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| Subject | CES e-ssential NEWS * * * Winter 2008 |
| From Email Address | news@essentialschools.org |
| Test Email Address | rcalhoun@essentialschools.org, sulawesi88@yahoo.com |
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| Date Sent | 02/15/2008 |
| Message: | Your CONNECTION to the Coalition of Essential Schools Network
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1. National Exhibition Month
2. Small Schools Summer Institute
3. Fall Forum 2008
4. Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Grant Program
5. Horace Call for Submissions
6. In Common Call for Submissions / General News & Announcements from the CES Network
7. Professional Development Opportunities-CES Network
8. “Creating Balance in an Unjust World” Conference
9. EssentialVisions DVD Box Set
10. Teaching Ambassador Fellowship
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1. NATIONAL EXHIBITION MONTH IS COMING
Join CES this coming May for National Exhibition Month (NEM), our nation-wide campaign to promote and celebrate exhibitions as a preferred form of student assessment. Now in its third year, NEM mobilizes more than 100 schools and organizations across 25 states to participate in activities that make their exhibition work public and to advocate for the use of exhibitions in their local contexts. Whether writing a letter to the editor or op-ed to your local paper, hosting a public event at your school around exhibitions, or inviting media or community leaders to observe or judge exhibitions, we encourage you to find a way to participate that is both realistic and engaging
CES National is currently building an inventory of the activities that are being planned in and around May and the schools and organizations that intend to participate this year. We want to hear from you. Please click on the following link and complete a short online survey to tell us more about exhibitions at your school or organization and how you plan to participate in May. We will collect this information through the end of February and use it to organize the nationwide effort.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dISBSfpKbVn9OtFJMWaA3A_3d_3d
For more information, suggestions on how you can participate, to view CES resources on exhibitions, or to download support materials, please visit:
http://www.essentialschools.org/exhibitions.html
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2. SMALL SCHOOLS SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008
Save the date for the 2008 CES Small Schools Summer Institute, "The Essentials of Small Schools: Principles and Practices for Equity & Achievement." The Institute will take place July 14-18 in Oregon and is organized in collaboration with Employers for Education Excellence (E3) and the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) at the University of Oregon.
This week-long institute features workshops and facilitated conversations with some of the most effective small school educators in the country, including those from CES Mentor Schools Urban Academy, Eagle Rock School, Boston Arts Academy, Quest High School, Wildwood School, and Fenway High School. The Summer Institute is open to individuals and school teams who are starting new small schools, working in large schools converting to small autonomous schools, or who are looking to share best practices with a community of effective educators.
Please join CES, E3, and EPIC for a week of powerful work and fun in the great Pacific Northwest.
Registration opens May 1. For complete details, visit www.essentialschools.org/events.html.
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3. FALL FORUM 2008
Join CES for Fall Forum 2008, which will be held November 6-8 in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year's theme is "Live It. Learn It. Change It."
The Fall Forum is CES’s primary networking and professional development event, bringing together K-12 educators, students, parents, and other leading thinkers in education to collaborate and inspire school transformation. The conference consists of workshops, interest group gatherings, and other sessions in the content strands of teaching, learning, and assessment; school culture, practices, and design; leadership; and community connections.
Look for the Call for Proposals for conference sessions to be distributed in mid-April. Applications will be accepted from mid-April through mid-May. Please note that the period during which CES National will be accepting applications is one month earlier this year, so begin planning your proposals right away and be sure to submit them before the deadline. Conference registration will open in mid-August.
To learn more about Fall Forum, visit: http://www.essentialschools.org/fallforum.html.
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4. THE THEODORE R. SIZER DISSERTATION SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM
Doctoral student Victoria J. Maslow has been selected as the winter 2008 recipient of the Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Award. Victoria is finishing her PhD at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) with a research emphasis on school reform, SLCs, equity, and teacher responsibility.
The goals of the Sizer Dissertation Scholars Program are: (1) to stimulate research on CES schools and practice; (2) to increase our understanding of the effectiveness of the ten Common Principles and CES practice; and (3) to encourage a new generation of scholars and educational researchers to examine the CES philosophy. Researchers of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
CES National invites dissertation proposals that examine the implementation and effectiveness of CES practices and CES schools. Dissertation Grants are available for doctoral students writing their dissertation proposal or before conducting their research. Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States. CES National will provide up to five awards of $2,000-$4,000 each. In addition to the grant, award winners will receive a stipend to attend and present their research at CES's annual Fall Forum. Dissertation grantees' final reports may either be an article of a quality and in a format suitable for publication in a scholarly journal or a copy of the dissertation.
The deadline for the next rounds of grants is April 21, 2008. For more information, please visit: www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/org/DSP_cfp.html, or contact Director of Research Jay Feldman at jfeldman@essentialschools.org or 510-433-1914.
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5. HORACE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Look for Horace Volume 24, Issue 1, "Lifecycles of Educators: Essential School Staff Development" in your mailbox soon! This new issue of Horace features a wide range of practical and provocative perspectives from CES network educators on Essential school-based professional learning communities that improve school staff members' pedagogical abilities and stimulate personal growth while improving learning and achievement among young people. Articles include descriptions of school-based programs for novice teachers, innovative programs for principal training that complement the Common Principles, examinations of the power of professional community for mid-career educators, resources to identify and use effectively staff development practices - Critical Friends Groups and more - that grew from and continue to sustain Essential schools, and more.
Horace is currently seeking stories and submissions for the next three issues:
a) Horace 24.2, May 2008, Wellness and the Mind-Body Connection
Horace investigates the connection between mind and body that are a fundamental part of Essential schools.
b) Horace 24.3, September 2008, Politics and Policies: Election 2008
Horace looks at civic engagement to understand the ways that educators, students, and communities that support schools involve themselves in politics and policy creation to create and sustain personalized, equitable, and academically challenging schools for all students.
c) Horace 24.4, November 2008, Cycles of Inquiry and Improvement
Horace collects perspectives on schools and school systems that are committed to continuous improvement, analysis, and refinement. This focus will be on the ways that CES educators create cycles of inquiry and action.
For detailed descriptions, deadlines, and writer’s guidelines, please visit http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/resources/horace/submissions2.html and email Horace editor and CES Publications Director Jill Davidson with your ideas!
Don't get Horace? It's time you should! Horace is among the benefits of CES affiliation. Find out more about school or individual affiliation at http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/schools/affil/overview2.html and join us!
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6. IN COMMON CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS / GENERAL NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CES NETWORK
Do you have news for the CES network? Share it in the CES affiliate newsletter In Common! The newsletter is the primary vehicle for CES affiliates to communicate successes, reflections, and events to our growing national network. Take part in the national CES dialogue and tell the network what's going on in your school or organization.
There are two ways to participate:
1. Submit a short news item, no more than 100 words on what's happening in your school community or affiliated organization.
2. Submit an article or essay between 500-700 words.
Submissions are welcome at any time and are due for the next issue by April 7, 2008.
Besides In Common, we also post CES news on our website and blog, which we update as frequently as possible. It’s a great way to get additional coverage for your school or center. If your school or center has been covered in the media, has had an article written about it, has been featured in a study or report, received grants, awards, etc, please let us know. You may send news items at any time.
Please send all submissions to Ramon Calhoun, rcalhoun@essentialschools.org or call 510-433-1924.
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7. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS FROM THE CES NETWORK
CES MENTOR SCHOOLS:
February 22 - Wildwood School, “Project Based Learning,” (Los Angeles, CA). For more information, visit http://www.wildwood.org/outreach/workshops.asp or contact Jeanne Fauci, jfauci@wildwood.org, www.wildwood.org.
February 27-29 - High Tech High, Winter Residency (San Diego, CA). For more information, visit http://www.hightechhigh.org/programs/professional_development.php or contact Jennifer Husbands, jhusbands@hightechhigh.org.
April 4 - Amy Biehl High School, “DBI Driven Mathematics Curriculum” (Albuquerque, NM). For more information contact Shalini Shanker, sshan@abhs.k12.nm.us, www.abhs.k12.nm.us.
April 17-18 - High Tech High, Exhibition Residency (San Diego, CA). For more information, visit http://www.hightechhigh.org/programs/professional_development.php or contact Jennifer Husbands, jhusbands@hightechhigh.org.
April - School of the Future, “Developing Critical Thinking in a Heterogeneous Classroom,” (New York, NY). For exact dates, contact Stacy Goldstein, stacypaigeny@gmail.com, www.sof.edu.
For a complete listing of upcoming professional development opportunities from CES Mentor Schools for 2007-2008, please visit: http://www.ceschangelab.org/cs/clpub/print/cl_docs/80?x-r=disp.
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“PERSONALIZATION AND REAL WORLD LEARNING CONFERENCE”, APRIL 17-19, PROVIDENCE, RI
The Big Picture Company’s “Personalization and Real World Learning Conference” will be hosted at The Met Schools in Providence, RI April 17-19, 2008. The Conference focus is based on the belief that schools must be personalized, educating every student equally one student at a time. The conference will involve Big Picture school principals, advisors, staff and students who will share their own experiences as teachers and learners. This will be an interactive conference where attendees will spend time in advisories, visit internship sites, see student exhibitions, talk with mentors, participate in group activities and attend workshops. For registration information, please visit www.bigpicture.org and click on the conference link. For any questions contact Jill Olson-Crowley at jolson-crowley@metcenter.org.
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URBAN SCHOOLS CONFERENCE, APRIL 25-26, OAKLAND, CA
The Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES), the Stanford Redesign Network, and EXCEL High School (Oakland, CA), bring you “On Our Watch: Preparing Urban Students for Life, Leadership, and Academic Excellence,“ a national conference for educators, parents and students of urban schools to tour Oakland’s innovative small schools and share best practices for creating equitable and just urban small schools. On Our Watch features keynote addresses by Linda Darling Hammond and Pedro Noguera and will be held on April 25-26, 2008 at the McClymonds Educational Complex in West Oakland. For more information, go to www.bayces.org.
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The Antioch Center for School Renewal, in Keene, NH, has the following professional development opportunities available.
EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS PROGRAM
A post-masters certificate program for Principals Certification, the program is specifically targeted towards teachers who would like to become leaders in Essential Schools and in other small, like-minded settings. For more information, please visit www.antiochne.edu.
INSTRUCTION THAT EMBODIES THE COMMON PRINCIPLES
The Center is proud to announce the expansion of the Critical Skills model for instruction across the United States. The Critical Skills model combines problem-based, experiential learning methods while also honoring local curricular standards, enabling the practitioner to build a powerful learning community that also increases the level of rigor, engagement, and authenticity in the classroom. For more information about the model as well as delivery structures (summer, in-service, or custom) and costs, please contact acsr@antiochne.edu or 603.283.2302.
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8. “CREATING BALANCE IN AN UNJUST WORLD” CONFERENCE
Join educators, parents, students, activists, and community members from around the country for the 2008 “Creating Balance in an Unjust World” conference on math education and social justice. In April 2007 over 500 educators and students from 28 states attended the first “Creating Balance” conference. Through workshops, panels, Keynote speakers, networking sessions, Action Groups, local chapter meetings, school visits, and more, 2008 conference participants will explore questions, challenges, and opportunities to work for social and economic justice through mathematics and math education. For more information, and to register, please visit: http://www.radicalmath.org/conference/index.html.
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9. ESSENTIALVISIONS DVD BOX SET
The CES EssentialVisions Box Set with Disc 1: Classroom Practice, Disc 2: Student Achievement, and Disc 3: School Culture, is now available for purchase. The EssentialVisions DVD set brings the CES Common Principles to life with images, real stories, and tools from today’s most successful small high schools. Each DVD captures schools and teachers implementing the Common Principles, illustrating how students engage in their education and teachers develop as professionals.
Buy the box set for $100 or individual DVDs for $40.00/DVD at the CES Store, http://store.essentialstore.org/dvds1.html.
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10. TEACHING AMBASSADOR FELLOWSHIP
Looking for an opportunity to interact with Washington policymakers and convey your perspective on how education policy and programs affects you as an educator? Feel like your experiences adjusting to NCLB’s annual testing requirements and quality standards haven’t been heard by the officials who enforce the law?
A new U.S. Department of Education program seeks teachers with successful strategies for increasing student achievement to apply for Teaching Ambassador Fellowship positions for the 2008-09 school year. Teachers will be chosen based upon their record of leadership, impact on student achievement, and potential for contribution to the field. All Fellows will complete a collaborative project to contribute to the field of education at the national level, and will be encouraged to work with their principals and with government liaisons throughout the year. The program offers two tracks: Classroom and Washington Fellows.
Classroom Fellows will serve their regular teaching contracts with their districts, and will be paid to perform additional Fellowship duties for the Department of Education. As practicing classroom teachers, these Fellows will share an important perspective for—and will gain more knowledge about—education policy and program development.
Washington Fellows will serve as full-time federal employees in Washington, DC from the summer of 2008 through June 2009, placed in appropriate positions within the Department of Education to work on education program development and implementation. They will focus on using their previous classroom experience to contribute knowledge and insight to various Department projects.
Highly Qualified K-12 teachers of all subjects from public schools who have spent at least three years in the classroom are eligible to apply. Up to 20 Classroom Fellows and up to 5 Washington Fellows will be named by the summer of 2008.
For more information on the fellowship, please visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/programoverview.html
To access an application, please visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/applicant.html
The deadline to apply is Monday, April 7, 2008.
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