Are you or a colleague working with Canvas, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Schoology or Seesaw and need support using your district’s Learning Management System (LMS)? Can’t find all the information you need in one place or figure out how to work the newly updated system? We have got you covered with our fully updated (November 2020) versions of the Learning Management System Resource Guides! These Resource Guides were created by Washington teachers and can help both beginner and advanced users with all things related to their LMS platform. The Resource Guides are free, easy to use and available any time of day. Check them out, use them, and share them with colleagues on the CSTP website.

In partnership with OSPI, CSTP is excited to announce the WERD (WA Educators Read and Discuss) Book Study. This opportunity is open to all Washington paraeducators, teachers, principals, administrators and ESAs. Registration is free and 10 clock hours per study will be available.

Starting on January 21, we will feature Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom: An Equity Framework for Pedagogy by Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge.

Our second book study will feature Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson and will kick-off on February 18.

Pro Tip: Districts with OSPI's 664 TPEP iGrant can use those funds to purchase books for their teachers and can register a team.

Visit our website to learn more. Those who register by November 29, will be entered for a chance to win a free copy of Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom.

CSTP would like to hear from you! We’re interested in hearing about the successes, wins and celebrations (big and small!) you and/or your students have experienced this school year. What are things you’ve done in your classroom, with your colleagues or for your own professional growth this year that is working? Teachers, in particular, are craving ideas and strategies that are working for others. We want to share those successes and ideas with a broader educator audience on our website and social media.

On the flip side, we are also collecting the challenges you are facing as educators in this strange and new educational context. What are barriers for your work as an educator? Are there issues (big and small) that, if addressed, would make your educator life easier? Do you have ideas or solutions for tackling these challenges? CSTP will review these submissions and may share particular ones to specific stakeholder groups/decision makers and/or figure out ways we can, organizationally and with partners, address these issues.

CSTP is offering statewide online component facilitation for National Board candidates in 2020-21. Support is offered for Components 1 and 3 starting in January. Register now to save your seat!

The SBE meets every other month and oversees public education for K-12 students. Some duties include setting high school graduation requirements, issuing credit waivers, and advocating for student success.

Next Meeting: November 4-5, 2020, Online

Next Meeting: November 5, 2020, Online

Next Meeting: January 20-21, 2020 Online

STEM Teacher and Regional Teacher of the Year Alum Dave Gamon and other educators have produced a STEM podcast. This podcast is unique as it allows educators to interact with it in a way that is completely customizable to their interests as well as to their lives. You can listen to free podcast episodes by downloading the app here. If you have questions or want to learn more, contact Dave Gamon.

The PESB is seeking teachers, teacher-candidates who recently completed the edTPA, cooperating teachers, and those supporting candidates in teacher preparation programs to provide input on edTPA 2.0, the next version of the edTPA. Join them on November 17 or November 18 from 4:00-6:30 to participate in their feedback session.

Last week Sidney (senior at Woodinville High School in Woodinville), Phia (senior at Bothell High School in Bothell), Lily (sophomore at South Ridge High School in Kennewick), Maham (8th grader at West Valley Junior High School in Yakima), Zana (junior at Bethel High School in Spanaway), Malachi (junior at University High School in Spokane), Tara (junior at Bothell High School in Bothell), and Diya (junior at Bothell High School in Bothell) met with LEV to discuss what they need to be successful this school year. Watch them on the LEV website.

School demonstration sites talk about inclusionary practices they are using and how they are working in their school. Registration is free and clock hours are provided by UW Haring Center.

Date and time: 11/16 at 3pm

Inclusionary Practices Highlighted: Co-teaching, co-planning, assistive technology, and modified grading rubrics.

Date and time: 11/18 at 2:30pm

Inclusionary Practices Highlighted: Differentiated instruction, Multitiered Systems of Support (MTSS), PLCs that include inclusive viewpoints, and culturally responsive pedagogy.

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

Did you know can use tools in 

Canvas to track how long students are spending in your Assignments? It is super useful as you are trying to get to that just right level of learning opportunities.

Here are 25 Things You Didn't Know Google Slides Could Do! I've used #2, #4 and #14 quite a bit.

Microsoft Teams has new features:

Are you looking for a way to help your students collaborate? Check out this helpful video to learn how you can use discussion boards to get students talking and engaging!

Have you noticed a calendar issue on your account for October? Don’t worry, Seesaw is on it!

Badges and clock hours are 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.

COVID has families spending more time together this year and some are getting on each other's nerves. These families can certainly relate...

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