Participants will receive strategies to assist them in closing the achievement gap among all subgroups and accelerate student achievement in all content areas. This session will provide strategies related to systematic and explicit instruction, engaging all students in manipulating content, comprehension skills, use of strategic reading/thinking tools, and developing students’ metacognitive skills. We will discuss the importance of vocabulary development and background knowledge. Easy-to-implement strategies will be provided that are designed to build the self-efficacy of teachers, instructional facilitators, and building and district leadership. Strategies are delivered in an interactive format to help participants make connections to their current practices.
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In this interactive session, participants will learn how the East Hanover Township School District successfully connected to the greater community to generate support for the district's system of schools. Discussion will focus on identifying goals and objectives and successfully interfacing with community members, local business leaders and elected officials to form a team committed to enhancing the educational experience of all students. Participants will be able to draw upon an action plan to begin the important discussions needed to generate both financial support and community support to move their school districts forward and will be able to replicate best practices for soliciting community support in their home districts.
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This session will explore strategies school districts can use to recoup funds lost to charter schools by selling the charter schools shared services. Some possibilities that will be discussed include: renting of unused space, maintenance or IT services, data reporting, back office services, school food services, grant administration services, child study teams, special education instruction, transportation, and human resources administrative services.
Session participants will gain a better understanding of the prevalence of PCBs in old lighting fixtures in schools, the health effects of PCBs and how problems can be identified. The presenters will also discuss the benefits of energy-efficient lighting upgrades and how energy service companies can be used to fund lighting replacements in schools.
The Barnegat school district is one of the few New Jersey school districts to successfully implement an Energy Savings Improvement Plan ("ESIP"). Participants will hear the start-to-finish story of a successful ESIP project and learn how to install energy conservation measures without additional tax dollars by having the project costs re-paid with the resulting energy savings.
Cloud computing is driving a transformation in how IT applications and services are delivered and consumed. A Community Cloud allows its members to access applications hosted in a shared infrastructure, sharing and reducing the cost of delivering those services, which can be accessed from devices ranging from the traditional desktops to the iPad.
In this session we will explore the concepts of Cloud computing, its value to institutions, considerations in building and managing a Cloud and how a statewide community cloud like the one being considered by NJSBA and NJEDGE could benefit its members from a cost savings, shared services and student achievement standpoint.
Although much of the emphasis on district evaluation reform efforts has been focused on teachers, there is a concomitant need for reforming principal evaluation. The two systems must inform each other and contribute to a coherent message about effective educational practice. The primary linking points are the critical role that the principal plays in teacher evaluation and the use of student achievement data to inform both systems, but there are other important links as well. This session will help participants understand the connections between the two types of evaluations and provide concrete examples from districts who have begun making these connections.
We invite you to join us for this afternoon’s session which is designed to help women in or aspiring to positions in educational leadership.
Most involved in public education agree that school districts in the state of New Jersey are facing more changes today than in any period of time in recent memory. Successfully managing changing expectations is the key to thriving as a school leader. Please plan to join the members of the Women’s Caucus for an informative session in which leaders in education and business will share successful strategies for not only adjusting to change but to flourishing under conditions of uncertainty. A distinguished panel will address the issue of managing change and then lead those in attendance in a networking activity designed to widen the circle of contacts for participants. Participants are asked to bring business cards to the session.
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Discover ready-to-use investigations for students to use at their school to learn about water and energy conservation, indoor air quality, waste and recycling and the outdoor environment. Students will understand "how to think, not what to think" about local issues and become empowered to take positive action on behalf of the environment. Session participants will learn how to take this program back to their school and use immediately. Handouts will be provided.
This session is designed to orient participants to the requirements of the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act. The session will focus on the provisions of the law, including the requirements for harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) policies, district and school staff functions, and HIB reporting and investigation procedures. Attention will be given to HIB best practices research, school climate improvement and action planning. Time will be provided for participant questions.
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Highly successful educational foundations can bring millions of dollars of revenue to tackle critical academic, artistic and athletic needs that are lacking support in the school district. Foundations will become even more important to ensure every student’s success. With school districts budgets not being able to support fundamental learning opportunities critical to student, foundations will be asked to help share the burden. But foundations need proper alignment of priorities. The session will demonstrate how online academic courses supported by the foundation will broaden the horizon of students in all academic areas, and how foundations have supported “students-at-risk” programs.
With school districts budgets not being able to support fundamental learning opportunities critical to student, foundations will be asked to help share the burden.
