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Happy summer break! We wish you a safe and fun 4th of July. We have a full newsletter this month filled with professional development and fun opportunities. First, we are excited to announce that our new clock hour process is now electronic - with the ability to send your forms and pay online! Take the next step in your leadership journey by attending WEA's National Board Jump Start or Renewal Jump Start. Are you a middle school teacher who promotes civic engagement in your classroom? Check out Civic Engagement Champions Award for a chance to earn $5,000 and a trip to the annual NASBE Conference. Finally, Ready WA is looking for educators to showcase their classroom on their blog and Instagram in 2019-2020.
Don't forget to catch up with our
Stories from School
bloggers as Lynne Olmos talks about the challenges of offering alternatives for Smarter Balance in a small rural school in "The Equity of Alternatives!" and Jeremy Voigt as he grapples the use of technology in education "On Leveraging Technology-Part Seven".
Do you have educators in your district or colleagues who should have this information? Be sure to and encourage them to sign-up for our emails to stay on top of events and opportunities.
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CSTP's Cindy Kleinfelter Retires
CSTP's long-time Clock Hour Specialist Cindy Kleinfelter retired June 30, 2019. Cindy has spent over 25 years working in school districts and with CSTP to support educators and the clock hour program. She is looking forward to spending more time with her husband and two sons.
CSTP employees, Erin Marzwick and Jeannie Gruber, will be taking over the clock hour program. Erin will be supporting clock hour applicants/instructors with the facilitator application process while Jeannie will work with course attendees who are requesting clock hours.
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CSTP's New Clock Hour Process in 2019-2020
Only July 1, 2019, CSTP launched a new electronic system to process clock hours. Educators who want to offer clock hours for an upcoming course or book study can
apply online two weeks or more prior to the first meeting.
Course participants have been asking for the ability to pay online and turn their paperwork in electronically. We are happy to report that all of our new courses have an electronic Clock Hour Registration Form and participants will be able to pay for clock hours online with a credit card.
CSTP will begin emailing official clock hour transcripts in August 2019 to those who have an email address on file. If an email address is not on file a transcript will be mailed to the last known address.
If you have any questions regarding clock hour payments or transcripts, please contact Jeannie Gruber at
[email protected].
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Teacher Leadership Training in Spokane, WA
 CSTP is thrilled to partner with NorthEast Washington ESD 101 to grow teacher leadership knowledge and skills and collaborative tools for schools this summer.
Last week we held our first of two summer opportunities with a group of 35 educators from the region. The next opportunity will be August 13 - 14, 2019.
This training utilizes CSTP's Teacher Leadership Framework, which describes the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to be an effective teacher leader and to work with others within the system in order to improve and change. During this training participants will analyze and reflect on their own strengths, the strengths of their teams, and their plans for improvement and instructional change. Participants leave this session with a solid foundation for understanding teacher leadership with a focus on systems thinking and leading with an equity lens and implementing changes utilizing improvement science.
This opportunity is geared towards schools and/or district teams striving to establish a successful model for continuous improvement. Learning from others and regional partners to create a focused, step by step, actionable plan.
Dates: August 13-14
Location:
NEWESD 101 Talbott Event Center, Spokane, WA
Cost: $125
Included in Registration: lunch and all session materials
Questions? Contact Erin Marzwick at [email protected].
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities
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Camp CSTP: Leading with an Equity Lens - Exploring CSTP's Teacher Leadership Framework
Date:
July 23-24, 2019
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
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Camp CSTP: Setting the Stage for High-Functioning PLCs
Date:
July 24-25, 2019
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
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Camp CSTP: Leveraging the Instructional Coach and Administrator Partnership
Date:
July 25-26, 2019
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $195
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WEA National Board Jump Start
Date:
July 29-August 1, 2019
Location: Vancouver, WA
Cost: $250.00
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WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start
Date:
July 30, 2019
Location: Vancouver, WA
Cost: $75.00
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WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start
Date:
July 31, 2019
Location: Vancouver, WA
Cost: $75.00
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WEA National Board Jump Start
Date:
August 5-August 8, 2019
Location: Auburn, WA
Cost: $250.00
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OSPI NBCT Facilitator Training
Date:
August 6-7, 2019
Location: Auburn, WA
Cost: $126
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WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start
Date:
August 6, 2019
Location: Auburn, WA
Cost: $75.00
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WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start
Date:
August 7, 2019
Location: Auburn, WA
Cost: $75.00
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Spokane Summer Teacher Leadership Academy
Date:
August 13-24, 2019
Location: Spokane, WA
Cost: $125
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EdCamp #WATeachLead
Date:
October 5, 2019
Location: Renton, WA
Cost: Free
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WEA National Board Jump Start
 Registration is now open for WEA's Jump Start. Jump Start is a four-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide National Board candidates with important information about the certification process, time to examine component and Assessment Center requirements, the opportunity to plan how to meet requirements, and time to collaborate, gather resources and information needed to pursue certification. All this happens in a supportive, constructive, and collegial environment.
Dates and Locations
Questions about registration or logistics? Contact WEA Staff
Arlyn Palomo
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Registration is now open for WEA's Renewal Jump Start. Renewal Jump Start is a one-day training that prepares you for success in the National Board renewal process. Renewal Jump Start is only for NBCTs in years eight and nine of their National Board Certification with certificate expiration dates in 2020 and 2021.
The cost to attend Renewal Jump Start is $75 for WEA members. Non-members are not able to attend.
Dates and Locations
Questions about registration or logistics? Contact WEA Staff
Arlyn Palomo
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4 Spots Left for August 6-7 OSPI NBCT Facilitator Training
 To ensure consistency across the state, facilitators of National Board are required to take Facilitator Training prior to hosting a cohort. This two day training hones facilitation knowledge and skills, provides a deeper understanding of the revised National Board process, as well as develops skills in working with adult learners.
This year, National Board Facilitator Training will also include a virtual Pre-Training component that is required for all attending the in-person event. The purpose for the Pre-Training is to equip facilitators with a baseline of prior knowledge to avoid the sit-and-get structure and provide more time for discourse among participants during face-to-face training. The suggested time for the Pre-Training is about 60 minutes depending on the participant's needs. Pre-Training will be hosted as course in the Canvas LMS, which all registrants will be invited to join by OSPI.
When:
August 6-7, 2019
Where:
Auburn, WA
Cost:
$126
Register by July 22
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Share Your Positive PGP and Clock Hour Course Stories
The Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) is gearing up for outreach on professional learning and they would want to hear educators' experiences and learnings. You can submit stories in writing or arrange a phone/video call via this quick survey: bit.ly/PGPclockhourstory.
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Apply Now for The Civic Engagement Champions Award
 The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has created
The Civic Engagement Champions Award (CEC) to honor the contributions of middle school educators (grades 5-8) who are encouraging their students to be active and responsible citizens. National recognition and $5,000 awards will be made at NASBE's Annual Conference in October to teachers from four states, which represent regional membership areas: Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington. Washington's selected teacher will notified by September 15 and be provided travel expenses and hotel accommodations to attend the October 16-19 NASBE Annual Conference.
Educators from all content areas are encouraged to apply. Examples of teachers who may be eligible include:
- An environmental science teacher might be recognized for a classroom unit that involves students in measuring pollution in a nearby streambed.
- An English teacher might be honored for a project that involved students in writing persuasive letters to their city council or state legislature, or in publishing an op ed in their local paper on a topic of interest to the class.
- A history teacher could be recognized for an oral history project that leads to an honest community discussion about school segregation.
- A journalism teacher could be recognized for a project that would help students learn how to discern fact from fiction and how to evaluate news sources for accuracy and for bias.
- A government teacher could be recognized for a project in which students identify a local issue that affects them, research possible policy solutions, and then propose the solution to the appropriate governmental body - the city council, the state legislature, or Congress.
Washington State's deadline to apply has been extended to
July 12, 2019. Apply now at
http://www.nasbe.org/project/civic-engagement-champions/application-and-selection-process/.
Questions? Contact Alissa Muller with the Washington State Board of Education at
[email protected].
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Showcase Your Classroom with Ready WA
Ready WA is looking for educators and school/district staff to showcase the great work happening in classrooms across the state. They have two primary initiatives that elevate teacher voice:
Classroom Snapshots and
#InstaClassroom. If you're interested, please
click here and fill out a short form.
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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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