Webinars: Professional Development

Tanisha Davis, director of the Office of Recruitment, Preparation and Certification will provide an update regarding the New Jersey Department of Education’s initiatives designed to strengthen the educator pipeline, increase educator diversity, and maintain educator quality. Ms. Davis will share lessons learned and promising practices that are happening throughout the state to address the educator shortage and diversify the educator workforce.

Join members from the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Professional Learning Division to explore the NJSBA website and how it can help support you on your journey as a board member. This program will introduce you to the website and how to attain NJSBA’s certifications, access transcripts, comply with legislatively required trainings, register for programs, and access online program content you attend.

This session will detail how competency-based, personalized micro-learning prepares teachers and staff to address the evolving challenges schools face and the significance of agile professional development in teacher growth and student achievement. Discover specific use cases and solutions to modern challenges like fluctuating classroom environments, teacher retention, and new teacher onboarding, as well as today's exponential pace of change.