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Come and join us at our first Theater of the Oppressed Troupe meeting here at MSU
Tuesday, March 14th
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
University Hall, ADP Center, Room 1121
Are you angry and frustrated by the political climate in your local, regional, and national communities?
Would you be interested in joining a social action group that examines oppression?
Do you want to find ways to take political action using Theater of the Oppressed?
We are looking for teachers, students, faculty, and staff who are interested in joining our TO Troupe.
Please RSVP or send any questions to Dr. Monica Taylor at taylorm@mail.montclair.edu
Theater of the Oppressed believes in:
- The essential dignity & human rights of all human beings
- Questioning and curiosity
- Change is possible
- Creativity is necessary, accessible, and universal
- Solidarity and the collective are necessary
****This TO troupe is generously sponsored by the Center of Pedagogy and Kappa Delta Pi.
Calling MSUNER High Schools:
Apply for the recognition you deserve! Help celebrate public education!
#schoolsofopportunity http://schoolsofopportunity.org
The National Education Policy Center just launched the third year of NEPC's Schools of Opportunity recognition project.
The new website http://schoolsofopportunity.org lists the application criteria derived from the book, Closing the Opportunity Gap. The general idea is to recognize schools that are using evidence-based strategies to increase educational excellence and equity.
The Washington Post AnswerSheet provides more detailed information:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/02/14/more-than-test-scores-schools-of-opportunity-to-recognize-high-schools-that-create-full-learning-experiences-for-every-student/
For more information on how to apply, here is the full press release http://nepc.info/node/8450.
You may also contact:
Kevin G. Welner
Professor and Director
National Education Policy Center
School of Education
University of Colorado Boulder
(303) 492-8370
'Like' the NEPC on Facebook | Follow @NEPCtweet on Twitter
TO REGISTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE
Dear Colleagues, Shipmates, and Friends
Attached please find a new contribution, ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES: Life Lessons from Polar Explorers, designed for adolescents and older who would benefit from taking more control of their own lives, setting and achieving reasonable life goals, solving problems, becoming more inquisitive and reflective.
The book is richly illustrated with life lessons from various polar explorers, including the author, NASA astronauts, engineers and leaders in business and sports. It could serve as a resource for a variety of units and as a guide for independent study.
I hope you will consider sharing this announcement within your own networks.
Many thanks for your consideration and best wishes,
John Barell
www.morecuriousminds.com
LT. USN-Ret
Seek your own Antarctica for Success
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Antarctic Adventures provides an approach for parents, teachers and community mentors to guide and advocate success for all children regardless of their environmental challenges. The resiliency skills described throughout John’s story, the critical thinking, reflective activities, and the problem-based survival strategies integrated throughout the book provide the firm foundation for any young adult to achieve his or her dream.
Dr. Mary Ann Burke, CorwinPress Author, Co-Founder of The Generational Parenting Blog at genparenting.com
Thanks for gathering so many life lessons from real heroes who have changed the lives of so many with their courage, dedication to purpose, understanding and exploration of the unknown. Dale Jacobs, Veteran Antarctic Specialist |
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Would you like to take courses and learn new skills that are valued by a variety of employers?
Do you want to learn how to measure the success of a program, how to identify and use data to meet accountability needs and more from seasoned evaluators?
Consider our CERTIFICATE IN PROGRAM EVALUATION! It is not too late to begin this fall!
Courses are conveniently offered in a hybrid format and the entire certificate can be completed in just 10 months!
Programs across a variety of industries are being pressured to justify their investments to stakeholders through program evaluation – by assessing program processes and implementation, measuring outcomes, and informing ongoing program improvement.
The demand for program evaluation is growing. In fact, US News named Program Evaluator as a Best Kept Secret Career!:
http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2008/12/11/best-kept-secret-career-program-evaluator
The coursework in this certificate covers the full spectrum from program planning to program revision, including training on evaluation theory, research/evaluation ethics, logic models, program theory, considering stakeholder perspectives, designing evaluation studies, designing data collection instruments, collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, interpreting and reporting on analyses, and facilitating the use of evaluation findings to make program improvements.
Courses are offered in hybrid format, meeting approximately one Saturday per month with the remainder of work to be completed online. (Fall course meeting dates are: September 6, September 27, November 1, December 6.) The culminating applied practicum experience also takes place within the course structure. (No fieldwork is required.) Enrolled students may complete the certificate program in just 10 months. Courses are taught by seasoned professionals in the program evaluation field and the certificate is housed in the Center for Research and Evaluation on Education and Human Services (CREEHS).
Those completing the program work in schools, foundations, government agencies, community and nonprofit organizations, consulting companies and higher education as:
Program Officer
Research Analyst
Program Director
Project Manager
Agency Director (Government, Human Services, Health Care, Nonprofit)
Data Analyst
Evaluation Coordinator
Consultant
Accreditation Manager
Assessment Coordinator
Training & Evaluation Specialist
If you are interested in starting in this program this fall, the first class meets on Saturday, September 6. Please contact Eden Kyse at evalcenter@montclair.edu for enrollment information.
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
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The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) at the University of California, Berkeley is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to help parents nurture generosity, gratitude, forgiveness, and related “prosocial” skills in themselves and their children. We are reaching out to you because we believe your organization may be an appropriate match.
With funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the GGSC is offering awards of between $25,000 to $150,000 to organizations that serve parents, particularly education programs run through schools, houses of worship, community centers, or other community-based organizations. The programs must develop or expand innovative ways to educate parents on the research-based keys to guiding children toward choices that place the long-term good of their communities ahead of their immediate self-interest.
Important dates:
October 2, 2017: Application window opens
December 11, 2017: Applications due
February 1, 2018: Application review process completed, grantees notified
April 1, 2018: Project period begins
December 11, 2017: Applications due
February 1, 2018: Application review process completed, grantees notified
April 1, 2018: Project period begins
March 31, 2020: Project period ends
Greater Good Parenting
Greater Good Science Center
University of California, Berkeley
ggscparenting@berkeley.edu
greatergood.berkeley.edu
Greater Good Science Center
University of California, Berkeley
ggscparenting@berkeley.edu
greatergood.berkeley.edu
PRISM Science and Math Workshops
2013-2014 school year
Location: PRISM Center, Blanton Hall
8:30am to 2:30pm - 5.5 pd hours $130/workshop
Or 4:30-7:30pm – 3 pd hours $70/workshop
50% discount for MSUNER Partner Districts
if registered by February 1st
Reservations required online
| Date | Title | Gr. | Time | Cost |
| January 24 | Weather, Air and Water | K-5 | 8:30a-2:30p | $130 |
| January 29 | Guiding Readers & Writers through Science | 3-8 | 4:30p-7:30p | $ 70 |
| January 31 | Common Core and Math Practices: What's Up with Fractions? | 3-6 | 8:30a-2:30p | $130 |
| February 11 | Human Body | K-5 | 8:30a-2:30p | $130 |
| February 28 | Common Core Content and Practices: Look at What's New! | 5-8 | 8:30a-2:30p | $130 |
| March 6 | From Cookbooks to Constructivism - Inquiry-Based Investigations | 3-8 | 4:30p-7:30p | $ 70 |
| March 21 | Physical Science Investigations | 2-5 | 8:30a-2:30p | $130 |
| April 4 | Designing STEM Projects | 5-8 | 8:30a-2:30p | $130 |
| May 20th | Schoolyard Science | 3-8 | 4:30p-7:30p | $ 70 |
Workshop descriptions go to http://www.montclair.edu/csam/prism/workshops/
- FEE: $130 per workshop for full day; $70 per workshop for 3 hour workshops
- 50% discount to MSUNER partner districts if registered by February 1st.
- Provided Coffee/Tea (Bring your own lunch) and parking at the Clove Road NJ Transit Parking Garage ONLY. See directions.
- Questions, contact us at prism@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-7753
- All workshops are subject to cancellation for insufficient enrollment.
Registration is almost closed for the New Jersey Future Educators Association (NJFEA) Middle School Conference for students in grades 6-8 who are interested in exploring careers as future teachers. This event is being planned for 250 students and each school is invited to bring between 15-20 students.
Date: Tuesday, June 7th.
Location: Montclair State University, University Hall, 7th Floor, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey, 07043
Time: 8:45 a.m. -1:45 p.m.
Each school is invited to bring between 15-20 students.
Students must be registered and accompanied to this conference by a teacher, counselor, or school administrator. Students may not register themselves. There is no charge for attending this conference. A complimentary lunch will be provided. Dress is smart casual.
For conference flyer, agenda, and workshop information, please click here:https://futureeducators.tcnj.edu/files/2015/09/NJFEA_MID_SCHL_Montclair2016.pdf
To register, please click here: http://www.oksignmeup.com/njfea/ms/
Please do not delay. This conference is filling up quickly!
CLEAR will bring in special guest speakers from FRS-NJ and Apple education to discuss the 3 key themes of that program—Leadership, Education and Classroom Practice and Technology Support and Services.
There will be an overview of the program’s success to date, the new indicators being released, and hands-on groups working time to discuss and delve into the indicators. To register, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/futurereadywithapple
For more information, please email CLEAR@NJIT.edu and/or see our flier at:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LNgabidJMBdxIs_7WYdRT_JgFyjei1LS
To Register Click Here - these events are free to msuner members
TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE
Registration Closes Monday- June 5th!
These events are open to MSU Students, Faculty & Staff and the MSUNER Community
Visit their Events page, for workshop details and registration links.
