The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life by Parker J. Palmer Get it at AMAZON For nearly forty years, Parker Palmer has worked on behalf of teachers and others who choose vocations for reasons of Read more
The NASJE Board reviewed the feedback given in Chicago and is proposing a new mission and vision statement for your consideration. Please email your comments to Lee Ann Barnhardt by April 10.
The use of technology has become progressively more important to the efficient operations of courts nationwide. In Utah, the administrative office of the courts began seeking ways for the use of technology to increase court efficiency as far back as the early 1990s.
NASJE President Kelly Tait talks about the annual conference, webcasts, NASJE News, and the new Member Only Area.
We are excited to announce the completion of NASJE’s newest curriculum design! The history of this effort began when NASJE undertook, with support from State Justice Institute (SJI), the task of developing a comprehensive set of curriculum designs to advance the profession of judicial branch education based on core competency areas.
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs has just updated the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Guidelines for State Courts and Agencies in Indian Child Custody Proceedings.
This March 18th webcast will assist you with developing, administering, and using the results of your needs assessment. It will also be a great opportunity to share with your peers your challenges and successes with different types of needs assessments.
Even though I had known success in other arenas, I was new to the field of judicial education, so it seemed I could benefit from regular conversations and consultations with someone experienced in a similar job. I agreed to be assigned a mentor, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
The MacArthur Foundation just released its newest criminal justice initiative for jurisdictions to apply for grants to improve justice systems—especially as it relates to jail populations. This is an extremely important initiative as MacArthur plans to invest $75 million over Read more
The National Association for Court Management is pleased to announce the final update of its core competencies – The Core. Through the support of the State Justice Institute (SJI), the Core is now available at nacmcore.org. The Core tag line, Strengthening Court Read more
“What do you want your legacy to be?” I started getting this rather intimidating question during my year as NASJE’s president-elect. It made me feel each time as if someone had just said “You’re It!” in a game of tag … and it made me think.
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), as part of the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, a service of the Children’s Bureau, developed A Guide to Conducting Effective Training Evaluations: Recommendations, Strategies and Tools for Dependency Court Improvement Programs. The Guide assists in identifying training needs, developing training methodologies and evaluation tools, and assessing training outcomes.
For any occupation, a shared language helps define and guide its work. Establishing terms of art provides clarity and precision to members’ conversations and allows for more constructive discussion of the challenges that judicial branch educators face. This crossword puzzle is designed Read more
The NASJE Business meeting was held during lunch on Tuesday, August 5, and President Jill Goski presided over the business meeting and presented Dr. Patricia H. Murrell with the Karen Thorson Award.
The 2014 NASJE Annual Conference is underway. Check here for pictures and updates from the conference. Wednesday, August 6 The 2014 NASJE Annual Conference is wrapping up with a plenary session by Toni Halleen, JD, in which attendees are exploring how Read more
Well, the annual conference of the National Association of State Judicial Educators is upon us. To those of you who will be in Chicago next week for the conference, I want to say that I look forward to seeing you there. Read more
I’ve always been amazed at how much NASJE as a small professional organization accomplishes. However, until I joined the Board, much of the work and contributions were invisible and I didn’t realize what it takes to sustain NASJE and keep it flourishing into the future. My hope is that through a periodic update from the President, the work of the Board and efforts of NASJE members will be more visible. This update provides only a sample of the tremendous contributions over the past few months.
