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Character Education Partnership’s National Forum happens October 17-19, in Washington, DC. See inspirational keynotes, learn best practices and the latest research, meet the National Schools of Character award winners, and choose from more than 70 breakout sessions. To learn more and register, go to www.character.org.
Network Educator Training is a new feature on our website, with sections on Professional Development Opportunities and Certification Programs from across the network.
The LOFT Principal Residency Network is a program designed to have an Aspiring Principal spend a year doing the job of principal before they are certified to run their own school. LOFT PRN now offers CES colleagues (and others in K-12 schools) K-12 Principal Certification and either a Master’s Degree or CAGS from New England College. PRN has graduated over 250 exemplary principals. Please visit http://loftedu.com/ or call 603-801-4975.
Archive
The National Exhibition Month webcast has been archived and is now viewable. The transcript of questions and the slides can be viewed separately as well.
Transcripts are available from the Education Week chat on performance-based assessment, which happened on July 1. For more resources on exhibitions and performance based assessment, visit the CES National Exhibition Month pages.
EdWeek features Rhode Island’s performance-based high school graduation requirements, "Showing What They Know". People need to be EdWeek subscribers to read the full article.
The Daily Kos website is featuring a series on performance assessment and National Exhibition Month; installments here and here.
The Huffington Post features National Exhibition Month in "Beyond the Big Test" as a way to shine a light on the "brilliant idea" of performance assessment.
The Providence Journal covers the New England Performance Assessment Symposium held in Providence on May 28.
Francis Parker Charter Essential School's exhibition activity is featured in the Boston Globe and in the Groton Landmark.
The CES Summer Institute will take place in Portland, Oregon, July 14-18. Find out more about conference registration and to make hotel reservations.
CES is co-sponsoring a New England symposium on performance assessment in celebration of National Exhibition Month. The symposium happens on May 28th, in Providence, Rhode Island.
National Exhibition Month is here! Throughout May there will be many schools participating in the campaign. View the list of activities happening across the network.
Now available online! Horace 24.1, “Lifecycles of Educators: Essential School Staff Development”, examines the career directions of educators prepared to be 21st century teachers and education leaders, focusing on the challenge of developing the capacity of teachers and school leaders for CES schools.
Past Events
BayCES' Coaching for Educational Equity happens August 6-8, in Oakland. The Institute is a professional coaching skills training program for educators interested in learning a coaching approach to addressing educational inequities in their schools and districts.
Fenway High School's Summer Institute, "Access and Inclusion: Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners," will be held from June 25-27. For more information, visit www.fenwayhs.org.
BayCES’ Coaching for Educational Equity Institute will be in Oakland on June 25-27. The Institute is designed to help coaches improve their practice.
The Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools, the Stanford Redesign Network, and EXCEL High School host “On Our Watch: Preparing Urban Students for Life, Leadership, and Academic Excellence,“ a national conference for educators, parents and students of urban schools to tour Oakland’s innovative small schools and share best practices for creating equitable and just urban small schools. The conference will be April 25-26, in Oakland, CA. For more information, go to www.bayces.org.
The Big Picture Company’s “Personalization and Real World Learning Conference” will be hosted at The Met Schools in Providence, Rhode Island, April 17-19. The conference focus is based on the belief that schools must be personalized, educating every student equally one at a time. For registration information, please visit www.bigpicture.org and click on the conference link.
High Tech High will have an Exhibition Residency , April 17-18. The focus of this residency is to observe the process of HTH schools preparing for their annual exhibition of student learning. During Exhibition Night, students from HTH schools exhibit their work in a dizzying array of creative formats. Please check for registration information .
Join educators, parents, students, and activists from around the country for the “Creating Balance in an Unjust World” conference on math education and social justice. The conference will be in Brooklyn, NY, on April 4-6. For registration information, please visit www.radicalmath.org/conference/.