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CALIFORNIA ASCD AFFILIATE NEWS October 16, 2008
Save the Dates
March 5, 2009
California ASCD will partner with CUE in hosting a Leadership Summit Thursday, March 5th, 9:00AM - 2:00PM.
"Technology in the Classroom--Keys to Increasing Implementation of Effective Instruction"
Dr. Debra Pickering
Palm Springs, CA
April 29 and 30, 2009
"Optimizing Classroom Productivity for English Learners"
Dr. Silvia Ybarra and John Hollingsworth
Santa Barbara, CA
California ASCD Visits Capitol Hill
California ASCD participated in the LEAP (Leadership for Effective Advocacy and Practice) Institute in Washington D.C. September 14-16. Speakers included Donna Brazile, commentator, who addressed "Moving Beyond Horserace and Gotcha Politics", and Frank Luntz, of Fox News who spoke on "Being Heard on the Hill." Following two days of training the CA ASCD contingent joined ASCD members from around the country to visit legislators in their Capitol Hill offices. The important messages of The Whole Child, testing issues related to NCLB, and High School Reform were shared. Dr. Margarita Gonzalez Amador, as newly Elected 2008 ASCD Emerging Leader and California ASCD Leadership Council Secretary, represented California.
Member Spotlight
As a California ASCD member, have you experienced a change that we can share with others in the Affiliate (like a job change, promotion, retirement, award, success at your site)? E-mail us the information at cascd@cascd.org. We would like to include such information in a future Electronic Connection.
Newsletter
If you didn't have time to review your last newsletter we have saved an electronic link.
Institutional Membership You are able to save money on your membership by enrolling a team from your site as an Institutional Membership. Convert today and receive four memberships for the price of three at $135/year.
STATE RESOURCES
Closing the Achievement Gap Web Site The California Department of Education, its P-16 Council, and WestEd are partnering on a web site resource as part of the statewide initiative to close the achievement gap.
Superintendent O'Connell Speaks Before the State Board of Education about Eighth Grade Testing There has been much discussion and debate around the State Board of Education's decision to require all 8th grade students to take algebra. This is a link to Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell's remarks to the SBE regarding this issue last July.
NATIONAL RESOURCES
Presidential Candidates State Positions on Education
While in Washington D.C. the ASCD LEAP teams were frequently referred by legislative assistants to visit the web sites for the Presidential candidates to review positions on important education issues. If you haven't read each candidates positions go to: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/ and http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ce50b 5-daa8-4795-b92d-92bd0d985bca.htm
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
For Teachers: History, History, and More History
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal containing annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites, as well as links to hundreds of K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, web quests, activities, games, quizzes, multimedia, and more. Content areas include pre- and ancient history, medieval, American, World War II, and current history; there's even a section for art history. Visit http://besthistorysites.net/
Free Digital Workshops Share What Works
Doing what Works (DWW), a new web site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices that are supported by rigorous research. Current offerings include digital workshops that explore examples of what works in early childhood education, English language learning, and math and science. Future topics will focus on cognition and learning, high school reform, and literacy. For more information, visit http://www.dww.ed.gov/index.cfm
Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education
Henry Louis Gates Working on Ancestry-Based Curriculum
In the wake of his highly acclaimed PBS series, African American Lives, which traced the ancestry of 19 famous African Americans using genealogical research and DNA science, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is working with other educators to create what he calls an ancestry-based curriculum to teach history and science to African American students in grades K-12. To help them become more engaged, he has been working on a six-week history unit in which kids will interview parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents -- collecting family stories along with census information, tax records, and estate records. Go to http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/?storyId=22061
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
Wired for Words
Are you having a hard time motivating your students to read? Then have their peers motivate them. Wired for Words is dedicated to providing young readers with a place to get some advice on best reads! And it is also a place where you can share information about what books you recommend or read the reviews sent in by other readers. http://www.wiredforwords.com/wiredforwords.html
ASCD ASSOCIATION NEWS, ALEXANDRIA VA
Register today for the Conference on Teaching and Learning October 24-26, Los Angeles, CA. We invite you to meet some of your California ASCD Leadership Council members at an information table.
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