Education
Over the last four decades, the HRF’s success in supporting the development and implementation of training programs has established itself as a regional leader in promoting awareness and education about the Holocaust. Also, the center host pre-service teacher, educator, and bi-lingual conferences throughout each year.
Shaping our Future
Diversity Council on Global Education and Leadership at Kean University
Supporting the Holocaust Resource Foundation and the Holocaust Resource Center in achieving its goal of global education and engagement is the Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship of Kean University.
Founded in 1990, the Council provides more than 130 member school districts with opportunities that empower educators to create safe, inclusive learning environments for all students by providing Common Core-aligned professional development.
The Council fosters the continued growth of active and compassionate individuals in order to reduce intolerance, harassment/intimidation, and to promote social justice in a democratic society.
The Council hosts annual elementary, middle, and high school conferences, as well as leadership seminars. These professional development sessions explore diversity-related themes including bullying, Holocaust and genocide education, civil rights, and confronting human rights abuses.
Diversity Council Student Leadership Conferences
The Diversity Council of Kean University offers two student leadership conferences during the academic year that engage student discussions on diversity, inclusivity, social justice, being an upstander, and much more. The High School Leadership Conference is held in November and our Elementary/Middle School Leadership Conference is held in March, both of which take place at the main Kean University campus. At each program, students hear from a keynote speaker and can ask questions and consider their personal connections to the keynote theme. In addition, participants work collaboratively with students from different school districts to learn about the experiences of others and how to promote equity, inclusion, and understanding in their school districts and communities.
Holocaust Center of Excellence
The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University is honored to be a Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Holocaust Center of Excellence. Membership in this privileged cohort provides our educators with access and scholarships to participate in the JFR’s world class seminars and institutes. For more information about the JFR, please visit: www.jfr.org
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction
This four-course, 12 credit certificate is designed for teachers and other educators in K-12 schools and responds to New Jersey’s mandate to teach about Holocaust, genocide, and prejudice in New Jersey public schools. All courses are taught at Kean and at local school districts and are also electives in the Kean University Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. Each course provides three (3) graduate credits and forty-five (45) professional development hours from Kean University.
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High School Dual-Credit Course
The Holocaust Resource Center offers the dual-credit program Holocaust, Genocide and Modern Humanity (ID 1800) to New Jersey schools. The dual-credit course provides an opportunity for motivated high school students to earn university credit at a reduced fee and access the HRC’s many resources.
We are proud to host ID 1800 in more than 35 New Jersey schools in the following counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union.
I am thankful that I was able to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with the knowledge that I have attained through this course. Doing so allowed me to piece together words with concrete evidence, resulting in a deeper understanding of events and further compassion for the victims involved in the Holocaust.