Newsletter
June 2018

As you begin your summer, we bring you an end-of-summer newsletter to share some staff reading recommendations, recap our teacher of color networking event and convening of National Board administrators.  Finally, catch-up on the  Stories from Schools  website where bloggers have been busy posting about family support in the classroom, teacher leadership and more.
 
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Teachers of Color Networking Event in CamasTOC

Educators of color and from diverse backgrounds gathered in Camas, WA, on June 2nd to connect and network at a Teacher of Color Convening sponsored by the WA Partners (CSTP, WEA and OSPI) and hosted by Camas School District. This convening offered educators time to discuss important issues specific to them and their students, as well as share opportunities to engage with the Washington State Network Partners.

This gathering was the second convening sponsored by the Partners this spring, the idea which was generated by a group of teachers of color the Partners met with in the fall. At that meeting teachers were asked to identify systems and patterns that are in place that support and or act as barriers for teachers of color in Washington State and create possible change ideas.

One of the change ideas presented by that group was for the Network Partners to provide opportunities for educators of color to meet, discuss and network more regularly. Topics discussed included professional learning opportunities and resources, equity issues being faced by educators, ways to build and celebrate diversity and various ideas for support/networking opportunities currently available. Educators present at the Camas meeting left feeling "encouraged and listened to and "hopeful that more networking opportunities like this will be provided in the years to come".
National Board Administrators MeetingNBAdmin


The Washington State NT3 Network Partners (OSPI, WEA and CSTP) convened a group of Nationally Board Certified administrators to help the partners think about engaging administrators across our state, at all levels, to understand and utilize the National Board Body of Knowledge. The group participated in a fish diagram and consultancy protocols that identified next steps for the Partners to consider connected to the Body of Knowledge for professional development and spreading awareness of the resources that are available for supporting accomplished teaching.
Must Read "Teacher Leadership: Growing Capacity for Innovation Within and Beyond the Classroom"

NBCT Katie Taylor, formerly from CSTP and now an Instructional Facilitator in Tacoma, published an article in the WSASCD Spring Journal about teacher leadership. Katie discusses the launch and outcomes of a teacher leadership academy in Tacoma Public Schools and discusses the value of investing in teacher leaders. Read the article on the WSASCD website.
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In This Issue
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
CSTP's Leading with an Equity Lens - Exploring the Improved Teacher Leadership Framework
Date:  July 23-24, 2018
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
CSTP's Setting the Stage for High-Functioning PLCs
Date:  July 24-25, 2018
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
CSTP's Leading with an Equity Lens - Exploring the Improved Teacher Leadership Framework
Date:  July 25-26, 2018
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
CSTP's Setting the Stage for High-Functioning PLCs
Date:  July 26-27, 2018
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
WEA National Board Jump Start 
Date:  July 30-August 2, 2018
Location: Snohomish, WA
WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start 
Date: July 31, 2018
Location: Snohomish, WA
OSPI's NBCT Facilitator Training
Date:  July 31-August 1, 2018
Location: Snohomish, WA
Cost: $120
WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start 
Date: August 1, 2018
Location: Snohomish, WA
PESB's Educator Retooling Scholarship 
Date: September 21, 2018
Scholarship: up to $3,000
Read "How the 2018 National Teacher of the Year Manages a Classroom with 12 Languages with a White Board and a Paper Clip"

Check out Washington's National Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning, new interview in Chalkbeat's article "How the 2018 National Teacher of the Year Manages a Classroom with 12 Languages with a White Board and a Paper Clip". Read it on the Chalkboard website.
CSTP Staff Summer Reading  Recommendations

This month CSTP Executive Director, Nasue Nishida, shares her summer reading recommendation. Do you have summer reading recommendations that you want to share? Tell us what you are reading and we will feature recommendations in the July and August CSTP newsletters.

ReadingStaff Member
Recommendation

Nasue Nishida, Executive Director
Together is Better by Simon Sinek
This book is a great combination of a lot of things perfect for a summer read - great illustrations that he uses creatively as a metaphor, powerful words about leadership and even a scratch and sniff page (you read that correctly!). While it can be read (and re-read) in 15 minutes or less, the staying power is in the thinking, reflecting and discussion after you read it. Perfect for gifting, perfect for hash-tagging, perfect for pushing traditional thinking of leadership.

Recipients Announced of the Teaching Equity Network Fund

Congratulations to the four recipients of the Teaching Equity Network Fund.

* Central Washington University and the United Faculty of Central that will put on a 1-day conference for educators focused on engaging, nurturing and promoting dialogue into, through and around equity and culturally responsive practices.

* Teachers Melissa Boswell & Kristen Tollefsen at Meadowdale High School in the Edmonds School District will put on an Equity Summit for students and educators to increase awareness of equity issues, establish relationships with community groups and strengthen and expand students' relationships with each other and with the school community. 

* Pierce College will put on a Recruiting and Retaining Teachers of Color Conference with an emphasis on recruiting and retaining teachers of color, as well as highlighting the importance of cultural responsiveness, diversity, and equity in our educator practices. 
 
* Saint Martin's University will host a Advocating for Educational Equity event that will equip, empower, and encourage educators and future educators to be strong advocates for equity within their sphere of influence.

This grant opportunity is offered by the Teaching Equity Network, a cross-sector collaboration of the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB), Washington Education Association (WEA) and the Center for Excellence in Careers in Education (CECE), which seeks to advocate for a racially and linguistically diverse teacher workforce and to develop teacher warriors that are committed to equity and are actively engaging in educational transformation in schools. Check out Center of Excellence for Careers in Education for more information.
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