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
Council on Global Education and Citizenship
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.
