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Facing History and Ourselves
This workshop introduces our new resource, Teaching Mockingbird, which incorporates civic education, ethical reflection, and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's beloved novel. We offer a fresh approach that integrates multimedia resources, historical sources, and Common Core-aligned strategies that deepen students' understanding of the novel and illuminate fundamental questions of human behavior.
Recommended for 6-12th grade English Language Arts, social studies, or humanities educators teaching the novel.
In this workshop you will:
- Discover new interdisciplinary teaching strategies that reinforce historical and literacy skill
- Receive a free copy of Teaching Mockingbird
After this workshop you will:
- Become part of the Facing History educator network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including downloadable unit and lesson plans, study guides, and multimedia
- Be able to borrow books and DVDs through our online lending library at no cost
Space is limited; registration does not guarantee admission.
For further information and to register, please click HERE
The Genocide Education & Prevention Project (GEAPP) is a collaboration between Montclair State University and George Mason University dedicated to researching human rights issues and identifying innovative practices and methodologies that focus on genocide education, genocide prevention, and links between the two. From July 24-26, 2017 at Montclair State University, scholars and lawyers will present research on human rights and genocide for discussion. The research presentations are open to the public and the conference is an opportunity to bring together higher education humanities, law, and secondary education.
Given the NJ mandate to integrate genocide and holocaust education into K-12 curriculum, the MSU Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Project is extending a unique invitation to secondary school teachers as well as MSU undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to attending conferences sessions, teachers and students may apply for an all-expense-paid visit to the United Nations Headquarters and dinner with conference scholars in New York city on July 25. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, space is limited, and preference is given to applicants who indicate how the opportunity will benefit their professional career: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M52JBCV. Please see the attached/embedded flyer. For more information regarding the application process, contact Dr. Zoë Burkholder | burkholderz@montclair.edu.
Research presentations will be in the MSU Machuga Heights Multipurpose Room, located at Webster Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424. The presentation schedule is July 24: 9am-4pm; July 25: 9am-11am; and July 26: 9am-12pm. The keynote speaker is scheduled for July 24 at 9am, Jocelyn Gergen Kestanbausm, JD. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Director of the Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic, and the Faculty Director of the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights. Please see the attached/embedded flyer. For more information regarding GEAPP contact Dr. Kate E. Temoney, Assistant Professor of Religion | temoneyk@montclair.edu or consult the GEAPP website, which will include a detailed schedule: https://www.montclair.edu/chss/religion/meetings-and-events/geapp/.
Supported by the Montclair State University (MSU) Department of Religion | MSU Residence Life
MSU Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Project | NJ Commission on Holocaust Education
UPDATED: Rick Wormeli 2017 MSUNER Summer Conference Keynote 6/26/17
The Academy for Teachers
Fall 2017 Master Class with Frank Bruni
An Op-Ed Writing Workshop
Call for Nominations
Teachers of all grades and subjects, as well as principals and heads of school, know a lot about education. This is an opportunity for them to shape their thoughts into written arguments. The voices of educators should be heard!
In this Master Class, participants will workshop original op-ed pieces about education under the direction of New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.
Nominate a colleague for An Op-Ed Writing Workshop. The deadline for nominations is Thursday, June 15th.
An Op-Ed Writing Workshop
with Frank Bruni
Offered in partnership with The New York Times
Monday, December 11, 2017
9:00am – 4:00pm
9:00am – 4:00pm
Nominate here. Nominations are now open.
This Master Class will explore the elements of a successful op-ed piece in a workshop setting. As part of the selection process for the class, nominees will submit an original op-ed that discusses some aspect of K-12 education. An abundance of topics are possible, including (to name but a few), the Common Core, professional development, race, testing, the arts, relations between colleagues, discipline, lunch, recess, or improving schools of education. More personal topics would also be welcome, such as the problem of teacher burnout, difficult parents, or the student who couldn’t be reached. During the Master Class, the op-eds will be workshopped with an eye to concision, accessible language, and how successfully the piece makes a single, clear, overarching point.
Frank Bruni, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since June 2011, joined the newspaper in 1995 and has ranged broadly across its pages. He has been both a White House correspondent and the chief restaurant critic. He is the author of three New York Times best sellers: a 2015 examination of the college admissions frenzy, Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be; a 2009 memoir, Born Round, about the joys and torments of his eating life; and a 2002 chronicle of George W. Bush’s initial presidential campaign, Ambling into History. His first cookbook, A Meatloaf in Every Oven, was published in February 2017 and co-written with his Times colleague Jennifer Steinhauer. In his columns, which appear every Sunday and Wednesday, he reflects on diverse topics, including: American politics, higher education, popular culture and gay rights.
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The Agenda for Education in a Democracy
Presents
“The Loving Story”
Film and Discussion
With
Dr. Nancy Carnevale, Department of History
Dr. Saundra Collins, Department of Psychology
Tuesday April 11th 5:30pm
Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall
Learn the story behind the recent movie:
“When Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in July 1958, in Virginia, for violating a state law that banned marriage between people of different races, such laws had been on the books in most states since the seventeenth century. But the Lovings never expected to be woken up in their bedroom in the middle of the night and arrested. The documentary brings to life the Lovings' marriage and the legal battle that followed through little-known filmed interviews and photographs shot for Life magazine.”
Co-sponsored by the Center of Pedagogy, African American Studies and the Department of History
CREATED EQUAL
Is a national film project by the National Endowment for the Humanities
For further information please contact Leslie Wilson at wilsonl@mail.montclair.edu
Science Workshops
Location: PRISM, The Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Montclair State University
2017 Science Workshops
May 4 NGSS Fundamentals for Administrators (3 hours: 12 noon - 3pm)
An executive overview of the foundations of the standards: the 3 dimensions and the performance expectations, as well as how to start implentation. Learn what needs to be done to help your teachers to make a smooth and successful transition to align with the NGSS. Turnkey materials will be provided. $75
Location: PRISM - Blanton Hall
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning Montclair State University
About the Facilitator
Dr. Jacalyn Willis, director of PRISM and research biologist, is a member of the NJ State Leadership Team that advised the NJDOE and the Governor on the adoption; she has been a participant in national trainings in NGSS-aligned curriculum development, as well as trainings in teaching pedagogical practices crucial to implementation of the NGSS. The PRISM team has been closely involved in the development of the NGSS and the design of effective PD that follows on 12 years of US Department of Education Math-Science Partnership programs and National Science Foundation initiatives directed by Dr. Willis.
Questions call 973-655-7753 or email prism@mail.montclair.edu
Register for Workshops
10% discount for MSUNER Districts:
- Belleville
- Bergen Tech
- Bloomfield
- Caldwell/West Caldwell
- Cedar Grove
- Clifton
- East Orange
- Elizabeth
- Englewood
- Fair Lawn
- Glen Ridge
- Hillside
- Kearny
- Little Falls
- Livingston
- Maywood
- Montclair
- Newark
- Nutley
- Orange
- Parsippany/Troy Hills
- Pascack Valley Regional
Program Description: The purpose of the Center of Pedagogy Leadership Associates Program is to work toward developing a critical mass of leaders from the public schools, from the arts and sciences, and from teacher education who understand and are committed to the goals of simultaneous renewal of schools and to the education of educators.
Leadership Associates will work to deepen their understanding of the moral dimensions of teaching—stewardship, access, nurturing pedagogy, and democracy—and to collaborate with P-12 faculty and administrators and university education and arts/science faculty toward the renewal of schools and the preparation of educators. We will examine our roles in our respective institutions to become more effective agents for change, and propose and undertake an inquiry project to work towards these ends.
The Leadership Associates program will be held from July 10-14, 2017 on the campus of Montclair State University. Applications are now available for the 2017 program.
The compensation for full participation in the program during the summer and academic year will be $600 per participant. In addition, all educational materials and food (light breakfast and full lunch) will be provided.
Participants will be selected for the program by a screening committee and great efforts will be made to achieve a balance among faculty and administrators from the university and the public schools. Every attempt will be made to achieve as wide a district representation as possible. Administrator/teacher teams are encouraged to apply.
To apply, please complete and submit the following online application:
2017 Leadership Associates Program Application - Due April 14, 2017
