Webinars

Join Charles Muller, NJSBA’s business administrator in residence for an informative session delving into the intricacies of education governance in New Jersey. Explore the New Jersey Quality Accountability Continuum (QSAC), established by NJSA 18A:7A-10 and NJAC 6A:30, designed to assess school districts across vital areas such as instruction, fiscal management, personnel, operations, and governance. Gain insights into the review and approval processes for key administrative contracts outlined in NJSA 18A:7-8(j) and NJAC 6A:23A-3.1, while also examining best practices and statutory requirements. Additionally, uncover crucial aspects of Special Education, from Individual Education Plans (IEPs) to funding sources like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and parental rights in ensuring quality education for special needs students.

Discover how AI can be securely implemented within your district, enhancing the learning experience while fortifying digital safety. We will explore the latest cybersecurity threats faced by schools, and how AI technologies can counter these risks, ensuring a safer, smarter digital future for our students. Whether you're an IT leader, school administrator, or educator, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge and strategies to make informed decisions about AI adoption and cybersecurity measures in your district.

In today’s increasingly complex educational environment, it is important we have board members ready and willing to meet the challenges. To avoid the chase for a wild goose, join us while we discuss how to seek out new members who possess the desire, willingness and skills to round out our school boards teams.

Panelists will discuss how schools can leverage their remaining ESSER III funding to purchase high-dosage tutoring for multiple years. The U.S. Department of Education has clearly stated that ESSER III funds can be utilized to pay for services aimed at combating learning loss—which continues for several years. Every district can use ESSER III funds for this purpose, along with state and local funds, including NJ High-Impact Tutoring funds for those districts that received this grant. In this webinar, NJSBA and Varsity Tutors will tell you how to do this.

Leveraging innovative technology resources is critical to the success of academic programs. Through Immersive learning solutions, there is endless space for students to drive engagement, enhance collaboration, push rigor, and foster a sense of belonging. This session will explore scholastic use cases for VR (virtual reality) and XR (extended reality) in K12 as well as how this technology is being leveraged in higher education and job embedded training.

Michael Geraghty, the State of New Jersey’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Director of the NJ Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) will discuss how expecting schools to defend against criminal syndicates, who are able to launch cyberattacks from anywhere in the world day or night, is unrealistic. A more cost-effective and resilient approach is to adopt a collective defense model, allowing for collaboration on detection and sharing intelligence.