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It’s a Partnership

This month’s blog post comes to us from NJACTE Executive Committee member, Dr. Julie Norflus-Good, on her work creating a TA to Teacher program. Four years ago, Dr. Janet L. Fike, Superintendent of the Morris-Union Jointure Commission Board of Education, and Dr. Julie Norflus-Good, Director of Graduate Programs from Ramapo College joined forces to not only […]

Support of S3884/A5419 to Remove the Praxis Core Requirement for Teacher Certification

The following letter was sent to by our Executive Committee, on behalf of the membership. Dear members of the Senate Education Committee: On behalf of the membership of New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NJACTE), which represent 26 institutions of higher education, we write to request that you please support S3884/A5419, which removes […]

Walking Together Over Uncertain Terrain

This month’s blog post was written with our colleagues at Montclair State and Rutgers Universities and is cross-featured on the New Jersey State Policy Lab website, the organization that is funding their project. Educator preparation programs (EPPs) in New Jersey are engaged in a nonstop cycle of recruiting, training, and graduating teachers for the state, which has experienced […]