VIRTUAL BOOK STUDY 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
During this session, PDII Consultants Dr. Tiffani ThrBak and Brenda Martin-Lee will discuss Collective Healing for Educators K-12.
YANJEP's new BIPOC Affinity Group, Roots to Canvas, presents "Cultural Identity and Beyond" virtual panel discussion.
This session is presented by NJEA’s Consortium Design Team Ambassadors. Participants will investigate and collaborate complexities and challenges faced by organizations and individuals.
Continuing Professional Development for NJ Teachers Teaching Inclusively: African American History Across the Curriculum The Amistad Curriculum serves as a model for districts across the country of what should be occurring within classrooms. The empowerment of educators to effectively infuse African American history into their curriculum is essential to its success. This experience is focused
Purpose: The Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO brings together school physicians, school nurses, school counselors, school administrators, educators, and other school-based mental health professionals from across the state to improve mental health support for middle and high school students. Participants will collaborate to achieve the goal of improving understanding of how to promote holistic mental/behavioral wellbeing
The introduction is presented by NJEA & Chief Mann, Turtle Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation. Chief Mann will share three modules for learning with the participants.
VIRTUAL BOOK STUDY 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
Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. One of the essential but sometimes overlooked components of civic education is providing students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to assume the role of citizen. Project Citizen is a program proven as an effective option by independent studies.
How do we bring primary sources about slavery to life for our students in ways that are relevant, respectful, and rigorous?
Survivor Speaks & How to Bring them to your Classroom is presented by NJEA & the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. Participants will experience a Survivor speak and gain valuable tools how to meaningfully and appropriately incorporate live testimony into their Holocaust lessons.
Lessons rooted in the places where students live help them make important connections to their own communities.
Teacher Leadership & the Teacher Leader Academy is presented by NJEA’s PDII Division. Join us for an overview of the Teacher Leader Academy and the benefits of being a teacher leader.
Purpose: The Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO brings together school physicians, school nurses, school counselors, school administrators, educators, and other school-based mental health professionals from across the state to improve mental health support for middle and high school students. Participants will collaborate to achieve the goal of improving understanding of how to promote holistic mental/behavioral wellbeing
Engage in vital dialogues, interactive workshops, and insightful panels as we discover lessons from history to inspire today’s inclusive classrooms.
Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. New Jersey law requires the infusing of civics, the study of New Jersey, and economics into the mandated high school United States History courses. This workshop will provide sample lessons and strategies to help teachers meet this requirement. The workshop will
Most Americans have learned an oversimplified version of colonial America that leaves out the voices and stories of enslaved Africans, Indigenous people and indentured servants.
VIRTUAL BOOK STUDY 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
Continuing Professional Development for NJ Teachers Teaching Inclusively: African American History Across the Curriculum The Amistad Curriculum serves as a model for districts across the country of what should be occurring within classrooms. The empowerment of educators to effectively infuse African American history into their curriculum is essential to its success. This experience is focused
Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. We live in a highly partisan era and teachers are concerned about how to address controversial issues in a non-partisan manner that creates a safe classroom environment and promotes civil discourse. Media literacy is a key aspect of this. This workshop
Dr. Krasner, a historian and prize winning poet, will present the history of the Bund in America, the establishment of these camps with a special emphasis on Nordland.
Participants will discuss short excerpts describing the painful realization of what it means to be oppressed. Texts from different national origins and living situations will be presented for consideration.
Dr. Eileen Angelini’s presentation will discuss how the Vichy Government planned the Vélodrome d'Hiver round-up and how the French government and people have since dealt with the pain and shame of this traumatic event.
Author, Michelle Weinfeld, will share her grandfather's story of surviving the Holocaust, the life lessons he taught her, and how being the grandchild of a survivor has influenced her life.
Presented by NJEA’s PDII Consultants, this two-hour workshop is a basic overview of artificial intelligence and its practical applications.
Getting to Know the Sex Education Standards is presented by NJEA & Answer. Tazmine Weisgerber from Answer (Rutgers) will address the updates, the additions, the standards, and much more.
Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. The primary purpose of social studies is to help students become the citizens our democracy requires, and the foundation for effective citizenship is laid in elementary school. Young students can grasp many of the essential concepts of civic education if presented
Author, Michelle Weinfeld, will share her grandfather's story of surviving the Holocaust, the life lessons he taught her, and how being the grandchild of a survivor has influenced her life.
Dr. Alexis Herr, a comparative genocide scholar, and Channy Chhi Laux, survivor of the Cambodian Genocide, will discuss how to use survivor testimony to educate about genocide and human rights.
Purpose: The Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO brings together school physicians, school nurses, school counselors, school administrators, educators, and other school-based mental health professionals from across the state to improve mental health support for middle and high school students. Participants will collaborate to achieve the goal of improving understanding of how to promote holistic mental/behavioral wellbeing
Asian American History IS United States History is presented by NJEA & E Pluribus Unum. The presentation will give participants a better understanding of history (1700s to present), race relations today, and how they affect Asian American students and families.
This workshop will focus on providing K-5 teachers an overview of Asian American children literature including poetry and short stories.
Presented by NJEA’s PDII Consultants, this workshop is designed to provide teachers with a basic understanding of AI and how it can be integrated into their teaching practices to benefit both themselves and their students.
This session is presented by NJEA’s Consortium Design Team Ambassadors. During this session, we will center the unheralded and marginalized voices of the labor movement.
Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education.
Teach Asian American Stories presents a 1.5 hour virtual webinar with scholar and TAAS Fellow Christy Lee.
Through this webinar, educators will learn the scholarship and research behind the benefits of using comics and graphic novels in the classroom, while gaining access to learning activities and materials.
Windows & Mirrors: Creating Spaces for Identity & Belonging is presented by NJEA & E Pluribus Unum. You will learn best practices to tell a better and more inclusive story for all students where all their stories matter and where they all belong.
Join us for an insightful webinar designed to inform educators about the new Computer Science Endorsement in New Jersey.
New Jersey Teachers of English as a Second Language/New Jersey Blingual Educators (NJTESOL/NJBE)Topic: Teaching Bilingual Students Bilingually
During this 2-day workshop for K-12 educators in New Jersey will engage in intensive lesson plan development on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) histories.
The Knowles Academy offers state-of-the-art professional development experiences for teachers.
Learn about BookSmiles, the top non-profit provider of books to children in need in the Philadelphia area.
Join NJEA’s PDII Consultants: Mike Mason, Brian Janik, and Lisa Nydick for an overview of artificial intelligence and its practical applications.
Survivors’ perspectives on Human Trafficking and Its Impact on Our Schools will cover the realities of sex and labor trafficking in our state and the risks to school-age children.
For educators seeking to have an immersive experience with New Jersey's role in slavery and how African Americans emancipated themselves from the cruel institution via the Underground Railroad
Join Shana Francesca to learn how diversity empowers curiosity, which drives innovation and ignites profitability.
Join PDII Divisions’ Elisabeth Yucis for an informative webinar on educator evaluation, featuring updates from the Governor's Evaluation Task Force.
Join Todd Henkin to explore our own themes and begin your song while discussing how to switch modes between a high-stress job and the very different demands of family life.
ArtsEdNJ: Kira Rizzuto presents how arts integration is an effective strategy for cultivating a positive climate and culture and deepening student engagement.
Join NJEA’s PDII Consultants—Mike Mason, Brian Janik, and Lisa Nydick—to gain a basic understanding of AI and how it can be integrated into your teaching practices to benefit both yourself and your students.
You can be the Petal Plus One for John Hunter’s keynote when you attend the virtual session!
Join NJEA’s PDII Consultants - Mike Mason, Brian Janik, and Lisa Nydick - for a session designed to provide you with a review of some of the best AI tools available to educators.
Rutgers Behavioral Health presents strategies for personal wellness and teaches members how to take care of themselves during stressful times.
This interactive session will provide insight and understanding into disruptive behaviors; identify three specific SEL areas to promote positive behavior; and highlight best practices to develop the skills and climate for students to regulate themselves.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
This workshop helps teachers use census data to create culturally responsive teaching strategies.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
Join PDII Consultants - Mike Mason, Brian Janik, and Lisa Nydick - for a two-hour workshop for a basic overview of artificial intelligence and its practical applications.
How to Support Multilingual Learners Who Have Had Limited/Interrupted Education.
Completion of Part 1 (Spring 2024 or Fall 2024) is a pre-requisite for attending Part 2
Join The Amistad Commission for a Film Screening of Till with Writer Keith Beauchamp
Join PDII Consultants - Mike Mason, Brian Janik, and Lisa Nydick - for a workshop designed to provide teachers with a basic understanding of AI and how it can be integrated into their teaching practices to benefit both themselves and their students.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
Join Tazmine Weisgerber for a workshop that will cover an updated framework for educating about body image and related topics while considering the self-esteem of the diverse identities found in every classroom.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
Join The Teacher Leadership Academy for an overview of the Teacher Leader Academy and the benefits of being a teacher leader.
Join The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and hear a Holocaust Survivor speak. You will gain the tools needed to meaningfully and appropriately incorporate live testimony into Holocaust lessons.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
Join NJEA’s PDII Consultants - Mike Mason, Brian Janik, and Lisa Nydick - for a session designed to provide you with a review of some of the best AI tools available to educators.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
The NJEA PDII Community of Practice Power Hour for educators will serve as a collaborative space where they can share knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
