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National Recognition for Your School’s Most Promising Practices!
Posted January 8th, 2010 in News, Noteworthy
As part of the National Schools of Character awards program, the Character Education Partnership (CEP) gives annual Promising Practices awards to schools and districts in the United States and elsewhere for implementing unique and specific strategies in character education. Selected schools and districts receive an award certificate at the Promising Practices Awards Ceremony at the CEP National Forum on Character Education. In addition, a description of their winning practices appears in the National Schools of Character annual publication and on CEP’s website.
If your school or district has developed and successfully implemented a unique practice, CEP encourages you to apply for a Promising Practices award. They are not looking for a description of your whole character education program, but rather for a specific practice or aspect of your program that other schools may learn from and even replicate.
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Our First Podcast: Jean Lane Talks about PTL Implementation at Richland School District
Posted January 11th, 2008 in Noteworthy, Strategies, Tips
I got a chance to catch up with Jean via phone a few weeks ago to catch up with her about Richland’s implementation progress. We’ve created a 20 minute podcast of the interview so that you can listen to some of the great tips she gave me, and learn a little bit about how one district is using powerful teaching and learning to transform their culture and make huge improvements.
Check it out here or just hit the play button at the end of this post. (It may take a few moments to download for you – I promise it’s worth the wait!)
Cheers,
Alison
OSPI and UW Release New Report, Provide Insight Into Improving Mathematics Instruction
Posted August 28th, 2007 in News, Noteworthy, Reading and Resources
The University of Washington and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction recently released a new report called, “Teaching Math in Washington’s High Schools:Insights from a Survey of Teachers in High Performing or Improving Schools”.
I haven’t had time to dig into the entire report yet, but I was immediately struck by some of the insights highlighted in the executive summary. Among them:
A strong sense of professional community is reported by teachers as a key factor contributing to their school’s success in working with mathematics students. Most teachers indicate they work together to select content, topics and skills to be taught, as well as to share ideas about how to help underperforming students… The math teachers report finding the most guidance and support for improving their own math instruction from other teachers in their building or from their math department chair or lead teacher.
Save the Date! And New Offerings for Math and Science
Posted June 19th, 2007 in News, Noteworthy
Ready, set, mark your calendars.
We’re hosting a Statewide Powerful Teaching and Learning Science and Math Content Coach Extravaganza on November 7th and 8th. Location is still being finalized but we just couldn’t wait to get the word out. This two-day training session will focus on quality coaching skills and provide a great networking opportunity for science and math content coaches and TOSAs.
Financial Alert: OSPI Announces New Funding
Posted June 13th, 2007 in Funding, News, Noteworthy
It’s true. On June 1st OSPI sent a memo to superintendents and principals regarding new legislative funding for math and science professional development.
Read on for a summary of what we know so far (more information is due out on June 15th):
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