9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Funding and Energy Efficiency Plans, Presented by SunEdison
24 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon V
Type Action Lab, Facilities
Jason Kliwinski, AIA, LEEDap Director of Sustainable Design and Scott Spiezle, AIA, LEEDap, Chairman and CEO Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc.
Recent changes to funding sources, incentives, and electric rates create an opportunity to employ photovoltaic systems on new and existing schools. Energy cost savings, environmental improvement, and educational programs combine to produce significant advantages to taxpayers, school districts, and communities. We will add an attorney as a speaker to discuss the legal aspects. Presented by SunEdison
Limited Capacity Max 30 attendees
Website www.sunedison.com
11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM
Leveraging Board Relationships to Enhance Student Achievement
13 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon V
Paula Latvenas, Catapult Learning
This interactive session will engage board members in a thoughtful discussion of strategies to enhance their contributions to student achievement and participation. The program is designed to foster the exchange of best practices that have been successfully implemented in diverse districts across the country.
Limited Capacity Max 35 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Health Benefits & Collective Bargaining, the New Dynamic
41 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon V
Type Action Lab, Labor Relations
Lou Della Penna, Jr., President, LDP Consulting Group, Inc. and Andrew Brown, Esq., Partner The Law Firm of Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein, & Celso
Become better educated on what is happening within the world of health benefits for NJ Boards of Education, National Healthcare Reform, and ideas on what steps might be necssary to deal with the second largest line item of a budget that can't be controled without significant effort within the collective bargaining process. (REWRITE)
Limited Capacity Max 30 attendees
9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Special Education: You're Invited to an IEP Meeting and Mediation Session
18 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon V
Type Action Lab, School Law-Policy
Isabel Machado, Esq., Counsel, Jasinski, P.C.
Participants will be instructed on the legal constraints of IEP meetings and Mediation. The entire group will be presented with a general fact pattern. Each participant will be assigned one of the following roles: case manager, child study team member, supervisor, building level administrator, advocate, parent or student, and will be given goals specific to his / her role. Each participant will only be privy to the fact sheet for his or her role. The participants will then convene an IEP meeting within respective groups and develop an IEP for the student. Discussion will follow. At least one of the groups will then proceed to a mock Mediation session.
Limited Capacity Max 30 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Facilitating Effective Professional Development Communities
4 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon V
Muneerah Higgs, Social Studies, Grades 7 - 8 and PLC Team Leader; Lisa Merlino, Grade 4 Teacher and PLC Team Leader; Leslie Daniels, Grade 3 Teacher and PLC Team Leader, Lawnside School District
Lawnside School District is among an ELITE group of districts in New Jersey selected by the state to participate in the EIRC Professional Learning Community Program.Participants will not only be presented with the research undergirding effective PLCs, but will be involved in a simulation of effective PLC teacher and school administrator work using student data, assessment of student work protocols and other hands-on activities regularly used in Lawnside's PLCs. The team and all staff have been trained by Steve Barkley, national PLC expert and by Dr. Tracy Severns, national expert on using data to inform and inspire instructional improvement.
Limited Capacity Max 30 attendees
