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Webinar classrooms in a face-to-face or virtual learning
LEGAL ONE and New Jersey School environment.
Counselors Association - Pandemic ZOOM Online Workshop
Response: Addressing Student Mental Culturally Responsive Practices in an
Health and Counseling Needs Online Learning Environment: Part 2
Apr. 6, 2020; 3 pm - 4:15 pm Apr. 14, 2020; 10 am - noon
Presenters: David Nash, Esq, LEGAL ONE
Director; Jim Lukach, Executive Director, Presenter: Robin Harden Daniels, Ed.D., FEA
NJ School Counselors Association; Timothy Consultant
Conway, MA, M.Ed., Director of School Fee: Free
Counseling at Lakeland Regional High This workshop provides a deeper dive into the
School; and Susan Coyle, Middlesex County culturally responsive concepts and practices
Coordinator, Traumatic Loss Coalition introduced in Part 1, particularly as they pertain
Fee: Free to students from impoverished backgrounds.
In this free webinar, participants will gain a Participants will understand what a culturally
deeper understanding of legal obligations and responsive mindset is and how it supports the
best practices related to addressing student achievement of students struggling under the
mental health and counseling needs. Issues burden of poverty. Hands-on strategies for
to be addressed will include the mental health implementing this mindset within an online
impact of coping with COVID-19, the challenges learning environment will be highlighted.
of continuing services for students in a
remote setting, understanding and addressing WEBINAR
obligations related to FERPA and student
confidentiality, identifying students who may Human Resources: New
newly be in need of counseling or mental Requirements, Best Practices,
health services, and having protocols in place to
address imminent danger and other emergent and the Law
needs. Partticipants will also receive information Apr. 14, 2020; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
regarding legal obligations related to identifying Presenters: David Nash, Esq., LEGAL ONE
and addressing suspected self harm, child abuse Director; Rebecca Gold, Retired Director of
or neglect, substance abuse or bullying, where Human Resources; Paula Clark, Esq, Director
evidence is learned in the process of providing of Human Resources, Compliance, and Labor
remote counseling services. Relations, Wayne Township Public Schools
Fee: $40
ZOOM Online Workshop Human Resource management is constantly
Culturally Responsive Practices in an evolving, with new legal requirements related to
family leave, sick leave, equal pay, dealing with
Online Learning Environment: Part 1 vendors, employee background checks, and many
Apr. 7, 2020; 10 am - noon other areas. This webinar will provide HR directors
Presenter: Robin Harden Daniels, Ed.D., FEA and individuals with HR responsibilities who may
Consultant wear many other hats with information on the
Fee: Free latest legal developments, along with important
tools and resources for effectively balancing the
In the current online learning environment, many responsibilities in the human resource field.
culturally responsive teaching and leading is
essential. In this session, educators will explore the
impact of cultural dynamics on student learning ZOOM Online Workshop
and will examine the seven most common The Connected Action Roadmap:
assumptions and biases that are embedded into
instruction and remain in place until consciously A Systemic Process for Strengthening
and purposefully interrupted. Central to this Teaching, Leading, and Learning
workshop is a series of practical strategies for how Apr. 17, 2020; 9 am - 1 pm
teachers can disrupt these biases to support pro- Presenters: Emil Carafa, Coordinator
social, culturally affirming classrooms in a face-to- of Professional Learning, FEA; Donna
face or virtual learning environment. McInerney, Ed.D., CEO of FEA
Fee: Free
ZOOM Online Workshop Improving student learning and strengthening
Culturally Responsive Practices in an teacher practice require a systemic and
Online Learning Environment: Part 1 sustainable process, driven by the collaborative
work of PLCs and shared leadership. The
Apr. 7, 2020; 10 am - noon Connected Action Roadmap (CAR) provides a
Presenter: Robin Harden Daniels, Ed.D., FEA coherent approach to curriculum, instruction,
Consultant assessment and school climate that builds a
Fee: Free common language and understanding and
In the current online learning environment, shifts the focus of educators from compliance
culturally responsive teaching and leading is and programs to process and effective practices.
essential. In this session, educators will explore Endorsed by the NJ Department of Education and
the impact of cultural dynamics on student the leading educational organizations across the
learning and will examine the seven most state, the CAR framework was recently used by
common assumptions and biases that are teams of educators from across the state working
embedded into instruction and remain in place with the NJDOE to develop K-12 ELA and Math
until consciously and purposefully interrupted. instructional units with common student learning
Central to this workshop is a series of practical objectives derived from the NJ Student Learning
strategies for how teachers can disrupt these Standards. These resources, when combined with
biases to support pro-social, culturally affirming the CAR conversations, offer a powerful toolkit
for PLCs to develop a shared understanding of
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