
January 2020
NJEEPRE Book Study (Members Only)
Book Study: From Teaching to Thinking: A Pedagogy for Reframing Our Work by Ann Pelo and Margie Carter, 2018 For the first time, NJEEPRE is hosting a book study opportunity for everyone in the education field, especially teachers and administrators. Please join us in this journey to explore new ways to reimagine our work with children and how this reimagining of our work leads to reorganization of our schools in support of our reimagined world of teaching and learning.…
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Roundtable Series #3: Really Seeing Children
Roundtable #3 Seeing Children and Theories of Development A Child's Place School Site Host: Zach Klausz Book: Really Seeing Children by Deb Curtis (2017) Suggested Reading: Section 4: Seeing Children and Theories of Development, pgs. 104-136 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 must…
Find out more »Leadership Forum
Those in Leadership positions to support teachers are invited to engage in dialogue and exploration in becoming visionary leaders. Recommended Book: The Visionary Director by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis Site Host: Robin Brous Members are free; non-members $15 When registering for the Leadership Forum 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 must be current to…
Find out more »NJEEPRE Book Study Featuring Ann Pelo – Open to Non-Members
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…
Find out more »March 2020
First Annual NJEEPRE Conference (Being Rescheduled)
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…
Find out more »April 2020
Roundtable Series #4: Really Seeing Children
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…
Find out more »May 2020
NJEEPRE End-of-Year-Celebration
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…
Find out more »October 2020
Outdoor Roundtable – Taking Stock of What We’ve Done to Young Children
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…
Find out more »Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference 2020
Join us in a day of conversations about the meaning and role of "peace", "justice", "equity" and "equality" in the classroom. A portion of the conference fee from the event will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center. One of the signature features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to provide for the integration of schools. Our country has been struggling to actualize the spirit of that law for many years. Perhaps the revitalized social justice movement of…
Find out more »November 2020
Roundtable – In Denmark, The forest is the new classroom
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.…
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