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The Office of Academic and Professional Standards provides local school districts with technical assistance and professional development to ensure that all students receive appropriate standards-based education. In the Curriculum and Instruction Unit, content coordinators provide telephone, electronic, and on-site technical assistance and professional development in areas related to curriculum development and alignment, policy development, student assessment, and research-based practices. For more information on those services, go to the content area pages. The Professional Standards and Development Unit focuses on the Professional Teaching Standards Board, teacher mentoring, and administrator standards. Also, the office is the home to NJPEP, an online professional education port that provides resources and information for teachers, administrators, parents, and students. The Higher Education Quality Initiatives Unit focuses on a number of specialized programs that involve institutions of higher education.

Administrative Staff
Phone: (609) 984-5322
Fax: (609) 292-7276

Linda Morse, Acting Director

Elaine Spalluto, Executive Secretary

Phyllis Garnant, Acting Manager
Core Curriculum Content Standards

Eileen Aviss Spedding, Manager
Professional Standards

Lavinia Kumar, Manager
NJPEP

Content Coordinators

Career Education and Consumer, Family and Life Skills
James McCall, Coordinator
Phone: (609)777-4809 Fax : (609) 292-7276

Comprehensive Health and Physical Education
Jim McCall, Coordinator
Phone: (609)777-4809 Fax: (609)292-7276

Language Arts Literacy
Marcia Ashhurst Whiting, Coordinator
Phone: (609)292-3206 Fax: (609)292-7276

Mathematics
Robert Riehs, Coordinator
Phone: (609)292-5161 Fax: (609)292-7276

Social Studies
John Dougherty, Coordinator
Phone: (609)984-6304 Fax: (609)292-7276

Science
Michael Heinz, Coordinator
Phone: (609)984-7453 Fax: (609)292-7276

Technological Literacy
Phyllis Garnant, Coordinator
Phone: (609)292-6245 Fax : (609) 292-7276

World Languages / International Education
Janis Jensen, Coordinator
Phone: 609-777-4658 Fax : (609) 292-7276

Visual and Performing Arts / Gifted Education
Dale Schmid, Coordinator
Phone: (609)984-6308 Fax: (609)292-7276

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PO Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500
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