November 27, 2012

2013 Annual NJADE Conference

Stay tuned for more information on the 2013 Conference of the New Jersey Assocation for Developmental Education. The conference will be held in May at the FAEC in Monroe Township with host NJALL. http://njall.org/ A conference Call for Papers will be sent out early in the spring semester. Make sure you're on our email list by emailing njaders@gmail.com.

February 10, 2012

2012 Annual NJADE Conference

The annual NJADE conference will be held Friday, May 11th, 2012. Forecast for Success: Preparing for Work and Higher Education
http://njall.org/
http://nade-njade.blogspot.com/

Call for Proposals (Deadline: 3/30/12)

Colleagues:

The New Jersey chapter of the National Association for Developmental Education is planning its 2012 conference, and the New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning (NJALL) has again graciously invited us to be a part of their annual conference, to be held Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Foundation for Educational Administration Conference Center in Monroe Township. Please consider proposing a presentation for the conference.

The registration cost is $75. Register online at the NJALL site: www.njall.org. Keep in mind, register for the conference with NJALL but submit any NJADE proposals to NJADE, not to NJALL.

Presentations should address as wide an audience as possible. For example, your audience may include teachers of ABE, ESL, GED, developmental, and first-year college students and other student services, such as counseling, advising, tutoring, and testing.

NJADE will have a few presentation opportunities on Friday, May 11. In order to set the conference sessions, we will need to have your proposals by March 30, 2012.

To submit a proposal:
Complete the proposal form and send it as an attachment to jpeterso@atlantic.edu. It can be copied and pasted into a Word document by clicking the green title of this post. Or, you can email jpeterso@atlantic.edu for an attached file to complete. The deadline for submitting proposals is March 30, 2012. Acceptance notifications will be sent immediately after.

NJALL/NJADE looks forward to a high level of participation. Thank you for your involvement! In addition to any proposals, please direct inquiries to me at jpeterso@atlantic.edu.

December 9, 2011

McGraw-Hill Scholarships for the Kellogg Institute

Click on the link above to find out how you can apply for a scholarship that covers tuition, room and board, and travel for participation in the Kellogg Institute's program for the training and certification of developmental education faculty.

November 14, 2011

Developmental Education Webinar (Thursday, 11/17/11)

"Redesign and Modules and Change, Oh My: The Adventures of Integrating Technology into Developmental Curriculum"

Thursday, November 17, 2011
2:00-3:00pm EST

http://www.nisod.org/webinars/index.html (or click on green link above)

October 30, 2011

NJADE Semiannual Business Meeting

Friday, November 18th @3:00pm
Somerset 308, Raritan Valley Community College
http://www.raritanval.edu/about/directions.html

We hope to see you there!
RSVP: njaders@gmail.com

April 20, 2011

March 11, 2011

NJADE/NJALL Conference (April 7-8, 2011)

(Click on the green title above to go to the NJALL website for the conference program.)

This year's NJALL/NJADE Conference on April 7-8 at The Foundation for Educational Administration Conference Center at 12 Centre Drive
Monroe Township, NJ 08831. Directions at http://www.featraining.org/directions.aspx.

Each day has a different focus, with the NJADE presentations on Friday. As we have for the past two years, NJADE will offer four presentation slots, two fifty-minute periods in the morning, and two seventy-minute periods in the afternoon. There will also be an NJADE meeting for all present at lunchtime Friday. We are still in need of a President Elect, so please consider volunteering.

Please remember that, in order to remain in good standing with NADE, NJADE must have a yearly conference as well as a general membership meeting, and, with NJALL graciously allowing us to co-conference, both of these needs are met. Please consider attending one or both days of the conference, especially the 2nd day when NJADE members will present, depending on your availability and/or interests.

Last, but not least, the best news of all for us in these economic times is the fact that the conference fees this year have been reduced to $75.00 per day, and $125.00 for both days.

We look forward to seeing you there in April!

Sharon D’Agastino, President
Jay Peterson, Secretary
Nessie Hill, Treasurer
Gwendolyn Kane, Past President

January 28, 2011

Global Skills for College Completion

From February 16th-February 19th, developmental education faculty from across the country will converge online to discuss specific pedagogic issues relating to developmental education as part of Global Skills for College Completion (GSCC). The intention of the Jam is to engage hundreds of faculty in learning about, experiencing, and contributing to a new approach to developmental education pedagogy.

There is no cost to register.

What is a Jam? A jam is an online exchange, and like jamming in music, it is about riffing on themes. A group of people 'speak' together using written posts about a subject of importance to them, and the discussion is actively facilitated to deepen the exchange. One of the advantages of the Jam is that it is asynchronous, so that participants can come and go as their schedules permit--reading and commenting when they can.

The Jam Agenda: The Jam will take place from February 16, 3:00 pm EST to February 19, 3:00 pm EST, and each day there will be several discussion threads. Each thread will be launched by a GSCC faculty member and will focus on an element of the emerging GSCC developmental education pedagogy. The conversation becomes interesting as participants 'riff' on the topic, adding their own comments, questions and experiences.

For additional information and updates about the Jam, visit globalskillscc.org or click on this blog title.

December 15, 2010

CEP Report

Center for Education Policy

New report shows achievement gaps among various demographics. Click on the blog title above to jump to the report on the CEP website.

October 31, 2010

Call for Proposals!

FYI - A Call for Proposals for the April 7-8, 2011 NJADE/NJALL annual conference will be distributed via the NJADE email list sometime before Thanksgiving. The deadline will be December 1, 2010 with a notification date of December 31, 2010.