Middle School Math Grants Awarded to Three Schools

Math educators in three New Jersey middle schools are the proud recipients of a grant from the Center for Teaching and Learning middle school math initiative. Teachers in Florence, Mendham and Tabernacle are joining teachers in Deptford, Egg Harbor City, and Lawrence to address student achievement gaps in mathematics.
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Center Launches New Progressive Math Initiative

Masters Degree in Teacher Leadership

The first cohort of the Masters Degree in Teacher Leadership completed a year of study with a summer field experience at Newark museum. By all accounts, the program is well on its way to setting a new standard for teacher leadership in New Jersey.
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Progressive Science Initiative: Teaching Certificate Endorsement in Physics

Improving student achievement in science is now a national priority. To that end, increasing the number of skilled science teachers is also a national priority. The good news is that New Jersey is ready to take on the challenge of science education by training a talented corps of teachers who will lead the next generation to high levels of student achievement in science. The New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning is launching a new science teacher certification program designed for current certified teachers with great teaching skills and an interest in science education.
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Math Web Resources

Heather Henderson is the mathematics fellow for the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning. In this capacity, Heather is an advisor to the three middle schools participating in the Center’s middle school mathematics grant – an initiative to create professional learning communities of educators to address student achievement gaps in mathematics.
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NJEA and NJCTL launch new collaborative partnership for online resources

NJEA and the Center have joined forces to bring high quality web resources to educators. The resources listed in this site meet the criteria for a good “web experience” as determined by NJEA. In addition, the content is reviewed and approved by a representative of the Center’s highly skilled academic team.
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School Based Project

The first year of the middle school mathematics grant is completed – and teachers in the three schools are thrilled at the progress they have made. Teachers in Lawrence Township, Egg Harbor City and Deptford Township were each awarded $25,000 by the Center to create collaborative professional learning communities (PLC) of middle school mathematics educators. The goal of the program is for the collaborative professional learning communities to address student achievement gaps in mathematics and to incorporate Algebra I in the middle school curriculum so that all students in the three schools demonstrate proficiency in Algebra I by eighth-grade graduation. The renewable grant will last three years.
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Tech Integration showcase - 2009

NJEA and NJCTL are gearing up for an expanded technology integration showcase at the 2009 NJEA Convention. We are looking for NJEA members to present in this area. Are you a tech savvy educator? Complete the attached form to let us know you want to be on our tech team.
2009TechShowcaseFlier3.pdf

Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a better way forward

NJCTL trustees unanimously endorsed participation in the Partnership for 21st century Skills – a national movement designed to promote a state by state dialogue on 21st century skills. The goal of the partnership is to assist states in adopting their own 21st Century initiative. NJCTL joins NJEA and the New Jersey Department of Education in endorsing this program.
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