Upcoming Events
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Building an Inclusive Classroom Mult-part Series - Explore Learning Modules -
Thank you LRC families for connecting with us over the summer at our SEL-a-bration!
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Upcoming Events
Fall 2023 PD Sessions
› Building Mathematical Routines
with Jill Perry, Ph.D & Robert Wieman, Ph.D.
This series is designed for current and future math teachers, special education teachers who teach math in inclusive settings, educators who work with math teachers, supervisors, and administrators. Co-teachers are encouraged to attend as a pair.
Mathematical Routines that Support Rich Thinking and Learning
- In-Person Session | Oct. 18th, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- Follow-up Virtual Session | Nov. 1st, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
It’s never too late for teachers to start building routines that engage students in active mathematical thinking and learning. In this workshop, participants will have opportunities to experience high-leverage mathematics routines that provide support for students in stating their ideas, listening to the ideas of others, and reasoning about mathematics and others’ ideas. Participants will leave the workshop also having planned a routine for use in their own classrooms, which they will share with peers in a virtual follow-up session.
Location: LRC-South at Rowan's College of Education, James Hall Rm 1119, 445 N Campus Dr, Glassboro NJ 08028
Registration is closed.
Mathematical Routines that Encourage Discourse for Skillbuilding
- In-Person Session | Dec. 6th, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- Follow-up Virtual Session | Dec. 18th, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
How do we engage students in meaningful discussion about mathematical skills and techniques? In this workshop, participants will engage in, learn about, and plan instructional routines that support students in developing fluency through reasoning and communicating about mathematical skills and techniques. Participants will also leave the workshop having planned a routine for use in their own classrooms, which they will share with peers in a virtual follow-up session.
Location: LRC-South at Rowan's College of Education, James Hall Rm 1119, 445 N Campus Dr, Glassboro NJ 08028
› Establishing Sustained Collaborative Co-teaching Relationships
with Michelle Damiani, Ph.D. & Alicia Drelick, Ed.D.- Recorded Video Session | View Here
- Follow-up Virtual Session | Oct. 24th, 3 - 4 pm
Parity is essential to successful working co-teaching partnerships that support personal and professional needs and strengths of both partners. This recorded session discusses features of successful co-teaching relationships and how to establish parity. An example of a co-teaching constitution is provided by the co-teaching team leading this presentation. The follow up virtual discussion will provide participants an opportunity to discuss and create their own co-teaching constitution, as well as, explore additional resources to support building and sustaining your professional partnership.
Registration is closed. To watch the pre-corded video session click here!
› Working Together Effectively Managing an Inclusive Educational Team
with Brent Elder, Ph.D., Michelle Damiani Ph.D., & Casey Woodfield, Ph.D. | Live Webinar | Nov. 15th, 3 - 4 pm
Schools are dynamic spaces that involve many educational professionals working together. This session will address content and collaboration needs of P-12 educators who are responsible for managing and supporting paraprofessionals and other professionals in their inclusive classrooms.
› Virtual Book Study | Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom
with Jill Perry, Ph.D. & Beth Wassell, Ph.D.
Assessments can do more than just provide grades. They can be powerful and equitable ways to engage and motivate students, differentiate instruction, and support student agency, particularly in differentiated, inclusive classroom contexts. Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom (2nd Ed.) offers an approach to assessment and grading practices that prioritizes equity and inclusion for all students.
Wormeli’s emphasis on differentiation provides teachers with practical techniques for adapting their instruction and assessments and his strategies for incorporating accommodations and modifications directly address the unique strengths and needs of all students, including students with disabilities.
Join Our Live Virtual Discussions
This free professional learning opportunity is designed to equip educators with practical strategies for creating inclusive environments where all students, including students with identified disabilities, actively participate, think critically, and experience genuine learning.
To make the most of this valuable opportunity, participants will be required to attend each meeting of the book study. Books may be borrowed from the LRC-South or purchased independently.
Virtual Meeting Dates & Times
- 12/07/2023, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- 02/29/2024, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- 01/25/2024, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- 03/28/2024, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration is required
2023-2024 LRC-S Family Events
› Sweet Gingerbread Family Fun
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Run, run to the LRC as fast as you can so you can catch the gingerbread man! Join us for a FREE Family Event for all things adventurous and fun. We'll explore the principles of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) as we share stories, construct and decorate our own gingerbread houses, and make cinnamon applesauce ornaments. Don’t miss all the sweet fun! (Children ages 3-7)
› Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Saturday, January 20, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Calling all polar bears! Join us for some frosty family fun as we explore the beloved story Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle. We will share the story and then create our own polar bear facts big book, paint with marshmallows, play in the “snow” and other fun surprises! (Children ages 3-7)
› Love Is All Around Us!
Saturday, February 10, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
It may be cold outside, but it is warm and caring inside the LRC! Come explore Valentine’s Day with Pete the Cat and all of his friends. We will decorate Valentine's card boxes, design stamps, and create a special heart canvas. We are sure you will have a lovely time! (Children ages 3-7)
› Goldilocks and The Three Bears Explore STEAM!
Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks and three bears who were interested in exploring STEAM together! This FREE family event at the LRC will provide opportunities for families to engage in activities and explore engineering and design principles that promote critical thinking and creativity. (Children ages 3-7)
Past Events
Fall 2023 PD Sessions
› Including Students with Chronic Illnesses in Physical Education and Sport
with Maria Lepore-Stevens, Ph.D. | Live Webinar with Interactive Breakout Sessions | Oct. 4th, 3 pm
This session discussed best practices for supporting students (PreK- 12) with chronic illnesses or other health impairments in PE, after school sports, and health education. It will provide opportunities to practice adapting sport and physical activity scenarios, and educate teachers on common chronic illnesses their students may have.
2023 SEL Summer Family Series
› It's a Summer SEL-A-BRATION at the LRC-South!
Each Tuesday families were invited to join the LRC-South staff for engaging stories and activities designed to inspire young learners (PreK-5th) to keep striding toward their goals while developing the self-awareness, self-control and interpersonal skills that are vital for success!
June 20th | Let's Be Ourselves
June 27th | Let's Make Good Choices
July 11th | Let's Be Kind
July 18th | Let's Be Problem Solvers
July 25th | Let's Be Fantastic Friends
Spring 2023 PD Sessions
› Access to World Language Education in NJ: Challenges and Opportunities
with Beth Wassell, Ed.D. | January 12, 2023 | Live Webinar
The academic, cognitive, and social benefits of learning an additional language have been well-documented in the research literature, yet not all NJ students have the opportunity to engage in high-quality, sustained language study. World language programs in NJ experience a number of access and equity issues that often go unnoticed. Some issues are a result of programmatic structures, while others are related to school, district, or state structures and policies. This session provides educators and administrators an overview of current issues and tools to make systemic change to ensure that all learners can benefit from the outcomes of learning another language: becoming bilingual, biliterate, and interculturally competent.
› Universal Design for Learning for Special Area Teachers
with Casey Woodfield & Ph.D. Katherine Vroman, Ph.D. | January 18, 2023 | Live Webinar
This session will focus on understanding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and implementing inclusive design strategies for special area teachers. So often, important inclusive opportunities occur in classes such as art, music, technology and physical education, and special area teachers need the tools to design inclusive learning experiences. UDL offers strategies to proactively and flexibly plan for the diverse range of student needs and strengths. This session will include an interactive overview of UDL, highlight examples of inclusive lessons, and offer structured work time for teachers to apply strategies within their own practice. Attendees are encouraged to bring an upcoming lesson plan or topic to the workshop.
› Building an Inclusive Classroom: Understanding Microaggressions & Microaffirmations
with Kerry Cormier, Ph.D. & Johari Sykes-Ratliff, M.A. | February 7, 2023 | Virtual Discussion
In this module, Building an Inclusive Classroom, participants will watch two short videos (Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions & Microaffirmations), explore online tools, and have the opportunity to discuss their practice with a community of educators. After viewing these videos and implementing the tools and strategies in their classrooms, participants are invited to join a live discussion about the topic with two presenters and fellow educators.
› Short on time? Believe It or Not, Science is the Answer for our Youngest Students, Too!"
with Michelle Damiani, Ph.D. & Heather Waymouth, Ph.D. | March 30, 2023 | In-Person Session
Young children ask scientific questions all the time. Why is the sky blue? How do seeds become flowers? This hands-on workshop will engage participants in inquiry based learning centered around young childrens’ scientific wonderings. We will engage in and discuss sensemaking, science talk, and text use through inclusive practices. Ultimately, participants will walk away with an understanding of how weaving literacy and science together can enhance learning in and across both domains.
› Building an Inclusive Classroom: Understanding Relationship Tune-Ups
with Kerry Cormier, Ph.D. & Johari Sykes-Ratliff, M.A. | April 19, 2023 | Virtual Discussion
In this module, Building an Inclusive Classroom, participants will watch two short videos (Understanding Relationship Tune-Ups & Tools to Help), explore online tools, and have the opportunity to discuss their practice with a community of educators. After viewing these videos and implementing the tools and strategies in their classrooms, participants are invited to join a live discussion about the topic with two presenters and fellow educators.
› Space Play: Geometry through Artistic Exploration in High School Settings
with Jill Perry, Ph.D. & Jane Graziano, Ed.D. | May 2, 2023 | In-Person Session
In this full-day, hands-on workshop, participants will explore ways to create playful, supportive experiences where high school students learn geometry through artistic exploration. If you’re looking for interdisciplinary and engaging activities and ideas that could be used in classrooms, family nights, and after school programs, please join us!
› Building an Inclusive Classroom: Moving Forward
with Kerry Cormier, Ph.D. & Johari Sykes-Ratliff, M.A. | May 22, 2023 | In-Person Session
In this in-person concluding PD session for the Building an Inclusive Classroom Multi-part Series, participants will be able to engage in a recap activity with our presenters, Dr. Kerry Cormier and Johari Sykes-Ratliff. All topics will be briefly overviewed, with highlights from the discussion sessions. Participants will be able to visit the LRC production center and library in order to explore resources and tools that would aid in maximizing the professional process and product.
› Inclusive Social Studies - Using Primary Source Documents to Provide Acccess to All P-12 Social Studies Teachers
with Cathy Brant, Ph.D. | June 2, 2023 | In-Person Session
In this workshop we will highlight the use of primary source documents to teach Social Studies content. Participants will be shown how to find appropriate primary source documents and tools for engaging in primary source document analysis.
› Centering Neurodiversity: Elements of Inclusive Classrooms that Honor Students with Sensory, Movement and Communication Differences
with Casey Woodfield; Ph.D. | June 7, 2023 | Live Webinar
This presentation will discuss inclusive practices grounded in the neurodiversity paradigm, with a focus on multimodal, augmentative and alternative communication access and sensory-movement supports. We will explore best practices in incorporating communication opportunities that do not rely solely on speaking in grade level curriculum, and the elements of inclusive classrooms that reduce sensory and movement barriers. Participants will identify proactive steps to creating a classroom that moves beyond accommodating to actively centering the diversity that neurodivergent students bring to the classroom.
Spring 2023 Family Events
› Frosty Family Fun!
with the Jason Verdone | Saturday, January 21, 2023
Brrrr, it sure is cold outside, but warm inside the LRC! Calling all penquins, polar bears and winter friends (Grades: PreK-2nd) join us for a free family event focused on all the fun things that winter offers, such as reading stories, building snowmen and talking about animals tracks and hibernation.
› Physical Activity Participation for Students with Disabilities - Parent & Guardian Info Session
with the Maria Lepore-Stevens, Ed.D. | January 14, 2023 | Live Webinar
This webinar will focus on how parents of K-12 students can support and advocate for community and school based adapted physical activity for their children and young adults with disabilities.
› Promoting Social Emotional Learning (SEL) at Home and in the Community - Parent & Guardian Info Session
with Kara Ieva, Ph.D. | February 11, 2023
Schools and families play essential roles in promoting children’s learning, development, and overall well-being. When educators and caregivers work together as partners, they create important opportunities for children to develop life skills. This event provides an introduction to the video series that provides common language, strategies, and tools for families to promote children's social emotional learning (SEL) and academic development at home and together in the community.
› Fantastic Fairy Tales
with the Jason Verdone | Saturday, March 25, 2023
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! All little knights, unicorns and dragons (PreK-2nd) are hereby summoned for a free family-friendly event. Enjoy an enchanted twist on traditional fairy tales and explore hands-on magical activities.
› Spring is Popping Up All Over
with the Jason Verdone | Saturday, April 22, 2023
Spring has sprung at the LRC-South! Inviting all of our peeps (PreK-2nd) to shake off the winter blues! Join us this Earth Day as we explore all of the wonders that spring brings while engaging in learning activities about the natural world around us.
Inclusion Institute 2023
› LRC-S Inclusion Institute Annual Conference | Inclusive Practices in Action
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 | 8:00am - 3:00 pm
The LRC-South 3rd Annual Inclusion Institute is a free full-day, in-person event focused on inclusion in action. Through active engagement, educators will focus on content area instruction specific to inclusive education. All sessions are grounded in practical strategies and ideas for educators. The Inclusion Institute focuses on meeting the needs of all learners with emphasis on content area teaching, inclusive school culture, and Universal Design for Learning.
For more information on the conference sessions, please visit go.rowan.edu/lrcsinclusioninstitute
Fall 2022 PD Sessions
› Building an Inclusive Classroom: Fostering Students' Expertise
with Kerry Cormier, Ph.D. & Johari Sykes-Ratliff, M.A. | November 1, 2022 | Virtual Discussion
The LRC-South Online Video Module Series, Building an Inclusive Classroom is a yearlong, multi-part series that provides key classroom strategies that promote inclusive practices and support all educators. In this module and live virtual discussion session, participants will watch two short videos (Culturally Responsive & Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies & Fostering Students’ Expertise), explore online tools, and have the opportunity to discuss their practice with a community of educators. After viewing these videos, participants are invited to join a live discussion about the topic with our two presenters and fellow educators.
› Inclusive Education and Disability Studies for Paraprofessionals
with Brent Elder, Ph.D. | November 3, 2022 | In-person session
Participants will be provided with research and best practices related to paraprofessionals supporting students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms including information related to disability studies and inclusive education, presuming competence, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), social justice, the historical and legal foundations for inclusive education, and new ways of thinking about disability in schools. The first part of the session will be discussion-based and interactive with the second part providing a structured work time for participants to explore and apply the content to their own practices.
› Neuroeducation: An Introduction to Sensory Wellness
with Kara Ieva, Ph.D. | December 1, 2022 | Live Webinar
Neuroeducation is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the brain and its effect on optimal learning. This workshop will focus on examining Sensory Wellness as a beginning process to understanding how the brain processes sensory input and output that contributes to our overall physical and social emotional wellness. Centering our senses allows us to reflect on our own personal and professional wellness, and translate into the classroom for promoting students' overall academic and social emotional wellness.
› Building an Inclusive Classroom: Using UDL to Build Students' Strengths
with Kerry Cormier, Ph.D. & Johari Sykes-Ratliff, M.A. | December 8, 2022 | Virtual Discussion
In this module, Building an Inclusive Classroom, participants will watch two short videos (Using UDL to Build Students’ Strengths & Bringing UDL Into the Classroom), explore online tools, and have the opportunity to discuss their practice with a community of educators. After viewing these videos and implementing the tools and strategies in their classrooms, participants are invited to join a live discussion about the topic with two presenters and fellow educators.
› Supporting Educational Accessibility for Students with Visual Impairments
with Maria Lepore Stevens, Ed.D. | December 9, 2022 | In-Person Session
This workshop will present ways to support students with visual impairments in school, including physical accessibility, emotional support, and physical support students may need.
NJEA Convention 2022
We represented the Learning Resource Network at the NJEA 2022 Convention on November 10-11, 2022! For information on the resources that will shared during this event click here.
August 2022 PD Workshops & Other Events
In this in-person workshop, participants were introduced to key foundational ideas of inclusive classrooms, along with several strategies to implement in their practice including a focus on developing a strengths-based perspective. Participants explored topics that interested them, along with created materials for the upcoming school year.
Learn more about this yearlong multi-part series! Explore Modules
› Educator Prep Week - August 22nd-25th
In preparation for back-to-school, LRC-S held an Educator Prep Week during the month of August. Educators were invited to get a head start on all their classroom needs by visiting the center, and were also provided with a collaborative working space for colleagues and co-teachers for common planning time. The week was filled with giveaways, creative recommendations, low cost production services and resources for professional learning and student engagement.
› Families First: Partnering with Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Families with Beth Wassell, Ed.D. - August 31st
During this live webinar participants explored concrete tools to build authentic partnerships with students' families from the first day of the school year. Research has overwhelmingly emphasized the positive impacts of family engagement on K-12 student academic success. The session also emphasized strategies for connecting with multilingual families.
Summer Programming 2022 | Be Your Best 'SEL'F with the LRC-South
› Be Your Best 'SEL'F with the LRC-South
All summer, families were invited to attend LRC-South's summer programming centered around the five competencies of social-emotional learning (SEL).
Each Wednesday reading and activity events were provided to highlight children’s books to support positive decision making, create caring communities, and encourage self-management and social awareness.
SEL Activities Schedule
- June 22, 2022 | We Are All Alike, We Are All Different!
- June 29, 2022 | Let’s Stop, Think and Make Good Choices!
- July 6, 2022 | K is for Kindness!
- July 13, 2022 | Dear Boys and Girls We’re Glad You’re Here!
- July 20, 2022 | Who is On Your String and in Your Heart?
- July 27, 2022 | Fabulous Friends!
Inclusion Institute 2022
› Inclusion Institute 2022
Content Driven Practices for the Inclusive Classroom: A Dual Modality Conference
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The LRC-South Inclusion Institute was held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the LRC-South located at Rowan University, Glassboro Campus, James Hall. This free full-day event offered two options for participation, in-person or virtual. Through active engagement, educators focused on content area instruction specific to inclusive education.
Inclusion Institute 2021
› Inclusion Institute
June 15, 2021 | 9AM - 3PM | Virtual Conference
In June 2021, we hosted Inclusion Institute, a FREE full day, virtual event for general and special education educators and administrators that focused on reimagining inclusive education in the post-pandemic classroom.
To learn more about this event click here.
