September 2011 Agenda
New Jersey Association Federal Program Administrators
Friday, September 23, 2011
Sheraton, Eatontown, NJ
AGENDA
9:00 – 10:00 Full Breakfast Buffet and
Networking
10:00 – 10:30 Vendor Presentation – Voyager
Learning
Voyager
is a member of Cambium Learning Group, the leading educational company focused
primarily on serving the needs of at-risk and special student populations. The Cambium Learning/Voyager presentation
will demonstrate literacy and math intervention alignment with the State of New
Jersey Department of Education four key pillars of reform.
·
High
Standards and Rigorous Assessments: Aligned with content standards and
benchmarks, including the Common Core Standards, independent state assessment
results indicate Voyager interventions close the achievement gap for
underperforming students
·
Data
and Accountability: Voyager interventions employ a web-based data management
system for benchmarking and progress monitoring; data is linked to strategies
for differentiating instruction
·
Educator
Effectiveness: Voyager interventions and professional development effectively
increase leadership and teacher capacity to deliver best practices instruction
·
Innovative School Models: Cambium Learning
Solutions provides customized, sustainable solutions that help local education
agencies enhance and protect their investments in teachers, curricula, and
textbooks.
10:30 – 11:00 Business Meeting
· Vice-President’s
Report
· Membership
Report
o Member
Recognition
· Treasurer’s
Report
o Updates: Federal – State – Legislative
o Questions
· Area
Representatives’ Reports
· Committee
Reports
11:00 –
12:00 NJDOE
Office of Governance and Leadership Development
The function of the NJ DOE’s Office of Governance
and Leadership Development is to support district and school administrators who
aspire to become transformative educational leaders by facilitating change at
the school level. The office has established a Leaders Learning from Leaders
Professional Learning Community Network to provide participants with
opportunities to discuss theoretical and practical approaches to change.
Promising practices of the network are aligned with the Interstate School
Leaders
Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards and the New Jersey Standards for
School Leaders
Elaine P. Davis,
Director Northern Regional Coordinator (609) 984-5939 | Thomas
Gambino, Ed.D Central Regional Coordinator (732)
778-5474 | Mary
Ann Capetola
Coordinator At-Large (609) 943-3272 | Keesha
Wright Southern Regional Coordinator (609) 777-3788 |
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