2014 NJEA ConventionProgram - Tabernacle Education Association

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CONVENTION ISSUE SEPT
2014
GENERAL INFO | 4
MAIN STREET
NJEA | 7
HIGH TECH
HALL | 11-16
ESP | 26-27
EVALUATION | 33
COMMON CORE | 35
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SESSIONS | 38-59
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the 2014 NJEA Convention.
A
s New Jersey’s largest
and most effective
union and professional association for public
school employees, NJEA
takes pride in providing
excellent training for our
200,000 members, and
the NJEA Convention in
Atlantic City is an annual
showcase for our top-notch
professional and career
development opportunities.
With over 300 workshops and countless other
learning opportunities scheduled for the 2014 NJEA
Convention, there really is enough to keep every member engaged both days and wishing for more time to
take it all in. As always, the selection of workshops
reflects the issues that are foremost in members’ minds.
This year we’ve increased our offerings dealing with
evaluation, standardized testing and the Common
Core. See pages 33-35 for lists of those workshops.
But there is much more to the convention than
workshops. As in the past, daily plenary sessions will be
a highlight. Thursday’s session features Pasi Sahlberg,
a Finnish teacher and scholar, who will share lessons
learned in Finland to make schools better places for teachers and students. On Friday, Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour, an
Iraq War veteran and the first African-American female
combat pilot, will share her story.
See Page 6 for more details about each plenary session.
Between workshops, make sure to take a stroll along
Main Street NJEA, located in the middle of the exhibit
floor to learn about the broad range of services and
advocacy opportunities, as well as career and professional
development that your dues afford you.
While you are on the exhibit floor, visit the hundreds
of booths and special areas that cover more than 280,000
square feet.
ESP members will want to visit the Educational
Support Professionals Pavilion on the exhibit floor. Stop
by for round-table discussions and to learn more about
NJEA’s services and career development opportunities for
ESP members. See Page 27 for details.
High Tech Hall continues to grow bigger and better as
well with an increasing number of members and vendors
available to demonstrate the latest in classroom technology. Learn more on pages 11-16.
The NJEA Convention has much more to offer. Along
with this program, visit njeaconvention.org and download
the NJEA Convention App to make sure you get the most
out of your visit.
See you in Atlantic City on November 6-7!
NJEA Convention Committee
Susan J. Davis, Chair ........................ Sussex County
Charlotte J. Bayley ............................. Morris County
Susan Burke-Kinsman .......................Warren County
Gerard L. Carroll ...............................Bergen County
Lynn Cianci..................................Gloucester County
Doriann E. Dodulik-Swern ..............Burlington County
Iris Elliot ...................................................... Retired
Rosalyn Y. Gallmon .............................. Union County
Linda B. Golden ................................ Mercer County
Leah M. Hardaway .......................Monmouth County
Denise W. Kavanaugh ......................... Ocean County
Gloria Lyles ...................................... Hudson County
Susan C. Maniglia .............................. Salem County
Diane M. Memoli........................... Somerset County
Cassandra Montague ........................Atlantic County
Peter J. Moran ............................. Hunterdon County
Clarence A. Osborne ........................... Essex County
John J. Staab ................................. Camden County
Maureen A. Strzykalski ..................Middlesex County
Stefanie L. Wheaton ...................Cumberland County
Michael Cohan............................................ Director
Janet L. Royal ..........Associate Director/Staff Contact
Kristin Hunt..........................Administrative Assistant
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Vol. 88
No. 2
An official publication of the
NEW JERSEY EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION
Wendell Steinhauer, President
Edward J. Richardson, Executive Director
Editor:
Patrick Rumaker
Layout Artist/Designer:
Gregg Poserina
Art Director:
Jennifer Marsh
Editorial Director:
Stephen K. Wollmer
Advertising:
Liz Murphy
2013 Convention Photos:
I. George Bilyk & Andrea Kane
EDITORIAL & PUBLISHING OFFICES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
From left: NJEA President Wendell Steinhauer, Vice President Marie Blistan, and Secretary-Treasurer Sean M. Spiller.
Access Drawing .......................................................................... 17
Advertising ........................................................................... 68-75
Affiliated Groups ........................................................................32
Art Gallery ................................................................................. 20
AID-NJEA ...................................................................................77
All-State Chorus and Orchestra ............................................... 20
All-State Jazz Ensemble and N.J. Honors Jazz Choir .............. 20
Authors’ Alley.............................................................................38
Award for Excellence................................................................... 9
Boardwalk Run .......................................................................... 76
Breakfast .................................................................................... 30
Celebration of Excellence ........................................................8-9
Child Care.....................................................................................5
Classroom Close-up, NJ .............................................................63
Commissioner of Education......................................................32
Common Core ..........................................................................35
Convention Charity.................................................................... 21
Deborah Health Fair .................................................................. 12
Education Information and Resource Center (EIRC) .........22-23
Entertainment ........................................................................... 20
ESP Career Development ................................................. 26-27
General Information ................................................................ 4-5
Getting to Atlantic City ............................................................ 78
Great Ideas Forum..................................................................... 24
Higher Education .................................................................... 31
High Tech Hall ....................................................................... 11-16
Hospitalities .............................................................................. 30
Luncheons ................................................................................. 30
Lupus Foundation ...................................................................... 21
Main Street NJEA ........................................................................ 7
Meetings ..................................................................................... 31
Mobile App ...................................................................................5
New Member Lounge ............................................................. 36
NJCTL .........................................................................................25
NJEA Committees ......................................................................32
NJREA ....................................................................................... 28
NJSEA ........................................................................................ 29
Parking....................................................................................... 78
Pasi Sahlberg ............................................................................... 6
Plenary Sessions .......................................................................... 6
Presenter Index ....................................................................66-67
Professional Development Credit .............................................37
Professional Development Sessions ............................. 38-59
Scan to Win ........................................................................... 18-19
SEHBP Health Fair .......................................................................5
Shuttle Buses ............................................................................. 79
Sponsor Index ......................................................................64-65
State Board of Education ...........................................................32
Student Assessment................................................................34
Teacher Evaluation .................................................................33
Vernice “Flygirl” Armour ............................................................ 6
Workshop Index (By time and subject matter) ..................60-62
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Admission
Members get in free: You paid your dues.
You get into Convention! Remember to bring
the badge you’ll receive in the mail in October.
Remember: You must have your badge to
get into the exhibits and classrooms at the
convention center.
Did you lose or forget your badge?
Bring your membership card (or other
identification) to the Hall D admissions/
replacement badge area.
Other important
information on admission:
New Jersey Student Education
Association members – NJSEA
members who have already renewed
their membership online will receive
a badge in the mail prior to the
convention. NJSEA members can
also obtain a badge in Hall D.
Guests – Only members may
bring guests onto the
Exhibit Floor of the
Convention. Pick up
guest badges in Hall
D. Children under 18
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must be accompanied by an adult at
all times. Guests are not permitted
on the third or fourth floors.
General admission fees for all
other convention attendees are as
follows:
• Professional Development
Access - $150
• Exhibit Floor only - $50
• Affiliated group members who
are not NJEA members – $50 per day
• Student affiliated group
members who are not NJSEA
members – $40 per day
All non-members pay
admission at the Convention Center box office.
The admissions/replacement badge area in Hall D
will be open from
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Nov. 6
and from 7:30 a.m. - 2:30
p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7.
Want to store your coat?
Look for the coat check outside of
the Hall D Admissions/Replacement Badge area—$3 per item.
Calling the Convention?
Information Center: 609-449-3952 or
609-449-3953; Sheraton: 609-344-3535;
Caesars: 609-348-4411; News Room:
609-449-3948 or 609-609-449-3931;
Newsroom FAX: 609-449-3901;
Atlantic City Central Reservations
(hotel reservations): 800-524-1706
Accommodations for those with
special needs: Call NJEA Convention
office at 609-599-4561, ext. 2253 before
Oct. 25.
Emergency medical assistance:
Contact any building security or NJEA
staff member.
Lost? Go to the information booth
on Main Street NJEA (in the middle of
the Exhibit Floor). Lost children will also
be escorted to the information booth.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Download the
NJEA Events app!
➥Explore everything the
convention has to offer.
Convention app
Convention app
➥Create your own fully personalized
convention schedule.
➥Get important updates.
Mobile App: Download the NJEA Events mobile app to
your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or tablet device.
Child care offered at NJEA Convention
Concerned about coming to Atlantic City because you
have to arrange for child care? Bring the kids with you! They’ll
have tons of fun and loads of learning at Camp NJEA.
ACCENT Childcare Services, a national leader in child
care, will provide a comprehensive menu of activities for
children from age 3-12. While parents attend workshops or
other NJEA Convention events, ACCENT’s experienced and
professional staff will create safe, nurturing, and educational
environments with creative craft projects, special guests, and
special zones of activities to capture the attention of children.
ACCENT staff are CPR-certified.
ACCENT is geared toward the needs of each age group and
offers children the opportunity to meet new friends, learn
new skills, and play fun games.
Only children of NJEA members, ages 3-12, will be admitted. Children must be toilet-trained.
The cost is $20 per child, per day. Parents and guardians
have the option of providing lunch or ordering lunch through
ACCENT for an additional fee.
Space is limited, so register now at njeaconvention.org.
Onsite registration is available as space permits.
You can learn more about ACCENT at www.accentoca.com.
SEHBP Health Fair
Active NJEA members who are covered
under the School Employees’ Health
Benefits Program can take advantage of
a free biometric screening as part of a
Well Care program. Look for the SEHBP
at the rear of Hall C.
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PLENARY SESSIONS
You won’t have to choose between workshops that
meet your needs and this year’s exciting speakers.
No other professional development classroom sessions are scheduled during
plenary sessions. Professional development certificates will be distributed at
the end of each session as members exit.
Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish teacher, scholar
Thursday, Nov. 6 • 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hall A
Excellence through Equity: Lessons from Finland and the World
School systems around the world are under pressure to raise standards and
close achievement gaps. Reforms focus on rushing to improve the quality of
schools rather than to patiently help all students succeed. Sahlberg, a Finnish
educator, believes that many countries education policies and practices are on
wrong track. Come hear Sahlberg’s proposals to get us on the right track.
Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator and scholar. He worked as schoolteacher,
teacher educator and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems
and reforms around the world. His expertise includes international educational change, future of schooling, and innovation in teaching and learning. His
book Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change
in Finland (Teachers College Press, 2011) won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award.
Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour
Friday, Nov. 7 • 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hall A
Zero to Breakthrough
Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour went from beat cop to combat pilot in three years.
Within months of earning her wings, she was flying over the deserts of Iraq. After
serving two tours, she had become America’s First African American Female Combat Pilot. Upon returning home, she realized that many people wanted to create
breakthroughs in their own lives, but they didn’t know how. From her experiences,
she created a seven-step process called the Zero to Breakthrough™ Success Plan.
Solve the Mystery of Lupus
This year’s Convention Charity is
the Lupus Foundation of America.
Visit their booth in Aisle 18 on the
Exhibit Hall floor.
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MAIN STREET NJEA
Between workshops, take a stroll along Main Street NJEA.
This is your opportunity to learn
about the broad range of services,
advocacy opportunities, and
career and professional development programs that come with
your membership.
Staff and members representing every facet of
NJEA will be on hand to share their enthusiasm
and answer your questions.
Great Egg Harbor Regional EA President Stephanie Tarr spins the wheel to get information about an
aspect of the work of the UniServ division with help from NJEA Field Representative Michael Saffran.
NJEA Professional Development and Instructional Issues
staffer Janet Bush answers a question for Jersey City EA
member Abdullah Payton.
Looking for NJEA swag? Members of the Paul Dimitriadis Member Rights Committee set up shop on
Main Street.
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HIPP CELEBRATION
Please join us as we honor
this year’s grant recipients and
hear NJEA President Wendell
Steinhauer’s keynote address.
Congratulate the 2014-15 New Jersey Teacher of the Year, the Award
for Excellence Honorees, and celebrate excellence with local, county,
and state NJEA leaders, New Jersey
business and education leaders,
legislators, and honored guests.
Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Sheraton Crown Ballroom
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Twenty-one years ago, NJEA created the NJEA
Frederick L. Hipp Foundation to provide
opportunities for school employees to expand
their vision of excellence in our classrooms
and schools. Since then, the Hipp Foundation
has awarded more than $1.6 million, supporting
hundreds of innovative programs.
HIPP CELEBRATION
Awards for
Excellence
To celebrate the accomplishments of New Jersey public school graduates, NJEA presents the Award for Excellence to graduates who have
demonstrated exceptional leadership in their fields of expertise. This year’s
recipients are Julio Fernandez, Robert Kaplow, and Barbara Keshishian.
Kaplow and Keshishian will attend the Awards for Excellence ceremony.
Fernandez will accept his award with a previously recorded statement.
Julio Fernandez, Jazz Guitarist.
Hoboken High School: Class of 1972.
Robert Kaplow, Novelist and teacher.
Westfield High School: Class of 1972.
Barbara Keshishian, Former NJEA president and teacher.
North Bergen High School: Class of 1968.
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HIGH TECH HALL
Professional Development Credit in High Tech Hall
NJEA encourages members to document their professional learning experiences as they work to meet
and exceed the professional development required of
certified teaching staff. For the more traditional 1.5
hour programs listed on pages 38-59, members who
are present at an entire session receive a professional
development certificate upon exiting the classroom.
For High Tech Hall, NJEA has established the following procedure:
Members who spend time in High Tech Hall may
document their learning using a log sheet that they
can pick up in High Tech Hall. No certificates will be
available for these activities. The log will detail the
titles, presenters and a brief description of each activ-
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ity with a place to identify the amount of time spent
at each demonstration area. Members may present
this log to their supervisor/principal following their
visit to Atlantic City to document the amount of time
spent in learning in these areas of High Tech Hall.
NJEA recommends that members speak with their
supervisor/principal prior to the NJEA Convention to
discuss how much time they intend to spend in High
Tech Hall. This procedure is consistent with practices supported by the N.J. Department of Education.
Members are reminded that all professional learning
activities must be aligned with their individual professional development plan to be eligible for accrual
toward the professional development requirement.
HIGH TECH HALL
Whether you have a quick question, need a
complete tutorial, or just want to get acquainted
with what’s new, explore High Tech Hall.
High Tech Hall is sponsored through the
generous support and participation of Apple,
Black Rocket, Edmodo, Learning Games Network, Project Foundry, Teq, and Verizon. You
will find both hands-on opportunities and
TEACHERTOTEACHER
A Humanities Approach to the
Common Core and PARCC
Thursday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Thursday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Matthew A. Stagliano
Table 2
Table 2
Discover strategies, resources and theories that
secondary teachers of English and Social Studies can
employ to enhance their students’ understanding of the
concepts and skills presented in the Common Core.
Apponomy for the Common Core
Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Friday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: Douglas Harvey
Table 3
Table 3
With the Common Core Standards in place, teachers
who integrate iPads in their classrooms are wondering
which apps to use in aligning their lessons to the
standards. This sessions will give attendees ideas of
which apps might be their best choices for the types of
lessons and content being taught in their classes. Bring
your iPad and be ready to download some useful apps!
exciting demonstrations throughout this ever
expanding feature of the NJEA Convention.
You’ll also find TeacherCast in the middle of all
the action and the Teacher-to-Teacher Learning
Lounge where NJEA members will present oneon-one and small group demonstrations of classroom-tested, technology-integrated activities.
Beyond Clickers to Mobile Apps:
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
Thursday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Thursday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Friday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Patrick L. Chestnut
Table 4
Table 4
Table 5
Table 5
NJCTL’s Progressive Math Initiative (PMI) and Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) are breaking new ground
on technology integration in the classroom. Stop by
with your mobile device for an interactive session.
Camscanner Mania!
Friday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: John Park
Table 4
Learn how to create PDF files with this new and
versatile tool and the effective and compelling
aspects of its use in the classroom, from grading
to delivering homework assignments.
Create a Global Classroom
Thursday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Table 2
Presenter: Bill A. Krakower, Melissa Butler
Learn how lead teachers use Google Hangout,
Edmodo and Twitter to flatten classroom walls.
Explore these tools on the launching pad connecting you around the globe.
Create and Grade Online
Assessments Using Google Docs
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Maryanne Rodriguez
Table 2
Table 2
Teachers will learn how to use Google Doc forms
to create and grade online assessments using
Flubaroo, a free tool that helps you quickly grade
assignments using Google Forms.
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HIGH TECH HALL
Fostering Teacher Collaboration and
Technology Integration in Library
Media Center
Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Friday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: Peter H. Richter
Table 3
Table 4
Table 1
Table 1
School library media specialists will be introduced
to numerous ways to foster collaboration with
teachers to integrate technology into the classroom as well as digital learning in action.
Fun with Finch
Friday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Lynne Kesselman
Table 1
Table 1
The Finch is an affordable robot for computer science
education. It is designed to support an engaging
introduction to the art of programming. The Finch has
support for over a dozen programming languages and
environments, including several environments appropriate for students as young as eight years old.
Go Gaga for Google Docs and Flubaroo
Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Presenter: John Park
Table 2
Table 4
We all know how great Google Docs is! Now learn
to create online assessments, quickly grade them,
automatically e-mail students their scores and create reports and analysis on student performance.
Google Docs/Sites/Hangouts
Thursday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Thursday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Friday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: Peter J. Moran
Table 5
Table 5
Table 2
Table 2
Learn how best to use Google Docs, Sites and
Hangouts to meet Common Core State Standards.
This session will ease your stress not increase it.
Harnessing the Cell Phone: Using
Smartphones to Enhance Learning
Friday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Matthew A. Stagliano
Table 2
Table 2
An overview of the positive potential of cell phone
use in schools. Explore apps for teacher and students. We will discuss everything from motivating
students, to keeping parents informed!
How to Use SMART in a Special
Education Classroom
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Thursday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Danielle M. Kovach
Table 4
Table 4
Lessons come to life for students with special
needs through multisensory instruction using
SMART Boards. Integrate the Common Core with
daily classroom instruction to increase academic
achievement using SMART technology.
Table 4
Table 4
Table 1
Table 1
Use forms to collect and analyze data and administer
pre- and post-assessments. Students collect data for
research projects, create surveys, plan events and more.
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Moodle
Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Friday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Ryan McCarty
Table 4
Table 4
Table 4
This tutorial will explain Moodle, a virtual-classroom
platform. The presentation will include a look at how
Moodle works in the classroom, including tutorials
on how to create and maintain assignments and
how to group students to differentiate instruction.
The Power and Point of Digital
Storytelling
Table 5
Table 5
Using Photo Story 3 and Windows Movie Maker,
turn boring presentations into dynamic learning
experiences.
Create interactive presentations to engage and
assess your students.
Deborah Health Fair
Google Forms in the Classroom
Thursday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Thursday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: Michelle A. Wendt
Table 1
Minecraft, the popular 3-D gaming phenomenon, has
huge potential in schools. Come to this session to
learn how Minecraft is engaging students and enhancing learning during in- and after-school programs.
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Jess Hoertel
Making BYOD (Bring Your Own
Device) Easy with Nearpod
Thursday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Thursday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Janel M. Schafer
Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Kevin M. Jarrett
Minecraft in Schools: Serious Play
with a Purpose
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Thursday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Table 5
Table 5
Table 1
Table 1
How’s your health? Find blood pressure
checks, cholesterol screening, body fat
analysis, and lots of great information to
improve your health. Look for Deborah at
the south end of the Exhibit Hall near the
Marketplace.
HIGH TECH HALL
QR Codes and Augmented Reality
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Thursday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Arielle H. Goldstein
Table 3
Table 3
The classroom is a great place for QR codes and
Augmented Reality. There are so many different
resources. Come take a look and see which one
works best for you.
QR Codes in 21st-Century Classrooms
Thursday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Thursday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: Raquel Williams
Table 5
Table 5
Learn how to create a QR code and how to podcast
using QR codes. Be inspired! Come and learn
innovative ways of implementing QR codes and
engage your students.
Rethinking Posters:
The World of Glogster EDU
Thursday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Thursday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Jess Hoertel
Table 1
Table 1
Make your classroom more interactive with Glogster
EDU! Explore the digital poster-making program for
lesson planning and student work. Practical uses in
everyday lessons will be displayed and discussed.
SMART Classroom Management with
a SMART Board
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Thursday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Mary K. Steinhauer
Table 1
Table 1
Manage your class and organize your work with the
use of the SMART Notebook. From seating charts
to class jobs to your favorite websites. The top ten
notebook organizing tools.
Smartphone? Smarter Library!
Student Checkout System for Your
Classroom Library
Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Presenter: Erica Parke
Table 4
Table 5
How many of your own classroom library books
have you lost over the years? How many books
from that library are your students actually reading? What is your library breakdown by reading
levels? What is your percentage of fiction vs. nonfiction books? Classroom Organizer by Booksource
has the answers! This is a free online classroom
tool whereby students can scan the ISBN codes
of your books using the free complimentary App
on a smartphone or iPad to checkout books from
your library. Reporting functions allow you to
generate student usage, book level breakdowns
and overview of your collection. The program is
also available for whole school book rooms. Have
teachers check out titles! Keep track of those
books once and for all!
Socrative for Formative Assessments
Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Presenter: Michael Ritzius
Table 5
Socrative is a smart student response system that
empowers teachers to engage their classrooms
through a series of educational exercises and
games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
Student Video Projects for World
Languages
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Presenter: Joan G. Jensen Ed.D.
Table 3
Table 3
Take Ten from our PARCC Place
Presenters: Dr. Amy Ackerman, Karen E. Simmons
Come PARCC yourself in our demo of 10 free tools
to prep for online assessments. Explore these tools
to curate your own treasure chest for teacher and
student applications.
Twitter as Professional Development
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Table 2
Thursday: 10 - 10:50 a.m. Table 2
Presenters: Bill A. Krakower, Dana L. Sirotiak
Twitter offers some of the best professional
development. You can use Twitter to connect
globally with educators in a matter of minutes to
improve teaching strategies and increase student
achievement.
Using Edmodo in the Classroom
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Presenters: Elissa L. Malespina
Table 4
Learn how to use Edmodo in the classroom from
two certified Edmodo trainers.
Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom
Thursday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Thursday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Elissa L. Malespina
Table 3
Table 3
Learn all different types of Web 2.0 tools from
good websites, to apps that will transform your
classroom. Glogster, Evernote, Livebinders, Wordle
and more will be discussed.
Web-Based Solutions to Inclusive
Music Class Problems
Friday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: David S. Dashefsky
Table 3
Table 3
Discover instructional ideas that engage the variety
of learners found in general music classrooms.
Connect students to online resources that allow
unique learning styles and creativity to flourish.
Motivate your world language students by unleashing their creativity with video projects! Examples
will be provided of a fun way for students to
demonstrate what they have learned!
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HIGH TECH HALL
Photography and Music
APPLE THEATER
iBooks Author
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Apple Theater
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m. Apple Theater
Presenter: Leah McConaughey
iBooks introduces an entirely new kind of “textbook” that’s dynamic, current, engrossing, and
truly interactive. iBooks Author allows anyone to
create Multi-Touch books for iPad. With galleries,
video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more,
these books bring content to life for teachers and
students in ways the printed page never could.
iTunes U
Presenters: Leah McConaughey, Dave Marra
iTunes U is a powerful distribution system for
everything from lectures to language lessons, films
to labs, audiobooks to tours, is an innovative way to
get educational content into the hands of students.
iTunes U Course Manager is a web-based tool that
allows instructors to create and distribute courses
on iTunes U. Students can experience these courses through the iTune U app for iPad.
iWork
Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Presenter: Dave Marra
Apple Theater
Apple Theater
Discover how easy and fun word processing, spreadsheets and presentations can be with iWork. The free
iWork productivity suite includes Pages, Numbers
and Keynote for Mac, iOS, and iCloud, so teachers
and students can create a document on one device
and edit it on another device, anytime, anywhere!
Literacy
Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m. Apple Theater
See how educators can use iPad, apps, iBooks Author, and
iTunes U to personalize learning and strengthen reading,
writing, listening, and speaking skills in any content area.
Find out how Multi-Touch books on iPad provide a more
engaging experience for students and help increase reading
comprehension. Explore iBooks Author, an ideal tool for creating and sharing content. Learn how educators are using
the free education resources in the iTunes catalog to deliver
an amazing array of content to support literacy.
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Thursday: 12 - 12:50 p.m. Apple Theater
Presenter: Dave Marra
See and hear how the iPad is reinventing photography and music, with exciting new apps for
photo editing and music production. With its large,
high-resolution Retina display, an incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen, an amazingly powerful
Apple-designed chip, and a 5-megapixel iSight
camera, the new iPad is the ideal mobile device for
photographers and musicians everywhere. Discover
photography and music on the new iPad today!
Special Needs
Thursday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Presenter: Dave Marra
Apple Theater
Discover new ways Apple is making exciting technology available to all learners as part of its ongoing
commitment to accessibility. For over 20 years, the
Mac has shipped with dozens of accessibility features built in, at no additional cost, allowing it to be
used right out of the box by people with disabilities.
Now, with the innovative iPad and iPod Touch, Apple
continues to set the standard by taking accessibility
and learning to a whole new level.
STEM
See how educators can use iPad to create and deliver
engaging STEM content in the most comprehensive
ecosystem to enhance learning for all students. Apps
on iPad can enhance student engagement, and tools
like iBooks and iBooks Author give educators and
learners alike easy ways to create media-rich content
creation abilities. With a tool like iTunes U, institutions
can streamline curated content and its delivery.
Students today are being bombarded with benchmarks to assess mastery of content. Educators
today are focused on finding innovative ways to
measure mastery and effective ways to gather
data for instruction. In this workshop we will explore fresh, new, easy ways to accomplish both.
Game based learning offers multiple opportunities to assess levels of learning. While powerful
rubric design provides a unique, concise method
to measure level of mastery, as well as offers a
strong foundation for student driven instruction.
You will learn how to combine these techniques
to bring the curriculum you are already using in
your classroom to a new level. No tests to grade!!
The Gamification of Learning:
Improve Student Engagement and
Achievement with Game Design
Thursday: 9 – 9:30 a.m.
Thursday: 1 – 1:30 p.m.
Friday: 9 – 9:30 a.m.
Friday: 11 – 11:30 a.m.
Friday: 1 – 1:30 p.m.
Presenter: Richard Ginn
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Calling all innovators! Learn how to motivate
students and increase student achievement in Math,
English/Language Arts, Science and more through
video game design, creation and play. Participants
explore game based approaches to learning and
resources to utilize in the classroom. All participants
will end the workshop with a foundation in the theory
and research behind game based learning and a
game concept to use in their classroom.
Following the scheduled presentations, please join
us for breakout sessions in the Black Rocket area.
BLACK ROCKET EDMODO THEATER
Game Based Learning and Powerful
Rubrics to Assess Mastery of Content
and Gather SGO Data? Yes Please!!
Friday: 10 – 10:30 a.m.
Friday: 12 – 12:30 p.m.
Friday: 2 – 2:30 pm
Presenter: Deana Baumert
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Black Rocket
Advanced Edmodo
Thursday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Edmodo Theater
Thursday: 2 - 2:50 p.m. Edmodo Theater
Friday: 11 - 11:50 a.m. Edmodo Theater
Presenters: Melissa A. Butler, Elissa L. Malespina,
Liz Calderwood
Already an Edmodo user? This session will cover
best practices for success such as using online
assessment features, managing small groups to differentiate learning, exploring and integrating digital
content from the Edmodo Store, and tips and tricks
to take your Edmodo experience to the next level.
Bring your device- this is a hands-on workshop.
HIGH TECH HALL
Edmodo Snapshot:
Common Core in a Snap
Thursday: 3 - 3:50 p.m.
Edmodo Theater
Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m.
Edmodo Theater
Friday: 12 - 12:50 p.m.
Edmodo Theater
Friday: 2 - 2:50 p.m.
Edmodo Theater
Presenters: Kate Baker, Bill A. Krakower
With the implementation of Common Core State
Standards, the education landscape has changed.
Come hear how Edmodo is putting educators in
the driver’s seat, with an easy-to-use, insightful micro-assessment tool. Through frequent,
formative quizzes and content recommendations,
Snapshot not only advances student learning, but
also makes assessment anything but standard.
Introduction to Edmodo
Edmodo Theater
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m.
Edmodo Theater
Friday: 1 - 1:50 p.m.
Presenters: Elissa L. Malespina, Kate Baker,
Melissa A. Butler, Liz Calderwood
If you’re new to Edmodo, start here! This session
will provide an overview of the core features of
Edmodo. We’ll focus on student and teacher use,
and getting started with your classroom. Bring
your device- this is a hands-on workshop.
PROJECT FOUNDRY
CLASSROOM
Authentic Learning Experiences:
A Real-World Approach to PBL
Thursday: 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Thursday: 12:45 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Dayna Laur
P.F. Classroom
P.F. Classroom
Learn how to implement a real-world approach to
project-based learning. Authentic learning experiences
are created around genuine, outside audiences and
meaningful purposes. They meet the Common Core,
engage students in critical thinking and 21st Century
learning, teach important skills such as research and
collaboration, and improve student learning.
Makerspaces, Schools, Libraries
and Communities
Thursday: 2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Friday: 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Presenters: James Carlson
P.F. Classroom
P.F. Classroom
TEACHERCAST
Create a Stunning Website Using
Wordpress
Thursday: 9 - 9:50 a.m.
Thursday: 10 - 10:50 a.m.
Presenter: Jeffrey D. Bradbury
Teacher Cast
Teacher Cast
We will take the fear out of online publishing and
show you why teachers and educators are using
WordPress for their class websites.
Creative Ways of Using Google
Presentations with your Students
Friday: 9 - 9:50 a.m.
Friday: 10 - 10:50 a.m.
Presenter: Jeffrey D. Bradbury
Teacher Cast
Teacher Cast
In this session, we are going to learn how to use
Google Presentations in a more creative and
collaborative format than you have ever imagined!
What are they? Why is this relevant? How will it look
in the future? Why is this relevant for teachers?
Personal Learning Plans:
More than a Document
Thursday: 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Friday: 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Presenter: Shane Krukowski
LEARNING GAMES
NETWORK
Games for STEM, ELA, Social Studies
and Social and Emotional Learning
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Learning Games
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Learning Games
Playful learning is a national initiative supporting educators using games in education. We aim to introduce
playful systems and engaging games that meet needs
and ignite passions in the classroom. Learn how to
access free tools that help you find the games you need
and plug them into a larger professional community of
educators using games in the classroom. We’ll be running demos and hands-on workshops, focusing on all
areas of game-based learning in our digital playground.
Learn about commercial video games and how to go
mobile with games. Come play with us!
P.F. Classroom
P.F. Classroom
How does a school make the PLP more than a big
hairy spreadsheet tucked away somewhere, idle most
of the year? How do educators empower students to
own the process and become more self-directed?
Student Engagement and Ownership
at 60 Miles Per Gallon
Friday: 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
P.F. Classroom
Presenters: Simon Hauger, Matthew Riggan
Having built a school around a vision of learning that
emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and interdisciplinary knowledge, learn from these innovative
educators who are forging problem solvers at 60
miles per gallon.
The world needs problem-solvers, and students
need an education that prepares them to confront
the world’s real challenges. We have shown that
when we engage students in a rigorous, real-world
project-based learning environment, we dramatically improve their chances for success in college,
career, and community.
Learning with the iPad
Thursday: 9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Presenter: Joseph Sanfilipo
Teq Clasroom
Educators nationwide are describing the iPad as
a revolutionary learning tool. Discover why in this
collaborative session and see how the iPad can
enliven and expand the possibilities of your classroom. Learn how teachers and students are using
the iPad, play with a handful of Apps, and leave
with a completed project plan that includes sample materials and an assessment ready rubric.
Best Web Tools for the Interactive
Classroom
Thursday: 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Teq Classroom
Presenter: Kristie Guiliano
Web 2.0 applications bring learning to life!
Increase student skills in collaboration, research,
and communication with exciting web-based
tools. Learn to create a collaborative environment
for your students and further enrich your interactive whiteboard learning environment to leave a
lasting impression.
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HIGH TECH HALL
Project Based Learning and the iPad
STEM
Thursday: 12:45 – 2 p.m.
Presenter: Joseph Sanfilipo
Friday: 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Presenter: Andrew Grefig
Teq Classroom
Continue to explore how both teachers and students
benefit from using iPads in the classroom in this
session. You’ll work with a few apps to see how
they facilitate research on a topic, creating a product, and sharing this creation with others.
Promoting Literacy with Google Apps
for Education
Friday: 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Presenter: Kristie Guiliano
Teq Classroom
Teq Classroom
Improving instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by engaging students in
inquiry, discovery, and learning. In this session we
will show teachers how to successfully combine
STEM concepts, proper pedagogical knowledge,
and technology to further increase the understanding of material and increase engagement.
10 Coolest Things (You Can Do With
An Interactive Whiteboard)
Improving literacy is the responsibility of all teachers,
not just those in the Language classroom. In this session, we will explore how Google Apps can be utilized
to help build literacy skills in all curriculum areas. Learn
how technology can increase student motivation to read
and write by connecting learners with audiences both
within and beyond the classroom. We’ll also look at
how to integrate social learning aspects, such as peer
review, sharing and collaboration. Discover tips on how
to include a greater emphasis on key vocabulary terms
each day and encourage active exploration of text to
facilitate student ownership of the task of learning.
You’ll see how to create templates to use as reading
journals, graphic organizers and more. Through the use
of practical, classroom-tested examples, we will identify
how to seamlessly integrate multiple Apps to promote
literacy development in all subjects.
Thursday: 2:30 -3:45 p.m.
Presenter: Irene Stanhope
Robotics and Programming with NAO
Next Generation Science Standards: WebBased Tools, Apps, and Mobile Resources
Friday: 9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Presenter: Janna Dougherty
Teq Classroom
Improve your science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics instruction with our STEM and NAO
course. Learn how to keep students engaged and
improve their learning outcomes, as we help you
successfully combine STEM concepts, proper pedagogical knowledge, and innovative technologies,
including Aldebaran’s latest humanoid robot, NAO.
Teq Classroom
Explore some of the latest and least known uses
for an interactive whiteboard. This fast-paced session will explore 10 resources—some academic
and some just fun. Following a “count-down”
format, we’ll explore topics such as Mixed Reality,
Prezi, Recognizing Tables, and more.
Sparks for your STEM Classroom
Thursday: 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Verizon Classroom
Presenter: Virginia Hoden
Discover fantastic websites, apps and extensions
that will add sparks to your STEM classroom
lessons. You will investigate FREE websites, apps
and extensions that can be accessed on computers and mobile devices, which will support your
science, technology, engineering and math topics.
Common Core Toolkit!
Thursday: 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Verizon Classroom
Verizon Classroom
Friday: 1 – 2:15 p.m.
Presenter: Bethanne Augsbach-Monroe Public Schools
Create a comprehensive digital teaching toolkit
integrating technology and inquiry into instruction
and learning. Resources will clarify for students the
relevance of science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) to everyday life. Connections
will be made to the Common Core Standards:
Reading and Writing Information/Explanatory Texts.
Thursday: 12:45 – 2 p.m.
Verizon Classroom
Friday: 9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Verizon Classroom
Presenter: Bethanne Augsbach –Monroe Public Schools
All participants will explore and take away a collection of web-based tools, apps, and mobile resources
to engage and motivate students in the implementation of the Common Core Standards. Connections
will be made to research-based teaching practices
and SGOs to monitor and grow student achievement.
Prepare Students for Success in the 21st
Century: The Verizon Foundation’s Education Programs
Thursday: 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Verizon Classroom
Friday: 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Verizon Classroom
Presenter: Phil Puthanama – Verizon Foundation
This session will provide an overview of the Verizon
Foundation’s ongoing programs in place to increase
student interest and achievement in STEM. Specifically,
these programs provide teacher training on the use of
mobile technology in the classroom, prepare underserved
students for STEM careers, and deliver new STEM-focused product solutions that have a societal impact.
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ACCESS
Enter to Win One
from Access
2 Tickets to SeaWorld and a week-long condo rental.
Combined value of $700! Stop by booth #1940 to enter.
The winner of the drawing
will be announced Thursday,
November 6, 2014.
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SCAN TO WIN
Member Benefits prizes
TO ENTER THE MEMBER BENEFIT’S SCAN-TO-WIN DRAWING YOU MUST HAVE
YOUR BADGE SCANNED IN THE MEMBER BENEFITS AREA NEAR BOOTH 1940.
SCAN TO WIN:
SCAN TO WIN:
A week in Orlando courtesy of ACCESS. The winner
will be drawn at 4:30. See Page 17 for prize details.
A week in London for two, courtesy of Bravo Tours.
Trip includes roundtrip airfare from Newark or
Philadelphia, roundtrip London airport transfers, six
nights’ accommodations with breakfast daily, and a
morning sightseeing tour of London. The trip must be
taken between Jan. 5, 2015 and Dec. 1, 2015.
Thursday’s Member Benefits prize:
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Friday’s Member Benefits prize:
SCAN TO WIN
But wait, there’s more!
In addition to the great prizes courtesy of ACCESS and Bravo Tours,
NJEA is acquiring some great prizes from a wide array of vendors.
Visit njeaconvention.org to keep track of the growing list of prizes.
To enter drawing for these prizes, scan your badge
wherever you see the Scan-to-Win logo.
Drawing will be held hourly. Winners will be
posted on monitors at Scan-to-Win kiosks.
NJEA Convention on
Take a second
to “like” the
NJEA Convention
at Facebook.com/njeaconvention.
Take the extra step by choosing “Get
Notifications” to make sure you don’t
miss a post.
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FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
After a full day of workshops, plenary
sessions, and visits to High Tech Hall,
take time to be wowed by your students.
The talents of New Jersey’s public school
students are showcased at the NJEA Convention.
Visit the Art Gallery sponsored by the Art Educators of
New Jersey. It’s located right on the Exhibit Floor.
The New Jersey All-State Jazz Ensemble and New
Jersey Honors Jazz Choir will perform in the Atlantic
City Convention Center in Hall A immediately following
the Affiliate Presidents Dinner at approximately 8:30 p.m.
The New Jersey All-State Chorus and Orchestra
takes the stage in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall at 8:30 p.m. on Friday.
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CONVENTION CHARITY
The Lupus Foundation of America
The New Jersey and Philadelphia
Tristate chapters are affiliates of the
national Lupus Foundation of America.
Lupus is…
• A chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body. With autoimmune
diseases, the body cannot tell the difference between “invaders” (i.e., bacteria and viruses)
and the body’s own healthy tissues.
• Different for each person.
• A disease that ranges from mild to life threatening.
• Not curable—yet, but symptoms of the disease may increase, decrease or become inactive.
Types of Lupus:
• Drug-induced lupus occurs after a person takes certain types of medicines.
The symptoms are similar to systemic lupus but usually disappear when the person
stops taking the medicine.
• Discoid lupus which affects only the skin and causes a rash. Usually the rashes
are on the face, neck and scalp. Sometimes a person suffering from discoid lupus
will develop systemic lupus.
• Systemic lupus is usually more serious than discoid lupus and can affect a
person anywhere in the body, including the kidneys, heart,
lungs, brain, blood, the joints and/or the skin.
The mission of the Lupus Foundation of America is to
educate and support those affected by lupus and their
families and to find a cure. We do this by conducting programs of research, education, awareness and advocacy.
Lupus Foundation of America
Give • Advocate • Share Your Story • Volunteer •
Walk to End Lupus Now • Make an In-Kind Donation
(e.g., gift cards, office supplies, etc.)
New Jersey Chapter
150 Morris Avenue, Suite 102
Springfield, NJ 07081
973-379-3226
Toll-free @ 800-322-5816
www.lupusnj.org
Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter
500 Old York Road, Suite 110
Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-517-5070
Toll-free @ 866-517-5070
www.lupustristate.org
Visit The Lupus Foundation on the Exhibit Floor in Aisle 18 to learn more or to make a donation.
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EIRC
Adding Art to STEM (STEM to STEAM)
Thursday: 10:30 - 11 a.m. Friday: 10:30 - 11 a.m. Area 1
Area 1
Get inspired to add the arts to your STEM classes
or projects and help your students retain more
information.
Cape May NWR building Community
Thursday: 12 - 12:30 p.m. Friday: 12 - 12:30 p.m. Area 2
Area 2
New Jersey’s newest National Wildlife Refuge is in
Cape May County. Learn how community groups,
schools, friend groups, and wildlife refuges can
work together to educate students about the
outdoors.
Child Assault Prevention - CAP
Thursday: 3 - 3:30 p.m. Area 3
From Pre-K to teen and special needs to adult,
CAP has been “Empowering Children to be Safe,
Strong, and Free” for over 30 years. CAP works
to reduce bullying, cyberbullying, child abuse
prevention, and violence prevention.
Connecting Scientific Experiences
through Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom
Read and Grow with Agriculture
Friday: 10 - 10:30 a.m. Bring the world of agriculture into your classroom with some delightful children’s books. This
workshop will give you hands-on activities and
other easy extensions to teach science, math, and
language arts lessons built around books that visit
the garden.
Area 4
Exploring science is an exciting and wondrous part of
early childhood. Innately curious, young children seek
to investigate and discover “how their world works.”
This session will provide examples of how teachers
can use storybooks and hands-on activities to
enhance scientific learning in preschool classrooms.
The activities discussed will be aligned to the New
Jersey Preschool Teaching and Learning Standards.
Does Your Classroom Measure Up?
Thursday: 1:30 - 2 p.m. Friday: 1:30 - 2 p.m. Area 5
Area 5
Does your classroom measure up? If your students have trouble doing computations with measurements, this workshop will help. Let’s have a
conversation about length, width, and height.
Painting a Picture of Success:
Creating a Successful National Board
Certification Initiative
Thursday: 2 - 2:30 p.m. Area 6
See what National Board champions are doing
to foster accomplished teaching. Presenters will
share how they have elevated the voice of the
teaching profession and improved school culture,
teacher effectiveness, and student learning,
through the National Board Certification process.
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Area 7
Teaching with Spice
Thursday: 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Area 8
Area 8
Using active and engaging language activities
with over two dozen writing strategies, Mike
Devono has helped school districts raise student
language arts literacy scores from non-proficient to proficient and proficient to advanced
proficient.
Member Benefits
Sponsored Vendors
Your membership in NJEA provides opportunities for you to stretch your buying
power. Visit the exhibits in and around
the Sponsored Vendor Area in Aisle 19,
right next door to Main Street NJEA.
EIRC
Teaching With Wordle!
Thursday: 10 - 10:30 a.m. Area 9
Come and see how you can use WORDLE® as
a tool for teaching students in your classroom.
You will find ways to support vocabulary, address
below grade level readers and inspire gifted learners. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).
The Learning Resource Center Network
Thursday: 2:30 - 3 p.m. Area 10
Learn about the New Jersey Department of
Education Learning Resource Centers located
in East Orange, Morris Plains, Mullica Hill, and
Trenton. These resource centers offer educators
and parents resources and services that support
students, including students with disabilities.
The New Retirement Paradigm
Area 11
Retiring soon? Thinking about what’s next?
Teachers develop so many skills over their
careers. Why not make use of those skills? EIRC
can help you identify your Unique Ability to launch
your next career.
The Wonderful World of Water
Thursday: 9:30 - 10 a.m. Friday: 9:30 - 10 a.m. Area 12
Area 12
This presentation will have you drowning in
information! Your head will be swimming with
facts, statistics, and trivia about that wonderful
substance called H2O.
Why we need the Monarch Butterfly
Thursday: 11 - 11:30 a.m. Friday: 11 - 11:30 a.m. Area 13
Area 13
Inspire students through the amazing story of the
Monarch Butterfly. NJ Monarch Teacher Network
(MTN) Educators share their stories and the work
of their students. All subject areas can be taught
through this innovative and inspiring program.
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GREAT IDEAS FORUM
Our School Museum:
An Amazing Resource in Teaching
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presenter: Rita R. Williams
Table 7
Table 7
Learn to establish a school museum that displays
the masterpieces your students create. Find out
how to make your students love creating, sharing,
curating and appreciating art, using the museum.
River Watershed Project II
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Table 11
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Table 11
Presenters: Catherine A. Astor, Lauren S. Ayers
Biomimicry Interpretive Trail Sign
Project
Friends Beyond Borders: Making
Global Education Transformative
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presenter: Wendy M. Green
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presenter: Kevin A. La Mastra
Table 1
Table 1
This giant project allowed 80 students to develop
trail signs for the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center with Naturalist Chris Lanza as a
client.
This Hipp Project enables educators to connect
across the curriculum to critical, global issues in
ways that inspire and motivate their students to
become global citizens.
Civic Responsibility, Service Learning,
& Stewardship Project
Interactive Herbarium
Presenters: Maureen F. Heenan, Joseph P.
Benedict
Middle school students live civic responsibility by
participating in a day of service in their community. They provide companionship at a residential
hospital facility, feed and clothe the homeless,
and practice stewardship at a local pine barrens
preserv
Elementary Project-Based STEM
Learning
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presenter: Jeanette L. Wehner
Table 3
Table 3
Discover apps and strategies to integrate Project-Based STEM learning inside and outside of
their classrooms.
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Table 4
Table 4
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presenter: Cheryl A. McDonald
Table 5
Table 5
Learn about “Interactive Herbarium” designed by
students of the Marine Academy of Science and
Technology at Sandy Hook that showcases native
coastal vegetation via traditional and wiki formats.
See changes due to Superstorm Sandy.
Magic of Tales and Rhymes:
It’s All in the Hands
Presenters: Denise A. Scairpon, Susan M. Ort,
Susan M. Ort, Denise A. Scairpon
Find out how to use fairy tales and nursery
rhymes and puppetry. Develop the language skills
of preschoolers to third graders. Encourage oral
expression in even the shyest student.
Learn how to involve students in a research
project that involves their environment. See how
to utilize community resources. Enjoy our research
project on the study of our local river.
Seeing is Believing Social Skills Training
Presenters: Amanda N. Miranda, Catherine A.
Inskeep
Video self-modeling is a powerful tool than can
teach students with social disabilities because
they can watch themselves doing activities successfully. Learn how to do it.
Swimming Upstream
Presenters: Justin A. Runne, Shannon N. Kimak,
Coleen T. Weiss-Magasic, Lauren N. Maslanek
High schoolers working with fifth graders? You bet!
Join us as we share our successful - and fun - experiences combining high school biology classes with
fifth graders for stream studies and fish dissections.
The Breaking Down Barriers Community
Coaching Program - The Next Level
Presenters: Renee R. Lopardo-Taveras,
Nicole Lewinski
One school year after our HIPP Grant was awarded,
our community coaching program has continued
to evolve and flouish through increased parent and
school community involvement and support.
NJCTL
New Jersey Center for
Teaching and Learning
The New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning (NJCTL) is dedicated
to empowering teachers to be leaders in the transformation of public
schools so that all students have access to a high quality education.
In the Exhibit Hall, look for NJCTL in Booth 831. To learn more about NJCTL, visit njctl.org.
NJTCL Professional
Development Sessions
County Teachers of the Year Professional Development Programs
NJCTL is sponsoring seven sessions at the NJEA
Convention this year. For descriptions and locations of the
programs below, turn to the pages indicated.
In collaboration with NJCTL, New Jersey’s past County
Teachers of the Year will present the following sessions.
See the pages indicated for more information.
Beyond Student Clickers to Mobile APPS and
Bring Your own Device (BYOD)
Don’t Worry, Be Appy: Increase Evaluation Scores
and Student Engagement
Presenter: Patrick Chestnut
See Page 11, Teacher-to-Teacher Learning Lounge.
Presenter: Nancy Evans
See Page 42.
Motivating Students with PSI-PMI
Engage Us: What Happens When Students Lead
the Learning?
Presenter: Tim Panebianco
See Page 51.
Opening Access to STEM Careers
Presenter: Robert Goodman, NJCTL executive director
See Page 52.
Physics for ALL and Correcting the High School
Science Sequence
Presenter: Tim Panebianco
See Page 53.
A Stress Free Way to the Math Common Core
and PARCC for K-12
Presenters: Kathleen M. Assini and Yvette McBain
See Page 43.
Engaging Resources and Rigor in a StudentCentered Classroom
Presenters: Daniel Cullen and Kristine L. Liguori-Nazzal
See Page 43.
Evaluation: Making it Happen FOR you, not TO you!
Presenters: Peter W. Mazzagatti and Diane M. Cummins
See Page 44.
Hot Topics with Top Teachers
Presenter: Melissa Axelsson
See Page 56.
Presenters: Danielle Kovach and Carl Blanchard
See Page 46.
A Stress Free Way to the Next Generation
Science Standards
Peer Observations
Presenter: Michelle Lageman
See Page 56.
Teaching Methods that Lead to Successful
Evaluations
Presenters: Patrick Chestnut and Pete Mazzagatti
See Page 57.
Presenters: Stacey M. Musey and Mechele H. Forsman
See Page 53.
Scoring High on Assessment
Presenters: Margaret A. Freeman and David Pinkus
See Page 55.
A Student-Driven Approach: Inquiry
Presenters: Mary K. Woods and Lindsay M. Warren
See Page 56.
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ESP CAREER DEVELOPMENT
All Under One Roof: The ESP Pavilion
Want to know more about how NJEA works for its
ESP members? Want to know more about what NJEA
ESP members can do for each other? Or do you just
want a place to get together with your ESP colleagues?
Discussions in your area
The ESP Pavilion is a great spot to talk about
your issues and concerns with someone who works
in your field. The ESP Pavilion will feature discussions, each focused on a specific career in the
fields that make up the ESP family, including:
Building Winning Teams for the
Entire School Community
Dealing with Behavior on the
School Bus
Emergency Crisis Awareness
for School Bus Drivers
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 405
Presenters: Donna R. O’Malley, Lynn S.
Casaleggio
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Samuel Hart
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Traci L. Davis
This training is designed to build unity among
all school employees by raising awareness of a
common goal: success for all students. Working
together, employees achieve success through
partnerships.
Career Ladder for NJEA ESPs
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Robert Rosa
Room 405
The Certificate of Competency program, developed by NJEA and New Jersey community colleges, consists of four modules, 36 clock hours,
and 56 hours of approved NJEA ESP Career
Development Training.
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• Paraprofessionals, teachers aides, clerical aides,
lunchroom/playground aides
• Transportation professionals
• Custodial/Maintenance /Building and Grounds professionals
• Secretarial professionals
• Cafeteria professionals
• Security professionals
Come to the Pavilion to check the schedule to see
when a fellow ESP member from your area of interest will
be available.
In the ESP Pavilion you’ll also find materials designed
especially for ESP members and updates on the latest issues.
Room 406
Transportation professional tips on how to exert
positive control over the bus environment by effectively managing students, dealing with parents
and reporting incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying.
Effective Witnessing and Report
Writing for ESP
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Stacy A. Yanko
Room 406
Learn how to sharpen your observation skills to
protect students, other school employees, and
facilities. Learn how to fill out the state-required
Violence, Vandalism, and Substance Abuse
Incident Report Form.
Room 405
Drivers are the first line of crisis prevention and
the true first responders. Learn how to make your
bus safer.
How Secretaries Can Meet Public,
Student, and Staff Needs
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Room 406
Presenters: Donna R. O’Malley, Marguerite M.
Vallieu
Acquire skills to enhance the services you provide
to everyone who comes through the office door.
Examine the verbal and nonverbal cues that
elevate your status in the school community.
ESP CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Organizing Your Workday
Supporting our Own: ESP Mentoring
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 406
Presenters: Lois Yukna, Donna R. O’Malley
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Mr Joseph P. Galego
This program will feature an open discussion of
the problems and challenges we face every day
as transportation professionals. We will explore
solutions to those situations.
Mentoring programs can enhance cooperation
and teamwork while increasing communication
within and across job families, as well as being
significant in developing job satisfaction.
Organizing Your Workday for
Custodial/Maintenance Professionals
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: John J. Staab
Room 407
Learn how to handle the problems and challenges
faced by custodial and maintenance professionals.
Providing Quality Service on Your Job
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Samuel Hart
Room 406
Explore the need to understand who your “customers” are, both internal and external; why they
are important; and, why quality service provides a
positive opinion of your organization.
Room 406
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School Emergency Management:
Awareness, Prevention, and
Response
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m.
Presenter: Samuel Hart
Room 408
Maximize school safety by making quick and
timely decisions during the critical first 10 minutes of an emergency to ensure the safety and
comfort of students, faculty and support staff.
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Sexual Harassment in a School
Envionment
Room 408
With a focus on Title IX legislation we’ll describe types of sexual harassment; understand
“perception,” “reasonable person” standards, and
psychological impact; recognize signs, interventions, and response; and consider liabilities.
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Understanding and Addressing
Bullying Issues in Your School
Room 408
This presentation focuses on types of bullying and bullies and its impact on victims, observers and perpetrators. Action steps and strategies for administrators,
teachers, support staff and students are provided.
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NJREA
NJ Retirees’
Education
Association
NJREA: Moving forward...adapting to change
The New Jersey Retirees’ Education Association Convention will be held at the Trump Taj Mahal
on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and Thursday Nov. 6. All activities will take place in the Tiara Ballroom.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Vendor Fair
11 a.m. – noon
Member Information Session
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Allen Luncheon*
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Delegate Council Meeting
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Topic: Hot Button Issues
8 - 10 p.m.
NJREA Cocktail Reception
Thursday, Nov. 6
8 – 9:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet*
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
General Session:
Topic: Health Benefits Update
Presenter: NJEA staff
* In order to attend, you must make reservations in advance. See your September NJREA Newsletter for details.
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NJSEA
Educational Leadership:
What It Takes to Land Your First Job
ALL
NJSEA members are encouraged to attend a special workshop on
Friday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. “Educational Leadership: What It Takes to Land Your
First Job” will be held in Room 415 at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
Advantages of NJSEA membership
NJSEA gives college students every advantage of NJEA membership, including
free admittance to the NJEA Convention and all professional development
opportunities offered. NJSEA members are encouraged to visit the New
Member Lounge on the exhibit floor for networking opportunities.
In addition to receiving all NJEA publications, NJSEA members will have the
opportunity to attend the NJSEA Leadership Matters Conference on April 18, 2015.
Encourage student teachers to join
If you have student teachers or practicum students in your school,
or if you know any New Jersey college students enrolled in teacher
education programs, encourage them to join NJSEA.
How to join
For online membership registration, go to njea.org/NJSEA.
NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
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BREAKFAST, LUNCHEONS, AND HOSPITALITIES
Bergen
Thursday: 12 - 2 p.m.
Friday: 12 - 2 p.m.
(Sheraton)
Boulevard’s Cafe
Boulevard’s Cafe
BCEA, BCREA and invited guests only.
Camden
(Sheraton)
Hospitality Suite
Hunterdon
Los Amigos Restaurant
Members and guests
Middlesex
(Bally’s)
Ocean Ballroom
All county members invited, membership ID
required, no children under 16 years of age
Passaic
Thursday: 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(Caesar’s)
Palladium
PCEA, friends and invited guests
Somerset
(Sheraton)
Crown Ballroom III
Sussex
(Sheraton)
Thursday: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. States Boardroom
Union
(Sheraton)
Thursday: 12 - 2 p.m. Crown Ballroom III
UCEA members only.
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MEETINGS
Collegiate MENC Chapter Meeting
Friday: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Crown Ballroom I
(Sheraton)
Presenter: Richard Dammers
Discussion Forum on SGO’s and
Teacher Effectiveness
Thursday: 4:30 - 7 p.m. Presenter: Michael Fletcher
Room 410
Please join us for a discussion on SGO’s and teacher effectiveness. Sponsored by the New Jersey National Board
Teacher Network. Let’s spend some time reflecting on
accomplished teaching. Space is limited to 100 people.
Leading the Way in Evaluation Models Accomplished Teaching in the Classroom
Thursday: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Presenter: Michael Fletcher
Room 202
Teachers will participate in an interactive discussion
on Evaluation Models used in districts throughout New
Jersey and how the Five Core Propositions of National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards can help
them to define evidence of their accomplished teaching.
New Jersey All-State Band Procedures
Committee Meeting
Thursday: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Presenter: Albert W. Bazzel
Ambassador
(Sheraton)
who are considering careers as future teachers.
Students will attend a special program featuring
a distinguished speaker who will discuss the
rewards and challenges of teaching. Students will
meet their 2014-15 NJFEA student officers, share
happenings in their local NJFEA chapters, visit exhibits on the NJEA Convention floor, and network
with future teachers from around the state.
Questions? Contact Larry Fieber, NJFEA state
director, at 609-771-2464 or [email protected].
Note: Students must be registered and accompanied to this meeting by an NJFEA advisor, a
faculty member, or parent/guardian. To register,
go to www.oksignmeup.com/fea/tcnj.
Thursday: 12 - 2 p.m. Ambassador
(Sheraton)
Presenter: Kathleen E. Spadafino
NJMEA Executive Board Meeting
Friday: 8 - 10 a.m. TBD
When the location is determined, it will be posted
at njeaconvention.org
NJEA Delegate Assembly Meeting
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. New Jersey All-State Choral
Procedures Committee Meeting
what NJEA resources are available to members and
leaders for self-education, member education and
advocacy for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or
Questioning (LGBTQ) members and students. Space
is limited to the first 80 registrants. To register,
please visit http://tinyurl.com/146cut4 and fill in the
form. Registration for this event will be closed after 5
p.m. on Monday, November 3.
Room 202
The Delegate Assembly (DA), NJEA’s policy-making body, will discuss and take action on proposed
association policy. The DA will hear comments
presented by nondelegate members at 11 a.m.
Any NJEA member may speak before the DA at
that time as provided in the Rules of Procedure.
State Board of Education Meeting
Come ask questions and hear from members of
the State Board of Education. The State Board
of Education sets the rules needed to implement
state education law. Such rules cover the supervision and governance of the state’s public schools.
That includes your school, your students, and you!
NJEA Higher Ed Luncheon Meeting
New Jersey County College Association (NJCCA) Breakfast Meeting
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Ocean Pier
(Sheraton)
Breakfast meeting for NJCCA members only.
There will be a fee of $10 for non-NJCCA
members. To pre-register contact Kathy Malachowski at [email protected] or Herb Germann at
[email protected] no later than Oct. 31.
New Jersey Future Educators
Association (NJFEA) Meeting
Friday: 8:45 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presenter: Larry Fieber
Room 202
This session is offered to high school students
Friday 1 - 3 p.m. Pearl Ballroom 1
(Sheraton)
Join fellow higher education members for this
annual luncheon. Reservations are required.
To make a reservation, send a check for $29
payable to New Jersey Education Association; c/o
Beneficial Bank; PO Box 13661, Philadelphia, PA
19101-3661, or call 609-689-9580.
NJEA Sexual Orientation & Gender
Identity (SO&GI) Brunch
Thursday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The Gallery
(Sheraton)
LGBTQ: What Does it all Mean for NJEA Members
& Leaders? Please join the NJEA Sexual Orientation
& Gender Identity Committee for brunch to learn
Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund
Representatives from the New Jersey Division of
Pension and Benefits and the Division of Investment will present information about the Teachers’
pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) and answer your
questions.
Urban Ed Brunch
Thursday: 1 - 3:30 p.m. Presenter: Michael Kruczek
Room 202
Invitation Only event.
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STATE BOE/COMMISSIONER
State Board of
Education Meeting
Thursday • Room 202 • 3 - 4:30 p.m.
The New Jersey State Board of Education sets the rules needed to implement state education law. Such rules cover the supervision and governance of
the state’s public schools. That includes your school, your students, and you.
For example, the State Board is responsible for developing and approving the
regulations necessary to enact the new teacher tenure and evaluation law.
Take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions or bring issues forward
about education policy.
Commissioner
of Education
Friday • Hall A • 9:30 - 11 a.m.
New Jersey Acting Commissioner of Education David Hespe is the chief
executive school officer in the state and supervises all public schools. He
will discuss a full range of issues confronting education in New Jersey. Come
listen to the commissioner’s presentation, ask questions, and share your
perspective from the front lines.
Network in Your Field
Many statewide nonprofit organizations are affiliated with NJEA and
are members of the NJEA Affiliated Groups Council. Along with group
sponsored meetings at the NJEA Convention (see Page 31), many of
these organizations hold statewide conferences, in-service programs,
seminars, and workshops to upgrade members’ educational skills.
The affiliated groups at right will be available to meet with NJEA
members in Union Square at the end of Main Street NJEA.
In addition, NJEA has dozens of committees that address members’
professional and advocacy priorities. Members of those committees will
be found throughout Main Street NJEA. Several committees will have
stand-alone tables on Main Street NJEA at Union Square. These include:
Exceptional Children
Human Rights
Minority Leadership and Recruitment
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Urban Education
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Vocational Education Career and Technical Ed
Women in Education
Worksite Safety and Health
Youth Services
• Art Educators of N.J.
• Association of Student Assistance Professionals of N.J.
• Foreign Language Educators of N.J.
• N.J. Science Teachers Association
• N.J. Association of School Psychologists
• N.J. Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• Education of Family & Consumer Sciences
• N.J. Association for Gifted Children
• N.J. Council of Teachers of English
• N.J. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/Bilingual Educators
• N.J. Cooperative Education Association
• Speech & Theatre Association of New Jersey
• N.J. School Counselors Association
• N.J. Association of Learning Consultants
• Association of Mathematics Teachers of N.J.
• N.J. Association of School Librarians
• N.J. Association of School Social Workers
• N.J. Business/Technology Education Association
• N.J. Council for Exceptional Children
• N.J. Association of Speech Language Specialists
• N.J. Council for the Social Studies
• N.J. State School Nurses Association
• New Jersey Reading Association
• Career and Technical Education Association of N.J.
TEACHER EVALUATION
If your district is using the Danielson Model
for teacher evaluation, you won’t want to miss
this presentation from Stefani Hite.
Dr. Stefani Hite is a former teacher (kindergarten
through graduate school) and administrator who now consults with schools, districts, learning associations and state
departments to further educational practice with a strategic
focus on encouragement and support of professional growth.
Hite is working with NJEA to assist members with the
transition to the new evaluation system.
Nuances of Working with the Danielson Model
for Teacher Evaluation
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Room 303
Room 303
The Danielson Framework for Teaching describes a set of knowledge and skills that can be used to
help teachers achieve high standards of professional teaching practice. However, a cursory knowledge of the model is insufficient for success. This session will focus on the observable components,
highlighting often confusing differences among them. In doing so, teachers will develop strategies for
pushing their practice and striving for highly effective instruction.
In addition, the following NJEA Convention workshops will offer
a focus on teacher evaluation. The pages identify where you
can find workshop descriptions as well as times and locations.
Teacher Evaluation
Achieving Success Through Collaboratively Managing
SGOs and Educator Evaluation
Page 38
Assessing Student Growth and in the Music
Page 38
Classroom
Building the Healthy Classroom
Page 40
The New Face of School Counselor Evaluation Page 52
Overview of Connected Action Roadmap: An Aligned and
Coherent Process for School Improvement Page 53
SGOs and the First Minutes of Instrumental Rehearsals
and Lessons
Page 56
Don’t Worry, Be Appy: Increase Evaluation Scores and
Student Engagement
Page 42
Teacher Evaluation: Behind the Scenes Work
Page 56
(Professional Responsibilities)
Evaluation: Making it Happen FOR you, not TO you! Page 44
Teaching Methods that Lead to Successful
Evaluations
Let’s Talk Evidence of Accomplished Teaching Page 49
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STUDENT ASSESSMENT
You won’t want to miss Grant Wiggins’
special presentation on student assessment.
Dr. Grant Wiggins is the president of Authentic Education in
Hopewell, N.J. Grant consults with schools, districts, state and national education departments on a variety of reform matters. He is co-author, with Jay McTighe, of Understanding By Design, the award-winning series of resources used all over the world, published by the
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. His work
is grounded in 14 years of secondary school teaching and coaching.
Grant taught English and electives in philosophy. Grant is the author
of Educative Assessment and Assessing Student Performance.
Assessment for Learning/Assessment of Learning
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Hall A
Throughout this anchor session with Grant Wiggins, participants will explore the purpose and characteristics of effective and engaging formative and summative assessment. Collaborative exploration
and discussion will allow participants to discover the power of, and techniques to, check quickly for
student understanding and to craft engaging tasks that probe and deepen learning.
In addition, the following NJEA Convention workshops will offer a focus on student assessment.
The pages identify where you can find workshop descriptions as well as times and locations.
Assessment
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Assessing Student Growth and in the Music
Classroom
Page 38
Assessment Design for Understanding:
Performance Tasks
Page 39
Assessment: What’s It All About?
Page 39
Overview of Connected Action Roadmap: An Aligned and
Page 53
Coherent Process for School Improvement
Don’t Worry, Be Appy: Increase Evaluation Scores and
Student Engagement
Page 42
Quality Health and Physical Education: Curriculum,
Page 54
Instruction, and Assessment
Effective Feedback
Page 43
Engaging Resources and Rigor in a StudentCentered Classroom
Page 43
How to Teach Vocabulary: It’s More Fun
than You Think
Page 47
If That’s the Goal, What Follows for Assessment? Page 47
Page 55
Teach Your Students to PARCC: Close for Success Page 56
Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Understanding Page 44
Technology and Assessment: A Marriage
of True Minds
Page 57
Google Drive in the World Languages classroom Page 46
Write On Art? Right On!
Page 59
How to Prepare Students for PARCC through Your
Existing Curriculum
Page 47
The Write Way to PARCC
Page 59
COMMON CORE
As teachers and paraprofessionals continue to
make the shift to the Common Core, Harvey Silver
will share strategies for teaching to the standards.
Dr. Harvey Silver and the late Richard W. Strong founded Silver
Strong & Associates (SSA) in 1974. Through SSA, Silver has conducted
thousands of professional development programs for schools, districts,
and state education organizations. With Strong, Silver developed The
Thoughtful Classroom,™ a professional development program dedicated to “Making students as important as standards.” With Matthew
J. Perini (SSA’s Director of Publishing and Content Development) and
hundreds of educators, Silver developed The Thoughtful Classroom
Teacher Effectiveness Framework, a comprehensive system for observing, evaluating, and refining classroom practice.
Strategies and The Common Core: Making the Critical Connections
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 302
Room 302
Participants will be introduced to six strategies that teachers can use to develop Common Core skills,
particularly Reading for Meaning, and explore challenges in addressing the new standards.
In addition, the following NJEA Convention workshops will offer a focus on the Common Core State
Standards. The pages identify where you can find workshop descriptions as well as times and locations.
Common Core
Financial Fitness For Life: Money Management for
Page 44
Middle School Students
Pinterest: A Gold Mine for English Language
Page 53
Arts Teachers
Art and the Common Core State Standards Page 38
Freire Cultural Circles: Promoting Critical Literacy
within the Common Core
Page 45
Play 2 Learn
Assessment Tools for Helping Students Climb the
Common Core “Staircase”
Page 39
Close Reading for the Common Core In Digital Texts
Page 40
How to Teach Vocabulary: It’s More Fun than
Page 47
You Think
Let’s Put Caring and Social-Emotional Learning
Into the Common Core
Page 49
Page 53
Playdough Economics: Helping Students Build a
Real-World Financial Base
Page 53
A Stress Free Way to Common Core Math and PARCC
for K-12
Page 56
The Common Core Inside the World
Language Class
Page 40
MAFF II: Math Activities for Fun
Common Core and the National Archives
Page 40
The Marriage of Fiction and Nonfiction: Developing
Deeper Understanding
Page 50
Teaching the Scientific Literature Review:
Collaborative Lessons for Guided Inquiry
Mathematics Instruction: What Can be with the
Common Core
Page 50
Teaching with Primary Sources Using the Library of
Congress Website
Page 57
Multicultural Nonfiction and the Common Core Page51
Visualizing the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematical Practice
Page 59
Common Core Fitness Connections: Energize Your
Curriculum!
Page 40
Connecting Engaging Nonfiction to Common Core in
the Classroom
Page 41
Creating a Culture of Motivated Readers
Creativity and the Common Core:
It’s Not Oil and Water
Page 41
Page 41
Page 50
Narrative and Expository Writing: The Backbone of
the Common Core
Page 52
Non-Negotiable Pedagogy and the Common Core
State Standards
Page 52
Tales from Traveling Teachers: Studying the
Page 56
Holocaust in the Classroom
Writing and the Common Core:
How to Do It All
Page 57
Page 59
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NEW MEMBER LOUNGE
Visit the New Member
LOUNGE
Thursday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Have you been an NJEA member for five or fewer years?
Are you a member of the New Jersey Student Education Association?
If either of those apply to you,
stop by the New Member Lounge
and step inside for exclusive
offers, information and fun.
The New Member Lounge will
have refreshments—including a
popcorn machine.
There’s a photo booth where
you and your friends can snap
some fun convention memories.
They’ll be plenty of seating if
you’re looking for a place to relax.
Once inside, you’ll learn more
about what NJEA has to offer.
You’ll also learn about NJEA
Cares, which is a program that
gives NJEA locals the opportunity
to engage with charities and nonprofit organizations to develop
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partnerships and instill community pride. Learn about how
NJEA Cares can help you support
some great New Jersey-based
charities and suggest your own
charitable causes and interests.
NJSEA members can meet the
new student officers here and
learn about upcoming conferences and workshops that will
help you land your first job.
To find the New Member Lounge walk down
Main Street. After you pass
Union Square, turn right.
Or just look up for the
New Member Lounge banner
hanging from the ceiling.
CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
ContinuingEducation
Programs preceded by a check are eligible for credit toward your professional
development requirement. You will receive a professional development certificate for each session you attend. The information that follows will help you
get the most out of all the quality professional development experiences this
year’s convention has to offer.
What counts toward the professional development requirement?
Professional learning programs
sponsored by NJEA are acknowledged
for their high quality and relevance
to improving educational practice.
Most of the professional development
experiences described in this booklet
are eligible for credit toward the
continuing education requirement.
Activities that are not related
to your teaching practice and/or
school and students’ needs do not
fit the “what counts” criteria.
Time you spend working with
other teachers at the Great Ideas
Forum—for example— may count if
you are working on a goal that is in
your approved Professional Development Plan (PDP). NJEA cannot issue
professional development certificates
for visits to exhibitors, the Great Ideas
Forum, or the Technology Integration
Showcase, and similar programs.
However, NJEA has put a procedure in place to assist members in
documenting time spent in High
Tech Hall. See Page 10 for details.
Documenting your professional
development experiences
NJEA will provide members who
attend workshops, seminars, and other
eligible professional development
(PD) experiences with an official
program certificate. The certificate
will include a brief description of the
program, length of program, and date
attended. To receive the certificate,
members must be present for the entire program and complete the evalutation form attached to the certificate.
Members are urged to keep their
PD certificates in a safe place. These
certificates prove you participated
in an approved PD experience.
Whether the experience will count
toward an individual’s PD hours
will depend on the goals specified in that individual’s PDP.
To help safeguard their certificates, members can pick up an
attractive, sturdy portfolio at the
PD booth in the NJEA Services
Center on the exhibit floor.
Electronic transcripts
NJEA offers members an opportunity to retain an individual, confidential electronic transcript through the
Members Only section of njea.org for
certain NJEA statewide PD activities,
including the NJEA Convention.
At the NJEA Convention, members’
participation in all convention PD
workshops will be uploaded into
their individual NJEA electronic
transcripts, if the program evaluation form is properly completed.
Once entered, transcript information is retained for seven years.
Arrive early
NJEA expects a large turnout at this
year’s convention. To meet this antici-
pated demand, we have made a special
effort to add more qualified experiences and, where possible, larger venues
to this year’s array of fine programs.
Nevertheless, you may find that you
will not be able to get into all programs
and/or presentations. Please make
note of a second-choice program.
“What if my district requires
me to be at my school on NJEA
Convention days?”
New Jersey law provides certain
school employees—teaching staff
members, secretaries, and office
clerks—the opportunity to be absent from school for the purpose
of attending the convention.
N.J. Statute 18A:31-2 states, “Whenever any full-time teaching staff
member or any school district or any
secretary or office clerk applies to the
board of education for permission to
attend the Annual Convention of the
New Jersey Education Association,
such permission shall be granted for
not more than two days in any one
year; and they shall receive full salary
for days of actual attendance upon
filing with the secretary of the board a
Certificate of Attendance, signed by the
Executive Secretary of the Association.”
Certificates of Attendance are
distributed on the main exhibit floor
in the rear of Hall B on Thursday and
Friday only.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
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Academic and Behavior Interventions
With Autism Spectrum Disorder Students
Addressing Pressures of Stress for
Teachers, Students and Staff
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Room 304
Presenters: Patrick O’Halloran,Thomas Massarelli
Sponsor: NJ Association of School Social Workers
Presenter: Natalie C. Haiken
This interactive workshop will provide positive
approaches and strategies that can reduce the
negative effects of stress, both professionally and
personally.
Participants will learn empirically based interventions to address the learning and behavior needs of
students with autism spectrum disorder.
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NJEA member-authors will have their
books available for sale and share
advice on how to get your writing
published. You’ll find them in Aisle 28.
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Achieving Success Through
Collaboratively Managing SGOs and
Educator Evaluation
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenters: Dean Auriemma
Authors’ Alley
Room 303
Learn how one New Jersey district used teacher
insights to implement a plan for developing meaningful SGOs, evaluating classroom practice and
targeting professional development that worked for
administrators and teachers.
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Ahhh...Remove Stress from Yourself
and Your Class with YOGA
Presenters: Amy Orrell-Branco, Debby Kaminsky
Learn fresh ways to relax, self-regulate, focus and
energize yourself and your students. Gain enjoyable
classroom management tools. Enhance curriculum.
YOGA = You Only Get Awesome. It’s for everyone.
Art and the Common Core State
Standards
Presenters: Barbara Bassett, Rebecca Mitchell
Works of art, multilayered and complex, are ideal
tools for teaching with the CCSS. Discussing and
responding to art asks students to interpret, analyze,
infer, cite evidence, and revise ideas.
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The Art of Video Games
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Archaeology and the Lenape People
ADAPT2win: Explode Your
Athletes Forward
Presenters: Tony Decker, Kate Decker
Design workouts to keep your players on the field
performing at a higher level. Learn drills, proper
techniques and program design to enhance athletic
performance and reduce risk of injury.
Presenters: Gregory Lattanzi, Beth Cooper
Study prehistoric Native Americans through history,
science and Common Core standards. Through
hands-on artifacts and pictures, explore the State
Museum’s archaeology exhibit, New Jersey’s
Original People.
Sponsor: Art Educators of NJ
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 417
Presenter: Debbie Greh
A video game is a passage through an experience;
visuals and music and poetry all wrapped up into a
single package. Explore the connections between art
and video games.
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ADD/ADHD: Is There An Underlying
Vision Problem?
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Moshe Roth
Room 408
Vision problems may give rise to symptoms identical
to ADD/ADHD. Solving the underlying problem
enables the child to read and learn more effectively,
reducing or eliminating the associated behaviors.
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Argumentation: Using Debate to Help
Students Find Their Voice
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenters: Dee Burek, J.M. Tansey
Hs
Room 316
Presenters will teach attendees the basics of
debate. After listening to the lessons, the room will
become a middle school debate class with everyone
engaged in speaking.
Hs
Assessing Student Growth in
the Music Classroom
Sponsor: NJ Music Educators Association
Presenter: Keith W. Hodgson
This session will focus on Music Assessment
Portfolios and sharing of Music Specific Student
Growth Assessments. Instrumental and music theory
samples with many years of successful application
will be presented.
NJCCCS CATEGORIES - (Ae) Affective Education, (Bp) Instructional Strategies/Best Practices, (Cc) Cross Content/Interdisciplinary,
(Ce) Career Education/Life Skills, (La) Language Arts/Literacy, (Ma) Mathematics, (Pe) Comprehensive Health/Physical Education,
(Sc) Science, (Ss) Social Studies, (Te) Technical Literacy, (Vp) Visual and Performing Arts, (Wl) World Languages
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Assessment Design for Understanding–
Performance Tasks
Presenter: Authentic Education Consultant
This session builds upon the anchor session, providing
participants with a deeper understanding of the power
of performance tasks. Participants will explore a variety
of performance-based assessment tasks, from all content areas and grade levels and aligned to the Common
Core, and begin designing their own performance assessment that deepen students’ understanding as well.
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Assessment: What’s It All About?
Sponsor: Association of Math Teachers of NJ
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 418
Presenter: Neil D. Cooperman
Assessment and grading are different. A hands-on
activity will lead to better understanding of assessment and how it leads to better student understanding and informed instructional practice.
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Benefits of a Well Designed Peer
Counseling Program
Sponsor: Association of Student Assistance
Professionals of NJ
Presenter: Phillip Lester
Peer counseling offers a proactive approach for
addressing multifaceted needs of ninth graders and
fragile students in need of positive peer connections
while transitioning to the challenges of high school.
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Auditory Processing Disorders:
Behaviors, Diagnosis and Management
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Assessment for Learning/Assessment
of Learning
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Grant Wiggins
Hall A
Throughout this anchor session with Grant Wiggins, participants will explore the purpose and characteristics of
effective and engaging formative and summative assessment. Collaborative exploration and discussion will allow
participants to discover the power of, and techniques
to, check quickly for student understanding and to craft
engaging tasks that probe and deepen learning.
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Robert Disogra
You’ve heard and read about auditory processing
disorders (APD). Now hear from an audiologist who
has “survived” his APD. Learn how to identify and
manage children in your classroom.
Assessment Tools for Helping Students
Climb the Common Core “Staircase”
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Harvey Silver
Autism Support Teacher
Main Street NJEA
Want to know how your NJEA dues work
for you? Visit Main Street NJEA—right in
the center of the exhibit floor—to learn
all about the programs offered by NJEA.
Best Children’s Books of 2014
Sponsor: NJ Reading Association
Presenters: Lace S. Cassidy, Allan A. De Fina
Participants will learn about the newest nonfiction
and fiction titles in children’s literature and will
receive valuable ideas on how to use the books in
their classroom curriculum.
Pe Pkt
Room 402
Learn effective academic, social, communicative,
and behavioral interventions for students with
low-functioning autism on grades PreK-12.
Room 302
Participants will learn how to view the Common
Core as a staircase progression of standards before
exploring a four-step approach for assessing and
developing students’ skills using instructional tools.
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Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Victoria C. Flack
Bp Pkt
Room 416
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Brain Injury in Students
Sponsor: NJ State School Nurses Association
Presenters: Laura Jacobs, Barbara Leech
An overview of brain injury will be presented. Included brain injury in school, effects of brain injury,
accommodations, strategies to assist students and
programs offered by BIANJ.
Be Compelling!
Listen and Be Listened To
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Sandra Bodin-Lerner
Room 402
Learn techniques to improve your ability to listen
to students and others and ways to communicate
so students—and others—can listen to you more
effectively.
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Bring Engagement to a Lesson with
Nearpod
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Daniel J. Gallagher
Room 414
Using Internet enabled devices, Nearpod allows
teachers to push out interactive slides to students.
Teachers will see real-time data collected and have
access to a PDF report.
TARGET AUDIENCE - (Ele) Elementary, (Sec) Secondary, (Pkt) PK-12, (K-T) K-12, (#-T) Grade # to 12, (#-#) Grade Levels,
(Ear) Early Childhood, (Ms) Middle School, (Hs) High School, (Hig) Higher Education, (Stu) Students
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Bringing Respect Back to Schools:
Making Miracles in the Classroom
Close Reading for the Common Core In
Digital Texts
Common Core Fitness Connections:
Energize Your Curriculum!
Friday: 1 - 4 p.m. Presenter: Ron Shuali
Room 402
Presenters: Sarah Amador, Michele A. Higgins
Learn three proven and immediately effective
methods to instantly stop negative behaviors and
transform behavior concerns into classroom leaders.
Prepare students for the challenges of close
reading-—understanding author’s purpose as well
as text structures-—using digital texts and raise the
rigor of your instruction.
Sponsor: NJ Association for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation & Dance
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Hall D
Presenter: Susan M. Toth
Get students moving immediately, keep them
motivated and offer students a challenge. Learn new
ways to teach basic fitness concepts that emphasize
creative thinking, respect, cooperation and positive
competition.
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Bringing Safe Routes to School to
the Classroom
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Hall D-6
Presenters: Jenni Laurita, Nora Shepard
This session will describe how Safe Routes to
School can be integrated into the classroom, including bicycle and pedestrian safety and walking and
bicycling to school to promote physical activity.
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Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Hall D-4
Presenter: Amy Otey
Exploring the connection of physical activity in
the classroom and how that enhances academic
performance. Focus on SGOs, classroom activity
breaks and cross-connection lesson plans with tools
for teachers.
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Presenters: Nancy L. Clasen, Hillary B. Colton
We will sing through octavos appropriate for SATB,
SAB, TTB, SSA and SSAA.
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Co-operative Education:
A Viable School-to-Work Model
Sponsor: New Jersey Cooperative Education
Association
Presenter: Susan J. Stinson
Educators will explore the educational model of
co-operative education and its implications as our
students transition to the work world.
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Computer Science Education:
Good for our Students and our State
Presenters: Mayra S. Bachrach, Daryl R. Detrick
In 2020, there will be one million more computing
jobs than qualified candidates in America. Explore
how we can help our K-12 students take advantage
of these opportunities.
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The Common Core Inside the World
Language Class
Sponsor: Foreign Language Educators of NJ
Presenter: Glennysha Jurado-Moran
Take a look at the American Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages’ Common Core alignment
document, the PARCC and how this translates
into classroom instruction from novice through
pre-advanced.
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Choral Reading Session
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Concussion in the Classroom
Presenters: Sarah Allen, Laura Jacobs
Each student returning to school following concussion will have challenges unique to them. This
workshop provides in-depth information about the
academic challenges and strategies to address
these challenges.
Hundreds of Exhibitors
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Common Core and the National
Archives
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Chris Zarr
Pe Pkt
Room 312
Teachers will be learn about the nonfiction
resources of the National Archives and explore
strategies for reading informational texts and writing
arguments, narratives, and informative texts for the
CCSS.
Need ideas for field trips and fundraisers?
Looking for graduate school programs?
Want to peruse the latest materials for
top publishers and vendors? They’re all
found in the Exhibit Hall. You can look
them up on your NJEA Convention Mobile
App or at njeaconvention.org.
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The Connected Classroom:
Building Rapport to Increase
Student Achievement
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Allison J. Weigel
Room 320
Learn practical methods for creating an environment
of respect and rapport. Reduce behavioral issues
and absences in a classroom where all students feel
connected to you, each other and curriculum.
Could Your Students Be Victims of
Trafficking?
Presenters: Jeannette Collins, Alysha Riley
We’ll explore trafficking: Its applicability to students
of all ages and New Jersey locations; vulnerability
of the young; the impact on students and educators
and how to be effective responders..
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Connecting Engaging Nonfiction to
Common Core in the Classroom
Sponsor: NJ Association of School Librarians
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 314
Presenter: Linda Bozzo
Nonfiction children’s author Linda Bozzo discusses
how engaging, nonfiction picture books can be
integrating into the classroom to meet Common
Core State Standards.
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Sponsor: NJ Association of Speech Language
Specialists
Presenters: Ruth R. Blackman, Joann O. Westreich
Are you a speech-language specialist just entering a
school position? Come learn about NJ Code, forms,
RtI/I&RS, evaluations, report writing, IEPs, best practice, goals and objectives, SGOs, and much more..
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Constructive IEP Meetings:
Tips for Teachers
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Patrick O’Halloran
Crash Course for the New SpeechLanguage Specialist in Schools
Room 304
Participants will learn how to provide constructive
input for IEP development. Participants will learn
causes of conflict with parents and appropriate
techniques to prevent and deal with it.
Pe Pkt
Coping with Suicide: A Practical
Example of Postvention in Action
Presenter: Susan M. Tellone-Mccoy
This workshop will provide a case history of a suicide cluster, describing what happened, what made
things worse and the practical take-away.
Presenters: Janie J. Brown, Linda Bubalis
Learn methods for helping students monitor their
comprehension. These strategies will address the
Common Core State Standards. The goal is to create
an environment of independent, authentic, and
critical readers.
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Creating Engaging Culture Content
Presenter: Noah Geisel
This workshop will provide attendees with time and
guided instruction to create and collaborate. Bring
your laptop and be prepared to make awesome
happen!
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Creative Activities for Narrative Writing
Sponsor: Speech & Theatre Association of NJ
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 420
Presenter: Carmine Tabone
Participants will experience a series of creative
strategies that develop character, setting, narrative
and presentation. As a result of the work, students
become more motivated to write and comfortable
presenting.
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Creative and Efficient Lighting for
School Plays and Musicals
Presenters: Michael Kimmel, Lisa Weinshrott
Participants will explore the artistic and technical
processes for lighting in the school auditorium. Tips
on going green and how to maximize your resources
will also be discussed.
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Creativity and the Common Core:
It’s Not Oil and Water
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Sharyn C. Fisher
Room 416
This presentation will focus on the role of creativity
in the elementary school classroom and will offer
specific ways to incorporate it into the Common
Core.
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Dance!! Boys (and Girls) Just
Want to Have Fun!
Presenter: Barbara A. Muller
Motivate the boys to enjoy dance! You’ll learn combinations that will excite all of your students about
partner dancing. Come, dance, and get ALL your
kids on the dance floor!
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Dare 2B Cyber Safe:
Leading in the Technological Age
Do Recorders and Technology Play
Well in the Classroom?
Presenter: Keith Dunn
Room 421
Presenters: Graham Hepburn, Gregory Roman
What do you get when you combine the seriously
fun interactivity of QuaverMusic and your yearly
recorder emphasis? We will explore this and and
more in Quaver’s QK-5 Curriculum.
Room 414
This workshop is designed to provide a dynamic,
engaging, educational, and inspiring experience.
Social networking, cyber-bullying, texting/sexting
and being a leader in and out of the digital world.
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Dynamic Variable Resistance Training
and Suspension Training in Physical
Education
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Hall D
Presenters: Brianne Mahoney, Kelsey Hannan
Dynamic Variable Resistance Training and suspension training provides students with knowledge about
varied equipment that offers a total body workout.
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Dating Abuse: Enhancing the SchoolBased Response Toward Prevention
Sponsor: NJ Association For Health, Physical
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Hall D-3
Presenter: Nicole Morella
Participants will discuss the role schools can play as
part of our coordinated community response to teen
dating violence to promote victim safety, offender
accountability, and prevention efforts.
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Don’t Worry, Be Appy: Increase Evaluation
Scores and Student Engagement
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m.
Presenter: Nancy Evans
Hall D-1
Join a former County Teacher of the Year to learn
about student response apps and web tools that increase engagement and productivity while providing
instant assessment and celebration of student work.
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Design Education in the Classroom:
Lesson Ideas for You
Room 417
Presenters: Dawn L. Schwartz, Joseph M.
Schwartz
K-12 students entering the workforce in the 2020s
will need to know more about design than their
predecessors. Help them get a leg up with this informative session.
Do More with Less: Engaging Students
in Chinese
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m.
Presenter: Jonathan R. Bender
Room 305
Though often portrayed as an incredibly difficult
language, Chinese can actually be taught quite simply. This presentation will share classroom activities
aimed at maximizing student learning with refined,
comprehensible input.
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Dyslexia: It’s Not Just About Reading
Sponsor: Association of Learning Consultants
Thursday: 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Room 403
Room 304
Presenters: Gina M. Papeo, Rebecca A. Dieckmann
ADC___E!!! What’s missing? Your information on
dyslexia. Learn signs of emerging reading problems
combined with classroom interventions that can
be implemented to lessen the stress of classroom
reading demands. Meets state requirement for
two hours professional development on dyslexia.
The Dream Flag Project
Room 311
Presenters: Susan E. Passarella, Kristin A. Marmion
Design a flag to display your dreams. Join schools
internationally as we connect our flags for the
Dream Flag Project: a poetry and art project for
dreamers of all ages.
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Driver Education: Fun in the Classroom
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Hall D-2
Presenters: Michael R. Munley, Tamara Floruss
In this session, participants will be introduced to
hands-on activities to make driver education fun and
relevant.
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Early Investing: The Importance of
Financial Literacy
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Presenter: Mike Zisa
Room 420
Learn how to promote financial responsibility in the
classroom. Topics include budgeting, living within
your means, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds,
dividend reinvesting, and diversification. Interactive
activities are introduced.
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Econocopia
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Presenters: Douglas Young
Room 305
Introduce “The Economics of Seinfeld’ and other
engaging games and lessons from websites which will
spruce up your classes. Compound calculators, videos,
and online games for math, business, and economics.
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Eco-Schools USA: Authentic Learning
that Improves the Natural Environment
Elementary/Middle School Choral
Reading Session
Sponsor: NJ Association of Environmental
Educators
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 318
Presenter: Jennifer Dowd
Learn to use the Eco-Schools’ framework to lead
transformative change in your school for student-driven learning that increases student achievement, reduces operating costs, and improves the
built and natural environment.
Presenter: Christine C. Sezer
Selections presented will focus on choral methods/
techniques and muticultural styles that are appropriate for the elementary/middle school. All selections
have been “tried and proven” by the presenter.
Educational Leadership:
What It Takes to Land Your First Job
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Marguerite Schroeder
Room 415
Are you prepared to secure a teaching position in
these tough economic times? What sets you apart?
We’ll help you prepare for your first interview and
first day of teaching. (Note: This workshop is for
NJSEA members only.)
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Empowering Readers with Character
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Melissa J. Collesano
Effective Feedback
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m Room 403
Effective learning cannot happen without frequent,
accurate feedback. In this session, participants
will explore what feedback is and isn’t (advice and
praise) and engage in opportunities to practice
providing effective feedback to students and staff.
Room 313
Learn ways to incorporate and demonstrate
positive character traits in your classroom that will
encourage students to become productive members
of society.
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Elizabeth Neumann
Room 318
Become more successful in your work with individuals on the spectrum through a clearer understanding of ASD and practical, evidence-based strategies
that address their complex and unique needs.
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Presenters: Daniel Cullen, Kristine L. LiguoriNazzal
Join County Teachers of the Year to learn how
assessments can enhance a student-centered
classroom. Combine assessments with engaging,
standards-aligned instruction to increase student
performance.
Hs
Engage Us: What Happens When
Students Lead the Learning?
Engaging World Languages Students
with Culture
Presenters: Kathleen M. Assini, Yvette McBain
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Hall D-7
Presenter: Noah Geisel
Interest in culture is a great motivator and hook for
language learners. During this keynote, we will focus
on dozens of specific avenues to pursue authentic,
24/7 culture realia.
Join two County Teachers of the Year for a discussion and exchange of ideas examining the shifts
required to take a classroom from teacher directed
to student driven.
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Engaging All Learners
Effective Teaching Strategies for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this engaging, fun-filled professional learning,
participants will gain an understanding of how the
brain learns and strategies to engage students.
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Room 410
Engaging Resources and Rigor in a
Student-Centered Classroom
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Friday: 1 - 4 p.m. Presenter: Michelle O. Thompson
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Engaging Instructional Strategies
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Maryann Joseph
Room 407
In today’s classroom, every child should be an active
learner. Ways to engage all students in classroom
learning through Total Participation Techniques will
be shared in this presentation.
Enhance the Learning of Gifted and
Highly Capable Students
Sponsor: NJ Association for Gifted Children
Presenter: Nathan Levy
Proven ways to reach gifted learners in challenging
ways. Learn new strategies, specific ideas to help
pupils become better creative and critical thinkers,
and successful teaching and parenting techniques.
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Enhancing Literacy Learning Through
the Arts
Executive Dysfunction:
What Does This Really Mean?
Presenter: Thomas A. Chiola
This workshop focuses on using the visual and
performing arts to enhance literacy learning and
improve comprehension of texts of all types.
Friday: 1 - 4 p.m. Presenter: Ilyse Odesky
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Fine Motor Matters in Preschool and
Kindergarten-Aged Children
Room 312
This talk will describe the different areas of executive functioning and how they relate to a student’s
performance in the classroom.
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Essential Questions - Opening Doors to
Understanding
What role do questions play in teaching for understanding? How can we move beyond easy answers?
How can we use our time in the classroom to expand,
rather than constrain, student thinking? When are the
questions more important than the answers and what
might we learn about student understanding through
using essential questions in the classroom?
Evaluation: Making it Happen FOR you,
not TO you!
Presenters: Peter W. Mazzagatti, Diane M. Cummins
Join two former County Teachers of the Year and
discuss making the most of the evaluation process,
focusing on aspects occurring outside of the classroom: planning, preparation and professional practice.
Excellence through Equity: Lessons
from Finland and the World
Thursday: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Presenter: Pasi Sahlberg
Hall A
School systems around the world are under pressure to
raise standards and close achievement gaps. Reforms
focus on rushing to improve the quality of schools rather than to patiently help all students succeed. Sahlberg,
a Finnish educator, believes that many countries education policies and practices are on wrong track. Come
hear Sahlberg’s proposals to get us on the right track.
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Form, Content, Strategies, Tools
Sponsor: Learning Forward
Presenters: Kimberly Honnick, Bruce Preston
This module focuses on structures and supports
teams need to accomplish goals. Facilitators will
learn about the stages of team development and
team roles that contribute to the team’s success.
Presenter: Norah L. Jones
This highly interactive session focuses on developing integrated, scaffolded lessons. Participants
define expectations and experience content and
tools to meet and assess each expectation, leaving
with a personalized instructional plan.
Financial Fitness For Life: Money
Management for Middle School Students
Presenters: Courtney D. Dover, Alana Coleman
Teach real-world financial concepts to six-eighth
graders, through activities on planning, decision-making and career skills. All lessons presented
are aligned to the Math and ELA Common Core
State Standards.
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Increasingly, children are entering kindergarten with
a wide variation in fine motor ability. This can affect
student learning. Learn how to address fine motor
difficulties in young children.
Facilitating Learning Teams to Get
Results
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Presenters: Laurie E. Donovan, Alison M. Hales
Ae Pkt
Fostering Resilience in the Classroom
for Grieving Children and Teens
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Connie Palmer
Room 411
Every year, 20,000 children in New Jersey
experience the death of a parent. Learn ways that
teachers can support students so their grief can be
transformed into resilience.
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Financial Fitness For Life: Teaching
Elementary Students that Money Matters
The Foundation of Effective Grant
Writing
Presenters: Sharonda Allen, Alana Coleman
Sponsor: NJ Council of Teachers of English
Presenter: Joseph S. Pizzo
Discover the foundation of effective grant writing
by using certain strategies and key terms. Discover
ways to network for success while avoiding common
mistakes and oversights.
Teach real-world financial concepts to third-fifth
graders through personal finance using games,
stories and role-playing. All lessons presented are
aligned to the Math and ELA Common Core State
Standards.
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The 4Cs + Differentiated Instruction =
21st-Century Learners
From Shootings to Fistfights:
Keeping Schools Safe
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Julie Norflus-Good
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Sarah E. Daly
Room 309
Participants will learn strategies on how to incorporate the 21st-century 4Cs (Critical Thinking,
Creativity, Communication and Collaboration) into
differentiated instructional activities. This model can
help all learners to succeed.
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Free Tools and Tactics to Transform
Driver Ed
Presenter: Pam Fischer
Learn how to leverage web-based resources and
free programs to transform driver education into an
engaging and dynamic class that motivates students
to make safe driving a priority.
Room 402
Based on early dissertation findings, this presentation aims to discuss a variety of contributing factors
to both large- and small-scale school violence.
Sponsor: NJREA
Presenter: Panel discussion
This discussion is intended for active members
considering retirement.
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Getting Ready for Retirement
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Fun Freebie Fluency Activities and
Much More
Sponsor: NJ Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages/Bilingual Educators
Presenter: Ivelis Sanfilippo
Participants will explore various activities, games
and ideas to improve reading fluency in English
and Spanish. The activities can be implemented as
whole group or in workstations.
Gifted 201: There’s More to Gifted Kids
Than Just “Smart”
Presenters: Carolyn J. Kottmeyer, Mark Kottmeyer
Learn gifted characteristics, testing, levels, social-emotional, sensitivities, underachievement, perfectionism, personality types and twice exceptional.
There’s more to “gifted” than just smarts. Find
educator support communities, Internet resources,
curricula, and books.
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Freire Cultural Circles: Promoting Critical Literacy within the Common Core
Presenters: Jory D. Samkoff, Kevin A. La Mastra
Participants will learn how Brazilian educator Paulo
Freire’s “Culture Circle” activity builds critical literacy
and empowers teachers and students through the exploration of themes that have significance in their lives.
Get Connected! Twitter and Pinterest
in the World Language Classroom
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Hall D-8
Presenters: Shannon L. Lorenzo, Noemi Rodriguez
Spending hours searching the web for authentic
resources? Learn how Twitter and Pinterest can enhance your classroom collaboration and professional
practice.
Gifted Program Design: Real World Application
Presenter: Kristin Baker
Elementary gifted education can be highly effective!
Our program meets NJDOE guidelines, combining
Renzulli (SEM), Gentry (TSCG), and Kaplan (depth/
complexity) models, with practical strategies for
differentiation, compacting and team teaching.
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Freshman Transition: Schoolwide and
within Health and PE
Presenters: Daniel H. Vander Molen, Rich P. Burton
The freshman year is a very challenging experience
for all high school students. Learn how our district
addresses this challenge with in-depth outreach and
a diversified health and PE program.
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Get Mad! Motivation and Differentiation for All Students
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Nicole Satchell
Room 320
Learn new ways to inspire students and build
rapport. You will leave with tools that you can use
for true differentiation for authenic and student-centered work.
Gone Google? Accessibility Tools for
Struggling Readers and Writers
Presenters: Randall A. Palmer, Jeffrey Greaves
Learn about assistive technology supports that
integrate with Google Apps for Education including
text-to-speech, word prediction, and more to help
students who struggle with reading and writing.
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Google Drive in the World Languages
Slassroom
Hands On, Minds On: Engaging
Students with Foldables
Hidden Costs of College: Why Students
have No Clue
Presenter: Dana M. Pilla
In this interactive session, learn how to create, store
and share activities and assessments in the world
language classroom through Google Drive on your
device or computer. Bring a device.
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Dennis Arms
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Douglas Young
Room 309
In this session participants will learn to build and
modify foldables--a 3-D, student-made, interactive
graphic organizer. This is an engaging way for
students to create a learning tool for themselves.
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Got 30 Minutes?
Presenters: Luis Bayona, Mary F. Devine
Let’s make each minute count in your elementary
world language class. Learn how to begin class, include “energizers,” and motivate the young learner.
Your creative wheels and you will move!
Calculate the real cost of college and see why student debt keeps climbing. Lessons include: making
choices, weighing costs and how the final price tag
usually includes debt obligations.
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Room 305
He Talks Funny: A Mother’s Journey
Hip Hop ABCs 2
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Jeanne Buesser
Sponsor: NJ Association For Health, Physical
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Hall D
Presenter: Arvin C. Arjona
By the end of this session, participants will comprehend intermediate levels of Breaking, Locking, Top
Rocking, King Tut, Vogue, Vintage Hip Hop, Lyrical
Hip Hop, and Waving.
Room 418
Learn about apraxia, a neurological speech disorder.
Discover its warning signs, available therapies, and
where to go for help.
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Greening Instruction
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Laura L. Gallagher
Room 307
The presentation includes ways to embed environmental education into the elementary school
curriculum. Discover the benefits of environmental
education. Resources will be provided.
Presenter: Tamara Floruss
In this session participants will receive hands-on
health lessons specific to high school that can be
adapted to the middle school.
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Growing Leaders
Presenters: Kimberly Honnick, Rosemary Seitel
Learn how to develop and support teacher leaders
to launch and sustain district initiatives. Using
teacher leaders as change agents helps create
a system that impacts professional and student
learning.
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Presenters: Danielle M. Kovach, Carl Blanchard
In a roundtable discussion format, participants will
discuss current trends and best practices with New
Jersey County Teachers of the Year.
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Help! My Kids Can’t Sit Still
Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m. Presenter: Michelle O. Thompson
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Room 410
In this engaging, fun-filled professional learning,
participants will gain strategies on how to keep
students engaged in order to minimize classroom
disruptions.
How a Rotation Can Work for CTE and You
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Mark E. Howie
Room 301
How breaking students up into a small group
rotation will encourage teamwork and success.
Presentation includes examples of how it works for
CTE, and can be adapted to any classroom.
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How Technology Drives Wall Street
Sponsor: NJ Business/Technology Education
Association
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 322
Presenter: Annaline Dinkelmann
Technology creates new opportunities and careers.
The presentation is a timeline look at the development of technology, how it changed the workplace,
and the way of doing business.
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How Vision Impacts Children with
Learning Disabilities, Autism, and
Dyslexia
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Moshe Roth
Room 408
Children with special needs, learning disabilities,
autism, and dyslexia may have an underlying vision
problem compounding those difficulties. Learn about
special eyeglasses. Addressing the vision issues
can facilitate learning.
Sponsor: Association of Learning Consultants
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 308
Presenters: Maureen T. Mahon, Heather Clowers
This presentation is a primer for prereferral
interventions, the referral process itself and special
education classification. It is designed for those who
are new to the I&RS and CST process.
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How to Maximize Student Learning
Outcomes
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Ken Nwocha
I&RS to IEP Alphabet Soup
Room 417
A research-proven method of creating learning
outcomes that are measurable and achievable will
be discussed. Examples of such practices will be
demonstrated.
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How Visual Processing Impacts
Reading and Learning
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Moshe Roth
Room 408
A child’s reading problem may have an underlying
vision component that glasses can’t solve. Learn
how visual processing and perception affect attention, concentration, reading, and learning. Solutions
will be discussed.
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How to Prepare Students for PARCC
through Your Existing Curriculum
Presenters: Paul Richards, Jeanne Clements
Learn how to tailor fiction lessons to PARCC questions and skills, teach informational literature and
tie it to classroom content, and prepare students for
writing tasks on the PARCC exams.
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Learn how to teach words and definitions so students remember what they learn. Discover retention
techniques for the academic vocabulary required by
the Common Core and PARCC.
Sponsor: NJ Business/Technology Education Assn.
Enhance learning with interactive iBooks Textbooks for
iPad. Create amazing textbooks for iPad with iBooks
Author. Access complete courses for iPad with iTunes U,
featuring multimedia, books, and educational content.
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How Wall Street is Driving Technology
Development
Association
Presenter: Annaline Dinkelmann
Technology creates new opportunities and careers.
The presentation takes a look forward and backward
on the development of technology, how it changed
the workplace, and the business of doing business.
How to Teach Vocabulary: It’s More
Fun than You Think
Presenters: Paul Richards, Jeanne Clements
iBooks Textbooks for iPad:
The Next Chapter in Learning
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I Want to Be A Teacher!
Presenters: Angela D. Wright-Yelverton, Joelle L.
Wagner-Lynch
Inspire amateurs! Revive vets! For the new or seasoned teacher, the presenter remembers the value of
being an educator, shares creative classroom strategies, and provides support for stress management.
If That’s the Goal, What Follows for
Assessment?
Teaching for understanding requires a shift from “coverage” - teaching and testing discrete facts and skills - to
one that emphasizes “uncoverage” of important, transferable ideas and processes. In this session, participants will
explore and engage with big picture goals and implications
for assessment as they reverse engineer assessments to
determine what students must know, understand, and be
able to do in order to experience success.
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iLead: 5 Must Have Leadership Skills
in Today’s Classrooms
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Peter A. Collesano
Room 316
The teacher has to be the leader of the classroom.
This talk will focus on how teachers can be the best
leader for the best results in their classrooms.
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Implementation of NJ Scholastic
Student-Athlete Safety Act
Integrating Speech Therapy in Special
Education Classrooms
Investment Fraud:
Do Not Let It Happen to You
Presenter: Christine De-Witt-Parker
This session will discuss the new state law aimed
at preventing sudden cardiac arrest in student-athletes. This presentation will review the requirements
imposed by the legislation.
Presenters: Danielle M. Kovach, Patricia J. Pietrzak
Sponsor: New Jersey Cooperative Education Association
Presenters: Theresa Hendricks, Arlene Ferris-Waks
The state securities regulator discusses investment
schemes and frauds and how investors can protect
themselves. Informs young investors how to safely
save and invest.
Integrated speech therapy can be a powerful tool for
students with deficits in communication. This workshop focuses on strategies for speech therapists and
teachers to collaboratively provide speech services.
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Increasing Student Effort
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenters: Stephen G. Barkley
Room 201
Tapping student effort and experiencing an important shift in perspective will create for teachers and
students alike learning that is productive, enjoyable
and sure to achieve results.
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Sponsor: Association Of Student Assistance
Professionals of NJ
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 414
Presenter: Andrew Yeager
Infusing Harrassment, Intimitation and Bullying-related themes into course content, bullying and
adolescent experience, clarifyling the role of the
teacher in complying with the Anti-Bullying Bill of
Rights, and simple strategies.
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Interactive Guided Reading: Making
the Most of Small Group Instruction
iPad Apps for the Music Educator
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 315
Presenters: Kenneth O. Kunz, Margaret O’Reilly
Looking to make your small-group guided reading
instruction engaging and exciting? Look no further!
In this workshop, participants will explore hands-on
activities sure to motivate all types of readers.
Presenter: Rachel L. Klott
Discover apps for your music classroom for all music teachers. These apps will help organize/manage
your daily routines throughout the year. All apps will
be projected onto the screen.
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Interdisciplinary Learning: Using Art
with English, Math, Science, History,
Psychology
Presenters: Douglas J. Depice, Amanda Jones
Using art, everyday images, and problem-finding
questions that unify ideas of the disciplines, make
learning imaginative, develop relationship-seeing
skills, and synthesize student knowledge into new
order and meaning.
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Inquiry and STEM Education
Sponsor: NJ Science Teachers Association
Presenters: Richard Close, Susanne Shaughnessy
How are Inquiry and STEM (science, techhnolgy,
engineering, and math) Education related? What can
you do to improve Inquiry and STEM Education in
your classroom?
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iSTEM in the 21st-Century Classroom
Sponsor: NJ Technology And Engineering Educators Association
Presenters: Stefani A. Kirk, Matthew A. Emmett
Learn what it means to integrate science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics. You will be introduced
to various ways to include project-based learning
regardless of your budget and students’ ages.
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Introduction to Behavior Education
Program Check In Check Out (CICO)
Sponsor: NJ Department of Education
Presenter: Perkie Cannon
Participants will learn how to design and implement
the research-based, positive behavior support of the
behavior education program intervention, CICO, for appropriate students, including students with disabilities.
Jazz to Hip-Hop Social Dance Time Machine
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Hall D
Presenter: Arvin C. Arjona
Participants will learn the basics of social dances
such as the Charleston, vintage jazz, line dances,
and Jersey Club in order to see the relationship of
jazz to hip-hop dances.
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Jumping Off the Page: Promoting
Literacy Through the Performing Arts
Laughing Really Matters for Teachers
and Students
Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m. Room 412
Presenter: Jamie Mayer, Terry Wincey
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Ron Owens
Come explore arts strategies that will actively
engage students. Through the use of drama,
movement, and music, students can increase their
developmental skills in sequencing, language and
vocabulary building.
The benefits of appropriate humor and laughter
enhance learning according to the American Psychological Association. Additionally, medical benefits
for teachers and students have been validated.
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“Just Let Me Survive Today”:
A Primer in Classroom Management
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Mark S. Richman
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Through a unique combination of games, incentives,
rules, humor, and brain-based study strategies, attendees will learn how to motivate students to enjoy
class and improve their exam results.
Learning Designs for Teams
Presenters: Cheryl Hewitt, Kimberly R. Tucker
No single method of professional development helps
educators build the knowledge and skills to reach every
student. This module focuses on recognizing learning
designs leading to improved teaching and learning.
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The Keys To Control
Presenter: Jason Friedman
Your students want to drive, but there’s more to
driving than accelerating and braking. Learning
car control and the physics behind it are essential
behind the wheel survival skills.
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The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching
and Learning through Movement
Sponsor: NJ Associationfor Health, Physical
Presenter: Michael S. Kuczala
Experience the six-part framework for using movement in
any classroom context including preparing the brain, providing brain breaks, supporting exercise and fitness, creating
class cohesion, and reviewing and teaching content.
Let’s Move Active Schools
Presenters: Kelly Graham, Susan M. Toth
Physically active students are better learners.
Discover ways you can incorporate physical activity
in your daily lessons and help your students achieve
their greatest potential.
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Let’s Put Caring and Social-Emotional
Learning Into the Common Core
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Maurice J. Elias
Room 309
Based on the February NJEA Review feature article,
this presentation shows how promoting social-emotional learning is an essential step toward Common
Core mastery and college and career readiness.
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Legal, Social, Psychological Concerns
Regarding Transgender Youth in K-12
Schools
Let’s Talk Evidence of Accomplished
Teaching
Presenters: Carol Watchler, Dr. Paula Rodriguez Rust
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Maryann Joseph
Transgender students are youth whose sense of themselves
as girls or as boys varies from others’ expectations based
on their biological sex. This workshop addresses policies
and strategies to ensure safe school climate for transgender
and gender nonconforming youth.
In today’s classrooms, teachers are participating in
evaluation systems dedicated to improving job performance. Hear how teachers can create artifacts
to show evidence of accomplished teaching that
improves student learning.
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Let’s Have Fun in Class Today
Presenter: Melanie Lynch
This session will have high-energy nutrition activities
that are skills based. Cross-curricular and literacy
strategies will be sprinkled into some of the activities.
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Linking Academics and School Wellness:
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Presenters: Sean M. Gustafson, Jessica Schaeffer
Healthy students learn better. Discover free customized support from the alliance’s Healthy Schools
Program, which promotes academic achievement
through wellness initiatives. The Alliance is a Let’s
Move! Active Schools partner.
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Presenter: Dr. Luann Voza-Shoebridge
Discover fun activities focusing on the Common
Core State Standards that stimulate students’ enjoyment of math. Those who attended this workshop
last year will find new activities this year.
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Making Differentiation Work for You
and Your World Language Students
Managing Change for Quality
Implementation
Presenter: Nathan Lutz
In this session, participants will learn a variety of strategies to easily differentiate instruction in their classrooms
to meet the needs of a diverse student population.
Presenters: Chris Rennie, Julie B. Glazer
This module focuses on how and why individuals
change practice. Change facilitators learn to support
adult learners in meeting the goal of improving
instruction to improve student achievement.
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Maintaining Diversity Across the
Multi-Level String Classroom
Presenter: Mary (Betsy) E. Maliszewski
Most elementary string classrooms reflect the diversity of the community; the challenge is maintaining that
diversity through high school. This session will investigate ways to promote retention while respecting all.
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Making Literature Come Alive in an
Early Childhood Classroom
Sponsor: NJ Association of Kindergarten Educators
Presenter: Jennifer Horling
Participants will be introduced to a variety of children’s
books and learn how to use inexpensive materials to create
story props which engage students in the retelling process.
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The Marriage of Fiction and Nonfiction:
Developing Deeper Understanding
Presenters: Joanne Jasmine, Edith Dunfee Ries
The Common Core requires an increase in nonfiction literature. In a multidisciplinary approach,
presenters will demonstrate activities coupling
fiction and nonfiction stories to improve fluency and
build greater content understanding.
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Make Your Classroom Run Like A
Well-Oiled Machine
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 412
Presenter: Danielle N. Miller
Theater exercises create a connected and comfortable learning environment. They allow students to
become motivated and emotionally connected in
class because they establish communication skills
that create more self-regulated learning.
Mobile App
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on the NJEA Convention mobile app.
Just click on the star for any programs
you plan to attend and they’ll be immediately added to you mobile schedule.
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Making Math Meaningful: Models
and Methods to Develop Conceptual
Understanding
Presenters: Donna L. Monck, Jack Wollman
Learners engage in research-based activities and
projects that develop understanding of measurement,scale drawing, perimeter, area, volume, etc.
Construction of 3-D models provide “real-life” application of concepts and increases understanding.
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Making the Standards for Professional
Learning Come Alive
Presenters: Jennifer B. Clemen, Vicki Duff
Understanding the Standards for Professional Learning
enables educators to create educator learning experiences to be able to improve instruction. Applying the
rationales in the standards ensures quality supports.
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Math Trails in the AMTNJ’s
Centennial Year
Presenter: Thomas P. Walsh
Math trails are a fun and educational way of exploring some of the cultural and historic places in New
Jersey. Participants will look at some trails made by
the presenter.
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Mathematics Instruction: What Can be
with the Common Core
Presenter: Robert J. Riehs
Participants will examine strategies used by some
New Jersey districts and also in some other states
to “not throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
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McGyver Science
Presenters: Linda L. Smith, Thomas Smith
No money for science supplies? Use everyday
items to make science come alive in these inquiry
and engineering design based demonstrations and
lesson plans.
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Model Units for Middle School English
Language Learners
Presenter: Margaret R. Churchill
This workshop presents an NJDOE model unit, with
emphasis on backwards unit design. Specific focus
will be on aspects of model lessons that directly
address CCSS and WIDA standards.
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 421
Presenter: Mary (Betsy) E. Maliszewski
Many factors influence the selection of method
books for the string classroom. Through a review of
current and established method books, participants
will identify characteristics that match student
needs.
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Tim Panebianco
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MOOCs and You: Maximizing Your
MOOC Experience
Presenter: Cordelia Twomey
Join us for a discussion of the nature and purpose
of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and how
to find the best MOOCs to meet your professional
development expectations.
Mindfulness in the Classroom
Presenters: Merjeme Duffy, Alexandra Hefferon
Attending this workshop will change your brain and
your teaching. Learn practical strategies to improve
attention, promote academic achievement, reduce
problem behaviors, and increase enthusiasm for
learning.
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Motivating and Mind-Boggling Multimedia: Building Background and
Enhancing Students’ Comprehension
Presenters: Kenneth O. Kunz, Maureen Hall
Teachers will explore multimedia tools and how they
connect readers with a multitude of texts. Teachers
will learn how to enhance student comprehension
through before, during, and after reading activities.
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Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Andrea Proctor
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Motivating Students with Autism
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Kamalathara Srikanth
Room 313
Discover innovative ways to incorporate New
Jersey’s heritage resources into the classroom. The
Morris Canal and Greenway can inspire learning
through exploration, hands-on activities, engaging
lesson plans and more.
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Multicultural Nonfiction and the
Common Core
Sponsor: NJ Association Of School Librarians
Presenter: Ellen Pozzi
Come and explore a variety of excellent multicultural
informational texts to use with the Common Core
State Standards.
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Muslim Arabic-Speaking Students in
the American Classroom
Mirror Image
Presenter: Jennifer Zerling
Learn classroom mirror-image activities that teach students optimal nutrition that they can teach their families.
Bring to life, “every child stronger, every life longer,”
empowering communities to live healthier lifestyles.
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Mountain Climbing Boats: Canals in
the Classroom
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Teacher-developed materials from the N.J. Center
for Teaching and Learning’s Progressive Science
Initiative (PSI) and Progressive Mathematics Initiative
(PMI) programs support high levels of student
achievement and are highly motivating.
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Method Book Madness: Choosing the
Best for Your String Classroom
Room 409
Learning as an enjoyable task for both teachers and
students: Learn to create situations and identify the
motivational operant that will make a significant
difference in your teaching style.
Presenter: Jory D. Samkoff
Do you work with Muslim Arabic-speaking students?
This presentation addresses the cultural, religious, and
linguistic diversity that exists within this population.
Come to learn more about these students and families.
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MVC Dialogue and Driver Education
Update
NJ’s First- through Third-Grade
Program Implementation Guidelines
Nuances of Working with the Danielson
Model for Teacher Evaluation
Hall D-3
Presenters: Michael Cox, Maureen I. Nussman
This presentation will provide driver education
teachers new resources, the latest research, GDL
updates, information from MVC, and more. Dialogue
with MVC representatives.
Room 315
Presenters: Elizabeth Vaughan,Vincent Costanza
As part of the Race to the Top Early Learning grant,
the NJDOE is developing First- through Third-Grade
Guidelines that are developmentally appropriate and
academically rigorous.
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Presenter: Dr. Stefani Hite
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Narrative and Expository Writing:
The Backbone of the Common Core
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m.
Presenters: Art Jureller, Dea Auray
Room 404
You’ll receive numerous annotated exemplars of
strong writing for classroom analysis with practical
tools that empower students to apply these skills in
their own writing.
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The New ACTFL Global Benchmarks:
We “Can-Do” More!
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Hall D-7
Presenter: Christopher Gwin
Let’s examine the new American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages can-do statements
and new lessons to enhance our thematic units, leading to increased proficiency for high school students.
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The New Face of School Counselor
Evaluation
Sponsor: NJ School Counselor Association
Room 321
Presenter: James J. Lukach
This workshop will provide an overview of the New
Jersey School Counselor Association’s School
Counselor Evaluation Model.
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The Danielson Framework for Teaching describes
a set of knowledge and skills that can be used to
help teachers achieve high standards of professional
teaching practice. However, a cursory knowledge of
the model is insufficient for success. This session will
focus on the observable components, highlighting
often confusing differences among them. In doing
so, teachers will develop strategies for pushing their
practice and striving for highly effective instruction.
99 Reasons to Put Letters on the Wall
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Presenter: Steve Wehrle
Hall D-4
The presenter will share 99 activities that simply
require the alphabet on the wall. Perfect for physical
education teachers looking to try new activities and
promote cross-curricular activities.
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New STEM Workshops at the New
Jersey State Museum
Presenter: Beth Cooper
Presenter: Robert Goodman
Hall D-5
Structural problems within the U.S. educational
system have proven to be significant obstacles to
preparing more students for STEM-related careers.
Discover how new “on-ramps” to STEM careers can
be integrated throughout P-20.
Room 305
In the Innovation Center students see paleontologists preparing fossils and participate in STEM related workshops focused on Earth and life science,
many in partnership with Liberty Science Center.
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Non-Negotiable Pedagogy and the
Common Core State Standards
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Room 320
Presenters: Robert J. Price, Jonathon M. Regan
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Oral Health Matters More Than
You Think
Room 404
Presenters: Beverly Kupiec-Sce, Carolyn R. Brink
The state Department of Health Children’s Oral
health Program will conduct an oral health
education training session addressing the role of
school nurse and classroom teacher in oral health
education.
This professional learning experience will explore
pedagogical imperatives associated with the Common Core State Standards. Teachers will have the
opportunity to explore implementation across the
curriculum and complementary technologies.
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Overview of Connected Action Roadmap:
An Aligned and Coherent Process for
School Improvement
Perfect Social-Emotional, Physical,
Critical Thinking Activity for Gifted
Kids: Geocaching!
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 317
Presenter: Patricia Wright, Donna McInerney
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 311
Presenters: Carolyn J. Kottmeyer, Mark Kottmeyer
Research shows nature reduces stress and hyperactivity, and sharpens problem-solving skills, yet
chidlren get little unstructured time outside. Gain
tools for geocaching: sharpen minds, tone bodies,
find peers, improve attitudes.
The CAR is a framework that provides a systemic approach
to school improvement that connects standards, instruction,
formative and summative assessments, and student
learning to the work of professional learning communities.
This framework guides implementation of the major reforms
including common core, PARCC and teacher and leader
evaluation. An underlying principle of the Roadmap is that
effective implementation of the reforms is not possible without the vital work of true professional learning communities.
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Farhana N. Shah
Room 416
This session will enlighten participants with information about Muslim students. Participants will gain
new understanding toward Islam and know how to
interact with Muslim students in their classrooms.
Room 312
English language arts teachers will learn how to
access and use hundreds of classroom-ready Common Core writing lessons, close reading materials,
high-interest research activities, and time-saving
organizational tips.
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Phonemic Awareness and Rapid Naming:
Foundations for Future Reading Success
Overview of Islam for Educators
Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Janice J. Malone
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Pinterest: A Gold Mine for English
Language Arts Teachers
Sponsor: NJ Association of Speech Language
Specialists
Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m. Room 313
Presenters: Joann O. Westreich, Ruth R. Blackman
Learn to differentiate between phonics and phonemic awareness. Understand an effective multisensory approach to phonemic awareness.
Sponsor: NJ Association of Kindergarten Educators
Presenters: Aimee K. Schneider, Jennifer Horling
This interactive, academic-based, technology-driven
workshop delivers current resources, applications,
websites and much more for early childhood educators. It will make direct connections to the Common
Core State Standards.
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Physics for All and Correcting the High
School Science Sequence
An Overview of Multisensory
Reading Strategies
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Nicole Gizzi
The Play MUST Go On: Theater Games
for the Classroom
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Room 312
Multisensory reading strategies will be demonstrated using a case study approach. Participants will
practice various parts of an Orton-Gillingham lesson.
Presented by The Center for Dyslexia Studies at
Fairleigh Dickinson.
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Tim Panebianco
Hall D-5
Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) methods and materials
support high levels of student achievement in a physics-chemistry-biology sequence. PSI has led to high levels
of Advanced Placement participation and passing rates.
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Peer Observations
Presenters: Stacey M. Musey, Mechele H. Forsman
Discussion on possible models of peer observation for
exchange and collaboration of teaching strategies.
Picking Up STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, The Arts, Technology)
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Jay Dugan
Presenter: Kathy Hendrickson
Kathy Hendrickson of Jersey City Children’s Theater,
will teach participants how to use Viola Spolin’s
Theater Games for the Classroom to engage students physically, intellectually, and intuitively through
improvisational play.
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Today’s kindergartners retire in 2073; meanwhile,
we can’t forecast the 2020 job market. STEM
careers could be lucrative if they infuse the arts to
lure creative, divergent thinkers.
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Playdough Economics: Helping Students
Build a Real-World Financial Base
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 307
Presenters: Nancy Sardone, Alana Coleman
Teach real-world economic concepts to students
(Grades 3-8) using modeling clay. All lessons presented
are aligned to the Voluntary National Content Standards
in Economics and ELA Common Core State Standards.
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Poetry, Art and Books in Motion
Presenter: Mychelle Kendrick
Encourage students to journal and write poetry while
creating a movable art book. With this clever book
inspire, your students to be creative, expressive and
original while incorporating multiple concepts.
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Practical Ideas for Improving Writing
and Critical Thinking
Puberty and Beyond: Strategies to Use
With Middle School Youth
This workshop will help teachers assist their students in developing fluency of writing and thinking.
They will develop options for problem-solving and
critical thinking while gaining time-saving strategies.
Presenter: Jessica Shields
Middle school teachers may wonder, “What new
strategy can I use to reach my students?” This
workshop explores developmentally appropriate
teaching strategies. Topics include healthy relationships, puberty, anatomy and reproduction.
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Positive Interventions for Students with
Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 321
Presenter: Perkie Cannon
Participants will learn a process to understand the
function of challenging behaviors and to develop
positive supports to address the needs of students
with disabilities in inclusive programs.
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Prevent Bullying and Improve Academic
Focus Through Social Emotional Learning
Sponsor: NJ Association of School Psychologists
Presenter: Erin Bruno, Dr. Sol B. Heckelman
This workshop will demonstrate a range of strategies for teaching students emotional regulation and
ways to infuse these skills within a wide range of
academic and real-life situations.
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Public and Permanent: Prevent Cyberbullying, Social Media Abuse and More
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Richard Guerry
Room 309
Obtain a guideline for preventing sexting, cyberbullying, irresponsible app use, poor social media
behaviors--damaging our digital legacy--and other
current and future cyber issues.
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Powerful Strategies to Enhance the
Learning of Gifted Students
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 310
This workshop explores proven ways to reach gifted
learners in challenging ways. Participants will leave
with new strategies and specific ideas to help pupils
become better creative and critical thinkers.
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Promoting and Selling Out School
Events
Presenters: Timothy Divito, Jason Goldstein
Learn professional marketing strategies to fill the
seats at your stage productions, concerts, basketball
games, fundraiser events, etc. Teach students how
to use advertising and publicity.
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Public Art in Public Schools:
Murals and More
Presenter: Lora Durr
Participatory public art is inspirational to a school,
leading to increased support for your program.
Murals are one option, but public art can be created
in a variety of materials.
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Promoting Love of Literature and Learning
with Projects and Collaboration
Education has evolved in the standard classroom
setting and online. With today’s technology it’s
highly important to understand the benefits of online
learning.
Presenters: Angela D. Wright-Yelverton, Joelle L.
Wagner-Lynch
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Mary Moyer, Peg Boyd
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Participants will gain insight for the application of literature-based instruction, co-teaching strategies, and the
integration of interdisciplinary projects in their curricula.
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Quality Health and Physical Education:
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Brendan O’Reilly
Room 413
The session will focus on the components of a
quality health and physical education program that
include a comprehensive curriculum, quality instructional methods, and mulitfaceted performance and
cognitive assessments.
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Questions for Life
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenters: Stephen G. Barkley
Room 201
Questions for Life focuses on critical thinking in core
subjects, textbook content, and real-life situations.
It works the way the brain works and provides a
roadmap for thinking.
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The Science of Biomes
Presenter: Gerard W. Telmosse
Participants will be given many activities to have
their students perform to get a more scientific
understanding of the major biomes with and the
science involved.
Presenters: Margaret A. Freeman, David Pinkus
Bp Pkt
Want to become highly effective in assessing your
students? Hear how formative and summative
assessments can be an ideal way to show that you
are a highly effective teacher.
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Reaching All Learners: The iPad in
Special Education
Sponsor: Association Of Learning Consultants
Discover how the iPad—and hundreds of special
education apps available for it—brings technology
to all learners, with built-in accessibility tools for
vision, hearing, physical/motor skills, and learning
disabilities.
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Science and Social Studies and
Technology Infusion
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 401
Presenters: Hildegarde I. Kress-Berhalter,
Peter J. Moran
Our presentation will implement 21st-century tools
in in science and social studies. You will receive the
knowledge and skills to make collaborative digital
science reports and worksheets.
The Secret to Effective Classroom
Management
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Randy Nathan
School Emergency Management:
Awareness, Prevention, and Response
Room 408
Maximize school safety by making quick and timely
decisions during the critical first 10 minutes of an
emergency to ensure the safety and comfort of
students, faculty, and support staff.
Scoliosis for School Nurses
Presenter: Kathy Abel
This lecture will describe current assessment and
screening for scoliosis as well as current treatment
protocols available for students with scoliosis.
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School-Based Learning Community
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Daniel Duca
Room 315
A community of educators who work together
collaboratively as adult learners to enhance their
teaching practices for the purpose of improving
student achievement within your school building.
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Presenter: Luzbette Russo
Explore how world langauge sensitive issues are
part of society and the place they have within classrooms. Learn how to prepare for controversial topics
and reflect on preparation techniques.
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Score Study: Revealing the
Composer’s Intent
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Christopher Thomas
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Sensitive Social Issues within the
World Language Classroom
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Room 312
Discover the secrets of a successful classroom.
Walk away with a new perspective on success
and the understand that challenges are learning
opportunities.
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Thursday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Samuel Hart
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Room 409
Participants will be guided through various processes of studying a choral score. Topics include
historical context, harmonic and phrase analysis,
and text as a means of creating meaningful rehearsal objectives.
Sexual Harassment in a School
Envionment
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Samuel Hart
Room 408
With a focus on Title IX legislation we’ll describe
types of sexual harassment; understand “perception,” “reasonable person” standards, and psychological impact; recognize signs, interventions, and
response; and consider liabilities.
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SGOs and the First Minutes of Instrumental Rehearsals and Lessons
Friday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Paul A. Balog
Room 419
Instrumental music teachers must primarily prepare
for performances. Incorporation of a single skill/
objective during the initial minutes of rehearsals or
lessons will build a solid foundation for consistent
student growth.
A Stress Free Way to the NGSS
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Michelle Lageman
Hall D-5
The Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) improves
K-8 student achievement through proven, effective
teaching practices and free digital curricula that are
aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Presenters: Mary K. Woods, Lindsay M. Warren
Social Emotional Learning Into
Common Core
Presenters: Tara Page, Jennifer Edwards
In order for students to meet the standards, they
must possess social-emotional skills. Unless
students come to school with all of these skills,
teaching these skills will be necessary.
How can we increase student ownership, curiosity
and engagement? Inquiry. We’ll offer feasible strategies, advise reinventing curricula around inquiry, and
provide solutions for common challenges and share
successes.
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Strategies and The Common Core:
Making the Critical Connections
Thursday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Harvey Silver
Room 302
Room 302
Participants will be introduced to six strategies that
teachers can use to develop Common Core skills,
particularly Reading for Meaning, and explore challenges
in addressing the new standards.
Successful Transition to College for
Students With Learning Disabilities
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: William N. Presutti
A Stress Free Way to Common Core
Math and PARCC for K-12
Thursday: 1- 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Melissa A. Axelsson
Hall D-5
Learn strategies for teaching elementary and
middle Common Core aligned mathematics using
technology and teacher-developed units through the
Progressive Math Initiative (PMI). These courses are
posted for free at www.njctl.org.
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Teach Your Students to PARCC
Close for Success
Using the fundamentals of close reading and effective
teaching, explore strategies, lesson models, and techniques
to move your students Close-r to success on the PARCC.
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Teacher Evaluation - Behind the Scenes
Work (Professional Responsibilities)
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Dr. Stefani Hite
Room 303
Room 303
No matter which teacher practice evaluation instrument
your district uses, they all have standards dealing with
Professional Responsibilities (Stronge Standard 6, McREL
Standard 1, Marshall Standard F, Marzano Domains 3
and 4, Danielson Domain 4). These are typically “unobservable” as they describe teacher’s work outside of
their interactions with students. This session will explore
processes teachers can consider in gathering and analyzing data around their professional practices.
Room 308
This workshop will focus on the differences between
high school and college for students with learning
disabilities. The information shared will enable participants to successfully transition students to college.
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Tales from Traveling Teachers: Studying the Holocaust in the Classroom
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Teaching English Language Learners with
Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
Presenter: Jory D. Samkoff
ELLs with limited access to education in their native
languages face challenges in school. Suggestions
regarding how you can address their academic,
linguistic and cultural needs will be discussed.
Presenters: Cynthia S. Pope, Paula J. Mann,
Marcia P. Dimetrosky
This workshop showcases using traveling experiences from
the 2013 Summer Seminar to teach Common Core-aligned
classroom lessons. Materials from this NJ Holocaust commission/NJEA sponsored program will be available.
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Teaching First Contact between the
Lenape (Delaware Indians) and Europeans
Teaching with Primary Sources Using
the Library of Congress Website
Presenters: Karen Flinn, Beth Cooper
Presenter: Kevin A. Bloom, Angela Smith
Resources are shared with teachers to increase their
students’ understanding of the significant events in
the story of the interactions between the Lenape(Delaware Indians)and European explorers and settlers.
Participants will be presented with resources available
on the Library of Congress website, their integration
into pre-existing lessons, and their direct connection
to New Jersey and Common Core State Standards.
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Thinking Like a Behavior Analyst
Presenters: Megan Maguire, Valerie Triano
This workshop will educate attendees in applying the basic
principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to identify, understand and improve student behavior or learning outcomes.
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Teaching the High School Personal
Finance Course
Thursday: 9:30 - 11a.m. Presenter: Todd Zartman
Room 409
Learn in this session about a complete, research-supported
course plan for teaching the required high school personal
finance course using free resources and training from the
Federal Reserve.
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Tech Tools for Educators: Free, Easy
and Useful Online Tools
Presenters: Diane Cummins, Margaret Stewart
Presenters: Christopher Carnahan, Laura Zieger
Looking for ways to refresh your curriculum and
increase student engagement? This presentation
will focus on user-friendly and free online tools that
enable the creation of student projects.
Engage in dynamic conversations facilitated by New Jersey
State Teachers of the Year. Collaborate with fellow educators to learn ways to influence policy, improve practice,
and advance the profession through teacher leadership
opportunities.
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Teaching Methods that Lead to
Successful Evaluations
Presenters: Patrick L. Chestnut, Peter W. Mazzagatti
As teachers navigate new evaluation systems and student growth objectives/percentiles, Center for Teaching
and Learning math and science methodologies have
proven useful in focusing on reflective teacher growth.
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Technology and Assessment:
A Marriage of True Minds
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 413
Presenters: Luisa Luliano, Kristine L. Liguori-Nazzal
Join mentor teachers/team leaders to learn how assessments can enhance a student-centered classroom.
Combine assessments with technology and engaging, standards-aligned instruction to increase student performance.
Presenters: Emilia Giordano, Randell Schmidt
Eighteen workshops, aligned to the Common Core,
teach a guided inquiry unit in which high school
juniors are introduced to and complete a scientific
literature review of a self-chosen topic.
Sponsor: Career and Technical Educ Assn of NJ
Presenter: Susan J. Stinson
Come learn how to create a 21st-century, interdisciplinary,
project-based unit that helps develop students’ creative
thought processes. Teach entrepreneurship and economics
through any discipline with a hands-on approach.
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Review: Collaborative Lessons for
Guided Inquiry
Today’s Teacher Leaders….Baby We
Were Born to Run!
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Technology Tools for All Students
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 316
Presenter: Barbara S. DeSantis
Looking for free technology tools for your classroom? Join the presenter for a review a current easy
to use—and free—tech tools for your classroom.
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Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD:
The School Nurse’s Role
Presenter: Melissa Fowler
Learn the diagnosis and treatment of Tourette syndrome, OCD, and ADHD, review the complications of
these disorders in the school context, and understand
the school nurse’s role in mitigating complications.
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Tourette Syndrome, OCD, and ADHD:
Practical Strategies and Accommodations
Understanding and Addressing
Bullying Issues in Your School
Presenter: Melissa Fowler
This workshop will review the diagnosis, symptoms,
and treatment of Tourette syndrome and associated
disorders. Extensive strategies and accommodations
will be provided.
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Samuel Hart
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Room 408
This presentation focuses on types of bullying
and bullies and its impact on victims, observers
and perpetrators. Action steps and strategies for
administrators, teachers, support staff and students
are provided.
Using Cooperative Learning to Increase
Motivation and Manage Discipline
Problems
Association
Presenter: David Eisenstein
Learn how to leverage game mechanics to increase
motivation and let your students take care of your
discipline issues for you. Your classes will be stress
free and student driven.
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TV or Time Machine? Colonial
Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trips
Unpacking Geometry Problems from
Boxes You Make
Sponsor: NJ Television Educators Consortium
Presenter: Erin Sloan
Colonial Williamsburg’s award-winning electronic field
trips inspire engaged learning. From Women of the
Revolution to Colonial Idol, this cross-curricular program
engages students in classrooms across the country.
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Nicholas Restivo
Room 420
Transform used greeting cards into boxes, while discovering geometry concepts that rely on definitions
associated with parallelograms. Real life, nonroutine
problems using those properties will be explored.
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Using Educational Math Games and
Activities in the Classroom
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Presenter: Emily J. Cajigas
Room 410
Teachers will learn how to use educational math
games that their students will enjoy playing while
learning required content.
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21st-Century Learning Centers
Friday: 1 - 4 p.m. Presenter: Paula Leguizaman
Room 401
Come and discover an innovative way to do
centers in your elementary or secondary education
classroom using iPads. Get exposed to academically
enriched activities that will engage all learners.
Using a School Climate Approach to
Include Students with Disabilities
Presenters: Virginia Stillson, Bradford Lerman,
Millicent H. Kellner
Based on the Rutgers/NJDOE Inclusive Schools
Climate Initiative (ISCI), this session provides an
overview of a school climate change process that
participants can use as a model in their schools.
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Using Opera to Increase Focus in
Children With Special Needs
Thursday: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Presenter: Carl R. Faust
Room 420
Learn techniques that use exposure to opera to
empower children with special needs to improve
attending skills and increase concentration span.
Approaches for both inclusive and self-contained
classrooms are explored.
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Ukulele in the Music Classroom:
Four Strings of Joy!
Presenter: Thomas J. Amoriello Jr.
Aloha! If images of palm trees come to mind when
you hear the strumming of the ukulele, you are
not alone! So why not include the “uke” in your
teaching?
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Using Classical Music to Inspire
Creative Thinking and Writing
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenter: Paul A. Balog
Room 419
Everyone needs inspiration to begin thinking creatively. This session will demonstrate how classical
music can be incorporated as part of the inspiration
process.
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Using Technology to Increase Your
Students’ Oral Proficiency
Presenter: Raquel Williams
Come and learn great tech tools that will increase
your student’s communication capacity. Engage your
students and see what they will do with the target
language!
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Utilizing Music to Increase Performance
in Children with Autism
Writing and the Common Core:
How to Do It All
Yoga for Children with Autism and
Other Developmental Challenges
Presenters: Kamalathara Srikanth, Suchitra Srinivas
Friday: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Presenters: Dea Auray, Art Jureller
Learn how to create a focused learner using South
Indian classical music (Carnatic) to increase performance in children with autism. The predictable
patterns of the music increase focus of mind.
Is it possible to thoroughly address narrative, expository, and opinion writing at all grade levels? Learn
how to apply powerful genre-specific skills across
the curriculum without sacrificing depth for breadth.
Presenters: Danielle Franczak, Mary Flynn
“Hands-on” yoga class offers special-needs children
a wide range of opportunities to develop and increase educational, physical, health, sensory, social
and emotional skills.
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Visualizing the Common Core State
Standards for Mathematical Practice
Sponsor: NJ Association For Gifted Children
Presenter: Cheryl Van Ness
The VideoMosaic Collaborative is a free webbased resource that can help teachers recognize
when students are engaged in the mathematical
practice standards and aid in the facilitation of this
engagement.
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Write On Art? Right On!
Presenter: Ellen Hargrove
Enrich your art curriculum and your students art
experiences through writing in the art room or the
computer lab. Explore reflective writing, narrative,
writing for assessment, and more.
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Waves and Their Applications in
Technologies for Information Transfer
Presenters: Roberta Conner, Linda L. Smith
Let NASA materials help your students understand
how different wavelengths of energy allow scientists
to determine what’s in space without going there.
Get free NASA resources!
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Webconferencing:
A Blueprint for Student Success
Presenter: Cordelia Twomey
Join a discussion of ways that webconferencing can
both help struggling students and those seeking advanced tutoring. Learn how this initiative can benefit
students, teachers and librarians, and the district.
The “Write” Type of Writing Mentor
Presenters: Shawn K. Rhinesmith, Merjeme Duffy
Learn practical tips and simple tricks on collaborating with a colleague at a different grade level to
enhance and strengthen your students’ writing.
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Yoga: Strike A Pose
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Room 411
Presenter: Susan Tobert, Ann Robideaux
Participants will actively participate in learning
breathing techniques, poses, and relaxation strategies. They will also have a chance to go through a
lesson and play a few yoga games.
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You Are Your Own Gym
Friday: 9:30 - 11 a.m. Hall D
Presenter: James D. Overton
Keep your students strong and healthy using the
best fitness tool on the planet: their own bodies.
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Learn ways to encourage your students to write
PARCC-style narratives, summaries, and persuasive
and argumentative essays. Explore pre-writing,
composing, and editing strategies that are both fun
and fundamental.
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Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Presenter: Vernice Armour
Hall A
Put passion back in your life and design the path
to your dreams with a Breakthrough Mentality! Be
inspired by Vernice’s personal story of setbacks,
challenges, adventure, success and triumph. Vernice
takes you on an amazing journey through her life
experiences and, most importantly, the lessons
learned. Unleash the personal leadership power
needed to take your life to the next level!
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CCCS/ESP TIME INDEX
Thursday 9:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Instructional Strategies/Best Practices
403 p.42
Thursday 9:30 – 11 a.m.303
Affective Education
Room Page
Legal, Social, Psychological: Transgender
201 p.49
Let’s Put Caring and Social-Emotional
309 p.49
The New Face of School Counselor Eval
321 p.52
Prevent Bullying and Improve Academic
307 p.54
Comprehesive Health/Physical Education
Coping with Suicide: A Practical Example
418
Hip Hop ABCs 2
Hall D
Hall D-4
Mirror Image
Hall D-8
Oral Health Matters More Than You Think
404
p.41
p.46
p.49
p.51
p.52
Language Arts/Literacy
Enhancing Literacy Learning Through Arts
Making Literature Come Alive in an Early
Write on Art? Right On!
315 p.44
304 p.50
417 p.59
Mathematics
Visualizing the Common Core State
310 p.59
Science
McGyver Science
New STEM Workshops at the New Jersey
316 p.51
305 p.52
405 p.26
406 p.27
408 p.27
Social Studies
Investment Fraud: Do Not Let It Happen
Teaching High School Personal Finance
412 p.48
409 p.57
303 p.38
410 p.38
Technical Literacy
Benefits of a Well Designed Peer Counseling 416 p.39
Bring Engagement to a Lesson with Nearpod 414 p.39
Cross Content/Interdisciplinary
The Foundation of Effective Grant Writing
308 p.44
iSTEM in the 21st Century Classroom
318 p.48
The Keys to Control
Hall D-3 p.49
MOOCs and You: Maximizing Your MOOC
314 p.51
Hall D-5 p.52
Educational Support Professionals
Career Ladders for ESPs
Organizing Your Workday
School Emergency Management
Achieving Success Managing SGOs
Art and the Common Core State Standards
Assessment for Learning/Assessment of Hall A p.39
Be Compelling! Listen and Be Listened To
402 p.39
Crash Course for the New Speech-Language 313 p.41
Fine Motor Matters in Preschool/Kindergarten411p.44
Gifted 201: There’s More to Gifted Kids
413 p.45
How to Prepare Students for PARCC
301 p.47
I Want to be a Teacher
311 p.47
Let’s Talk Evidence of Accomplished
407 p.49
Making the Standards for Professional
317 p.50
Peer Observations
Hall D-1 p.53
Pinterest: A Gold Mine for English Language 312 p.53
Reaching All Learners: the iPad in Special Ed 322 p.55
School Emergency Management: Awareness 408 p.55
Hall D-2 p.55
Today’s Teacher Leaders
Hall D-6 p.57
Tourette Syndrome, OCD, and ADHD: 320 p.58
Visual and Performing Arts
Choral Reading Session
iPad Apps for the Music Educator
Promoting and Selling Out School Events
World Languages
Engaging World Languages Students
Muslim Arabic-Speaking Students
419 p.40
421 p.48
420 p.54
Hall D-7 p.43
401 p.51
303p.m.
Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30
Plenary Session
Pasi Sahlberg Keynote Speaker
Hall A p.44
Thursday 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Affective Education
Sexual Harassment in a School Environment 408 p.55
Social Emotional Learning into Common Core 309 p.56
ADAPT2win: Explode Your Athletes Forward 411
Addressing Pressures of Stress for Teachers 307
Hall D-2
Healthy Toolbox
Implementation of NJ Scholastic Student
409
Hall D
Jazz to Hip-Hop Social Dance Time
Linking Academics and School Wellness Hall D-8
MVC Dialogue and Driver Education
Hall D-3
413
Quality Health and Physical Education
404
Evaluation: Making it Happen FOR You Hall D-1 p.44
416 p.48
TV or Time Machine? Colonial Williamsburg’s 318 p.58
How Secretaries Meet Needs
Sexual Harassment/School Environment 406 p.26
408 p.27
Assessment Design for Understanding 403
Hall D-4
The Connected Classroom: Building Rapport 320
Co-operative Education: A Viable School
405
310
Enhance the Learning of Gifted Engaging all Learners
407
From Shootings to Fistfights: Keeping
402
How to Teach Vocabulary: It’s More Fun than 301
Interdisciplinary Learning: Using Art 304
Managing Change for Quality Implementation 317
New Jersey’s First - Third Grade Program
315
303
Nuances of Working with the Danielson 60
p.38
p.38
p.46
p.48
p.48
p.49
p.52
p.54
p.55
p.39
p.40
p.41
p.40
p.43
p.43
p.45
p.47
p.48
p.50
p.52
p.52
CCCS/ESP TIME INDEX
Perfect Social-Emotional, Physical, Critical Strategies and The Common Core:
Using Cooperative Learning to Increase 311 p.53
302 p.56
322 p.58
Freire Cultural Circles: Promoting Critical
An Overview of Multisensory Reading
Promoting Love of Literature and Learning Teach Your Students to PARCC Close 321
401
312
311
308
p.39
p.45
p.53
p.54
p.56
322
Dance!! Boys (and Girls) Just Want to
Hall D-4
Driver Education: Fun in the Classroom Hall D-2
Free Tools and Tactics to Transform Drive Hall D-3
Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD
409
Using Technology to Increase Proficiency p.39
p.41
p.42
p.45
p.57
D-6 p.58
Assessing Student Growth and in the Music 421 p.38
Design Education in the Classroom
417 p.42
World Languages
Got 30 Minutes?
Hall D-8 p.46
The Dream Flag Project
311 p.42
405 p.57
303
Mathematics
Mathematics Instruction: What Can be Done 418 p.50
A Stress Free Way to Common Core Math Hall D-5 p.56
Supporting Our Own: Mentoring
Understanding Bullying in School
406 p.27
408 p.27
304 p.42
Science
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies 316 p.59
Autism Support Teacher
402
Essential Questions - Opening Doors 403
Form, Content, Strategies, Tools
Hall D-7
Learning Designs for Teams
317
301
Picking Up STEAM (Science, Technology
Play 2 Learn
302
315
School-Based Learning Community
Hall D-1
418
Tales from Traveling Teachers: Holocaust Teacher Evaluation - Behind the Scenes Work 303
Teaching English Language Learners 401
Thinking Like a Behavior Analyst
320
Using Opera to Increase Focus in Children 420
p.39
p.44
p.44
p.49
p.53
p.53
p.55
p.56
p.56
p.56
p.57
p.57
p.58
Common Core and the National Archives
Common Core Fitness Connections
The Marriage of Fiction and Nonfiction
Practical Ideas for Improving Writing The Write Way to PARCC
p.40
p.40
p.50
p.54
p.59
Social Studies
Teaching First Contact between the Lenape 305 p.57
Technical Literacy
Dare 2B Cyber Safe: Leading in the Tech
Webconferencing: A Blueprint for Student 414 p.42
314 p.59
Creative and Efficient Lighting for School Plays 420 p.41
Do Recorders and Technology Play Well 421 p.42
Elementary/Middle School Choral Reading 419 p.43
417 p.54
World Languages
The Common Core-World Languages
Hall D-6 p.40
Hall D-7 p.41
Thursday 1 – 4 p.m.
303
Help! My Kids Can’t Sit Still
410 p.46
Phonemic Awareness and Rapid Naming
Jumping Off the Page: Promoting Literacy Thursday 3 – 4:30 p.m.
313 p.53
412 p.49
303
Affective Education
Ahhh…Remove Stress from Yourself
411
Laughing Really Matters for Teachers 318
Overview of Islam for Educators
416
Understanding and Addressing Bullying Issues 408
Using a School Climate Approach to Include 321
p.38
p.49
p.53
p.58
p.58
312
Hall D
316
310
308
The Marriage of Fiction and Nonfiction
Practical Ideas for Improving Writing The Write Way to PARCC
316 p.50
310 p.54
308 p.59
Math
Making Math Meaningful: Models and 407 p.50
413 p.50
Science
Archaeology and the Lenape People
305 p.38
Greening Instruction
307 p.46
Physics for ALL and Correcting the High Hall D-5 p.53
Technical Literacy
Computer Science Education
414 p.40
Public and Permanent: Prevent Cyberbullying 309 p.54
Tech Tools for Educators: Free, Easy and 314 p.57
Thursday 3 – 5 p.m.
Friday 9:30 – 11 a.m.
Affective Education
Empowering Readers with Character
Positive Interventions for Students 313
308
414
321
p.43
p.47
p.48
p.54
The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching Hall D-4
Hall D-3
Let’s Have Fun in Class Today
Puberty and Beyond: Strategies to Use Hall D-2
Yoga: Strike a Pose
411
You Are Your Own Gym
Hall D
p.49
p.49
p.54
p.59
p.59
Building Winning Teams
Org. Your Workday: Cust/Maint
Providing Quality Service
Hall D-6 p.46
316 p.57
405 p.26
407 p.27
406 p.27
Auditory Processing Disorders: Behaviors
416
Constructive IEP Meetings: Tips for Teachers 304
Don’t Worry, Be Appy: Increase Evaluation Hall D-1
Effective Feedback
403
The 4Cs + Differentiated Instruction
309
Get Mad! Motivation and Differentiation 320
How a Rotation Can Work for CTE and You 301
How Vision Impacts Children with Learning 408
“Just Let Me Survive Today”: A Primer 402
Motivating Students with Autism
409
Hall D-5
Overview of Connected Action Roadmap
317
Perfect Activity for Gifted
311
Powerful Strategies to Enhance the Learning 310
Questions for Life 201
p.39
p.41
p.42
p.43
p.45
p.45
p.46
p.47
p.49
p.51
p.51
p.53
p.53
p.54
p.55
61
CCCS/ESP TIME INDEX
Science and Social Studies and Technology Strategies and The Common Core The Secret to Effective Classroom
Teacher Evaluation - Behind the Scenes Technology and Assessment: A Marriage 401
302
312
303
413
p.55
p.56
p.55
p.56
p.57
Connecting Engaging Nonfiction to Common 314 p.41
420 p.41
Interactive Guided Reading: Making the Most 315 p.48
Narrative and Expository Writing: Backbone 404 p.52
Playdough Economics: Helping Students Build 307 p.53
Mathematics
Assessment: What’s It All About
418 p.39
Using Educational Math Games and Activities 410 p.58
Social Studies
Eco-Schools USA: Authentic Learning How Technology Drives Wall Street
Technical Literacy
The Powers of eLearning
318 p.43
322 p.47
415 p.54
417 p.38
Make Your Classroom Run Like a Well-Oiled 412 p.50
Method Book Madness: Choosing the Best 421 p.51
World Languages
Do More with Less: Engaging Students in
305 p.42
Hall D-8 p.45
Get Connected! Twitter and Pinterest Sensitive Social Issues within the World Hall D-7 p.55
Friday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Plenary Session
Hall A p.59
Friday 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Affective Education
Fostering Resilience in the Classroom 411 p.44
ADD/ADHD: Is there an Underlying Vision? 408
Bringing Safe Routes to School Hall D-6
Concussion in the Classroom
413
Dating Abuse: Enhancing the School-Based Hall D-3
Dynamic Variable Resistance Training Hall D
Yoga for Children with Autism and Other Hall D-4
62
p.38
p.40
p.40
p.42
p.42
p.59
Dealing with Behavior on Bus
406 p.26
Academic and Behavior Interventions 304 p.38
Assessment Tools for Helping Students: CCSS 302 p.39
Effective Teaching Strategies: Autism 318 p.43
Engage Us: What Happens When Students Hall D-1 p.43
Facilitating Learning Teams to Get Results 317 p.44
Financial Fitness for Life: Money Management 307p.44
Gifted Program Design: Real World Application 310p.45
If That’s the Goal: Assessment
403 p.47
Hands On, Minds On: Engaging Students 309 p.46
Increasing Student Effort 201 p.48
Integrating Speech Therapy in Special Ed 405 p.48
Introduction to Behavior Education Program 321 p.48
Making Differentiation Work for You Hall D-8 p.50
Nuances of Working with the Danielson 303 p.52
The Play MUST Go On: Theater Games 412 p.53
Public Art in Public Schools: Murals 417 p.54
Score Study: Revealing the Composer’s Intent 409 p.55
A Stress Free Way to NGSS
Hall D-5 p.56
Successful Transition to College for Students 308 p.56
Teaching with Primary Sources Using 416 p.57
Using Classical Music to Inspire Creative 419 p.58
The “Write” Type of Writing Mentor
301 p.59
Model Units for Middle School English Motivating and Mind-Boggling Multimedia
Multicultural Nonfiction and the Common
Non-Negotiable Pedagogy and the Common Writing and the Common Core: How to 414
315
314
320
404
p.51
p.51
p.51
p.52
p.59
Mathematics
Math Trails in the AMTNJ’s Centennial Year 418 p.50
Unpacking Geometry Problems from Boxes 420 p.58
Science
Mountain Climbing Boats: Canals 313 p.51
Social Studies
Argumentation: Using Debate to Help Hidden Costs of College
How Wall Street is Driving Technology Mountain Climbing Boats: Canals 316
305
322
313
p.38
p.46
p.47
p.51
Maintaining Diversity: Multi-Level String
421
412
The Play MUST Go On: Theater Games Public Art in Public Schools: Murals and More 417
Score Study: Revealing the Composer’s Intent 409
Using Classical Music to Inspire Creative 419
p.50
p.53
p.54
p.55
p.58
World Languages
The New ACTFL Global Benchmarks
Hall D-7 p.52
Friday 1 – 4 p.m.
Affective Education
Executive Dysfunction: What Does This Really 312 p.44
Instructional Stragegies/Best Practices
Bringing Respect Back to Schools
Engaging Instructional Strategies
402 p.40
410 p.43
21st Century Learning Centers
401 p.58
Friday 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Freshman Transition: Schoolwide Hall D-3 p.45
99 Reasons to Put Letters on the Wall Hall D-4 p.52
iBooks Textbooks for iPad: The Next Chapter 322 p.47
Effective Witnessing/Report Writing Emergency Crisis Awareness/Bus
406 p.26
405 p.26
Close Reading for the Common Core 313
Could Your Students be Victims of Trafficking? 407
Creativity and the Common Core 416
Financial Fitness for Life: Teaching 307
415
Gone Google? Accessibility Tools for Growing Leaders
317
He Talks Funny: A Mother’s Journey
418
How to Maximize Student Learning
417
How Visual Processing Impacts Reading 408
316
iLead: 5 Must Have Leadership Skills Mindfulness in the Classroom
301
Teaching Methods: Successful Evals Hall D-5
Utilizing Music to Increase Performance 409
p.40
p.41
p.41
p.44
p.45
p.46
p.46
p.47
p.47
p.47
p.51
p.57
p.59
404 p.41
Engaging Resources and Rigor Hall D-1 p.43
Fun Freebie Fluency Activities
315 p.45
Teaching the Scientific Literature Review
314 p.57
Mathematics
Early Investing: The Importance of Financial 420 p.42
Science
412 p.55
Social Studies
Econocopia
305p.42
Technical Literacy
Google Drive in the World Languages Hall D-7 p.46
SGOs and the First Minutes of Instrumental 419 p.56
Ukulele in the Music Classroom: Four Strings 421 p.58
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Art Educators of N.J.
Design Education in the Classroom
Public Art in Public Schools: Murals
Write on Art? Right On
417
417
417
417
417
p.38
p.42
p.54
p.54
p.59
Association of Learning Consultants
304 p.42
Reaching All Learners: The iPad 308 p.47
322 p.55
Association of Math Teachers of N.J. Assessment: What’s it All About?
418 p.39
Math Trails in the AMTNJ’s Centennial Year 418 p.50
Mathematics Instruction: What Can be 418 p.50
Association of Student Assistance
Professionals of N.J.
Benefits of a Well Designed Peer Counseling 416p.39
414 p.48
The Kinesthetic Classrom: Teaching N.J. Association of Environmental
Let’s Have Fun in the Class Today
Educators
Career and Technical Education
Associaiton of N.J.
N.J. Association for Gifted Children
405 p.57
Educators of Family and
Consumer Sciences
Teaching High School Personal Finance
409 p.57
Foreign Language Educators of N.J.
The Common Core: World Languages
Engaging World Languages Students Form, Content, Strategies, Tools
Get Connected! Twitter and Pinterest Hall D-6
Hall D-7
Hall D-7
Hall D-7
Hall D-8
p.40
p.41
p.43
p.44
p.45
Google Drive in the World Languages
Got 30 Minutes
Making Differentiation Work for You
The New ACTFL Global Benchmarks: Sensitive Social Issues within the World Using Technology to Increase Your Hall D-7
Hall D-8
Hall D-8
Hall D-7
Hall D-7
Hall D-6
p.46
p.46
p.50
p.52
p.55
p.58
Learning Forward
Facilitating Learning Teams to Get Results
Growing Leaders
Making the Standards for Professional Managing Change for Quality
64
317
317
317
317
p.44
p.46
p.50
p.50
Eco-Schools USA: Authentic Learning Enhance the Learning of Gifted 318 p.43
310 p.43
Gifted 201: There’s More to Gifted Kids 413 p.45
Gifted Program Design: Real World
310 p.45
Making Math Meaningful: Models 413 p.50
Perfect Social-emotional, Physical, 311 p.53
Powerful Strategies to Enhance the Learning 310p.54
Practical Ideas for Improving Writing 310 p.54
Visualizing the Common Core State 310 p.59
N.J. Association for Health, Physical
Bringing Safe Routes to School
Common Core Fitness Connections
Dance!! Boys (and Girls) Just Want to Dating Abuse: Enhancing the School
Driver Education: Fun in the Classroom
Dynamic Variable Resistance Training Free Tools and Tactics to Transform Freshman Transition: Schoolwide Healthy Toolbox
Hip Hop ABCs 2
Jazz to Hip-Hop Social Dance Time The Keys to Control
Hall D-6
Hall D-4
Hall D
Hall D-4
Hall D-3
Hall D-2
Hall D
Hall D-3
Hall D-3
Hall D-2
Hall D
Hall D
Hall D-3
p.40
p.40
p.40
p.41
p.42
p.42
p.42
p.45
p.45
p.46
p.46
p.48
p.49
Linking Academics and School Mirror Image
MVC Dialogue and Driver Education Puberty and Beyond: Strategies Yoga for Children with Autism You are Your Own Gym
Hall D-4
Hall D-3
Hall D-4
Hall D-8
Hall D-8
Hall D-3
Hall D-2
Hall D-4
Hall D
p.49
p.49
p.49
p.49
p.51
p.52
p.54
p.59
p.59
N.J. Association of Kindergarten
Educators
Making Literature Come Alive in an Early Play 2 Learn
304 p.50
302 p.53
N.J. Association of School Psychologists
Prevent Bullying and Improve Academic 307 p.54
N.J. Association of School Librarians
Connecting Engaging Nonfiction 314 p.41
MOOCs and You: Maximizing Your MOOC
Multicultural Nonfiction and the Common
Teaching the Scientific Literature Review
Tech Tools for Educators: Free, Easy and Webconferencing: A Blueprint 314
314
314
314
314
p.51
p.51
p.57
p.57
p.59
N.J. Association of School
Social Workers Addressing Pressures of Stress for Teachers 307p.38
SPONSOR INDEX (ASIG)
N.J. Association of Speech
Language Specialists
Crash Course for the New Speech
Phonemic Awareness and Rapid Naming
N.J. Science Teachers Association
313 p.41
313 p.53
McGyver Science
Waves and their Applications in Technologies 416
316
412
316
316
p.48
p.51
p.55
p.57
p.59
322 p.39
Coping with Suicide: A Practical Example Implementation of NJ Scholastic Student
Oral Health Matters More Than You Think
Tourette Syndrome, OCD, and ADHD
Tourette Syndrome: School Nurses
418
409
404
404
320
409
N.J. Business/Technology Education
Association
How Technology Drives Wall Street
322 p.47 N.J. State School Nurses Association
How Wall Street is Driving Technology 322 p.47
iBooks Textbooks for iPad: The Next Chapter 322 p.47
Using Cooperative Learning to Increase 322 p.58
N.J. Council of Teachers of English
The Foundation of Effective Grant Writing
Teach Your Students to PARCC Close
308 p.44
308 p.56
308 p.59
Co-Operative Education: A Viale School
Investment Fraud: Do Not Let It Happen 405 p.40
412 p.48
p.41
p.48
p.52
p.55
p.58
p.57
N.J. Teachers of English to Speakers of
N.J. Cooperative Education Association Other Languages/Bilingual Educators
N.J. Department of Education
Introduction to Behavior Education Program New Jersey’s First through Third Grade Positive Interventions for Students Using a School Climate Approach 321
315
321
321
p.48
p.52
p.54
p.58
N.J. Music Educators Association
Assessing Student Growth and in the Music Choral Reading Session
Do Recorders and Technology Play Well Elementary/Middle School Choral Reading iPad Apps for the Music Educator
Maintaining Diversity Across the Multi-Level Method Book Madness: Choosing the Best Ukulele in the Music Classroom
421
419
421
419
421
421
421
421
Fun Freebie Fluency Activities 315 p.45
Model Units for Middle School English Muslim Arabic-Speaking Students Teaching English Language Learners 414 p.51
401 p.51
401 p.57
N.J. Technology and Engineering
Eductors Association
iSTEM in the 21st Century Classroom
318 p.48
N.J. Televsion Educators Consortium
p.38
p.40
p.42
p.43
p.48
p.50
p.51
p.58
TV or Time Machine? Colonial Williamsburg’s 318 p.58
Speech and Theatre Association of N.J.
420 p.41
Creative and Efficient Lighting for School Make Your Classroom Run Well The Play MUST Go On: Theater Games Promoting and Selling Out School Events
420
412
412
420
p.41
p.50
p.53
p.54
N.J. Reading Association
Enhancing Literacy Learning Through Interactive Guided Reading
Motivating and Mind-Boggling Multimedia
321
315
315
315
p.39
p.44
p.48
p.51
N.J. School Counselor Association
The New Face of School Counselor
321 p.52
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PRESENTER INDEX
Abel, Kathy.............................................................. 55
Allen, Sarah............................................................. 40
Allen, Sharonda....................................................... 44
Amador, Sarah......................................................... 40
Amoriello, Thomas................................................... 58
Arjona, Arvin....................................................... 46,48
Armour, Vernice....................................................... 59
Arms, Dennis........................................................... 46
Assini, Kathleen....................................................... 43
Auray, Dea.......................................................... 52,59
Auriemma, Dean...................................................... 38
Axelsson, Melissa.................................................... 56
Bachrach, Mayra..................................................... 40
Baker, Kristin........................................................... 45
Balog, Paul......................................................... 56,58
Barkley, Stephen............................................ 48,53,55
Bassett, Barbara...................................................... 38
Bayona, Luis............................................................ 46
Bender, Jonathan..................................................... 42
Blackman, Ruth.................................................. 41,53
Blanchard, Carl........................................................ 46
Bloom, Kevin........................................................... 57
Bodin-Lerner, Sandra............................................... 39
Boyd, Peg................................................................ 54
Bozzo, Linda............................................................ 41
Brink, Carolyn.......................................................... 52
Brown, Janie........................................................... 41
Bruno, Erin.............................................................. 54
Bubalis, Linda.......................................................... 41
Buesser, Jeanne...................................................... 46
Burek, Dee.............................................................. 38
Burton, Rich............................................................. 45
Cajigas, Emily.......................................................... 58
Cannon, Perkie................................................... 48,54
Carnahan, Christopher............................................. 57
Casaleggio, Lynn..................................................... 26
Cassidy, Lace.......................................................... 39
Chestnut, Patrick..................................................... 57
Chiola, Thomas........................................................ 44
Churchill, Margaret.................................................. 51
Clasen, Nancy.......................................................... 40
Clemen, Jennifer..................................................... 50
Clements, Jeanne.................................................... 47
Close, Richard......................................................... 48
Clowers, Heather..................................................... 47
Coleman, Alana................................................... 44,53
Collesano, Melissa................................................... 43
Collesano, Peter....................................................... 47
Collins, Jeanette...................................................... 41
Colton, Hillary.......................................................... 40
Conner, Roberta....................................................... 59
Cooper, Beth.................................................. 38,52,57
Cooperman, Neil...................................................... 39
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Costanza, Vincent.................................................... 52
Cox, Michael............................................................ 52
Cullen, Daniel.......................................................... 43
Cummins, Diane................................................. 44,57
Daly, Sarah.............................................................. 45
Davis, Traci.............................................................. 26
Decker, Katie........................................................... 38
Decker, Tony............................................................ 38
DeFina, Allan............................................................ 39
Depice, Douglas...................................................... 48
DeSantis, Barbara.................................................... 57
Detrick, Daryl........................................................... 40
Devine, Mary........................................................... 46
DeWitt-Parker, Christine........................................... 48
Dieckmann, Rebecca............................................... 42
Dimetrosky, Marcia.................................................. 56
Dinkelmann, Annaline.............................................. 47
Disorga, Robert........................................................ 39
Divito, Timothy......................................................... 54
Donovan, Laurie...................................................... 44
Dover, Courtney....................................................... 44
Dowd, Jennifer........................................................ 43
Duca, Daniel............................................................ 55
Duff, Vicki................................................................ 50
Duffy, Merjeme................................................... 51,59
Dugan, Jay.............................................................. 53
Dunfee-Ries, Edith................................................... 50
Dunn, Keith.............................................................. 42
Durr, Lora................................................................ 54
Edwards, Jennifer.................................................... 56
Elias, Maurice.......................................................... 49
Eisenstein, David..................................................... 58
Emmet, Matthew..................................................... 48
Evans, Nancy........................................................... 42
Faust, Carl............................................................... 58
Ferris-Waks, Arlene................................................. 48
Fischer, Pam............................................................ 45
Fisher, Sharyn.......................................................... 41
Flack, Victoria.......................................................... 39
Flinn, Karen............................................................. 57
Floruss, Tamara.................................................. 42,46
Flynn, Mary............................................................. 59
Forsman, Mechele................................................... 53
Fowler, Melissa................................................... 57,58
Franczak, Danielle................................................... 59
Freeman, Margaret.................................................. 55
Friedman, Jason...................................................... 49
Galego, Joseph........................................................ 27
Gallagher, Daniel...................................................... 39
Gallagher, Laura...................................................... 46
Geisel, Noah....................................................... 41,43
Giordano, Emilia...................................................... 57
Gizzi, Nicole............................................................. 53
Glazer, Julie............................................................. 50
Goldstein, Jason...................................................... 54
Goodman, Robert..................................................... 52
Graham, Kelly.......................................................... 49
Greaves, Jeffrey...................................................... 45
Greh, Debbie............................................................ 38
Guerry, Richard........................................................ 54
Gustafson, Sean...................................................... 49
Gwin, Christopher.................................................... 52
Haiken, Natalie........................................................ 38
Hales, Alison............................................................ 44
Hall, Maureen ......................................................... 51
Hannan, Kelsey........................................................ 42
Hargrove, Ellen........................................................ 59
Hart, Samuel............................................. 26,27,55,58
Heckelman, Sol....................................................... 54
Hefferon, Alexandra................................................. 51
Hendricks, Theresa.................................................. 48
Hendrickson, Kathy.................................................. 53
Hepburn, Graham.................................................... 42
Hewitt, Cheryl.......................................................... 49
Higgins, Michele...................................................... 40
Hite, Stefani........................................................ 52,56
Hodgson, Keith........................................................ 38
Horling, Jennifer...................................................... 53
Honnick, Kimberly............................................... 44,46
Horling, Jennifer................................................. 50,53
Howie, Mark............................................................ 46
Jacobs, Laura..................................................... 39,40
Jasmine, Joanne..................................................... 50
Jones, Amanda........................................................ 48
Jones, Norah........................................................... 44
Joseph, Maryann................................................ 43,49
Jurado-Moran, Glennysha....................................... 40
Jureller, Art......................................................... 52,59
Kaminsky, Debby..................................................... 38
Kellner, Millicent...................................................... 58
Kendrick, Mychelle.................................................. 54
Kimmel, Michael...................................................... 41
Kirk, Stefani............................................................. 48
Klott, Rachel............................................................ 48
Kottmeyer, Carolyn.............................................. 45,53
Kottmeyer, Mark................................................. 45,53
Kovach, Danielle............................................ 12,46,48
Kress-Berhalter, Hildegarde..................................... 54
Kuczala, Michael...................................................... 49
Kunz, Kenneth.................................................... 48,51
Kupiec-Sce, Beverly................................................. 52
Lageman, Michelle.................................................. 56
LaMastra, Kevin.................................................. 24,45
Lattanzi, Gregory..................................................... 38
Laurita, Jenni........................................................... 40
Leech, Barbara........................................................ 39
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Leguizaman, Paula.................................................. 58
Lerman, Bradford.................................................... 58
Lester, Phillip........................................................... 39
Levy, Nathan....................................................... 43,54
Liguori-Nazzal, Kristine....................................... 43,57
Lorenzo, Shannon.................................................... 45
Lukach, James........................................................ 52
Luliano, Luisa.......................................................... 57
Lutz, Nathan............................................................ 50
Lynch, Melanie........................................................ 49
Maguire, Megan...................................................... 57
Mahon, Maureen..................................................... 47
Mahoney, Brianne.................................................... 42
Maliszewski, Mary (Betsy).................................. 50,51
Malone, Janice........................................................ 53
Mann, Paula............................................................ 56
Marmion, Kristin...................................................... 42
Marra, Dave........................................................ 47,55
Massarelli, Thomas.................................................. 38
Mayer, Jamie........................................................... 49
Mazzagatti, Peter................................................ 44,57
McBain, Yvette......................................................... 43
McInerney, Donna.................................................... 53
Miller, Danielle......................................................... 50
Mitchell, Rebecca.................................................... 38
Monck, Donna......................................................... 50
Moran, Peter....................................................... 12,55
Morella, Nicole......................................................... 42
Moyer, Mary............................................................ 54
Muller, Barbara........................................................ 41
Munley, Michael...................................................... 42
Musey, Stacey......................................................... 53
Nathan, Randy......................................................... 55
Neumann, Elizabeth................................................. 43
Norflus-Good, Julie.................................................. 45
Nussman, Maureen................................................. 52
Nwocha, Ken........................................................... 47
Odesky, Ilyse........................................................... 44
O’Halloran, Patrick.............................................. 38,41
O’Malley, Donna.................................................26-27
O’Reilly, Brendan..................................................... 54
O’Reilly, Margaret.................................................... 48
Orrell-Branco, Amy.................................................. 38
Otey, Amy................................................................ 40
Overton, James....................................................... 59
Owens, Ron............................................................. 49
Page, Tara................................................................ 56
Palmer, Connie........................................................ 44
Palmer, Randall........................................................ 45
Panebianco, Tim................................................. 51,53
Papeo, Gina............................................................. 42
Passarella, Susan.................................................... 42
Pietzrak, Patricia...................................................... 48
Pilla, Dana............................................................... 46
Pinkus, David........................................................... 55
Pizzo, Joseph................................................. 44,56,59
Pope, Cynthia.......................................................... 56
Pozzi, Ellen.............................................................. 51
Preston, Bruce......................................................... 44
Presutti, William....................................................... 56
Price, Robert............................................................ 52
Proctor, Andrea........................................................ 51
Regan, Jonathon..................................................... 52
Rennie, Chris........................................................... 50
Retivo, Nicholas....................................................... 58
Rhinesmith, Shawn.................................................. 59
Richards, Paul.......................................................... 47
Richman, Mark........................................................ 49
Riehs, Robert........................................................... 50
Riley, Alysha............................................................ 41
Robideaux, Anne...................................................... 59
Rodriguez, Noemi.................................................... 45
Roman, Gregory....................................................... 42
Rosa, Robert............................................................ 26
Roth, Moshe....................................................... 38,47
Russo, Luzbette....................................................... 55
Rust, Paula.............................................................. 49
Sahlberg, Pasi.......................................................... 44
Samkoff, Jory................................................ 45,51,57
Sanfillippo, Ivelis...................................................... 45
Sardone, Nancy....................................................... 53
Satchell, Nicole ....................................................... 45
Schaeffer, Jessica.................................................... 49
Schmidt, Randell..................................................... 57
Schneider, Aimee..................................................... 53
Schroeder, Marguerite............................................. 43
Schwartz, Dawn...................................................... 42
Schwartz, Joseph.................................................... 42
Seitel, Rosemary..................................................... 46
Sezer, Christine........................................................ 43
Shah, Farhana......................................................... 53
Shaughnessy, Susanne............................................ 48
Shepard, Nora......................................................... 40
Shields, Jessica....................................................... 54
Shuali, Ron......................................................... 27,40
Silver, Harvey...................................................... 39,56
Sloan, Erin............................................................... 58
Smith, Angela.......................................................... 57
Smith, Linda....................................................... 51,59
Smith, Thomas........................................................ 51
Srikanth, Kamalathara........................................ 51,59
Srinivas, Suchitra..................................................... 59
Staab, John............................................................. 27
Stewart, Margaret.................................................... 57
Stillson, Virginia....................................................... 58
Stinson, Susan.................................................... 40,57
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Tabone, Carmine...................................................... 41
Tansey, J.M.............................................................. 38
Tellone-McCoy, Susan............................................. 41
Telmosse, Gerard..................................................... 55
Thomas, Christopher............................................... 55
Thompson, Michelle........................................... 43,46
Tobert, Susan.......................................................... 59
Toth, Susan......................................................... 40,49
Triano, Valerie.......................................................... 57
Tucker, Kimberly...................................................... 49
Twomey, Cordelia............................................... 51,59
Vallieu, Marguerite................................................... 26
Van Ness, Cheryl..................................................... 58
Vander Molen, Daniel............................................... 45
Vaughan, Elizabeth.................................................. 52
Voza-Shoebridge, Luann.......................................... 50
Wagner-Lynch, Joelle......................................... 47,54
Walsh, Thomas........................................................ 50
Warren, Lindsay....................................................... 56
Watchler, Carol........................................................ 49
Wehrle, Steve.......................................................... 52
Weigel, Allison......................................................... 41
Weinshrott, Lisa....................................................... 41
Westreich, Joann................................................ 41,53
Wiggins, Grant......................................................... 39
Williams, Raquel................................................. 12,58
Wincey, Terry........................................................... 49
Wollman, Jack......................................................... 50
Woods, Mary........................................................... 56
Wright, Patricia........................................................ 53
Wright-Yelverton, Angela..................................... 47,54
Yanko, Stacy............................................................ 26
Yeager, Andrew........................................................ 48
Young, Douglas................................................... 42,46
Yukna, Lois.............................................................. 27
Zarr, Chris................................................................ 40
Zartman, Todd......................................................... 57
Zerling, Jennifer...................................................... 51
Zieger, Laura........................................................... 57
Zisa, Mike................................................................ 42
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BOARDWALK RUN
NJEA BOARDWALK RUN
& Fun Walk
35th Annual
George M. Adams
FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 2014 9am Run & Walk
5,000-meter race (3.1 miles)
USATF NJ sanctioned
Course: Traffic-free scenic
boardwalk in front of Atlantic City
Convention Hall
First NJEA male and first
NJEA female runner will
receive awards.
All Fun Walk participants will
receive shirt and entry gift.
Please pick up number on
Thursday, if possible, at the
Boardwalk Run Booth outside Hall C.
Age group awards to top three in
these categories (male and female):
• Junior up to age 19
• Age 20-29
• Age 30-39
• Age 40-49
• Age 50-59
• Age 60-69
• Age 70 & above
ENTRY FEES:
$25 Pre-entry includes
running shirt
$15 No T-shirt
$30 Thursday & Friday
(includes shirt)
CLIP, COMPLETE AND MAIL TO:
NJEA BOARDWALK RUN
NJEA UniServ Regional Office 5
509 S Lenola Road, Bldg. 4
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Make checks payable to “NJEA”
DEADLINE FOR PRE-ENTRIES OCT. 17
Name
Age
(as of 11/7/14)
Address
City
State
Local Association
Shirt size (Circle): M
Zip
Phone #
L
PLEASE CHOOSE ONE
XL
XXL
County
No Shirt
NJEA Member
This entry is for
Non-member
Female
Male
RUN
WALK
Pre-entry runners may pick up their numbers – and post-entry competitors may register for the race – at special Race
Booth in new Convention Center on Thursday, Nov. 6 all day or at Registration Table at Boardwalk Convention Hall lobby
at 8 am on Friday, Nov. 7. Registration for the 5,000-meter Run closes at 8:30 am Friday Nov. 7. Shirts must be picked up
prior to the race or after the race on Friday, Nov. 7.
In consideration for accepting my entry, I, for myself, my heirs , and administrators, waive and release forever any and
all rights and claims for damages I may have against NJEA, its agents and employees, the City of Atlantic City, and any and
all participating sponsors and supporters. I also release the above named for all claims of damages, demands, and actions
in any actions in any manner due to any personal injuries, property damage, or death sustained as a result of my traveling
to and from and my participation in said race. I attest and certify that I am physically fit and have sufficiently trained for
the completion of this event. Further, I hereby grant full permission to any and all of the foregoing to use my likeness for
any purpose whatsoever.
Signature
Date
Parent’s signature if under age 18
FOR NJEA USE ONLY
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RAIN OR SHINE
Cash
Check
Race
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Staffed by NJEA members and professionals from the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the
helpline offers practical advice, direction, ideas, and
resources from those who have walked in your shoes.
Call 866-AID-NJEA for assistance.
Visit us at the Helpline booth on the exhibit floor.
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GETTING TO ATLANTIC CITY
Coming by car? Parking options
Limited, daily and hourly rate parking exists at the Convention Center and
at an outdoor lot located between Ohio
and Indiana Avenues, but experience
has shown that these lots fill early. Save
yourself the hassle and plan alternate
parking before you leave your house.
Consider parking at one of
the Atlantic City hotels from
which NJEA runs complimentary
shuttles. See details below.
For free parking and a complimentary shuttle to the Convention
Center, take Exit 2 off the expressway
to Rt. 322/40 South to Atlantic
City High School on the right.
Free shuttles run between the
Convention Center and this lot.
Additional parking options can
be found on the map below.
Leave the car near home—
come by NJ TRANSIT
By train - The Atlantic City Rail Line
runs from Philadelphia’s 30th Street
Station to the Atlantic City Rail Termi-
nal, adjacent to the Convention Center.
The cost is just $10 each way from
Philadelphia and less in-between
from Cherry Hill, Lindenwold, Atco,
Hammonton, Egg Harbor City, and
Absecon. Purchase your ticket at
Ticket Vending Machines (TVM) to
avoid a $5 surcharge on the train.
Discounted tickets are available
for senior citizens age 62 and older
and customers with disabilities.
Restrictions apply. For more information, visit njtransit.com.
Easy connection from River
LINE - There are three easy steps to
connect from River LINE to the Atlantic
City Convention Center. Ride the River
LINE to NJ TRANSIT’s Walter Rand
Transportation Center. Take PATCO
to Lindenwold. Connect to the NJ
TRANSIT Atlantic City Rail Line.
By bus - NJ TRANSIT has express
bus service on Bus Route No. 551
between Camden and the Atlantic City
Bus Terminal just two blocks from the
Convention Center. For added conve-
nience, passengers with an Atlantic
City/Philadelphia rail ticket or pass
may also use that ticket on the 551
bus route between Atlantic City and
Philadelphia’s Greyhound Terminal
located at 10th and Filbert Streets.
Bus tickets valid between Philadelphia and Atlantic City are honored
on the Atlantic City Rail Line for
interstate and intrastate travel.
Travel flexibility - You can use your
NJ TRANSIT monthly rail pass on light
rail and bus. Rail passes are imprinted
with a zone number. You can use your
rail pass for any light rail trip, or for
bus trips up to the number of zones
imprinted, during the period it is valid.
NJ TRANSIT public timetables are
subject to change. Check timetables or
visit njtransit.com prior to traveling.
Most of NJ TRANSIT’s rail, light
rail and bus lines are accessible. Check
njtransit.com or call 973-275-5555 for
accessible travel information. If you
have a disability that prevents you from
using the local fixed bus route, you
Casino parking garages
South Jersey Transportation
Parking Lot @ Corner of Missouri and
Atlantic avenues. (Trump Plaza vicinity) Lot is on the corner. Entrance is on
Missouri Avenue. (299 spaces)
Parking garage @ at Fairmount
and Mississippi avenues just off the
Atlantic City Expressway. The garage has
easy access to the Convention Center
with 1,180 parking spaces and five levels
of parking.
Park Place Parking Lot @ Corner
of Ohio and Atlantic avenues. (Bally’s
Atlantic City vicinity) Proceed east on
Missouri Avenue (toward ocean) to Atlantic Avenue. Make a left onto Atlantic
Avenue. Proceed to Ohio Avenue. Lot
will be on the corner. Make a right onto
Ohio Avenue for entrance.
Parking Lot @ Pacific Avenue between Mississippi and Georgia avenues.
(Trump Plaza vicinity) Proceed east
on Missouri Avenue (toward ocean) to
Pacific Avenue. Make a right onto Pacific
Avenue. Parking lot will be on your
right between Mississippi and Georgia
avenues directly across from Boardwalk
Hall.
Parking Lot @ Atlantic Avenue
between Mississippi and Georgia avenues. (Trump Plaza vicinity) Proceed
east on Missouri Avenue (toward ocean)
to Atlantic Avenue. Make a right onto
Atlantic Avenue. Parking lot will be
on your left between Mississippi and
Georgia avenues.
G&M Parking Lot @ On Georgia
Avenue between Pacific and Atlantic avenues. (Trump Plaza vicinity) Proceed
east on Missouri Avenue (toward ocean)
to Pacific Avenue. Make a right onto
Pacific Avenue. Proceed to Georgia Avenue. Make a right onto Georgia Avenue.
Parking lot will be on your left.
Casino School Lot - Bacharach
Boulevard. (Atlantic City Convention
Center vicinity) Follow the signs for the
Atlantic City Connector, take the first
exit for the Convention Center/Bacharach Blvd. The lot is at the end of the
block on Ohio Avenue and Bacharach
Boulevard. (90 spaces)
Tanger Outlets - The Walk Parking:
Shuttle service to the AC Outlets-The
Walk is also available from surface lots
on Fairmount Avenue between Ohio
and Michigan avenues and on Atlantic
Avenue across from Trump Plaza. The
Caesar’s garage is also convenient to AC
Outlets-The Walk.
ACH (formerly Hilton @ Boston
Avenue and the Boardwalk. (2,081 spaces)
Tropicana Casino and Resort @
Brighton Avenue and the Boardwalk.
(5,000 spaces)
Caesars Atlantic City @ Arkansas
Avenue and the Boardwalk. (2,122 spaces)
Caesars Parking Garage on Michigan Avenue. (3,224 spaces)
Other Atlantic City parking
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Ohio Avenue Parking Lot @ Ohio
and Baltic avenues. (Convention Center Vicinity. Lot 149) At the end of the
Atlantic City Expressway turn left onto
Arctic Avenue. Follow Arctic Avenue
three blocks to Indiana Avenue. Turn left
onto Indiana Avenue, then turn left onto
Baltic Avenue (next block); the entrance
to the Ohio Avenue lot is half a block
down on the right.
New York Avenue Parking Garage/
Park America @ South New York
Avenue between Pacific and Atlantic avenues. Proceed East on Missouri Avenue
(toward ocean) to Pacific Avenue. Make
a left onto Pacific Avenue. Follow Pacific
to New York Avenue. Make a left onto
New York Avenue. Parking garage will be
on your right.
SHUTTLE BUS INFORMATION
may request information about Access
Link, NJ TRANSIT’s ADA paratransit
service by calling 800-955-ADA1 (2321).
Take a shuttle to the Atlantic
City Convention Center
NJEA provides free shuttle service
between the Convention Center and
various areas throughout Atlantic
City. Shuttles leave every 15 minutes
between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Thursday
and 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Friday,
but remember to make allowances
for Atlantic City traffic patterns.
There will also be a shuttle service
on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 6
p.m. every 30 minutes to all routes
except the purple and grey routes.
When going to the Convention
Center, catch a shuttle at any of the
hotels listed at left. Be sure to note
the “color” of the bus you boarded.
Take the same color when returning to your hotel or parking lot.
Here are the route colors
and their destinations from
the Convention Center
Details about color-coded shuttle
routes will also be posted in the
Convention Center. Buses leave from
designated loading areas either in front
of the Center or at the side entrance.
A handicapped accessible minibus
is available upon request. Individuals
using wheelchairs or walkers must
schedule minibus transportation in
advance. Call Annalisa Russell at 609599-4561, ext. 2257 prior to Oct. 25.
Green Route 1
Bally’s
Yellow Route 2 Caesar’s
Red Route 3
Chelsea
Pink Route 4
Taj Mahal
Orange Route 5 Borgata/Harrah’s/Golden Nugget
Purple Route 6 Atlantic City High School
Blue Route 7
SJTA Parking Lot
Travel with colleagues—
charter a bus
Consider sponsoring a local or
county association bus to Atlantic City.
Help members enjoy the convention
without the hassle of driving and
searching for parking. They can sit
back, relax, and share the experience
and session highlights with colleagues.
Bus permits must be purchased in
advance from the South Jersey Transportation Authority, PO Box 351, Hammonton, NJ 08037-0351. Permits are $2 per
bus per day, plus $3 processing fee for up
to 50 permits. You must have a permit
for each day your bus is in Atlantic City.
Ride A.C. history—take a jitney
The Atlantic City Jitney Association was
started in 1915. “Jitney” is an old English
term that means nickel—the fare when
these charming vehicles first began operating in the city. Today, jitneys operate on Pacific Avenue for $2.25 per person, one way.
They provide efficient transportation to all
casino hotels, including the marina area.
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Convention Planner
Thursday - 11/6
(Things I don’t want to miss!)
9:30 - 11 a.m.
First choice: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Second choice: ____________________________________________________________________________________
➥ 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Plenary Session: Pasi Sahlberg • Hall A
1 - 2:30 p.m.
First choice: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Second choice: ____________________________________________________________________________________
3 - 4:30 p.m.
First choice: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Second choice: ____________________________________________________________________________________
High Tech Hall events: _______________________________________________________________________________
Other important things: ________________________________________________________
Friday - 11/7
(Things I don’t want to miss!)
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Mobile App
You can build and save your schedule
on the NJEA Convention mobile app.
Just click on the star for any programs
you plan to attend and they’ll be immediately added to you mobile schedule.
Just search NJEA in your app store.
First choice: ______________________________________________________________________________
Second choice: ____________________________________________________________________________________
➥ 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Plenary Session: Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour • Hall A
1 - 2:30 p.m.
First choice: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Second choice: ____________________________________________________________________________________
3 - 4:30 p.m.
First choice: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Second choice: ____________________________________________________________________________________
High Tech Hall events: _______________________________________________________________________________
Other important things: ______________________________________________________________________________

2014 NJEA ConventionProgram - Tabernacle Education Association

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