Workshop Session #1 - Friday, April 1 - 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM #1 - PTA Fundraising Fundamentals: What You REALLY Need to Know! Presented by: Lisa Falco | NJPTA Vice President of Leadership Development Jennifer D'Antuono | NJPTA Region Director Workshop Description: This workshop will explore the purpose of fundraising in PTA, fundraising planning, types of fundraisers, best practices for facilitating fundraisers, and evaluating fundraiser success. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to share their fundraising successes and concerns.
#2 - Learning the Basics of Parliamentary Procedure
Presented by: Mary Scout | NJPTA Parliamentarian & Professional Registered Parliamentarian Workshop Description: Parliamentary procedure is an orderly set of rules for conducting meetings of organized groups, for the purpose of accomplishing their goals fairly. We use parliamentary procedures in PTA to ensure a fair and orderly process of running a meeting. Learn about agendas, minutes, rules for running a meeting, bylaws and standing rules. #3 - Social Media, Canva and Google...Oh My! SPONSORED BY LIFETOUCH Presented by: Momina Cammarata | Horace Mann PTA President and NJPTA Region Director Workshop Description: In this session you will learn how to communicate effectively with your general membership and school staff members. We'll cover social media safety and marketing basics; how to use Canva; and review all the *free* tools that Google offers. You'll leave this session with tips and tricks to put a professional shine on your PTA! #4 - How to Make SEL (Social Emotional Learning) a Priority in These Turbulent Times SPONSORED BY NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Presented by: Dr. Ashley Janosko | District Director of School Counselor, PhD, LPC, NCC Dr. Melissa Varley | Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools Marybeth Kopacz | Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education and Intervention Workshop Description: Researchers continue to support the notion that student achievement and success is directly related to the level of SEL self-efficacy. However, post-pandemic responses and achievement successes including state testing has provided an added roadblock to making SEL a priority. It is paramount that school districts and communities collectively engage in the knowledge, implementation, exercise, and maintenance of SEL on a regular and consistent basis for our students and staff. In this presentation, we will educate participants on the definition, research findings, and implications of Social & Emotional Learning of youth, adolescents, and adults. Additionally, how school districts can naturally infuse SEL in-class and outside of class will be presented. Examples of how parents can teach, role model and support the practices of SEL are shared. Finally, how the PTA within a school district can work to support the infusion of SEL within a building and/or district will be reported.
Workshop Session #2 - Friday, April 1 - 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM
#1 - Parents as Advocates: Current Education Issues, the Legislative Process and How to Best Advocate for Your Child Presented by: Debra Bradley, Esq. | Director of Government Relations, NJ Principals and Supervisors Association Workshop Description: Parents have a critical voice to share in the making of policies and laws that impact school operations, policies and priorities. This session will discuss current legislation and policy issues being considered by state lawmakers in Trenton and how parents can effectively engage in the legislative process as strong advocates for their children and all students in New Jersey. Recent legislation has focused on such issues as bullying, student health and safety, school security drills, student learning issues and so much more! Join us and bring your questions about what the State Legislature and NJ Department of Education are working on now! #2 - Lead Your Board, Not Manage SPONSORED BY BAND Presented by: Anna King | National PTA President Workshop Description: Learn about servant leadership & how it aids in working together with your board. How leadership influences, motivates, & enables others to contribute; management holds a sense of power & control. #3 - 2022-2023 Reflections Program (National PTA Arts Program) Kick-off! Presented by: Denise Ingallinera | NJPTA Reflections Chair Workshop Description: A brief overview of the successes of the 2021 - 2022 Reflections program, an introduction to the 2022 - 2023 theme, "Show Your Voice," and the different ways to show your Local PTA how to start now to guarantee a highly successful Reflections program. #4 - Preparing Our Students for the Impacts of Climate Change on Their Lives Presented by: Randall Solomon | Co-Chair of the Climate Change Education Thought Leader Committee & Executive Director of Sustainable Jersey Deborah Villarreal-Hadley | NJPTA Legislative Activities and Resolutions Committee Workshop Description: Coming Soon!
Workshop Session #3 - Friday, April 1 - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
#1 - Membership Workshop | Do-It-Yourself Membership Plan SPONSORED BY BRAINFUSE Presented by: Laurie Pasiuk | NJPTA Membership Development Chair Robert Acerra | NJPTA Director of Member and Board Services Workshop Description: In a post-COVID world, PTA's must think strategically to build back their memberships. Local PTA leaders will flex their creative minds in an interactive workshop that teaches how to facilitate a conversation with their PTA boards about ways to increase membership. Attendees will take-home a DIY planning tool for membership growth that helps to: - Picture ways to reach and attract possible PTA members.
- Listen to what matters most and align PTA's efforts.
- Ask possible members to join PTA by sharing PTA's focus on what matters most to them.
- Nurture relationships year-round by communicating the impact PTA is making on students, school and the community.
#2 - Be The Change You Want To See Presented by: Fidelia Sturdivant | Coordinator of DE&I, New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association Workshop Description: This session will address how everyone's voice matters and will give a perspective on how to build and incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into everything your PTA does. #3 - Basic Rights for Students with Disabilities Presented by: Peg Kinsell | Director of SPAN Public Policy Workshop Description: Overview of Laws, Regulations and Process to access support for students with disabilities. #4 - SEL (Social Emotional Learning) and School Climate: Creating the Foundation For Academic and Life Success SPONSORED BY LYSOL Presented by: Elizabeth Hansen Warner | President of SEL4NJ and Co-founder/Co-Director of the School Culture and Climate Initiative Patricia Heindel, Ph.D. | Vice-President, SEL4NJ; Co-founder/Co-director, School Culture and Climate Initiative; Co-Director, Academy for Social-emotional learning in Schools The workshop will provide an overview of what SEL is (and is not), will explore the significant positive impact strong SEL skills have on those in a school community, will share how a school that leads with kindness and compassion is best for learning and teaching. There will be ample time for discussion and Q&A.
Workshop Session #4 - Saturday, April 2 - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
#1 - Financial Mid-Year & More... SPONSORED BY AIM Insurance Presented by: Nancy Wallace | Bergen County President & NJPTA Advisory on Finance Committee Doris Harris | NJPTA Treasurer Workshop Description: We will review: PTA budget basics; analyze the success of a fundraiser or function; proper ways to adjust the current approved budget when line items fall short; explain setting up pre-audit summaries; review the pros and cons to having a debit card; and treasurer book organization. This session will also include an Open Q&A for Treasurers. #2 - Family Engagement Workshop | Transforming Family Engagement SPONSORED BY BAYER & STEM+FAMILIES Presented by: Anna King | National PTA President Workshop Description: PTA is all about engaging and empowering families to make every child's potential a reality! Through concrete examples from PTAs and reflection on your current practices, you will learn how to use the "4 'I's" of transformative family engagement so that your PTA - and schools in your community - are treating every parent as a valued partner in their child's education. #3 - Late to Bed, Late to Rise Makes Teens Healthy and Wise SPONSORED BY WOODHAVEN LUMBER Presented by: Anne Robinson, MD | NJAAP Task Force on Adolescent Health and School Start Times Workshop Description: Research suggests that after physical activity and nutrition, sleep is the third largest factor affecting our health, and getting the recommended hours of sleep is crucial for individual and public health. This presentation will focus on sleep during adolescence, which, after infancy, is the second most critical time period for brain growth. Evidence suggests that adolescents require 8 to 10 hours of sleep nightly to maintain an optimal level of physical and mental health. However, despite the known importance of sleep for brain development, early school start times for middle and high school students coupled with normal biological changes in sleep patterns during adolescence, may put students at greater risk for insufficient sleep. Session participants will learn about the impacts of inadequate sleep on adolescents' academic achievement, athletic performance, and physical and mental health, and what action they can take to advocate for healthy school hours. #4 - Conflict Management For Your Local PTA Presented by: Wayne Bauman | National PTA Field Service Committee Member Workshop Description: Learn how to effectively resolve conflicts that may arise. Everyone & every conflict is different. This means each one cannot be handled the same way. Learn ways to resolve conflicts in an effective manner, so everyone is still successfully working together.
Workshop Session #5 - Saturday, April 2 - 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
#1 - Safe and Supportive Schools: Questions Every Parent Should Ask Presented by: Carey Smith | NJPTA Region Director Workshop Description: Parents and Caregivers are essential partners in their child's education. It is imperative that they have a seat at the table whenever decisions are made that impact their children, particularly on the issues of school safety and student support services. It is critical for parents and caregivers to first learn and understand from school leadership what is happening at the school regarding school safety, however many family members are not sure of what questions to ask. #2 - The Student Athlete/Concussion In Youth Sports Presented by: The Brain Injury Alliance Workshop Description: concussion is a type of brain injury. This workshop will provide participants with a basic understanding of concussion. Topics addressed will include how to identify and manage a concussion, when students can return to the classroom and sports after having sustained a concussion and steps to take to prevent concussions.
#3 - Teaching Ordinary Subjects in Extraordinary Ways
Presented by: Michael Castania | Director of Aerospace Education, NJWG Civil Air Patrol Workshop Description: Educators and Parents will see aerospace/STEM lesson plans, activities, textbooks, products, and programs to use in any classroom or after-school or enrichment programs. CAP's educational materials can be used across disciplines in both core and elective studies. All young people should be prepared to think deeply and to think well so that they have the chance to become the innovators, educators, researchers, and leaders who can solve the most pressing challenges facing our nation and our world, both today and tomorrow. #4 - The Dynamic Duo - Standing Rules and Bylaws Presented by: Sarita Dodd | NJPTA Procedure and Bylaws Chair Workshop Description: Standing Rules and Bylaws are the power team that helps your PTA do great things for the children that you serve. In this session you will learn why you need both (Standing Rules & Bylaws), how they work as a dynamic duo, and how to use them to do great things! You will also learn how to create your own PTAs Standing Rules for success now and for the future!
Workshop Session #6 - Saturday, April 2 - 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
PTA Leadership Questions Answered in Real Time! - ASK PTA! Presented by: Lisa Falco | NJPTA Vice President of Leadership Development Jennifer D'Antuono | NJPTA Region Director Momina Cammarata | NJPTA Region Director Carey Smith | NJPTA Region Director Karen Diggs | NJPTA Region Director Workshop Description: Attend our live Q&A session and get the answers to your questions as you navigate the world of running an effective, successful and fun PTA! After addressing the most common pre-submitted questions from our local units, we will take questions from the floor. Join us as the Region Director team provides the answers to your questions and concerns!
LIVE WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Workshop Session #1 - Friday, April 1 - 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM MemberHub Store, Fundraiser and Website Presented by: Gena Ward | MemberHub State Support Workshop Session #2 - Friday, April 1 - 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM NJPTA Local PTA Standards of Affiliation Presented by: Robert Acerra | NJPTA Director of Member and Board Services Workshop Session #3 - Saturday, April 2 - 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM MemberHub Contacts & Communication Presented by: Gena Ward | MemberHub State Support Workshop Session #4 - Saturday, April 2 - 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM BAND and How to Use It In Your PTA Presented by: Joan La | BAND Product Marketing ON-DEMAND WORKSHOP SESSIONS Why Your PTA Needs Insurance YouTube Kids Digital Parenting Back to School and Germ Prevention in the "New Normal" with Lysol How to Host Virtual PTA Events Successfully Using Modern Technology See Through the Vapor: E-cigarette and the Youth Vaping Epidemic Local PTA Nominating Committee and Elections Process Plus Many More at the convention website at njptaleadcon.com |
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