Latest / New Teacher Talk / Ep 135: 🚀 Empower Your Teaching Journey with NJCTL’s Online Courses! 🎓
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- Thank you for joining us on New Teacher Talk.
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- educators.
- No matter where you teach, we've got insights, inspiration,
- and practical tips to help you grow and make a lasting
- impact on your students.
- Today's episode is all about professional development
- because becoming an accomplished teacher is a lifelong
- journey.
- Let's dive in to hear what Melissa and Susan have to share.
- Hi, my name is Melissa Axelsson,
- and I am the Dean of Students with NJCTL.
- And, I'm Susan Olszewski, the Dean of Faculty with NJCTL.
- Today we're going to talk about our online courses for
- teachers of science, mathematics, and computer science,
- or for those people who are interested in becoming science,
- mathematics, or computer science teachers.
- That's right,
- NJCTL is a graduate school of education based in New
- Jersey.
- All our courses are asynchronous and online,
- making them easily accessible to anyone around the world.
- We offer rolling admissions,
- and all courses are student-paced,
- meaning you can start them at any time and complete them on
- your own schedule.
- Yeah,
- we have a range of courses primarily focused on learning
- and teaching science, mathematics, and computer science,
- whether you're a teacher who wants to deepen your
- understanding of a subject area you already teach,
- or if you're looking to learn something new.
- We have courses in learning and teaching mathematics from
- elementary to high school, general middle school science,
- or even specific areas like physics, chemistry,
- or biology.
- We also have computer science courses.
- All these courses align with our free teaching materials,
- so you'll learn from the same materials you can use to
- teach your students.
- Our courses are great for people who might be certified in
- a subject area,
- but are now being asked to teach a course they've never
- taught before.
- Like a math teacher who's taught Algebra I for years,
- but might be jumping up to Algebra II,
- a physics teacher who's never taught AP Physics,
- or someone with a general science background who's taught
- Biology, but has been asked to begin teaching Chemistry.
- NJCTL's courses are a great way to brush up on a new
- subject area or course,
- but we also have a lot of teachers taking courses they're
- proficient in,
- but would like to see a new approach to teaching the
- subject.
- Sure,
- I do notice a lot of people who take these courses in subject
- areas that they already teach just to get professional
- learning credits or graduate credits to fulfill continuing
- education requirements or for salary increases.
- We have agreements with Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
- and New York for continuing education credits.
- For people who need it,
- we also have an agreement with our accredited partner,
- Adams State University so that you can transcribe credits
- while NJCTL works through the accreditation process.
- We always suggest checking to be sure our credits will be
- accepted for whatever your purpose is before enrolling.
- And for those living in New Jersey,
- we can help you add an additional endorsement with programs
- we have approved by the New Jersey Department of Education.
- We do have some agreements with other states.
- To check what we have available in your state,
- go to our website at NJCTL.org and select your state from
- the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand corner.
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