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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2007
CONTACT:
Jette Englund
Office of University Relations
908-737-NEWS (6397)
E-mail: jenglund@kean.edu
Kean University Mathematics Teacher Honored by
Department of Education
Janet Parziale of Gillette, N.J., selected as one of 15 recipients
UNION, N.J. – Janet Parziale of Gillette, N.J., is one of only 15 teacher candidates recognized as Department of Education Commissioner's Distinguished Teacher Candidates for 2007. The budding teachers were honored during a ceremony at the Department of Education's Judge Robert L. Carter Building in Trenton, N.J., earlier this month. This event culminated the 22nd year of the program.
Parziale received her post-baccalaureate degree and state certification to teach K-12 mathematics in December 2006 and has accepted a position teaching Algebra I and II at North Hunterdon (N.J.) High School this September. Parziale received much of her training as a student teacher in the Plainfield (N.J.) Professional Development School under the supervision of Matthew Bocchino, a Kean University clinical instructor. Since Parziale had completed her mathematics preparation at Fairleigh Dickinson University, she fulfilled all her education courses at Kean.
Thanks to the rigorous education curriculum and the student teaching Parziale completed at the Professional Development School (PDS), she feels ready to teach. "As an intern at a PDS, one interacts more with the clinical supervisor, in my case Mr. Bocchino. He provided weekly reviews, observations and feedback. That was a great help," Parziale said.
The presidents of all New Jersey colleges and universities with teacher-preparation programs each nominate up to three candidates for consideration. Fifty candidates from 19 college or university programs were considered for the 2007 awards. Since the program's inception, more than 300 have received Distinguished Teacher Candidate Awards.
The University's College of Education nominated Parziale, who said the announcement that she was one of the 15 winners was "completely unexpected."
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