REL Mid-Atlantic supported the New Jersey Department of Education in advancing the state's goal to build a teacher workforce that better reflects and supports the students it serves.
Partnership organization:
New Jersey Department of Education
Current Projects
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Completed Projects
REL Mid-Atlantic partnered with the New Jersey Department of Education to develop and facilitate a six-session coaching series for 10 local school districts, building their capacity to make data-informed decisions and implement research-based practices that promote increased hiring of teachers of color throughout the state. The sessions helped district staff create a vision statement, analyze their teacher workforce data, conduct root cause analyses, identify and implement evidence-based strategies for addressing the root causes, and develop a theory of action and implement continuous improvement processes to promote change in hiring practices.
Blog post: Why Increasing Educator Diversity Matters in New Jersey
REL Mid-Atlantic partnered with the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to develop and facilitate a six-session coaching series that built the capacity of state leaders to train districts in the 2024/25 school year on culturally responsive hiring practices, bolstering the efforts of NJDOE to build an educator workforce that more closely reflects the ethno-racial diversity of the state’s student population.
REL Mid-Atlantic helped the New Jersey Department of Education and select district staff in their efforts to expand and strengthen pathways for educators of color through a short-term Community of Practice.