DID YOU KNOW Oregon recently applied for $200 million in funding for schools?
Read 'Our Voices, Our Schools'
This month's interview is with Connie Hansen, the current chair of the Sherwood School Board. Connie is a member of Sherwood's CLASS design team and has been very involved in the implementation of the initiative.
2010 session begins a conversation about teacher effectiveness
Chalkboard has worked with the chairs of the Senate Education Committee to introduce Senate Bill 1048, the Oregon Teacher Effectiveness and Career Enhancement Initiative. We hope this measure will begin a thoughtful statewide conversation about how to support teachers. Learn about the bill in the latest issue of Chalk Talk.
Chalkboard updates:
Learn About Oregon's Race to the Top Application
Ready, Set, Teach! Read the latest post on our Teacher's Blog
Schools Establish Goals for New Teacher-Advancement Initiative
New Oregon Policy and Teacher Effectiveness Updates
CLASS Collaboration Meetings Bring Districts Together
learn about Oregon's Race to the Top Application
Our latest Oregon Policy Update povides a summary of Oregon's Race to the Top Summary, in addition to providing links to information about the overall program and Oregon's application process. Read the Race to the Top policy update here.
read the latest post on our teacher's blog
You see… Alicia’s the tough girl. The hard exterior. The voice complaining that, all the teachers hate me. A broken life at home. A promise that she’ll get out of this town as soon as she can. …But Alicia and I have made a connection.
Continue reading Mollie Dickson's latest post on Ready, Set, Teach!
bend - schools establish goals for new teacher advancement initiative
“It’s nice to take a step back and take a look at things like career ladders and career advancement. We’re having good dialogue and I’m hopeful that some positive things will come from this.”
Read the rest of the Bend Bulletin article about the CLASS Project in Central Oregon.
new - receive Oregon policy and teacher effectiveness updates from chalkboard
In an effort to help Oregonians stay more informed and up-to-date on education policy and reform, Chalkboard has begun sending out monthly updates on some important education issues. Read some of our recent Oregon Policy and Teacher Effectiveness Updates.
CLASS™ Collaboration Meetings Bring Districts Together
In the upcoming months, our CLASS Project designt teams will frequently be joining one another to discuss their design plans and to share their efforts so far. Here is a brief video from the first all-district CLASS Project meeting of the year, which took place in October 2009.
