Family-Educator Collaboration

hands graphic Family-Educator Collaboration:
Building Culturally Responsive Relationships

In special education, collaboration between families and educators is essential to ensuring that the student is the central focus. Join us in learning how you can build that important bridge in your district.

During this training, parent/educator teams will learn ways to develop culturally responsive relationships between families of students with disabilities and educators, for the purpose of improving academic and social achievement.

Teams will:

• understand cultural differences, cultural sensitivity and cultural responsiveness;

• identify and discuss challenges that can occur when parents and educators are from different cultural or racial perspectives;

• learn strategies that foster common goals and build respect as a way to become more culturally responsive within the IEP process;

• build cultural responsiveness through planning individual and group actions.;

• realize that being culturally sensitive and responsive leads to cultural competence.

Your team should include at least one parent and one educator (e.g., child study team member, special education teacher, related services provider, or inclusion facilitator).

Co-sponsored by the
New Jersey Department of Education,
Office of Special Education Programs, (NJOSEP)
and
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN),
funded by I.D.E.A. Part B funds

Choose One of Three Regions:

9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

9:00 A.M. Registration & Continental Breakfast

North: April 15, 2008
Learning Resource Center – North Satellite (LRC-NS) 322 American Road, Morris Plains

Central: April 30, 2008
Learning Resource Center – Central (LRC-C)
2351 Route 130 South, Dayton

South: April 11, 2008
Learning Resource Center – South (LRC-S)
606 Delsea Drive, Sewell

NO FEE FOR YOUR TEAM!
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!
Register EARLY.
DEADLINE: April 4, 2008

FAX: 973-297-5304
Mail: START @ SPAN, 35 Halsey Street, 4th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102

Printable Registration Form

For additional information contact:
Dianne Malley, SPAN,
856-397-5294
SPAN, 973-297-5300
MaryAnn Joseph, NJOSEP,
856-582-7000 ext. 106

ONLINE REGISTRATION

You must attend this training as a team:
one (1) parent of a child receiving special education services AND
one (1) educator.

Complete one form for each team.

Location: Choose one:

LRC-North - Morris Plains - April 15, 2008
LRC-Central - Dayton - April 30, 2008
LRC-South - Sewell - April 11, 2008

PARENT NAME:

E-MAIL:

DAY PHONE:

EVE. PHONE*:

ADDRESS:

CITY: ZIP:

EDUCATOR NAME:

TITLE:

E-MAIL:

DAY PHONE:

EVE. PHONE*:

ADDRESS:

CITY: ZIP:

SCHOOL/DISTRICT:

*NOTE: Evening phone numbers for emergency use only.

Please list any dietary needs or accommodations you will need: