About Teach New Jersey
Teach NJ, a division of Teach Coalition, was founded in 2015 to advocate for equitable government funding for New Jersey’s nonpublic schools.
Since the inception of Teach NJ, we have secured an additional $135 million for nonpublic school students in New Jersey. This year, nonpublic schools will be receiving over $135 million in state funding, a 48% increase since Teach NJ began its advocacy efforts. Our activists and staff lobby for state funding for nonpublic schools across a range of areas that include security, nursing, special education services, technology, and most revolutionary, funding for the STEM program, which brings public school teachers who teach STEM subjects in nonpublic schools at no cost to the schools.
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Leadership Circle
- Emanuel and Helen Adler
- Yale and Ann Baron
- Samuel Benzaquen
- Benjamin and Blimi Berger
- Steven and Danielle Bleier
- Yehuda and Roni Blinder
- Benjamin and Tamar
- Blumenthal
- David Braka
- Daniel and Aimee Ciment
- Daniel and Tzipora Cohen
- Eric and Nancy Fremed
- Joseph and Anne Gontownik
- Yonatan Gontownik
- Ari Gross
- Shimmie and Alissa Horn
- Davidi and Natalie Jonas
- David and Michal Kahan
- Yitzi and Terri Karasick
- Avraham and Rebecca Katz
- Bradford and Robin Klatt
- Jonathan and Mindy Kolatch
- Nathan and Shari
- Lindenbaum
- Maury and Elinor Litwack
- Joseph and Meryl Mark
- Joseph and Sophia Mizrahi
- Uri and Tamar Moche
- Samuel and Debbie Moed
- Joshua and Leslie Ostrin
- Shai and Sarit Perry
- Daniel and Leyla Posner
- Sammy and Margie Saka
- David and Margi Saks
- Adam Sasouness
- Jonathan and Lisa Schechter
- Joshua and Aliza Schwalbe
- Rachel Schwartz
- Barry and Joy Sklar
- Alex and Sandy Solomon
- David and Daniella Spier
- Henry and Sherry Stein
- Daniel and Joyce Straus
- Moshael and Zahava Straus
- Steven and Ilan Tennenbaum
Executive Committee
- Sam Moed, Chair
- Yehuda Blinder
- Eric Fremed
- Ralph Hanan
- Nathan Lindenbaum
- Leslie Ostrin
- Barry Sklar
- Daniel Jacob
Member Schools
- Ben Porat Yosef
- Heichal Hatorah
- Hillel Yeshiva
- Ilan High School
- Jewish Education Center
- Kellman Brown Academy
- Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School
- Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy
- Naaleh High School for Girls
- Politz Day School
- Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva
- Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey
- Solomon Schechter Day
School of Bergen County - Tenafly Chabad Academy
- The Frisch School
- The Hebrew Academy
- The IDEA School
- The Moriah School
- Torah Academy of Bergen County
- Yavneh Academy
- YBH of Passaic
- Yeshivat He’Atid
- Yeshivat Netivot Montessori
- Yeshivat Noam
Our Team
COO & Director of Government Affairs, Teach Coalition
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Teach Coalition
Executive Director, Teach NJ
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Teach Coalition
Executive Director, Teach NJ
Associate Director of Government Programs, Teach Coalition
Associate Director of Government Programs, Teach Coalition
Regional Field Director, Teach NJ
Regional Field Director, Teach NJ
Grassroots GOTV and Operations Manager, Teach Coalition
Grassroots GOTV and Operations Manager, Teach Coalition
Regional Field Director, Teach NJ
Regional Field Director, Teach NJ
Maya Joyandeh serves as Regional Field Director, having joined Teach Coalition in July 2021. For the last 10 years, Maya has worked as a Medical Social Worker, providing counseling and services to those suffering from life-limiting illnesses in NY and NJ. Maya has a passion for serving her community, specifically recruiting and assisting new families in the Welcoming Committee, chairing the annual dinner, and serving as the Events and Programming Committee Director at her shul. Maya also kickstarted and moderates the "Neighborhood" groups on Facebook, which assists residents of Bergen County (and nearby communities) in locating household items, food and clothing for free from other families that no longer need it.
Maya received her undergraduate degree from Stern College for Women in 2006, and a Masters in Social Work at NYU. Maya lives in Teaneck with her husband and three children. In her free time, Maya enjoys experimenting in the kitchen and hiking with her family.