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The Department of Secondary and Special Education:
Dual Certification MAT with a Focus on Inclusive iSTEM Education
Montclair State University is pleased to offer the Dual Certification MAT with a focus on Inclusive iSTEM Education - a specialized teacher education program that is designed to prepare highly qualified math and science teachers for inclusive middle and secondary classrooms in New Jersey and across the nation. The program integrates intensive content area preparation, inclusive pedagogy, and iSTEM education experience with integrative and carefully designed fieldwork.
An Innovative Approach for 21st Century Teaching and Learning:
- Dual certification in math or science and special education
- Focus on engineering design, problem-based learning, innovation, and evidence-based inclusive practices
- Traditional and non-traditional field experiences that are carefully supervised and integrated with coursework
- Carefully designed mentoring and induction
You are cordially invited to attend an online information session on February 28th at 12:00 with program leaders and educators to learn more about the program.
REGISTER at:
http://msugrad.force.com/events/TargetX_Events__eventspecificregistration?eid=a0aA0000009DphHIAS
To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please complete our short survey and one of our program staff will follow up with you:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSUinclusiveiSTEM</x>
The application deadline is May 15, 2013. Applications for the Dual Certification MAT will be reviewed on a rolling basis after this date until all candidates have been selected.
TO REGISTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE
This is an example of how you can use the Ning blogs in your mini-course.
The participants in your course would have to be members of thing MSUNER Ning (msuner.org). You also need to be 'Friends' with them on the site. The easiest way to do this is to search for them by name, then click the 'Add as a Friend' link under their name.
Within your mini-course, you can then publish blogs like this that are only visible to your friends. In the Privacy & Comments section be sure to select 'Just my friends' for 'Who can view this post?' and 'Who can comment on this post?' and your course participants will be able to see and comment on your blog posts. This is a great option for continuing the dialog outside your workshop.
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Join us! The Gifted and Talented Program at Montclair State University (http://www.montclair.edu/gifted) has offered a diverse array of onsite courses for gifted students since 1981. Our Spring and Summer 2016 courses will be open for registration in January 2016 through our web site. We will also be offering a Wild Weather online course for grades 4-8 for Spring 2016, with plans to expand our online courses for Summer 2016. We are also looking for an additional District or two who would be interested in participating in our new Offsite Program, where we assist you with tailored G&T services for your G&T students and staff. Contact us for more information at: giftedmsu@mail.montclair.edu.
For parents and educators, we are co-hosting the First Annual MSU-NJAGC Gifted and Talented Conference, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Joy Lawson Davis, an international G&T expert and Newark native who specializes in diversity and equity. A conference video option is available at a discounted rate for anyone who cannot make it to Montclair State University on Saturday, January 9th, 2016. Five dollars of each registration will be donated to the Three Doctors Foundation. Online registration is now open on our web site: http://www.montclair.edu/gifted . Hope to see you there!
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Christopher Duvall, Associate Director
Gifted and Talented Program
Montclair State University
1 Normal Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043
http://www.montclair.edu/gifted/
P:973-655-4104
F:973-655-7895
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
TEACHING WRITING CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM INFORMATION
The Graduate Certificate Program in Teaching Writing is designed to familiarize students with the guiding research, theory, and practice of Writing Studies, a discipline devoted to developing successful pedagogical practices for teaching writing across age, background, and ability. As many new teachers discover when they enter the classroom, English teachers are often under-exposed to theories and practices of writing instruction as part of their graduate or teacher preparatory programs. This certificate program aims to address this gap in teacher preparation at a time when national and state mandates for effective writing instruction are at an all-time high. The curriculum for the program bridges the secondary and college divide, responding to calls for better communication between secondary and college faculty, and greater support for students moving from high school to college.
The program holds the following objectives:
· Students will learn techniques for teaching planning, drafting, revision, and editing
· Students will learn how to conduct one-on-one conferences and implement peer review models in the classroom
· Students will understand and apply various methodologies for teacher research on writing
· Students will explore the challenges of marginalized writers and learn how to facilitate their writing development
· Students will study methods of evaluation and assessment of writing
· Students will gain a foundational understanding of rhetorical theories and their impact on writing techniques and pedagogies
· Students will have the opportunity to design research projects and teaching materials that are in alignment with the Common Core Standards in Writing, as adopted by the state of New Jersey.
Teachers and prospective teachers of middle school, high school, and college are especially invited to apply for this program. For interested school districts, documentation towards professional development hours for program participants is available.
ADMISSIONS
Certificate students should be active participants in our graduate courses, capable of sophisticated reading and thinking.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Application; Non-Refundable $60 Application Fee; Official Transcripts; Essay; One Letter of Recommendation. Please note that additional application materials may be required for students who have completed academic work outside of the U.S. This program has rolling admission.
CURRICULUM
The full curriculum can be found below. To view course descriptions, please visit our website at www.montclair.edu/graduate.
Teaching Writing Certificate:
Required Courses:
Complete for 6 semester hours:
Teaching Writing and the Basic Writer (ENWR-586)
Research in Writing Studies (ENWR-588) or equivalent, as determined by advisement
Electives:
Complete 2 courses for 6 semester hours from the following list:
Teaching Writing Through Literature (ENWR-583)
Graduate Writing Seminar (ENWR-590)
Rhetorical Theories and the Teaching of Writing (ENWR-598)
Seminar in Writing Studies (ENWR-600)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Application/Admissions Information: Program Information:
The Graduate School English Department
College Hall Room 203 Dickson Hall Room 468
1 Normal Ave. 1 Normal Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07043 Montclair, NJ 07043
Voice: (973) 655-5147 Voice: (973) 655-4274
Fax: (973) 655-7869 Fax: (973) 655-7031
E-Mail: Graduate.School@montclair.edu Dr. Jessica Restaino, Graduate Program Coordinator
Website: www.montclair.edu/graduate E-Mail: restainoj@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://chss.montclair.edu/english/
Math Workshops
2015/2016
10% discount for MSUNER Districts:
Belleville, Bloomfield, Caldwell/West Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Clifton, East Orange, Elizabeth, Englewood, Fair Lawn, GlenRidge, Hillside, Kearny, Little Falls, Livingston, Maywood, Montclair, Newark, Nutley, Parsippany/Troy Hills, Pascack Valley Regional, Passaic Valley Regional, Paterson, Randolph, Rockaway Township, South Orange/Maplewood, Teaneck, Tenafly, West Orange.
$150 per teacher
8:30a-2:30p (parking & coffee)
Reserve NOW at: Workshop registration form
2015-16 Mathematics Series: Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 7-10
Navigating 2015-16 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment
1. November 13, 2015
Title: Navigating 2015-2016 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment Important Beginnings
Grade Levels: K-2
Presenter: Eliza Leszczynski, Ed.D., K-12 Educational Consultant
Description: Participants will engage in an across the grades look at the Domains of “Number and Operations in Base 10” and “Operations and Algebraic Thinking.” Ready-to-use, hands-on activities focusing on the development of a strong number sense and a deep understanding of operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with numbers and related applications in real contexts will be emphasized. Participants will examine the structures of story problems and discuss student strategies occurring in the context of each problem type.
2. January 14, 2016
Title: Navigating 2015-16 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment ~ Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Grade Levels: 6-8
Presenter: Eliza Leszczynski, Ed.D., K-12 Educational Consultant
Description: Come and participate in active learning about the many connections between fractions, decimals, and percents, with a focus on the across the grades look during a hands-on session. The use of multiple representations and manipulatives for fractions, decimals, and percents will be emphasized, including number lines, fraction bars, 10x10 grids, base-10 blocks, and others. Ready-to-use activities, including story problems will be examined. The connections of percents and ratios will be addressed in the context of real life problems.
3. February 11, 2016
Title: Navigating 2015-16 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment ~ Problem Solving and Performance Tasks
Grade Levels: 6-8
Presenter: Deborah L. Ives, Ed.D., K-12 Educational Consultant
Description: Come and participate in active learning about the Standards and Mathematical Practices for middle grades math, with a focus on an across the grades look during a hands-on session. Using a balanced approach for all students, a link between Instructional Strategies, Grade Level Curriculum Expectations and the State Assessments will be addressed using online simulations, performance tasks, and real world applications/modeling.
4. February 19, 2016
Title: Navigating 2015-16 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment ~ Fractions
Grade Levels: 3-5
Presenter: Eliza Leszczynski, Ed.D., K-12 Educational Consultant
Description: Participants will engage in an across the grades look at the Domain of “Number and Operations – Fractions” in lessons involving operations with fractions, comparison of fractions, and fraction equivalence, including meaningful strategies for connecting concrete and pictorial models of improper fractions and mixed numbers. Ready-to-use, hands-on activities, including fraction-decimal connections, and instructional strategies incorporating the use of physical manipulatives with fractions will be emphasized. Formative and summative assessment of fraction skills with be addressed.
5. March 9, 2016
Title: Navigating 2015-16 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment ~ Problem Solving and the Use of Digital Tools
Grade Levels: 3-5
Presenter: Deborah L. Ives, Ed.D., K-12 Educational Consultant
Description: Participants will engage in an across the grades look at the Domain of “Number and Operations – Fractions” that will highlight expectations of problem solving and Performance Tasks. Ready-to-use, hands-on lessons and instructional strategies, differentiation and accommodations, and the use of multiple assessment and questioning techniques will be emphasized, including easily accessible digital tools.
6. March 23, 2016
Title: Navigating 2015-16 Mathematics Standards: Teaching for Understanding with a Focus on Instruction and Assessment Updates
Grade Levels: 7-10
Presenter: Deborah L. Ives, Ed.D., K-12 Educational Consultant
Description: Come learn updated information through a hands-on look at lessons and Performance Tasks with instructional strategies that focus on algebraic reasoning and sense making for middle and high school students. Real world applications will be provided through multimedia resources that help students and teachers meet the current Mathematics Standards and State Assessment expectations.
The ADP Center for Teacher Preparation & Learning Technologies @ Montclair State University Presents:
The 21st Century Teaching Skills Professional Development Certificate Program for Practicing K-12 Educators (Teachers and Administrators are welcome)
The 21st Century Teaching Skills Professional Development Certificate Program for Practicing K-12 Educators (Teachers and Administrators are welcome)
Time to Complete: Five 2-hour after-school workshops during the months of May and June (see topics and dates below)
Cost: $95.00 per teacher for all five workshops
Professional Development Hours: 10
Register online today @ http://adpcenter.ning.com/events/21st-century-teaching-skills-1
About the program: This program is designed to help K-12 educators obtain the skills necessary to incorporate 21st Century teaching skills into your classroom. While we have broken up the skills into five two-hour after school learning sessions, we hope to show that these skills are intertwined and will be developed as an overall skill-set, one that allows you to continue to create innovative 21st century learning experiences for your students that will help increase academic achievement across subject areas and grade levels. We also hope to help educators understand the power of professional learning networks as a resource to continue to learn and evolve even after completing these five professional development workshops. While we do highlight some examples of "Digital Tools and Skills Covered" for each class below, we will also incorporate new concepts that continue to emerge in the digital world of education. The total cost to participate in the five two-hour after-school workshops is *$95.00* and each participant will earn 10 professional development credits as a result of their completion of the program.
Workshop Titles, Descriptions and Dates:
1. Information Overload: *Finding the right web-based tools and resources for teaching and learning can be a daunting task for anyone. Simply goggling a keyword usually provides too many unrelated results and can consume precious time you do not have. This hands-on workshop will show you how to search for and evaluate online educational resources more efficiently while using social networks such as twitter to connect with peers searching for similar content.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Google Advanced Search; Custom Search; Twitter, Google Custom Search, Web Directories, Diigo. *
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *May 23, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
2. iPlan, iTeach & iAssess (Part One):* Building on the skills developed in our Information Overload workshop, this intensive hands-on learning experience introduces cloud-based tools to collaboratively plan and facilitate instructional activities that integrate engaging digital resources such as video, screencasts, podcasts and flash animations while constructing web-based student assessments that inform future instruction.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Google Docs, Google Forms, Youtube, Teachertube, Podomatic, Blogs, Wikis, Jing, Screenr, Rubistar, Quizstar, Google Sites*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *May 30, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
3. iPlan, iTeach & iAssess (Part Two): Building on the skills developed in our Information Overload workshop, this intensive hands-on learning experience introduces cloud-based tools to collaboratively plan and facilitate instructional activities that integrate existing and engaging digital resources such as video, screencasts, podcasts and flash animations while constructing web-based student assessments that inform future instruction.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Google Sites, Google Docs, Google Forms, Youtube, Teachertube, Podomatic, Blogs, Wikis, Rubistar, Quizstar*,* TweetPolls*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: * June 6, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
4. iCreate, iPublish and iCollaborate (Part One): Screencasting, Skyping, Tweeting, Texting, Mashing and Animating -- what does it all mean? While it may seem like a totally new language, one that many of your students seem to instinctively understand, in this intensive hands-on workshop we will show you how to utilize the power of free web-based tools to collaboratively create and share interactive learning activities with your students and your peers.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Skype, Google Sites and Docs, Diigo, Prezi, SlideShare, Animoto PBWorks, Podomatic, Screenr/Jing, VoiceThread, Nota*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *June 13, 2012 4-6 pm, ADP Center Room 1143
5. iCreate, iPublish and iCollaborate (Part Two): * Screencasting, Skyping, Tweeting, Texting, Mashing and Animating -- what does it all mean? While it may seem like a totally new language, one that many of your students seem to instinctively understand, in this intensive hands-on workshop we will show you how to ultilize the power of free web-based tools to collaboratively create and share interactive learning activities with your students and your peers.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Skype, Google Sites and Docs, Diigo, Prezi, SlideShare, Animoto PBWorks, Podomatic, Screenr/Jing, VoiceThread, Nota*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *June 20, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
Please contact the ADP Center at crc01@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-5220 if you have any questions about this program.
This graduate "teaching writing" certificate program is offered by full-time English Department faculty who specialize in composition/rhetoric. It has been designed to provide secondary-level classroom teachers with additional grounding in best practices in writing pedagogy and assessment, as well as relevant theories and research about writing. This program is a response to a need articulated many times by classroom teachers--that writing instruction is often an arena in which they find themselves in need of greater support and training.
Here's a link to the program description via the graduate school's website:
http://www.montclair.edu/graduate/programs/certificate/twri.php
For inquiries about the program please click the link above or contact Program Director Jessica Restaino at restainoj@mail.montclair.edu. Further information will also be available at the Open House event on Sunday, 2/26.
