The members of the Toms River School Transportation Association celebrated the holidays with dancing and an NJEA Member Benefits fair to show their appreciation for each other and the work…
Learning and growing as professionals By Leana Malinowsky Teachers are asked countless questions throughout their career. These questions come from many different people—students, families, administrators, and still others who are…
Close to four hundred students and staff from area schools attended the NJEA-sponsored Seton Hall Women’s Basketball game on Dec. 9, during Seton Hall University’s annual Kids’ Day. Student-athletes from…
Joseph Refinski, a history teacher at East Orange STEM Academy, has been named the 2022 Teacher of the Year by the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation. Refinski is working…
The ABCs of K.L.M. By Glenn Houthuysen Prior to the start of my teaching career in 2003, I was an enlisted crewmember in the U.S. Air Force and N.J. Air…
Hammonton High School English teacher Cari Coia “sees” teenagers. She sees the things they are struggling with; she sees the things they would rather hide; she sees their talents and…
The members of the Lenape District Support Staff Association (LDSSA) recently made a huge donation to Operation Santa, an initiative from the Medford Township Police Department. Thank you to…
By Crystal Inman Settlement percentages are increasing NJEA kicked off the 2022-23 school year by hosting Collective Bargaining Council (CBC) workshops in each county. At the CBCs, NJEA staff presented…
By Elisabeth Yucis Recently, I reread Brené Brown’s 2017 book Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and The Courage to Stand Alone. Viewed through a 2022 lens, Brown’s…
Keeping speech and language services alive during the COVID-19 pandemic by Tiffany Smolansky and Kathleen De Gregorio The Jersey City Public Schools speech-language pathologists (SLPs) were faced with a dilemma…