Win $2,500 or more for your school or district with your creative idea! The Mid-Atlantic Family Engagement Award is an annual award for schools and districts that have demonstrated innovative and unique strategies to involve parents as equal partners in their child’s education. Contest entry forms must be faxed or postmarked by February 3, 2014.
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PD Opportunity: Teaching Digital Citizenship
Are you interested in learning clever and engaging ways to tie ideas around appropriate and responsible technology use into everyday student learning? Mark your calendars for Monday, February 24 from 4 to 5 p.m. and consider joining Jeff Brain for a webinar entitled Using Comics and Digital Storytelling to Teach Digital Citizenship. Jeff is a middle school teacher in California and an instructor at San Francisco State University’s Department of Instructional Technologies. Register today!
You’re Invited to a Discovery Education Workshop on Feb. 12!
As part of their commitment to transforming teaching and learning, Discovery Education invites you to a free, local learning and development opportunity. This interactive and inspirational session will highlight creative ways to engage students and invigorate your curriculum with the latest strategies for instructional practice using Discovery Education services. Registration is now open. Continue reading
Available Stipend Positions – Respond by Feb. 10
Albemarle County Public Schools seeks to fill the following two stipend positions: CoderDojo Leader and CoderDojo Mentor. Interested staff should email Ira Socol, Design Project Manager, at isocol@k12albemarle.org by Monday, February 10, 2014. Please include a list of your relevant experience (coding, clubs, etc.). Continue reading
County Coat Drive Extended Through Feb. 7!
Time to clean out your coat closet! Do you have gently used coats, jackets, fleeces or sweatshirts that you’d be willing to donate? Well, throw them in a bag and bring them to work for the County Coat Drive!
Through Friday, February 7, the County is collecting coats in good condition for donation to the Hinton Avenue Clothes Closet, the only free clothes closet in Charlottesville that provides clothing and basic household items to anyone who comes and signs in. Your donation will provide much needed warmth for our area’s disadvantaged and homeless children, women and men during these cold winter months. So c’mon, put those old coats to good use! Continue reading
2014 Siemens Summer of Learning Application – Deadline is Feb. 4!
Apply today for the 2014 Siemens Summer of Learning STEM programs, including the Siemens STEM Institute and Siemens Teachers as Researchers (STARs). These programs give middle and high school teachers the opportunity to engage with top scientists, collaborate with like-minded peers, and work across STEM disciplines to gain exposure to current topics that are shaping the STEM field. Applications are due February 4, 2014! Learn more >>>
Piedmont Virginia Community College Workforce Services Spring Class Schedule
Season of Nonviolence: January 30 – April 4, 2014
The purpose of this memo is to make you aware of a national campaign to be conducted January 30 through April 4, 2014, to mark the memorial anniversaries of nonviolence advocates Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading
Growing Leaders of Tomorrow: Mindsets, Diversity, and the Dream
As part of their 2014 Community MLK Celebration, the University of Virginia Curry School of Education presents Growing Leaders of Tomorrow: Mindsets, Diversity, and the Dream on Wednesday January 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Bavaro Hall, Room 116.
During this session, we will extend discussions about mindsets held during the fall semester. Through his provocative poetry and positive rap, Mr. Omékongo Dibinga will share stories about those who both hindered and fostered his journey into a growth mindset. He then will describe motivational tools that can be used to cultivate growth mindsets among all members of diverse communities. Come join us for what promises to be a useful and enlightening experience that is in keeping with Dr. King’s dream! Please RSVP to this free public event. Continue reading
ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program
Each year, ING Unsung Heroes selects 100 educators to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000. Find out more about this program. View the 2013 award winners.
ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program is administered by Scholarship Management Services, a division of Scholarship America. Scholarship Management Services is the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship and tuition reimbursement programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals.
Apply by April 30, 2014.