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Happy New Year! Our newsletter is filled with opportunities to keep your professional development resolutions on track. This week, CSTP contributor
Marianne Hunter, returns with education-related legislative updates you don't want to miss. Learn how to earn
free clock hours by providing feedback on the new Professional Growth Plan. Also, check out our award winning
Student Perception Survey to evaluate classroom practice and school culture. Catch up with our
Stories from School bloggers as they talk about New Year's resolutions and student mental health.
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Weekly Legislative Updates with Marianne Hunter
CSTP is happy to have contributor NBCT Marianne Hunter providing legislative updates during session. Since 2015 Marianne has tracked bills and budgets, listens to hearings and follows various news outlets to report on the happenings on the hill. Her emails are a great way to quickly track which bills are making progress and hear about politics and perspectives on education policies.
Keep an eye on your inbox this Friday for the first of the 2019 legislative updates.
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Washington is #NBCTstrong with the Most New NBCTs
 Congratulations to all of the newly certified and recertified National Board candidates. Once again Washington State has the most new NBCTs!
CSTP Executive Director Nasue Nishida said, "I continue to be amazed and appreciative of all the teachers in Washington who have achieved, renewed, and who are in pursuit of National Board Certification. We are thrilled to have the most newly certified teachers in the nation who have demonstrated their effectiveness with students and their learning."
Interesting statistics on our NBCT teaching force:
- Number of new NBCTs: 854 (national rank: 1st)
- Number of renewed certificates: 775 (national rank: 2nd)
- Total NBCTs: 10,859 (national rank: 3rd)
- Percentage of teachers who are NBCTs: 18.74 percent (national rank: 2nd)
- Percentage of NBCTs employed in Washington school districts: approximately 88 percent
- Washington NBCTs will receive a base bonus of $5,397 in 2019. NBCTs who teach in low-income/high-poverty populations receive an additional bonus of up to $5,000.
Learn More About National Board Certification:
For information about the National Board for Professional Teaching assessment, visit the
NBPTS website
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For information on becoming a NBCT in Washington state and receiving a conditional loan, visit the
OSPI website.
For information on courses to get started, visit the
WEA website.
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities
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PESB's Educator Retooling Scholarship
Date:
January 11, 2019
Scholarship: up to $3,000
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Teach 2 Lead Teacher Leadership Summit Application Due
Deadline:
January 18, 2019
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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WEA Home Stretch
Date:
February 23, 2019
Location: Camas, WA
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WEA Home Stretch
Date:
February 23, 2019
Location: Kennewick, WA
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Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Nominations Due
Date:
March 1, 2019
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WEA Home Stretch
Date:
March 23, 2019
Location: Spokane, WA
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Save the Date: Exceptional Educators Night with the Mariners
Date:
April 14, 2019
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WEA Home Stretch
Date:
April 20, 2019
Location: Federal Way, WA
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PESB's Educator Retooling Scholarship
Date:
April 26, 2019
Scholarship: up to $3,000
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Save the Date: WATAC Spring Conference
Date:
May 4-5, 2019
Location: Cedarbrook Lodge, SeaTac, WA
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Student Perception Coolness!
 We had some cool and exciting things happen in December on the student perception survey front. The Washington Educational Research Association (WERA) announced that OSPI and CSTP received the WERA Product Award for the recently launched student perception surveys. This annual award recognizes outstanding professional products related to testing, assessment, program evaluation, instructional research, instructional evaluation and school and district profiles. Award winning products must be original work, have state-wide and long-term value and communicate to a wide audience. More information about the surveys can be found at
http://cstp-wa.org/teacher-leadership/resources/student-perception-project/.
CSTP also took the national stage presenting at Learning Forward's 2018 Annual Conference held in Dallas. The theme of the conference was "All Learners, Many Perspectives, One Community" and featured powerful equity-centered keynote speakers such as Glenn Singleton, Janice Jackson and Margaret Wheatley. Joined by Mary Snyder from Steilacoom School District and Sue Anderson from OSPI, CSTP's session "Student Voice as Data: The Impact of Student Perception Surveys" focused on the power of leveraging student perception surveys as a growth tool. Participants gained insights on the process used to develop Washington's student perception surveys, as well as the impact on teacher growth, classroom practice and school culture. It was a great opportunity to highlight the powerful work of teachers and schools who have been utilizing the student perception surveys as a transformative tool.
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Teachers of Color - Seattle Times Education Lab Series
Recently the Seattle Times Education Lab rolled out a three-part series of articles about Teacher Diversity in Washington.
One article examines teachers of color and their impact on students of color.
Another article focuses on recruitment and retention efforts in three school districts and the
last article features the "grow your own" strategy happening in southwest Washington. Along with statistics and data specific to Washington, there are stories and quotes from teachers and students.
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Teacher Input Needed on Professional Growth Plans (PGPs)
Professional Growth Plans are a free way to earn clock hours from the state and renew your teaching certificate for work you are already doing in your professional development journey. As the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) works to promote and update the PGP process and requirements, we are looking for feedback from teachers in the field. The survey takes no more than 10 minutes to complete and the deadline to respond is
January 11, 2019. If you are not familiar with the Washington State Professional Growth Plan, please take a few minutes to review them at this link,
http://bit.ly/2mb8beI, before completing the survey. It will also save you time in the survey to preview the InTASC standards found on page 8 and 9, of this document,
https://ccsso.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/InTASC_Model_Core_Teaching_Standards_2011.pdf, before beginning.
The PESB would like your feedback whether or not you have completed a Washington State Professional Growth Plan in the past.
Link to Survey:
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In mid-December the Washington Teacher Advisory Council, led by teacher leaders NBCT Shari Conditt (Woodland) and NBCT Sheila Stuhlsatz (Kalama), hosted a legislative forum connecting award winning educators and legislators from the ESD 112 region. The event was held at Woodland High School and attended by educators from Southwest Washington. State Representative and teacher Monica Stonier from the 49th Legislative District was in attendance. Educators discussed a variety of issues they and their students are facing in their school communities. Representative Stonier shared potential legislative agenda items for the upcoming long session and proposed methods and strategies for reaching out to other legislators in the region. Way to go Shari and Sheila for creating opportunities for teachers to dialogue with policymakers!
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League of Education Voters Podcast with 2019 Washington Teachers of the Year
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Robert Hand, 2019 Washington Teacher of the Year
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League of Education Voters Communications Director Arik Korman sat down with Washington's nine 2019 Teachers of the Year to talk about their teaching philosophy, greatest accomplishment in the classroom, advice they would give new teachers and more.
Featured in this interview is:
Robert Hand,
2019 Washington state Teacher of the Year and Northwest ESD 189 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Mount Vernon School District
Tracy Castro-Gill, 2019 Puget Sound ESD 121 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Seattle School District
Ryan Healy, 2019 Capital Region ESD 113 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Yelm School District
Kristine Mars, 2019 ESD 123 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Kennewick School District
Mathew Brown, 2019 North Central ESD 171 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Manson School District
Susan Douglas, 2019 Northeast ESD 101 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Almira School District
Karen Doran, 2019 Olympic ESD 114 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Port Angeles School District
Kimberly Miller, 2019 ESD 112 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Woodland School District
Michael Clinton, 2019 ESD 105 Regional Teacher of the Year from the Mt. Adams School District
Listen to the podcast on the League of Education Voters website.
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Teach 2 Lead Summit on March 29-31 in Philadelphia, PA
Teach to Lead announced that they are hosting their 17th Teacher Leadership Summit in Philadelphia, March 29-31, 2019.
The Philadelphia Teacher Leadership Summit brings teacher leaders and other stakeholders together to collaborate, problem solve, and develop action plans to benefit students and schools. Teams must include at least one practicing classroom teacher, and idea submissions can address any perceived area of need in schools, as long as the plan leverages teacher leadership as a key strategy for meeting that need.
Teams who are interested in attending are required to apply by January 28, 2019 by 11:59 ET at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TTLPhilly.
Selected applicants will be notified by February 11 and will receive complimentary registration, hotel and select meals during the meeting. Travel is not included. Learn more at
http://teachtolead.org/.
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Stories From School Roundup
CSTP's Stories From School bloggers are always busy working on new stories. Here is a recap of new articles for the past month.
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