NJ Amistad Commission - Exemplary Award

A Message from the NJ Amistad Commission:

Please see the 2009-2010 Exemplary Award Application for the New Jersey Amistad Commission. To ensure that New Jersey teachers are supported to effectively teach the revised social studies core curriculum content standards via the Amistad curriculum, and to provide funding and programmatic assistance to teachers we offer the Amistad Annual Exemplary Awards. Up to 10 recipients are selected each year to receive the $5000 grant to enhance their programmatic initiatives in the classroom. The New Jersey Amistad Commission will identify and catalog EXEMPLARY PRACTICES in schools across the state that incorporate and infuse African American history into the school's curriculum and lesson delivery. The purpose of this program is to recognize and celebrate the excellence achieved by New Jersey's public schools and to make information available describing designated exemplary practices readily accessible to educators throughout the state.

Exemplary practices are those exemplary and/or innovative strategies that (1) infuse African-American history into the school's curriculum; (2) promote high student achievement; (3) address specific educational needs of students and the Core Curriculum Content Standards; (4) yield documented results meeting set objectives, and (5) can be replicated. Any New Jersey teacher, group of teachers, or school is eligible to participate. The competition is open to public schools serving students in pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The practice must have been in place for a minimum of one year prior to submission. Only one application per applicant may be submitted. Commercially developed practices will not be considered. In addition practices that are solely implemented around black history month will not be considered. There is no limit to the number of teachers within a school or district that may propose a practice for consideration.

The application is due back to the Amistad Commission on April 3, 2009. If you have any questions, please feel free to visit the Amistad Commission website at http://www.nj.gov/state/divisions/amistad/ Thank you and we look forward to receiving your application! The Amistad CommissionTashanna N. WilliamsNew Jersey Department of StateAmistad Commission225 W. State St.P.O. Box 458Trenton, NJ 08625Phone: 609-826-5325 Fax: 609-633-8168