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Education News - October 5, 2016
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STOYs talk policy. U.S. Secretary of Education John King discusses school discipline with area teachers, including 2009 D.C. Teacher of the Year
Kimberly Worthy (far right) and 2015 Virginia State Teacher of the Year
Jaclyn Roller Ryan (not shown).
Bill Introduced in Congress
Supports Teacher Retention & Recruitment
Just before Congress adjourned last month,
Rep. Susan Davis (CA) introduced
Innovations to Recruit and Retain Excellent Teachers Act (H.R. 6236), a bill that aims to address chronic teacher shortages. NNSTOY members contributed to the development of the legislation supporting
greater investments in effective recruitment and retention. Read the fact sheet for more information.
Ensuring that expert teachers are involved in policy development is a top priority for NNSTOY, and we are pleased that our members were called upon to help craft this initial piece of legislation. "This bill supports our members' strongly-held beliefs that for education to continue to improve, the our nation's expert teachers must be an integral part of plans to develop, implement and measure improvements to education," said Katherine Bassett (New Jersey 2000), NNSTOY President and CEO.
NNSTOY members worked to ensure the bill reflects our organization's legislative agenda  by strengthening the profession along the entire teaching continuum. Our key priorities include diversifying the teaching workforce and correcting the current, inequitable distribution of expert teachers.
"This is the first piece of education legislation I've seen that has a systems-level approach to addressing the heart of equity,
the guarantee of effective teachers for children living in poverty,
" said
Justin Minkel
(Arkansas 2007), chair of the NNSTOY Government Affairs Committee.
As the legislative process moves forward, NNSTOY will continue to offer recommendations and suggestions to further refine and strengthen the bill.
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 Giving Students the Floor
NNSTOY Webinar
Tuesday, October 25 8:00-9:00 PM ET.
The webinar will be facilitated by students and teachers at Effingham (Illinois) High School. Participants will:
- Learn how to construct lessons around an innovation cycle to promote student engagement;
- Discuss how to help students overcome failure in order to find success;
- Learn how to embed the CCSS, Danielson Framework and other learning requirements;
- Participants will hear from students and other teachers who have used the process and how it has transformed both their learning and teaching.
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Tools & Resources
From the National Network of State Teachers of the Year
New webinar:
Giving Students the Floor: How to Turn Your Classroom Upside Down to Promote Innovation and Creativity.
Tuesday, October 25, 8:00-9:00 PM ET.
Register.
Archived webinar:
Power and Privilege: A Conversation About Equity in the Classroom.
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The Michigan Department of Education released this moving short video featuring Tracy Horodoyski, who talks authentically about the joys and challenges of teaching.
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Proud Educators
Michigan State Teachers of the Year
Michigan has
a plan
to ensure equitable access to excellent educators, and they have put teachers at the center of their work. A number of Michigan State Teachers of the Year were involved in developing a media campaign to raise the status of educators,
called
Proud Michigan Educator
. They include Tracy Horodyski (2017), Rick Joseph (2016), Matinga Ragatz (2011) and June Teisan
(2008).
State education leaders said their plans are motivated in part by problems with teacher retention in Michigan, one they say is directly related to "the lack of respect given to the profession." Through the Proud Michigan Educator effort, they seek to to support and reinvigorate the status of teachers.
June Teisan said she is proud of the collaboration between teacher leaders and the Michigan Department of Education to honor the thousands of dedicated educators who pour give all they have to students and families every day.
Follow proud Michigan educators on Facebook (@MichDeptEd) and Twitter (@MIEducation).
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