Professional Development
AFT Professional Learning Webinar to Focus on Word Consciousness
Making Words Come Alive in Your Classroom
Tuesday, May 28, at 6 p.m. EDT
Fostering word consciousness is the responsibility of all educators. Word consciousness, a necessary component of vocabulary development, is the way we engage with, think about, and get excited about words. Learn how to create a word-rich environment that will help your students deepen their understanding and develop a vast vocabulary. This webinar is appropriate for teachers at all grade levels and includes specific connections for content-area educators. There is immense power in “owning” lots of words, so join us to learn how to easily integrate exciting and motivational word activities into your instruction. Register now.
Access OLAC's New Case Study/Teaching Cases Professional Development
These three Ohio Leadership Academy Council teaching cases offer a resource to help educator candidates and practicing educators learn about educational improvement strategies. Because they are grounded in rigorous case-study research, the teaching cases detail actual improvement challenges and improvement initiatives.
Each teaching case describes the district's context, performance record, and improvement trajectory. It poses questions to readers (either individuals or teams) to help them process what they are reading and think about how it applies to their own circumstances.
Teaching cases give participants opportunities for active exploration, teamwork, and open-ended consideration of ideas. Use of teaching cases promotes development of personal competencies in
- critical thinking,
- analysis of complex situations,
- decision-making,
- dealing with ambiguities, and
- communication.
Take Advantage of the Ohio ACTE Conference: Connections to Education
- Graduation Requirements
- Civil Rights
- Special Education Legal Updates
- CTDP Report Cards
- Professional Conduct
- State Budget & Education Updates
- CTE Data Collection, Analysis & Usage
- CTE Funding
Superintendents, instructors, STEM educators, new teachers, counselors, and school board members can't afford to miss the important information provided at the Ohio ACTE 2019 Connections to Education Conference July 29-31 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus.
Professional Issues
Considering Joining the OTES Pilot? Here Is A Sample of the Required MOU
June 1st is the deadline for signing the intent form to be part of the OTES Pilot. If your local is considering participating, an MOU is required to memorialize the participation. I have prepared a sample MOU that you can use as is (once you fill in your own details) or modify to suit your needs. I hope this will give you a starting place for creating the MOU required. If you have questions about it, please feel free to contact Deb Tully (dtully@oft-aft.org; 614-314-7905) who will be happy to answer any questions.
If you do sign up for the pilot, please let Deb know so she can keep track of OFT locals participating and set up a networking system for those of you involved.
Resources
OH|ID to replace SAFE: To Learn more about this new portal read below
It is important for all teachers to know about the switch ODE is making from SAFE to OHID. On Monday, May 13, the Ohio Department of Education’s SAFE portal will be integrated with the OH|ID portal from InnovateOhio. Users can familiarize themselves with the new OH|ID portal by reviewing these features and resources.
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