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“In presenting the sweeping narrative of American history, African Americans have for too long, been cast in minor roles far from events, personalities and themes that become engrained in every student’s memory. In New Jersey, that is all changing ... ”
The Amistad Commission Virtual Summer Institute Professional Development Course
The wait is over! The Amistad Commission - NJ Department of Education is excited to launch our inaugural on-line class, our virtual Summer Curriculum Institute Course for Educators and Administrators. Please join us.
Our virtual professional development course will launch on Tuesday, August 18th - Saturday, August 22nd , 2020
The American Paradox:
An Analysis of Special Topics for NJ Schools on the Legacies of Structural Racism, Systemic Disparities, Self-Government, Enslavement, Native Dispossession,
Democracy, Civil Liberties and Civic Engagement throughout our American Narrative in the Classroom
Course Information and Registration is available now at:
Deadline to register is Sunday, August 16th, 2020
*Virtual Sessions Tuesday-Thursday at 10:00 am and at 2:00 pm*
*Virtual Sessions Friday-Saturday at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm & 6 pm*
*Daily uploads to our YouTube Channel of PD materials for the following day’s lecture preparation*
*Lecture schedule and daily log-in credentials meeting ID and passwords will be emailed to registered participants only- no one will be admitted into the virtual sessions without registering in advance via this event form. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel in preparation for the professional development course - TheNJAmistad Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAtQ4tbQfgFkSCvtQ5VbQg
We hope that you will join us to learn on August 18th for this free PD opportunity for New Jersey Schools!
Course Description:
August 2019, marked the 400 year anniversary in Tidewater Virginia, where at the banks of the Jamestown River, American democracy and American enslavement emerged hand in hand. That marriage of ideals had consequential offspring, which have provided a complex inheritance for every generation of this nation’s citizens for the last 400 years. 2020 has catapulted our national attention and our family discussions, national news, social media platforms, and timelines have been filled with the remnants of these consequential offspring. We currently find ourselves in conversations involving our current global pandemic with its ever-climbing fatalities and evidenced medical disparities among communities of color; economic upheavals; federal and state’s rights debates and clarifications; constitutional and civics education reviews; political party infighting and polarizations; voting disenfranchisement concerns; questions of medical bioethics; conversations regarding reforms after the witnessing of police brutalities; civil rights and racial injustice; economic upheavals with the possibility of impending foreclosures and evictions; and finally the explications of structural racism, social justice, and policy changes.
This summer our proposed institute topic selection has been identified and abridged based on both our current national and global events. Our current realities and circumstances have created increased inquiries from teachers across the state, to the Amistad Commission for a multitude of areas for historic understanding, resources for students, and suggested learning approaches; most especially with the transition to online and remote learning. In response, we have crafted a late summer professional development session before our Educators begin their school year that will provide content lectures, resources, as well as student engagement and classroom strategies.
Our goal is to assist NJ Educators and Administrators who tackle issues ripped from our headlines that are embedded throughout the NJ Learning Standards and Progress Indicators for Social Studies and district curriculum maps. At this moment, a space has been created for an indispensable teaching moment to educate our teachers and administrators, on the historic legacies at the root of our daily conversations that will no doubt continue to extend to our classrooms. It is a history that is only understood by telling the full story of our often-difficult American narrative. This must be part and parcel of all school curricula and professional development trainings nationwide.
This professional development online course will include virtual experiential learning, primary and secondary resources, lectures, multimedia presentations, curriculum development, and teaching strategies, lesson plan writing and methodology structuring sessions, we invite NJ K-12 teacher, content specialist, administrators, and community stakeholders together for these conversations while enlisting experts scholars in the varied topic areas of each lecture.
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Hello Colleagues,
Please see below the Save the Dates for the Third Annual NJ Convening on Diversifying the Teacher Workforce. This Virtual Conference will happen on 4 consecutive Wednesdays in October, 2020: 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, and 10/28, 3:00- 5:00 pm. This event is sponsored by the NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the NJ Dept. of Education, and Rutgers University.
The call for proposals will follow soon.
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WHIEEAA established the African American Education (AfAmEd) Connector Roundtable Series in June 2020 to address gaps and opportunities for African Americans students and families, and to highlight programs, policies, and practices that accelerate the learning and development of Black students of all ages. The topic for this roundtable is Reimagining Opportunities for African American Students with Disabilities. In commemoration of the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), WHIEEAA would like to highlight the importance of meaningfully supporting African American students with disabilities for academic success.
This discussion, moderated by newly appointed Executive Director Terris Todd, will enable participants to have access to information, resources, best and promising practices from ED, other federal agencies, and the field. Register today.
** The Agenda for Education in a Democracy is sponsoring five free slots for MSU and MSUNER faculty. If you plan to apply and would like to claim your free slot, please email MSUNER@MONTCLAIR.EDU **
The gravity and complexity of our time continue to build as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves and more uprisings across the country unfold against massive racial disparities in police killings, use of force, arrests, imprisonment and more. Our current reality has compelled individuals across the nation to more intentionally examine education, often offering remarks along the lines of “education will never be the same.”
We also know that public education is extraordinarily resilient and often resistant to change. Yet, it is evident that people’s lives depend on this change.
For over 30 years, the National Network for Educational Renewal has promoted a compelling agenda, known as the Agenda for Education in a Democracy (AED), to ensure quality education for all and insist on educational renewal to ensure the vital role of education in a democracy. We are at a pivotal point in American history, and as educators, our role in this is integral.
ABOUT THE SUMMER INSTITUTE
This point in time offers NNER, its member settings, like-minded individuals and organizations a necessary challenge but also another opportunity to even further clarify, renew and reimagine the AED and NNER’s four-part mission:
The Summer Institute is one of NNER’s annual experiences that support educators and community leaders from across the country. The Summer Institute combines the here-and-now of school-university-community partnership work and the larger framework and long-range/historical perspective of the National Network for Educational Renewal. The Institute furthers the network of professional connections and friendships across NNER with the intention of deepening our partnership among each other as well as our local settings.
Our overarching theme, Preparing Beyond Distress: How Do We Prepare Ourselves for Innovation?, encourages us to “Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within” (Ruha Benjamin). We more deeply examine four areas that compel us to imagine and create the worlds we cannot live without:
Click here for a detailed Agenda Overview, including presentation topics and essential/centering questions.
To register, please visit this website. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Wolfe Bornhorst, catherine@nnerpartnerships.org.
Dear All,
Those of you with school-age children and those in programs related to P-12 education might be interested in this 6/25/2020 document from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Tamara
| Tamara Lucas, Ph.D. Dean College of Education and Human Services 973-655-5167 lucast@montclair.edu |
To Register CLICK HERE
Sharing on behalf of Marilyn Davis....
For Information or to Register CLICK HERE
Sharing on behalf of the department of Teaching and Learning....
With uncertainty comes possibility. As educators adjust to current circumstances and take on the responsibility of online teaching, Montclair State University holds true to its rich teacher preparation history by creating a new program to help you define your own tomorrow.
Registration is now available for a new, fully online course, Online Instruction for Students with Disabilities. This course is the first of a two-course series that will constitute the new Virtual Learning for Students with Disabilities program that Montclair State's College of Education and Human Services will be offering soon.* This online program is designed for teachers who are looking to discover new technologies as they redesign curricula and instruction for the virtual learning environment.
We have all been challenged by the abrupt shift to online instruction. Those of us who teach students with disabilities have the added burden of ensuring that students continue to learn and progress, without falling further behind. Montclair State’s new online certificate program will help you take what you know best about how to teach students with disabilities and transfer those skills to a virtual classroom.
Spaces in the initial cohort are limited. Take your next professional development step and apply to start this summer. The first course will run from August 10 to August 27. The second course will be scheduled to start this fall, which will allow you to complete the program before the end of the calendar year and settle into your routine.
To learn more about this program, register for a webinar on Wednesday, July 8 at 1 p.m.
Sincerely,
Jennifer L. Goeke, PhD
Associate Professor
Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Teaching and Learning
Montclair State University
A Montclair State alumnus and expert on virtual learning prepares schools for reopening and moonlights as EMT
Posted in: Education, Graduate School
Barry A. Bachenheimer ’01 MA follows his passions in teaching and emergency services.
Barry A. Bachenheimer ’01 MA has experienced the coronavirus crisis on two fronts: As a first responder saving lives, and, when the pandemic closed schools, in educational triage helping teachers move instruction online. Now he’s working on a third front – making sure both teachers and students are ready for an uncertain fall and can adjust to changes.
“I think we got thrust into this really fast, and as a result, I don’t think we had a chance to figure out what was the best. We just worked on what was the most expedient,” Bachenheimer says.
At Montclair State, he’s on call with the Center of Pedagogy, where he is a frequent facilitator,
this spring sharing his expertise on the must-have apps and digital strategies when teaching and learning suddenly shifted. Later this summer, he will provide professional development for returning teachers and clinical interns.
He also works as a volunteer emergency medical technician (EMT) on an overnight shift with the South Orange Rescue Squad. “The months of March and April, there were a lot of sick people we were dealing with. It was very scary.”
Now that the rate of infections has slowed, New Jersey has begun reopening the state, including a September restart for K-12 schools. Gov. Murphy on June 26 said students will return to classrooms at least part-time this fall.
Barry A. Bachenheimer, left, on call in South Orange, New Jersey.
Bachenheimer is now focused on working with educators to make sure students and teachers can adjust quickly to changes that may occur. “We need to prepare so that schools could move online again if there is a local outbreak or resurgence of cases,” Bachenheimer says. “I can see us quickly having to pivot back to remote learning for two weeks. I can see a lot of back and forth.”
Bachenheimer has more than 25 years experience in the K-12 education field and currently works for the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, where he was recently promoted to assistant superintendent effective July 1.
Nearly two decades ago, his district was the first in New Jersey to launch one-to-one computing, an initiative that provides a computer to every high school student. With the pandemic, its pilot of virtual days when most other schools were closed for inclement weather, enabled instruction for 2,000 students while many other school districts struggled with remote learning or relied on homework packets.
“We are sticking to our four basic concepts, which are flexibility, simplicity, appropriate timing and empathy, and trying to make that all work at the same time,” Bachenheimer says.
Bachenheimer’s doctoral work focused on online learning and he shares his expertise with the Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal (MSUNER), a school-university partnership.
“In preparation for New Jersey schools opening their doors for fall, he will focus on support for building a learning community in grade school hybrid teaching environments with an emphasis on teaching for critical thinking,” says Network Director Marilyn Davis. This will include advanced teaching for critical thinking in secondary content areas and advanced methods for coaching and mentoring teachers new to a school or school district.
The “other side” of Bachenheimer’s life is in the area of emergency services and public safety, where he has experience in the emergency medical services, firefighting, rescue technician, school security and emergency management fields. He instructs in a variety of areas, including CPR, first aid, tactical medicine, water rescue and first response. In South Orange, he is the training officer for the all-volunteer rescue squad, which includes his teenage daughter Lea, who is also an EMT.
“Helping others, saving lives, and training others to do the same is my personal passion,” he says.
His EMT duty shift is on Sunday nights “and then I go to work bright and early on Monday morning.”
“I’ve gotten really good at time management over the years,” he says. “With the help of some coffee, and a really supportive wife, life moves right along.”
Story by Staff Writer Marilyn Joyce Lehren
