International SEL Day is scheduled for Friday, March 10, 2023. NJASECD has passed a resolution supporting this event and is also participating in a national and a state summit to promote SECD by talking about creating schools of character and social-emotional competence. Our national presentation will happen at 10 AM Eastern and will include a…
We are happy to announce that we are back in person for our 2023 Conference called “FROM SURVIVAL TO SUCCES by Exploring the Three C’s.” This conference will be held at Rider University on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 from 8:15 AM to 3:00 PM in the Yvonne Theatre and the Fine Arts Building on campus.…
This is a recording of the webinar called “Practical Strategies for Building the Social. Emotional, and Character Development Foundations Needed for Back-to-School Success.” This webinar is sponsored by the Eastern Region of Character.org presented by NJASECD and funded by Character.org, NJASECD, NJ Schools of Character, and Pennsylvania Schools of Character. Click here to view the…
NJASECD sponsored a webinar called “Reducing Stress, Dealing with Differences, Building Community? Character is the Answer!” This webinar featured a keynote conversation with Dr. Nathan Fisher, Dr. Phil Brown, and Dr. Maurice Elias talking about the history of character education, social-emotional learning, and school culture and climate and the importance of these fields in today’s…
On May 25, 2022, NJASECD recognized New Jersey Schools that attained certification as State and National Schools of Character. These schools are continually working on character strengths, school culture and climate, and social-emotional competencies that make them better places to learn and grow because of this work. Congratulations to our honored schools! Time to celebrate!…
NJASECD has planned an online webinar in place of this year’s annual conference. The event is called “Reducing Stress, Dealing with Differences, and Building Community: Character is the Answer!” This webinar will feature a conversation between two icons in SECD in New Jersey – Phil Brown and Maurice Elias. This conversation will be moderated by…
by Debra Minieri, School Counselor, Lakeview School, Denville, NJ We here at Lakeview School are running our SEL week this week! We have our school broken up into Den’s (Lion families since we are Lakeview Lions) There are 5 dens for our 5 core values PRIDE – Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. Each den…
On Tuesday, January 25, sixteen schools were named as the 2022 New Jersey Schools of Character. These schools were evaluated by teams of reviewers from NJASECD and met the criteria set forth for this recognition. Additional New Jersey schools are working toward this goal and have been named as Honorable Mention and Emerging Schools. All…
by Maurice Elias and Jennifer Ly, Rutgers University SECD Lab and SEL4NJ This article appeared in the November issue of NJEA Review and shares the story of many of New Jersey’s schools who participated in SEL Day, an international event sponsored by SEL4US and the Urban Assembly Schools. These schools have shared strategies and best…
The 2022 Schools of Character Application is now now open and can be found at character.org. The process is based on the 11 Principles of Effective Character Education which can also be found on the character.org website. NJASECD Trustee Eileen Dachnowicz has prepared a PowerPoint Presentation that will describe the steps involved and also explain…