Verizon New Jersey Sponsors FEA’s Upcoming "Secretaries And School Support Staff Workshop & Recognition Luncheon"
Pictured (l–r): Mark Bocchieri, Director of External Affairs, Verizon NJ, JoAnn D. Bartoletti, Executive Director NJPSA, Jennifer Fritche, Program Manager, Marco Polo
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Monday April 24, 2006 |E–mail this story
Today, NJPSA and FEA held its “Secretaries and School Support Staff Workshop and Recognition luncheon”. Verizon New Jersey sponsored a major portion of the event, which was attended by school administrative support staff throughout New Jersey in recognition of Secretaries Day.
The workshop included presentations covering a wide range of topics including how to identify personality styles and deal with difficult people, the role of technology in schools, school law and crisis situations.
Mark Bocchieri, Director of External Affairs for Verizon New Jersey made a presentation about Access New Jersey, a technological resource which offers schools an advanced telecommunications system for numerous educational efforts. Jennifer Fritche, Program Manager for MarcoPolo made a presentation regarding MarcoPolo, an initiative which provides high quality internet content and professional development to teachers and students.
“We are grateful to Verizon New Jersey for their support in sponsoring a large portion of this special day,” said JoAnn D. Bartoletti, Executive Director of NJPSA. “It was their generosity that enabled us to salute our school secretaries and administrative support staff for their hard work all year round.”
Verizon New Jersey is a leader in providing communications services and has made a significant investment in New Jersey’s educational system. Verizon New Jersey has enabled schools to better communicate and improve how students learn.
Verizon New Jersey was the first in the nation to deliver broadband technology to schools and instituted Access New Jersey. Access New Jersey provides public and non–public K–12 schools and public libraries located within Verizon’s territory, an advanced telecommunications network for virtual classroom learning, shared classrooms, electronic field trips, staff development and training, conferences and school–to–home connections. Access New Jersey represents an investment of more than $150 million by Verizon New Jersey to New Jersey Schools and Public Libraries.
Verizon New Jersey is also working through the Verizon Foundation, with MarcoPolo, a nonprofit consortium of premier national and international education organizations. Through this initiative, Verizon New Jersey is helping to provide high quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States.
MarcoPolo was first launched in 1997 as a collection of standards–based, discipline–specific educational Web sites for K–12 teachers, MarcoPolo features:
- Seven content Web sites with lesson plans, student interactive content, downloadable worksheets, links to panel–reviewed Web sites and additional resources created by the nation’s leading education organizations
- A scalable professional development program that has trained over 215,000 teachers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia by world-class trainers and materials
- A network of state partners dedicated to rolling out MarcoPolo to all teachers and aligning the content to state education standards
- Leading edge diagnostic measurement and technology that enables state–of–the–art tracking and reporting to ensure that teachers’ Internet integration needs are being met across the country
Following the workshop, administrative school support staff was treated to a special luncheon at Forsgate Country Club. Musical entertainment was provided by Swamp Queen Productions.
Verizon’s Commitment To New Jersey’s Educational System:
Verizon NJ is a leader in providing communications services and is a transforming itself into a next–generation wireline and wireless broadband company. For years, Verizon NJ has also been helping transform another key area — education.