Civil Rights in Today's School Environment: Legal Updates, Guidance, & Practical Planning Strategies
2019-04-13 08:00 - 2022-04-13 16:00 (America/Boise) | car-18
This event will be held at the Boise Centre, Rooms 110 A&B

Bluum, in partnership with Civil Rights Solutions, is excited to provide all interested educational stakeholders with the opportunity to spend a day learning with civil rights experts Renita Thukral and Lauren Baum. Topics will include Title IX, FAPE, discipline for students with and without disabilities, and many more timely, important issues.
There are only 75 seats available at this training, so reserve yours today!

A breakfast snack and lunch will be provided
Agenda at a Glance

Welcome & Breakfast
Introductory Session: Honoring the provision of FAPE in today’s school environment
Discipline Policies
Civil Rights Issues
OCR Updates related to use of Restraint and Seclusion
Identification of SWD & Significant Disproportionality
ELL and SPED
Title IX
General Reflection and Feedback

About Our Nationally Recognized Civil Rights Education Speakers
Renita K. Thukral
In addition to being a partner at Civil Rights Solutions, Renita Thukral serves as the Sr. National Legal Advisor at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as “The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys”; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school-level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.
Prior to this work, she served as the Policy Director at the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and the Director of Policy and Advocacy at New Schools for New Orleans. Renita earned her B.A. from Stanford University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. She taught junior high school math in Los Altos, California, before attending law school, and she served as a public defender for over six years in New York City before joining the charter school community.
Lauren E. Baum
In addition to being a partner at Civil Rights Solutions, Lauren Baum is an attorney in private practice in Washington, DC, representing charter schools in DC and Maryland. In these roles, Lauren advises charter schools on a variety of civil rights issues, including but not limited to issues related to students with disabilities, English Language learners, bullying/harassment, student discipline, single gender schools and other Title IX issues, enrollment, weighted lotteries and other access and equity challenges.
Since 2008, Lauren has represented over 30 charter schools in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Lauren also has led multiple trainings and presentations to members of the charter school community across the country on civil rights issues. Lauren received her undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas and her J.D. from Washington College of Law.

This free professional learning opportunity hosted by Bluum and funded in part by Idaho’s Communities of Excellence Program. This is a competitive public charter school grant program funded under the Congressional Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA, Public Law 114-95), which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (ESEA). $16,000.00 (100%) of this event funded by Federal CSP Grant dollars.

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Collaborative Leadership to Support Teachers and Students During Remote Learning
2020-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Now, more than ever, instructional coaches and technology leaders are collaborating to provide leadership and support to teachers and students learning from home. These Future Ready Schools® (FRS) leaders believe that all students deserve equitable access to high-quality digital resources and innovative learning environments. Working together, they assess, rethink, and redesign traditional learning to support remote learning.
In this webinar, our guests will share their stories about how their collaborative partnerships support teachers, students, and the community during these unprecedented times. They will share the successes and challenges they encountered as they quickly shifted instruction from a traditional school building to home environment. They also will discuss how they are planning for the start of the next school year with the possibility of continued social distancing requirements.
Guests

Jeremy Wood, Senior Network Manager, Newburgh Enlarged City School District (NY)
Kyle Pace, Director of Technology, Grain Valley Schools (MO) (@kylepace)
Eujon Anderson, Technology Director, Troy City Schools (AL)
Amy Storer, Instructional Coach, Montgomery Independent School District (TX) (@techamys)
Brianna Hodges, Future Ready Schools® Instructional Coaches Advisor, Alliance for Excellent Education (moderator) (@bhodgesEDU)

Be sure to submit any questions you may have when you register so the panelists will have an opportunity to address them.
