Mahwah Teacher Awarded For Outstanding Teaching

MAHWAH, NJ — Mary Beth Rosen, a psychology and history teacher at Mahwah High School for over 19 years, recently received an award from the Monmouth University School of Education for her outstanding teaching and dedication to students, a June 13 news release from the school said.

“Pulling the students into the excitement of the content, whether it is history or psychology, has always been important to me. This allows them to see themselves in the concepts and create personal connections in a way that excites them,” Rosen said in the news release.

In addition to teaching, she is also the junior varsity girls soccer coach, student class advisor, varsity ice hockey announcer, and advisor for her school's Model United Nations club whose members simulate United Nations committees.

She, along with two other teachers from the region, received the Roberts Teaching Award, instituted in 2006 by life trustee William Roberts, at an annual awards dinner on May 25. Each teacher also received $1,500 and a plaque of commendation.

Rosen was nominated by her former student, senior Homeland Security major at Monmouth, Shane Ciongoli.

“Mrs. Rosen helped me decide that Monmouth was a great school for me,” Ciongoli said in the news release. “She understood that I would thrive in smaller classes where I could get to know other students as well the teacher. She helped me become the version of myself that I am today and is--without a doubt--the teacher who had the biggest impact on me as a student and as a person.”