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The NJDOE is proud to partner with Rutgers University and New Jersey Association of Colleges of Teacher Education to host New Jersey’s 3rd Annual Convening on Diversifying the Teacher Workforce! See the full flyer attached. Call for proposals and registration information coming soon. Please mark your calendars and pass this along to your networks.

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Congratulations to all of the senior student teachers. We know you will have a positive impact on many students through your careers!Wishing you all the best.

Congratulations to all the award winners!

HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAVID FRIEDRICH INVITES YOU... An invitation to aspiring elementary teachers who are about to graduate: I'm hosting a Google Meet on May 5th at 10:00 am to offer tips on applying & interviewing during current times. Please spread the word & register below

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Rider's teacher leadership program to offer new state endorsement Rider University’s teacher leadership program has received approval from the New Jersey Department of Education to grant a teacher leader state endorsement to graduates of the program. This newly created endorsement was approved by the state in November, and Rider was among the first schools autho...

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Just the FAQs: What the State DOE Is Telling Schools About COVID-19 | NJ Spotlight The NJ Department of Education has been busy issuing guidance on numerous ways schools need to meet challenges of the coronavirus epidemic

Author read alouds!

READ ALOUDS - Here’s a list and schedule of authors and illustrators who read their children’s books aloud on various social media channels.(Thank you to for this post.)

How to Talk to Little Learners About Coronavirus | PBS Education Your source for teaching inspiration, blogs, and online professional events.

Rider professor strives to enhance literacy in the classroom From a young age, Dr. Heather Casey had a love for the English language and dreamed of someday becoming an author. “I wanted to be a full-time fiction writer or a poet,” she says. As an undergraduate at Rutgers, she majored in English, and because she also loved working with kids, she added a mi...

Dr. Jason Barr appointed interim dean of College of Education and Human Services Dr. Jason Barr has been appointed to serve as the interim dean of Rider University’s College of Education and Human Services (CEHS). The appointment began Feb. 1. Barr has served as the College’s associate dean since 2018. In that role, he has helped support and expand the College's education pr...

Congratulations to these wonderful educators!

Today we celebrated our faculty, staff and administrators. Congratulations to these CEHS awardees: Dean Sharon Sherman who received the Provost’s Initiative Award, Professor Kathleen Pierce who received the Distinguished Teaching Award, Professor Sharon McKool who received the Michelle McKormack Outstanding Student Association Advisor Award and Professor Heather Casey who received the Iorio Award for Outstanding Research!Join us in congratulating them!

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It's World Teachers' Day. Here's What Teachers -- And Their Students -- Need Most. Today is World Teachers’ Day – a time to appreciate the people we’ve charged with educating the next generation of innovators, scientists, and creators. It’s also a time to make the changes that will transform educators’ lives, taking a close look at the challenges they face and how to add...

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EVERY CHILD NEEDS A CHAMPION!

The Symposium provided stand-alone workshops for those wanting to understand the nature of gifted education, talent development, social-emotional needs of the gifted, and creativity, especially within the STEM disciplines.

Rider business alumnus named first vice president of NJ Association of School Business Officials Robert Colavita '91, '05 was named first vice president of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials for the 2019-20 school year. The association promotes the highest standards of ethics and efficiency in public education and provides members with professional development opportunities...

The National Writing Project@Rider partnered with Morven Museum and Garden for a community conversation on “What does it mean to be an American?” The event was led by Morven curator of Education Debi Lampert-Rudman and Dr. Heather Casey from the CEHS at Rider University and Rider facilitators Dr. Mark Pearcy, Dr. Carol Brown, Linda Biondi, Bill O’Neill and Laurell Parris. Participants engaged in a day of viewing, writing, conversation and community building on this historic site. This event was funded by a grant from the NEH and support from NWP and Morven Museum and Garden.

Opinion | A child's bad behavior isn't 'attention-seeking.' She's seeking a relationship. How does a young child express to adults their fear of abandonment or their longing for more of us, if not by seeking our attention?

Just a reminder that NWP at Rider University's annual Literacy Fair is fast approaching:
Saturday, January 12th from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (snow date January 26th)
Rider University, Memorial Hall, Rooms 110 - 114
Free to educators and future teachers

Register at www.nwprider.org

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Congratulations on your retirement, Professor Jacobson. Thank you for your years of service to our campus community!! Best wishes to you!!

Congratulations, Professor Ambrose, on your retirement! We wish you all the best!!

MEET THE STAFF MONDAY!

We're beginning a new social media campaign to introduce you to the dedicated College of Education and Human Services staff that help operate the college on a daily basis.

We're kicking off our campaign with our Associate Dean, Dr. Jason Barr!

Dr. Barr joined CEHS in January 2018, and brings a wealth of experience as a faculty member and higher education administrator, including positions as both Dean (Salus University) and Associate Dean (Monmouth University).

As a student at the University of Hartford, Jason Barr was a Criminal Justice major with his sights set on becoming an FBI agent. “I had no interest in children or schools,” he jokes. All that changed when, as an undergraduate, he spent time working at the Hartford County Correctional Center, a pre-sentence facility where people who were charged with crimes were housed while awaiting trial.

He primarily worked with 16- and 17-year old inmates, helping to develop aftercare resources for them so that once they got out of jail they would be better equipped for the next phase of their lives. “It was fascinating and very sad all at the same time,” he recalls. “I saw the criminal justice system as very reactive and I really wanted to be much more proactive. ” So he decided to major in Psychology, with the goal of working with kids. “I saw schools as a great place to be proactive—to be able to help children develop before they ended up in the criminal justice system.”

He focuses his studies on the development of empathy in children and adolescents. “What the research has found is that empathy is one of those things that can’t be taught,” Dr. Barr explains. Rather, empathic skills can be fostered in the classroom by giving children opportunities to have important social interactions with one another. Examples of this can include having debates, talking about current events, and discussing issues of fairness and equality. In addition to his research on empathy, Dr. Barr also recently undertook a new project, focusing on children with autism. In conjunction with two colleagues—a speech pathologist and an educational technology expert—he is developing what might ultimately be the first virtual reality-based social skills training program.

Read more about Dr. Barr and his research on empathy in Keith Fernbach's article here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RRP5uCRlgQ6Ppuu-XbRf_7JgYGCo82L8/view?usp=sharing

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