For Educators

Essential tools, professional development opportunities, and practical insights designed to support and empower educators across New Jersey.

  • Virtual Field Trips

    9/11 Memorial & Museum 9/11 Memorial & Museum offers virtual and interactive tours (via Zoom), led by professional education staff. New York City and…

  • Field Trips

    Lakota Wolf Preserve, Columbia, NJ  Learn about endangered wolves, one of North America’s most iconic animals, and New Jersey’s effort to rehabilitate the species…

  • Happy 250th Birthday, America! 

    Teaching the 250th—Smithsonian Lesson Plans and Slides Explore objects from the Smithsonian’s permanent collection that help students understand America’s history more fully. Each lesson…

  • Welcoming every learner: 

    As we open our classroom doors this September, it offers a powerful opportunity to set inclusive intentions from day one. Rather than treating New Jersey’s diverse curricular mandates…

  • NJ state bar

    Mock Trial competitions – season is open  The New Jersey State Bar Foundation offers mock trial competitions for grades 3 through high school. Teacher…

  • Starlab Training at RVCC 

    Starlab is an inflatable dome on which you can project vivid images of the night sky, ancient mythological characters, our solar system and galaxy,…

  • New Jersey mock election

    The New Jersey Center for Civic Education offers teachers of grades 4-12 the opportunity to engage their students in the annual NJ Student Mock…

  • NJ Center for Civic Education  

    Teaching Elections in a Partisan Era  Date: Tuesday, September 29 Time: 8:30am—3:00pm    Location: Livingston Campus Student Center of Rutgers University  To register: tinyurl.com/8eu5f4vf  We…