The Newark Trust for Education remains committed to providing families with updated resources during the covid-19 pandemic. We will update our website and social media pages with new information and resources as they emerge. Below you'll find five new resources (indicated by *) and a virtual volunteer opportunity. Resources include free access to curriculum from the Newest Americans and Yogi Berra Museum, access to free mobile counseling from Newark Public Library and more.

***Newark School Board Election Postponed Until May 12th***

Welcome to the Newark Trust for Education's Countdown to the 2020 School Board Election!

On Tuesday, May 12, six candidates will vie for three open seats on the Newark Board of Education. During this occasion, residents have the opportunity to shape the future of public education for our children. Do your part. Stay informed and vote.

Today, March 27, 2020 marks the first annual International SEL Day! This is an opportunity to spread the word about the importance and impact of social emotional learning (SEL). Working together, we can raise awareness for SEL, bring on new SEL stakeholders, create artifacts that demonstrate SEL in action, share SEL best practices and more!

Social emotional learning (SEL) changes lives—studies show that SEL improves well-being and academic outcomes, builds positive school climate, and provides children with the necessary skills to excel in today’s workforce. Yet many members of our communities don’t know about SEL yet. At Newark Trust for Education we’re doing our part to change this.

The Newark Trust for Education remains committed to providing families with updated resources during the covid-19 pandemic. We will update our website and social media pages with new information and resources as they emerge. Below you'll find five new resources, three pertinent articles and a call to action for the nonprofit community.

***Newark School Board Election Postponed Until May 12th***

The Newark Trust for Education remains committed to providing families with updated resources during the covid-19 pandemic. We will update our website and social media pages with new information and resources as they emerge.

COVID-19 FAMILY RESOURCES 

Newark Public Library 24/7/365Family Resources 

The Newark Public Library is proud to offer a robust selection of core and specialized services to patrons through their web, social media and digital platforms, which are all available FREE with your NPL library card!

Students, parents and teachers can take advantage of live online homework help and writing assistance offered by Brainfuse, which can be found by clicking on the link to Kids Place https://npl.org/kids-place/.  Additional educational resources are available through Gale in Context, also found on Kids Place.

And don’t forget, Brainfuse offers opportunities for teen and adult learners. Click here to learn more.

In light of the current coronavirus pandemic and to protect the health and safety of our community, the Newark Trust for Education's annual Candidate's Forum will be streamed live instead of hosted before a live audience. The forum will also be recorded and posted to our website for viewing in the weeks leading up to the April 21st election.This format will limit interaction with large crowds and allow for a controlled environment. 

We remain committed to serving as an independent source for information about the 2020 Newark Board of Education election scheduled for Tuesday, April 21.

The Newark Trust for Education (The Trust) is seeking a Director of Early Learning Strategy to play a key role in coordinating, shaping, managing and communicating a comprehensive Early Learning Strategy for Newark, New Jersey. The emergent Early Learning Strategy represents an exciting opportunity for Newark as a continuous and integrated approach that focuses on families to help break the cycle of inter-generational poverty. This strategy will offer programs and services, community agencies and philanthropies, opportunities to partner with Newark’s families to build a cycle of opportunity.

This is a grant funded position.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO December 18th

On behalf of the staff and Board of Directors of the Newark Trust for Education, I am proud to share our work with eighty-seven toddlers and their families as captured in the study, Forming Early Learning Habits: Newark ParentChild+ Families and Their Toddlers Redefine Their Homes as Learning Environments by our Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, Pritha Gopalan. ParentChild+ is a parenting and early learning program for parents, caregivers and their toddlers developed by Dr. Phyllis Levenstein, a clinical psychologist, in 1979. The objectives of ParentChild+ are to:

1. Increase school readiness and school success;
2. Support reading and play activities in the home;
3. Build language, literacy, and learning-rich home environments; and
4. Support the development of social-emotional skills so children enter school ready to be successful students.