The New Jersey Association for Supervisor of Curriculum Development (NJASCD) awarded its highest honor, the Dr. Ernest L. Boyer Outstanding Educator Award, to Patricia Wright, Executive Director of NJPSA, during the NJPSA/FEA/NJASCD Fall Conference […]
Thousands of New Voters Now Registered Through #MyVoiceMyVoteNJ
Nearly 5,000 new voters are now eligible to have their voice heard at the ballot box on November 6, as the #MyVoiceMyVoteNJ voter registration campaign successfully added voters to the rolls at some 75 […]
NJDOE Launching a Statewide Outreach Effort Regarding Charter-Related Priorities
Special Broadcast – October 11, 2018 Dear Colleagues: It has been almost 25 years since New Jersey enacted its charter-school law, the Charter School Program Act of 1995, P.L.1995, c. 426. Governor Murphy has directed the New Jersey […]
October is National Principals Month!
NJPSA proudly joins the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and the American Federation of School Administrators this October to celebrate the hard work and dedication of […]
NJPSA Welcomes Transitional Changes to State Assessments and Graduation Requirements
NJPSA is pleased to announce that the State Board of Education, in strong collaboration with NJDOE, state legislators, and many educational organizations, voted today to modify our current requirements for state assessment at the […]
School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee (SEHBP PDC) Approves Changes for 2019
Attention NJPSA Members! School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee (SEHBP PDC) Approves Changes for 2019: On Monday, September 17, 2018 the School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee (SEHBP PDC) approved changes to […]
Senate Budget Committee Considers School Bus Safety Bills
On Thursday, September 13th, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee met. A handful of bills on the Committee’s agenda sought to enhance local efforts to promote safer student transportation practices in all New Jersey […]
Legislature Proposes Mandatory Depression Screening in Schools
Yesterday, at the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee, considered legislation that would mandate that all students in grades 7 through 12 be annually screened for depression. The bill, A-3926 as amended in […]
Important Changes to Educator Evaluation Component Weights for 2018-19
On August 31, 2018, New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet announced an important change in educator evaluation for the upcoming school year for both teachers and principals. Specifically, the Commissioner announced the […]
NJPSA Congratulates Argine Safari on Receiving Fulbright Award
Mrs. Argine Safari of Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale, New Jersey has received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching grant to Finland from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright […]