The
Cumberland County Academy of Teaching and Learning
The Cumberland County Academy of Teaching and Learning has build an authentic learning community comprised of
teachers and administrators and technology professionals. This resource
helps all educators to stay current with educational practices while shaping the future of
education.
Membership in the Academy is offered at no charge to
the educators or their school districts. Camden County Academy of
Teaching and Learning was the first Academy, established in 2002.
Burlington, Cumberland and Gloucester County each established their own in
Academy 2006. The South Jersey Academy is the Website portal through which each
Academy shares online tools.
Educators representing a broad cross-section of professionals from the
educational community are involved in the Academy. Members include elementary,
middle, and secondary school, special and general education teachers, school
administrators, and technology specialists representing the
public, private, and charter school districts in all of Southern New Jersey.
The Academies use the "Academy Website" -http://wwwsouthjerseyacademy.com
- to provide participants with
the collaboration tools that directly benefit
performance in the classroom.”
Using this website teachers and
administrators from across South Jersey will create, manage, and share documents,
plans, schedules, and ideas about effective educational practices.
Educators throughout Southern New Jersey constantly upgrade their
instructional practices and plans while building a database of the best of
instructional techniques developed throughout the county and the country.
Access to the Internet allows continual collaboration among members.
All
Academy members and other members of the educational community have access to a constantly growing library of lesson
plans, units, rubrics, standards and much more. These
materials can be adopted in their entirety or adapted to meet the needs of the
individual student.
The lessons that originate from the Academy will be clearly identified so that other users from around the
country will know where the materials were developed.
What the Academy Is
The South Jersey Academy of Teaching and
Learning is:
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A
professional fellowship, by, for, and of educators;
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Dedicated
to fostering a continuous conversation of effective teaching practices;
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A
mechanism to assist educators adapt to and change the landscape of teaching
and learning.
What
the Academy is Not
The South Jersey Academy of Teaching and
Learning is not:
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A
physical place;
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Designed
to evaluate teacher performance;
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Based
upon a hierarchy of experience.
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Information
Email:
academymail@excite.com
