Rutgers Outreach Programs
The list of programs below include programs focused on STEM, social sciences, professional development and mentoring and are directed toward relationships between K-12 students and teachers, K-12 students and Rutgers faculty, staff, & students, and various state, national, and international communities. Special thanks to Dr. Yakov Epstein for providing this list of resources to our office.
Name of Program: R U Weather Wise?
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Dept. of Environmental Sciences
Website: http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/clubs/metclub/weatherwise.htm
Program Description: Our weather and climate are an integral part of every day life. The Rutgers University Meteorology club is seeking to educate students about the problems facing the field of atmospheric science today. Through this program the club seeks to build a foundation of knowledge about how the weather works, why climate change is such an important issue, and establish a connection between meteorology and a variety of other sciences and disciplines. The knowledge shared with students today may be able to help solve the problems of tomorrow.
Contact Person: Current Club President
Contact Phone: none given
Contact email: http://Ruoutreach@envsci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-16
Teachers : not involved
Time: Any time
Type of Program: STEM and research
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Trenton Central High School Mentoring Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Journalism Resources Institute
Website: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/jri
Program Description: Trenton Central High School Mentoring Program
Contact Person: John Pavlik
Contact Phone: 932-732-7500 x 8026
Contact email: jpavlik@rutgers.edu
Populations involved: students 9-12; Rutgers students
Teachers: not involved
Time: during school day
Type of Program: Reading & writing; mentoring
Location: local school, Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Bergen Academies high school journalism and new media
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Journalism Resources Institute
Website: www.scils.rutgers.edu/jri
Program Description: Bergen Academies high school journalism and new media educational curriculumContact Person: John Pavlik
Contact Phone: 932-732-7500 x 8026
Contact email: jpavlik@rutgers.edu
Populations involved: students 9-12
Teachers: not involved
Time: during school
Type of Program: reading and writing
Location: not specified
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Name of Program: REaCH (Rutgers Early College Humanities Program)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: REaCH
Website: not specified
Program Description: Rutgers University has created an entirely new initiative, the Rutgers Early College Humanities Program (REaCH). REaCH is a highly innovative educational enrichment program whose overall mission is to break the cycle of poverty for high school age youth from low-income communities by helping them to both gain access to college and to succeed once there. The program does this by offering them an early college experience, that is, the opportunity while they are still in high school to take a college-level, credit-granting course in a variety of humanities disciplines. All REaCH projects will be offered in partnership with either a school system or a community-based organization (such as a Boys and Girls Club) and will be presented at a facility of the collaborating partner or at one of Rutgers’ campuses or off-campus sites (depending on logistical considerations). Through these community-based partnerships, REaCH courses will be presented in either of three different formats; as 1) a during-school-hours two semester course, or 2) an after-school two semester course or 3) a five week summer course. In each format participants gain first-hand experience of what college is like, studying with college professors, reading college texts, completing college assignments, and acquiring an understanding of the college environment and what will be expected of them there. They have the opportunity to explore some of the great masterpieces, classic texts, topics, themes and historical periods in painting, sculpture, architecture, fiction, drama, poetry, American history and philosophy. This educational experience serves to demystify college for students from underserved communities, excites them about learning, intensifies their desire to continue with their education, builds their confidence that they can handle college, and provides them with a degree of conceptual and cultural preparation that they cannot gain through their regular high school studies. Each REaCH course enrolls approximately 25-30 students. Rutgers grants a certificate of achievement to any student completing a REaCH course and from four to six college credits to students completing it at a high level of academic performance. Students can also earn high school credit for their successful participation in the course. The in-school course can also include a professional development component, where several high school teachers are assigned to attend class sessions, providing them with exposure to the course’s pedagogy and course content, to further their own professional development, thereby building the quality of instruction at each participating school for current and future generations of students.
Contact Person: Martin Kempner, Director
Contact Phone: 732-297-9214
Contact email: mkempner@sas.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: students 9-12
Teachers: not involved
Time: during school, after school, summer
Type of Program: reading and writing, arts, social science
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: RCSB Protein Data Bank
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Website: http://www.pdb.org
Program Description: RCSB PDB provides resources for researchers and students studying the structures of proteins and nucleic acids, and their relationships to sequence, function, and disease.
Contact Person: Christine Zardecki
Contact Phone: Christine Zardecki
Contact email: info@rcsb.org
Populations involved: students 6-16
Teachers: 6-16
Time: Any time
Type of Program: STEM; Research
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Summer Scholars High School Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Office of Summer and Winter Sessions
Website: http://summersession.rutgers.edu/highschool
Program Description: High school sophomores or juniors with an above average academic record can prepare for college by taking up to two college level courses in a wide range of fields during the summer.
Contact Person: Jennifer Valera, Student Services Coordinator
Contact Phone: 732-932-7565
Contact email: wsru@dceo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 10-11
Teachers: not involved
Time: summer
Type of Program: all academic disciplines
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Social Decision Making/Problem Solving
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Behavioral Research and Training Institute, University Behavioral Health Care, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Website: http://www.ubhcisweb.org/sdm/
Program Description: The Social Decision Making and Problem Solving Program (SDM) is an evidence-based social and emotional learning program that assists students in acquiring social and decision-making skills and in developing their ability to effectively use those skills in real-life and academic situations. The aim of the program is the prevention of violence, substance abuse, and related problem behavior. It is a primary prevention program, that can include secondary components, and is conceptually rooted in research from public health, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive sciences, and organizational and community psychology. The program provides a framework in which students have the ability to learn, reinforce, and practice applying skills necessary to develop social competence. SDM is intended for use with all students (regular and special education) in kindergarten through eighth grade, regardless of ability level, ethnic group, or socioeconomic level. The program has been successfully implemented in urban, suburban, and rural settings nationwide.
Contact Person: Linda Bruene Butler or Erin Bruno
Contact Phone: 732-235-9275
Contact email: spsweb@umdnj.edu
Populations involved: students p-8
Teachers: p-8
Time: any time
Type of Program: Health and Child Development, Professional Development, Research, Information and Advice
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Spatial Literacy
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis
Website: http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/SpatialLiteracy/index.html
Program Description: Spatial literacy and associated geospatial technologies are taking an increasingly important role in society at large. In response to critical gaps in how our educational system addresses spatial literacy, the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis(CRSSA) (www.crssa.rutgers.edu) is spearheading a Spatial Literacy Outreach and Education Initiative. This goal of this initiative is to enhance the spatial literacy within the K-12 curriculum as well as at the university level; Our initial objectives are the design and distribution of web-based education materials to promote spatial literacy at the 5-12 grade levels. Working with the RU C.O.O.L. Classroom team of graduate educators, web designers, graphic artists and classroom teachers (http://www.coolclassroom.org/home.html ), we propose to develop a series of innovative teaching modules that will introduce students to geospatial technology and its applications. Presented in a problem-based format students will be actively engaged in using spatial thinking to solve real-world problems. The web-based format will be graphically rich incorporating a diversity of digital maps, images and time series data. These modules will be field tested by classroom educators and designed to fulfill New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards.
Contact Person: Richard Lathrop
Contact Phone: 732 932 1580
Contact email: lathrop@crssa.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: students 5-12; Rutgers students
Teachers: teachers 5-12
Time: any time
Type of Program: STEM
Location: online
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Name of Program: Project Learn
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Institute for Health, health Care Policy and Aging Research
Website: http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/projectlearn/
Program Description: In accordance with the national goals of HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010, Project L/EARN targets members of groups that have been traditionally under-represented in health-related graduate programs with the intent of increasing the number of health researchers from those groups. Project L/EARN identifies students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, first generation college attendees, and those from racial/ethnic minority groups who have an interest in health-related social science fields, and provides them with training, experience and mentoring to make them stronger candidates for admission to graduate programs. Past interns have come from a variety of majors, including psychology, sociology, economics, political science, nursing, public health, pharmacy, biology, statistics, urban studies, and public policy. Project L/EARN is open to students from any U.S. college or university. Project L/EARN is a research training program of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University.
The summer program is an intensive ten-week internship opportunity for qualified students who would like to obtain research skills and "hands-on" experience in health services research under the guidance of a distinguished faculty mentor. Summer training often leads to involvement in faculty research during the subsequent academic year . Faculty mentors represent a diverse array of disciplines, including health economics, medical sociology, medical anthropology, public health, social work, nursing, and health psychology; all head vigorous research programs. Each intern will be matched with a faculty mentor whose work is most closely aligned with his or her particular interests, skills, and background.
The core of the summer program is daily lectures and computer laboratory sessions that provide training in research methods, study design, data management, and statistical analysis (programming in SPSS). Project L/EARN has been designated as one of Rutgers University's Graduate Education Preparation Programs . Interns will be provided with GRE preparation, as well as extensive guidance with respect to applying to graduate school.
Contact Person: Diane Davis
Contact Phone: 732-932-6581
Contact email: plearn-info@ifh.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: college students
Teachers: no
Time: Summer
Type of Program: Health; STEM; Mentoring
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Cognitive Development Laboratory
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science
Website: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~aleslie/
Program Description: The Cognitive Development Lab studies the origins of knowledge and ways in which infants and young children learn about the physical and social world. Members of the lab conduct research within the framework of experimental cognitive psychology, showing children puppet shows or reading them stories and then asking them to answer simple questions about the events they saw. We use their responses to help us understand the processing mechanisms that lie at the roots of thought.
Contact Person: Alan Leslie or Deena Skolnick Weisberg
Contact Phone: 732-445-4959 (lab phone) or 732-445-6152 (Dr. Leslie's office) or 732-445-6153 (Dr. Weisberg's office)
Contact email: rucdlab@gmail.com or aleslie@ruccs.rutgers.edu or deenasw@ruccs.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: General public, Rutgers students as researchers
Teachers: Not involved
Time: not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Research
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Financial Education Capacity Building Training for New Jersey Teachers and Youth Educators
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: DAFRE (Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics), SEBS
Website: http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money2000/ and www.njcfe.org
Program Description: Working with the New Jersey Coalition for Financial Education, I provide financial education capacity building training for New Jersey teachers and youth educators at about a half-dozen conferences and stand-alone training sessions annually. Participants are provided with training about subject matter content, available curricula, and innovative/creative financial education methods. Programs serve teachers (educators of students) in grades Pre-K-2 through 9-12. They have been held during the school year (both during the school day and after school), on weekends, and during the summer. Teachers come from a variety of subject matters including Social Studies, Business, Economics, and Family and Consumer Sciences. We've also had participants from non-profit community organizations, youth groups, community and 4-year colleges, and military installations. Program locations have included the Cook Campus Center, the Busch Campus Center, schools, Cooperative Extension offices, hotels, and community facilities. Occasionally, upon request, I also present programs to youth directly, such as 4-H club members and a state youth leadership conference. I also speak to college student groups here at Rutgers about personal finances and just recently did a program at SEBS.
Contact Person: Barbara O'Neill, Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management
Contact Phone: 732-932-9155 x250
Contact email: oneill@aesop.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers and youth educators
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: During school, after school, weekends, summer
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Name of Program: Rutgers Kids COOL room
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Marine Sciences
Website: http://new.coolclassroom.org/, http://www.coolclassroom.org/home.html, http://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Web-based tools for K-12 students letting them utilize ocean observatories to explore and understand the ocean
Contact Person: Oscar Schofield
Contact Phone: 732-932-6555
Contact email: oscar@marine.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-16
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: Any time
Type of Program: STEM, Research
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Rutgers – Camden Young Educated Scholars (YES) Institute
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers-Camden Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Website: http:// www.tutoring.camden.rutgers.edu
Program Description: YES Institute is a University-based approved Supplemental Education Service provider in New Jersey specializing in tutoring and instructional support to students. Our approach capitalizes on constant cutting-edge research in child development and learning theory, as well as over twenty years of progressive experience in curriculum and instruction at the K-12 level specifically in urban communities. The program combines rigorous skill development in math and language arts with ongoing practice, engaging project-based learning opportunities, and interactive easy access web assistance. The grouping of these four essential elements makes our program unique, relevant, and most importantly, fun.
Contact Person: Wanda Garcia, Associate Director or Jade Edwards, Coordinator
Contact Phone: 856-225-6903 (Garcia) or 856-225-2871 (Edwards)
Contact email: wandag@camden.rutgers.edu or jadee@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Academic year during school
Type of Program: Reading and writing, STEM, Social Science
Location: Rutgers Camden, local school
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Name of Program: MathNext
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Department of Urban Education
Website: http://www.mathNext.org
Program Description: MATHNext is a professional development project which partners Rutgers University, The NJ Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Education with middle school math teachers and supervisors in 31 districts throughout NJ using both in-person and webinar based activities. The purpose of the project is to help the teachers and supervisors increase their ability to foster the development of complex mathematical ideas in middle grade students. The project supports both research and development in areas relating to mathematical knowledge, affect and cognition.
Contact Person: Roberta Y. Schorr
Contact Phone: 973-353-3525
Contact email: schorr@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 6-8
Teachers: Teachers 6-8
Time: School day, after school
Type of Program: STEM, Research, Professional Development
Location: Rutgers Newark, local schools, online
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Name of Program: Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: School of Arts and Sciences
Website: http://econkids.rutgers.edu
Program Description: This project provides teachers, parents, and volunteers with ideas for using children's literature to introduce economics to children. We review new books from leading publishers and makes selections for "Book of the Month" and "Top Five" categories. Unlike many of the existing websites on economics education, the EconKids website focuses on younger students in elementary school. Its user-friendly design can help to generate quick teaching ideas that are based on current research in economics and education.
Contact Person: Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
Contact Phone: 732-932-9331
Contact email: yrodgers@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-8
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Any time
Type of Program: Reading and writing, social science
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Science Club and more
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Run by a Physics Professor but not sponsored by any department
Website: no website
Program Description: I run a science club for a few students (typically 6-12 kids). I try to teach them things they will never learn in school (and which I wish I had learned when I was young). We meet every weekend for 1.5 hours and discuss Mathematics, Natural Science and English (Writing and Vocabulary). we meet in the Simons Center for Systems Biology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Princeton University. The unique feature of this class is that the parents attend the class too - and sometimes make presentations. Off and on, we also invite local faculty to give "fun" talks.
Contact Person: Gyan Bhanot
Contact Phone: (732) 445-0091
Contact email: gbhanot@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Pre-college tudents, parents
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Weekends
Type of Program: STEM, Reading and writing
Location: Community facility
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Name of Program: Rutgers LEAPHigh School Preparation Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers-Camden Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Website: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/Camden/CFSUCL/
Program Description: Through a grant from the AT&T Aspire High School Success Program, the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership sponsors the Rutgers/LEAP High School Preparation Program, which targets the academic development of LEAP students beginning in the 8th grade through the 10th grade. The program focuses on five elements: (1) Academic Interventions; (2) Teacher Development; (3) Emotional/Developmental Support; (4) Character/Leadership Development; and, (5) Family Support. The combination of these elements offered in a targeted way results in increased outcomes for students as evidenced by their High School graduation rates; on-time grade promotion; completion of required courses for graduation; better attendance; and reduced behavioral and disciplinary problems. 300 students will be served over the four year span of the grant.
Contact Person: Wanda Garcia, Associate Director or Jade Edwards, Coordinator
Contact Phone: 856-225-6903 (Garcia) or 856-225-2871 (Edwards)
Contact email: wandag@camden.rutgers.edu or jadee@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students (8-10), teachers, parents
Teachers: Teachers 8-10
Time: Academic year
Type of Program: Professional development, mentoring
Location: Rutgers Camden, local school
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Name of Program: SPARK (Summer Program at Rutgers for Kids)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Division of Continuing Education
Website: http://spark.rutgers.edu
Program Description: SPARK gives students in grades five through nine the opportunity to explore and learn in an exciting, diverse and academically stimulating atmosphere. Students will get a taste of what college life has to offer; from debating current affairs or philosophies in a seminar to getting fit in a yoga course. And let’s not forget touring New Jersey, Pennsylvania or seeing the sights of the Big Apple! Students will be able to select from a wide range of academic courses inspiring ingenuity and innovation. They will discover and explore new perspectives, engage in active and intellectual arenas, seeing everything through different eyes. These courses are not your average middle or high school classes. There are no tests, quizzes or homework! You don’t read about it, you experience it. Your only two requirements are to learn and have fun doing it!
Contact Person: Rosa Salgado-Rodriguez or Kenia Montijo
Contact Phone: 732.932.6998 x 601 or 602
Contact email: rosasr@rci.rutgers.edu or kmontijo@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 5-9
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: Reading and writing, STEM, Social science, Camp
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Get Moving Get Healthy New Jersey
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Family and Community Health Sciences
Website: http://www.getmovinggethealthynj.rutgers.edu
Program Description: This mission of Get Moving Get Healthy NJ is to improve the health of New Jersey youth, individuals, families and communities by teaching them how to make healthy eating and physical activity a part of their daily lives.
Contact Person: Dr. Kathleen T. Morgan
Contact Phone: 732-932-5000 x604
Contact email: Morgan@njaes.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: General public
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Any time
Type of Program: Health and human development
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Jumpstart at Rutgers-Camden
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers-Camden Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Website: http://cfsucl.camden.rutgers.edu/jumpstart.html
Program Description: In August 2008 under the leadership of the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, Rutgers-Camden became the first site in New Jersey to launch a Jumpstart program currently serving the first cohort of 36 pre-school age children in the City of Camden. Founded in 1993 at Yale University, Jumpstart is a national movement aimed at enhancing literacy and reading skills of low-income children, while also providing a vehicle to engage college students in the process of improving academic achievement of all children. Jumpstart’s focus is very simple - empower young children with needed skills so that we can get closer to the day when every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Jumpstart Corps Members work to deliver quality sessions to preschool students. Through their service students receive over 60 hours of high quality training in early childhood education and community service as well as participate in variety of service events targeted towards children, families and members of the city community.
Contact Person: Tatiana Poladko Alleyne
Contact Phone: 856 225 6906
Contact email: poladko@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Pre-K students, Rutgers mentors
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: Reading and writing, mentoring
Location: Rutgers Camden, local school
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Name of Program: Douglass Science Institute
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science, and Engineering
Website: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dougproj/
Program Description: A summer residential program in hands-on science for 9th through 12th grade girls. Students apply during their eighth grade year and participate the summers prior to 9th through 12th grade. Each year builds on the previous year providing a comprehensive program of experiential learning and community support.
Contact Person: Regina Riccioni
Contact Phone: 732-932-9197 x10
Contact email: dougproj@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM, residential
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Career Exploration Day
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science, and Engineering
Website: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dougproj/
Program Description: A one-day annual event bringing together 11th and 12th grade New Jersey girls and professional women from diverse science, math, engineering, and technology fields.
Contact Person:
Contact Phone: 732-932-9197 x10
Contact email: dougproj@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 11-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Weekend
Type of Program: STEM, mentoring, One day event
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Waksman Students Scholars Program (WSSP)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Waksman Institute
Website: http://morgan.rutgers.edu
Program Description: The Waksman Student Scholars Program is designed help high school students learn modern molecular genetics by having them engage in genuine scientific research projects. It is a two-part program aimed at both teachers and students. The Summer Institute: A teacher and two students from a maximum of 20 high schools commute to the Waksman Institute at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ daily for a month in July. There they learn about a research project in molecular biology. The projects change from year to year. Both the background material and the laboratory skills necessary to carry out the project are presented. The Academic Year: Teachers and students return to their classrooms in September and begin working on the research project. Additional students are recruited. Some students earn Rutgers University credit by participating in a formal course. Some schools offer a research course for high school credit; others offer the research as an after-school activity. The students return to Rutgers for six meetings during the academic year. At the end of the year, in June, a forum is held where students present the results of their studies at a poster session.
Contact Person: Sue Coletta
Contact Phone: 732-445-2038
Contact email: coletta@waksman.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: High school students
Teachers: High school biology teachers
Time: School day, after school, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Research
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
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Name of Program: ESTEEMS II (State funded Math Science Partnership)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: CMSCE (NJSSI)
Website: http://njssi.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Math Science Partnership that includes Rutgers University, Middlesex County College, 10 public school districts and 5 non-public schools. The program provides in-depth professional development for elementary teachers (grades 3-5). Teachers particpate in a two-week Institute to increase content knowledge and enhance istructional strategies. After the summer component teachers participate in follow-up professioanl development and recieve on-site mentoring in their school districts. The program has a strong evaluation component that assesses teacher and student growth in the target mathematics and science content.
Contact Person: Deborah Cook
Contact Phone: 732-445-2811
Contact email: cookd@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 3-5
Time: School day, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, workshop
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
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Name of Program: Douglass Psychology Child Study Center
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Psychology Department
Website: http://douglasschildcare.rutgers.edu
Program Description: The Douglass Psychology Child Study Center is a full-day, on-campus, University childcare center caring for children ages 2-5 years old. The Center is open from 7:30am until 6pm and is located in Davison Hall on the Cook/Douglass Campus and operates year-round. Monthly tuition is for full-time enrollment only and includes care for the full day, 2 daily snacks, and the benefit of a developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities. The Center supports academics and research at the University and is known for its low adult:child ratios, high quality care, and exceptional staff. Enrollment is on a rolling basis and openings are filled as they occur from the Center’s waiting list. Parents are encouraged to apply for enrollment for the program as early as possible as enrollment is limited. Care is also available for school-aged children (ages 6 & up) during the summer months through the Center’s Happy Campers Program. Happy Campers is an on-campus, full-time, full-day recreational summer camp. Registration for summer camp is on a weekly basis and camp tuition includes all 2 snacks & lunch, all field trips and enrichment activities (including daily swimming). All employees of the Douglass Psychology Child Study Center and Happy Campers Program undergo fingerprinting and criminal background checks. Full-time childcare center staff are Rutgers University Employees; part-time staff are Rutgers University Graduate & Undergraduate students.
Contact Person: Jennifer Manuola
Contact Phone: 732-932-8881
Contact email: jenne@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Children 2-5
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day, after school, summer
Type of Program: Childcare
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Latin American Studies/Dept of Anthropology
Website: http://www.rulas.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: What are “rights,” and how are they understood and practiced in societies very different from our own? These are some of the themes that this course will explore. Conducted in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia during the summer, this course will focus on topics related to the practices and realities of the Bolivian justice system, from the perspectives of those who create, manage, and work in the system, and those who are affected by it. Through readings, lectures, discussions, informal meetings, and hands-on participation, students will have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the workings of the Bolivian legal system, the meanings of justice, and the practice of rights by poor, indigenous people living in a Bolivian city. Students will meet and study with justice professionals in Bolivia, to learn about how a foreign judicial system operates, and will meet with human rights advocates to develop a sense of how human rights promotion and defense works “on the ground” in Latin America. In addition to a three-credit course on the topic of Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia, students will enroll in an additional three-credit practicum service-learning course that will be run simultaneously, offering students a total of six credits for their participation in the program. The practicum will involve instruction in anthropological field research techniques, followed by an independent, field-based student research project. Additionally, students will work side-by-side with residents of one local neighborhood to construct a community center, to be used subsequently as a location for an access-to justice program that this ongoing project plans to create.
Contact Person: Daniel Goldstein
Contact Phone: 2-0534
Contact email: dgoldstein@anthropology.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Rutgers students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: World languages, Social Science, law, residential
Location: Overseas (Bolivia)
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Name of Program: Rutgers University Future Scholars Program - Camden Campus
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: on the Camden Campus - Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Website: All Campus website - http://em.rutgers.edu/programs/futurescholars/, Camden Campus website -http://children.camden.rutgers.edu/future_scholars/index.html
Program Description: The goal of this initiative is to increase the high school retention, graduation and college enrollment and graduation rates of low-income, underrepresented students from Abbott school districts. This program is a university-wide initiative with efforts on the Camden, Newark, Piscataway and New Brunswick campus. The goals of the program are to provide students with opportunities for educational growth, social development, and personal enrichment in an effort to make sure they acquire the skills necessary to be successful students. Upon successful completion of this program in the 12^th grade, students who apply and gain admittance to Rutgers University will receive four years of free tuition to the university.
The Rutgers – Camden Future Scholars program will provide students from the Camden City public schools and the LEAP University Charter school with opportunities for educational growth, social development, and personal enrichment to prepare them for acceptance into college and success once they enter. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of experiences and opportunities that will enlighten them, challenge them and excite them about their educational and personal futures.
The Camden Campus program launched in the summer of 2008 with 50, rising 8th grade students from the Camden City school district and the LEAP University Charter School. Each year the program will accept an additional 50 students, until each campus has 200 students. During the academic year the Future Scholars students will have the support of tutors and mentors from the Rutgers-Camden community, which will include undergraduate and graduate students. The Future Scholars will also participate in hands-on projects that will strengthen their mathematics and language arts literacy skills and be taught useful study skills for their daily academic coursework.
Throughout the program students will be engaged by a variety of speakers, field trips, and activities to develop their social and personal skills. Students and their families will take part in various cultural and athletic activities offered on all of the Rutgers campuses; while parents, school staff, teachers and administrators will participate in various workshops on how to academically and socially support the /Future Scholars.
Contact Person: on the Camden Campus – Jerri Pittsley, Program Coordinator and Nyeema Watson, Associate Director
Contact Phone: 856-225-2885 AND 856-225-6738
Contact email: jerri@rutgers.edu and ncwatson@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: 8th grade students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: Mentoring, tutoring all subjects
Location: All 3 Rutgers campuses
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Name of Program: Marshall Brennan Fellowship in Constitutional Literacy
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Camden Law
Website: http://www.camlaw.rutgers.edu; http://www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/course-description.cgi?class=784
Program Description: The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Fellowship Program enlists law students in an effort to increase civic literacy and participation in American democracy. Talented second- and third- year law students prepare and teach a course in Constitutional Law to Camden high school students. The aim is to make the Constitution “come alive” for young people in Camden while simultaneously improving law students' ability to translate and explain complicated legal concepts into lay terms. Marshall-Brennan is a sequential two-semester course. In the fall semester, meeting weekly in a two-hour seminar, the Fellows will study Constitutional law with a focus on cases and concepts concerning young people and schools. They will draft and execute lesson plans relating to these topics and will discuss pedagogy. Fellows also will research and write a paper on a relevant topic. The fall seminar provides two course credits and qualifies as “writing intensive.” In the spring, teams of two Fellows each will teach Constitutional law courses at high schools in Camden, typically conducting four, 45-minute class sessions each week. Fellows will be entirely responsible for their courses. They will interact with high school teachers, design lesson plans, lead classes and evaluate students. With a continuing focus on issues of law, the spring Seminar sessions also will explore teaching strategies and classroom dynamics and will provide general support for Fellows. The spring course provides three non-course credits and no writing credits.
Contact Person: Traci Overton or Jill Friedman
Contact Phone: 856-225-6525 (Overton) or 856-226-6263 (Friedman)
Contact email: overton@camden.rutgers.edu or jillfrie@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: High school students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: Social science. law
Location: Local schools in Camden
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Name of Program: Nontraditional Career Resource Center’s Career Summer Institute (CSI)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Women and Work, School of Management andd Labor Relations
Website: http://ncrc.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Week-long summer residential program on the Rutgers Campus in New Brunswick providing experiential learning and career development opportunities in nontraditional careers for approximately 100 diverse 9th through 11th graders in New Jersey. The program includes an academic-year peer education project titled “Step-Up!” where students implement equity and career development concepts learned at the program in their local communities. This program is tuition free.
Contact Person: Glenda Gracia-Rivera, Associate Director
Contact Phone: 732-932-0054
Contact email: ggrivera@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-11
Teachers: Teachers 9-11 (as mentors selected by students)
Time: Summer with year follow-up
Type of Program: Social Science, mentoring, business, residential
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: The Academy for Leadership and Equity (TALE)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Women and Work, School of Management andd Labor Relations
Website: http://ncrc.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Weekend program offered in Newark, Camden and New Brunswick to 7th and 8th grade New Jersey students to develop leadership and career development skills with a focus on nontraditional careers. Students participate in career assessments and explore in-demand careers. Includes a parent component. This program is tuition free.
Contact Person: Glenda Gracia-Rivera, Associate Director
Contact Phone: 732-932-0054
Contact email: ggrivera@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 7-8, parents
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Weekend
Type of Program: Social science, business, workshop
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: High School Institute for History Teachers
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis
Website: http://rcha.rutgers.edu/rcha.php?page=High%20School%20Institute&title=%20Rutgers%20Institute%20for%20High%20School%20Teachers (or follow the links from http://rcha.rutgers.edu)
Program Description: A variety of workshops for teachers. These change every year. Consult the website for current list of programs.
Contact Person: Prof. Susan Schrepfer; assistant director is Lynn Shanko
Contact Phone: (732) 932-8701
Contact email: rcha@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: High school history teachers
Time: School day
Type of Program: Social science, workshop
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Rutgers Upward Bound
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Office of Undergraduate Education - Livingston Campus
Website: http://upwardbound.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Academic and Summer Institute on (Rutgers-New Brunswich Campus) weekends, evening and summer … Rutgers Upward Bound is a pre-college program designed to assist and motivate students to successfully graduate from high school, prepare for college admission, and to successfully complete their baccalaureate degree. Upward Bound is a year round project that offers academic year workshops such as SAT and HSPA preparation, cultural activities, college tours, college planning as well as a host of other programs. Upward Bound also offers a mandatory summer institute on campus to prepare students to prepare students for college life.
Contact Person: James H. Whitney III - Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3090 x178
Contact email: upwardbound@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-10 living in New Brunswick, Plainfield, or Perth Amboy
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Weekend, summer
Type of Program: Mentoring, all subjects, residential
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Robert E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Office of Undergraduate Education - Livingston Campus
Website: http://mcnair.rutgers.edu
Program Description: This program prepares participants for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. Participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have demonstrated strong academic potential. Institutions work closely with participants as they complete their undergraduate requirements. Institutions encourage participants to enroll in graduate programs and then track their progress through to the successful completion of advanced degrees. The goal is to increase the attainment of Ph.D. degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society. - Academic and Summer Institute on Campus Rutgers-New Brunswick; 3-6 Interdisciplinary Research Credit Give; Rising Sophomores and Juniors
Contact Person: Dr. Colleen Georges - Director; James H. Whitney III - Associate Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3090
Contact email: cgeorges@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Rutgers rising sophomores & juniors; Rutgers faculty as mentors
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Academic year and summer
Type of Program: Mentoring for all university academic subjects, residential
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Rutgers Geology Museum
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Math and Science Learning Center and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Website: http://geology.rutgers.edu/museum.shtml
Program Description: Tours: principles of geology using New Jersey examples presented to groups of all ages Annual Open House: presentations for the general public by leading researchers about their ongoing work; opportunities to ask questions of researchers and see how science is done; premiers of new exhibits; rock and mineral identification. Friends of the Geology Museum: The Friends of the Geology Museum sponsor two special presentations each year. As a friend, you'll have the opportunity to "visit" fascinating geological sites from the famous Olduvai Gorge in Africa to the moon! You'll also meet with researchers and ask them questions, plus enjoy the company of other avocational scientists.
Contact Person: R. William Selden, Collections Manager or Marjorie Eickhorst
Contact Phone: Selden: 732-932-7243; Eickhorst: 732-445-7963
Contact email: rwselden@rci.rutgers.edu eickhors@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: General public
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day, weekend, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Research, Information
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Somerset Community Action Agency
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Bloustein School, Public Policy Program
Website: http://www.somersetcap.com/contact.aspx
Program Description: Somerset Community Action Program provides educational development and comprehensive early childhood programs promoting the best interest of the child while incorporating the needs and aspirations of the family and the community. The programs and services include Head Start, affordable child care, tax preparation for low income people, adult education services, home energy efficiency preparation, and community organization events and celebrations such as the week of the people.
Contact Person: Isaac Dorsey, Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-846-8888
Contact email: idorsey@somersetcap.org
Populations involved: Pre-K students, parents
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Child care (7:30-6) others vary
Type of Program: Health and child development, information and advice
Location: Community facility
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Name of Program: A Learning Progression for Developing Understandings of Genetics
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Graduate School of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning
Website: none
Program Description: Learning progressions are a new way of conceptualizing learning as it occurs across multiple grades and as a consequence of targeted instruction and assessment around a small set of core ideas. These progressions describe the pathways that learners might take in developing successively more sophisticated ways of thinking about key ideas and practices in a discipline. This research project seeks to develop and empirically validate a learning progression for deepening students’ understandings of few foundational ideas in genetics. The proposed progression spans the elementary, middle, and high school grade bands (5th -10th grade). To instantiate this progression through classroom instruction my team and I developed 6-8 weeks long instructional units that were taught in 7th and 8th grades. This work will provide insights about the ways in which learning develops over time and how we can foster such learning through coordinated instruction and assessments that are based on a cognitive model of learning in the domain.
Contact Person: Ravit Golan Duncan
Contact Phone: 732-932-7496 x8355
Contact email: ravit.duncan@gse.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 6-8
Teachers: Teachers 6-8
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM, Research
Location: Local school
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Name of Program: Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center (DDDC)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Graduate School of Applied Psychology (GSAPP)
Website: http://dddc.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: The DDDC serves people on the autism spectrum and their families. The Center includes an Early Intervention Program for babies and toddlers, a school program from preschool through age 21, Outreach services providing a broad array of consultation services to schools and other organizations, and Adult Services Program emphasizing vocational training and recreational activities. We use the principles of ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) to meet the needs of individuals at different stages in their lives. We work collaboratively with the families and children, adolescents, and adults we serve , and with the school districts and agencies that fund their treatment. As a university-based program, our commitment includes the education and dissemination of knowledge through research, training, and consultative services.
Contact Person: Nadine Byczkowski
Contact Phone: 732-932-4500 ext. 134
Contact email: nadineb@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Children P-16, parents
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: Varies
Type of Program: Research, Health and Child Development, Information and advice, Professional development
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Civic Mission of Schools
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/CIVIC/overview.shtml
Program Description: a statewide advocacy effort to expand public awareness of the civic mission of schools—to create citizens—and to provide support for this mission.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Research, Social Science, Professional Development
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Conflict Resolution and United States History
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/CONFLICT/overview.shtml
Program Description: a program of professional development for high school teachers and a partnership between university faculty and middle and high schools which was supported for a decade by the Ford Foundation and has resulted in the publication of a two-volume teacher’s guides with DVD and CD.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 5-12
Teachers: Teachers 5-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, research, professional development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: Law, Literature and Society
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/LAWLIT/overview.shtml
Program Description: a program that was supported by the NJ State Bar Foundation to help NJ teachers in grades K-12 develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of laws, literature and societal values. Workshops and institutes were offered and resulted in the development of integrated language arts and social studies lessons for grades K-12
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, reading and writing, law, professioal development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: New Jersey Constitution, Courts and Governance
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/NJCONSTITUTION/overview.shtml
Program Description: a program that was supported by the NJ State Bar Foundation to help NJ teachers in grades 4-12 develop a comprehensive understanding of the history and functioning of the New Jersey Constitution, the judicial system and state and local government and has resulted in the development of online lessons for grades 3-12.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, law
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: Prejudice Reduction
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: not specified
Program Description: program for K-12 teachers that was supported by the Fund for New Jersey and has resulted in the development of lessons for teachers.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, law, professioal development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: Project Citizen
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/PROJECT_CITIZEN/overview.shtml
Program Description: a process-based program aimed at developing informed, engaged citizens. It is supported by an annual congressional appropriation and the NJ Center for Civic and Law-related Education receives annual funding from the Center for Civic Education to coordinate the program in New Jersey. This includes professional development for teachers and an annual Project Citizen Showcase for middle and high school students held on Busch Campus at Rutgers.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, law, professioal development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: Street Law
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: program of practical law for high school students, which was developed by Street Law, Inc. in Washington, D.C. The NJ Center for Civic and Law-Related Education provides in-service workshops for this and other programs at the requests of the schools, as well as connections with corporate counsel offices in New Jersey.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-12
Teachers: Teachers 9-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, law
Location: Rutgers NB, local school, online
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Name of Program: We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Website: http://civiced.rutgers.edu/WTP/overview.shtml
Program Description: the largest civic education program in the country. It focuses on the underlying principles and values, history and current relevance of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Started in 1987 with continuing annual funding from Congress and materials developed by the Center for Civic Education in Calabasa, CA, the NJ Center for Civic and Law-Related Education coordinates the program for New Jersey, including annual workshops and summer institutes for teachers as well as annual statewide competitions for middle and high school students.
Contact Person: Arlene Gardner, Esq., Executive Director
Contact Phone: 732-445-3413
Contact email: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu, civiced@njclre.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, law, professioal development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: Citizen Science
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Program in Science Learning
Website: http://sciencelearning.rutgers.edu/citizenscience.htm
Program Description: For general citizens interested in doing scientific research and data collection
Contact Person: Rebecca Jordan
Contact Phone: 732-932-9164
Contact email: Jordan@aesop.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: General public
Teachers: Teachers P-16
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Research
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
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Name of Program: Invasive plant monitoring project
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Program in Science Learning
Website: http://trails.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Data collection and invasive plant identification
Contact Person: Rebecca Jordan
Contact Phone: 732-932-9164
Contact email: Jordan@aesop.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: General Public
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Research, Professional development
Location: Rutgers NB, community facility, online
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Name of Program: Certificate program in Professional Youth Work Outreach
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Program in Science Learning
Website: http://sciencelearning.rutgers.edu/youthwork.htm
Program Description: The certificate program is designed to promote the study of challenges facing society in the areas of agriculture and food systems;
Contact Person: Terrance Reagan
Contact Phone: 732-932-9164
Contact email: Reagan@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Rutgers students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Academic year
Type of Program: STEM
Location: Rutgers, NB
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Name of Program: Science learning Teacher Professional Development (Grade K-12)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Program in Science Learning
Website: http://sciencelearning.rutgers.edu/outreach.php
Program Description: Professional development opportunities for teachers in grades K through 12
Contact Person: Terrance Reagan
Contact Phone: 732-932-9164
Contact email: Reagan@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Summer Institute in Science Learning
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Program in Science Learning
Website: http://sciencelearning.rutgers.edu/outreach.php
Program Description: A summer institute that brings together university scientist and area elementary, middle, and high school teachers around a central focus (e.g., Food systems or Ecosystems)
Contact Person: Terrance Reagan
Contact Phone: 732-932-9164
Contact email: Reagan@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Teachers as Scholars
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Program in Science Learning
Website: http://sciencelearning.rutgers.edu/outreach.php
Program Description: Area teachers talk with and work with scientists from the university
Contact Person: Rebecca Jordan or Terrence Reagan
Contact Phone: 732-932-9164
Contact email: Jordan@aesop.rutgers.edu, Reagan@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers K-12
Time: not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Research mentoring
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Rutgers in the Community
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Student Involvement
Website: http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~ritc/
Program Description: To provide underprivileged children in New Brunswick area schools, particularly elementary school student’s grades kindergarten to fifth grade, with a program of apprenticeship to complement classroom learning. The program will mentor students in the after school hours five days a week. Apprenticeships will be offered by Rutgers students and are aimed at providing children with fun activities such as ballroom dancing, pop-art, basketball skills, etc, while incorporating valuable skills such as public speaking and leadership. Rutgers in the Community is a semester long program that will culminate in an end of the semester talent show, where the young children will be able to showcase their newly learned skills.
Contact Person: Sean Lo
Contact Phone: 908-596-0936
Contact email: seanlo@eden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-5, Rutgers student mentors
Teachers: Not involved
Time: After school
Type of Program: Mentoring
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Name of Program: Physics Union Mathematics
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Graduate School of Education, Department of Learning and Teaching
Website: http://pum.rutgers.edu
Program Description: The program helps teachers learn to use new inquiry based curriculum Physics union Mathematics. The program provides a learning continuum and seamless instruction (including assessment) between middle and high school physics. It also provides the real-world context for all students to learn, connect, and apply the mathematics of algebra, geometry, and, in some cases, calculus and an opportunity for teachers to change their practice.
Contact Person: Eugenia Etkina
Contact Phone: 732 932 74 96 ext 8339
Contact email: Eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 6-12
Time: After school, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Research, professional development
Location: Rutgers NB
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
Name of Program: Rutgers Astrophysics Institute
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Graduate School of Education, Department of Learning and Teaching; Department of Physics and Astronomy
Website: http://xray.rutgers.edu/asi/
Program Description: The Rutgers Astrophysics Institute is a year-long program conducted at Rutgers University by a team consisting of university faculty (professors Terry Matilsky and Eugenia Etkina in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Graduate School of Education), high school teachers (Dr. Michael Lawrence, James Flakker, Erin Sienbenmann and James Coleman), and technical assistants. There are three types of participants: high school students (16 to 25 per year, two to five students from the same school), their physics teachers (five to eight per year), and pre-service teachers (five to eight per year). The program is divided into two parts: 1) a four week summer component (Astrophysics Summer Institute) and 2) an academic year follow-up. In the summer, all participants learn how to conduct research in X-ray astrophysics. During the following year, teams of high school students and their teachers actually conduct independent research in the schools (and at home), and meet once a month with each other and with university faculty to discuss their findings (pre-service teachers participate as observers).
Contact Person: Terry Matilsky
Contact Phone: 732 445 5500 ext 3876
Contact email: matilsky@physics.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-12, teachers
Teachers: Teachers 9-12
Time: Academic year, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Research professional development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
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Name of Program: US History Saturday Academy Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
Website: http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Funded by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the Saturday Academy is a tuition-free program offering students grades 9-12 a variety of topic-based courses in American history. The academy runs for 12 Saturday sessions during the academic year.
Contact Person: Marisa Pierson/Laura Troiano
Contact Phone: 973-353-3896/973-353-3905
Contact email: mpierson@newark.rutgers.edu/ ltroiano@rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Weekends
Type of Program: Social Science
Location: Rutgers Newark
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Name of Program: Teaching American history
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
Website: http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Through the US Dept. of Education's "Teaching American History" grant awarded to the Newark Public Schools, Rutgers-Newark provides a professional development program offering classes to 75 Newark public school teachers during the academic year on the Newark campus over a 3-year period, taught by Rutgers faculty.
Contact Person: Marisa Pierson/Laura Troiano
Contact Phone: 973-353-3896/973-353-3905
Contact email: mpierson@newark.rutgers.edu/ ltroiano@rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 9-12
Time: During school day
Type of Program: Social Science, Professional development
Location: Rutgers Newark
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Name of Program: Rutgers-Camden School Leaders Academy
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers-Camden Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Website: http://cfsucl.camden.rutgers.edu/Programs/School_Academy.html
Program Description: The CSUCL’s School Leaders Academy (SLA) is a collaborative effort between the CSUCL and the Camden Board of Education to cultivate and strengthen school leadership in Camden. The curriculum for this program focuses on providing seating principals and assistant principals with the tools and environment to reflect on their practices, rethink their approaches and transform their role as a school leader. The program provides them with a number of tools, such as feedback, case studies, simulations that allow them to engage in hands-on activities and real school scenarios. They also have the opportunity to engage in reflection and journaling, as well as working on school based projects. Topics covered in the program include: Interpersonal Effectiveness/Team Development Strategies; Data Driven Instruction and Continuous Improvement; Organizational Effectiveness/Entrepreneurial Leadership; Strategies for School Effectiveness; and, Strategies for Personal/Professional Growth. The program is available to other school districts and can be customized to meet specific leadership and capacity building needs.
Contact Person: Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago or Randy R. Miller, Program Associate
Contact Phone: 856-225-6348 (Bonilla-Santiago) or 856-225-2922 (Miller)
Contact email: gloriab@camden.rutgers.edu or rrmiller@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: School administrators
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Professional development
Location: Rutgers Camden
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Name of Program: Rutgers LEAP Pre College Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers-Camden Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Website: http://cfsucl.camden.rutgers.edu/Centers/Pre_College.html
Program Description: The Pre-College Office is one of Rutgers/LEAP Centers of Excellence operating at the LEAP Academy University Charter School. The main focus is on providing comprehensive college awareness and readiness programs and services to students from K-12. 780 students receive services every year. The Office delivers several specialized activities in order to maintain its goal of raising the number of students in Camden who successfully pursue a college education. Overall, the Pre-college staff is charged with offering a number of interventions for all students that are integrated in the core instructional and student support program of the school in the areas of academic support, social/emotional development and college readiness.
• Academic Programming, including summer courses, academic placement (AP) and dual degree options with local colleges
• Academic Advisement and Mentoring/Tutoring-Volunteering Services
• College Awareness and Experiential Learning through internships, shadowing and mentoring
• College Workshops (Applications, Essays, Financial Aid)
• SAT Registration / PSAT Administration
• SAT Preparation courses
• Community Service and Cultural Opportunities
• Career preparation (Internships, Résumé building)
• Parent and Staff Support Systems (parent workshops, professional development for project staff)
Contact Person: Wanda Garcia, Associate Director or Adam Greenman, Senior Program Administrator
Contact Phone: Wanda Garcia, Associate Director or Adam Greenman, Senior Program Administrator
Contact email: wandag@camden.rutgers.edu or agreenma@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: Tutoring and mentoring
Location: Rutgers Camden
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Name of Program: Developing Safe and Civil Schools (DSACS)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Applied Psychology
Website: http://www.teachsecd.com
Program Description: Developing Safe and Civil Schools (DSACS)is designed to build local educational resources for improving Social-Emotional and Character Development(SECD)in participating schools by improving the effective coordination of SECD.
Contact Person: Dr. Maurice Elias
Contact Phone: 732-445-7778
Contact email: admin@teachSECD.com
Populations involved: Students P-12
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day
Type of Program: Child development, Professional development
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
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Name of Program: Rutgers University Senior Citizen Audit Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Office of Community Affairs, Department of University Relations
Website: http://ur.rutgers.edu/community/senior.shtml
Program Description: This special program was created by the Rutgers University Board of Governors to permit retired New Jersey residents, age 62 or older, to attend courses on a space-available, noncredit basis. There are no tuition costs for auditing courses.
Contact Person: Kay Schechter
Contact Phone: 732-932-7823 ext. 682
Contact email: kays@ur.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Senior Citizens
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Academic year
Type of Program: Academic subjects
Location: All 3 Rutgers campuses
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Name of Program: PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES CLINIC
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: GSAPP
Website: http://PSYCHOLOGICALSERVICES.RUTGERS.EDU
Program Description: The Psychological Clinic at Rutgers University delivers psychotherapeutic, educational, and career services, provided by advanced doctoral students under the supervision of faculty and clinical supervisors.
Contact Person: DONALD MORGAN, PSY.D., CLINIC DIRECTOR
Contact Phone: 732 445 6111 EXT. 22
Contact email: DMORGAN@RUTGERS.EDU
Populations involved: General public
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Any
Type of Program: Health (psychological)
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Project: Natural Setting Therapeutic Management (NSTM)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: GSAPP
Website: http://nstm.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: NSTM is a behavioral consultation and training program designed for families and staff who live with and serve people with developmental disabilities and challenging behaviors. The primary objective of the Project is to teach care providers methods to construct and maintain a behaviorally therapeutic environment at home.
Contact Person: Dr. Russell Kormann
Contact Phone: 732-445-3825
Contact email: kormann@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Direct care staff for persons with developmental disabilities, families
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Flexible
Type of Program: Information, Professional development, mentoring
Location: Rutgers NB, homes
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Name of Program: The Academy at Rutgers for Girls in Engineering & Technology
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: School of Engineering, Office of Student Development
Website: http://www.osd.rutgers.edu/target
Program Description: TARGET (The Academy at Rutgers for Girls in Engineering and Technology) is a summer program designed to increase awareness in middle school and high school girls about the career opportunities available in engineering. Through a series of hands-on activities, team challenges, speakers, and mentorships, TARGET aims to familiarize girls with different engineering disciplines and negate negative stereotypes concerning their ability to do well in math and science. Workshop topics span the engineering spectrum from lip balm manufacturing to roller coaster building!
Contact Person: Evelyn Hanna Laffey, Ed.D.
Contact Phone: 732-445-2687
Contact email: ehlaffey@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 6-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Weekends, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Information and advice
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: D’ARTS-Distance Learning in the Arts
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA)
Website: http://rutgerscamdenarts.org
Program Description: D’ARTS delivers live, interactive classes directly to K-12 schools through videoconference technology. Like RCCA’s established on-site programs, D’ARTS combines dynamic, responsive teaching with high quality content conveyed in a cross-curricular context. Classes are offered in two general categories: Visual Arts in Diverse Curricular Contexts and Sources for Drama. Programs include: How Much is A Million?-Number Sense and Relative Size; Mathematical Visions-Primary Level; Patterns Matter: Symmetry, Patterns, & Tessellation; Mathematical Visions-Secondary Level; Points of Perspective; Bridge Building 101: The Benjamin Franklin Bridge; Storytelling in Words & Pictures; Visual Language: Language Arts through Visual Art; Storytelling in Words & Movement; Foley Art: The Art, Drama, and Science of Sound; Greek Theatre; Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Dramatic Fire in a Puritan World; and Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. This program assists educators in meeting New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards 1.1 - 1.5 and the National Arts Education Content Standards #1 through #6 for the Visual Arts. Standards in other curricular areas are also covered, as determined by the content of each program selected.
Contact Person: Lynda Hitchman
Contact Phone: 856-225-6202
Contact email: ljhitch@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM, Visual Arts, drama
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Rutgers Science Explorer
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Math and Science Learning Center
Website: http://sciencebus.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: Bring innovative hands-on science explorations to your New Jersey school with a visit from the Rutgers Science Explorer—a state-of-the-art mobile laboratory contained within a 40-foot custom-designed bus. The Rutgers Science Explorer is staffed by Rutgers scientists, who will lead your students in experiments exploring the excitement of the life, earth, and physical sciences.
Contact Person: Aly Busse
Contact Phone: 732.445.3442
Contact email: alybusse@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 6-8
Teachers: Teachers 6-8
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM
Location: Local schools
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Name of Program: Be. Rutgers Chapter
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Student Life
Website: http://www.be4action.org
Program Description: Seeks active participation and the engagement of college community volunteer service that is focused on at risk children in the grades sixth (6th) through ninth (9th). These critical age groups need focused volunteerism from collegiate students that are willing to give back at such a critical development age. Historically, The Plan be. Group provides community events that focus on engagement, participation, and student involvement. Through the involvement of college students, along with parental oversight, each student will demonstrate community awareness. The Plan be. Group will provide professional insight through community leaders, experts, and business professionals, directly to student populations (6th through 9th grades) to show each participant the choices that are available through a series of workshops and events that encourage the development of good critical thought practice habits. Thought habits are an individual choice that each student must personally embrace. The Plan be. Group demonstrates the outline of good thought habits and then encourages the fundamentals behind the action of the students’ choice. Behind the purpose of The Plan be. Group is the strong commitment to educate children through formal and informal educational means. There will be four areas that Rutgers be. Chapter will focus on within the community environment. They are active participation, student feedback, college student volunteerism, and organized preparation. Each Rutgers be. Chapter member will provide assistance with and focus on these areas for preparing community students.
Contact Person: Chanelle Clark or Cristal Maxine Martinez
Contact Phone: 732-932-6978
Contact email: chanelle.clark@be4action.org or osi@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 6-8; College student mentors
Teachers: Not involved
Time: After school
Type of Program: Mentoring, volunteer work
Location: Rutgers NB, Community facility, Central Jersey
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Name of Program: RU Big Buddy
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Student Life
Website: http://rubigbuddy.org/
Program Description: To provide social, moral and academic guidance to those children who want our help through at least a consecutive two semester (one academic year) commitment by Rutgers University students who spend three hours per week with their designated “Little Buddy” at the Lincoln Elementary School in New Brunswick. The goal is for is a mutual bonding between the college students and their "Little Buddies" in order to condition both the elder and the younger to become more well-rounded people.
Contact Person: Student Life
Contact Phone: 732-932-6978
Contact email: etan@eden.rutgers.edu or osi@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 1-6; Rutgers mentors
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: Mentoring, volunteer work
Location: Local School, Central Jersey
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Name of Program: Pilot Me Mentoring/Mentoring/Tutoring-Volunteering Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Student Life
Website: http://www.getinvolved.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Pilot Me Mentoring/Mentoring/Tutoring-Volunteering Program is a community service oriented organization that actively enriches the youth of the surrounding community of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. What makes Pilot Me unique is that it allows for personal one on one interaction between a college student and a child for two hours each week. Pilot Me Mentoring/Mentoring/Tutoring-Volunteering Program (Pilot Me) utilizes undergraduate students as volunteers and trains each undergraduate to mentor the same child throughout the entire duration of the program during the semester.
Contact Person: Student Life
Contact Phone: 732-932-6978
Contact email: osi@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: New Brunswick area youngsters; Rutgers student mentors
Teachers: Not involved
Time: After school
Type of Program: Mentoring, tutoring volunteer work
Location: Community facility, Central Jersey
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Name of Program: Passaic County 4-H Youth Development Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Website: http://www.nj4h.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: The Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development program uses a learn-by-doing approach to enable youth to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they need to become competent, caring, and contributing citizens of the world. This mission is accomplished by using the knowledge and resources of the land-grant university system, along with the involvement of caring adults.
Contact Person: DuBois, Jennae
Contact Phone: 973-684-4786
Contact email: jdubois@rce.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Mentoring
Location: North Jersey
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Name of Program: Ethics in Science
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: SEBS
Website: none
Program Description: The projects to follow were each created by teams of 2-6 Rutgers University students enrolled in the Jr/Sr Colloquium classes "Ethics in Science" and "Issues in Animals and Agriculture" under the direction of Dr. Julie Fagan, Associate Professor in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University. The ultimate goal (within the group and with the professor's input) is to actually take action on a particular area of concern: i.e., to do something to make a difference in society. Each student was instructed to individually author and submit an editorial to a newspaper. To make a difference in society, the small group was instructed to come up with some strategy – either some type of community service or writing up a legislative bill prototype that would change the way things are presently done. Getting a legislative bill passed as law sometimes takes years and may never come to fruition. Preliminary legislative bills with informational power points along with the cover letter were sent to legislators that had shown an interest in the topic. Knowledge of current laws (federal, state, county or municipality), the background/history of the topic, in depth facts regarding the topics were acquired (and presented in most cases as a power point). Then, most importantly, was the creation of a solution to the issue. We have written and sent many preliminary bills to legislators regarding scientific, health and environmental issues and well as animal and agricultural research problems. We have also developed programs and have gone out into the community to disseminate information. Examples of such projects are found at: http://animalsandagriculture.rutgers.edu, http://ethicsinscience.rutgers.edu, http://goingreen.rutgers.edu. There is much to be done out in the real world. So, just don't sit back and let life happen. YOU can help change the world. Open your mouth and mind and take action!
Contact Person: Dr. Julie Fagan
Contact Phone: 732-932-8354
Contact email: fagan@aesop.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Rutgers students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Academic year
Type of Program: STEM
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: SPARC (Science Preparation Alliance of Rutgers and Camden)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Psychology
Website: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/~sparc/
Program Description: SPARC is a science education initiative that emphasizes the biological, brain, behavioral and cognitive sciences in programs designed for teachers and students in pre-college settings. Currently, SPARC is promoting science fair participation among students in grades 6-12, encouraging them to participate in inquiry-based activities that lead to science fair projects. SPARC achieves this goal by training teachers to help students create projects that focus on addiction and drug use.
Contact Person: Sonia Krutzke (PI: Dr. J. W. "Bill" Whitlow)
Contact Phone: (856) 225-6544
Contact email: sparc@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 6-12; Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 6-12
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM; Professional development
Location: Rutgers Camden
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\Name of Program: From Our Farms
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Cooperative Extension/Family & Community Health Sciences
Website: http://gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/fromourfarms.html
Program Description: From Our Farms is a fun-filled project that teaches children and their families about the importance of good nutrition, the value of local agriculture and the role farms play in enriching our communities and the environment. The activities in From Our Farms are designed to be fun! (They're also educational.) They use exploration and adventure to teach children about food, nutrition and the farm. Activities highlight hands-on learning and family literacy projects to reach children. From Our Farms activities also help prepare children for school by emphasizing math, reading, writing and cognitive development. Any way you look at it, From Our Farms is a great way for families, classrooms and groups to spend time together, learn together and explore together.
Contact Person: Luanne Hughes, MS, RD: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County
Contact Phone: 856-307-6450, x2
Contact email: hughes@njaes.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students, teachers, families
Teachers: All teachers
Time: School day, after school
Type of Program: STEM, Health, Workshops
Location: Local schools, Community facilities, South Jersey
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Name of Program: Newark Schools Research Collaborative
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Chancellor's Office-Newark
Website: not available yet
Program Description: NSRC is a collaboration between Rutgers-Newark and the Newark Public Schools, whose purpose if to establish a large-scale data warehouse on the Newark Public Schools and all charter schools in Newark, and to make available these data to researchers examining educational issues affecting Newark; and to provide independent, objective, rigorous and high-quality research on the NPS and public charter schools in Newark that will be used to assess and improve the academic attainment and achievement of all children in Newark, improve all schools in Newark, and assist the NPS and charter schools to successfully implement their strategic plans;
Contact Person: Alan R. Sadovnik, Paul L. Tractenberg
Contact Phone: 973-353-3532 (Sadovnik), 973-353-5433 (Tractenberg)
Contact email: sadovnik@andromeda.rutgers.edu, tractnbg@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Educational researchers
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Any
Type of Program: Research
Location: Rutgers Newark
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Name of Program: Rutgers Young Scholars program in Discrete Mathematics
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers SAS Department of Mathematics and CMSCE
Website: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/ysp/
Program Description: The Rutgers Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics is a summer program for mathematically talented high school students. It provides a mathematically rich environment to high school students interested in mathematics, and is designed to encourage them to consider careers in the mathematical sciences. Selected students participate in an intensive four-week residential academic program that provides a challenging introduction to discrete mathematics -- a new and growing area of the mathematical sciences with many applications on the cutting edge of modern research.
Contact Person: Debby Toti
Contact Phone: 732-445-2825
Contact email: toti@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM, residential
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Rutgers Institute for High School Teachers sponsored by the Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University at New Brunswick
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Historical Analysis, Rutgers University at New Brunswick
Website: http://rcha.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Day-long workshops focusing on key themes and trends in research and teaching in history and related disciplines to assist middle and secondary school teachers in preparing their courses and incorporating recent research and debates in fields ranging from US and African history to world literature and global history.
Contact Person: Lynn Shanko, Associate Director
Contact Phone: 732-932-8701
Contact email: rcha@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 6-12
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Social Science, Workshops, Professional development
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Electronic New Jersey
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Rutgers Library, Department of History, Graduate School of Education, and school districts of Hunterdon Central, Spotswood, East Brunswick, Bridgewater-Raritan, North Hunterdon, North Brunswick, Flemington, Readington, and Freehold
Website: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/
Program Description: Electronic New Jersey Project provides primary source learning materials and related instructional activities to increase student and faculty understanding of New Jersey's role in U. S. history
Contact Person: Dr. William R. Fernekes
Contact Phone:
Contact email: wferneke@hcrhs.k12.nj.us
Populations involved: Students 6-12
Teachers: Teachers 6-12
Time: Any time
Type of Program: Social science, STEM
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Chemistry Connections
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Chemistry & Chemical biology
Website: not specified
Program Description: Hands-on chemistry experiments are presented to local middles schools, 5th through 8th grade. Currently one entire grade in one school per semester. American Chemical Society sponsors these events through grant awards. The program is conceived and organized and presented by the Rutgers Chemistry Society.
Contact Person: John Taylor (Faculty Advisor)
Contact Phone: 732-445-0514
Contact email: taylor@rutchem.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 5-8
Teachers: Teachers 5-8
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM
Location: Rutgers NB, Local school, Central Jersey
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Name of Program: Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF funded)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Department of Biology, Camden
Website: No web site, but information on http://marine.rutgers.edu/pinelands/
Program Description: Undergraduate interns work in the NJ Pinelands most summers. A limited number of 10 week undergraduate internships are offered in the summer months. Some students engage in projects with a Pineland Station mentor for college credit at Rutgers or at their home institution; and others come just for research experience.
Contact Person: John Dighton
Contact Phone: 609-894-8849
Contact email: dighton@camden.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Rutgers students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM
Location: Rutgers Camden, Community facility, South Jersey
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Name of Program: The Fast ForWord® Program
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program:
Website: http://www.scientificlearning.com
Program Description: The Fast ForWord program consists of a series of computer-delivered brain exercises to help educators improve academic achievement with a variety of student populations, meeting the individual needs and challenges of At-Risk, English Language Learners, and Special Education students. We work with schools and students across the country just like yours. From schools in urban environments to schools in rural towns. And with students who are at-risk for academic failure due to poor reading skills, the English language learner, students with special needs, and those students who have simply just fallen behind. We will work with your teachers, administrators, and the instructional solutions you already have in place to help your at-risk students acquire the very foundational skills they need for reading proficiency. Our professional staff can help your school get started with the Scientific Learning family of products.
Contact Person:
Contact Phone: 888-358-0212
Contact email: info@scilearn.com
Populations involved: Students who are at risk, English Language Learners, Special Education
Teachers: Teachers of English Language Learners, At risk, or Special edcuation students
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Reading and writing
Location: Online, local schools
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Name of Program: Cognitive Science goes to school. Preschool Pathways to Science - a research project; not a training program; other research on early math competence; difficulty learning rational numbers. All of this is done in the name of research. Nevertheless, severa
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: RuCCS
Website: No website for activities that are relevant to education.
Program Description: All education efforts are based on Cognitive Science research as to what learners know something already as opposed to push-down curricula. The emphasis is on domain-specific knowledge and the "applications" use the idea that domains have interrelated concepts, that the language of science and math gets its meaning from the domain, and that tools of observation, reporting, and discovery serve the domains in questions. There are some general methods that apply to science: one keeps a rolling record - notebooks: work must be dated; evidence comes use of the experimental method, which embeds prediction and checking; scientists report their work.
Contact Person: Professor Rochel Gelman, Co-Director of Cognitive Science and Prof of Psych.
Contact Phone: 732 445 6154
Contact email: rgelman@ruccs.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-5, Rutgers ztudent researchers
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Research
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools
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Name of Program: Online Career Planning
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Career Services
Website: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/highschool.shtml
Program Description: Career Services offers a Rutgers Online Career Planning Site for both high school students and college students and beyond. They are interactive sites enabling users to identify their interests, skills, and values and how they relate to college majors and potential careers. You can take a closer look below: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/highschool.shtml; http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/parents2.shtml. In addition, here are the links for the online sites: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/PCCPmain.shtml - high school; http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/OCAmain.shtml – college. If you have any follow-up questions or need additional information, please contact the site developer and our website project manager, Barbara Melamed, at bmelamed@echo.rutgers.edu.
Contact Person: Barbara Melamed
Contact Phone: 732-932-7285, ext. 14
Contact email: bmelamed@echo.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-16
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Any
Type of Program: Mentoring, Information and advice
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Rutgers University EcoComplex
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: SEBS/NJAES
Website: http://ecocomplex.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Research and Technology Expertise in Renewable Energy, Solid Waste Management, Water Resource Management, Controlled Environment Agriculture, Stormwater Management and Business Development. The EcoComplex is dedicated to educating the environmental leaders of today and tomorrow. Programs focus on the complexities of the environment and how environmental technologies can work to remediate and maintain our precious habitats for future generations. The facilities also include a conference center with a 180 seat auditorium, classrooms, and conference rooms, all with distance-learning capabilities. K-12 Educational Tours and Programs are given on a limited basis and there is a small fee charged for schools.
Contact Person: Lorraine Magee
Contact Phone: 609-499-3600 x221
Contact email: Lmagee@aesop.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: General public, K-12 students
Teachers: K-12 teachers
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Research, Information and advice
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Department of Library and Information Science
Website: http://cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/
Program Description: The Center for International Scholarship in School Librarianship (CISSL) is the leading international research and scholarly center that examines the dynamics and impacts of teaching and learning in school libraries. CISSL fosters the transformative role of school libraries in 21st century schools, their integral role in the learning fabric of schools, and their role in ongoing school improvement and reform.
Contact Person: Dr. Ross Todd
Contact Phone: 732-932-7500 ext 8223
Contact email: rtodd@scils.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: School librarians
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: Reading, STEM, Research
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Merck-Rutgers Summer Institute in Bioethics
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Philosophy, Rutgers-Newark
Website: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~bioethic
Program Description: The Merck-Rutgers Summer Institute in Bioethics is an 8-day residential program in early July for Newark-area high-school students focusing on issues in bioethics (such as ethical issues in nanoscience and nanotechnology, the theme for this year) and providing critical thinking workshops to develop thinking and writing skills. Participants experience campus life and are exposed to career possibilities in medicine, law, scientific research, public policy, government, economics, teaching, and community leadership.
Contact Person: Dr. Jeff Buechner
Contact Phone: 973-353-5498
Contact email: buechner@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students 9-12
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM, Mentoring, residential
Location: Rutgers Newark
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Name of Program: Nurture thru Nature (NtN)
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy and Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (DAFRE), School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Website: none
Program Description: NtN is designed to increase elementary school students' interest in nature and science, and has the following objectives: (1) Increase students’ knowledge and understanding of the natural world through a curriculum developed and administered by Rutgers University faculty and graduate students. (2) Enable students to apply their language arts and mathematics knowledge while answering questions and experimenting with natural/environmental science issues. (3) Allow students to be active participants in the creation of a neighborhood urbanscape that will include an organic garden, small pond, butterfly garden, and bluebird trail. (4) Increase parental involvement in students’ academic life through family participation in projects focused on healthy eating/nutrition, water/air quality, neighbor ecosystems and pest control.
Contact Person: Radha Jagannathan and Michael J. Camasso
Contact Phone: Radha: 732-932-5475 x668; Michael: 732-932-9155 x217
Contact email: Radha: radha@rci.rutgers.edu; Michael: mcamasso@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students K-5, parents
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Not specified
Type of Program: STEM, Health, Reading
Location: Rutgers NB, Community facilities
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Name of Program: Nutritional Sciences Preschool
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Department of Nutritional Sciences
Website: http://nutrition.rutgers.edu/presch/presch.htm
Program Description: The Nutritional Sciences Preschool is the only preschool in the United States with a special focus on nutrition. It serves approximately 35 local 3- and 4-year-old children on a part-time basis. It is a child development laboratory school, serving as the laboratory for approximately 35 college students per semester. It also serves as a research center on child nutrition.
Contact Person: Harriet S. Worobey, M. A.
Contact Phone: 732 932-8895
Contact email: harrietw@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Pre-K students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: School day
Type of Program: Health and child development, Research
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: 21st Century Learning Initiative
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: CMSCE
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: The CMSCE 21st Century Learning Initiative is designed to help schools keep up with today's changing educational and technology needs. Increase teacher and student academic content knowledge through hands-on workshops, coaching/mentoring sessions, professional learning networks and online collaborations.
Contact Person: Lisa Thumann
Contact Phone: 732-445-3025
Contact email: lisa.thumann@gmail.com
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 3-12
Time: Academic year
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, Workshops
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online
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Name of Program: After School Academies
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: CMSCE
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: CMSCE offers in-district after-school workshops designed to immerse teachers in the tools necessary to incorporate cutting-edge skills into their classrooms. Our specially designed personalized professional development will help teachers in your district be better prepared to work with today's technologies.
Contact Person: Harriet Schweitzer
Contact Phone: 732-445-0669
Contact email: harriets@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: After school
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, workshops
Location: Local schools, statewide
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Name of Program: Google Workshops for Educators
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: CMSCE
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Search, learn, share! Brought to you by the producers of the Google Teacher Academy, a Google Workshop for Educators (GWE) introduces participants to innovative ways Google tools can be used in education. These fast-paced presentations and hands-on activities include experience with advanced search techniques, collaborative web-based applications, and inspirational instructional strategies. Google Certified Teachers share ways they've implemented tools such as Google Docs, Google Earth, Google Sites, and... even more. Participants who complete the event are given access to the Google Workshops for Educators Network (GWEN), an online community focused on supporting educators as they learn more about the power of Google to drive student learning.
Contact Person: Lisa Thumann
Contact Phone: 732-445-3025
Contact email: lisa.thumann@gmail.com
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers 3-12
Time: School day, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, workshop
Location: RU NB, online
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Name of Program: Interactive Whiteboards
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: CMSCE
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: CMSCE offers high quality professional development designed to learn how interactive white boards can help teachers and students in a variety of ways. Our facilitators share with attendees how to facilitate student learning using this exciting technology. From the basics to incorporating mutlimedia into your lessons, teachers leave our IWB workshops inspired.
Contact Person: Harriet Schweitzer
Contact Phone: 732-445-0669
Contact email: harriets@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, workshop
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, statewide
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Name of Program: RiSE (Research in Science and Engineering) at Rutgers/UMDNJ
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Graduate School-New Brunswick
Website: http://rise.rutgers.edu
Program Description: RiSE (Research in Science and Engineering) is a summer research program for college undergraduates which seeks to advance diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math. Students from across the United States and its territories spend the summer actively engaged in cutting-edge research in the laboratories of carefully matched faculty mentors. An outstanding suite of professional development activities, including training in scientific writing and speaking, career guidance, guest speakers, and GRE preparation, complements the research. The summer culminates in a Symposium, which is open to prospective students, their families and teachers, and members of the community. RiSE alumni have an impressive record of award-winning presentations at national research conferences and of placement at prestigious graduate schools. We especially encourage applications from students who are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, from economically disadvantgaed backgrounds or first-generation college families, or attend colleges with limited research opportunities. For additional information and to apply, visit http://rise.rutgers.edu.
Contact Person: Dr. Evelyn S. Erenrich
Contact Phone: 732.932.7275
Contact email: rise@rci.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: College students
Teachers: Not involved
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM, Research, residential
Location: Rutgers NB
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Name of Program: Academy for Collaboration at a Distance (ACAD) Summer Institute
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Spend a week in the summer learning about collaborations, videoconferencing (room-sized and web cams) and distance learning. Teachers will work together to set up distance learning projects that will be carried out during the next school year. Learn how you can bring content experts into your classroom to enhance your lessons and excite your learners.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: Summer
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, workshop
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Name of Program: College Connections
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: CMSCE provides a bridge between Rutgers University faculty and staff and the K12 community for videoconferencing programming. Schools reach out to the Center for assistance in getting content experts into their classrooms. The Center works with the university staff on the technical aspects as well as help creating grade-level appropriate programs.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Students P-12, Rutgers faculty experts
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day, after school
Type of Program: STEM, Information and advice
Location: Online
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Name of Program: Special Events Free Workshops
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: The Center provides free workshops on a variety of topics including Internet Safety, UDL, First in Math, Web 2.0 tools and other cutting edge educational opportunities for teachers and administrators around the state.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM, Special education
Location: Rutgers NB
Name of Program: Peace Corps Connection
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: The Center has formed a partnership with the Peace Corps to provide a 2-year collaboration between New Jersey classrooms and volunteers in the field using desktop videoconferencing and other Web 2.0 tools. Students will have real-time interactions with the volunteers as well as students and community members in the villages, towns and cities they serve. This sustained collaboration is designed to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultures around the world.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Students 3-8
Teachers: Teachers 3-8
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM, Social Science
Location: Online
Location: Rutgers NB
Name of Program: Read Across the Atlantic
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Travel virtually across the Atlantic in this free videoconferencing project connecting New Jersey K-12 classrooms with schools in the United Kingdom to share their love of reading.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Students P-12
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM, Reading
Location: Online
Name of Program: Read Across New Jersey
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: Travel across New Jersey for a virtual collaboration via videoconferencing to share a love of reading. Participating classes will be paired by grade level and type of equipment. This program is open to web cam users as well as room-sized equipment participants.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Students P-12
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day
Type of Program: STEM, Reading
Location: Online
Name of Program: Verizon K20 Videoconferencing Catalog
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu/resources/vc/search/search_verizon_db.php
Program Description: The Center, with support from Verizon, has created and maintained a catalog of over 300 content provider programs for K12 that can be delivered via videoconferencing. The progams are all aligned to New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards and are accessible via room-sized or desktop videoconferencing. Content providers include museums, zoos, and college professors. The Center provides training for teachers and providers throughout the year.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: Any time
Type of Program: STEM, Report
Location: Online
Name of Program: Professional Development Workshops for K12 Educators
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education
Website: http://cmsce.rutgers.edu
Program Description: CMSCE professional development, created by a group of master teachers, provides workshops throughout New Jersey. Workshops are designed to help educators understand and envision ways to integrate technology within their school curriculum. Content focused workshops are hands-on and aligned with the New Jersey Core Curriuclum Content Standards. Topics include interactive whiteboards, technology integration, and learning strategies.
Contact Person: Judy Bornstein
Contact Phone: 732-445-0670
Contact email: jsborn@rci.rutger.edu
Populations involved: Teachers
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: School day, summer
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development, workshops
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, statewide
Name of Program: COSEENOW-Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence Networked Ocean World
Unit or Department Sponsoring Program: Marine Sciences (SEBS)
Website: http://www.coseenow.net
Program Description: COSEE NOW is one of 11 National Science Foundation funded centers focused on excellence in ocean science education and public outreach. The site contains a variety of resources and social networking tools designed to connect scientists and educators in productive partnerships. It includes our Marine Activities Resources & Education (MARE) program for K-8 educators and students.
Contact Person: Janice McDonnell
Contact Phone: 732-932-6555 x521
Contact email: mcdonnel@marine.rutgers.edu
Populations involved: Students P-16
Teachers: Teachers P-12
Time: Any time
Type of Program: STEM, Professional development,workshops, reports
Location: Rutgers NB, local schools, online