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Roz Thompson, Governmental Relations & Advocacy Director, AWSP
Jan 13, 2022
The saying that short legislative sessions are like sprints and long legislative sessions are like running marathons is completely true! This week, the 2022 legislative session got off to a rapid start. With about 1,500 bills either recently introduced or leftover from last year and more on the way, bill hearings began right away on Monday and both the House and Senate began voting bills out of their respective chambers on Wednesday.
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Abby Bowers, Director of Special Programs, Capital Region ESD 113
Jan 07, 2022
This content is emailed weekly to leaders in special education and Section 504. Each newsletter contains tips and resources on a variety of topics that are meant to keep you informed and up to date. Please consult your district attorney if you are looking for legal advice.
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Mike Donlin, Program Supervisor, School Safety Center, OSPI
Jan 06, 2022
In preparing to write this school safety blog, I have found myself falling down a rabbit hole. Initially, I wanted to open 2022 with a positive follow-on to events which closed out the 2021 calendar year for schools. I was searching for some good, solid, after-action advice around digital safety and how to most efficiently build that into school safety planning. But in doing so, several other related yet tangential topics and questions arose.
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Roz Thompson, Governmental Relations & Advocacy Director, AWSP
Jan 05, 2022
Happy New Year! We are days away from January 10th, which marks the beginning of the 2022 legislative session. This short, 60-day session will go fast and is expected to end on March 10. In a 60-day legislative session, the supplemental budget makes spending adjustments to the 2021-2023 biennial budget passed last year.
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Dr. Scott Seaman, Executive Director, AWSP
Jan 05, 2022
This year we are celebrating our 50th year in existence as one of the country’s premier professional membership organizations for principals. Our humble beginning started in 1972 thanks to a handful of courageous leaders who believed “principals” needed their own voice in the P16 educational system. And, 50 years later, AWSP has maintained that vision and continues to be a leading voice for principals and assistant principals throughout our state and across the country. There has never been a more important time for us to make a stand for the important role and work principals and assistant principals do every day for students, staff, and school communities. As we embark on our 50th anniversary, we will spend the year celebrating you and the organization that has faithfully and consistently represented you. The work you do every day for students, staff, and your community is too important not to be recognized and celebrated. We will use this 50th anniversary as an opportunity to continue sharing with the world the work and impact you have day in and day out.
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David Morrill, Communications & Technology Director, AWSP
Dec 17, 2021
What are you doing for MLK Day this year? How are you creating light for others? What is your school doing to make sure everyone belongs and feels humanity? If you don't have your MLK Day celebration plans already, or even if you do and would like to supplement them, I would highly advise you to check out the I AM | WE ARE program James and the AWSL team put together. There's a version for elementary and secondary. Both versions include the keynote address, an implementation guide, and discussion questions.
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Abby Bowers | Director of Special Programs | Capital Region ESD 113
Dec 17, 2021
This content is emailed weekly to leaders in special education and Section 504. Each newsletter contains tips and resources on a variety of topics that are meant to keep you informed and up to date. Please consult your district attorney if you are looking for legal advice.
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David Morrill
Dec 17, 2021
In this episode of AWSP News, we discuss mental, physical and spiritual rest, our “A Matter of Principals” podcast, the I AM: WE ARE MLK Day Celebration program, the opportunity to share the amazing things happening in your school and district at the AWSP/WASA Summer Conference, our Washington Principal magazine, sharing your successes with us, gearing up for the legislative session and our continued advocacy for principals and assistant principals in our state, and our 50th Anniversary as the Association of Washington School Principals.
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Dr. Scott Seaman, Executive Director, AWSP
Dec 10, 2021
Schools used to be a place where students and adults would use the lessons learned from mistakes or failure to move forward and improve, but not anymore. The new normal is to no longer have grace, assume best intentions in others, or respect those placed in leadership positions. What does that mean for school principals and assistant principals? An already nearly impossible job becoming even more impossible.
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Abby Bowers | Director of Special Programs | Capital Region ESD 113
Dec 10, 2021
This content is emailed weekly to leaders in special education and Section 504. Each newsletter contains tips and resources on a variety of topics that are meant to keep you informed and up to date. Please consult your district attorney if you are looking for legal advice.