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Member News -- September 27, 2016
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Cat Mince, Kelly Sears and Kathy Holley review a case study in leadership.
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First Leg of a Leadership Journey
DoDEA Teachers of the Year
Last week NNSTOY was privileged to work with the teachers who educate the children of our nations' heroes.
For three full days, 2016 and 2017 District Teachers of the Year who teach for the Department of Defense Education Activity met with STOYs to build their teacher leadership. State Teachers of the Year immersed themselves in what it means to be a teacher leader, taking in ideas related to a variety topics from adult learning to school culture and professional learning.
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Mary Hansen summarized her key lessons from day one of the three-day training.
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With the help of facilitators
On the third day of the workshop, the teachers were surprised with a visit from Assistant Secretary of Defense Todd A. Weiler, who also stopped by their dinner and awards ceremony in the evening to encourage them to take on the role of teacher leaders.
The NNSTOY Teacher Leadership Modules provide professional learning to teachers interested in building the knowledge and skills to benefit the
 teaching profession and the students we serve. The Modules were developed by State Teachers of the Year, and they are presented by NNSTOY members in the form of seven, day-long workshops. Each module focuses on a unique domain of the
Teacher Leader Model Standards
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The DoDEA teacher leadership summit was organized by three DoDEA STOYs:
Daniele Massey (2014, far left),
Sarah Loomis (2015) and
Mary Hansen (2016, on right). Massey earned her certification to teach Module II during the summit itself. She,
Peggy Stewart (New Jersey 2005, in pink) and
Katherine Bassett (New Jersey 2000, next to Massey) presented concepts and facilitated learning.
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 Teacher Shortages
& ED Under Trump
Jane West's Washington Update
Members of Congress Weigh in on Addressing Teacher Shortages.
Two leading congressional Democrats on education, Sen. Patty Murray (WA) and Rep. Bobby Scott (VA), issued
a letter
Friday to Secretary of Education John King urging him to issue guidance on how Title II of ESSA can be used to address teacher shortages.
Noting significant shortages in their home states, particularly for high-need students, the authors write that "a key purpose of Title II of ESSA is to increase the number of effective teachers serving our nation's most vulnerable students." They recommend three strategies:.
- multiple and innovative pathways to teaching
- meaningful induction programs and
- effective professional development activities
Trump Names Education Advisors on Transition Team.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has named two education policy advisors to his transition team that will likely please Republicans, should he win in November.
Williamson M. Evers is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is a former assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) during the presidency of George W. Bush. He has been a vocal critic of the Common Core State Standards and has been on the board of a charter shool.
Gerard Robinson is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is a former school chief in Florida who resigned over a large drop in scores on the state writing exam and the A-F school rating system. His current portfolio at AEI includes school choice and the role of for-profit institutions in education.
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What We are Reading 
New and noteworthy ideas about education from around the country.
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School as Lifeline
Rural Poverty in America
Subjects of the video confront issues of isolation, child poverty and parental drug use, focusing on how these conditions affect schooling
in Appalachia. There are powerful stories of physical abuse and of one teacher who helps her students to rise above circumstances.
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New Ways to Engage
Plug into teacher leadership outside of your school
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Resources
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provides educators with an opportunity to engage in a critical conversation between K-12 and higher education educators about how best to prepare students for a global world. Educators from around the world discuss best practices and promising programs and research. Through a series interactive formats, participants will explore how to prepare students to be globally competent, review trends and best practices in teacher and leadership development, and develop strategies for teaching and assessing critical 21st century skills.
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Kudos, Shout-Outs & Accolades*
News from the NNSTOY community
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Kelisa Wing received her 2016 award as DoDEA Teacher of the Year at a dinner Thursday evening.
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The article is her response a Teacher Leadership Summit in Alexandria, VIrginia. During the summit, Peggy Stewart (New Jersey), Daniele Massey (DoDeA ) and Katherine Bassett (New Jersey 2000) led DoDEA district Teachers of the Year through three days of training using Modules I-III of NNSTOY's Teaacher Leadership training. She writes that she is learning, "when we unite around the belief that teachers CAN be leaders, that teachers CAN be experts, and that teachers CAN be better together, then there is nothing that we cannot accomplish."
Alex Kajitani
(California 2009) provided a virtual keynote address at the DoDEA Teacher Leadership Summit in Alexandria, Virginia. Kajitani urged Teachers of the Year do develop their own teaching and leadership style. In Kajitani style, he shared some nuggets of wisdom, including these:
- There is a lot of negativity around education. We've got to own this. We've got to be the ones that are speaking up.
- Being a teacher of the year does not mean and cannot mean that you are now sacrificing all of your time, all of your money, and all of your health.
- The things you have accomplished in education up to this point pales in comparison to what you are going to accomplish in the next part of your career.
Maddie Fennell (Nebraska 2007) has recently accepted a position as an NEA Fellow., She will be working out of Omaha, as usual, and traveling when needed!
 Shanna Peeples (NTOY and Texas 2015) Will be speaking at an event sponsored by Buff Allies October 10. Learn more on the Facebook page. If you are interested in watching the live streaming of her speech, email Laurie@NNSTOY.org and I will send you a link when it becomes available.
Allisonn Riddle's (Utah 2014) article "The Difficult (and Satisfying) Run of Teaching Defiant Students" was published in EdWeek and on the NNSTOY blog.
She begins by describing the "insane joy" of running with her father. (Spoiler alert: it's an object lesson.)
"The best advice he ever gave me had to do with the hardest runs. He taught me that when a run feels the most challenging, I am probably making the most progress. 'After an especially difficult run,' he said, 'notice how much stronger you feel on the next run. Your discomfort is gone, your speed is back, and you are ready to tackle whatever the road offers you.'
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Leigh VandenAkker , Alli Riddle, Gay Beck and Melody Apezteguia--all USTOY and NNSTOY members--represent Utah teachers at athe Joint Education Conference at Utah Valley University.
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