New Jersey’s Diverse & Learner-Ready Teachers (NJDLRT) Initiative

For this initiative, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has partnered with educator preparation programs, local education agencies, professional associations, county colleges, community-rooted organizations, and teachers to address specific challenges for both diversifying the educator workforce and ensuring all educators are culturally responsive in practice. New Jersey is committed to increasing the ethno-racial diversity of the teacher workforce and ensuring all educators engage in culturally relevant practices.

New Jersey’s Diverse and Learner-Ready Teachers Initiative goals:

By 2025, all New Jersey public school students, will have access to teachers that reflect the race/ethnicity of the student population;
By 2025, all New Jersey public school students will have access to high quality, culturally responsive teachers.

In order to meet the above goals, the NJDLRT committee will examine the following:

- - - - Best practices from Grow Your Own and Teacher Academies;
        
        Opportunities for funding/incentives;
        
        Positive messaging campaign to elevate the perception of the profession;
        
        Greater access to opportunities for recognition;
        
        Culturally responsive practices; and
        
        Assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of culturally responsive trainings and practices for educators.

For questions please contact: Recruitment@doe.nj.gov

Resources

Culturally Responsive Practices: Provided by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards, this is a wide range of resources such as evidence-based literature and tools to assist districts in fostering safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all students.
Culturally Responsive Practice – Digital Promise: Includes the Learner Variability model and culturally responsive resources.

Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Recruitment and Preparation