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Community leaders joined the NJAEA president and members on Thursday, December 23, to celebrate the kickoff of a volunteer nonprofit 501 c 3 organization. Dr. Adrianne Harrison-Surgeon attended the formation, incorporated on November 8, 2022. The drive to establish an organization like this in New Jersey was inspired by a delegation of professionals who participated at the National Alternative Education Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, in October 2022.
Suppose you are an alternative education educator, nontraditional education educator, or an educational support services provider to this unique sector of learners. In that case, this organization can provide you with a place to collaborate with peers, provide a unified voice of advocacy for students, and promote understanding and support from state departments and agencies, school districts, colleges and universities, charters, and policymakers. In addition, the NJAEA is actively preparing to participate in international, national, and regional opportunities that give alternative education professionals and their partners a collaborative network of professional development and learning strategies identified explicitly by current best practices and peer-reviewed research.
Our website (www.njaea.org) has valuable information that can help you to understand who we are and our intentions to advocate, innovate, and collaborate among professional educators and educational providers of alternative and nontraditional education services. You can begin by clicking on the about us page, reading about our vision and mission, and meeting our executive board. Next, on our governance page, you can review our bylaws. Next, notice the how to join page and signup for more information so a member can contact you about how you might like to participate or join our association. Finally, we offer a charitable donation link so that you can make a monetary donation to the New Jersey Alternative Education Association. All donations received by 11:59 pm on December 31, 2022, will be tax-deductible on 2022 taxes. We certainly will appreciate your generosity as we prepare to host our first annual conference in 2023-24.
Respectfully,
Adrianne Harrison-Surgeon, MPS, EdD
Officers:
Dr. Adrianne Harrison-Surgeon, President
Dr. Shannon Crowell-Edghill, Vice President
Mrs. Cambie Jones, Secretary
Dr. Stephen Webb, Treasurer
Charter Members:
Dr. Shannon Crowell-Edghill
Dr. Adrianne Harrison-Surgeon
Mrs. Cambie Jones
Mrs. Christina Robinson
Dr. Stephen Webb
Mr. Andrew Yamakaitis
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