Earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from
Georgian Court University, May 2019

Friday, June 21, 2019
Award Ceremony & Breakfast
9:00AM – 11:30AM
(NJALL Meeting to follow - Noon, all welcome)
 
At the Conference Center at Mercer County Community College
1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, NJ 08550
Directions:
http://conferencecenteratmercer.mccc.edu/contact_direction.shtml
 
To ATTEND:  Please Mail Check for $15.00 per person,
Payable to NJALL and Mail to:
Judy Faherty, Chair, NJALL Scholarship Committee,
P.O Box 584, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0584
Deadline to sign up: June 14, 2019

Parking: Conference Center Parking Lot or West Parking Lot just after Conference Center

To ATTEND:  Please Mail Check for $15.00 per person,
Payable to NJALL and Mail to:
Judy Faherty, Chair, NJALL Scholarship Committee,
P.O Box 584, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0584
Deadline to sign up: June 14, 2019

Please mail the information below along with your $15 payment

I Will ATTEND the NJALL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CEREMONY & Breakfast
on Friday, June 21, 2019
 
Name: ___________________________Program (If any) ______________
 
Address: __________________________________/__________________
 
Phone: _________________Home? ____ Work? ____ Cell? ____________
 
Email: ________________________­­__ Cost $15:   Paid: (Check) ___   (Cash) ___

Adult Educators!

Will your students or graduates win this year?

There’s only one month left for you to encourage your eligible adult students and graduates with the potential to   succeed in college, to apply for the 2019 NJALL Scholarships.

NJALL will award scholarships on June 21, 2019, to two adults who prepared for and earned a high school diploma (GED, TASC, HiSet or Adult HS) at a NJ adult education program and have been accepted to/or are attending an accredited institution of higher education.
 
The Scholarship provides up to $750 per semester for full-time enrollment    (pro-rated for part-time) to a maximum of $1,500 per year, for a total of $6,000 for higher education. A bonus of $500 will be awarded upon completion of the Associate’s Degree and $1,000 at completion of a Bachelor’s Degree.
 
The 2019 Application with detailed information is available at:
NJALL Scholarship Application 2019
 All applications must be mailed, including all required documents, postmarked no later than May 15, 2019. 

Meet Ruth Rivera, 2018 Scholarship winner. In the winter of 2017, Ruth earned her high school diploma. It was a difficult journey to get there, having moved and changed schools several times and finally dropping out. Ultimately, Ruth found the Literacy New Jersey’s HSE (High School Equivalency) program at the Elizabeth Public Library.  The library had always been a comfortable place for her and when she met the HSE teachers she decided to try to get her diploma. This is how she described that time in her life:

“I then met the teachers in the HSE program and they were supportive, positive and convinced me that I could take the test and pass. I’m not sure I believed them at first. But I kept going to class and practicing and I was shown my assessment scores so I found the courage to sign up for the test. I was so nervous! It was challenging because I was working at Wendy’s at the time and I had to find time to study. Also, the library was more than a mile away from my house and I don’t have a car, so getting to class was also challenging. My real motivation was that I wanted to be the first person in my family to earn a high school diploma.”

Download Scholarship Application Here

Be sure to encourage your students/graduates to apply!

BULLETIN!
Dear Adult Educators and
Adult Education Students,
 
The 2019
NJALL Scholarship Application
 Is NOW AVAILABLE for
download HERE
and must be submitted by
 April 30, 2019
 
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Are listed on the first page of the Application.
Don’t miss this opportunity!

The NJALL Conference will once again take place at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ.  The agenda features a plenary presentation about technology in education by Nell Eckersley (Literacy Assistance Center, NYC), 21 different workshops, time for networking and meeting with vendors. The registration fee covers lunch and coffee. We will continue to provide program updates as we get closer to the conference. We hope to see you there. 
 
Registration for this conference is limited to 250 people. We cannot accept any on-site registrations.
Click here to register if you are not being covered by an organization. 
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If you are being covered by an organization, please make sure your name is on a list that accompanies a check or purchase order. NJALL will then take care of completing the registration process. A hard copy of the purchase order with names should be mailed to the NJALL address below and an electronic copy should be mailed to njallmail@gmail.com. If your organization would like to pay for a whole group with a credit card or PayPal, please contact us. 
 
Checks and hard copies of purchase orders must be received by May 1st to guarantee registration. Any cancellations must take place by May 1st to ensure a refund.
 
Please send any questions to njallmail@gmail.com
 
Mailing Address: NJALL, 16 South Avenue West, Suite 252, Cranford, NJ 07016

This webinar will begin with an overview of key developments with regards to immigrants' rights and immigration policy at the local, state (New Jersey) and federal level. Participants will then have a chance to discuss the potential impact of key policies on their students and their programs. The presenter will also review how students, teachers and others can get involved in efforts to expand and protect immigrants' rights

Click here to register.

The deadline for NJALL's 2019 Learner Writing Contest has been extended to February 15, so there is still time to get your entry in! There are five categories: fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, and photography. Several winners will be invited to read their work and receive their awards at the annual NJALL conference on May 10th.
A full description of guidelines can be found here.  
This is a great opportunity for students to get acclaim for the wonderful work that they do.  And, as a further incentive, there are monetary prizes!
1st place: $100
2nd place: $50
3rd place: $25
We are also looking for reviewers, so if you are interested in supporting this contest, please contact njallmail@gmail.com. We are particularly interested in having learners serve on the review committee.
All those submitting work will be notified of the decisions by March 8, 2019.

Save the date for NJALL's 2019 Annual Conference.  On May 10, 2019, adult educators from throughout New Jersey and beyond will gather to share ideas, discuss current issues and honor students and award winners.
 
Once again the conference will be held at the Warner Student Life Center at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft New Jersey.

​We are accepting workshop proposals through January 8, 2019.  While we welcome all proposals that deal with adult education, we are especially interested in the following topics:
  ESOL Teaching Strategies
  Career Pathways
  Numeracy
  Preparing for High School Equivalency tests
  Student Led Projects
  Student Advising and Counseling
​
If you have expertise to share, please fill out the Workshop Proposal Form and send it to njallmail@gmail.com.

All presenters will receive a complimentary registration for the conference.

The New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning (NJALL) is holding its fifth annual adult learner writing contest.  This year we will award cash prizes in five categories - fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry and photography. Several winners will be invited to read their work and receive their awards at the annual NJALL conference on May 10th, 2019.  All of the winners' and selected other submissions will be published in a free magazine that will be available from our website in the summer of 2019.  Winners and their teachers/tutors will receive printed copies of the magazine. 

Please let us know if you are interested in being a reviewer
or if you have any questions.
​njallmail@gmail.com