May 2023 Agenda

Registration - Breakfast

8:30am - 9:00am

Welcome

9:00am - 9:15am - Rooms ABCD

  • Karen Bingert, President, NJPSA

  • Matthew Korobkin, Senior Consultant and NJ State Lead, PCG

  • Damian Petino Assistant State Director of Special Education, NJDOE

Keynote: Dr. Darren Kennedy

9:15am - 10:00am

  • Rethinking PD for Leaders to Respond to the Times

Break and Room Separation

10:00am - 10:10am

Breakout Session #1

10:10am - 11:10am

  • Reaching All Learners (Room A/B )

    • Dr. Chinwe Osondu, Assistant Director, Office of Special Education, NJDOE

  • Interdepartmental and Multi-District Partnerships for Change: Ensuring Student and Staff Safety Utilizing Threat Assessment and Positive Behavior Support Models (Room C/D)

    • Dr. Teresa Taylor, Director of Special Education, Jackson Township School District

    • Joseph Palumbo, Director of School Counseling, Jackson Township School District

11:10am - 12:10am

  • Inclusion Through School Based Health Services: A While Child Approach (Room A/B )

    • Dr. Gerard Crisonino, Assistant Superintendent of Special Education and Colleague, Jersey City Public Schools

  • SEPAG 2.0 – A Collaborative Partnership: Strategies for Strength and Growth (Room C/D)

    • Ms. Debra Esposito, Project Director of START-Engaging Parents of Students with Disabilities, NJ SPAN

Lunch

12:10pm - 1pm

Breakout Session #2

1pm - 1:55pm

  • Elevate Your Leadership Through NJTSS (Room A/B)

    • Mollye Kiss and Christine Cline, Former School Administrators and Subject Matter Experts PCG

  • Giving License to Effective Co-Teaching (Room C/D)

    • Dr. Jerome Patterson, Student Support Coordinat, Lead Charter School and Matthew Korobkin, Senior Consultant PCG

Break – Separate Rooms

1:55pm - 2pm

Group Session

2pm - 3pm

  • Legal Update: Topical Issues in Special Education Law

    • John Worthington, Esq, Former NJ State Director of Special Education and Special Education Law Subject Matter Expert

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