Common Core State Standards Webinar
with Stephanie Shipton
April 10, 2012 10am
Oregon has adopted the Common Core State Standards in Math and Literacy and we are thrilled to welcome Stephanie Shipton, from the National Governors Association to talk to us about the Standards! Stephanie will share resources and examine ways you can identify the learning that is happening in your program every day.
Don't miss this unique opportunity!
Webinar Cost:
Member: $10
Non-Member $20
Click here to join!
Stephanie Shipton is a policy analyst in the education division of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), which provides information and technical assistance on best practices across the P-20 spectrum to governors and their advisors. At the NGA Center, Stephanie works on the Common Core State Standards team and leads the division's work on charter schools policy, adolescent literacy, and expanded learning opportunities. Prior to this, Stephanie served as a policy program assistant at the Alliance for Excellent Education, where she supported advocacy efforts and policy work on early warning indicator systems, graduation rates, and adolescent literacy. She also serves on the advisory board of the Illustrative Math Project and as a representative of NGA on the Math Common Core Coalition and English Language Arts Common Core Coalition. Stephanie holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Afterschool Resource Library Partnership Resource Day!
Saturday, March 3, 2012 10am
Salem Public Library, Anderson Rooms
We are thrilled to announce this additional location for our library partnership series! Come enjoy a day of hands on activities as we explore the curriculum resources found at your local library! Network with other afterschool professionals, discover the newly adopted Oregon Quality Standards for afterschool programs and create thematic, integrated lesson and activity plans by utilizing the new afterschool resources at the library. - FREE!!!
"If I Were Mayor..." Contest!
This year the annual "If I Were Mayor..." contest is focusing on afterschool! The Oregon Mayors Association, your City and Oregon Afterschool for Kids invite your kids to enter this fun contest!
1st Step:
Local Contest - Contact your city and local mayor to get information about submitting entries to your city's contest! Submit your ideas about what you would do if you were mayor. This year's theme is more specifically focused: What do you think afterschool should be like in your town?"
Submissions will be accepted in these three categories:
Poster (Grades 4-6)
Essay/Video (Middle School)
Video (High School)
Local contests are beginning now and run through April 20, 2012.
2nd Step:
Your mayor and city council will pick a winner in each category and send those submissions to the Statewide Contest by May 4, 2012.
3rd Step:
Statewide Contest - Overall winners will be chosen in each of the three categories and invited, along with their parents, to an Oregon Mayor Assocation Annual Conference Luncheon in Florence, Oregon on Saturday, July 28, 2012, to be recognized and receive their prizes!
The statewide winners will be notified, along with their mayor in mid-June.
Tell you Mayor what YOU would do if YOU were mayor!
Visit www.oregonmayors.org and click on "Special Programs" to learn more about contacting your city's mayor, getting them involved and helping the kids in your afterschool program participate in this great contest!!
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