On Friday, February 10th, TPP hosted a field trip to New Brunswick P-TECH: a unique, urban school where students engage in secondary, higher education, and internships to earn their associate degree in an area of engineering.
Students shared their appreciation for the event run by Dr. Jessica Monaghan, Assistant Director of…
Dr. Ashley Taylor Jaffee, Assistant Director of Social Studies, was recently named Chair of the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). CUFA is an associated group of…
Congratulations to our Fall 2022 Program in Teacher Preparation Student Teachers on completing their student teaching! We held a special celebration to highlight their innovation, perseverance, and ethic of care exhibited during their time in classrooms. Left to Right: Luke Martinez, '22, English Language Arts; Jack Sullivan '22, Social…
Social studies Teacher Prep students, (from left to right) Isaac Gradl, Midori Kawaue, Jack Sullivan, Julianna Lee, and Zyan Wynn, travelled to Philadelphia on Saturday, December 3rd for the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual conference! Dr. Ashley Taylor Jaffee connected with and joined the students for lunch with her…
Teacher Prep welcomes Denise Massari who joined the staff this semester as Assistant Director for World Languages! Denise will be advising all students interested in teaching world languages and will be developing a new certificate in English as a Second Language. She will assist teaching in the program’s seminars, and will be…
On behalf of Montclair State University, we are pleased to announce that the application for the NJ STEM Innovation Fellowship in science is now open! This science initiative, led by Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) at Montclair, is an exciting teacher-leadership program available to experienced, licensed middle school…
His book, The Problem with the Other Side, is written for young adults, and Amazon describes the novel as, “A searing YA debut that follows the joys, complexities, and heartbreaks of an interracial romance between high school sophomores that blossoms during a volatile school election.”
Kwame graduated from Princeton in 1993 with an A.B…
All of us at the Program in Teacher Preparation are so fortunate to have worked with Anne Catena for the past twenty years. Astronaut and teacher Christa McAuliffe described the impact of great teaching so elegantly when she said, “I touch the future. I teach.” Anne has been touching the future for…
Teacher Prep is excited to have the following 3 full time student teachers back in the classroom this semester (pictured from left to right):
Matt Janson '00 is teaching English in East Brunswick High School Emma Claire Jones '18 is teaching Social Studies in Princeton High School Brian Foster '21 is teaching Chemistry in New…Each year since 1959, Princeton University has honored at its Commencement four outstanding New Jersey teachers from public and independent schools for their contributions to the lives of the state’s secondary school students and to their school communities. Through the generosity of an anonymous alumnus, each of the Princeton Prize for…