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ASCD Virtual Conference - Resources

Posted by Kristin Armato on August 18, 2020 at 12:30pm
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to share with you an article and workshop shared at ASCD Virtual Conference last week.  Dr. Gorski works with school districts on race matters and recently worked closely with districts in southern New Jersey.  While he did not provide a powerPoint he did provide an article of interest. "Avoiding Racial Equity Detours"
 "Although racial identities inform cultural identities, race is not culture. Racial inequities aren’t predominantly cultural misunderstandings." - Gorski
6 Key Principles
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours
I would also like to share the following presentation from the ASCD Virtual Conference:  Distance Learning, Online Learning and Students with Disabilities:  How Do We Do It?  (Powerpoint and Resources)
Resources - Distance Learning
PowerPoint - Distance Learning
Warm regards,
Marilyn
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Webinar 4/21: Engaging Families in Re-Entry Planning

Posted by Kristin Armato on April 19, 2021 at 12:00pm

 

Engaging Families in Re-Entry Planning

Wednesday, April 21, 3:00-4:00 pm ET

 

Students and teachers have started to return to in-person instruction after an unprecedented year of virtual and hybrid schooling. As schools reopen, educators will need to consider a variety of needs. Those include academic as well as socio-emotional needs. How can schools and districts collaborate with families in the re-entry process? And how can we ease anxieties and smooth the transition?

 

In this webinar, we'll hear from a panel of school and district representatives from Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia and Queen Anne's County Public Schools in Maryland. The panel will discuss how they’ve engaged families in planning for the return to in-person instruction. They’ll share what's worked and what hasn't, lessons learned, and tips for those working through similar challenges.

 

Presenters:

  • Alexis White, Principal, Garrisonville Elementary School
  • JR Raybold, Principal, Conway Elementary School
  • Scott Elchenko, Principal Stafford Middle School
  • Kristen McKinney-Nash, Family Engagement Specialist, Stafford County Public Schools
  • Amanda Ensor, Title I Family Engagement Specialist, Queen Anne's County Public Schools

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3/11/2021 - Adverse Childhood Experiences: Inside NJ's New Plan to Address a Perennial Harm

Posted by Kristin Armato on March 4, 2021 at 12:00pm

You are invited to attend:

 

NJ Spotlight News Virtual Roundtable:

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Inside New Jersey's New Plan to Address a Perennial Harm

 

Thursday, March 11, 2020 from 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Online via teleconferencing

 

This will be an online event only. Please register to have a teleconferencing link emailed to you Thursday, 3/11, at 3pm with a repeat send at 4pm.

Last month New Jersey unveiled a unique action plan to help families and communities protect against and heal from the effects of adverse childhood experiences that can cause harm to individuals and families for generations. After a year of living under intense pandemic pressures, the need has likely never been so great.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, impact four of ten youngsters in New Jersey across racial and economic lines according to a 2019 report. These traumas – such as abuse, poverty, and parental incarceration – can lead to chronic health issues like alcoholism and cancer, struggles in school and with law enforcement, and even premature death.

COVID-19 has exacerbated the scale and breadth of childhood traumas. The sickness, death, isolation, and economic decline associated with the coronavirus outbreak have harmed scores of families in New Jersey and across the nation. Disruptions to normal school routines have worsened the effect of ACEs and experts agree increased harm to children and youth is already perceptible.

Please join NJ Spotlight News on Thursday, March 11, at 4pm for a virtual roundtable with a panel of policy leaders, clinical experts, and front-line advocates to examine how COVID-19 is amplifying childhood trauma, New Jersey’s innovative, grass-roots approach to addressing ACEs, and how we can all play a role in the state’s action plan.

 

Panelists:

Arturo Brito, MD, MPH, Executive Director, The Nicholson Foundation

Dave Ellis, Executive Director, Office of Resilience, New Jersey Department of Children and Families

Ashanti D. Jones, MSW, Community Engagement Manager, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice

Additional panelist to be announced.

 

Moderator:

Lilo H. Stainton, NJ Spotlight News Health Care Writer

 

Sponsor:

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Educator Preparation Laboratory - Webinar: A Deeper Dive into How Educator Preparation Programs are Adapting During COVID-19 - May 21st

Posted by Kristin Armato on May 17, 2020 at 10:00am

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Educator Preparation Laboratory
invites you to join us for a follow up discussion:

NEW Webinar: A Deeper Dive into How Educator Preparation
Programs are Adapting During COVID-19

Thursday, May 21
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
 

Teacher and leader preparation programs continue to adapt how they prepare their candidates during the COVID-19 shutdown and in anticipation of a very different future for teaching and learning.

Now, more than ever, it is critical that we continue to equip future teachers and leaders to effectively support students’ academic and social and emotional needs. What does educator preparation look like in our new reality and in the uncertain future of schools reopening with guidelines around social distancing and keeping staff and students safe?

The Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab) will address this issue in a new webinar on May 21 as a follow up to a recent, highly popular webinar on the same subject. This sequel will dig deeper into the critical topics impacting teacher and leader preparation programs across the nation and address many of the questions raised by participants in the initial webinar.

Join us and the five educator preparation program leaders from the first webinar, who will go into more detail on how their programs are adapting and innovating during this pandemic. They will continue to explore pressing questions around teacher and leader preparation during the COVID-19 crisis, including:

  • How are programs approaching short and long term planning for the summer and fall semesters?
  • How are institutions continuing to center equity in teacher and leader preparation during this time?
  • How are programs infusing social-emotional learning and trauma-informed practices in their work with candidates?

Speakers:

  • Rebecca Cheung, Director, Principal Leadership Institute, University of California, Berkeley
  • Annamarie M. Francois, Executive Director, Center X, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Maria E. Hyler, Deputy Director, Washington DC office and Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute; Director, EdPrepLab
  • Ira Lit, Associate Professor, Stanford University Graduate School of Education
  • Jennifer Robinson, Executive Director of the Center of Pedagogy, Montclair State University
  • Kathy Schultz, Dean, School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder


Hosted by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the
Educator Preparation Laboratory, an initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and Bank Street Graduate School of Education.
 

 

Register Here

 

Registration is required. Can't make it during the scheduled time?
Register anyway, and we'll email you the recording afterward!
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NJ School of Conservation Teaching Scholar Program: Biodiversity Field Methods - June 28- July 2, 2020

Posted by Kristin Armato on January 15, 2020 at 12:59pm
NJ School of Conservation Teaching Scholar Program: Biodiversity Field Methods
June 28- July 2, 2020
COST: FREE Scholarships will be funded by National Geographic and Montclair State University. Scholarships include all meals, on-site lodging and educational resources.
This five-day summer professional development workshop for middle school teachers will focus on an extended hands-on experience in assessing ecosystem biodiversity. Teachers will work alongside academic researchers and professional scientists to identify flora and fauna in the forest, stream and lake ecosystems in and around the NJ School of Conservation (NJSOC) within Stokes State Forest. Teachers will learn field methods and improve their content knowledge in biology, ecology, and environmental science. Teachers will contribute to a NJSOC Bioblitz event scheduled to coincide with the workshop, allowing teachers to utilize the concept and curriculum materials for National Geographic’s and iNaturalists’s Bioblitz program. The concluding activity will be for the workshop participants to translate their newly developed skills to their classroom, school and local community by creating a lesson or unit plan that applies workshop learning. Full workshop description can be found HERE. Deadline to apply: April 1, 2020
For more information please contact:
Tanya Sulikowski
Environmental Educator/Researcher 
 
NJ School of Conservation 
Montclair State University
1 Wapalanne Road
Branchville, NJ 07826
973-948-4646
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Muslim American Teacher Survey

Posted by Kristin Armato on January 31, 2022 at 11:00am

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Research Participants Wanted

Reclaiming ME, a Muslim Educators Research Collective, is conducting the first national study of Muslim American teachers.  

 

Are you a Muslim American teacher? Do you know a Muslim American teacher? 

 

  We are looking for folks who: 

  • self-identify as Muslim (with varying degrees of religiosity or who identify with Muslim as a cultural category)

  • represent any racial or ethnic background

  • teach in public K-12 schools in the U.S. 

  • are adults over 18 years of age who can provide consent

  • would be willing to complete a 15-20 minute online survey

 

Participants are invited to complete a 15-20 minute survey. They will be asked to answer questions about their own experiences as teachers. 

We are raffling off two iPads and all participants who complete the survey are eligible to enter the raffle.

Questions, please contact:

ReclaimingMuslimEducators@gmail.com

 

This study has been approved by Montclair State University’s Institutional Review Board IRB-FY17-18-983

 

Please use the QR Code to access the survey. 

 

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Trauma Informed and Antiracist Workshops

Posted by Kristin Armato on September 30, 2020 at 10:30am
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(Runs for 7 sessions, every other week from 1/19 - 4/13/21 via Zoom and will be recorded for asynchronous learning.) For anyone wanting to better understand a trauma informed framework that brings all of our loose ends in mental health together in a way that makes sense.  From emergency risk assessments to building a sustainable community of care through restorative practices, SEL, and antiracism, we will explore a framework that puts solutions into practice.
If interested in a preview, will be presenting at NJSBA Virtual Workshop 2020 in October.
Antiracist Advocacy for Equity in Policy and Practice  from 1/11/ - 6/28/21 over 13 sessions every other week via Zoom.  For anyone interested in taking the journey to re-explore the origins of our racial divide, understand how trauma is passed down through generations, and learn the steps to stop racist policy and practice.
Both workshops are free to youth 18- to 24-years-old.
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Attention Elementary Educators!

Posted by Kristin Armato on August 24, 2020 at 10:11am
You are invited to participate in a study that looks at the systems and processes that were/ are in place for primary school teachers to support teaching and learning of primary-level maths during the COVID-19 crisis.  
The purpose of the study is to gain more detailed insights into the experiences of primary school teachers and parents and families of primary school-aged children with online and remote learning of maths content during this time. This research hopes to develop avenues for more effective online maths learning for teachers and families. 
Who are we?  
The study is being conducted by Dr Kelly Johnston, Professor Rebecca Bull, Professor Garry Falloon and Dr Emma Burns who specialise in primary mathematics and technology in the School of Education at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Dr Johnston can be contacted by email (kelly.johnston@mq.edu.au). 

If you can, please complete the survey found here: SURVEY

Thank you!

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2013-2014 MSUNER TEACHER STUDY GROUPS - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - DUE OCTOBER 15TH

Posted by Concetta E. Donvito on August 1, 2014 at 12:30pm

2013-2014 MSUNER TEACHER STUDY GROUPS

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal (MSUNER) of the Montclair State University Center of Pedagogy welcomes you to apply for a Teacher Study Group Grant (TSG) for the 2013-2014 academic year.  A TSG is meant to provide an opportunity for teachers to take responsibility for their own professional development and renewal by engaging in collaborative learning and inquiry that will advance the goal of simultaneous renewal of the schools and the education of educators.  In other words, it gives a group of educators a chance to work and learn together about a topic of mutual interest.

Administrators and faculty from partner schools, faculty from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and faculty from the College of Education and Human Services, are eligible to apply for this type of grant.  We encourage any and all combinations of educators to work together on a topic of mutual interest.  Since the possibilities are endless for the design and mission of the grant, let your imagination, interests, and needs guide your thinking when writing a proposal.  The study group context provides a wonderful vehicle for collegial professional development to assist in and redesign teaching and learning. 

Some sample topics from the past are:

  • Common Core Standards and 21st Century Learners
  • Peer Professional Development
  • No More Bullying!
  • Be Keen, Go Green!
  • Everything Tech But the Kitchen Sink
  • Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation in the Elementary School
  • Environmental Challenges: What We Can Do
  • Building Critical Thinking Strategies to Strengthen the Link Between Reading and Writing
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching

Topics must relate to at least one of the following strands: Pedagogy, Content, Diverse Learners, Mentoring/Induction, Technology, or 21st Century Skills

This request for proposals (RFP) outlines the requirements for MSUNER funding of a teacher study group. 

Each member district is entitled to $1,000 in funding for the 2013-2014 academic year, as is the University.  For each district, funds will be divided among the number of study groups that are accepted and by the nature of the project.  The maximum funding for any one study group grant is $500.  Special funding arrangements will be made should a study group include teachers from multiple school districts. 

FOR MORE DETAILS, CLICK THE TEACHER INCENTIVE LINK UNDER THE "GRANT OPPORTUNITIES" TAB  on the Main page of www.msuner.org

SUBMIT PROPOSAL ONLINE at:  Teacher Study Group Proposal

PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 15, 2013

(Proposals will not be accepted after this due date)

DECISIONS ON AWARDS WILL BE MADE BY NOVEMBER 1, 2013

 

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CUE Speaker Series: Boxed in: Trans Life and the Struggle for Self Determination at School - October 20, 2022

Posted by Kristin Armato on September 7, 2022 at 3:00pm

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Dr. Harper Keenan
Robert Quartermain Professor of Gender & Sexuality in Education at the University of British Columbia

 

Boxed in: Trans Life and the Struggle for Self Determination at School 
with an opening performance by Per Sia, 
Educator & Drag Performer with Drag Queen Story Hour 

  

Thursday, October 20 at 5:30 p.m. EST via Zoom

 

This event is free and open to the public. 

ASL interpretation and live transcription will be provided. 

This event will not be recorded.  

What are the conditions currently facing trans and gender non-conforming children and teachers in PK-12 public schools, and what might those conditions reveal about the role of school in society? This talk will begin by addressing the current political context of mounting hostility against trans people in education, and then present data drawn from two studies: first, a mixed-methods study of nearly 400 trans-identifying workers in PK-12 schools across the United States and Canada, and second, from a two-year ethnographic project examining the struggle for gender self-determination in primary education in a large urban school district in Northern California. Taken together, the findings from these studies offer insights into how schools serve to teach the public about the social meaning of gender, including how gender interacts with race.

Dr. Harper B. Keenan was appointed as the inaugural Robert Quartermain Professor of Gender & Sexuality in Education at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education in 2019. In that role, he serves as the faculty director of SOGI UBC, which is a program supporting self-determination in gender and sexuality throughout PK-12 education. His work has been accepted at a variety of peer-reviewed academic journals and edited volumes, including Educational Researcher, Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, Curriculum Inquiry, Theory & Research in Social Education, Teaching Education, and Gender & Education. He has also written for or been interviewed by a number of popular press outlets like NPR, NBC National News, Reuters, Slate, and EdWeek. In 2022, he was awarded a NAEd/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. 

Per Sia is currently a regular performer in the Internationally acclaimed "Drag Queen Story Hour" as well as an educator in residence at the Children's After School Arts (CASA) program in the San Francisco Unified School District which was recently profiled on KQED Arts and National Public Radio. With a pedigree from weekly performances at the late, iconic Esta Noche, Per Sia's trajectory has gone on to include art curation, stand-up, television, and maybe a quinceañera or two, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and México. 

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Descriptive Inquiry Research Project

Posted by Kristin Armato on September 23, 2020 at 12:40pm
Descriptive Inquiry Research Project
Dr. Maria Cioe'-Pena (Montclair State University) is seeking school level participation in a year long study to begin in fall 2021, as follows:
I am interested in finding a school partner with a predominantly Latinx population from across the Latin American diaspora that can engage in developing a collaborative teacher community grounded in descriptive inquiry (DI). The goal of the project is to see if a process like DI can lead to academic growth and increased social-emotional support for Latinx English Language Learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities. Additionally, I am interested in understanding how the collaborative community developed through the DI processes can help teachers feel more supported thus leading to increased teacher satisfaction and teacher retention. 
This would be a great opportunity for a school to develop their own in-house community of expert teachers who can lead the charge in decreasing inequality for children of color, ELLs, and children with disabilities within their schools and potentially their district as a whole. 
Thanks again for your ongoing support. 
Warmly, 
María 
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