Welcome to the Jersey Educator Podcast, a show created by NJEA members … for NJEA members.  Whether you are a teacher, an education support professional, or a New Jersey Student Education Association member, this show will serve as a platform to help YOU bring out the best in your students . . . each and every day in your schools.  The shows are hosted by Jeff Bradbury of TeacherCast.net (@TeacherCast) and Jim Boice, a field representative with NJEA (@boiceinthehood).   For more information, please visit njea.org/podcast and email us at [email protected].

About Our Guest

In this episode, we welcome the Melanie Lemme onto the show.  Mel has been teaching for 10 years and currently teaches a self-contained K-2 language and learning disabilities class.  Mel has her Master’s degree in special education.  Mel is here to share her story about being involuntarily transferred.  She will tell us about how she overcame this unexpected change as well as what she learned from it.

The circumstances surrounding an involuntary transfer can vary, so always reach out to your local association building representative or local association president to discuss the situation and find context, clarity, and perspective.  

Upcoming NJEA Events

* #NorthMovement events (May 3, and May 5)

* 5/02/16 May Twitter Chat

* 5/21/16 PD event: tour and explore at the American Labor Museum

* Learn more on the events page of njea.org/earlycareermembers

Find more events at The Education Calendar Upcoming New Jersey Area Conferences

* 4/30/16 – EDCamp Garden State

* 5/14/16 – Edcamp Philly

* Find more events at The Education Calendar

Social Media Minute

* Use the hashtag #NJED When tweeting and your tweets will be picked up by educators from across the state

Tech Tips

* New TeacherCast Website

* Google Photos is pretty awesome

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Show Hosts

Jeffrey Bradbury, author of Kidblog: An Introduction to Blogging With Your Students, is the creator of TeacherCast.net, TeacherCast University, and Educational Podcasting Today, is an ASCD Emerging Leader, Google Certified Teacher, Google Education Trainer, PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator, speaker, writer, broadcaster, consultant and educational media specialist. He is currently the Coordinator for Technology Integration for the Westwood Regional School District in New Jersey. In 2012, Jeff was recognized as one of top 50 educators using social media at the first ever Bammy Awards and has been nominated three times in the category of Innovator of the Year. Jeff has Keynoted for the Pearson Authentic Learning Conference,