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INTASC Standards Public Comment

Just got this email from NBPTS about the newly revised Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards.  I had the chance to look at the early draft and put in some initial comments.  Here’s another chance to submit some input. Dear Committee Member: As a standards committee member, you know all too well how important [...]
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Watching the Real Work Happen

Once into the summer groove, it always takes a bit of extra oomph to get out the door and step into working with students again.  Especially after being a few weeks removed from the end of the school year.  And when you have to head out into a humid summer day and navigate the T, [...]
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Peer Reviewers Needed for Full-Service Community Schools

Just heard that there’s an extended deadline to be a reader for this federal competitive grant program.  Take a look! The U.S. Department of Education is seeking skilled professionals to serve as peer reviewers for the Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grant competition. The FSCS program encourages coordination of academic, social, and health services through [...]
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Establishing a Boston Teacher Leadership Certificate

This is pretty exciting– really connected to conversations that I’ve had, or wanted to have, with other teachers, school department folks and various policy makers.  Take a look!  Here’s the introduction letter and application information from Jill Harrison Berg. Dear Accomplished Teachers: I am pleased to share with you this invitation to participate in an important [...]
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2nd Annual BLFE Incubator Competition is Open

The Boston Leaders for the Future of Education group is holding its second incubator competition, with applications due Monday, June 28 at 5pm via email to bostonleaders4education@gmail.com. A great project won the first round, headed up by a number of BPS middle school and high school teachers.  Titled Countdown to High School.. getting middle schoolers ready [...]
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Mayor Youth Council Applications Due Soon!

I just heard that the City of Boston Mayor’s Youth Council is accepting new applications– due April 15, 2010.  A great learning opportunity for youth and for youth voice.  Pass on the word! Download the flyer here:  YouthlineFlyer We are currently recruiting candidates for the Mayor’s Youth Council 2010-2011.  Above, please find a link to our MYC flyer [...]
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ED Grant Reviewers Needed- School Leadership Grant Program

The federal Department of Education is calling for peer reviewers to read grant applications for the competitive School Leadership Grant program! Having participated in the Teaching American History grant reviews for this past funding cycle, I can say that it was a great learning experience– a window into the initiatives that school districts and [...]
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Feedback Needed for ED Doing What Works site

Interested in giving some feedback to help shape the Department of Education’s Doing What Works site? It’s a site with the stated purpose and mission of “translating research-based practices into practical tools to improve classroom instruction.”  Feedback is particularly needed around the topics of literacy instruction and dropout prevention. A good cause, for sure. Oh, and [...]
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Askwith Forum with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Thanks to the help of my former program director for the Teaching Ambassador Fellowship, I was able to get a reserved ticket yesterday afternoon for Education Secretary Duncan’s visit to the Harvard School of Education’s Askwith Forum.  I made it through the doors of the main lecture hall in Longfellow just in time, the outer [...]
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NCTE Human Capital Report in Boston Public Schools

It’s a whole other order of rain when you finally make your way home after taking the T–umbrella wrecked and soaked from being turned inside out multiple times– and the dry clothes you put on feel that good. And the straight joy of feeling like you’ve entered your own dry cave. With the [...]
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