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This event will be held at Mariner HS in Everett. Our Keynote Speaker Dr. Wayne Au, is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell and is an editor with the social justice teaching magazine, Rethinking School. His research focuses on multicultural, anti-racist
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As school employees, you know the critical importance of being aware of and alert to your surroundings for the safety of your students, parents and fellow colleagues. Register for this event to learn from the experts about suicide prevention, indoor air quality, emergency management training and other topics. Learn and
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This training helps educators develop culturally responsive classroom management practices to ensure that students experience a positive, consistent, safe and equitable classroom. Participants will learn strategies to appreciate and appropriately integrate their students’ culture and family backgrounds into the classroom culture
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Workshop to prepare for the Assessment Center. Will focus on what to expect at the assessment center, a chance to connect with like Certificate area candidates, a deep dive into the prompts associated with the Constructed Response Items (CRIs) and an overview of the breakdown of content for the Selected
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This training is a collaboration between LWEA, WEA, and the UW College of Education Faculty • Exploring practices to ensure that students experience a positive, consistent, safe, and equitable classroom with emphasis on positive social behavior development. • Facilitating classroom interactions that appropriately integrate your students’ culture and
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Learn about the 16 Essential Characteristics for Success and walk away with strategies and tools for integrating habits of mind in your daily classroom routine to enhance student learning. Please bring two upcoming lessons to work on embedding the habits into your own current practice.
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The 2017 legislative session introduced many changes to educator certification requirements. Did you know Professional Certification is now optional? Do you have questions about the latest requirements, timelines and continuing education processes? This session covers certificate renewal processes, including the new STEM and TPEP renewal requirement. You’ll also
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Participants considering National Board Certification learn what the process looks like, including costs and time commitment, and how to take advantage of support opportunities offered through the union. Cost: Free
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This conference is a collaboration between WEA, Highline College and Green River College dedicated to closing the achievement and opportunity gaps for all students to support them in increasing their academic achievement and social emotional success in school. Participants will increase their culturally responsive skills, classroom leadership and productive engagement
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Participants considering National Board Certification learn what the process looks like, including costs and time commitment, and how to take advantage of support opportunities offered through the union. Cost: Free
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PGPs provide Washington educators the chance to use job-embedded work they are already doing for certificate renewal and salary advancement. Educators can now choose to complete PGPs for certificate renewal – instead of attending clock hour events. A completed PGP earns 25 clock hours that can be used
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Participants considering National Board Certification learn what the process looks like, including costs and time commitment, and how to take advantage of support opportunities offered through the union. Cost: Free
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The work of meeting the needs of children with special needs is complex. In this course, designed for new practitioners and the community, participants explore some of the areas of challenge that are encountered regularly. Cost: Free
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Participants considering National Board Certification learn what the process looks like, including costs and time commitment, and how to take advantage of support opportunities offered through the union. Cost: Free
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This training helps educators become more culturally responsive and improve their classroom engagement with students from diverse backgrounds, social groups and cultures through meaningful, caring adult relationships. In this training, participants will learn to: • Demonstrate cultural competency • Use the cultural competency framework of awareness, understanding
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This training will provide an introduction to threat assessment and management, along with an overview of resources available to help prepare for, and mitigate, school emergencies with a focus on supporting students and staff. This event is free to WEA members (check not required for this event)
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WEA's National Board Renewal Jump Start is a 1-day training that provides key information to NBCTs who are engaged in the National Board Certification renewal process. This training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming a NBCT and how to relate this to the renewal process. This training
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Participants deepen their understanding of the certificated TPEP evaluation law and process, covering evidence and artifacts and student growth goals. The training helps demystify the magnitude of collecting and providing evidence and introduce tips to harvest evidence. Participants will develop skills to identify relevant, meaningful, doable evidence tied to
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Participants considering National Board Certification learn what the process looks like, including costs and time commitment, and how to take advantage of support opportunities offered through the union. Cost: Free
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Participants learn about financial planning in preparation for and during retirement
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The 2017 legislative session introduced many changes to educator certification requirements. Did you know Professional Certification is now optional? Do you have questions about the latest requirements, timelines and continuing education processes? This session covers certificate renewal processes, including the new STEM and TPEP renewal requirement. You’ll also learn about
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WEA's National Board Renewal Jump Start is a 1-day training that provides key information to NBCTs who are engaged in the National Board Certification renewal process. This training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming a NBCT and how to relate this to the renewal process. This training
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Looking for new ways to integrate labor history into your curriculum? This course will guide secondary teachers through model lessons from Zinn Education Project’s labor history archive and facilitate an inventory and analysis of teachers’ own curriculum. Participants will walk away with resources and knowledge to use to enhance
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The 2017 legislative session introduced many changes to educator certification requirements. Did you know Professional Certification is now optional? Do you have questions about the latest requirements, timelines and continuing education processes? This session covers certificate renewal processes, including the new STEM and TPEP renewal requirement. You’ll also learn about
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This course will increase participant’s awareness of the impact trauma experiences have on students and their classroom behaviors. It will also provide staff with strategies and approaches used to mitigate this impact and improve educational outcomes. Staff will explore the importance of incorporating self-care techniques for students and educators
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The WEA Jump Start is a four-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide National Board candidates with important information about the certification process, time to examine component requirements, the opportunity to plan how to meet requirements, and time to collaborate, gather resources and information needed to pursue National Board Certification
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The WEA Jump Start is a four-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide National Board candidates with important information about the certification process, time to examine component requirements, the opportunity to plan how to meet requirements, and time to collaborate, gather resources and information needed to pursue National Board Certification
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The WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start is an opportunity to get support as you start the renewal process. Designed and led by NBCTs, this one-day seminar is a way for you to learn about the renewal requirements and plan out your year. Renewal is a personal
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The WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start is an opportunity to get support as you start the renewal process. Designed and led by NBCTs, this one-day seminar is a way for you to learn about the renewal requirements and plan out your year. Renewal is a personal
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The WEA Jump Start is a four-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide National Board candidates with important information about the certification process, time to examine component requirements, the opportunity to plan how to meet requirements, and time to collaborate, gather resources and information needed to pursue National Board Certification
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The WEA National Board Renewal Jump Start is an opportunity to get support as you start the renewal process. Designed and led by NBCTs, this one-day seminar is a way for you to learn about the renewal requirements and plan out your year. Renewal is a personal
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The WEA Jump Start is a four-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide National Board candidates with important information about the certification process, time to examine component requirements, the opportunity to plan how to meet requirements, and time to collaborate, gather resources and information needed to pursue National Board Certification
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IEP Non Transition training will be held at the Columbia Basin Health Sciences Building, 891 Northgate Dr., Richland, WA. Class will run from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm with an hour lunch on your own
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Required by all OSPI-approved programs and for those receiving OSPI conditional loan**. A close examination and application of two NBPTS foundational documents: The Five Core Propositions, and The Architecture of Accomplished Teaching
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If you are pursuing Components 2, 3 or 4, this is the first cohort meeting of the year. You need to attend one of the meetings
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Do you have questions about the Washington State teacher certification and continuing education requirements, state policy updates, or support options? Come learn more at the WEA Teacher Certification Training
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This training is focused on sharing the latest certification policy changes, certificate renewal requirements and options including: new STEM & TPEP requirements, Professional Growth Plan (PGP) option, and National Board Certification.
This event is open to Renton EA members only
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The Five Core Propositions and the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching will be woven throughout the analysis and study of certification area standards and Component Two instructions. Meetings include time for Q&A, conferencing, drafting, peer review
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This Renewal Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG), and includes two structured feedback protocol processes with other candidates. Check-in begins at 8am, class starts at 9am and ends at 3:30pm. Lunch is included
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WEA's National Board Renewal Feedback & Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG) to renew their National Board Certificate. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am and finishes with lunch at
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This component requires teacher candidates to gather information from a variety of sources about a group of students; use assessments to effectively plan for and positively impact their students’ learning; and provide evidence of their collaboration with families, the community, and colleagues and of their contributions to learning communities to
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WEA's National Board 1-day Renewal Jump Start training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming an NBCT, and demonstrates how to relate them to the renewal process. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am. Cost: Early registration (through 9/17/18) - $75. Regular registration (9/18/18 until
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WEA's National Board Renewal Feedback & Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG) to renew their National Board Certificate. Check-in begins at 11:30, lunch is at noon, the training starts at 12:30 pm and
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This 3-hour course is aimed at helping deepen your understanding of the new, certificated TPEP 4-tiered evaluation process, with a focus on strategies to write and implement effective Student Growth Goals
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WEA's National Board 1-day Renewal Jump Start training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming an NBCT, and demonstrates how to relate them to the renewal process. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am. Cost: Early registration (through 9/17/18) - $75. Regular registration (9/18/18 until
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This 3-hour training will help you 1) understand the basics of PGPs, 2) consider what you might want to feature in a PGP, and 3) begin drafting your PGP. At the end of this training, participants can choose to sign up for an additional 2-part training (4 hours) to
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This training provides key information on the PGP process, including feedback on drafts and facilitated sign-off of completed PGP. This is a two-part training, open to members of the Renton Education Association
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Participants review the main components of the certificated TPEP 4-tiered evaluation process and learn about the changes to the system per new WACs, combining evidence and artifacts collection with strategies for writing and implementing effective student growth goals and to explore formative assessments that enhance effective teaching practices and student
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During this workshop, participants do the following: - Become familiar with recent policy changes affecting teacher certification - Learn about the new National Board process - Get an overview of ProTeach© - Explore new certification renewal requirements - Review how to move from a residency
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This course deepens participants’ understanding of the certificated TPEP 4-tiered evaluation process, with a focus writing and implementing effective student growth goals. Session goals and objectives: - Gain knowledge about the law in relation to student growth goals - Review sample goals produced by practitioners across the state
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UPRISE gives educators an opportunity to better understand the intersection of education and culture for Pacific Islander students, who make up one of the fastest growing demographic groups in our region. UPRISE aims to help educators build better relationships with Pacific Islander students and, in particular, their families by
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WEA's National Board 1-day Renewal Jump Start training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming an NBCT, and demonstrates how to relate them to the renewal process. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am. Cost: Early registration (through 9/17/18) - $75. Regular registration (9/18/18 until
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What is a Professional Growth Plan (PGP)? Who needs to complete one? How can PGPs be used for certificate renewal and salary advancement? How can I use my PGE work to satisfy the requirements for a PGP? Participants will receive hands-on instruction and will actually complete most
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WEA Fourth Corner and WEA-Retired are pleased to present a pre-retirement seminar for members who are planning for retirement for refundable $25. Spouses/significant others for an additional $15. How prepared are you? What decisions will you have to make? What paperwork should you have in order, now and
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The Five Core Propositions and the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching will be woven throughout the analysis and study of certification area standards and Components Three instructions. Meetings include time for Q&A, conferencing, drafting, peer review, plus video review and analysis
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This workshop is designed to use research supported game based and gamification learning into class- rooms across the content areas. Game based learning and gamification leverages student interest in problem solving and uses project based learning. Participants will learn how to use game
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This training helps educators (both ESP and Certificated) become more culturally responsive and improve their engagement with students from diverse backgrounds, social groups, and cultures through meaningful, caring school-based relationships. It will also help educators develop culturally responsive classroom management practices to ensure that students experience a positive, consistent, safe
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Discussion of certification area standards and analysis of prompt descriptors. Self-assessment of knowledge in content area. Learn about Constructed Response Items and Selected Response Items as well as assessment ethics, procedures, appointments, and general overview of C1
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WEA Fourth Corner and WEA-Retired are pleased to present a pre-retirement seminar for members who are planning for retirement for refundable $25. Spouses/significant others for an additional $15. How prepared are you? What decisions will you have to make? What paperwork should you have in order, now and
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Session goals and objectives:
• Gain knowledge about the law in relation to student growth goals
• Review sample goals produced by practitioners across the state
• Identify effective strategies to writing student growth goals
• Develop skills to design and develop effective student growth goals
• Introduce nested goals
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Do you have questions about Washington state teacher certification and continuing education requirements, state policy updates, or support options? Come learn more at the WEA Teacher Certification Workshop
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This 3-hour course is aimed at helping you put your best foot forward in the new, certificated TPEP 4-tiered evaluation process. Session goals and objectives: Demystify the magnitude of collecting and providing evidence Introduce tips to "harvest" evidence to best represent your
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Do you have questions about certification requirements, timelines, and continuing education requirements? Do you need to know the differences in certification types and how much time and energy it will take to renew? Participants will explore the certification requirements and policies and the impact on certification – including STEM
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Participants learn about collecting evidence and artifacts in the certificated TPEP 4-tiered evaluation process. Session goals and objectives: - Demystify the magnitude of collecting and providing evidence - Introduce tips to harvest evidence to best represent your instruction - Develop skills to identify relevant, meaningful, doable evidence
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During this workshop, participants do the following: - Become familiar with recent policy changes affecting teacher certification - Learn about the new National Board process - Get an overview of ProTeach© - Explore new certification renewal requirements - Review how to move from a residency
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Participants learn how the Professional Growth Plans created by the Professional Educator Standards Board impacts their professional lives. They receive hands-on instruction and work on their PGP. In addition, they review how PGPs fit with STEM and TPEP professional development requirements for certificate renewal and learn about the role of
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During this training, participants will: - Learn why it’s so important to use formative assessments in the classroom - Gain understanding of the research behind the practice - Investigate how formative assessments impact the opportunity gap - Uncover multiple connections between formative assessments and student learning
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WEA Fourth Corner and WEA-Retired are pleased to present a pre-retirement seminar for members who are planning for retirement for refundable $25. Spouses/significant others for an additional $15. How prepared are you? What decisions will you have to make? What paperwork should you have in order, now and
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WEA's National Board 1-day Renewal Jump Start training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming an NBCT, and demonstrates how to relate them to the renewal process. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am. Cost: Early registration (through 9/17/18) - $75. Regular registration (9/18/18 until
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WEA's National Board 1-day Renewal Jump Start training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming an NBCT, and demonstrates how to relate them to the renewal process. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am. Cost: Early registration (through 9/17/18) - $75. Regular registration (9/18/18 until
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WEA's National Board Renewal Feedback & Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG) to renew their National Board Certificate. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am and finishes with lunch at
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This Renewal Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG), and includes two structured feedback protocol processes with other candidates. Check-in begins at 8am, class starts at 9am and ends at 3:30pm. Lunch is included
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WEA's National Board Renewal Feedback & Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG) to renew their National Board Certificate. Check-in begins at 8 am, class starts at 9 am and finishes with lunch at
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This training helps educators (both ESP and Certificated) become more culturally responsive and improve their engagement with students from diverse backgrounds, social groups, and cultures through meaningful, caring school-based relationships. It will also help educators develop culturally responsive classroom management practices to ensure that students experience a positive, consistent, safe
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WEA's National Board Renewal Feedback & Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one of their Profiles of Professional Growth (PPG) to renew their National Board Certificate. Check-in begins at 11:30, lunch is at noon, the training starts at 12:30 pm and
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During this workshop, participants do the following: - Become familiar with recent policy changes affecting teacher certification - Learn about the new National Board process - Get an overview of ProTeach© - Explore new certification renewal requirements - Review how to move from a residency
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Participants will develop an understanding about: -The impact of traumatic experiences on students and their classroom behaviors. -Strategies and approaches used to mitigate this impact and improve educational outcomes. -The importance of incorporating self-care techniques for students and educators. Registration Fee: Puget Sound UniServ
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This event costs $10. After you register, you will be redirected to a payment page
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Professional Growth Plans (PGPs) are job-embedded professional learning experiences for educators to renew their certificates and earn clock hours. PGPs are built from the work you are already doing. Certificated educators can complete one PGP per year (25 clock hours); they can renew their certificates with 4 PGPs every 5
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This seminar is designed for union members of Rainier UniServ Council who are planning for retirement, particularly those within 8 years of retirement. Some of the subjects discussed will be: Retirement Plans I, II, and III; VEBA; PERS, SERS, TRS; Financial Planning; Social Security/Medicare; Estate Planning; Health/Medical Insurance; and Transition
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This 3-hour training will help you 1) understand the basics of PGPs, 2) consider what you might want to feature in a PGP, and 3) begin drafting your PGP. At the end of this training, participants can choose to sign up for an additional 2-part training (4 hours) to get
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This workshop will cover the Federal Loan Forgiveness Programs under which many WEA Olympic members may be eligible. The Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, the Perkins Loan Forgiveness Program and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program will be covered. If you are a WEA member and you have an outstanding student
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This course is designed to help a relations between parents and a child's IEP team. We will also discuss what to do when things are not going well for your child as well as touch on the topic of how behavior issues are handled in this state. This session
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This is an optional, two part, follow up for those educators who attended PGP Part 1 and want to participate in a structured feedback/support process. It is comprised of two training sessions of two hours each. The first two hour session is focused on peer feedback on the draft PGP
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Renton EA members - Did you attend our PGP Part 1 training? If so, you are eligible to attend this follow-up series to help you revise and finalize your PGP! (Part 2 is Jan 17, Part 3 is April 18, both are 4:30-6:30 p.m.) This 2-part, 4-hour
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This training actively works with teams to understand how to utilize de-escalation techniques while working together to maintain student dignity during the crisis. Participants will actively work to better understand their own non-verbal and para-verbal behavior and how it relates to the escalation cycle
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Professional Growth Plans (PGPs) are job-embedded professional learning experiences for educators to renew their certificates and earn clock hours. PGPs are built from the work you are already doing. Certificated educators can complete one PGP per year (25 clock hours); they can renew their certificates with 4 PGPs every 5
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During this workshop, participants do the following: - Become familiar with recent policy changes affecting teacher certification - Learn about the new National Board process - Get an overview of ProTeach© - Explore new certification renewal requirements - Review how to move from a residency
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During this workshop, participants do the following: - Become familiar with recent policy changes affecting teacher certification - Learn about the new National Board process - Get an overview of ProTeach© - Explore new certification renewal requirements - Review how to move from a residency
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This course is appropriate for beginners or as a refresher course for those that want to learn the changes to the process per the new WACs. This session will review the 4 tiered evaluation process, combining evidence and artifacts collection with strategies for writing and implementing effective student growth goals
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Designed and developed by Tanya Rontos, Special Education Coordinator at Steilacoom Historical School District. This class offers participants tools and resources to better support students. Objectives: Guiding Principles for paraeducators Characteristics of new paraeducator and teacher teams Planning and
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This course offers an in-depth look at autism characteristics in areas such as social reciprocity, shared attention, and perspective taking. Course attendees will learn how these deficits translate into academic, social, motor, communication and adaptive difficulties in schools and communities. This course provides an overview of the various behavioral, developmental
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Do you have questions about Washington state teacher certification and continuing education requirements, state policy updates, or support options? At the WEA Teacher Certification 101 Training you will: * Learn about recent policy changes affecting teacher certification, including timelines * Explore the National Board
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Participants learn how the Professional Growth Plans created by the Professional Educator Standards Board impacts their professional lives. They receive hands-on instruction and work on their PGP. In addition, they review how PGPs fit with STEM and TPEP professional development requirements for certificate renewal and learn about the role of
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Do you have questions about Washington state teacher certification and continuing education requirements, state policy updates, or support options? At the WEA Teacher Certification 101 Training you will: * Learn about recent policy changes affecting teacher certification, including timelines * Explore the National Board Certification process and support
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Participants will: • Review discipline changes in General Education. • Review discipline procedures in Special Education. • Review new restraint and isolation regulations. • Discuss appropriate placement and services. • Review court cases involving staff injuries. • Discuss steps to take when injury occurs
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