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We hope you are staying cool through these hot August days. With school just around the corner, learn about the new state clock hour changes and apply with CSTP to offer clock hours at your next training.
How does a $15,000 grant sound? The PESB is offering grants to support PLCs on their professional growth plan during the school year.
We want to see the cool things you are doing this year! CSTP is looking for educators to takeover our
Instagram
to show off their school or classroom in September, October and November.
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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Camp CSTP
About 70 camper-educators joined CSTP in North Bend for our annual Camp CSTP, a week full of professional learning, awesome educators, a beautiful setting, good food (the cusabi (cucumber + wasabi) dressing is to die for), rock painting and happy hour fun. We started the week with three work groups commissioned by OSPI to look at equity in the instructional frameworks, student growth goals and special education professional development segments. In the middle of the week, campers delved into their teacher leadership knowledge and skills, emphasizing their equity lens, and took that further into work with their collaborative teams. We ended the week with a new session on the instructional coach and principal relationship and how those roles work side-by-side, together and parallel in their support of teacher learning. If you didn't make it this year, we hope to see you next year for Camp CSTP that will take place July 20-24, 2019.
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities
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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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National Board Communications and Advocacy Workshops
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Left to Right: Jim Meadows, WEA; Erin Marzwick, CSTP; Arlyn Paloma, WEA; Steven Mueller, OSPI. |
Washington National Board Network Partners, CSTP, OSPI and WEA attended the National Board Communications Workshop in Washington DC on July 15-16. The partners and NBCTs around the country discussed best practices around social media for sharing information regarding certification and renewal. Follow the conversation on Twitter using #NBmeme.
OSPI's Cindy Rockholt and Steven Mueller and Washington NBCTs Melissa Charette and Maribel Vilchez attended the National Board Advocacy Bootcamp, July 23-25. They learned about the legislative process behind National Board Certification, the value of certification to the candidate and students, and how to use federal funds. Follow the conversation on Twitter using #NBLEAP.
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Takeover CSTP's Instagram
Do you have something exciting coming up in your classroom or school that you would be interested in highlighting on our Instagram? We are looking to line-up monthly takeovers during the 2019-2020 school year. If you are interested in taking over our account please apply at https://goo.gl/forms/m8me3LMAWrMan1C53.
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State Wide Clock Hour Changes
The Professional Educator Standards Board convened a workgroup to review Washington clock hour policies. At the July 2019 board meeting the PESB approved changes to clock hour policies based on the recommendations of the workgroup.
A few notable changes include:
- Minimum number of clock hours offered changes from 3 to 1.
- Clock hours may not be offered to individuals serving as the instructor for a course where they are the only participant.
- Providers may not provide blanket approval to all of another organization's courses. Each course must be approved individually.
- Continuing education units from accredited colleges or universities, whether in-state or out-of-state, will now be accepted as clock hours. Other non-credit bearing units, such as Professional Development Units (PDUs), will also be accepted.
For a comprehensive list of policy changes, visit the
PESB website.
CSTP is an approved clock hour provider. To request clock hours for an upcoming training for your training or book study, visit the
CSTP website.
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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 a $15,000 Grant to Support your PLC's Professional Growth Plan
 The Professional Educator Standards Board is awarding six $15,000 grants to professional learning communities completing a Professional Growth Plan (PGP). The grants will cover compensation, release time, grant-related efforts and programming for PLCs of 20 participants or more.
Learning communities will focus on PGPs aligned to:
- the National Board Five Core Propositions, or
- the Washington state Social Emotional Learning (SEL) standards, or
- the focus may be on collaboration across roles: teacher, administrator, educational staff associate (ESA), and paraeducator.
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Register for EdCamp on October 5
EdCamp #WATeachLead is an
annual unconference for educators all over Washington State. Hosted by the teacher leader cadre of CORElaborateWA.org Opens a New Window. , the bloggers and tweeters are hosting this EdCamp as a model for regional collaboration for teachers by teachers. CORElaborate has been offering teacher-led professional learning for Washington State educators over the last half decade.
An unconference is an informal, audience-organized forum for discussion, learning, and networking. The schedule is decided at the beginning of the day, and anyone can facilitate at a session. Participants are encouraged to exercise the "Law of Two Feet" and move around until they find a session at which they can learn and/or contribute the most. You will learn something new, maybe make a new friend, and receive information that you can immediately apply in your classroom and professional life!
Who Should Attend: Anyone! Most attendees will be K-12 or college educators from around Washington State.
Cost: Free! Registration includes a light breakfast and lunch.
Learn more and register at:
https://www.corelaboratewa.org/edcampwateachlead
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NBCT Lynne Olmos on Corelaborate WA
NBCT and Stories from School blogger Lynne Olmos recently guest blogged on Corelaborate WA to discuss her changin
g views on what college readiness means.
"So many of them diverged from their initial plan. They dropped out of college, they switched majors, or they graduated and then did something entirely different. We prepared them to start college and we convinced them it was the right thing to do, but we had not given them the experiences to determine the best fit for themselves as individuals."
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Stories From School Roundup
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