Events

Title: Teaching, The Brain and Common Core Standards (Keeping Creativity Alive)

Date: February 19, 2014

Time: 4:00-7:00 PM

Location: Franklin Elementary School, 85 Curtis St., Bloomfield, NJ 07003, Room G2 (Basement)

Instructors: Jean Ann Slusarczyk

TITLE: Education as Anti-Racist Activism: The Long Struggle to Teach Social Justice
DATE: February 7, 2014
TIME: 8:30-3:30
LOCATION: University Hall, ADP Center Room 1145
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Zoe Burkholder


Learn about America's long history of combatin

Title: "Fun" is Not a Dirty Word (Brain Based Strategies) 

Date: February 5, 2014

Time: 4-7 PM

Location: Franklin Elementary School, 85 Curtis St., Bloomfield 07003, Room G2 (Basement)

Instructors: Jean Ann Slusarczyk and Gina Parisi

Come stretch yo

Title: Culturally Responsive Teaching

Dates: January 28 and February 4, 2014

Time: 3:45-6:45 PM

Instructors: Kersy Corporan and Jacqueline Lubitz

Location: University Hall, ADP 1145

Together we will explore the concepts and techniques of culturally

Title: Strategies for Mentoring and Coaching

Date: January 23 & February 6, 2014 - 3:45-6:45 PM

Instructor: Dr. Barry Bachenheimer

Location: University Hall, ADP 1120

This mini-course is designed for new clinical faculty members, but is open to all

TITLE: Teachers as Scholars: The Writing Child: An Arts-Based Approach

DATE: January 17, 2014

TIME: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM

LOCATION: University Hall, Room 1121

INSTRUCTOR: Lisa DeLorenzo, Ph.D.

This session is geared toward elementary teachers who want

Title: Teaching for Critical Thinking

Dates: January 15 & January 22, 2013

Time: 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Location: CA Dwyer School Library, 665 Mt. Hope Avenue, Wharton, NJ 07885

Instructors: Jean Ann Slusarczyk and Gina Parisi

This course will focus on

Title: BOOK ARTS for all Disciplines
Dates: January 14 and 28, 2014
Times: 4:00-7:00

Instructor: Barbara Frey
Location: Memorial Middle School Room 301 Art Room, 500 Ridge Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

Participants will be introduced to the art of bookm

TITLE: Teachers as Scholars: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior

DATE: January 10 and 17, 2014

TIME: 8:30-3:30

LOCATION: University Hall, ADP Center Room 1143

INSTRUCTOR: Scott Kight

Ever since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of

Strategies for Mentoring and Coaching
Date: January 7 & 14, 2014 - 4:00-7:00 PM

Instructors: Jean Ann Slusarczyk and Lucy Villaluz
Location: Bloomfield Middle School Media Center

This mini-course will provide an over-view of the MSU teacher educatio

Title: Music Criticism

Dates: December 10 and 17, 2013

Time: 3:45-6:45

Location: MSU, University Hall, ADP 1145

Briefly, music criticism is the act of deciding or judging music for oneself. In essence, critics are ordinary people who happen to posse

TITLE: Teachers as Scholars: The Sixties: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

DATE: December 6 and 13, 2013

TIME: 8:30-3:30

LOCATION: University Hall, Ferraro Lounge

INSTRUCTOR: Gregory Waters, Ph.D.

This workshop is designed to help teachers who a

Title: Creativity in the Classroom

Dates and Times: December 5, 2013, 3:45-6:45 PM

Location: Montclair State University, Dickson Hall, Room 436

Instructor: Dr. Barry Bachenheimer

"Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should

Title:  Intermediate PowerPoint

Dates: December 4 & 11, 2013, 4:00 pm-7:00 pm

Location: Cedar Grove High School, 90 Rugby Road, Cedar Grove, NJ, Room A108

Instructor: Sheila Salka

Description:Microsoft PowerPoint is the most popular presentation prog

Title: Teaching for Critical Thinking

Dates and Times: November 14 & 21, 2013 - 3:45-6:45 PM

Location: Pascack Valley High School Media Center, 200 Piermont Ave., Hillsdale, NJ

Instructor: Dr. Barry Bachenheimer

This course will focus on creating an

Title: Culturally Responsive Teaching

Dates and Times: November 12 & 19, 2013 - 3:45-6:45

Location: Montclair High School, 200 Chestnut Street, Montclair, NJ,  Room 315

Instructors: Kersy Corporan & Jacqueline Lubitz

Together we will explore the con

TITLE: Literature and Music
DATE: November 4 and 11, 2013
TIME: 8:30-3:30

LOCATION: University Hall, ADP Center Room 1145

INSTRUCTOR: Marissa D. Silverman

From Petrarch to Liszt, Shakespeare to Tchaikovsky, Mallarme to Debussy, Yevtushenko to Shos

Title: Understanding, Depersonalizing and Role Playing Problem Behavior in the Classroom

Date- Wednesday 10/30/13    

Time-4:00 pm to 7:00 pm   

Location- Library, Passaic Valley High School, 100 East Main Street, Little Falls, NJ 07424 (Parking in F

Title: How to Incorporate "Got Junk" into Classroom Centers - The Key to Organization

Dates: October 23, 2013

Time: 4:00 - 7:00 PM

Location: Franklin School Library, 85 Curtis Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Instructors: Lucy Villaluz and Karen Vasquez

TITLE: Literature Through Art

DATE: October 22 and October 29, 2013

TIME: 4:00pm-7:00pm

INSTRUCTOR: Cindy Martin

LOCATION: South End School Art Room, 116 Harper Terrace (Rt. 23 to Harper Terrace), Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

DESCRIPTION:

This mini-course i