May 2024 Agenda

Registration - Breakfast

8:30am-9:00am

Welcome

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

  • Ms. Karen Bingert, Senior Consultant and NJ State Lead, PCG

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

  • Ms. Kathy Goldenberg, NJ Board of Education President

  • Ms. Kathleen Ehling, Esq., Assistant Commissioner, Division of Educational Services, NJDOE

Keynote: Lessons Learned: Using MTSS/RTI for the Identification of Learning Disabilities 

9:15am-10:15am

  • Dr. Matt Burns, Professor of Special Education, University of Florida and Assistant Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute

Break and Room Separation

10:15-10:30

10:30am-11:30am

Room AD

Using Your State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) Data for Planning

Dr. Paul Barbato, Director of Special Services, Dumont Public Schools

Room BC

Decision Making for Tier 1 and 2: What Do Good Screening and Diagnostic Decisions Look Like?

Dr. Matt Burns, Professor of Special Education, University of Florida and Assistant Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute

11:30am-12:30pm

Room AD

A Case Management Approach to Behavior Threat Assessment

  • Mr. Will Gordillo, Special Education Subject Matter Expert, PCG

  • Ms. Jillian Haring, Senior Advisor, PCG

Room BC

Effective MTSS for Identifying Learning Disabilities

  • Dr. Matt Burns, Professor Special Education, University of Florida and Assistant Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute


Room EF

Understanding and Using Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) in Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)

  • Ms. Kristine Esposito, President, New Jersey Association of School Psychologists

  • Dr. Vincent Alphonso, Interim Dean of the College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University

Lunch

12:30pm - 1:00pm

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Room AD

Transitions from Preschool to Kindergarten: Creating Inclusive Opportunities through Collaboration and Capacity Building

  • Ms. Michele Gardner, Executive Director, New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Education

Room BC

Strategies for Making Progress Monitoring Manageable and Effective in Elementary Schools

  • Dr. Tessie Bailey, Director, PROGRESS Center, Advisor to National Center on Intensive Interventions and the Center on MTSS


Room EF

MTSS and a Culture Supportive of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Wellness

  • Dr. Sharon Lohrmann

Strategies for Making Progress Monitoring Manageable and Effective Secondary (Middle and High) Schools

9:00am-9:15am

  • Ms. Karen Bingert, Executive Director of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA)

  • Matthew Korobkin, Senior Lead Advisor, PCG

  • Ms. Kathy Goldenberg, NJ Board of Education President

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