Save the Date!
2011 AESD Conference
Puget Sound ESD will host the 2011 AESD Annual Conference, April 14-16,
2011 with a theme "Creating and Fulfilling Dreams: Engaging Each
Child."
More details to come!
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2010 AESD Conference
AESD Annual Meeting 2010: Connect. yesterday.today.tomorrow.
The Spring AESD Conference was held April 22-24, 2010 in Vancouver,
and was hosted by ESD 112. Thanks to Dr. Twyla Barnes, Superintendent,
and her extraordinary ESD 112 staff for their gracious hospitality
and outstanding conference!
Click on 2010
Conference to read about the conference and view pictures..
Click on 2010
AESD Conference to review conference handouts. See The
Heritage Project to view videos, pictures and other historic
information from the nine ESDs in Washington State. |
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Steve Myers to become next superintendent of ESD 105
After helping guide transformational learning improvement work as superintendent
of the Toppenish School District, Steve Myers will step into a new role
on July 1 as the next superintendent of ESD 105.
The ESD 105 Board of Directors chose Myers on March 5 to succeed Jane
Gutting as superintendent. Gutting announced last November that she would
be leaving the agency at the end of June after 11 successful years leading
the organization. Read the complete story at Steve
Myers.
AESD President's Message
By Charles Staadecker, Puget Sound ESD
I am pleased and honored to be your new AESD President. I feel fortunate to
work with Superintendents and Board Members throughout the state who give
countless hours of time and effort on behalf of our children. All of us
remain vigilant in how education is serving our students and we are committed
and accountable to how our school districts are educating each and every
child.
We find ourselves at a unique point in time for our nine ESDs –
now closely linked by our statewide network. Given the current economic
conditions, our state and school districts face a severe financial short
fall. Last year we were buffered by funds from the Federal Government,
and one-time fixes by the state. We cannot, nor should not, expect that
to continue. More and more our state legislature and individual school
districts will turn to the ESDs for help.
This will turn out to be an opportunity for us; and, we will need to
be prepared. Our nine ESD Superintendents continue to amaze me with their
unfailing commitment to insure ESDs are at the forefront; but they look
to their respective boards for input and spirited dialogue. With the foresight
of the executive board and superintendents, the AESD Forum (click on link
in right-hand menu) conceived and developed together on behalf of the
AESD Network, provides a “dialogue link” to allow all board
members to participate in an exchange of thoughts and entrepreneurial
ideas in a statewide ESD conversation.
Thus we now have a place mark for all ESD board members to post our ideas
and solutions that are working in our districts. For example, an idea
in the Tri Cities may have an application in Anacortes. Now all board
members can share those thoughts electronically. But the only way this
on-line conversation will be useful, is that we are committed to using
it. So please, I ask this of you: if you have entrepreneurial ideas, agenda
items of importance, share them through this link. Dedicate 10 minutes
at your next board meeting to have staff “ walk you through”
accessing this dialogue link – then bookmark it on your “favorites.”
May this opening message find all of you excited about what lies ahead.
Together we shall succeed. I wish you good health.
ESD Updates
Cybersafety front & center
If someone had asked you 10 years ago to define the key elements
of student safety, what would you have said … locked doors,
well monitored hallways?

ESD 105 receives $9 million grant for new teacher readiness program
A $9,017,011 five-year federal grant this spring to ESD 105 and
Toppenish’s Heritage University will launch a program in the
fall that will transform the way new teachers are trained.

ESD 112 partnership will help prepare sixth graders for college
Southwest Washington Child Care Consortium
(SWCCC) and Northwest Service Academy, both programs of Educational
Service District 112, in partnership with Vancouver Public Schools,
will receive $147,900 over three years to institute an after-school
college readiness program for sixth graders at McLoughlin Middle
School.
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ESD 113 joins regional teams
to address science education
With support from OSPI, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, and the Pacific Science Center, five educators
from around ESD113 have joined with teams of science educators from
each of the other ESDs, Washington State MESA and Universities and
LASER Alliances to participate in the Washington Science Partnership
Academy (SPA).
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At-Risk Students Find Hope and Help at Olympic ESD 114 Truancy School
Kids identified as chronic Becca Bill truants now have a new option
for finding success at school. Olympic ESD 114 opened the doors
on its new Truancy Intervention and Prevention School (TIPS) in
January.
More>>

Puget Sound ESD will host 2011 AESD Conference
See details above.

Hundreds of Educators Return for ESD 123’s
DuFour Conference
Nearly 500 educators from school districts across eastern Washington
and Oregon had the outstanding opportunity to listen and engage
with Professional Learning Communities (PLC) experts Dr. Richard
and Rebecca DuFour on May 5th and 6th in Pasco, WA.
More>>

North Central ESD hosts award programs
NCESD
region recently completed the 25th year of celebrating school district
employees at the regional Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Excellence
Banquets.
More>>
Administrator Professional Certificate Program
NWESD is currently accepting registrations
for the 2010/11 Administrator Professional Certificate Program,
designed for regional administrators who hold a residency administrator
certificate and have two years experience in an administrative role.
More>>
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AESD Mission Statement
Provide coordination to enable clear and appropriate communication between
ESD Boards as a means for sharing ideas of common interest. |