In many districts not enough students are participating in school breakfast programs. Learn why it is important to do so and how districts and students can both benefit from increasing breakfast consumption. Discover the options available to districts, which they can implement in a team effort to increase breakfast participation in schools.
This presentation will detail the new and upcoming changes in the world of e-rate, the Federal Communications Commission program that provides discounts to help schools and libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access. Participants will learn how to best use the e-rate program to ensure funding of important technology projects and initiatives as well as how to ensure their districts don’t get shut out of funding.
Your district just bought many iPads. What do you do with them? There are many educational uses. However, can your users access the school's current applications running on Microsoft Windows PCs? This session shows a new technology called Virtual Desktops. Virtual Desktops allow you to use your Microsoft Windows PC on your iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Macintosh computer or another PC. You can control the same Virtual PC from anywhere on the Internet -- school, home or the car. No matter where you are, your Virtual PC screen always looks the same. You have all of your Office documents, Internet Explorer favorites and files on your Virtual Desktop available at all times. Meanwhile, you don't have to worry about Windows viruses, because your Virtual Desktop (PC) is managed by the school technology administrator. You will see examples of school districts that already built Virtual Desktops. Finally, you will see Total Cost of Ownership/Return on Investment (TCO/ROI) numbers that show how you can save money by implementing Virtual Desktops.
With the aid of the Teaneck Board of Education, Di Cara Rubino Architects will provide an open and informative discussion on both the accomplishments and difficulties encountered during a recent Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP) performed in the Teaneck school district. The panel will educate listeners on the steps required to get an ESIP started, what to expect during the process, and the importance of having the right team on board to handle implementing an ESIP. The dialogue will stress the environmental and financial benefits of ESIP’s, while candidly addressing the challenges involved.
Participants will understand the ease of use, functionality, and organization of using a web-based student information system to centralize all the data components between an observer /evaluator and student achievement, including assessment data, discipline records, attendance, and all NJSMART data, while exploring a solid and engaging process for developing locally-built evaluation portfolios.
School districts rely on their communications networks. Will the current Wide Area Network your district uses be sufficient for future communications requirements? This session will help participants learn more about the topic and adequately plan for their district’s needs in coming years.
Get an update on recent education legislation and its impact on New Jersey schools and boards, including changes to tenure, the November election option for school boards, school ethics proposals and more.
In many districts not enough students are participating in school breakfast programs. Learn why it is important to do so and how districts and students can both benefit from increasing breakfast consumption. Discover the options available to districts, which they can implement in a team effort to increase breakfast participation in schools.
This presentation will help school districts determine whether they can save money on unused sick time and vacation payouts when employees retire.
Challenging behavior is the language students use to communicate when demands of their environment are misaligned with their social, emotional, or adaptive capacities. Ramapo for Children, which provides direct service youth programs for children with a range of emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties, as well as training programs for adults, has helped hundreds of schools increase teacher satisfaction and keep students in the classroom by focusing on skills that bridge the gap between teachers’ formal training and the challenges of managing a classroom. Session participants will learn about exercising positive leadership, building relationships with children, structuring productive environments, coaching social and emotional skills and actively intervening as needed.
Rutgers University has established a standards program for carpet to make sure carpets being selected for use meet the school’s guidelines for proper wear and ease of maintenance and that they are manufactured from materials that help create a healthy environment. This information will be helpful to schools so they can get the best return on the limited funds they invest in floor coverings.
State school facilities aid is on hold. School districts are proceeding with smaller, essential projects anyway and finding that low interest rates and construction costs may offset lost state assistance. Districts may combine needed capital improvements with savings from energy savings projects, refund or retire debt from earlier projects, or use other budget strategies to make facilities improvements possible. Projects may include current and capital fundings, small bond issues, equipment leases, facilities leases, energy savings, financing shared service programs or county improvement authority financing on several of these. Program participants will learn about various alternative financing plans, and will be better equipped to make informed decisions on choosing the most effective financing program to meet a district’s needs.