Well, I am still hoping that our BLOG will take off and serve as a wonderful resource for our pratitioners across the Region. Lynn sent this E-mail and I thought if was worth posting on our BLOG. Thanks, Lynn! See if you qualify as a 21st Century Educator. I hope to hear from you.
Lisa
Are you a 21st Century Teacher? Find out!
1. You require your students to use a variety of sources for their research projects...and they cite blogs, podcasts, and interviews they've conducted via Skype.
2. Your students work on collaborative projects...with students in Australia.
3. You give weekly class updates to parents...via your blog.
4. Your students participate in class...by tweeting their questions and comments.
5. You ask your students to study and create reports on a controversial topic...and you grade their video submissions.
6. You prepare substitutes with detailed directions...via Podcasts.
7. You ask your students to do a character/historical person study...and they create mock social media profiles of their character.
8. Your students create a study guide...working together on a group wiki.
9. You share lesson plans with your teacher friends...from around the globe.
10. Your classroom budget is tight...but it doesn't matter because there are so many free resources on the web you can use.
11. You realize the importance of professional development...and you read blogs, join online communities, and tweet for self development.
12. You take your students on a field trip to the Great Wall of China...and never leave your classroom.
13. Your students share stories of their summer vacation...through an online photo repository.
14. You visit the Louvre with your students...and don't spend a dime.
15. You teach your students not to be bullies...or cyberbullies.
16. You make your students turn in their cell phones before class starts...because you plan on using them in class.
17. You require your students to summarize a recent chapter...and submit it to you via a text message.
18. You showcase your students' original work...to the world.
19. You have your morning coffee...while checking your RSS feed.
20. You are reading this.
21. You tweet this page, blog about it, "like" it, or email it to someone else...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Updated Resources Available for Inmates Headed Back to School
OVAE just updated its planning guide, Back to School: A Planning Guide to Continuing Your Education After Prison, a planning guide by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prisoner Reentry Institute, which OVAE funded. This update reflects the most recent information on federal student financial aid for inmates headed for release. Topics range from setting personal educational goals and committing to a long-term education development plan to finding, accessing, and paying for an education program. Ninety-four percent of adult male inmates approaching release who were interviewed for a recent national evaluation identified education as a personal re-entry need. Free copies of the guide are available in limited quantities from EDPubs by requesting item number ED005088P.
Source: OVAE website: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html e-mail: ovaenewsletter@ed.gov
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Monday, August 30, 2010
It's a Great Day in Region 1!
Hey Region 1!
I am so excited about the upcoming year. This should be the best year yet for Region 1 professional development. Please visit our web-page often to view our updated calendar.
Thanks for your continued support.
Lisa
I am so excited about the upcoming year. This should be the best year yet for Region 1 professional development. Please visit our web-page often to view our updated calendar.
Thanks for your continued support.
Lisa
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
WOW!
Hey Region 1!
Today has been a great day. I have been in Vero Beach at a meeting with the Professional Development Standing Committee and it was an extremely productive day. I am very excited about the on-line adult education professional development that we are developing. More to come about that.
The best part of the day was when I got back to the hotel and checked our BLOG. The folks that attended the GED Writing workshop with Betty Harrison were given a follow-up assignment and have exceeded my expectations. Woo Hoo!!! As I have told you all before our BLOG can be a wonderful tool in sharing ideas and information.
Little by little we are getting there. :)
Thanks to you all for your wonderful support for OUR RTC.
Today has been a great day. I have been in Vero Beach at a meeting with the Professional Development Standing Committee and it was an extremely productive day. I am very excited about the on-line adult education professional development that we are developing. More to come about that.
The best part of the day was when I got back to the hotel and checked our BLOG. The folks that attended the GED Writing workshop with Betty Harrison were given a follow-up assignment and have exceeded my expectations. Woo Hoo!!! As I have told you all before our BLOG can be a wonderful tool in sharing ideas and information.
Little by little we are getting there. :)
Thanks to you all for your wonderful support for OUR RTC.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
GED Writing Support of a Series
Okay all of you writers out there...
Here is your assignment which is a follow-up to our wonderful workshop presented by Betty Harrison on April 8, 2010.
1. List three of the "Rules" for comma usage that Betty shared with us.
2. Give an example of a lesson that you have used with your students.
Be sure to sign your name at the end of the Blog so I will have documentation.
Thanks,
Lisa
Here is your assignment which is a follow-up to our wonderful workshop presented by Betty Harrison on April 8, 2010.
1. List three of the "Rules" for comma usage that Betty shared with us.
2. Give an example of a lesson that you have used with your students.
Be sure to sign your name at the end of the Blog so I will have documentation.
Thanks,
Lisa
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Legislative Alert from ACE of Florida
2010 Legislative Alert # 5
From the Desk: Valorie Boyd, Executive Director
Date: March 19, 2010
RE: Potential Legislation Impacting Florida’s
Retirement System
It has come to our attention that there is some potential legislation being discussed that would impact the Florida Retirement System. House Bill 1319 was filed last week related to the Florida Retirement System and other governmental retirement systems to scale back government retirement benefits and corresponding costs in a number of ways.
House and Senate committees have had a number of workshops where reducing the cost of retirement benefits to the state and local governments has been discussed, including reduction in benefits and requiring employees to make partial contributions.
Attached is a link to HB 1319 and I encourage you to take a look at this bill.
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2010/House/bills/billtext/pdf/h131900.pdf
HB 1319 Governmental Retirement Systems; Designates act "Public Employee Retirement Preservation Act"; requires certain public employees to contribute an additional specified percentage of their gross income for certain purposes; provides requirements for certain retirement system or plan actuarial reports & experience studies; provides for closing of certain plans; provides maximum retirement benefit for certain retirement system or plan members, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2010
Below are a few items of the bill which are of concern. The line number is also listed so that you may find the information easier in the bill, which is 50+ pages.
Line 110: 1 percent contribution of salary to FRS for new hires
Line 250: Overtime, accumulated annual leave excluded from “compensation”
Line 271: Average final compensation no longer includes accumulated annual leave and no longer based on highest five years, but now average annual compensation over creditable service
Line 448: Reduction in annual multiplier from 1.60 to 1.44 percent for regular class
Line 623; 731: Normal retirement ages and ages for DROP eligibility are increased
You are encouraged to contact your legislators to have your concerns heard. Stay vigilant on this issue.
From the Desk: Valorie Boyd, Executive Director
Date: March 19, 2010
RE: Potential Legislation Impacting Florida’s
Retirement System
It has come to our attention that there is some potential legislation being discussed that would impact the Florida Retirement System. House Bill 1319 was filed last week related to the Florida Retirement System and other governmental retirement systems to scale back government retirement benefits and corresponding costs in a number of ways.
House and Senate committees have had a number of workshops where reducing the cost of retirement benefits to the state and local governments has been discussed, including reduction in benefits and requiring employees to make partial contributions.
Attached is a link to HB 1319 and I encourage you to take a look at this bill.
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2010/House/bills/billtext/pdf/h131900.pdf
HB 1319 Governmental Retirement Systems; Designates act "Public Employee Retirement Preservation Act"; requires certain public employees to contribute an additional specified percentage of their gross income for certain purposes; provides requirements for certain retirement system or plan actuarial reports & experience studies; provides for closing of certain plans; provides maximum retirement benefit for certain retirement system or plan members, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2010
Below are a few items of the bill which are of concern. The line number is also listed so that you may find the information easier in the bill, which is 50+ pages.
Line 110: 1 percent contribution of salary to FRS for new hires
Line 250: Overtime, accumulated annual leave excluded from “compensation”
Line 271: Average final compensation no longer includes accumulated annual leave and no longer based on highest five years, but now average annual compensation over creditable service
Line 448: Reduction in annual multiplier from 1.60 to 1.44 percent for regular class
Line 623; 731: Normal retirement ages and ages for DROP eligibility are increased
You are encouraged to contact your legislators to have your concerns heard. Stay vigilant on this issue.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
P-E-P for Persistence and Putting P-E-P into Your Teaching
Deb Hutto from NWFSC did an awesome job at both of these trainings. Participants now understand more about persistence and that it's not just keeping our students in class it is keeping them motivated and focused as well. Thanks, Deb for the wonderful information and startegies shared.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
It's February
Hey Region 1!
Can you believe that is it February? This year is flying by. I hope you are all doing well. Just wanted to make sure that you all knew about all of the exciting professional development opportunites that your Region 1 RTC has planned. Some of them don't have official marketing titles yet but I wanted you to know that they are coming.
TABE 101 Certification Training
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sign-in/Networking 8:00 - 8:30 CST
Workshop 8:30 - 4:00 CST
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
P-E-P* for Persistence
*Passion-Encouragement-Practice
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CST
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
GED Math with Melinda Part 2
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Putting P-E-P into Your Teaching
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CST
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
GED Math With Melinda Part 3
March 10, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CST
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
TAP with Phil Anderson (An in-depth study of the technical assistance paper for assessment
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
ABE Writing
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
GED Writing
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
CHOICES
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 EDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 EDT
Leon County Schools Adult & Community Education
283 Trojan Trail
Tallahassee, Florida
Human Trafficking
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 CDT
NWFSC
100 College Blvd.
Niceville, Florida
Digital Citizenship
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 EDT
Workshoop 9:00-1:00 EDT
Leon County Schools Adult & Community Education
283 Trojan Trail
Tallahassee, Florida
CHOICES
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 - 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 CDT
Santa Rosa County Schools
6556 Firehouse Road
Bldg. 5 Room #004
Milton, Florida
Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences
Friday, April 23, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
Friday May 7, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
Social Networking
Friday, May 14, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 CDT
NWFSC-Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFunaik Springs, Florida
Can you believe that is it February? This year is flying by. I hope you are all doing well. Just wanted to make sure that you all knew about all of the exciting professional development opportunites that your Region 1 RTC has planned. Some of them don't have official marketing titles yet but I wanted you to know that they are coming.
TABE 101 Certification Training
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sign-in/Networking 8:00 - 8:30 CST
Workshop 8:30 - 4:00 CST
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
P-E-P* for Persistence
*Passion-Encouragement-Practice
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CST
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
GED Math with Melinda Part 2
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Putting P-E-P into Your Teaching
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CST
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
GED Math With Melinda Part 3
March 10, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CST
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CST
NWFSC Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
TAP with Phil Anderson (An in-depth study of the technical assistance paper for assessment
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
ABE Writing
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
GED Writing
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
CHOICES
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 EDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 EDT
Leon County Schools Adult & Community Education
283 Trojan Trail
Tallahassee, Florida
Human Trafficking
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 CDT
NWFSC
100 College Blvd.
Niceville, Florida
Digital Citizenship
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 EDT
Workshoop 9:00-1:00 EDT
Leon County Schools Adult & Community Education
283 Trojan Trail
Tallahassee, Florida
CHOICES
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 - 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 CDT
Santa Rosa County Schools
6556 Firehouse Road
Bldg. 5 Room #004
Milton, Florida
Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences
Friday, April 23, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
Friday May 7, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30 – 9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00 – 1:00 CDT
PAEC
753 West Blvd.
Chipley, Florida
Social Networking
Friday, May 14, 2010
Sign-In/Networking 8:30-9:00 CDT
Workshop 9:00-1:00 CDT
NWFSC-Chautauqua Center
908 W. Hwy 90
DeFunaik Springs, Florida
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Resource for Teaching Reading
Thanks toMelonie Inzetta with the Florida Department of Corrections for sharing the following resource.
www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
Happy 2010 Region 1!
Hey Region 1!
I hope your new year is going well and that you are surviving all of this cold weather.
Here are the trainings that we have scheduled so far for the new year.
I hope to see you at some or ALL of them.
Lisa
TABE 101 January 13, 2010 PAEC, Chipley
"I Graduated...Now What" January 15, 2010 NWFSC, DeFuniak
The Future of
Adult Education Data January 21, 2010 PAEC, Chipley
"All Matters GED" January 27, 2010 PAEC, Chipley
GED Math with Melinda
A Three-Part Series February 10, 2010
February 24, 2010
March 10, 2010 NWFSC, DeFuniak
I hope your new year is going well and that you are surviving all of this cold weather.
Here are the trainings that we have scheduled so far for the new year.
I hope to see you at some or ALL of them.
Lisa
TABE 101 January 13, 2010 PAEC, Chipley
"I Graduated...Now What" January 15, 2010 NWFSC, DeFuniak
The Future of
Adult Education Data January 21, 2010 PAEC, Chipley
"All Matters GED" January 27, 2010 PAEC, Chipley
GED Math with Melinda
A Three-Part Series February 10, 2010
February 24, 2010
March 10, 2010 NWFSC, DeFuniak
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