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We invite you to join your fellow education and policy leaders on April 29th, 2019 in Washington, D.C., for our National Legislative Assembly/Update!
Leaders in education and policy from across the nation will gather to discuss innovative solutions to the challenges facing our school district leaders and the students they serve. The individuals assembled will be updated on critical current legislation and policy. Assembly event will be held in US Capitol Building and on April 30, 2019 you meet with congressional representatives and key policy makers.
Please schedule your meetings & Capitol Hill tours with your congressional representatives for April 30, 2019 between 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Click here to find out who is your district representative.
For sponsorship & partner opportunities please contact Tom Davis: tomas@alasedu.org.
Click here to register for this event.
View ALAS Website for more information.
Download 3rd Annual Legislative Day Agenda.
Download the invitation.
ALAS cordially invites you to attend our annual Leaders in Education Awards Gala. An annual awards dinner to recognize and celebrate our Latinx leaders.
Location: Mexican Cultural Institute Washington, D.C.
6 p.m. Reception | 7 p.m. Awards Dinner
Click here to register for the event.
View ALAS website for more information.
Download the invitation.
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ALAS
ALAS is proud to graduate our 8th Superintendents Leadership Academy Cohort this May! As of this Cohort, ALAS has graduated 122 individuals that are prepared and ready to take on superintendent roles across the country.
ALAS SLA Cohort VIII Graduation will take place in New York city on May 18, 2019 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Location: Teachers College Columbia University
Milbank Hall
604-606 West 120th St.
New York, NY 10027
Click here to register for this event.
Info to the State Affiliates: State Affiliates Google Drive Folder Available Now! Please email Contact@alasedu.org to receive access.
NYSALAS
New York State Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents invites you to attend the NYSALAS Inaugural Education Summit 2019!
Come participate in our inaugural education summit being held in New York City Teachers College at Columbia University on May 18, 2019.
Location: Teachers College Columbia University Milbank Chapel 525 West 120th Street, NY NY 10027
NYS ALAS Flying ACEs —
Advocacy, Collaboration, Empowerment: Preparing Educators to Soar
About the event:
Meet our Executive Board of Directors representing all eight of our regions. Hear our New York State and New York City Chancellors speak about relevant issues. Listen to NYS ALAS Board Superintendent panel share their journeys. Interact with partners who have much to offer your schools. Participate in relevant professional development sessions with great leaders. Network and break bread with colleagues from across the state.
Click here to register for the event.
Download the invitation.
ALAS-U
Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents Utah invites you to attend our 2019 Summit Equity: Standing United — Service Leadership for Our Youth on May 4, 2019!
ALAS-U Summit will include discussions on fellowship, mentorship and career advancement with keynote speaker Dr. Lily Matos DeBlieux, ALAS Board Member.
Location: University of Utah Sorenson Arts and Education Complex
1720 Campus Center Drive, SLC
Click here to register for the event.
Download the invitation.
ALAS
ALAS Executive Director, Dr. Lewin, joined TFA for their 2019 Latinx Corps Members Summit in San Antonio, TX on March 31st, 2019 for their Coalition Building Panel. The panel included strong Latinx Leaders; Yorka Velasco-Caballero, MBA - Key Account Manager at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. and President Emeritus Prospanica San Antonio, Ana Ortiz Varela – Innovations Lab, Texas Refugee and Immigrant Network, Excy Guardado – Teacher of English at VIPKID, activist and 2015 TFA San Antonio Alum (Teacher) and Isabel Zepeda – Sueños Sin Fronteras, Southwest Workers Union, and Texas Refugee and Immigrant Network. The Coalition Building Panel discussed their individual & unique perspectives and experiences within the diaspora of Latinx people migrating to the U.S. in the last few decades and present day with the goal to start the conversation on how to dismantle archetypes of immigrants/migrants and their experiences and uplift and honor intersectionality as an important aspect of supporting migrant rights. ALAS is proud to stand together in unity with Teacher for America!
Visit Teach for America website for more information & upcoming events.
New America
CRT is, at its core, drawing on learners' background knowledge to help shape comprehension since all learners process new information best when it is linked to what they already know. A compelling body of research suggests that this strategy has a positive impact on students, and the need for CRT has never been so pressing, especially when you consider the growing demographic gap between today's students and teachers. Along with recruiting and training a more diverse workforce, it is critical to ensure all teachers receive training in working with the types of students they will encounter in today's classrooms.
Read New America's CRT.
Jason Learning
Take advantage of ALAS' new strategic partnership with Jason Learning — www.jason.org to support sparking and sustaining an interest in STEM in grades 3-12 students. We are excited about sharing three areas of interest that Jason provides:
- Real world, project based, NGSS standards aligned, digital curriculum that is constantly evolving and adapting.
- STEM Role models that come right into your classroom via zoom.
- World-wide Argonaut & Athena expeditions with real scientists and researchers available for one of your students and one of your teachers to experience. This is a life changing opportunity.
For more information on how to bring these valuable resources to your schools and districts, please contact Tom Davis, Director of Business Development at tomas@alsedu.org or cell at 619-607-2876.
The Office of English Language Acquisition
You are invited to join OELA in exploring this important topic with national leaders in research, practice, and policy who will share their perspectives on why developing language and literacy skills in English plus other languages is critical in today's learning environment. Featured speakers will include leaders from federal agencies, Congress, educators, parents and students. Opening remarks by Secretary DeVos. ALAS Executive Director, Dr. Lewin, will moderate a panel for OELA Multiliteracy Symposium consisting of educators from around DMV region.
Download the invitation.
Click here to register for the OELA Multiliteracy Symposium.
ALAS
Deadline to apply: Due May 31, 2019
ALAS Superintendents Leadership Academy (SLA) Cohort IX Accepting Applications
ALAS is proud to accept applications for the ninth cohort of our premier leadership development program. We will reach an amazing number of 122 SLA alumni graduates in May. Our goal and vision to recruit, prepare and expand opportunities for emerging school-system leaders have been successful and we continue to offer an exclusive yearlong training institute that includes coaching, training, mentoring and support. Download the application for additional information on the Cohort IX schedule and submission guidelines.
| New Postings Every Week on ALAS Website!
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3/29/19 — Superintendent, Granite Falls School District, WA
3/29/19 — Superintendent, Everett Public Schools, WA
3/29/19 — Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
3/27/19 — Superintendent, Berkeley County Board of Education, WV
3/21/19 — Administrative Assistant, Provost, and Dean of Faculty, Colgate University, NY
3/21/19 — Project Director, Teacher Leadership and Professional Learning (Educator III), Center for Educational Leadership, WA
3/21/19 — Director, Instructional Leadership (Educator III), Center for Educational Leadership, WA
3/21/19 — Executive Director, College Achieve Central Charter School (CACCS), NJ
Visit ALAS website for more career opportunities & information!
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In January of 2016, President Barack Obama announced the Computer Science for All initiative. In his State of the Union address that month, he described its goals as "offering every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one." Obama's announcement crystallized a movement that had been fomenting for years — and continues to grow. The Scratch programming environment boasts more than 30 million registered users, the programming-oriented game Minecraft has upwards of 90 million monthly players, and code.org's "Hour of Code" has been used in schools across the United States.
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Heejae Lim, founder of TalkingPoints, an app that translates text messages from educators into a parent's home language, likes to tell a story of a San Francisco middle school principal. The administrator wanted to connect with the parents of a Spanish-speaking student at risk of failing. He tried visiting the family at home twice, to no avail. He turned to the TalkingPoints app, sending a text message — which was translated into Spanish — and received an instant response, starting a dialogue between school administrators and this family that had never before existed.
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U.S. News & World Report
Some public universities disproportionately direct their recruiting efforts on out-of-state students from affluent, white communities and private schools, a new study shows, adding fuel to an increasingly fiery debate about inequity within higher education that colleges and universities have been trying to sidestep for years. "In contrast to rhetoric from university leaders, our findings suggest strong socioeconomic and racial biases in the enrollment priorities of many public research universities," researchers wrote.
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