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Virtual Workshops and Webinars

In addition to engaging in these activities, participants will leave What’s New in School Employment Law? and personal lives. This workshop will focus on hands-on learning Using Option 2 With ELLs as an Instrument
with a well structured outline of an actual grant application and strategies that can be utilized the very next day. It will
specific to their district, school, or classroom that can be used as a Feb. 11, 2021; Noon - 1:10 pm provide participants the opportunity to be understood as leaders, of Equity (PSEL Standards 3, 5 and 10)
foundation to apply for nearly every grant. Presenters: Michael Kaelber, Esq., LEGAL ONE Coordinator for maximize strengths and grow in a multitude of areas to be the Feb. 17, 2021; Noon - 3 pm
Online Course Development; Sandra L. Jacques, Esq., LEGAL best instructional leader to your school/district. Presenters: JoAnne Negrin, Ed.D., Supervisor of ESL, Bilingual

Section 504 Explained ONE Supervisor of Legal Research and Content Development; Education, World Languages, and Performing Arts, Vineland
Rebecca Gold, Retired Director of Human Resources
Feb. 10, 2021; 9 am - 3 pm Fee: $40 Co-teaching at the Middle/High School Public Schools, Andrea Fonteñez, Ed.D., Director of Bilingual
and ESL Education, New Brunswick Public Schools and
Presenter: John K. Worthington, Esq., LEGAL ONE Consultant Join LEGAL ONE staff attorneys in an information-packed webinar (2-day Series) Mary Ann Mena, Coordinator of ESL/Bilingual, Atlantic City
Fee: Member: $100/Non-member: $125 discussing the most recent developments in school employment Day 1: Feb. 16, 2021; 9 am - Noon Schools, Lori Ramella Bilingual/ESL Coordinator, New Jersey
This session will provide a detailed explanation of Section law. Included will be a discussion of recent legislative and Day 2: Mar. 31, 2021; 9 am - Noon Department of Education Office of Supplemental Educational
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as it relates to school regulatory enactments affecting school employees and a school Presenters: MaryAnn Joseph M.Ed./NBCT, FEA Consultant Programs and Jacquelyn León, Bilingual/ESL Education
districts. Topics will include district responsibilities, due process employment case law update. The case law update will include Program Specialist, New Jersey Department of Education
requirements and procedural safeguards, preventing and a discussion of the continuing impact of the U.S. Supreme Court Fee for 2-day Series: $100 Members/$125 Non-Members Office of Supplemental Educational Programs
preparing for litigation, parent/student rights, as well as exploring Janus decision and the Workplace Democracy Enhancement Audience: Middle and high school coteach teams including a Fee: $60 Members/$75 Non-Members
the differences between 504 eligibility and classification and Act on school employees and union membership in New Jersey. special educator and a general educator It is recommended that school/district teams attend this
eligibility and classification under the IDEA. The session will also Additional case law topics to be considered include but are Co-teaching is a powerful model to effectively address the diverse session.
provide up to date information affecting the provision of services not limited to labor relations, tenure and seniority rights, HIB needs of students across all learning environments. In this two day
to students with disabilities during the current pandemic, and an cases involving school employees, tenure arbitration cases and series, Individualized Student Learning Opportunities (“Option 2”)
opportunity to discuss and address issues regarding the provision much more. This session is approved for 1.3 NJ Continuing Legal Day One will focus on defining foundational concepts of co-teaching allow students to receive graduation credit for diverse learning
of services to students with disabilities being served under a Education (CLE) credits. including models of delivery and communication. Participants will experiences. Traditionally, this option has been leveraged by
Section 504 Plan while schools are operating pursuant to guidance have opportunities for team dialogue including ways to plan and students of higher socioeconomic status. In this workshop, we
and laws necessitated by the current pandemic. This session is deliver instruction within a demanding high-school schedule. will demonstrate how districts can use this option to provide
approved for 1.3 NJ Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. Succeeding as a Female Leader On Day Two, participants will connect instructional models of graduation credits to ELLs who come to our districts without a
Feb. 15, 2021; 9 am - Noon co-teaching with research-based strategies as a way for a special traditional educational background, thus providing them with
a pathway to a high school diploma. Although many ELLs who
Presenters: Karen D’Avino educator and a general educator to work together to support arrive in our districts have had limited or interrupted formal
Fee: $60 Members/$75 Non-Members students with IEPs in middle school and high school general education, they often have skills and experiences that can be
This workshop provides female administrators and aspiring education classrooms. Participants will explore a variety of mapped to the standards. Participants will review rubrics and
administrators the opportunity to discover their leadership style, strategies that can be used for subject-area learning to maximize processes that districts can use to substantiate student mastery
how to work with men and women in the workplace, how to specialized instruction to meet the needs of students with IEPs. of standards. They will be provided with student profiles and have
prioritize important educational issues, and how to have longevity the opportunity to put the guidance and rubrics into practice.
as a female leader. Backed by research, (including Brene Brown, Finally, participants will reflect upon how providing access to non-
Cheryl Sandberg, Carol Dweck, and Lolly Daskal) discovering, traditional ways of obtaining high school credit foments an asset-
embracing, and practicing the leadership style that works best for based orientation toward ELLs that will produce positive outcomes
female leaders yields positive results for schools, communities, and greater equity.

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