Journey into Education and Teaching
JET
A program for paraprofessionals to earn a Bachelor's degree and teacher licensure in elementary education and moderate disabilities

JET is recruiting and accepting applications 

JET Updates

JET participant Karen Mello featured in the Advocate

 JET graduate Karen Mello has chronicled her experiences as a new teacher in this month's edition of the Advocate, a publication of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Federation of Teachers. Karen's "Diary of a New Teacher" can be found on page 4 of the Advocate February 2011 (pdf).

JET Academic Program Director Jen Riley promoted to full professor at UMass Dartmouth as recently announced by the University's Provost

Congratulations, Jen, from all of us at JET. Jen designed the UMass Dartmouth Liberal Arts undergraduate major, which all JET participants take, and serves as both a course instructor and mentor to her JET students. Jen is currently the Chair of the English Department at UMass Dartmouth.

JET hosts 2009 National Teacher of the Year

 On May 20, 2010, JET hosted keynote speaker Anthony Mullen, the 2009 National Teacher of the year in a special event at Woodland Commons. Mullen shared stories about receiving his award from President Obama at the White House last year, and related his experiences changing careers, from policework to teaching. His messages resonated with the 150+ in the crowd, many of whom were career changing teachers themselves.

See also this blog post written by Shonna McGrail, as well as this article that ran in the New Bedford Standard-Times.

JET's award-winning staff

Dr. Theresa Romanovitch, Dean of the BCC New Bedford campus and JET partner, has received BCC's Alumna of the Year award.

Joanne Gracia, JET Coordinator at BCC, has won BCC's "Sceptre and Scroll" Award, which is awarded to members of the college community who consistently provide exceptional college-wide service and/or leadership.

Jenna Burns, JET assistant at BCC, has been awarded the Silver Shield award, which is awarded to members of the BCC community who have made significant contributions to the college. Jenna also recently earned an MA in Educational Leadership from Bridgewater State College.

JET congratulates Terri, Joanne, and Jenna for their well deserved accolades.

JET makes the news

 The Massachusetts chapter of the American Federation of Teachers has featured the JET program in a front-page article in the Advocate September 2009  (pdf) .

JET has also been featured in the
Fall River Herald-News and the
New Bedford Standard-Times.

JET Professor Jen Riley appointed the Academic Director of Online Education at UMD
In his announcement about Dr. Riley's new appointment, Provost Anthony Garro wrote, "As Academic Director of Online Education, Dr. Riley will provide academic and administrative leadership for the development and support of online courses and degree programs as envisioned in UMass Dartmouth’s Strategic Plan. She will identify and develop new online programs in coordination with colleges, departments, PCE, and UMassOnline, as well as continue research into best practices regarding instructional technologies and online learning for faculty trainings."

More news can be found in the archive

UMass Dartmouth's Journey into Education and Teaching (JET) program is funded by a Transition to Teaching grant from the United States Department of Education and is overseen by Project Director Karen O'Connor.

Contact Pamela Herrup, Program Director, at 774-929-3032 or pherrup@umassd.edu.