The annual, nationwide reading celebration is on for Monday, March 2. There is a new logo for the NEA Read Across America program. With a growing need for schools and libraries to include and promote diverse books, Read Across America will seek to create more readers, writers, and people who feel included and recognized, and
The Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado survey opens this week, Wed., Jan. 22. If you have not received you code to take the survey check with your WEA AR or with your principal. WTLCC is a statewide survey of school-based staff (teachers/SSPs and building leaders) on their perceptions of the teaching and learning conditions in
A great way for you to keep up-to-date on what’s happening with education legislation is by bringing up CEA’s Facebook page every Wednesday at 11:30 for Lunchtime with Amie & Kevin. This week Amie will talk with Sen. Danielson, sponsor of the educator pay bill. And check out last week’s lunch segment
Colorado Educator Loan Forgiveness The Colorado Department of Higher Education is pleased to announce that the Educator Loan Forgiveness Program is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 fiscal year! Applications are due by February 21, 2020. What is the Educator Loan Forgiveness Program? In 2019, the Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill 19-003 to address Colorado’s
The National Park Trust invites students in Title I schools at all grades to participate in the 10th annual “Kids to Parks Day” celebration. In this national contest, teachers and staff will support students in researching and writing a proposal for a school field trip to a local park or public land/waterway in their community
The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) has opened the application window for the Educator Loan Forgiveness Program. A Colorado law passed this year addressing educator shortages, Senate Bill 3, authorizes the CDHE to make payments, on behalf of educators, to forgive $5,000 annually for five years on their qualified student loans. Priority goes to
The grass is greener for educators who told The Guardian they are happier now teaching in foreign schools. Their reasons for defecting will ring true with most educators here: “A call-out to Guardian readers for their experiences has drawn more than 300 responses – many heartfelt – from teachers who reluctantly left their jobs in
