12/13/2013
Teachers, reading specialists, school administrators, literacy coaches, pre-service educators and others who are interested in meeting the diverse needs of all students may be interested in the National Reading Recovery and K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference to be held in Columbus, Feb. 1-4.
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11/14/2013
The EVAAS website will release the 2012-2013 teacher Value-Added reports the evening of Thursday, Nov. 14. Just after the release, all teachers with reports will receive an automated email from EVAAS that will include their usernames and login information needed to access these reports.
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11/14/2013
Candidates for the Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA) received an invitation to register at OhioRESA.com when the window for Task 1 opened on Monday, Nov. 11. Once their registration is complete, candidates can begin submitting their Task 1 materials.
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11/14/2013
The department is offering a day-long professional development program on co-teaching strategies, in which multiple teachers share teaching responsibilities within the same physical space. To be held on Friday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ashland University’s satellite campus in Columbus, the session is considered advanced training recommended for educators serving as mentors in the Ohio Resident Educator program. Open to all educators, the training also is well suited to those involved in pre-service education and in any classroom that would benefit from the many collaborative approaches that will be explored.
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11/14/2013
As teachers transition to Ohio’s New Learning Standards, they can take their learning to the next level through the Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) in Action modules. These application modules are targeted demonstrations of FIP in specific grades and subjects that illustrate practical examples of how the core components of FIP can be integrated into the classroom.
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11/14/2013
Debra J. McDonald of Wadsworth was named 2014 Ohio Teacher of the Year on Nov. 6. McDonald, a 19-year-teaching veteran, has taught high school students for the past eight years in the Early Childhood Education and Care program at the Wayne County Schools Career Center. She also operates a fully functioning preschool at the career center where her students gain practical experiences as assistants.
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11/14/2013
In a surprise announcement during a school assembly last week, Sarah Franko, a fifth-grade science teacher at North Royalton Middle School, received a Milken Educator Award. The Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards Program honors outstanding teachers and administrators in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Awards are presented to elementary (grades K-5) and secondary (grades 6-12) school educators in alternate years. Each Milken Educator receives an unrestricted award of $25,000.
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