Heads Up
EdcampNWA has over 100 people signed up for this free day of teacher-driven professional development next Saturday, April 11. Unfortunately, less that 10% are elementary teachers! It would be a a shame not to have the voices of the hardest-working group of professional educators not represented. Interested teachers can register at http://edcampnwa.org/.
You will be receiving a card to be placed in Tuesday folders from Autism Involves Me, the local foundation that made the donations to 16 special education teachers in the district. They are having their largest fundraiser on May 2, 2015. They are approved for distribution. Here's a link to their organization. Here's a video promo for the event.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwMBYdWG4rL5V3FmRFVvUjFUNjQ/edit
You will be contacted about scheduling Kiwanis Hat Days. I've attached a link to the latest Minute with Mike PSA to promote this. Right click the image to share a link with teachers and parents.
Wednesday Walkabout
Fortunate this Wednesday to be at Arend Art Center to hear Mary Beth Tinker speak about student expression rights under the First Amendment. Mary Beth Tinker was a plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines. Should be interesting to hear her take on expression int he age of social media.
Grants and PD
Best PD opportunity this week - edcampNWA on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at BHS.
I haven't received any new grant information this week.
Video of the Week
Seems like I seeing more and more videos like the one below. Maybe if we let kids be more involved in defining what "educated" means, we might be surprised at the outcome. Enjoy your week.
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