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NCESD prepares for AESD Conference

The North Central ESD Board and staff are busy preparing for the 2012 AESD Conference scheduled April 12-14, 2012 at Campbell’s Resort in Chelan. Speakers include Dr. Yong Zhao, Presidential Chair and Associate Dean for Global Education, College of Education at the University of Oregon; Kevin Honeycutt, Technology Integration Specialist at ESSDACK, an educational service center based in Hutchinson, KS; Adora Svitak, young author and speaker from Redmond, WA; and Dr. Lee Warne, AESA Executive Director.

NCESD Teacher Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP)

NCESD is pleased to have nine area school districts selected to participate in the Teacher Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP) Regional Implementation Grant ESD Consortia for the 2011-12 School Year. The districts selected in the North Central Washington region include Brewster, Cascade, Cashmere, Chelan, Entiat, Ephrata, Orondo, Quincy and Waterville.

As part of the TPEP Consortia/RIG we will be collaborating with the districts and their selected work groups to explore instructional frameworks and develop an evaluation tool to pilot in the 2012-13 school year with 20% of their teachers and all of their building principals. The RIG will focus on rubric development for the criteria, professional development needs, as well as communication and implementation strategies.

The work is being led by ESD Assistant Superintendent Cindy Duncan who remarked, “The work of the districts in the Consortia will benefit greatly due to the cohesiveness and collaboration of the ESD Network. Our ability to build upon and leverage the work going on in each of our regions will be of tremendous benefit to our districts!”

~Heather Schuller, Program Assistant
North Central ESD