instructional Services

Who We Are

The Instructional Services Division at Rockland BOCES provides comprehensive academic and professional learning support to component school districts across Rockland County. Our team partners with educators and leaders to strengthen instructional practice, expand student opportunities and support district priorities through a collaborative, cost-effective shared services model.

What We Do

Professional Development
  • Standards-based instruction and curriculum design
  • Assessment literacy and data-informed practice
  • Literacy and content-area instructional support
  • Technology integration training
  • Mandated certification compliance trainings
  • Regional councils and professional learning communities
  • On-site, virtual, and hybrid workshops
  • CEU-eligible and certification-aligned offerings
Instructional Services
  • Online tutoring and supplemental academic supports, credit recovery and advanced coursework through distance learning
  • Arts in Education and enrichment programs
  • National History Day and experiential learning opportunities
  • Library databases and digital instructional resources
  • Cooperative collection development and interlibrary loan
  • Instructional technology integration
  • Substitute staffing and coaches’ trainings
  • Support for Substantial Equivalency
  • Countywide oversight, management and development of UPK programs 

DASA Training

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) established a new Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) training requirement, effective December 31, 2013, that applies to individuals seeking any certification.

According to the new requirement, all applicants for certification must participate in a six-hour DASA workshop provided by a NYSED-approved DASA Training Provider. Rockland BOCES is an approved provider.

Click here to view a NYSED brochure on DASA.

Contact Us

Instructional Services & Professional Development Center
65 Parrott Road, Building #10
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 627-4783

Lisa Collopy
Director of Instructional Services
(845) 624-5871

Achil Petit, Ed. D.
Assistant Director of Instructional Services
(845) 624-5873

Valerie Samn
Supervisor of Math & Data Driven Instructional Services
(845) 627-4726

Anu Gupta
(845) 627-4855