Washington NBCTs, you need to be aware of possible implications to the National Board incentives during the upcoming legislative session. The state is facing some major financial challenges - specifically a large revenue shortfall estimated at over $4 billion. The National Board Certification incentives - $5,505 for the base incentive each year for the life of the certificate and $5,000 each year you work in a challenging school with a valid NB certificate - is a sizable budget line item in the state’s budget and a tasty nugget for the chopping block, particularly since it falls outside of the state’s obligation to provide for basic education. Being just months away from the beginning of the legislative session, we want to start preparing NBCTs with the knowledge and skills to advocate and message about the critical capacity and positive impacts NBCTs bring to their students, building, districts and communities. NBCTs Joanna Barnes (North Thurston Public Schools) and Sarah Applegate (Wenatchee School District) will facilitate a two-part session on November 14 and 18.

When: November 14 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM and November 18 from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Clock Hours Available: 7

CSTP is offering statewide online component facilitation for National Board candidates in 2020-21. Support is offered for Foundations and Components 1-4. Components 2 and 4 start in early-November and class size is limited. Register now to save your seat!

CSTP's Happy Hour is returning in October! We hope you will join us on Sunday, October 25 at 6:30 PM to hear from Washington NBCT and author of Teach and Still Have Time to Pee, Jamie Johnson, who will walk us through a self-care exercise.

Date: Sunday, October 25 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM

The Paraeducator Board is seeking feedback from current Washington paraeducators regarding their training, career development and interest in support programs. This anonymous survey is expected to take 10-20 minutes and will inform state policies regarding career pathways for advancement and professional development for paraeducators.

Do you have a question about your Learning Management System? Submit it here, in our Facebook group or to our Twitter accounts.

Need a graph for a math quiz in @canvaslms? Check out Graph Builder! 

Here's a tip that made me go "a-ha": Put the time of the class in the title of your class. (Teacher last name/time of day) Helps students know when class meets!

You can use immersive reader to teacher kindergarten writing.

Need to track student attendance and missing work? Check out Seesaw skills. 

You have asked and we have listened! Badges and clock hours are now available for those completing any of the 16 available asynchronous modules in the Teacher Tech Project. Each completed module is worth one clock hour.

Learn more on the CSTP website.

AESD has launched new tech resources for Washington teachers for Canvas, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Schoology and Seesaw. They will be providing live trainings, on-demand courses, videos and office hours to support educators.

Check out these resources on the AESD website.

This week these videos brought a smile to our face and a tear to our eye.

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