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ALAS
ALAS Board Member & OALA Founder, Dr. Gustavo Balderas, named National Superintendent of the Year! The award ceremony occurred in San Diego, California on Thursday, February 13. Read More.
Statistics in Schools Week: Everyone Counts!
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Join the U.S. Census Bureau to celebrate counting young children in the 2020 Census at the Great Lakes Science Center!
Did you know that children under 5 are the most likely to be missed in the census count? Cleveland needs all children to be counted in the 2020 Census, which will inform funding for community programs such as schools, child care, housing, and food assistance.
Saturday, February 22, 2020 | 10 am - 1 pm
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114
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Last Friday, February 14th, Lawyers for Civil Rights hosted a webinar that addressed legal concerns surrounding Census 2020.The webinar discussed important issues such as citizenship, confidentiality protections, and the best practices community members can take. Watch the webinar.
The U.S Department of Education held a briefing on the Trump Administration Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request on Monday, February 10, 2020.
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ALAS
President Trump has pitched a 7.8 percent cut to Education Department programs in the fiscal 2021 budget proposal.
Trump's $66.6 billion request for the Education Department, representing a $5.6 billion cut from enacted levels, is part of a proposal that would cut billions of dollars in non-defense spending.
FY 2021 Budget for the entire U.S. Government
Renaissance Learning
Even an assessment expert couldn’t tell the difference between a criterion-referenced test and a norm-referenced test just by looking at them. The difference is actually in the scores—and some tests can provide both! Explore the key differences between criterion-referenced tests and norm-referenced tests and why it’s so important for educators in your district to know the key differences. Learn more
The Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL -NCLIS) "Advocating for America's Languages" brief on Capitol Hill
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The briefing aimed to educate the public on the most pressing challenges facing language learners today, particularly English-Learners (Els).
Considering: 1 in 10 public school students across the United States are learning to speak English, yet only 65% of English Learners graduate high school, compared to the national graduation rate of 83%. There are currently about 5 million students in America that are English learners (ELs) in the public-school system. With this growing number, Representative Langevin (RI-02) has proposed two bills that will help teachers be more prepared to give students, who are ELs, an improved learning experience. These two bills are the Reaching ELs Act and the SPELL Act. The Reaching ELs Act is meant to serve as a grant program that will help teachers become more prepared by participating in several new courses and training, to help them reach the needs of EL students. The SPELL Act is designed to increase loan forgiveness for teachers who will be working with EL students in high-need schools, for at least 5 years. By providing loan forgiveness, the Spell Act grants more opportunities for teachers to help EL students reach their goals. These two acts will provide a more comprehensive teaching approach to students who have been in need for specialized education reform.
Read more on Reaching ELs Act and the SPELL Act.
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In 2018, UnidosUS conducted policy research on Latina teachers working in ECE settings operated by our Affiliate organizations. Our primary purpose was to examine the "BA challenge," namely: the concern that Latina ECE teachers without degrees would lose or leave their positions due to increased educational requirements. Across the United States, many Latina ECE teachers must now have a bachelor's degree or be enrolled in a degree program as a condition of their employment.
[UnidosUS] found minimal evidence that ECE teachers among UnidosUS Affiliates are leaving the field due to increased educational requirements. [Their] research indicated that: the real "BA challenge" is that teachers are seeking degrees but are paid sufficiently and because of this, program caliber declines. Some teachers must finance the entire costs of their degree, which is especially burdensome given their compensation. Additionally, teachers seeking their bachelor's degrees encounter delays due to the misalignment between associate and bachelor's degrees.
UnidosUS recommends the following for federal and state policy: increasing ECE teacher compensation to be proportionalized with job duties; acknowledgement of cultural and linguistic components as essential elements to the success of high-quality ECE programs; and the increased accessibility of hybrid (blended) college and university courses in order to meet the availability demand for teachers.
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Meet the ALAS Board of Directors
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President:
Ana V. Ortiz
Retired Superintendent Oxford Public Schools Oxford, Connecticut
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President Elect:
Dr. Francisco Duran Chief Equity Officer; Virginia State Board of Education Member Fairfax County Public Schools Falls Church, Virginia |
Treasurer – Director Region 2 Northwest:
Dr. Gustavo Balderas Superintendent Eugene School District 4J
Eugene, Oregon |
Secretary – Region 5 Midwest: Dr. Charles Johns Superintendent
Glenbrook High School District 225 Glenview, Illinois |
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Director – At Large Higher Education: Dr. Maria Ott Executive in Residence USC School of Education Los Angeles, California |
Director – Region I West: Dr. Ruth Perez; Superintendent Paramount Unified School District Paramount, California |
Director – Region 3 Southwest: Dr. Lily DeBlieux Superintendent Pendergast Elementary School District Phoenix, Arizona |
Director – Region 4: Juan E. Cabrera Jr. Superintendent
El Paso Independent School District El Paso, Texas |
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Director – Region 6 Northeast: Dr. Alex Marrero Assistant Superintendent Of Curriculum & Instruction New Rochelle School District Middletown, New York
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Director – Region 8 New England: Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez Superintendent Hartford Public Schools Hartford, CT |
Director at Large: Dr. Danna Diaz Superintendent of Schools
Reynolds School District Reynolds, OR |
Director Affiliate At-Large Nora Gutierrez Superintendent
Tolleson Union High School District Tolleson, AZ |
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Join ALAS for our 2020 State Affiliates Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on March 6 - 8, 2020!
This year's conference will be hosted at Grand Canyon University. Please plan to arrive at GCU no later than 12 pm on 3/6/20 and depart after 3 pm on 3/8/20.
ALAS will cover 2 nights hotel stay at GCU (3/6/20 -3/8/20) and reimburse airfare (up to $500) per attendee.
**2 State Affiliate representatives are required to attend & participate for the entire duration of event**
View & Download the 2020 SALC Agenda
GCU has been a dedicated partner of ALAS and our mission towards achieving equitable access to education for all students. Thank you Grand Canyon University!
Grand Canyon University is awarding three (3) $5,000 scholarships to ALAS members to attend Grand Canyon University in any of GCU’s 220+ online degree programs. The most popular are the M.Ed. Educational Administration, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), or Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programs. The programs are completed 100% online. Scholarship recipient must meet the admissions requirements for each program as outlined below. Each program also has different emphasis areas outlined below. Scholarship recipients will work with GCU counseling staff for admissions into the program.
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Mr Elmer
Intervention Compass removes the guesswork and saves your staff time by placing all student data in one place. Teachers and admin can get back to talking about how to support the whole child. Check out how Intervention Compass is saving Gabe and his team a whole lot of time at Newport Mesa.
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4th Annual Legislative Assembly
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Join ALAS for our Legislative Assembly/ Update and Leaders in Education Awards Gala on April 20th- 21st in Washington, DC!
ALAS will convene for 2 days on the Hill to engage in meaningful conversations about issues that affect our community and how we can all prepare ourselves to become advocates for our students and future leaders of color during our Legislative Assembly on Monday, April 20th and Capitol Hill Advocacy Visits on April 21st.
Help us prepare our National Legislative Platform by voting here to select the top priority issues ALAS will focus on for 2020.
All ALAS members must schedule meetings with their congressional district representatives on Tuesday, April 21st between 8 am - 4 pm to share the ALAS Legislative Platform with your government leaders.
Find out who your congressional representative is here.
We ask that each of our ALAS State Affiliates bring at least 5 members to the event.
Following our Capitol Hill Advocacy visits, we will host our awards gala in the evening from 6 pm - 9 pm.
The evening begins with a networking cocktail reception, followed by a plated dinner and awards ceremony celebrating leaders who have made a unique and innovative impact in our communities, schools and for our Latinx students.
Reserve your hotel with the ALAS Group Block
Hotel: Courtyard Washington, DC/U.S. Capitol
1325 2nd St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Last day to book is March 27th, 2020
Find out more about the event on our website.
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Silvia Reyes’ Sound-Spelling Transfer Kits
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Accelerate cross-linguistic transfer from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.
- K-2 students learn about their native language and transfer what they know to a new language.
- Engaging resources and mini-lessons in Spanish and English are designed for dual language and bilingual classes.
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FREE Sampler and more information
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ALAS 6th Annual Leaders in Education Awards Gala
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ALAS
Please join us for the 6th Annual ALAS Leaders in Education Awards Gala!
The evening begins with a networking cocktail reception, followed by a plated dinner and awards ceremony celebrating leaders who have made a unique and innovative impact in our communities, schools and for our Latinx students.
Submit your Leaders in Education Awards Nominations!
State Affiliate Nomination Form
Individual Nomination Form
The Deadline for submissions is February 28th, 2020.
ALAS 17th Annual Education Summit
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Every year we gather for our national education summit to bring together brilliant minds and exchange ideas and best practices on how to be the best leaders we can be.
Save the date for the 17th Annual ALAS Education Summit in Portland, Oregon, October 7-10, 2020!
Visit our website for more information.
A special thank you to our partners for supporting ALAS and our work to achieve equity in education!
ALAS currently has 17 State Affiliates across the nation. Their primary mission is to increase the support and networking for Latinx leaders as well as advocate for all students, especially the underrepresented Latinx students in their state communities. They are an extension of ALAS by which they serve to build a solid network of influence and advocacy at the national level.
Learn more about our State Affiliates
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Stay up to date with all ALAS happenings by joining ALAS every third Friday of the month for our ALAS State Affiliates Call! Email contact@alasedu.org to RSVP.
Our next upcoming call is Friday, February 21st, 2020. .
Upcoming NYC NYSALAS Networking Events!
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NYC L3: Linking Latina Leaders Network Event
Friday, February 28, 2020 5:45 pm – 8:45 pm
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NYC Regional Meeting and Networking Event
Friday, April 24, 2020 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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Boston Public Schools Office of Equity
The 24/7 Respect program was created by the Boston Public Schools Office of Equity to empower students in grades 6 through 12 to prevent and report bias-based and sexual misconduct in or outside of school.
The BPS Office of Equity won three national grants (Novo Foundation, Teaching Tolerance, and Eversource) to take 24/7 Respect national and have schools across the country pilot the 24/7 Respect video (English version and Spanish version) and hold a discussion with their students this spring.
If you're interested in being a pilot school for the free 24/7 Respect program, please reach out to bpsequity@bostonpublicschools.org or call 617-635-9650 for more information.
New Postings Every Week on ALAS Website!
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02/19/20 — Assistant Director II – Early Childhood and Parent as Teachers, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/19/20 — Principal, Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR
02/19/20 — Principal, Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, MD
02/19/20 — Principal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, MD
02/19/20 — Superintendent, Provisio Township High School, Forest, IL
02/18/20 — Associate Director of Special Services-Early Childhood, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/18/20 — Director III – Learning Development, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/18/20 — Elementary School Principal, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA
02/18/20 — Principal and Chief Academic Officer, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
02/05/20 — Credentialed Teacher,Visions In Education Charter School, Carmichael, CA
02/04/20 — Director of Advanced Learning,Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI
01/31/20 — Principal and Director III Alternative Education, Springfield, Missouri Public School District, Springfield, MO
01/29/20 — Superintendent, North Clackmas School District, Milwaukie, OR
01/24/20 — Director of School Support, Achievement Network (ANet), Las Vegas, NV
01/24/20 — Elementary School Principal, Kentfield School District, Kentfield, CA
01/24/20 — Principal, Kennebunk High School (Regional School Unit 21), Kennebunk, ME
01/24/20 — Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA
01/24/20 — Superintendent, Duluth Independent School, District 709, Duluth, MN
01/24/20 — Superintendent, Burlington School District, Burlington, Vermont
01/24/20 — Superintendent, Roanoke City Public Schools, Roanoke, VA
01/24/20 — Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta, GA
01/24/20 — Superintendent, Bend-La Pine Schools, Deschutes County, OR
01/23/20 — Superintendent, Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, NM
01/13/20 — Administrators, Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery County, MD
01/13/20 — Superintendent, Lansing School District, Lansing, MI
VISIT ALAS WEBSITE FOR MORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES & INFORMATION!
Language Magazine
A powerful Washington Post column, “Our kids are losing one of their best teachers — because he’s a ‘Dreamer’” has focused attention on one of the reasons Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) is a popular and successful program that benefits all of American society.
In the column, Max Boot explains how Carlo Barrera, a popular science teacher and soccer coach at a New York City K-8 school, has decided to leave his teaching position due to uncertainty and fears surrounding the precarious status of DACA and the inability of Congress to pass a legislative alternative.
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THE Journal
Educators like being coached. In a national online survey of 1,246 coaches, administrators and teachers, nearly nine in 10 said they found value in coaching as a form of professional development. More than half (52%) said it was "highly" or "very" valuable to them. And exactly half reported that coaching had a positive impact on their practice to a "large" or "great" extent.
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District Administration Magazine
Gaggle, the pioneer in helping K-12 districts manage student safety on school-provided technology, announced that Georgia's fifth-largest school district is implementing its student safety technology. Clayton County Public Schools in Jonesboro, Ga., is comprised of 37 elementary, 14 middle, and 11 high schools, and will use the technology to protect its students and ensure their safety and well-being in digital learning spaces.
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Ed Surge
We've heard a lot about the maker movement and the power of making to transform learning and empower students. But the reality is that only some K-12 educators are a part of that movement. That's what researchers heard again and again over the course of a five month research project to understand how educators are incorporating making concepts and activities into their practice.
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THE Journal
When we discuss STEM education, it's easy to focus on acts of teaching and learning. But if our vision of STEM is only confined to the classroom, we risk ignoring a large portion of what the true essence of STEM education is all about. It is more than just a collection of subjects taught in isolation. In its truest form, STEM is a state of mind: a practice of critical thinking and problem-solving that learners engage in throughout life.
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THE Journal
Later this year a free tool will appear to help school IT organizations get internet speed and pricing information on K-12 broadband connectivity across the United States using publicly available data from the federal Schools and Libraries Program. "Connect K-12" will be produced by Connected Nation with the help of EducationSuperHighway and managed by E-rate specialist Funds For Learning.
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By Sangeeta Johri (commentary)
Mobile technology in higher education has made a huge impact. Learning platforms enabled by computing technologies, such as online learning, mobile learning, and distance education, provide evidence of the influence of technology in the classroom. Like technology, language learning is always evolving, especially regarding the teaching of ESL/EFL. Since I am teaching ESL in a higher education setting, I will be exploring my vision of the future classroom through mobile apps in this article.
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EdTech Magazine
Technology plays an increasingly critical role in K–12 classrooms. From collaboration apps to VR/AR equipment, digital learning tools are making instruction more innovative, engaging and inclusive of all students. It's no surprise, then, that educators strongly believe in its value. A 2019 Gallup survey found that 85% of teachers, 96% of principals and 96 percent of administrators support the increased use of tech in their schools. They also said technology helps support content that aligns with curriculum standards and district initiatives to connect learning to future jobs and careers.
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EdSurge
Just about every week new articles warn about the dangers of excessive screen time for childhood development. That can leave parents and educators feeling a sense of anxiety about technology and kids, even as more schools use iPads and Chromebooks and other tech in classrooms. Today on the podcast we're diving into the issue of screen time with a guest who for years has tracked research about the impact of screen media on children and young people.
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The American Genius
Technology changes quickly, and so does the skillset requirement by companies. Many people are finding themselves in the stage of their career path where they may want to try something new — and, not surprisingly, make a nice salary doing it. The launch of coding bootcamps (starting with Code Academy and 2011) has been touted as the solution to educate those on a missing skillset and setting them up for well-paying J-O-Bs. While they intended to meet people where they were with an online platform (offering flexibility to the students and teachers), coding schools have left a little bit to desire by its participants. The learning opportunities are constantly changing. The teachers are also not always available and most likely have other full-time obligations or employment.
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Forbes
They're taking part in workshops run by STEM From Dance, a non-profit that hopes to encourage more Black and Latina girls to choose a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Enigeering and Math). This group currently represent only 4% of STEM graduates in the USA, which means that when they do choose to follow a science or technology degree, they'll often feel out of place.
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The 74
The Trump administration announced a proposal to cut billions of dollars in education aid, in part by merging dozens of federal education initiatives, from charter school expansions to educating homeless children, into a single grant program.
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Arizona Education News Service
A bill that education advocates say will provide more English learner instruction flexibility was held for a second week in the House Rules Committee.
House Concurrent Resolution 2001, sponsored by House Education Committee Vice Chair John Fillmore, would repeal — pending voter approval — the requirement that all children in Arizona public schools be taught English through English instruction in English language classrooms and eliminates the waivers parents must apply for in order to transfer their children to classes that are taught through bi-lingual education techniques.
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The Hechinger Report
In his 2020 State of the Union address, President Donald J. Trump promoted the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act as a means to "rescue" students "trapped in failing government schools." His proposal, however, runs the risk of infringing on the civil liberties of students with disabilities. Under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, all public schools — traditional and charter — are required to provide a free and appropriate education to students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
My wife Erica recently returned to the elementary classroom after a decade-long hiatus to raise our young family. In late January, she succumbed to her first multiday battle with the flu. She knew she was going to be in trouble when the aches and pains started to set in, then the cough followed almost immediately after. Twenty-four hours later, she was laid up on the couch and miserable. Ironically, for as bad as she felt physically, the guilt she felt from missing her students and her team was significantly more impactful than anything else.
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Edutopia
Every high-performing team goes through cycles of growth and development. Educators’ time for collaboration is often stuck after a full day of teaching or crammed into minutes between periods. These helpful strategies will help you reset your collaboration time.
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