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Intervention and Referral Participants will be provided with resources and
Services: The Next Generation best practices for addressing chronic absenteeism.
Participants will also be provided with strategies
(PSEL Standards 3, 5, and 10) for conducting residency investigations.
Mar. 5, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm
at Brick Township PD Center
Presenter: Gary Vermeire, FEA Consultant Grant Writing 101: Innovation on a
Fee: $149 Lean Budget (PSEL Standards 1, 4, 9, 10 )
This activity-based session is designed to provide Mar. 7, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm
I&RS team members and school staff responsible at Brick Township PD Center
for I&RS with specific concepts, tools, techniques, Presenter: Marc Natanagara, Ed.D., Assistant
and practice in assessing and addressing stu- Superintendent, Toms River Regional Schools
dents’ learning, behavior and health difficulties, Fee: $149
consistent with the New Jersey Department of In nearly every workshop describing school
Education’s Tiered System of Supports. Emphasis initiatives, audience questions inevitably turn
will be placed on collaborative consultation and to finances: “The idea sounds great, but how
strategies and techniques for using objective data, can my budget support it?” Funding everything
school and community resources, and creativity in from classroom projects to large scale initiatives
problem solving and planning I&RS cases. There will always be a challenge, but hundreds of
will be a focus on applying structure and system- millions of dollars in grants from hundreds of
atic procedures to the coordinated planning and sources are awarded every year to those with a
delivery of effective programs of I&RS. need who know how to write them and take the
time to apply.
Culturally Relevant Instruction In this workshop, participants will:
and Leadership (PSEL Standards 3 & 4) • locate sources of grants
• explore how to write grants that get
Mar. 6, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm at FEA attention
Presenters: Tom Barclay, FEA Consultant; • discuss examples of initiatives
George Guy, FEA Consultant • dissect previously awarded grants
Fee: $149 • identify parameters, commitments, and
The always changing cultural landscape of New limitations that everyone should know
Jersey's student population necessitates that • discover common points among all grants
NJ educational leaders maintain a focus on that make writing them easier the more
Culturally Relevant Instruction and work diligently you apply
to assure that all school personnel are aware of • learn how to leverage a successful grant to
and are implementing such practices regularly apply for others
and effectively. The particular focus of this • plan the sustainability of programs after the
workshop, apart from learning about Culturally grant period
Relevant Practices as educational leaders, is to • practice working with media, both social
learn strategies and processes to create, monitor and traditional, in the service of grants
and improve our practice, such that students of In addition to engaging in these activities,
all cultures may have the playing field leveled participants will leave with a well structured
and that they are able to thrive academically, outline of an actual grant application.
physically, and socially. In this session, participants Target Audience: PreK-12 Administrators,
will: (1) understand the cultural makeup of their Teachers, and Finance Personnel
school or district; (2) reflect on what practices
might be in place already; (3) learn characteristics
of culturally relevant instruction; (4) reflect again, Medal of Honor Character
with more information, on practices that are in Development Program, Grades 6 to 12
place in their school or district; (5) learn strategies (PSEL Standard 4)
to create, monitor, and improve instruction for
students of all cultures. Mar. 7, 2019; 9 am - 2 pm at FEA
Presenters: National Medal of Honor
Attendance, Residency, and Foundation and Medal of Honor Recipient
Fee: No Cost and schools can be reimbursed
Homelessness Issues for cost of substitute teachers
Mar. 7, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm at FEA Register at www.themedalofhonor.com and
Presenters: David Nash, Esq., LEGAL ONE click “Events”
Director; Diahann DeRuggiero, MSW, FEA is proud to bring back this nationally-
M.Ed., NJDOE McKinney-Vento Program recognized program for secondary educators.
Coordinator - Northern Region Hear the heroic story directly from a Medal
Fee: $150 of Honor recipient. This session also provides
This workshop will provide information about the educators with the tools they need to bring the
legal requirements pertaining to student atten- Medal of Honor Program into their classrooms.
dance, residency and homelessness issues — This extensive curriculum, which uses the oral
including what constitutes excused absences, histories of Medal of Honor recipients, focuses
legally required steps for developing attendance on values and how students can use these
improvement plans and when to involve the court example of courage, commitment, sacrifice,
system. Participants will also gain an understand- integrity, citizenship, and patriotism to influence
ing of how to properly determine residency, change in their own school communities.
including forms of documentation to be consid- Teachers and administrators from middle
ered, the rights of students not residing with their and high school and across all disciplines are
parents or legal guardians, and the due process encouraged to attend.
involved when there is a dispute over student res-
idency. Legal issues including eligibility, resources
and services available to homeless students will
also be addressed.
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