NJEA welcomes Guttenberg to the association family By Patrick Rumaker Using the “Contact Us” link on most websites is a dicey proposition. The person sending the message never knows if…
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…
The History Day competition is looking for judges. The competition takes middle- and high-schoolers and gets them excited about history. Each year, the competition provides a theme which students’ projects…
Coming together as advocates for NBCT candidates and educators by Lisa Hirkaler, NBCT and Dr. Rebecca McLelland-Crawley, NBCT National Board Certification is considered the “gold standard” in education. Throughout the…
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…
Strengthening Collaboration The 2023 conference of the New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/New Jersey Bilingual Educators will have two components: an in-person conference and a video…
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…