9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Your Inner Community-Your Inner Team
4 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon II
Kathy Brennan, Adjunct Professor of Play Therapy Theories, Rider University and Tim Brennan, Acting Executive County Superintendent of Schools, NJDOE
Participants will take a "checkup from the neck up," analyze their results, pick a challenge that they can attack during the workshop, participate in interactive exercises to contact memories that may be holding them back, change the role of those memories to make them springboards toward success, make a list of actions to get started, pick one, and use "Try It Now" exercises from Kathy's work at Rider with beginning guidance counselors, and Tim's recentyly published book "Life in Balance: The DREAMER Way.(XLibris, 2010)"
Limited Capacity Max 54 attendees
11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM
Ask Governmental Relations
21 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon II
Michael A. Vrancik, Governmental Relations Director, NJSBA; John Burns, Counsel/Lobbyist, NJSBA
NJSBA's Governmental Relations staff monitors pending legislation, advocates for boards of education before state and federal lawmakers, and works with other state and federal education associations, as well as individual board members, to develop solutions for school districts. This program will update board members on the legislative issues and challenges that New Jersey boards of education are facing. There will be ample time for questions and answers with NJSBA staff.
Limited Capacity Max 80 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Policies and Best Practices That Can Improve Student Achievement
22 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon II
David Wm. Bosted, Esq, Policy Consultant, NJSBA Legal & Policy Services and Melissa Benford, CSA Chief School Administrator, International Charter School of Trenton
Policy is how boards can contribute to improving student achievement. This Action Lab will give you skills and confidence to draft specific policies that contribute to learner success. Some of the policies covered are "tried-and-true," others are "hot-and-new." Has your board set policy on Option II (alternative educational programs leading to HS graduation)? Have you led the charge to have Personal Learning Plans? How about policy on RTI (Response-to-Intervention)? The presenters bring legal and policy skills to this session, plus the essential chief school administrator experience in implementing programs that are proven to improve student achievement even in the most challenging schools.
Limited Capacity Max 54 attendees
9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Charter School Governance
3 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon II
Type Action Lab
Gain a better understanding of your roles as a Charter Schools Trustee.
Limited Capacity Max 54 attendees
11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM
Using a Professional Learning Community to Support Health and Academic Achievement in Your School
3 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon II
Karen Buonocore, MA, CHES, Relationship Manager, New Jersey Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a Partnership between the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association; Susan Anderson, Health and Physical Education Teacher , Perth Amboy High School; Cynthia A. Collins, M.S., Program Manager, Child and Adolescent Health, NJ Department of Health & Senior Services; Jared Roe, Health and Physical Education Teacher, Halsted Middle School, Newton
What can your school do to support student achievement and promote school wellness for students and staff? Hear from two schools that use a professional learning community approach known as "coordinated school healthâ to foster health and academic achievement.
Limited Capacity Max 80 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Superintendent Search-The Process
11 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon II
Joanne Borin, Field Service Representative; Charlene Zoerb, Field Service Representative, New Jersey School Boards Association
Participants will become familiar with the full search process: determining important areas of responsibility, preparing the board and community, processing applications, conducting interviews and making the final selection. This hands-on action lab will cover all aspects of the superintendent search process. We will explain areas of responsibility for the CSA and have small groups reach consensus on their expectations. The next step is the Preparation Stage where we will discuss the decisions that have to be made. In small groups the attendees will participate in a hands-on activity setting up the search criteria. The next step is the Processing Stage. In small groups the participants will review the legality of interview questions. The last phase is the Final Selection Stage. We will discuss choosing the finalists, districts visits and picking the new superintendent.
Limited Capacity Max 54 attendees
