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…
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…