Recognitions & Testimonials

Happy participants

hope4Education Team Recognitions

We appreciate your energy, enthusiasm and expertise!

  • Sullivan Renaissance Neighborhood Beautification Awardee, Sullivan County, New York

  • Somerset County, NJ Cultural Diversity Award

  • Arts Educators of New Jersey

  • Peter Biondi Education Award

  • National Middle School Association

  • The Morris-Union Jointure Commission

  • New Jersey Education Association's, Frederick Hipp Foundation

  • New Jersey Education Association's, Classroom Close-UP TV show

  • ForAction Teacher Fellowship to support September 11th research and programming, Project Rebirth. In September 2015 our collection was included in an exhibit at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Hope4Education Testimonials

From Teachers

Hope Blecher was a guest speaker at our elementary school and shared great insight and expertise! She was prepared, informative, energetic, and kind. She was able to speak to our young students in a manner that was engaging and easy to understand. Highly recommend working with her! Angela S.

  • Excellent collegiality!

  • Superb preparation and presentation!

  • Excellent examples and varied activities!

  • So happy with the outcome😊 I love when new ideas take hold‼️ K. Poppo, Culinary Arts Educator

  • It was a REALLY great workshop. I got a ton of ideas and you got my juices flowing. Thank you! MV

  • This was an excellent workshop-well planned and fun.

  • Organized and informative-You really have your act together!

  • The workshop really clarified the types of effective practices.


  • Practical to my needs and interests with useful visuals and handouts.

  • It's nice to have a coach who is both knowledgeable and accessible.

  • I can use these strategies with my students beginning tomorrow-that's the best.

  • It was great to have this explained rather than "read this book and do it by tomorrow".

From Administrators

  • WOW!!!! Hope- thank you so much! It was great yesterday!

  • Excellent workshop!

  • You are a great fit to our building.

  • A+-well organized, showed in depth planning and enjoyable.

  • You have made such a positive impact on our school. Thank you!

  • They did a great job imparting their knowledge of effective practices.

  • Meeting with Hope has been very informative and helped us to see where we are going.

  • Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds the audience's attention.

  • Thank you for addressing the standards. It truly tied the staff as a collective unit.

 
 

Coach Hope Song

It's quite a tribute when a song is written about you.

Here is a song written by some teachers after Hope worked with them as a literacy coach.

H.O.P.E. — by The Stony Brook People (Sung to the tune Y.M.C.A. by The Village People)

“Teachers, there’s no need to feel stressed.
We said, teachers, give your worries a rest.
We said, teachers, what’s a little test?
There’s no need to be un–happy.
Teachers, there’s a person we know.
We said, teachers, when you’ve lost your get up and go.
You can reach out, and we’re sure you will find.
Many ways to end the – school - grind.
It’s fun to schmooze with Coach H.O.P.E.
It’s fun to schmooze with Coach H.O.P.E.
She’s got everything to help all our kids,
With that smile, a welcome she bids.
She’s a maven sent from the State,
She can whip up a lesson that’s really first rate.
It’s fun to schmooze with Coach H.O.P.E.
It’s fun to schmooze with Coach H.O.P.E.”