Capital Region BOCES partners with a variety vendors of programs and services that school districts can work with and receive aid on. This directory includes information about our current vendors by category.
Strategic Planning/Leadership Development | Social Emotional | Learning/School Climate | Equity| Mental Health Services| Pedagogy | Literacy |
Strategic Planning/Leadership Development
- ILO Group, Inc.
ILO Group is a proudly women-owned education strategy and policy firm. We are a dedicated team of strategic partners and specialists who support school districts and states in executing on their biggest bets and their highest priority efforts. We work as members of our partner teams, operating side by side with the country’s leading educators, experts, and government partners. Our work is as diverse as our partners ambitions are bold and we work access leadership development, comprehensive project management and implementation support, systems transformation and more. We enable education leaders to be the catalyst for change that benefits their students, schools and communities. - Hanover Research Council, Inc.
Hanover Research provides sequential research services to districts for a fixed annual cost. We conduct one research project at a time per engagement, known as a queue. Hanover offers a diverse range of research methodologies and capabilities. Services include primary research (e.g., survey design, administration, and analysis; in-depth interviews), secondary research (e.g., literature review and best practice identification), benchmarking (e.g., assessments of structure and operational/ efficiency metrics), and program evaluation (e.g., analysis of key program data combined with stakeholder input). In addition to our custom research solutions, clients have unlimited access to 1400+ research reports on a myriad of topics. - EAB Global
At EAB, we are insight-chasers and innovators, and our teams are as diverse as the problems we solve. For four decades, we’ve delivered extraordinary results, and we proudly support 2,800+ organizations from K-12 to college to career. Together with our partners we can solve education’s toughest challenges. Our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger, and we strive to be a trusted partner to everyone we serve, in turn helping thousands of schools and millions of students thrive. - Tenshey, Inc.
Tenshey’s mission is to empower professionals to realize their full potential and become successful, thriving leaders. We deliver transformative leadership and career development programs that empower aspiring and seasoned leaders to excel and lead with purpose. - Edjuncture, Inc.
Edjuncture provides comprehensive educational consulting services to schools and districts. Our offerings include customized executive coaching, leader evaluator training, new and ongoing principal support, longitudinal studies, tailored professional learning opportunities, SCEP, and school improvement targeting assistance, and consulting designed to support educators in implementing research-based instructional practices, fostering a positive school culture, and promoting student achievement. Our team of expert consultants work collaboratively with district leaders to address their goals. Through our tailored approach and a laser focus on continuous improvement, we strive to empower educators and school leaders to create an effective learning environment for all students. - Intentional Educational Leadership
Intentional Education Leadership (IEL) is a consulting organization focused on empowering school districts and educational leaders through strategic, data-driven partnerships. IEL offers a suite of services that promotes all students, innovation, and sustainability across educational systems. IEL’s mission is rooted in advancing all students, continuous improvement, and leadership excellence. Through mixed-methods research, collaborative coaching, and actionable insight, IEL supports schools in achieving measurable, lasting impact for every learner. -
Thriving K-12 Leadership
Thriving K-12 Leadership, LLC, founded by Dr. Rick Evans, a retired school principal with a record of successfully transforming school culture and markedly improving student performance, offers high-quality professional development and coaching services to school leaders. Our core work centers on implementing the evidence-based PERMA-V model (Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment, and Vitality) to foster environments where staff and students thrive. We work alongside schools to systematically enhance well-being and school climate, strengthen professional performance, and drive significant, sustained improvements in student achievement.
Social Emotional Learning/School Climate
- Restorative Justice (RJ Ed)
Restorative Justice Education implements researched and evidence-based trainings borne of indigenous roots to create a Culture of Care in our schools, at home, and among our various communities. Through our series of virtual and in-person trainings, RJEd Facilitators teach the critical values of Restorative Justice principles and practices, and how to implement them in the classroom, within a school or across school district; at home or in the field.
- Character Strong
Character Strong delivers a comprehensive suite of programs and services designed to support the Whole Child through evidence-based, tiered solutions that strengthen school culture, improve student well-being, and develop essential life and leadership skills. Their offerings include PreK–12 Tier 1 curricula in Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Character Education, and Career & Life Readiness, as well as targeted Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports and professional development for educators and school leaders. Each program is research-informed and designed for easy integration into school systems, promoting consistent implementation through practical tools, engaging lessons, and a focus on relationship-building. - Ali Hearn Coaching and Consulting
Ali Hearn, LCSW is a national keynote speaker, trainer, and coach whose mission is to shift mindsets and ignite fires within others to create sustainable change and impact. Throughout her career, she has worked with thousands of educators across the country, emphasizing the importance of improving social/emotional skills, promoting the installation of Restorative Practices within school systems, and reinforcing multi-tiered systems of support frameworks to better support the current needs of students, staff, and families. - One Trusted Adult
One Trusted Adult offers research-based programs and professional development opportunities that teach the fundamentals needed to build strong connections and healthy boundaries with young people. Our goal is to prevent our biggest worries and promote our biggest hopes for youth. We do that by looking to ensure that every young person has accessible, boundary, and caring trusted adults, and those trusted adults have the training and tools they need to build healthy and appropriate relationships. -
Throughline Learning
Throughline Learning services help districts strengthen teaching and learning through a combination of our research-based instructional framework, innovative technology, and stakeholder voice. We offer 1:1 teacher coaching, working groups, 1:1 leader coaching, district design teams, PD workshops, data analysis, and more. Our expertise includes improving math and ELA instruction, special education, MTSS, high-quality curriculum implementation, and MLL supports, with all services tailored to each district’s unique goals and contexts. Throughline Learning’s school and district partners have seen measurable success, with teachers reporting high PD satisfaction rates, and students demonstrating gains in critical thinking and problem solving skills, better attendance, fewer behavior incidents, and growth in math and reading scores.
Equity
- Tangible Development
Tangible Development is a full-service diversity, equity ,and inclusion firm. Whether you are just starting, under construction, at a standstill, or ready to accelerate, we partner with you to design flexible solutions to inspire change. Our holistic and integrated approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leads to increased transparency and trust, effective policy development and sustainable organizational change through DEI lens. - Institute for Education Innovation
Superintendents are defenders of our children’s right to a high-quality public education, leading their teams toward effective, sustainable solutions to age-old problems. They must be at the center of discussions around when, where, and how innovation will affect teaching and learning. Many education solution providers, funders, researchers, and thought leaders are mission-driven: they do what they do to improve student outcomes. The Institute for Education Innovation bridges the gaps between the individuals and organizations committed to seeing students succeed in school and life, creating a safe space for constructive problem-solving and innovative thinking. - Generation Ready, Inc.
Generation Ready, Inc. is a unique educational consulting firm with a 30+ year history specializing in PK through grade 12 instructional and leadership capacity at the classroom, school district, and board of education levels. Generation Ready partners with educators to cultivate a level of performance required to meet the increasing standards in today’s environment. We collaborate with, and provide support to, communities striving to build proficiency, raise student achievement, and prepare students for college and career in areas such as literacy, math, ENL, specials needs, and equity through cultural proficiency. We also offer comprehensive needs assessments to help schools and districts focus on high leverage support, and work with educators on broader focuses such as leadership, school/classroom evaluations and data analysis. - S&E Jones Consulting
Dr. Jones created custom designed professional learning experiences for students, teachers, librarians, and administrators. She focuses on culturally responsive, student-centered instruction and helps schools create a welcoming and affirming learning environment that fosters high expectations and implements an inclusive curriculum. - Progression Partners
Creating a truly inclusive and equitable environment is essential for the success and growth of businesses and educational institutions. At Progression Partners Inc., we are dedicated to partnering with organizations to bridge the gaps of diversity, promote equity, and foster a culture of inclusion. Our comprehensive consulting services are thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of both the business workplace and educational institutions, ensuring sustainable change and transformation.
Mental Health Services
- Northern Rivers
Northern Rivers is a family of human services agencies providing help and hope to those who struggle with abuse, neglect, trauma, mental health challenges, educational difficulties, career training and employment, and service navigation through an innovative continuum of home-, clinic-, school-, and community-based, vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and senior-supporting programs that provide person-centered, trauma-informed innovative solutions to ensure clients live their best lives. - Cartwheel Care
Cartwheel Care is a mental health clinic that works with 125 school districts to deliver therapy, psychiatry, and case management to students — with no waitlists. School counselors can submit a referral and get students access to an appointment with a licensed clinician within 7 days. We also provide school-based staff with professional learning opportunities, case management assistance in 25 languages, and extensive data reporting on their students’ treatment progress.
Pedagogy
- ACASE
The Association for the Cooperative Advancement of Science and Education (ACASE) is an independent group of educators and scientists who build concepts, methods, and technologies that allow educators to provide a deeper, more creative experience for their students. For over three decades, we have helped educators to reignite the spark that first inspired them to take on the challenges of the classroom. By providing the foundation for building and refining practical learning goals, ACASE empowers teachers to accurately monitor student progress in attaining important educational objectives. - UnboundEd
At UnboundEd, we walk side-by-side with educators on their professional learning journey, helping them cultivate the mindsets, knowledge, and skills to deliver grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM® — instruction.
Literacy
- Wilson Language Training Corporation
Wilson Language Training has been guiding educators with the science of reading for more than 35 years. Pioneers in Structured Literacy instruction, we continue to be a defining voice – providing science-based and research-backed literacy programs, combined with deep knowledge and support in implementation science, to help educators achieve their goals. Programming includes Fundations, Just Words, and the Wilson Reading System. - Lexia Learning Systems, Inc.
Lexia elevates literacy through blended learning curricula with embedded assessment as well as gold-standard professional learning. Award-winning blended programs include Core 5 (a PK-5 supplemental literacy solution), Power Up (6-12 literacy intervention), Lexia English (K-6 programming focused on academic oracy for emergent bilingual students). Professional learning series include LETRS (providing educators and administrators with deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading) and Aspire (for grades 4-8+: a highly flexible online professional learning course in applied science of reading for teachers of older students).