Individual Student Schedules: Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
The goal of the session is to share with parents how to optimize the virtual learning environment. Many students with a disability may also have time scheduled for related services.
Board of Education
Day 1 - September 15, 2020
Session Time
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Using Mindfulness to Reduce Stress and Challenging Behaviors
Participants will learn simple mindful techniques to use with children to reduce stress, increase self-regulation, and manage challenging behaviors.
The Basics of Digital Learning: Looking at Strategies to Help Our Students Learn Remotely
In this session we will look at tips and resources available to our students and their families to help them with remote learning. The goal is to help families understand ways to help their students with the challenges of remote learning. By the end of this session families will better understand what resources are available to assist students and strategies to help create a learning space for their children at home.
Session Time
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Navigating Success in High School and Beyond
This interactive resource-enriched workshop will provide parents/guardians with navigational tools that support the academic, physical and mental wellness of their child[ren]. Focused discussions will include high school graduation requirements, GPA and class rank, extracurricular activities, cultivating your child’s passion, and how to help your child design an enriched student profile for future college and career successes.
The Parent’s Virtual Voice – Advocating for Your Child’s Needs while Remote Learning
While schools are operating remotely, parents and caregivers must ensure their children have the resources and support that they need to be successful at home. Join us to learn strategies for effective advocacy, the different methods of stretching your virtual voice, and tips for working in closer partnership with your child’s teachers and school.
Hábitos Saludables
Educar a las familias sobre los métodos para evaluar los alimentos por su valor nutricional. Ayudar en el desarrollo de hábitos saludables y la importancia de la salud cardíaca (colesterol, triglicéridos). Recursos para compartir: agricultura urbana, ubicaciones y horarios de pruebas gratuitas de glucosa y presión arterial.
Healthy Habits
Educate families on methods to evaluate food items for their nutritional value. Assist in the development of healthy eating habits and the importance of heart health indicators(cholesterol, triglyc). Resources to be shared: kidsfit program, urban farming, free glucose, and blood pressure testing locations and schedules.
Arts Learning for Your Creative Student
During this session, parents will become aware of opportunities to continue and begin arts experiences that include dance, music, theatre, and visual art. Parents will be able to support their children with arts learning and instruction from school and learn about community-based arts programs for additional study, practice, and enrichment.
Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying/Impact of Covid-19
A parent will be able to: Identify the definitions of bullying, Recognize the signs and symptoms of bullying, Understand and apply the NJDOE and District reporting procedures, Increase awareness of the use of technology due to COVID-19, Understand the impact of bullying related to suicide, and Recognize the difference between conflict and bullying
Access resources for anti-bullying support.
Session Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Understanding Your Child’s Learning Style
Do all children learn the same way? Absolutely NOT! Join us for an interactive workshop on learning styles and their impact on the way children perform academically. We will also provide tips for engaging your child at home, based on the style that works best for them.
Estratégias para Apoiar Alunos Bilíngues em Casa
Esta sessão fornecerá aos pais ideias sobre como usar sua língua nativa para apoiar a aprendizagem de inglês de seus filhos.
Estrategias para Apoyar a los Estudiantes Bilingües en Casa
Esta sesión proporcionará a los padres de familia ideas sobre cómo usar su lengua materna para apoyar el aprendizaje del inglés de sus hijos.
Strategies to Support English Language Learners at Home
This session will provide parents with ideas on how to use their native language to support their child’s learning of English.
Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies for Parents I & II
In the last couple of months, parents have encountered unexpected changes and are overwhelmed by stress. The Challenge Day Parent Workshop is designed to give participants research-based tools and practices that can help mitigate some of this, while also bringing communities of parents together and providing a supportive outlet while supporting the social and emotional needs of students at home.
Throughout this experiential and hands-on workshop, parents will: follow Charles Duhigg’s research on how to interrupt habitual cycles, discover the framework of Challenge Day’s Formula for Change and its connection to mindfulness, and have an opportunity to practice vulnerability, empathy and active listening. With these practices in place, participants can learn to be intentional about working through these unfamiliar situations and finding ways to deal with the discomfort. The SEL competencies covered will be Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Self-Awareness, Self-Management, and Responsible Decision Making.
Newark Enrolls: Understanding the Enrollment Process and Making Informed Decisions for Your Children
Families will be provided an opportunity for families to understand the Newark Enrolls Process and how to utilize the system to make informed decisions for the 2021-2022 school year.
Session Time
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Phonics BootCamp at Home (K-2)
Parents will be guided on how to support their children in building Phonics skills and understanding words and their meanings through Read-Alouds.
That’s Not the Way I Learned It – Helping Your Child With Math
This session will help parents understand how to help their child with mathematical operations (multiplication, addition, subtraction, and division). Mathematics is not taught the way that most learned, i.e. a set of procedures versus learning mathematics conceptually. The objective of this session is to help parents understand both the how and why mathematics is taught differently and to learn how to help their child by learning mathematics conceptually themselves.