Washington is Second in New National Board Certified Teachers

Check out this article from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) about Washington State placing second in the country for National Board Certified Teachers!  Great job Washington!


http://www.k12.wa.us/Communications/PressReleases2010/WashSecondNewNBCT.aspx

Gates and Weingarten: Fixing Our Nation's Schools - Newsweek

Interesting Q&A session with Bill Gates and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers on how to best fix our country’s education system.

Gates and Weingarten: Fixing Our Nation's Schools - Newsweek

Educator Supply and Demand

No timeline yet for the next Educator Supply and Demand in Washington report. This formerly biennial survey of school districts is a valuable resource that reflects shortages by endorsement for different geographical areas. The most recent survey was 2006, two years before the economic downturn. All previous reports can be found online at: http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/Resources.aspx

Some findings from the 2006 report include:

Roles/fields statewide experiencing “considerable shortage”
• Speech Language Pathologist
• Occupational Therapist
• Special Education
• Mathematics
• Physical Therapist
• School Psychologist
• Science–Physics
• Science–Chemistry
• School Nurse

Fields experiencing “some shortage” state-wide
• Early Childhood Special Education
• Middle Level–Math/Science
• Science
• Biology
• Earth Science

Implications for Colleges and Universities
• Reallocate resources from programs in areas of surplus to programs in areas of high shortages.
• Initiate preparation programs in counties with educator needs and little access to current programs.
• Form partnerships with districts, educational service districts, and businesses to provide performance-based preparation options for para-educators and career changers.
• Expand recruitment efforts targeted toward retired military personnel, state and federal employees.
• Advice program applicants and community college and high school students about educator high need areas.
• Expand the number of articulated community college-four year institution programs in mathematics, sciences, and music.
• Redesign all preparation programs to include assessment of prior learning and experience of applicants.
• Establish performance based criteria for early exit from all preparation programs.
• Consider supply and demand data when making decisions about enrollment targets and adding or deleting programs.

Tegrity Training for Faculty

Tegrity is lecture capture software for which we have a system-wide license.

To register, please contact Monique Kovalenko (mkovalenko@sbctc.edu)

Questions? Contact Scott Dennis at sdennis@sbctc.edu

Open Course Library Project

Check out this article about the Open Course Library Project

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013373872_textbooks08m.html

Registration is now open

T4- Teachers Talking Technology Tools

Faculty to Faculty - Hands on workshops regarding the sharing of effective practices for implementing new and different technology tools for teaching and learning.  

Registration is now open.  Please visit http://www.careersined.org/training_events/t4-workshops.shtm to register.

Who is Interested in Education Careers?

An interesting look at Washington high school students interested in education careers. According to OSPI, these demographic numbers represent student enrollment statewide in the Careers in Education course during the 2009-10 school year.

Careers in Education  2009-2010
African-American/Black	72	4.00%
American Indian/Alaska Native	29	2.00%
Asian	61	3.00%
Hispanic or Latino	415	23.00%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.00%
Not provided	1	0.00%
Of more than one race or Multiracial	437	25.00%
White/Caucasian	760	43.00%
Total Enrollment 2009-10	1780	100.00%

White House Summit on Community Colleges

Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden closes an event highlighting the critical role of community colleges in America.  Click to watch the live opening and closing sessions http://www.whitehouse.gov/LIVE (9:15 and noon).


Also check out the White House Blog, and the White House Summit on Community and Technical Colleges.

     

Scholarships! Applications are due November 1st!

WA Scholarships is a comprehensive scholarship program that supports teachers and child care providers who wish to enhance their education and professional skills in early childhood education by receiving formal training at community and technical colleges.  We support participants working towards their CDA (Child Development Associate), ECE Certificate and AA/AAS degree in Early Childhood Education.  We also offer CDA Assessment scholarships once students have completed the CDA course work. 

Application materials and information may be found online at http://www.childcarenet.org/.  Please contact directly if you would like an application packet sent to you. 

If you have any questions, please contact Washington Scholarship for Child Care Professionals at 866-308-322. 

Jerry Large column addresses impact of new “Superman” film

Check out this article as Jerry Large talks about the new Waiting for Superman film. 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2013066923_jdl04.html

Have you seen it, or do you plan to?  What are your thoughts?

Kent Teacher: Wins Teacher of the Year Award in Washington State - KCPQ

Here is an inspiring article for the day. Congrats Jay Maebori.

Kent Teacher: Wins Teacher of the Year Award in Washington State - KCPQ

Save the Date

Save the date for the 3^rd Annual Teaching Equity Conference on April 30^th 2011! 

The conference will be held at Highline Community College.  The Teaching Equity Conference is for future teachers looking to increase their understanding of how to work in todays' diverse classrooms. 
Did any of you that plan to go this year go last year?

For more information please visit:  www.teachingequity.com

Obama's goal: 10,000 new science, tech, engineering and math teachers

President Obama set a goal today of recruiting 10,000 teachers in science, technology, engineering and math, calling these subjects essential to competing in the 21st-century global economy. He expressed support for a longer school year in the interview tied to a series of NBC News programs about education. He said improvements will require more than money.

The president called education one of the country's most important economic issues as it competes with China, India and other growing nations that outperform the USA in the classroom.

Check out this link to read the whole article and watch the video from USA today.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/09/obama-on-education-money-without-reform-will-not-fix-the-problems/1



EDUCAUSE video - The Future of Learning Environments

Check out this very interesting video from EDUCAUSE on The Future of Learning Environments.

Waiting for Superman

From the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP).

Today the documentary "Waiting for Superman" will be released in select theaters. The documentary will generate much discussion on school quality, public schools, charter schools, and teacher quality. There will be many opinions and thoughts generated from this movie (on both sides). Upon viewing the documentary, your students will probably bring discussions to your classroom. Below are a few links to provide you with some information on the national discussions occurring around the documentary. Keep in mind that these are just a few of the many discussions and each organization has their own viewpoint
.http://www.waitingforsuperman.com/

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-09-22-waitingforsuperman22_CV_N.htm

http://www.thenation.com/article/154986/grading-waiting-superman

http://www.learningfirst.org/SupermanTalkingPoints

http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Waiting-for-Superman.aspx

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/opt-in/100921.shtml