May 2025 Agenda

Registration - Breakfast

8:30am-9:00am

Welcome

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

Keynote: Collaborating for Success: Strengthening Partnerships Between Special Education and Building-Level Administrators

9:15am-10:15am

  • David Bateman, Principal Researcher at the American Institutes for Research, and Professor Emeritus at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Break and Room Separation

10:15am-10:30am

10:30am-11:30am

  • Defining Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) Across the Continuum: A Range of Possibilities

    • Dr. Donna Sacco, Senior Technical Assistance Consultant at the American Institutes for Research

  • Difference or Disability? An overview of the NJPSA Guidance Document on Multilingual Learners with Learning Difficulties

    • Dr. JoAnne Negrin, Partner at LLAMAME, LLC

    • Ms. Julie Ochoa, Partner at LLAMAME, LLC

    • Dr. Suzan Radwan, Director of Special Services for Hillsborough Township Public Schools, NJ

11:30am-12:30am

  • Building-Level Leadership and Section 504: Ensuring Equity and Access for All Students

    • Dr. David Bateman, Principal Researcher at the American Institutes for Research, and Professor Emeritus at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  • Behavioral Threat Assessment

    • Jillian Haring, Senior Advisor, Public Consulting Group

  • Strategies for Increasing Attendance

    • Dr. Scott Rocco, Superintendent and Kevin Bobetich, Supervisor of Testing, Data, and Staff Evaluation, Hamilton Township Schools

Break and Room Separation

12:30pm-1:00pm

1:00pm-2:00pm

  • Special Education Legal Update

    • John Worthington

  • A Roadmap to Inclusive Practices in PreK & Beyond

    • Michael Vargas, Belleville Public Schools, Director of Early Childhood Education

    • Yanelis Cabaleiro, Belleville Public Schools, Supervisor of Early Childhood Education

    • Ryan Kline, Belleville Public Schools, Director of Special Services

  • Effective Strategies for Positive Parent/School Partnerships

    • Parent Panel

Afternoon Keynotes

2:00pm - 3:00pm

  • Afternoon Keynote: Lessons Learned for Using Data-Based Individualization (DBI) to Determine Eligibility and Monitor Student Progress

  • Afternoon Keynote: Dr. Donna Sacco, Senior Technical Assistance Consultant at the American Institutes for Research

About Public Consulting Group

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, PCG employs over 2,500 professionals in more than 50 offices worldwide. PCG offers education consulting services and technology solutions that help schools, school districts, and state education agencies/ministries of education to promote student success, improve programs and processes, and optimize financial resources. To learn more, visit http://www.publicconsultinggroup.com/education.