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Regional News
Announcing Balanced/Modified Calendar Learning Opportunity – October 20, 2021
Looking for a way to increase equity and student achievement? Join us next week to learn more about OSPI’s Balanced Calendar Initiative (OSPI Bulletin 060-21, 8/13/21). By remaining engaged more consistently throughout the year, students will need less review time at...
IPP Year 2: Shifting mindsets and creating conditions for change
As we begin this school year, there is a mix of joy and uncertainty with a desire to get back to the comfort and predictability of our classrooms. As educators, we know strong relationships, increased flexibility, and student choice are key tenants in meeting the...
2022 State Teacher of the Year and 2021 State Classified School Employee of the Year announced
North Thurston Public Schools Native Student Program Specialist Jerad Koepp has been named 2022 Washington State Teacher of the Year, and Kelso School District McKinney-Vento Liaison Nancy Baldwin has been named 2021 Washington State Classified School Employee of the...
2021 NWESD Fall Education Connection
In this issue: A Note from Our Superintendent New to the NWESD New NW Washington STEM Director Migrant Program: Summer Enrichment Work-based Learning Experiences Ellison Grant Recipients The Education Connection is currently available online. If you would like a copy...
Congratulations, Larry MacGuffie, NCESD 171 Board!
At the AESD Annual Membership Meeting on April 14, 2021, Larry MacGuffie was presented with the AESD Executive Board Award of Distinction. This year the award was sponsored by Clear Risk Solutions and included the purchase of an original student artwork from the...
AESD launches dedicated LMS Solutions website
Since April 2020, the AESD has designed and delivered statewide professional learning on a broad range of topics and content areas. And in June 2020, the AESD launched LMS Solutions, a comprehensive suite of professional learning opportunities focused on the effective...
Regional, state efforts underway to improve classroom inclusion
Currently, the state of Washington is ranked as one of the nation’s least inclusive states (44 out of 50), but educators from across Southwest Washington and the rest of the state are actively working to change that. The Washington Association of Educational Service...
LMS 101 Series – Professional Learning Opportunity
In its next series of classes, the AESD is offering professional learning opportunities for educators in districts that have selected one of the five most commonly utilized LMS platforms. Below are links to the LMS vendor web sites for further information: Canvas...
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Educators and parents share the importance of inclusive education and the impact it is having on their students, families, and staff.
https://www.waesd.org/ipp-year-2-shifting-mindsets-and-creating-conditions-for-change/
More information about IPP:
* The IPP is working with over 140 schools and districts across the state to improve and increase inclusive education.
* This project seeks to address the educational inequities experienced by all students including students with disabilities.
* There is no such thing as an average learner, research shows that every child has a unique set of learning needs, interests, strengths, and preferences.
* When educators find ways to offer choices and flexibility in classrooms all learners flourish.
NEWESD 101 | Educational Service District 105 | ESD 112 | Capital Region ESD 113 | Puget Sound Educational Service District | Educational Service District 123 | North Central ESD | NWESD 189 | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Legislative News
ESDs, superintendents, state legislators and students push for additional support to address student safety and mental health
Leaders from the state’s Educational Service Districts (ESDs) joined legislators, school staff and student representatives on September 22, for a news conference urging broader support and additional funding for school safety and student mental health services. During...
ESD Superintendents busy advocating for the state’s ESDs and school districts
Superintendents from the state’s nine ESDs have been busy in Olympia this legislative session advocating on behalf of ESDs and the 295 school districts they collectively serve on legislation including school safety, Climate Science, special education, and Career...
AESD Network News from across the State
The AESD Strategic Plan: Inventing Our Future Benjamin Franklin noted, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Brian Johnson reminds us the future is not fixed. It is not a set point over the horizon that we are all running toward, helpless to do anything...
Summary of 2018-19 AESD Computer Science Grant
In summary each ESD will receive $20,150 to do the work around the grant. This will include the following overall outcomes: Three statewide convenings of regional ESD CS leaders and the support of OSPI to discuss regional and statewide efforts/partnerships and how...
AESD Network News from across the State
Success in life is not accidental: Planning works! We often hear the phrase, “The best way to prepare for the future is to plan for it.” Operating from that belief, the AESD Executive Committee recently approved the 2018-2021, AESD Network Strategic Plan with updated...
A better assessment system: Using federally mandated testing to support student growth.
OSPI Assessment Outline: Intent section: We must have a high school assessment (federal requirement); Our commitment to a 10th grade high school assessment that builds upon our standards and our 3-8 assessment system; That prepares students for basic proficiency; and...