Past Events

  Book Study: From Teaching to Thinking: A Pedagogy for Reframing Our Work by Ann Pelo and Margie Carter, 2018 Please join us as we welcome Author Ann Pelo to our February 27th Book Study NJEEPRE is proud to announce that Ann Pelo, Co-author of From Teaching to Thinking will be joining our final Book Study discussion via Video Conference. We are looking forward to continuing our dialogue with Ann Pelo as we consider our role as leaders promoting community and collaboration within our own…

Provocations, Playful Inquiry & Emergent Curriculum Featuring Keynote Speaker Frances Rust Frances O’Connell Rust is Professor Emerita at New York University - Steinhardt, Scholar in Residence at the NYU Metro Center, and adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania - GSE. Using her Montessori training and her readings on the British Infant Schools, Rust started two pre-school kindergartens. She went on from there to a doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia and, since 1985, she has directed teacher education programs at Teachers…

Roundtable #4 Sharing the Stories of Seeing Children Union Congregational Weekday Nursery School Site Host: Lynn Kulik     Book: Really Seeing Children by Deb Curtis (2017) Suggested Reading: Section 2: Sharing the Stories of Seeing Children, pgs. 138-150 Members are free; non-members $15 When registering for the Roundtable a promotional code is required for members to attend for free.  The email address associated with your NJEEPRE  membership account serves as your promotional code.  Please note that your NJEEPRE membership…

Brenda Fyfe, Ed.D.. NJEEPRE End-of-Year-Celebration Speaker Dr. Fyfe is dean and professor emeritus from Webster University, where she was professor of early childhood education for 35 years and Dean of the School of Education for 17 years of those years.  She received her doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, a Masters of Education from the University of Illinois, and a BS in Sociology from Quincy College. She is a scholar, speaker, consultant, and author of many publications on the…

Article: Taking Stock of What We’ve Done to Young Children - The pandemic gives new evidence of how play helps children cope Welcome Back!  Please join NJEEPRE for our first OUTDOOR Roundtable at A Child’s Place School in Lincroft, NJ on Saturday, October 17, 9-Noon.  The school sits on a sprawling three and a half acres of beautiful land, perfect for physical distancing. Enjoy a continental breakfast as we reconnect with colleagues to explore the importance of play and the…

Denmark turns to outdoor schools amid coronavirus pandemic Even if outdoor class may not be practical for all schools or in all climates, said Bolling, it is not an all-or-nothing proposition. Samso Frie Skole plans to be flexible about which classes meet outside and which do not, and other schools can modulate accordingly. Washington Post.com; In Denmark, the forest is the new classroom Reading Article:  In Denmark, the forest is the new classroom https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/16/outdoor-school-coronavirus-denmark-europe-forest/ No Way, The Hundred Is There.…