The NJASA Women in Leadership Sessions offered the perfect opportunity to network after the Association’s recent Annual Regional Summits at Kean University, Union, and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Mays Landing. From left, NJASA President-Elect Judith Rattner, Supt., Berkeley Heights; NJASA Director of Professional Development Linda Martensen and former Supt., Spring Lake Heights; NJASA Treasurer Dr. Donna Van Horn, Supt., Weymouth Twp.; and Elaine Davis, Director, NJDOE Office of Leadership Development and former Executive Director- Principal’s Center for the Garden State welcomed participants to theWomen in Leadership Sessions. The dis- cussions centered on the value of strengthening their professional networks for upcoming seminars designed to sharpen career planning and skill building. A PUBLICATION OF THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS O O O N TARGET The current climate of tough times and tough deci- sions, that all New Jersey school districts are facing, dominated the agenda of the recent New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA) 2010 Representative Assembly held at the Jackson Liberty High School, Jackson. All the chief education officers and school leaders attending the Association’s annual meeting unani- mously agreed that public education in New Jersey has entered uncharted territories. The tough choices Governor Christie spoke about in his mid-March budget message became top priority at all meetings of New Jersey’s local school boards and municipal governing bodies. NJASA Executive Director Dr. Richard Bozza in the program’s welcoming address stated, “The reali- ty of this situation places the burden of these tough decisions squarely on the shoulders of New Jersey’s chief education officers and school leaders. Fortunately, these individuals have the background and training both in education and financial man- agement to lead districts through these tough times and to make the hard choices with the least detri- mental effect on educational quality.” The Assembly participants publicly acknowledged in the open forum discussion that during these very challenging times, the stakeholders of their respective school districts are looking to them as the chief education officers and school leaders for assurance that the most crucial issue – the best education for their children will not be lost. April/May Executive View President’s Message Allied Members Legal Corner Curriculum Corner Financial Corner 2 3 4 6 8 9 A New Era for New Jersey Education – Uncharted Territories Camden County was well represented at the 2010 Representative Assembly. From left are: Chief Education Officers Don Borden, Audubon; Scott Oswald, Collingswood; Diane DeGiacomo, Oaklyn; Ray Brosel, Voorhees Twp.; Mark Raivetz, Haddon Twp.; and Geraldine Carroll, Lindenwold. NJASA Women’s Caucus Supports Women in Leadership
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The NJASA Women in Leadership Sessionsoffered the perfect opportunity to networkafter the Association’s recent AnnualRegional Summits at Kean University,Union, and The Richard Stockton College ofNew Jersey, Mays Landing. From left,NJASA President-Elect Judith Rattner,Supt., Berkeley Heights; NJASA Director ofProfessional Development Linda Martensenand former Supt., Spring Lake Heights; NJASA Treasurer Dr. Donna Van Horn, Supt., Weymouth Twp.;and Elaine Davis, Director, NJDOE Office of Leadership Development and former Executive Director-Principal’s Center for the Garden State welcomed participants to the Women in Leadership Sessions. The dis-cussions centered on the value of strengthening their professional networks for upcoming seminars designed tosharpen career planning and skill building.
A PUBLICATION OF THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
OOOONN TTAARRGGEETTThe current climate of tough times and tough deci-sions, that all New Jersey school districts are facing,dominated the agenda of the recent New JerseyAssociation of School Administrators (NJASA)2010 Representative Assembly held at the JacksonLiberty High School, Jackson.
All the chief education officers and school leadersattending the Association’s annual meeting unani-mously agreed that public education in New Jerseyhas entered uncharted territories. The tough choicesGovernor Christie spoke about in his mid-Marchbudget message became top priority at all meetingsof New Jersey’s local school boards and municipalgoverning bodies.
NJASA Executive Director Dr. Richard Bozza inthe program’s welcoming address stated, “The reali-ty of this situation places the burden of these toughdecisions squarely on the shoulders of New Jersey’schief education officers and school leaders.Fortunately, these individuals have the background and training both in education and financial man-agement to lead districts through these tough times and to make the hard choices with the least detri-mental effect on educational quality.”
The Assembly participants publicly acknowledged in the open forum discussion that during these verychallenging times, the stakeholders of their respective school districts are looking to them as the chiefeducation officers and school leaders for assurance that the most crucial issue – the best education fortheir children will not be lost.
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A New Era for New Jersey Education – Uncharted Territories
Camden County was well represented at the 2010Representative Assembly. From left are: ChiefEducation Officers Don Borden, Audubon; ScottOswald, Collingswood; Diane DeGiacomo,Oaklyn; Ray Brosel, Voorhees Twp.; MarkRaivetz, Haddon Twp.; and Geraldine Carroll,Lindenwold.
NJASA Women’s Caucus Supports Women inLeadership
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School leaders, just as the Governor of New Jersey, arerequired by law to submit a budget in which expendituresmatch the anticipated revenues. To accomplish this arduoustask this year in particular, NJASA members review pro-posed budget items that represent the best hopes and wishesfor the students of their districts, and then begin to peelback the onion, decreasing the least essential of services asthey make programs work due to greatly reduced fundingfrom the State.
Chief Education Officers and their staff are examining thehard realities of New Jersey’s economy and are making diffi-cult choices going forward to protect the quality of NewJersey’s public educational system.
NJASA leadership understands that each community has itsown preferred special programs and that program and per-sonnel reductions are never desirable or popular. It’s one ofthe “no-win” situations that makes the role of school leaderso difficult.
The Association recognizes the tough choices you have beenmaking. In times like these Chief Education Officers andschool leaders provide the leadership that is critical in help-ing a community manage its way through the tough choices. NJASA works to keep you informed about breaking devel-opments by expeditiously notifying the membership throughindividual emails and the NJASA eNewsletter titled, TheSource. NJASA members quickly opened emails such as thePension FAQs obtained from Senate President StephenSweeney.
As the pace of activities recently escalated in district offices,it did also at NJASA headquarters. NJASA has been out infront speaking on behalf of its members. Press releases andthe NJASA Video Program, New Jersey Education Briefs
explained in layman terms the “double whammy” that NewJersey’s public school districts are experiencing due to thereduction of $475 million in surplus funds and the pro-posed five percent decrease in state aid for 2010-2011school year. State and regional news reports, opinion editorials, Internet postings and radio interviews featuredmy comments about members’ work, as did featured appearances on Channel 12 News In Our Schools, WPIX TV Channel 11 Morning News, and NJN EveningNews.
NJASA recommends that community members get involvedin the discussion of their school budget to better learn aboutthe causes for the current reductions and resulting budgetdecisions and to help achieve the proper balance of invest-ments and outcomes for the students of their communities.The diversity of New Jersey’s communities ensures that priorities and finances must be aligned in each school system based upon identified needs and aspirations. But one thing is of importance across the entire State – schoolleaders are working diligently to find the options that are least detrimental to New Jersey’s high standard of education while managing with limited resources.
The proposed Fiscal Year 2011 budget has been made inTrenton, but the burden of tough decisions sits squarely onthe shoulders of New Jersey’s Chief Education Officers andschool leaders.
NJASA will continue to provide you with helpful informa-tion and NJASA staff will respond to your questions aboutdaily operations, proposed pension reforms, and pendinglegislation and regulations.
As always, NJASA is here for you. Stay connected withNJASA and your professional colleagues!
EXECUTIVEVIEW
by Dr. Richard G. Bozza, NJASA Executive Director
MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of NJASA, the unifying professional association of school leaders, is to ensure a superior statewide system of education by influencing andeffecting educational policy, regulations and legislation; and by maximizing the capacity and effectiveness of school leaders through professional developmentprograms and support services.
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Dear Colleagues:
The pressures on our educational systems are significant.This is a time when many districts are in a critical decisionmaking mode of weighing options, thinking about possibili-ties and planning the right course of action. We, as chiefeducation officers, face two choices – no action or action.This is the true leadership question.
Inaction creates a whole host of issues. Our communities arelooking to us for direction and to lead the way. It is veryapparent that the forward progress of any organization iskey. And – in especially difficult times, it is even more criti-cal. Our students are waiting and our stakeholders arewatching. Those organizations that are able to concisely andspecifically identify evidence of success and communicate itto their stakeholders, have the greatest possibilities for devel-oping coalitions of committed people to sustain the effort.
This is where strategic planning enters in. Well constructedstrategic plans have power for not only specifying anddescribing the future state of the district through ambitiousand clear goals, but also detailing the very specific method-ologies to achieve desired results. Although the nomencla-ture may vary, the fundamentals remain the same. Greatstrategic plans have both qualitative and quantitative com-ponents. They are written for implementation and arealigned both vertically and horizontally within the organiza-tion. One of the great tests of a solid strategic plan is theextent to which everyone – both internally (our staff, stu-dents, administration) and externally (our community atlarge) has a strong operational knowledge of the plan and isworking in concert to achieve results.
Here are a few key questions to ask:• Do we have our stakeholders engaged and interested in
achieving at high levels?• Are we practicing collective inquiry? Are we thinking
innovatively?• What are our participation levels? Do our community
members and families feel connected? Have we usefullyformed community partnerships?
• Have we asked our students? What helps them learn best?• Do we have a trusting environment where people feel free
to offer their ongoing ideas and feedback?
Culture can be an elusive concept, we know it is important,but often struggle with how to develop it. This in combina-tion with developing the district strategic plan points usback to identifying a predictably successful approach weknow will not only drive results, but unite and engage ourexpansive community.
NJASA and our new Affiliate Partner PLC Associates, Inc., astrategic planning consultancy based in NY with over 20years of experience and a very impressive track record ofworking with a vast number of schools, invite you to partici-pate in a 30-minute gratis webinar on strategic planning.Visit the Association website at www.njasa.net for details.
I am also extremely pleased to announce that PLC, at no costto NJASA, will be spearheading our Association’s efforts toconduct a strategic planning process beginning in late April.
Sincerely,
Doug GroffChief Education Officer
PRESIDENT’SMESSAGE
by Douglas B. GroffNJASA President 2009-2010
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Direct 15 and two HMOs. It is possible that bargainingcould limit those to one Direct plan and one HMO orsome other combination.)
• The number of hours of work needed to qualify for healthbenefit coverage under the SEHBP will become 25 hoursfor new people employed after the enactment of the legisla-tion; how ever, employees who work at least 20 hours aweek and are covered by health benefits prior to theenactment of the bill will continue to be covered as longas there is no break in their coverage.
• Multiple coverage under the SEHBP is prohibited. Anindividual can only be covered as an employee, as a de pen -dent or as a retiree, but not in any combination. This aspectof the law will be implemented through rules and regula-tions of the State Health Commission.
• Disability retirements are eliminated for all employeesenrolled in TPAF or PERS on or after May 22, 2010. Inplace of disability retirements, the legislation establishes along-term disability insurance program for persons who areunable to work.
Paraprofessionals in school districts re -ceiving Title I funds have now beengranted statutory protections in con-nection with their dismissal and/orcontract non-renewal. On January 16,2010, the Legislature approved and for-mer Gov er nor Corzine signed AssemblyBill No. 420 into law.1 In enacting thisnew law, which became effective imme-diately, the Legislature determined thatteachers in school districts receivingTitle I funding have come undergreater pressure to de mon strate higherstudent performance and are beingforced to focus more on curriculumand test preparation. It found, as aresult, that paraprofessionals are assum-ing greater responsibility for supportingstudents in the classroom. Therefore,the Legislature determined that itshould establish measures to “en hanceemployment stability and promote pro-fessional development” for them.2
For purposes of this new law, a “parapro-fessional” is any individual who is em -ployed “as a school aide or classroomaide who assists a teaching staff memberwith the supervision of pupil activities.”3
Therefore, it is important for school
administrators to consider an aide’sduties and job description in decidingwhether the law applies to them.
In terms of procedural protections, thelaw requires the chief school administra-tor (“CSA”), in a district receiving TitleI funds, to provide, on or before May15th, a written offer of a contract ofemployment for the next succeedingyear, or a notice that employment willnot be offered to each paraprofessionalcontinuously employed since the pre-ceding September 30th.4 The way thelaw is written, it is irrelevant whetherthe paraprofessionals are paid with TitleI funds; the trigger is the receipt of TitleI funds by the district.
The law also offers protection from dis-missal but does not grant lifetime tenure.The law provides that a paraprofessionalin a district that receives Title I fundscannot be dismissed or reduced in com-pensation during the term of his/hercontract except for “good cause,” andcannot be dismissed for “arbitrary orcapricious reasons.”5 Para pro fes sionalswho are dismissed or reduced in com-pensation must receive notice of the basis
for the action, and must be given anopportunity to be heard by the board.6
These rights supplement any rights orremedies provided in any applicable col-lective negotiations agreement (“CNA”).
The law also offers professional develop-ment opportunities to paraprofessionalsemployed in districts that receive Title Ifunds. First, all accredited universitiesand colleges that offer coursework foran instructional certificate must adoptpolicies and procedures to allow para-professionals enrolled in their teacherpreparation programs to perform theirstudent teaching experience in the dis-trict in which they are employed.7 Insuch cases, the district must enter intoan agreement with the university or col-lege to authorize the student teachingexperience in the district. Second, dis-tricts that receive Title I funds mustprovide, if feasible, a paraprofessional,who is student teaching in the district,with a modified work schedule thatenables him/her to complete his/herstudent teaching experience while work-ing as a paraprofessional.8
This new law may have a significantimpact in some districts relative to themanner in which they renew and non-renew the employment contracts oftheir paraprofessionals. In addition, itmay affect many districts’ handling ofmid-year terminations of their parapro-fessionals because the law also affordsparaprofessionals with “tenure-like” pro-tections during the term of their con-tracts. School officials should considerthese issues, along with the issue as towhether the law applies to aides their
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Eisenhower Middle School (EMS) hadjust begun a transformation into a newera. With a new principal and many newteachers, they began working with a newparadigm – the removal of ability group-ing from academic areas, with the excep-tion of math courses. As the new super-intendent touting the efficacy of mixedability groups (by way of research stud-ies), EMS charged ahead with its newdesign. Much of the “new” focus cen-tered on differentiated in struc tion, amethodology that the district was incor-porating in previous years, but one I feltneeded to be delivered full force. DImeans targeting each student’s learningstyles and honing instruction toward it.Most importantly, we felt that we neededto assess our students through bench-marked standards, and aim our units andlessons around the notion of enhancingstrengths and remediating weaknesses.
We established benchmark assessments inall four core subjects. Teachers played asignificant role in developing thoseassessments. We aligned the bench marksto state standards and each question orskill assessment aligned to a subset ofthose standards. During parent confer-ences, teachers addressed strengths andweaknesses of students rather than cumu-lative pro gress related to alpha-numericgrading. A critical component of whatwe im bedded into the process was acommitment to not use the results ofbenchmarks to compare students, classesor in any way evaluate teachers. We felt(and feel) that the exclusive purposeought to be individual student achieve -ment, and allow teachers to en gage in adialog designed to compare effectiveinstructional strategies that could be con-nected to assessment results. The struc-ture was a formative view of teachereffectiveness and student learning.
The outcomes have been nothing lessthan amazing. To properly gauge theresults, the district has started using stu-dents’ graduation year to compare theirprogress from one year to the next. Wewanted to compare apples-to-apples, sowe assigned each class their graduationyear to denote a particular testing year.For example, this year’s grade eight stu-dents are the class of 2014. That class,in particular, showed enormous pro -gress, at least as measured by state tests.When the class of 2014 took their stateexams in spring 2008, only 3 studentswere deemed Advanced Proficient on theNew Jersey Assess ment of Skills andKnowl edge (NJ ASK), in Language Arts.When they took the same test in 2009, awhopping 95 students came through asAdvanced Pro ficient. Con versely, thenumber of students that were PartiallyPro fic ient dropped from 95-to-40. Mathscores were equally as impressive, withAd vanced Proficient numbers going from58-to-120 students, for that same class.For the class of 2013, Language Artspassing scores increased by 54 students(from 213 267), while the number ofstudents that were Partially Proficientdropped from 60-to-29. Mathematicsscores for that class rose from 92 stu-dents Ad vanced to 120 studentsAdvanced, while Partially Proficientnumbers dropped from 91-to-66.
Perhaps most impressive of all were thescience scores, where 154 students (45%of the entire grade) were Advanced, andjust 1.9% of the general education and5% of the total population did not meetproficiency levels. In all cases, passingscores were up and ‘non passing’ scoreswent down. To increase communicationwith parents and keep them in touchwith their students’ progress, as well asto promote better student work habits,
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CURRICULUMCORNER
by Michael A. Rossi, Jr., Ph.D.Superintendent, Roxbury Township
A Middle School Success Story
EMS was the first school in the districtto pilot an online grade book. Its suc-cess is re flected in a 30% increase inHonor Roll recipients. The figures sur-pass not only the state average but alsothose of Roxbury’s District FactorGroup.
However, test scores were far from theonly successes that are part of thisstory. Other factors that contributed toim prov ing student performance andclosing the achievement gap focusedon the social and emotional aspects ofthe middle level learner. The principal,in partnership with Rutgers Uni ver -sity’s Social and Emotional LearningLab, has in volved EMS in their De -veloping Safe and Civil Schools(DSACS) initiative. The programoffered services (worth ap proximately$10,000) and assisted us in developingthe tools necessary to create a cus-tomized character education programfor the school. Students also participat-ed in a school climate survey workingwith Rowan University’s Social NormsProject. This opportunity allowedEMS to acknowledge its own uniquepositive social norms and supportthem. With these tremendous strides,discipline referrals have decreased morethan 50% on all levels. We feel verystrongly that the removal of abilitygroups and the focus on the individuallearner, in combination with our char-acter education initiatives, dramaticallyimproved student achievement andtransformed the climate and culture ofEisenhower Middle School.
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districts employ. School officials shouldcontact their board attorney with ques-tions about the application of this law,and the application of any overlappingprotections afforded by any CNA.
1. P.L. 2009, ch. 227. 2. N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10.1.3. See N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10.2.4. See Id.5. N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10.3.6. See Id.7. N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10.4.8. Id.
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F INANCIALCORNER
by Mort Reinhart, NJASA Pension Consultant
Governor SignsPension andHealth BillInto Law
Three pension bills that reduce benefitsfor all new educators who enroll in theState’s pension systems after May 21,2010 was passed by the Legislature andsigned into law by the Governor onMarch 22, 2010.
The new laws, Chapter 2, Chapter 3and Chapter 4 of the Public Laws of2010, also will impact current employ-ees by requiring that they contribute1.5% of their salaries toward the cost ofhealth benefits. That contribution willapply to all employees, regardless ofinsurance carrier, not just those cov-ered by the State Health Benefits Plan(SHBP) or the School Em ployeesHealth Benefits Plan SEHBP).
A detailed reading of the laws revealsthe following facts:
• No one who is currently enrolledin the systems (TPAF or PERS) willsee any change in the pension for-mula benefit, nor be denied a quali-fied disability retirement. The for-mula remains at N/55, the averagesalary is based on three years.
Only new employees ENROLLED inthe system “on or after the effectivedate” of the legislation would beaffected by the pension changesbeing made by the bill (N/60; averagesalary based on five years.)
• EVERYONE WHO IS CURRENT-LY EMPLOYED WILL BE RE -QUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE 1.5%OF SALARY TOWARD THE COSTOF HEALTH BENEFITS. The lawmakes very clear that all employees,whether in one of the State plan pro-grams or in a separate health care
program, will be required to con-tribute 1.5% of salary toward healthcoverage.
• Those already retired who receivehealth benefits based on 25 years ofcredited service or retired on disabilityretirement will continue to receivethose benefits without cost.
All current active employees whoeventually retire with 25 years ofcredit or on a disability retirement willreceive health benefits without cost.
Only new employees ENROLLED inthe system “on or after the effectivedate” of the legislation who retirewith 25 years of credit would berequired to contribute 1.5% of theirPENSION income toward theirhealth benefits.
The following situations are offered asexamples of the health benefit picture:
Jane Doe retired in 2007 after twenty-eight (28) years of service. Her healthbenefits have been provided to herthrough the SEHBP without any costto her. She will continue to receive herhealth benefits without cost.
Mary Doe has been a teacher for twen-ty-four years. She plans to retire in2012. She will pay 1.5% of her salaryuntil she retires in 2012 after complet-ing her twenty-sixth (26) year. Aftershe retires, her health benefits will beprovided to her through the SEHBPwithout any cost to her.
It is in the health benefit area thatCURRENT employees will see somechanges, although not all employees
will be affected by all the changes. Insome cases, the changes spelled out inthe legislation will affect all healthplans; in others only the SEHBP andSHBP are affected.
• As spelled out above, all currentemployees will be required to con-tribute 1.5% toward the cost of healthbenefits, regardless of whether the cov-erage is provided by the SEHBP or bya private insurer, after the collectivebargaining agreement or contract cur-rently in effect ends. (That amount isin addition to any contributions requiredas a result of collective bargaining.)
• The amount that may be paid to anemployee who waives health care cover-age under the SEHBP is limited to thelesser of $5,000 or 25% of the “amountsaved by the employer because of theemployee’s waiver of coverage.”
• All “changes in the provisions ofhealth care benefits” that are collectivelynegotiated between the State and itsemployees “shall be made applicable...to participating employers and theiremployees at the same time and samemanner as to State employees.” This sec-tion of the law only applies to districtsenrolled in the SEHBP. Thus schoolemployees in the SEHBP could findthat their benefits change if the Stateemployees and the State agree onchanges.
• School employees covered by theSEHBP may find that the number ofplans within the program may be lim-ited through collective bargaining.(As an example, the current offeringsunder the SEHBP include Direct 10,
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“Transforming Educational Leadership for the21st Century”
NJASA/NJSBA Spring Conference – May 19-20, 2010Seven Great Reasons to Attend
Rudy Crew
Brad Reitz
Wednesday, May 19, 2010Conference Registration 8:30 am – 6:00 pmRefreshments 8:30 am – 10:00 amNew Board Member Orientation 9:30 am – 4:30 pmGroup Sessions will occur 10:00 am – 11:15 amduring the day at: 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Opening General Session 11:30 am – 1:00 pmKeynote Speaker: Dr. Rudolph F. CrewFollowed by a Special Awards PresentationsSpecial Presentations will include:
• Superintendent of the Year • Distinguished Service Award• NJASA Emeritus Membership Recognition • NJASA Special
Retiree Recognition • Anti-Defamation League Award
Women in Leadership Initiative 1:15 pm – 4:00 pmSucceeding as a Female Superintendent: How to Get There andStay There. A thought provoking conversation with co-authors MaryP. Kinsella, former Superintendent and Chair of Educational Lead er -ship, SUNY Cortland and Suzanne L. Gilmour, Chair of Edu ca tionalAdministration at SUNY Oswego and the Executive Director of theNY State Association for Women in Admin istration.
NJASA Legislative Committee Meeting 2:45 pm – 4:00 pmThis is the regularly scheduled meeting date for this committee. AllCommittee Members should plan to attend.Exhibitor Registration 2:00 pm – 4:30 pmAllied Member Welcome Reception 4:30 pm – 5:15 pmNJASA Presidents’ Forum/Reception 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmSponsored by the NJASA Allied Members
Thursday, May 20, 2010Conference Registration 7:00 am – 2:00 pm
You must be present to win Grand Prizes! 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Hotel InformationBally’s Atlantic City is the official host hotel for the 2010 NJASA/NJSBA AnnualSpring Conference. It is the responsibility of all attendees and exhibitors going to theSpring Conference to make their own hotel arrangements directly with Bally’s no laterthan Friday, April 23, 2010. NJASA has negotiated a special rate of $117 per roomnight in the Dennis Tower and $125 per room night in the Bally’s Tower. CallBALLY’S RESERVATIONS 1(800) 345-7253, and provide the agent with BookingCode GBSNN, and identify yourself with New Jersey Association of SchoolAdministrators.
All applicable tourism, state and city taxes are in addition to the quoted rates. Parkingis also additional.
Editor’s Note: Group sessions, functions and times are subject to change.Visit www.njasa.net for a detailed description of all Spring Con fer ence functions and programs.
*SPECIAL NOTE: The waiver request for overnight lodging was AP PROVEDby the Commissioner of Education. As a result of this waiver, school districtswill be able to reimburse attendees for overnight lodging on Wednesday, May19, 2010.
Agenda-at-a-Glance
1. Wednesday’s Keynote SpeakerDr. Rudolph F. Crew, President of Global Partnership Schools and a professor at the University of SouthernCalifornia's Rossier School of Education.Keynote Presentation: Governing as a New Business Model – A New Deal for Education
2. Thursday’s Keynote SpeakerDr. Brad Reitz, Vice President ScholasticKeynote Presentation: 21st Century Classrooms Meet Three Persistent Achievement Gaps
3. 40 “Hot Topic” Sessions
4. School leaders can complete hours of required professional development.Several of this year’s programs will provide 1 hour each of required professional development training on issues of ethics, legal, governance, special education, staff rights and student rights which can be used toward the July 1, 2013 completion date for P.L. 2007, Chapter 53 (originally Assembly bill A-5).
5. Women in Leadership Initiative Succeeding as a Female Superintendent: How to Get There and Stay There.A thought provoking conversation with co-authors Mary P. Kinsella, former Superintendent and Chair of Educational Lead er ship, SUNY Cortland and Suzanne L. Gilmour, Chair of Edu ca tional Administration at SUNY Oswego and the Executive Director of the NY State Association for Women in Admin istration.
6. 60+ NJASA Allied Member Exhibits7. For many New Jersey school leaders, this is THE professional development and networking event of the year.
NJASA/NJSBA 28th ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE
“Transforming Educational Leadership for the 21st Century” BALLY’S – May 19-20, 2010REGISTRATION FORM
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NJASA On Target is published as an information service by the New JerseyAssociation of School Administrators. The publication is sent to Association membersas part of their annual membership dues. It is available to nonmembers at a subscriptionrate of $24 per year.
2009-2010 NJASA OfficersPresident………………………………………Douglas B. GroffPresident-Elect ……………………………Judith Ann RattnerSecretary …………………………………Andrew Rinko, Ed.D.Treasurer …………………………Donna B. Van Horn, Ed.D.Past-President …………………………Kenneth D. King, Ed.D.
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NJASA Executive Director ……………Richard G. Bozza, Ed.D.Editor ………………………………………Anne H. Gallagher
