"It was one of the first times in my life that a teacher, educator, had really took interest in what I cared about. And it was that Connect 4 moment, that moment of truly seeing a student," said Wynn. Zyan Wynn ‘23 completed the Teacher Preparation Certificate and went on to graduate school to pursue a Masters in Teaching, and back to Ron Clark…
TPP is excited to announce the release of Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Social Studies for Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Youth, edited by Dr. Ashley Taylor Jaffee, TPP Assistant Director of Social Studies, Princeton University and Cinthia Salinas, Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education,…
The Program in Teacher Preparation was featured in the news this summer for some of their science education outreach in collaboration with Princeton researchers and teaching staff. Public and private school teachers delve deep into scientific topics like climate change as part of a summer program to help the teachers better understand and then…
Thank you to all the participants, facilitators, and everyone who made this year's Teachers as Scholars such a wonderful experience! Feel free to check out more of our seminar photos on our Instagram page. Look out for our 2024-'25 TAS lineup this academic year!
The Program in Teacher Preparation is very proud to congratulate Ivan Garcia ’23, Midori Kawaue *21 and Viola Mocz ‘18 for being nominated for the 2024 New Jersey Distinguished Clinical Intern Award. All of the nominees and their host teachers were honored at a ceremony held at Kean University on Wednesday, May 29.
This year’s recipients of the Princeton Prize for Distinguished Secondary School Teaching are Ahmed Hassanein of Brensinger School, P.S. #17, in Jersey City, Sandra Keel-Huff of Orange High School, Bess Spero Li of Crossroads South Middle School in South Brunswick, and Theresa Riccardi of High Point Regional High School in Sussex.
This summer, Harper will be traveling to Argentina for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. Sponsored by the US State Department, Fulbright sends recent college graduates to meet, work, live with, and learn from communities across over 140 countries. Living in Argentina for the academic year, Harper will utilize inquiry-based…
TPP 403 Profs. Jaffee & Monaghan brought students outside for some experiential learning during seminar to capitalize on the solar eclipse as a "global phenomenon" across generations. The class session, “From Local to Global: Becoming an Equity-minded Global Competent Teacher” was guided by the following question, “Where could you…
Dr. Jaffee's work was recently published in The Social Studies & Advancing Critical Pedagogy and Praxis across Educational Settings.
Register for Administrators as Scholars seminar, "Mining for the Climate: Voices of Justice," for an in-depth conversation with Dr. Nathaniel Otjen on Blue Lab's production, Mining for the Climate. This seminar locates the growth of domestic mining within the contexts of climate adaptation policies, green capitalism, and colonialism, and makes the case that climate justice must consider the communities impacted by mines.