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].

In this episode, we welcome Joe Pizzo onto the program.

About Our Guest

Joseph S. Pizzo is a seventh-grade language arts teacher of 42 years at Black River Middle School in Chester Township, NJ (Morris County).  He was recently named the 2016 Educator of the Year for the NJ Association for Middle-Level Education.

Joseph is also a former president of the NJ Council of Teachers of English and their Educator of the Year in 2005.  Recognized as a WMGQ-98.3 FM “Teacher Who Makes Magic” in 2013, Pizzo serves as a member of Scholastic’s National Teacher Advisory Board.

Learn more about Joseph here.

Upcoming NJEA Events

* Monmouth County Happy Hour for early career labor leaders: September 9.

* #teamnorth ABCs of paychecks event: September 16.

* Tough mudder tri-state: October 8th.

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

Upcoming Educational Conferences

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Social Media Minute

Todays Social Media Minute comes from our friends at NJSchoolJobs.com.

Tech Tips

* Introduction to Gmail

* Introduction to Google Calendar

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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,