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!
Spring Conference
A. S. King to be honored at NJCTE Spring Conference: Joyful Teaching
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.)
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.
NJCTE 2022 Spring Conference Registration Now Open!
NJCTE Spring Conference Call for Proposals!
Conference theme: Literacy for Living: Taking Care of Our Students and Ourselves
Proposals due February 11, 2022, via this form
Call for proposals: How do we care for our students, our colleagues, and ourselves? According to CASEL.org, social and emotional learning (SEL) is the “process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.” The Spring 2022 NJCTE conference theme invites K-12 educators to share their expertise in creating and sustaining social and emotional learning through English Language Arts in their classrooms and schools. Possible ‘strands’ or ‘threads’ addressing this theme may include:
- ways that teachers bring an SEL mindset to their ELA work with students
- how students are encouraged to attend to and advocate for their needs via the ELA classroom
- methods that schools have used to respond to students’ needs using an SEL framework, particularly with a literacy lens
- how SEL is used to advance equity and inclusion work
- practices that teachers can use to care for themselves personally and professionally
- ideas for teachers and student-teachers on collaborating to invest SEL into their teaching
Proposals in a 45-minute format addressing this theme will be given consideration for inclusion in the conference program. Please be specific with your methods and descriptions.
NJCTE Spring Conference, Saturday, March 28, 2020 – Register Now!
NJCTE Spring 2020 Conference: SEL & ELA: Literacy for Life
According to CASEL.org, social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. The Spring 2020 NJCTE conference theme, “SEL & ELA: Literacy for Life,” invites educators to share their expertise in creating and sustaining social and emotional learning through the English Language Arts in their classrooms and schools.
Our Featured Speaker: 2020 Becker Award Recipient Adib Khorram
ADIB KHORRAM is the author of DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY. If he’s not writing (or at his day job as a graphic designer), you can probably find him trying to get his 100-yard Freestyle under a minute, learning to do a Lutz Jump, or steeping a cup of oolong. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where people don’t usually talk about themselves in the third person. You can find him on Twitter (@adibkhorram), Instagram (@adibkhorram), or on the web at adibkhorram.com.
Registration for the 2020 Spring Conference includes your 2020-2021 Membership. If you can’t make this spring’s conference, we hope you’ll still renew your membership with NJCTE now. It’s a small investment in yourself and your professional development. School district invoices are available.
NJCTE Announces 2020 Becker Award Winner: Adib Khorram
NJCTE is pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 Becker Award Adib Khorram, author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay. Khorram will be honored at NJCTE’s 2020 Spring Conference on March 28, 2020.
The Muriel Becker Award is the highest honor bestowed on a writer by the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English. It has been given annually since the 1980s to a writer deemed by the Becker Award committee to be someone who reflects the best of positive ideals that inspire young readers to high achievement.
About Adib Khorram:
If he’s not writing (or at his day job as a graphic designer), you can probably find him trying to get his 100-yard Freestyle under a minute, learning to do a Lutz Jump, or steeping a cup of oolong. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where people don’t usually talk about themselves in the third person. You can find him on Twitter (@adibkhorram), Instagram (@adibkhorram), or on the web at adibkhorram.com.
Spring 2020 Conference: SEL and ELA — Literacy for Life
Saturday, March 28, 2020
8:30am-3:30pm
Pascack Valley High School
200 Piermont Ave
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
According to CASEL.org, social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. The Spring 2020 NJCTE conference theme, “SEL & ELA: Literacy for Life,” invites educators to share their expertise in creating and sustaining social and emotional learning through the English Language Arts in their classrooms and schools.
NJCTE Spring 2020 Conference: SEL & ELA — Literacy for Life
Saturday, March 28, 2020
8:30am-3:30pm
Pascack Valley High School
200 Piermont Ave
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
According to CASEL.org, social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. The Spring 2020 NJCTE Conference theme, “SEL & ELA: Literacy for Life,” invites educators to share their expertise in creating and sustaining social and emotional learning through the English Language Arts in their classrooms and schools.
Call for Proposals
Proposals, in either 60-minute breakout, 20-minute focused, or 5-minute SPARK (Ignite-style) format, addressing this theme will be given consideration for inclusion in the conference program.
Please complete the form by January 6, 2020 to submit a proposal for consideration as part of the NJCTE Spring 2020 Conference to be held on March 28, 2020, at Pascack Valley High School, in Hillsdale, NJ. Please note, as a non-profit organization of educators, NJCTE is not able to provide a stipend or reimburse expenses to selected presenters. All presenters are also expected to become members of NJCTE.
New Jersey Council of Teachers of English 