NJPSA Announces Winners of the 2022 Visionary Leadership Awards
Christopher Turnbull, Principal of Bear Tavern Elementary School in the Hopewell Valley School District, was named Visionary Principal of the Year, Elementary Level; Stella Nwanguma, Principal of Winslow Township Middle School, was named Visionary […]
NJPSA Update: School Mask Mandate Ending March 7
Yesterday afternoon, Governor Murphy announced his plan to lift the mask mandate in all New Jersey schools effective March 7, citing the declining numbers of new cases of COVID-19, the decrease in the number […]
NJPSA Action Alert: Assist NJPSA Members’ Families this Holiday Season! Contact Assembly Leaders Today – Urge them to Post and Vote YES on A-5011!
A-5011 is NJPSA/NJEA Initiated Legislation Establishing an Accidental Death Benefit for “Essential” Educators Who Died of COVID Serving Their School Community NJPSA has been working hard during the current legislative session to assist […]
Update from the NJ Statehouse: Week of December 13, 2021
-Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations It was another predictably busy week in Trenton as the 2020/2021 Legislative Session is nearing an end. The Senate Education Committee unanimously voted to release a […]
Update from the NJ Statehouse: Week of December 6, 2021
As the 2020-2021 Lame Duck Session is well underway, feathers continue to be ruffled at the Statehouse. As the debate about whether or not statehouse complex employees and legislators can be, or should be, […]
Attention NJPSA Members Working with Dual Enrollment Programs! NJPSA Needs Your Voice for Focus Group on Dual Enrollment in January
Public Law 2020, Chapter created a Dual Enrollment Study Commission to examine the following issues: (1) identify the costs associated with the implementation of the program, and develop a fair and reasonable distribution of […]
Social Media “Challenges” Can Have Serious Consequences
Reports have surfaced recently of a social-media challenge that encourages students to physically assault teachers or other adults in schools. It follows an earlier “challenge” that called on students to steal or vandalize school […]
WANTED: NOMINEES FOR NJPSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022-2023
The New Jersey Principals & Supervisors Association is seeking talented members to serve on the NJPSA Board of Directors. In addition, the Board is seeking nominations for Vice President and Treasurer. The Vice President […]
Karen Bingert’s New School Year Greeting to Members
Dear NJPSA Members, More present than the hint of wistfulness about how quickly the summer has passed is the perennial excitement for the promise of all that a new school year is going to […]
NJPSA Supports Governor’s Murphy’s Announcement on Vaccine/COVID Testing Requirement for All School Employees
Today, Governor Murphy announced new safeguards for the public sector, including our schools, in order to guard against the spread of COVID-19. These include a requirement for school staff to either provide proof of […]