Regional News
SCRIPT Facilitator training benefits every ESD in Washington
In March, CS for All came to Bellevue, Washington to facilitate a workshop called SCRIPT (School CSForAll Resource and Implementation Planning Tool) for Washington state. The workshop was framed as a form of professional development for change facilitators. Andy J....
2019 NWESD Regional Classified Employee of the Year
Zita Moser, a paraeducator in the Sedro-Woolley School District, has been named 2019 Regional Classified School Employee of the Year by the Northwest Educational Service District 189 (NWESD). Moser splits her time in the district working in a preschool program based...
Teaching Teachers How to Learn
ESD 112 was highlighted in the Spring 2019 edition of Northwest Crimson & Gray, a magazine of Washington State University Vancouver. The article talks about the unique partnership between ESD 112 and WSU Vancouver and their efforts to show aspiring teachers how...
“One small step…” ESDs across the state celebrate 50 years of service
The most famous words of 1969, spoken by Neil Armstrong, also fittingly describe another initiative that occurred that same year benefitting education in our state. Fifty years later, the impact of that initiative is one that continues to provide giant leaps for...
ESD-U Currently Recruiting for Summer Cohort
Teacher certification and endorsement program ESD-U is currently accepting applications for its upcoming 2019-2020 cohort and is holding informational sessions in January and February. Aspiring teachers who currently hold a bachelor’s degree or certified teachers...
Statewide Climate Science Initiative Highlighted in Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly
ClimeTime, a statewide initiative, was recently featured in an article written by Abby Rusky and published in the Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly December issue. The article, Launching K-12 Climate Science Literacy to Scale in Washington State, highlights the...
Heart in Hand – Washington State Teacher of the Year
It’s 9:30 A.M. in Robert Hand’s Family & Consumer Science class at Mount Vernon High School. Nineteen seniors settle into their seats and everyone has an HP Notebook. Trendy music plays softly in the background, there is a string of white lights on the ceiling,...
“When Given Wings, Summer Learning Takes Flight” The Burlington-Edison School District Pilots NASA Camp
This past summer, the Northwest Educational Service District 189’s Migrant Education Program in concert with OSPI, the Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline (NESSP) and NASA Science Mission Directorate, and the Burlington-Edison School District championed a...
North Central Education Foundation Awards over 100 Teacher Classroom Grants
The North Central Education Foundation was thrilled to increase the number of teacher classroom grants that were awarded at the 2018 Teacher Classroom Grant Award reception held in October at the Confluence Technology Center in Wenatchee. During this ninth year of...
Puget Sound ESD Leaders in Training (LIT)
This summer twenty students from high schools throughout King and Pierce counties joined Puget Sound ESD (PSESD) staff as Inaugural Leaders in Training (LIT) interns. The goal of LIT is to incorporate youth voice into PSESD’s work in support of our End, while...
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