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you are new to the arts integration movement the critical issue of how to insure that the IEP
or seeking an avenue to deepen your current represents challenging goals to meet the stan-
practice, this series will provide rich opportu- dard of providing an “Appropriate” education
nities for reflection and experiential, hands-on and assessing and measuring progress. We
learning. Become part of this supportive learn- will review the Supreme Court’s standard in
ing community to begin, or expand upon, your Endrew to see how that would be reflected in a
arts integration efforts! All experience levels student’s IEP. We will discuss SMART goals and
are welcome. what this means in the context of an IEP. Recog-
nizing that some IEPs are computer generated
Attendance, Residency, and and then left in a locked drawer, our goal will
be to develop a document that will be read and
Homelessness Issues utilized by teachers and families because it re-
Mar. 3, 2020; 9 am - 3 pm at FEA flects the individual student and can be actually
Presenters: Sandra L. Jacques, Esq., LEGAL implemented in a classroom or school.
ONE Supervisor of Legal Research and
Content Development; Diahann DeRuggiero, School Security: Evolving
MSW, M.Ed., Regional Director, McKinney-
Vento Education of Homeless and Youth Challenges and Opportunities
Program Mar. 5, 2020; 9 am - 3 pm at FEA
Fee: $150 Presenters: Michael Kaelber, Esq., LEGAL ONE
This workshop will provide information about Coordinator for Online Course Development;
Joseph R. Sciandra, President, GUARDIAN
the legal requirements pertaining to student Operational Risk Management; Jeff Gale,
attendance, residency and homelessness issues — School Security Specialist, NJDOE Office of
including what constitutes excused absences, School Preparedness and Emergency Planning;
legally required steps for developing attendance Thomas Gambino, Ed.D., Education Program
improvement plans and when to involve the Development Specialist, NJDOE Office of
court system. Participants will also gain an School Preparedness and Emergency Planning
understanding of how to properly determine
residency, including forms of documentation to Fee: $150
be considered, the rights of students not residing This program is designed to provide training on
with their parents or legal guardians, and the how to deal with one of the biggest challenges
due process involved when there is a dispute facing building administrators today — keeping
over student residency. Legal issues including your students and staff safe. Join school security
eligibility, resources and services available to staff from the Department of Education, private
homeless students will also be addressed. security experts, and LEGAL ONE staff attorneys as
Participants will be provided with resources and they speak to the latest in school security issues
best practices for addressing chronic absenteeism. facing schools today. Topics will include, but not
Participants will also be provided with strategies be limited to, a review of recent legislative and
for conducting residency investigations. regulatory enactments affecting school security,
school safety and security plans, the school secu-
rity drill law, the school safety specialist position,
Preparing for Special Education the 2019 revisions to the Uniform State Memoran-
Mediation and Due Process Hearings dum of Agreement Between Law Enforcement and
Mar. 4, 2020; 9 am - 3 pm at FEA the Schools and the Final Report on the Federal
Commission on School Safety. Expert advice,
Presenter: Isabel Machado, Esq., Machado checklists, strategies, and response measures will
Law Group be presented from the perspective of law enforce-
Fee: $150 ment and school administration. Additional topics
This session will provide a detailed explanation of to be considered will include preparing for a safe
the particular procedures which must be followed school environment, threat assessment, sharing
when preparing for a special education/due of information, physical security assessments
process hearing. Topics to be discussed include: of schools, current NJ school security task force
differences between filing for mediation and due recommendations, working with school adminis-
process; stay-put issues; what is required during trative teams, administrative response, fostering a
the 30-day resolution period; new procedures positive school climate and much more.
with respect to initial hearing date/settlement
conferences; pre-trial orders; expert witnesses/ New Jersey Leadership Academy
expert reports; discovery and preparing for due
process; preparing to testify; post-trial briefs; Series 6, Cohort 10 at FEA
appeals; and prevailing party and attorneys’ fees. (PSEL Standards 3, 4, 5, 10 and Teacher
Target Audience - directors/supervisors of special Leader Domain IV, V, and VI)
education, school law attorneys
LEADing for an Equitable System of
Teaching and Learning
Best Practices in Writing IEPs Sponsored by NJPSA/FEA and NJASA
(PSEL Standards 3, 5, and 10) Target Audience: K-12 Administrators and
Mar. 5, 2020; 9 am - 3 pm at FEA Teacher-Leaders; Teams Encouraged
Presenter: Paul Barbato, Psy.D., Director of Fee: $450 for all three sessions
Special Services, Dumont Public Schools
Fee: $149 Who among us would not agree that every child
has the right to equitable learning opportuni-
Teachers often complain that the IEP is a ties in his/her school and classrooms? Creating
cookie-cutter document, not connected to the such a system, a system that focuses on equity,
student’s needs, or to the classroom instruction. requires a combination of an intentional plan
This session will focus on developing mean- for establishing a rich and inclusive learning
ingful IEPs that are useful to teachers in terms environment, a set of expectations that guides
of planning instruction, as well as identifying the sound implementation of that plan, and
strategies and modifications. We will address ongoing and deep conversations with stake-

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