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Professional Development

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Books I've read during the past 3 years to support my work on the Board 

1

The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn

3

The Importance of Being Little by Erika Christakis

5

Tools of the Minds: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education, Second Edition

7

Creative Schools, The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education by Ken Robinson, Ph. D.

9

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and the Rest of Y'all Too, Reality Pedagogy in Urban Education by Christopher Emdin

11

The Deepest Well, Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris 

13

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmer

15

School Climate, Leading with Collective Efficacy by Peter M. DeWitt

17

The Dance of Interaction by Jeanine Fitzgerald

19

Drive by Daniel H. Pink

21

What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America by Ted Dintersmith

2

Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School by Carla Shalaby

4

White Fragility, Why it's so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo

6

Th Myth of the Spoiled Child, Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting by Alfie Kohn

8

Free Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children by Lenore Skenazy

10

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing  by Bruce D. Perry, MD Ph. D. and Maia Szalavitz

12

The Importance of Being Little, What preschoolers really need from grown ups by Erika Christakis

14

I Learn from Children by Caroline Pratt

16

Please Stop Laughing at Me, One Woman's Inspirational Story about Bullying by Jodee Blanco

18

The Knowlege Gap, The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System, Natalie Wexler

20

How to Be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi

22

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Only a few credits shy of becoming a Master Board Member!

New Jersey School Boards Association, 413 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08618

Official Transcript, Jessica Clayton, Brick Twp Bd of Ed
 

Date, Activity, Description, Category, Credits Received

2/11/2020 Ocean County SBA Meeting, County Meeting, 1.00

2/11/2020 Ocean County SBA Meeting, Board Member Academy, 1.00

11/23/2019 Delegate Assembly, Board Member Academy, 1.00

11/23/2019 Delegate Assembly, Delegate Assembly, 1.00

10/24/2019 Governance II: Finance, Governance, 22.00

10/23/2019 Exploring SEL and Trauma through the Lens of Equity and Connection, Board Member Academy, 1.00

10/22/2019 Supporting the Health of LGBTQ+ Students, Board Member Academy, 1.00

10/22/2019 Pump Up the Jam: Branding your School Board, Member Academy, 0.50

5/21/2019 Ocean County SBA Meeting, Board Member Academy, 1.00

3/12/2019 Ocean County SBA Meeting, Board Member Academy, 1.00

3/12/2019 Ocean County SBA meeting, County Meeting, 1.00

10/24/2018 Turning the Key: Unlocking the Potential of Children, Board Member Academy, 0.50

10/23/2018 Best Practices in New Jersey’s Preschool to Grade 3 Early Childhood Program, Board Member Academy, 0.50

10/23/2018 Sustainability Champions, Board Member Academy, 0.50

10/23/2018 The Grass is Greener with Grants, Board Member Academy, 0.50

10/23/2018 The Grass is Greener with Grants QPA, 1.00

10/23/2018 Extend Your Learning Environment Outdoors, QPA, 1.00

10/23/2018 Sustainability Champions, QPA, 1.00

10/22/2018 Workshop 2018 Workshop, 1.00

10/9/2018 Ocean County SBA Meeting, Board Member Academy, 1.00

10/9/2018 Ocean County SBA Meeting, County Meeting, 1.00

1/5/2018 Governance I: New Board Member Orientation Weekend, Governance, 15.00

1/5/2018 Governance I: New Board Member Orientation Weekend, Governance, 11.00

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