About Us

Mission Statement

NJTESOL/NJBE, Inc. is a not-for-profit professional and educational organization whose purposes are:

To actively support the development of bilingual education and the teaching of English as a Second Language;
To strengthen instruction at all levels;
To disseminate educational information as related to professional development;
To provide educational services such as workshops, conferences, and consulting assistance;
To promote scholarship and foster research in first and second language acquisition and bilingual/bicultural studies; and
To cooperate in appropriate ways with other groups having similar interests and concerns.

The list and emails of the Executive Board members can be found here. You can use the e-mail address to contact the individual directly. Alternatively, you may e-mail the webmaster at webmaster@njtesol-njbe.org who will direct your question to the appropriate party.

Membership

Is your membership up-to-date?

Your membership expiration date is included in the e-mail of the Voices newsletter, which is sent to you four times each year. Your renewal date is after your last name.

If you need to renew, go to: https://njtesol-njbe.org and click on “Membership.” You can use the online form and pay with a credit card or PayPal account. If you would prefer to pay by check or school purchase requisition, please print and mail one of the paper forms. By renewing, you will be kept current and continue to receive Voices and any up-to-the-minute news.

E-mail Address:

Please be sure to send us your e-mail address; DO NOT USE a school e-mail; our communications to you will be sent to their SPAM folder. Use your home e-mail. Send your current home e-mail address to mmbr@njtesol-njbe.org

Moving?

Remember to let us know your new address! Contact membership@njtesol-njbe.org or

NJTESOL/NJBE, Inc. /Membership
230 Ashland Avenue
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003

The Hotlist

njtesolbe-hot@lyris.dundee.net

If you are among the more than 900 NJTESOL/NJBE members participating in the Hotlist, you know that the Hotlist is communication, networking, problem-solving, and advice at your fingertips. With just a few clicks to open your e-mail, you can find information about state laws and standards, advice, best practices, material searches, testing questions, and advocacy.

As an organization, we would like to thank those who regularly provide carefully thought-out, researched replies to the many questions that members pose.

Hosted at dundee.net, we have been able to enjoy almost uninterrupted communication for years in spite of increased security by members’ e-mail providers. To ensure that this continues, please do not send attachments or include images in any messages. However, the main cause of blocked messages is due to members reporting them as spam. For this reason, if you decide that you do not want to participate, do not report messages as spam! You can click the unsubscribe link or email tech1@njtesol-njbe.org to be removed from the list.

Please also be careful not to accidentally send a message to your spam folder. If you do, your e-mail will be removed immediately, and it may be blocked. If you think that this has happened, you can contact me to have your address put back on.

Marilyn Pongracz is our webmaster at tech1@njtesol-njbe.org.