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8 Free CSTP Resources for the New School Year
1. New Teacher Support - Do you have new teachers starting in your school or district this year? Learn how you can support them to be successful in their first year and beyond.
2. Early Career Performance Expectations - This document complements the evaluation process by providing early career teachers with a formative look at where their performance is right now, and the steps that a teacher could take to improve. It is not to replace any rubrics or evaluation materials provided by the state or that accompany the instructional frameworks a district has chosen.
3. Teacher Case Stories: Student Growth - Eight short stories from Washington NBCTs about their challenges and struggles with student growth from their varied perspectives in different contexts, grade levels and content areas, but all from their authentic voices.
4. Teacher Leadership Framework - This newly updated and revised tool identifies and clarifies knowledge, skills and dispositions essential to a successful and effective teacher leadership.
5. Teacher Leader Self-Assessment - This companion tool for the Teacher Leadership Framework helps teacher leaders assess their current knowledge and skills and areas of focus for future development as a leader.
6. School and District Capacity Tool - This companion tool for the Teacher Leadership Framework is designed for school principals and district leaders to determine systems-level readiness to utilize the expertise of teacher leaders and support their work and development as leaders.
7. Mathematics: Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy - This tool is designed for teachers and district leaders to articulate the specific knowledge and skills teachers need to lead initiatives in mathematics.
8. TPEP Best Practices - A series of videos of local Washington school districts discussing their best practices for the Teacher Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP).
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities
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PESB's Educator Retooling Scholarship
Date:
September 21, 2018
Scholarship: up to $3,000
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CSTP's Teacher Leadership Framework featuring Equity
Date:
September 22, 2018
Location: Tacoma, WA
Cost: $100.00
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Leadership Lab
Date:
October 23, 2018
Location: Spokane, WA
Cost: $25-$40
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Leadership Lab
Date:
November 7, 2018
Location: Tukwila, WA
Cost: $25-$40
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CSTP's PLC Winter Retreat
Date:
November 30 - December 2, 2018
Location: North Bend, WA
Cost: $355
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Register Now for CSTP's Teacher Leadership Training Featuring Equity
Kick off your school year with a teacher leadership training you don't want to miss on Saturday, September 22, in Tacoma! Participants will delve into the newly revised Teacher Leadership Framework learning about their leadership strengths and challenges, applying knowledge and skills to real-life situations and leaving with relevant tools and ideas to utilize in different contexts. Cost is $100 and includes pastries and coffee, lunch and materials. Space is limited, so register now by September 13.
Date:
September 22, 2018
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Clock Hours:
6 available ($10 clock hour fee)
Meals:
Pastries and coffee available in the morning, lunch provided
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CSTP's PLC Winter Retreat
Effective PLCs start with developing relationships and structures to support adult learning. Participants will reflect on current PLCs and explore how to build momentum to sustain a safe, risk-taking, and learning focused culture, focused on student learning. Building on CSTP's Teacher Leadership Framework, participants will delve into this work from an authentic place for their team and needs. Teams of teachers and administrators are encouraged to attend together as this retreat will be designed with plenty of work and reflection time.
Dates: November 30 at 6:00 PM - December 2 at 12:00 PM
Cost:
$355
Who Can Attend:
Past Camp CSTP Participants, new teams of teachers and administrators, and educators who want to improve PLCs in their district
Included in Registration:
- 2-night lodging at Rainbow Lodge (November 30 and December 1) in a single room
- Welcome reception on November 30
- All meals on December 1 and breakfast on December 2
- Unlimited coffee, soda and snacks
- All session materials
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2019 Washington Teacher of the Year Award
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2018 National Teacher of the Year and Washington Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning
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OSPI will announce Washington's 2019 Teacher of the Year on September 10, 2018. Congratulations to the following 2019 Regional Teachers of the Year and finalists for Teacher of the Year:
- Susan Douglas, Almira Elementary, Almira SD, ESD 101
- Michael Clinton, White Swan High School, Mt. Adams SD, ESD 105
- Kimberly Miller, Woodland High School, Woodland SD, ESD 112
- Ryan Healy, Ridgeline Middle School, Yelm SD, ESD 113
- Karen Doran, Roosevelt Elementary, Port Angeles SD, ESD 114
- Tracy Castro-Gill, Denny International Middle School, Seattle SD, ESD 121
- Kristine Mars, Hawthorne Elementary, Kennewick, ESD 123
- Mathew Brown, Manson Secondary School, Manson SD, ESD 171
- Robert Hand, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon SD, ESD 189
Learn more about the Teacher of the Year program on the
OSPI website.
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Teachers of the Year Answer Your Questions
Current and former Teachers of the Year will answer your questions on Twitter on September 6 and 7. Send in your questions now to @waOSPI and use #AskATeacher.
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OSPI Budget Request Survey - Part 2
This past spring, OSPI issued a survey regarding your budget priorities to help shape their agency budget requests from the Legislature and Governor. Over 30,000 Washingtonians responded! See the priorities identified and ranked in that survey on the
OSPI medium site.
OSPI is issuing a follow-up survey asking you to write how much funding they should allocate to the top seven priorities identified in the first survey. The survey is available in
English and
Spanish, and will be available in additional languages upon request. The survey will close at
5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12.
All educators, parents and community members are encouraged to respond.
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Teacher Feedback on High School and Beyond Plan
Ready Washington is developing a communications plan about the High School and Beyond Plan for the school year. The plan will be designed to raise awareness of and support for the HSBP among families, educators, counselors, and community partners. The goal is to improve implementation and utility of the HSBP in assisting students as they plan their educational and career pathways.
If you have experience with the HSBP or know about resources that may be helpful please take a couple of minutes to fill out
this survey. Ready WA will randomly select one survey respondent to receive a $20 Amazon gift card. Deadline to provide feedback is
September 14.
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2017-2018 CSTP Clock Hour Transcripts
 Have you taken a professional development course with clock hours through CSTP? If so, your official clock hour transcript has been mailed out and will be arriving this week. If you do not receive your official clock hour record by the end of August, please contact Cindy Kleinfelter for assistance at cindy@cstp-wa.org.
Partner with CSTP to Offer Clock Hours at Your Workshop
Are you planning professional development for your staff? How about a literature circle or a short series of learning opportunities? Tie your workshops to clock hours through CSTP.
CSTP is an approved clock hour provider in the State of Washington. We have a simple application process for you and your participants, with approval times within one week. Once the training is over, we have a simplified electronic evaluation process that we administer to participants, and we hold onto their clock hour records per the state retention schedule.
It's free for you to apply to offer the clock hours, and low fees for participants to collect their clock hours. Participant fees are $10 for 3-9.9 hours, $20 for 10-19.5 hours, $30 for 20-49.9 hours, and $50 for 50 or more hours.
Find out more information on our website including the clock hour application at
http://cstp-wa.org/clock-hour-information/. Questions? Contact Cindy Kleinfelter at
cindy@cstp-wa.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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