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Are you ready to reflect deeply about teaching, learning and well-being from a unique educational, cultural and historical perspective? Join us for this unprecedented mindfulness and education experience, carefully designed to intimately engage us with the exquisite land, culture, traditions, and people of Bali
Created with educators in mind, psychologists, therapists, leaders, and other practitioners will also delight in this captivating adventure which promises to awaken a deeper sense of inquiry, insight and imagination. The lasting effects of this magical retreat are sure to transform our own reflective and teaching practice and will also touch the lives of students that we care deeply about.
Expect to spark playfulness and elevate well-being in body, mind and spirit.
Program Price:
Double Occupancy – $2,945
Single Supplement – $850
*Special early bird rate of $2,795 if you register and pay deposit by December 15, 2022.
–> If you are not traveling with someone you would like to share a room with, we will pair you with another solo traveler, if no one is available, single room occupancy fee may apply. Each traveler will have their own bed unless you have indicated otherwise.
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Why should we care? What's the harm? And how does it affect me, my family and my community?
What can be done? Are there solutions? What are they and what can I do?
The conference on September 24 will explore all of these questions with facts, data, history and analysis from experts, practitioners and constituency leaders. And it and it will present a series of proposals for legislative action that can powerfully move us in a different direction in New Jersey.
The event will go from 10:00 to 3:00 PM. Lunch will be included. There is a fee of $75 to cover costs including meals. Discounts are available for members of affiliated organizations, sponsors and students.
Racial segregation in schools is a structure and a system made by people that can be dismantled by people. It is more than just residential segregation and it harms more than just those who are segregated.
It has devastating consequences for the segregated, but it harms us all in a myriad of profound ways, politically, economically and morally,
Friday, September 24 at 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The Conference Center at Mercer
Mercer County Community College
1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550
PRE-REGISTER HERE: For this live gathering of faith, community, political & policy leaders.
Returning to School:
Strategies for Reengaging Students
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Attention: State and District Leaders, Staff, Educators, Parents, and Education Stakeholders
The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to support educational settings in safely sustaining or returning to in-person instruction. The series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, early childhood education providers, and other places of educational instruction describing approaches to operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar, Returning to School: Strategies for Reengaging Students.
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST
Please join us as we explore information from the U.S. Department of Education on strategies for reconnecting with students returning to school this Fall. Following the Department’s presentation, field- based practitioners will share strategies they have found effective to reengage students through outreach and sustained connections.
Speakers/Panelists
Related Documents
This event will reference the following resources, which we encourage you to access in advance of the webinar to inform participation:
For your reference, slides for this presentation will be posted on the event webpage on the day of the event. The recording will be posted a day after.
Registration
You must register to participate in this presentation.
Please contact NCSSLE if you have any questions. We look forward to sharing this information with you and hearing from you about the important work you are doing in your schools, communities, and states to meet the needs of your students and staff as they return to in-person learning.
More on the Lessons from the Field Webinar Series
Archived Events: To access archived materials from previous Lessons from the Field webinars, go here.
Upcoming Webinars: Due to popular demand, the Lessons from the Field Webinar Series has been extended to run through September 2021. Stay tuned for additional details on upcoming webinars that will assist American educators in ensuring a safe and supportive transition back to in-person learning.
By Maurice J. Elias and Larry LeverettEven as we confront the treacherous coronavirus pandemic with a large-scale effort to treat, mitigate and protect our people, leaders are starting to turn their attention to reopening America’s industries, municipalities, and civic society. Governors like Phil Murphy, Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsome are speaking about an 18-month plan. Educators, who deserve commendation for the rapid response to organizing online learning to create some continuity for learners, similarly need an 18-month plan. The social and emotional wellness of adults and students must be embraced as an important component of pandemic recovery.
We know from studies, like “Children of Katrina,” that children exposed to natural disasters and their aftermath are much more likely to suffer emotional disturbances than other kids, even years later. And we know which children fare worse than others: poor children, Black and Brown children and learners with special needs.
The virus preys on those who have underlying conditions and are weakened by social neglect that allows our society to push too many people to the margins, with inadequate social and financial capital and few opportunities to improve their lives. Systemic disparities in health, housing, employment, education, wages, nutrition fuel the racial disparities that have resulted in decreased access and opportunity to resources needed to either prevent or treat the “infamous” underlying conditions.
While most of us have had our “worlds” turned upside-down by the health, economic and social realities of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, poor children and children of color have disproportionately had many of their loved ones die. Every day, they see relatives leave the house and expose themselves to a potentially lethal virus that they then bring back home. They have heard family members worry about food, rent, heat, electricity and how to get health care when it’s needed.
This once-in-a-lifetime health challenge will have a life-long impact on the social and emotional wellness of our children and youth. Schools must recognize this. Our children cannot go back to business as usual. Schools must devote the first two to three weeks to welcoming and healing. The social-emotional wellbeing of students and staff should be the focus. Everyone has had losses -- time, last year’s classmates and teachers, opportunities, loved ones — and these must be acknowledged and grieved.
The inequities that have been in plain sight but now are too illuminated to ignore must be kept in view. Awareness of differences and the requirement to be inclusive and to treat all children with dignity, respect, consideration and support should be built into these initial weeks and become part of the everyday norms for every day of every school year.
The pandemic has illuminated the historical disparities for children of color, children of poverty and children with special needs. These children and all children must learn skills of leadership, social action, and civic participation. All students must be helped to identify their sense of positive purpose, which we know from research is a powerful motivator for learning. The stories of those who have been disadvantaged must become part of the curriculum if all students and staff are to be liberated from the grip of prejudice and oppression.
It is frequently said that “out of crisis comes opportunity.” We have the opportunity for schools and communities to engage together to address existing inequities and to build community-wide resources to help students resolve the traumatic impacts of the pandemic on their academic and social development.
There are roles for everyone, including parents, schools, community-based organizations, state agencies, higher education, churches, private sector, non -profits, community-based mental health services, advocacy organizations and others to engage with each other to create locally developed solutions that embrace the necessity to attend to this trauma.
We must adopt a long-term view on supporting the social-emotional wellness of the learners and all the adults engaged in the public education enterprise. And we must keep a sustained focus on what the pandemic has made clear to all of us about the price of social inequities.
Maurice J. Elias is a professor of psychology at Rutgers and directs the Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab. He’s also the author of “The Joys and Oys of Parenting,” and “The Other Side of the Report Card: Assessing Students’ Social, Emotional, and Character Development”
Larry Leverett is a retired educator who was an assistant commissioner of education in NJ and superintendent of Plainfield Public Schools.
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On January 9, 2017, the Teacher Education Advocacy Center will host the New Jersey Future Educators Association (NJFEA) conference for HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS who are interested in becoming teachers. This program is planned for 300 students who aspire to become future educators. We welcome you to submit a proposal for an engaging topic relevant to high school students interested in teaching as a career. Topics may include, Leadership in Teaching, Diversity and inclusion, College Exploration, STEM in education, Teaching special populations or subjects, Diversity and inclusion, College exploration, Bullying, STEM, etc.
The deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, October 17, 2016 via this survey link, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJFEA17. For any questions, please contact Dr. Carolina Gonzalez (gonzalezca@mail.montclair.edu).
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"Supporting Immigrant Families for School Success" Date Time: Nov 17, 2021 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: |
February 15 – April 23, 2022
Curated by Megan C. Austin, Director, University Galleries
Black Wall Street: A Case for Reparations is Kojo’s ongoing series of large-scale paintings that capture the imagined lives of Black professionals in the Greenwood District before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The community was dubbed “Black Wall Street” for its thriving culture and wealth in spite of strong segregation laws. The portraits present a spiritually uplifting dedication to the people who called Greenwood their home over a century ago. The exhibition is a sanctuary and homage to Black Americans through a reimagining of past lives.
Visit the digital twin of this exhibition, viewable on desktop, mobile, or as an immersive VR experience.
We are excited to announce the launch of the Social-Emotional Development Integration and Learning Cohort Grant Program, provided by SEL4NJ and supported by the New York Jets.
Please find more details below and please be sure to visit our website SEL4NJ.org for the full Request for Proposal (RFP), and application details.
Please feel free to share with your colleagues (and remind them to join SEL4NJ)!
The grant opportunity is open to any New Jersey teacher or team of teachers from the same school or district for professional study leading to the integration of social, emotional, and character development in their classroom, school, or district.
SEL4NJ will award grants up to $1,500 for professional learning opportunities related to SEL for teachers and teams of applicants are eligible for grants up to $2,500. Proposals that address how equity will be integrated and promoted will be given special consideration.
The grant application is due by December 10, 2021, at 11:59 pm. EST. For more information and application requirements, visit our website at SEL4NJ.org
