An NEA RA delegation that looks like New Jersey 

New Jersey’s public schools serve a highly diverse student population. According to data from the 2020 U.S. Census, 48% of New Jersey residents identify as members of an ethnic-minority group.…

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Read more about the article Advocating for parents and children one family at a time 
2022 Cumberland County ESP of the Year Damita White-Morris at the NJEA Celebration of Women on March 26, 2022.

Advocating for parents and children one family at a time 

Meet Cumberland County ESP of the Year Damita White-Morris  For Damita White-Morris, the 2022 Cumberland County ESP of the Year, life had other plans for her when she was planning…

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Uplifting hearts, connecting minds

SEL Day is March 10 By Jennifer Ly and Maurice J. Elias   March 10, 2023, is International SEL Day, an annual celebration that promotes social-emotional and character development in…

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Read more about the article Waretown referendum unites association and board
Alison Pohlman, president of Waretown Education Association, wearing the WEA “Vote YES” T-shirt provided to event volunteers alongside one of the lawn signs, coffee and apple cider donuts.

Waretown referendum unites association and board

By Kathryn Coulibaly   Waretown’s public schools needed help. They were confronted with laying off eight teachers and class sizes expanding to 30 students. Without an increase in taxes, they…

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CodingWithKids

By Sharon Milano  The annual CodingWithKids computer science event, coordinated by 2023 Warren County Teacher of the Year and New Jersey State Teacher of the Year finalist Daryl Detrick, has…

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Meet Trina Jenkins, the 2023 NJEA ESP of the Year

By Kathryn Coulibaly Building community, one student and one member at a time For Trina Jenkins, a paraprofessional at Pleasantville’s North Main St. School and the 2023 NJEA Educational Support…

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Whatever the weather, she’s got it covered! 

Meet Ocean County ESP of the Year Lori Paton After college, Lori Paton was juggling her own career with her role as the wife of a U.S. Coast Guard servicemember,…

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Taking charge of your own PD 

By Anna Muessig   Who in the world has the clearest understanding of what you need in order to grow as a professional? Who knows best what you are the…

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