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Virtual Workshops and Webinars
Mentors and Novice Teachers: A Learning Special Education in the Post-Covid Era
Partnership (PSEL Standards 6 and 7) Aug. 11, 2021: 9 am - 3 pm
Aug. 10, 2021; 9 am - Noon Presenter: John K. Worthington, Esq., LEGAL ONE Consultant
Presenter: Emil Carafa, Coordinator of Professional Learning, Fee: $100 Members/$125 Non-Members
FEA; Vicki Duff, Coordinator of Professional Learning, FEA As we near a return to 100% in-person instruction in the 2021-
Fee: $60 Members/$75 Non-Members 2022 school year, many new challenges and issues will have to
Target Audience: Teacher Leaders, Administrators Leading be navigated in the area of special education. This workshop will
Mentoring and Induction Programs provide an overview of how to address the many foreseeable
Mentors and school leaders are critical players in a new teacher’s challenges for students with disabilities post-pandemic. Topics will
first year journey. They have the ability to be catalysts for change include an overview of laws addressing the provision of special
in building a system that ensures ongoing professional learning education and related services, as well as compensatory services;
resulting in continuous improvement in practice. This introductory laws enacted in the past year; issues with respect to litigation
session will provide mentors and those that train mentors with a of disputes; and key considerations related to equity, non-
set of strategies and resources to strengthen their knowledge and discrimination, technology access, and HIB issues as they pertain
skills to build a successful learning partnership and answer the to students with disabilities. The presentation will incorporate
following questions: best practices for navigating these legal requirements, provide an
opportunity to review and discuss scenarios, and offer the chance
• What are the knowledge and skills that mentors must develop to present and discuss your questions and concerns.
to be effective?
• How is the learning partnership between the mentor and
novice developed and nurtured? Designing an Instructional Plan - Beginning
• How is the mentoring team expanded and sustained in order With an SLO (PSEL Standards 4, 6, and 10)
to share expertise? Aug. 11, 2021: 9 am - Noon
• What strategies will build the capacity of the novice to be Presenters: Susan Gilbert, FEA, Coordinator of Grant Projects/
successful in the first year? Coach & Barbara Gibbons, FEA Coach/Consultant
• How can the relationship be enhanced in a remote or hybrid Fee: $60 Members/$75 Non-Members
environment?
Planning effective instruction has always been a challenge. This
Virtual Workshop focuses on this essential part of teachers’ work
by engaging participants in the collaborative process of using
a Student-friendly Learning Objective (SLO) to create a lesson
design. Participants will work in small teams to examine and
strengthen their understanding of the major categories that make
up a lesson design. By doing so, teachers, instructional coaches,
supervisors, and building administrators will grow in the awareness
of the value of horizontal alignment which links instructional
