The
Center for Effective School Practices (CESP)
supports implementation of up-to-date research-based strategies for
grades
pre-K-12. Faculty members and graduate students are invited to join
CESP to
observe, analyze, research, and/or provide professional development,
coaching,
and technical assistance to improve classroom, school, and district
practices.
Operating at the intersection of education practice and
university-based
research, CESP includes the Academy for Teaching and Learning, Regional
Training Center for Alternate Route Teachers, Charter School Resource
Center, Coalition of Essential Schools-New Jersey, and Public Education
Institute. Under the professional development umbrella, CESP are
national
certified trainers for professional learning communities (critical
friends training), project-based learning, developmental reading
assessment, and smart board technologies. In addition, CESP serves New
Jersey districts with the Center for
Literacy Development, a network created to form a partnership with New
Jersey schools
for the purpose of enhancing and improving literacy for all learners.
CESP
is the Rutgers base of the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, a
collaboration with Pennsylvania State University, ICF International, the Metiri
Group, and ANALYTICA, Inc. For more information, contact Claudia D.
Burzichelli, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Effective School
Practices, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Graduate School of
Education, 80 Cottontail Lane, Suite 410, Somerset, NJ 08873 (phone:
732-564-9100, or email: cdowling@rci.rutgers.edu).
