Candidates sought for NJEA Internship Program
NJEA is seeking candidates for the Bolivar Graham Internship Program, an opportunity for female and/or ethnic-minority active members of NJEA to work as paid professional staff interns for a three-month period. Up to two interns will be selected to participate in a full-time work experience in a particular division of the NJEA staff during the 2013-14 school year.  Sign in for details and application.

NJEA REVIEW
The teacher evaluation system, retaining quality teachers and bolstering job satisfaction, keeping students with food alergies safe in school, building the unconference, a preview of the 2013 NJEA Convention, and a look at a book that studies the transformation of the Union City school district and offers a strategy for America's schools. These are just a few of the feature stories you'll find in the May issue of the NJEA Review.

NJ State Board of Ed Action Items
The State Board of Education is proposing changes to the special education regulations, the teacher evaluation regulations, school nurse certification, and more. This is our opportunity to speak up about how the proposed  changes will affect our students, our profession and our schools.  Find out how you can speak out on these issues.

Hurricane Sandy Relief: A member's note of gratitude
There are times when the words THANK YOU are simply not enough to express my feelings.  This is one of those times. Super Storm Sandy affected most of us across the state.  The storm damaged homes, schools and communities, but not our spirit.Hugh J Boyd Jr Elementary School in Seaside Heights is located between the Barnegat Bay and the ocean.  The island had a mandatory evacuation.  The storm flooded the town and devastated property.That's when NJEA sprang into action.

May is Physical Education and Sport Month
JoAnn Doherty, president of the New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NJAHPERD), accepts a resolution from State Board of Education President Arcelio Aponte at the May 1 State Board meeting. The board proclaimed May to be “National Physical Education and Sport Month.”

Poll results indicate how we can truly thank teachers
As part of this year’s National Teacher Day celebration, the National Education Association conducted an online poll, asking teachers, “What do you want for National Teacher Day?”

OCHS flipped classroom engages students
In Scot Rainear’s mathematics classes at Ocean City High School, the lecturing and note taking take place at home on the computer through a recorded video presentation. When they return to the classroom, it’s time to work on the problems, in groups or, for struggling students, one-on-one instruction time. Known as a “flipped classroom,” the concept turns the traditional classroom upside, and may make “math anxiety” a thing of the past.

TECHCON 2013
Learn strategies for using iPads in the classroom, SMARTBoards, Googledocs for educators, and more at NJEA TechCon 2013! The conference will be held on July 24, 2013 at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Galloway.

Don't miss NJEAs television show focusing on innovative projects happening in New Jersey public schools. This 30-minute weekly series features the students, teachers, school staff and communities who create and participate in successful school projects and events. Get ideas by searching hundreds of past segments.