Join Kate Baker and your colleagues from around the state in a virtual workshop on Tuesday, April 18, from 4-5pm. Register today! Free to NJCTE members; $5 for non-members.
Get an Early Taste of the NJCTE Spring Conference with Kate Baker!
A. S. King to be honored at NJCTE Spring Conference: Joyful Teaching
The Revolutionary Potential of ChatGPT
Former NJCTE President Audrey Fisch recently published a piece in the Star Ledger about ChatGPT.
Drawing on her work with students at New Jersey City University and in the college access and success program, More Than Bootstraps, Fisch explores what she calls the “revolutionary potential” of ChatGPT to help first-generation college students navigate the college application process and advocate for themselves in the alien and often baffling world of higher education. She also reminds us that new literacy technologies, from the pencil eraser to ChatGPT, have always posed challenges to writing instruction and ponders the kind of social change this new technology may or may not engender.
Write for the New Jersey English Journal!
This year’s theme is “Reviving Engagement in ELA,” with an extended submission deadline of Wednesday, December 28, 2022. This year, we ask writers to consider ways to revive both student and teacher engagement in English Language Arts. For students, what strategies and content can promote their love of learning and literacy? For teachers, what practices can schools adopt or abandon to reduce burnout, reignite passion, and attract and retain new educators? Access the call for manuscripts here!
Our journal welcomes submissions from new and experienced teachers, including pre-service, in-service, undergraduate, and graduate students. We seek research and practitioner-oriented pieces (1000-2000 words), as well as personal essays (700-1000 words) and other creative responses related to the theme and geared towards an audience of P–12 and postsecondary English Language Arts educators.
Some of our student writers have adapted ideas from university coursework for publication, and/or co-authored pieces with their professors, so we wanted to extend this invitation in time for the fall semester. Previous writers have also successfully adapted content from conference presentations for submission.
Join NCTE and NJCTE for a Special Banned Books Week Event!
NJCTE is thrilled to co-sponsor an inspiring NCTE event during Banned Books week! See below for details and registration.
As the school year begins, teachers and students are facing challenges to their intellectual freedom like never before. From state legislation to executive orders to school district policies to administrator actions, book bans are at an all-time high, and teacher shortages are affecting every corner of the nation. But as an ELA educator, you do not have to face these difficult circumstances alone.
Join leadership from NCTE’s Standing Committee Against Censorship, members from across the country, a host of state and regional affiliates, and Penguin Random House Education during Banned Books Week to learn about the landscape of censorship challenges in the classroom, discover what resources are available to you from NCTE and on the local level, and share uplifting ways to encourage students’ right to read and teachers’ freedom to teach.
This event is open to NCTE members, NCTE affiliate members, and any interested literacy educator. Register to attend. You will be asked to log in or create an account.
Two Exciting Opportunities from NJCTE!
Help us plan NJCTE’s Spring Conference 2023!
We need to hear from you, our members, to help finalize key details in our planning! Please take this brief survey and let your voice be heard! Also email us directly if you’d like to be even more involved with our conference planning.
We are thrilled to announce an exciting virtual workshop with Berit Gordon on October 6. See below and register here!
Get to a Well-Managed Classroom While Avoiding “Management”
We may work tremendously hard to manage our classroom, and still, our energy is sapped by directing and redirecting our students. This webinar will share 15 practical strategies that help you put your energy into teaching and students’ energy into learning. The goal is to avoid the exhausting task of “management” and build a culture where everyone thrives. (And maybe, just maybe, find a bit more joy in our teaching lives.)
Check Out the 2022 New Jersey English Journal!
Co-editors Lauren Zucker, Katie Whitley, and Susan Chenelle are pleased to announce the publication of the 2022 issue of New Jersey English Journal, “What’s Working? What’s Not?” The issue features articles on timely ELA topics such as climate change, goal-setting, and culturally responsive texts. Thanks to writers and reviewers for their hard work on this issue.
We also invite ELA teachers, preservice teachers, teacher educators, and researchers to write for our 2023 issue, “Reviving Engagement in ELA.”
This year, we ask writers to consider ways to revive both student and teacher engagement in English Language Arts. For students, what strategies and content can promote their love of learning and literacy? For teachers, what practices can schools adopt or abandon to reduce burnout, reignite passion, and attract and retain new educators?
Click here for the full call for submissions. Due date is Wednesday, December 28, 2022.
Our journal welcomes submissions from new and experienced teachers, including pre-service, in-service, undergraduate, and graduate students. We seek research and practitioner-oriented pieces (1000-2000 words), as well as personal essays (700-1000 words) and other creative responses related to the theme and geared towards an audience of P–12 and postsecondary English Language Arts educators.
Some of our student writers have adapted ideas from university coursework for publication, and/or co-authored pieces with their professors. Previous writers have also successfully adapted content from conference presentations for submission.
Writers do not have to live or work in New Jersey to submit to the journal. We are also seeking reviewers, which can be a great way for new writers to familiarize themselves with our publication.
Register for NJCTE’s Summer Learning Series!
Spring Conference Recap!
 On April 30, NJCTE was thrilled to host its first in-person conference in two years at Pascack Valley High School! Celebrating the theme of “Literacy for Living,” the day kicked off with poet Amanda Crane’s reading of poems about teaching and learning. Then, participants experienced amazing teacher-led workshops in three sessions throughout the day. After lunch, author Jeff Zentner was awarded the prestigious NJCTE Becker Award and signed books for attendees. NJCTE members Deborah Bartley-Carter and Alexandria Lefkovits were awarded Teacher for the Dream awards, Dr. Darlene Russell was awarded the Educator of the Year award, and prizes were raffled off to cap the day of collaboration, learning and fun! See photos below for a taste of the day. We are already programming for our 2023 Spring Conference–stay tuned for all the details! |
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| Special thanks to the following sponsors and donors for helping to make this conference a success: Platinum level Membean.com Silver level Bedford, Freeman & Worth Mackin Mucktracker.com Study.com On-site bookseller Source of Knowledge, Newark, NJ Chiropractic provider Third Space Medical, Paramus, NJ Coffee Break Sponsor Starbucks, Northeast Ridgewood Therapy dogs & volunteers provided by The Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs, Inc. Thanks to Hillsdale Florist for their generous flower donations! |
Spring Conference Early Registration Ends 4/11!
Please note that our keynote speaker and Becker Award winner has changed.
New Jersey Council of Teachers of English 