Regional News
White Privilege Conference (WPC) – WPC 18
More than 1,600 people gathered April 27-30, 2017 in Kansas City, MO for the 18th annual White Privilege Conference (WPC 18). Fifteen PSESD staff members collaborated with dozens of Road Map district and community partners, sponsored by the Race to the Top project,...
OESD Offers Connections for Teacher Certification
Olympic ESD 114, along with school districts throughout our Region, remains active in helping solve the teacher shortage in Washington State. To help address and respond to the shortage, both last year and this year, we hosted two open houses (one in Bremerton and one...
ESD 123 Challenges the Network to Think Outside the Box
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” – Aristotle How can we make the AESD Network greater than the sum of its parts? As we prepare to host an AESD Conference like never before, ESD 123 challenges the superintendents, board members, and staff of our eight...
ESD 105 introduces Truancy & Dropout Prevention System to Northwest’s schools
Driving to reverse the high rate of chronic school absenteeism in our state, ESD 105 has become the exclusive Northwest distributor of the Truancy & Dropout Prevention System, a collection of tech-based tools that are designed to help schools monitor and resolve...
Southwest Washington ESD employment cooperative helps districts fill jobs in high-demand fields
TREC program ready to connect forthcoming college grads with careers Washington state school districts struggling to fill jobs in critical shortage areas may soon be getting the qualified staff and teachers they need, thanks to Educational Service District 112’s newly...
AESD Conference Recap
A few weeks ago, on April 20-22, 2017 the NWESD 189 hosted the 2017 AESD Conference in Lynnwood, WA at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The conference theme “Oceans of Change; Waves of Opportunity” resonated nicely with the messages from the keynote speakers and breakout...
STEM Educators are finding support to take solar power into their classrooms through a local collaboration with the Apple STEM Network
On January 12th, 8 local middle school teachers from Cashmere, Cascade, Chelan, Entiat, Eastmont, and Quincy schools attended a training to learn about taking solar energy and constructing solar cars into their classrooms through a program called Junior Solar Sprint...
ESD 123 Grand Opening Brings 12,000 Square Feet of Educational Opportunities
On Thursday, January 12, Educational Service District (ESD) 123 will invite educational partners, neighboring businesses, and community members from across Southeast Washington to the grand opening of its newly-expanded Professional Development Center. The Grand...
How One Child’s Passion for Octopuses Shaped a Curriculum
How do octopuses eat? This simple question, and the unceasing inquisitiveness of a four-year-old boy, created a fascination that spread throughout the classroom at Friendly Grove Head Start/ECEAP Center in Olympia.
ESD 105 HU105 Program
A couple of expansions are coming to the innovative teacher preparation partnership that ESD 105 and Toppenish’s Heritage University have been coordinating since the fall of 2010.
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