On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, as Governor Chris Christie announced the first 50 Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellows, a group of men and women gathered in Armstrong Hall to begin their journey. Each of these individuals is part of a highly competitive program that recruits both recent graduates and career changers with strong backgrounds in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math). Each Fellow receives $30,000 to complete a specially designed master’s degree program, which prepares them to teach in high-need urban or rural secondary schools. They also commit to teaching for three years in a high-needs district in NJ. The College of New Jersey was one of five state schools (including
Montclair State University, Rowan University, Rugters University-Camden, and William Paterson University) to be chosen as part of this nationwide endeavor. These colleges and universities will partner with local school districts to enable the Fellows to learn how to teach in real classrooms. The College of New Jersey’s portion of the Fellowship is led by Dr. Cathy Liebars (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), Dr. James Beyers (Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education), and Dr. Steve O’Brien (Department of Technological Studies) with partner districts Ewing, Trenton, New Brunswick, and Burlington City.
The New Jersey program is supported by a consortium of New Jersey funders, headed by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
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