2022 Washington Regional Teachers of the Year and 2021 Regional Classified Employees of the Year

Congratulations to Jerad Koepp, the 2022 Washington State Teacher of the Year and Nancy Baldin, the 2021 Washington State Classified School Employee of the Year. Jerad is a Native Student Program Specialist in North Thurston Public Schools and Nancy is a McKinney-Vento Liaison in Kelso School District. Both will go on to compete for the national title in their respective classes, a 2^nd time for classified employees and in the 57th year for teachers. They are two of eighteen regional teachers and classified staff selected each year in their ESD regions and a great representation of the talented educators working in Washington state. You can read more about them on the OSPI blog.

Special Education Teacher, Lincoln Middle School, Pullman School District, ESD 101

Seqacib Teacher, Chief Sealth International High School & Denny International Middle School, Seattle Public Schools, Puget Sound ESD 121

Baking & Culinary Teacher, Washougal High School, Washougal School District, ESD 112

Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program Teacher, The Early Learning Center, Richland School District, ESD 123

Agriscience Teacher, Goldendale Middle School, Goldendale School District, ESD 105

1st, 2nd, & 3rd Grade Multiage Teacher, Dry Creek Elementary, Port Angeles School District, Olympic ESD 114

Pre-AP English Teacher, Everett High School, Everett School District, NWESD 189

STEM Virtual Educator, Wenatchee Internet Academy, Wenatchee School District, North Central ESD 171

Executive Director, Child Nutrition Services, Auburn School District, Puget Sound ESD 121

Lead Custodian, Shiloh Hills Elementary, Mead School District, ESD 101

Technology Director, Yakima School District, ESD 105

Kitchen Manager, Chief Joseph Middle School, Richland School District, ESD 123

Paraeducator in School Intervention, Laventure Middle School, Mount Vernon School District, NWESD 189

Restorative Room Supervisor, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, Olympia School District, Capitol Region ESD 113

Special Education Paraeducator, Poulsbo Elementary, North Kitsap School District, Olympic ESD 114

School District Nurse, Methow Valley School District, North Central ESD 171

Apply by October 15th to bring the Culturally Responsive Education (CRE) in the Classroom Residency to your school or district this school year. This is a unique and intensive professional development experience in which your team will receive coaching, facilitation and technical assistance from Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge, author of Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom and his longtime colleague and CRE Coach, Vickie Onodera.

CSTP is excited to announce author and CRE facilitator Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge will be facilitating the fall Washington Educators Read and Discuss book study of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone by Heather McGhee. This opportunity is open to all Washington paraeducators, teachers, principals, administrators, and ESAs. Registration is free, and 13.5 clock hours will be available for purchase upon completion.

Save the Date! In 2022, CSTP is hosting another round of Washington Educators Read and Discuss online equity based book study of Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom: An Equity Framework for Pedagogy by Doctor Adeyemi Stembridge! This opportunity is open to all Washington paraeducators, teachers, principals, administrators and ESAs. Registration is free and 13.5 clock hours will be available for purchase upon completion.

We will discuss the following sections of CRE on Tuesdays afternoon from 4:30-6:00 on the dates below:

Register now for CSTP's online or hybrid support for Foundations and Components 1, 2, 3, and 4. Space is limited - register today to save your spot!

Are you considering earning your national certification or working towards your renewal? National Board for Professional Teaching Standards offers free informational webinars including Introduction to National Board Certification, Introduction to Maintenance of Certification and more.

WEA is offering several synchronous courses supporting inclusionary practices for Washington educators throughout the 2021-2022 school year. All courses are free and offer clock hours. Upcoming courses include:

Collaborative Learning Solutions is a member of the statewide professional development cadre for the Inclusionary Practices Project with OSPI. They are offering free training, resources and supports to educators, students and schools to create conditions for all learners focused on restorative practices and equity emphasizing the educational and social-emotional needs of all students. The training they are offering is comprised of distinctive targets including Restorative Practices, Community of Equity and Inclusive Practices, and Restorative Justice Centers. The target audiences for their trainings are district leaders, school leaders, teachers, counselors, parents and students. Learn more and register.

Also, check out their new weekly SEL lessons. This October they will focus on emotional intelligence and impulse control including:

Winter Virtual Book Study: Inclusive 365: EdTech Strategies for Every Day 

  

Fall 2021 FREE Assistive Tech Webinar Series  

Our webinar series includes the voices of assistive tech users, teachers, parents, and specialist such as OTs, SLPs, PTs, and specialists in vision and hearing and assistive technology.

A Zoom discuss digital math tools, and accessibility features built into digital math programs. This is an opportunity for an open discussion with other educators on how to make math more inclusive with digital tools. Facilitated by Linda Doehle on October 20.

Video on X, Y, and Devices: Creating Inclusive Math Classrooms with Technology 

SETC will be offering an online PRE-conference session focused on inclusionary practices. Technology integration? In a math classroom? Yes, it’s completely possible! Come learn (and create!) with us on how technology can help provide an academically safe environment for mathematics teaching and learning across grade levels and math concepts — environments where students feel secure and confident in engaging with one another, their teachers, and math! 

The League of Education Voters will be hosting a webinar on October 7, 2021 on COVID's Disproportionate Impact on Youth Now and Tomorrow. Register Here

They also recently interviewed Washington state Teachers of the Year Jerad Koepp (2022), Brooke Brown (2021), Amy Campbell (2020), Robert Hand (2019), Mandy Manning (2018, and the 2018 National Teacher of the Year), Camille Jones (2017), Nate Bowling (2016), and Lyon Terry (2015) on what they are hearing from students, parents, and colleagues in their community, and what students need this year. You can watch the recording of that webinar below.

The Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) is seeking community feedback as they review and revise Washington’s current educator standards to ensure the alignment of those standards with cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion (CCDEI) practices. Educators can provide feedback in this survey or participate in a live feedback session.

Learn more about this project on the PESB website.

The latest posts from CSTP's teacher bloggers on www.storiesfromschools.org.

"During this pandemic (past and present), we know our students have experienced trauma, unsafe homes, isolation, and depression. We know they are coming to us carrying those burdens, and they’re doing their best to cope with omnipresent anxiety, on top of the “normal” stresses of being a teenager. "

"We have one foot in the classroom and the other…well, we are not quite sure where to put it."

On December 31, 2020 CSTP added four new modules designed by educators for educators in grades K-12. Badges and clock hours are available for those completing any of the 20 available asynchronous modules in the Teacher Tech Project. Each completed module is worth one clock hour.

Learn more on the CSTP website.

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