We're honored that 'Just SNOW Already!' has been chosen as one of the nominees for the 2024 M. Jerry Weiss Book Award!

Teachers and students in NJ can vote here until March 12th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Honored to have INVISIBLE nominated for the Illinois Bluestem Book Award AND New Jersey’s M. Jerry Weiss Book Award! #bookawards #graphicnovel #elementary #middlegrade #librariantwitter #teachertwitter #duallanguage #esl #ell Gabriela Rodríguez Epstein

SWIM TEAM has been nominated for the M. Jerry Weiss Book Award this year! Thanks to WJRC and New Jersey Literacy Association for the nomination.

Teachers and students living or working in New Jersey, can vote here: forms.gle/cxQUXcAtJdtb6U…

Was so honored to be asked to speak with the future educators of America at my alma mater this week! Thank you so much to Susan Dougherty for this opportunity and the unwavering support from Kevin Weiss!

It is truly a gift to see our former students SHINE! Thanks, Miss Kulaga, for returning to Rider to share your expertise with high school students interested in teaching. Already inspiring the next generation of educators!! Rider College of Education & Human Services

Room to Grow: Middle Grade Readers Lead the Expedition into Novels in Verse, a guest post by Dana VanderLugt teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/01/18/roo…

Unconventional picture books...cool. Keep skimming through the list; there are some intriguing stories. I'm drawn to Kozo's Sparrow, Mr. Fiorello's Head, and Myra and the Drawing Drama. Kozo's Sparrow has a Hundred Dresses vibe, I think. Betsy Bird afuse8production.slj.com/2023/12/17/31-…

rider.edu/about/news/rid… Congratulations Mindy! Lucky Rider College of Education & Human Services middle school methods interns who get to learn from Dr. Milavsky and the tremendous educators and staff at LMS Nation. Lawrence Township Public Schools Rider University

Rider teacher education students making their CEHS professors proud! Rider College of Education & Human Services

Such a good chapter!!! Really gets into the complexity of letter learning & what the research says about it. Sorts through questions like: When to start alphabet instruction? Which to teach 1st letter names or sounds or both simultaneously? & much more!
Christina M. Cassano, Ed.D. Susan Dougherty

What are you doing at 5pm today? Join myNJLA today and help us kick off our first summer PD session with Dr. Julia Lindsey, author of Reading Above the Fray: Reliable, Research-Based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills and creator of Beyond Decodables.
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Join us for our first PD event of the summer! This is a members-only event being held on 7/11 at 5-6 PM EST. Membership is just $24! We hope to see you there!

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ILA NJEA #njed #teach ers #teach #teach ing #edchat #teach ertwitter

.Judy Blume rallied the crowd to #UniteAgainstBookBans at #ALAAC23 ’s opening session: “We’re all there and we are not gonna let this happen. We’re gonna fight, fight, fight, fight!”

Educators from pre-k through college (any content area) are invited to join the Rider University Writing Project for a 3 week writing experience to explore the craft of writing, teaching & leadership. Applications due June 30. For more information visit: rider.edu/summer-institu…

Interested in understanding the research behind early literacy teaching practices? Pivotal Research in Early Literacy is among Guilford's $10 books of the month. Pick up a copy today! ILA New Jersey Literacy Association Christina M. Cassano, Ed.D.
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This is a fabulous professional learning opportunity! Join us! Bev Gallagher Susan Dougherty Laurell Parris Rider College of Education & Human Services

Do you know an outstanding literacy teacher? The NJ Literacy Association will be recognizing a great literacy teacher in our state. Nominations are due by FRIDAY MAY 26, 2023. You can even nominate yourself! forms.gle/Qfviy134BeSNo8…

On Friday, May 5 at our Student Teaching Wrap-Up Celebration we recognized Dr. Michael Welborn '94, Principal at J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School in WW-P School District, for his continued support & long time partnership with Rider University.

On Friday, May 5, we celebrated the end of the full-time student teaching during our wrap-up event. #RiderSTWrap Congratulations to our award winners Alizah Washington, Bri Barone and Jeff Killion!

Rider College of Education & Human Services community…great PD opportunity for pre-service and current teachers. Gita Varadarajan author of SAVE ME A SEAT a 308/395 book club text is the keynote! Susan Dougherty