Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12, 2017. #ThankATeacher Since 1984, National PTA has designated one week in May as a special time to honor the men and women who lend their passion and skills to educating our children. Teachers change the lives of millions of children every day, and their work and impact extends
The decision means Westminster now must go through with an accountability hearing where the state board will be required to vote on action to turnaround the district. Proposed plans for the hearing on May 4 have already been prepared. Click Here to see this document.
The budget proposal is better than CEA had feared, allocating $238 million more in the total program than last year to educate Colorado’s kids. The increase of $185 in per-pupil funding is more than the Governor’s original budget proposal; however, the increase does not fully cover inflation, increased student enrollment and increased program costs. As
When Theresa Montaño first joined the faculty at Cal State Northridge, as a professor of bilingual education, her classes were packed with future teachers. “I’d have to turn students away,” she said. Now, a little more than a decade later, says Montaño, “I’m actually having a hard time enrolling students in my undergrad education classes.
Get information and resources HERE: The National Education Association is building a nation of readers through its signature program, NEA’s Read Across America. Now in its 20th year, this year-round program focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources. “You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick
DENVER – The Colorado Education Association is breaking new ground in continued professional learning with COpilot, an innovative, flexible online learning platform for teachers and education support professionals. The CEA is the first association of educators in the country to launch a statewide, interactive tool delivering peer-to-peer teaching support. “We designed COpilot to give Colorado
“Everything that goes on in a school is important,” says Dr. James Comer, a child psychiatrist with the Yale University Child Study Center and renowned child development author. “ESPs (education support professionals) are involved in ways that support everybody in the school and decrease behavioral problems.” With almost 3 million school support staff working in
Educators,Legislators and CDE came together to review the ESSA plan for the state of Colorado. For more information click!
NEA Today Express What’s important for educators to remember, says Dave Stuart, is that students’ familiarity with digital technologies has no bearing on the fact that they need help in competently digesting information and reaching well-founded conclusions. “Kids still need to read, write, think and speak critically. That doesn’t come with being a digital native.
Hope all of you had a wonderful break and came back refreshed and re energized.