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Retirement & Health Benefits for February 12, 2021
āWhat campaigns are for is weeding out the peopleĀ who, for one way or another, werenāt making it for the long haul.ā ~ Calvin Trilling.Ā Substitute the word ābillsā for āpeopleā and the current legislative process is summarized. As cut-offs happen, bills ādieā (with the caveat that any bill can be resurrected at the legislatureās will). They…
Learn MoreLegislative Update for February 5, 2021
Each week of this session has brought a slew of new bills, ideas, and conversation related to education funding and policy. In addition, there is an incredible amount of new information each week related to health and safety practices for reopening schools released by OSPI, the Department of Health, and the Governorās Office. Hang in…
Learn MoreRetirement & Health Benefits for February 5, 2021
Legislators propose policies and budget dollars. Sessions, also, often focus on main themes. This yearās focus issues are Budget, Covidā19, Equity (Racial and Police-related) and Climate issues. āEducationā is woven throughout most of these, and often acts in one area have consequences in another. Thus, itās tricky.
Learn MoreSpecial Education and 504 Tips & Resources | Feb. 5 Edition
Weekly special education and Section 504 resources from Abby Bowers, Capital Region ESD 113's Director of Special Programs.
Learn MoreI’m Not “Fine”
2020 was rough. Pretty sure Iām pointing out the obvious, but it feels good to acknowledge out loud and quite publicly that it was a tough year. What makes a year like 2020 even harder is when we find ourselves in leadership positions. As leaders, we are called to be strong, resilient, stoic, positive, and…
Learn More5 Moore Minutes: The Importance of Presuming Competence
The first of five in the āPā series, this video targets one of the biggest barriers to inclusive education - mindset. This video will encourage you to reflect on your own assumptions about disability and start to take action to disrupt the ableist structures in education by taking a very important first step... presuming competence…
Learn MoreAdventure Backpack Drop-Offs
Teachers and principals were happy to hear from Cispus, AWSL, and AWSP the last couple weeks. Our team delivered adventure backpacks to the teachers and principals pictured above: Dan Garry, teacher at Washington Elementary; Kira Duncan, teacher, and Shannon Richards, principal, at Oakville Elementary; and Amy Dunnagan, principal at Mossyrock Elementary. Other recipients include Wade…
Learn MoreAWSP News for January 29, 2021
In this episode of AWSP News, we discuss some terrific professional development from world class inclusionary practices experts, tons of great free classes and resources for you to check out our Learning Management System, AWSLās āI Am, We Areā Martin Luther King Day assembly, our Advocacy efforts and our Legislative Update newsletter, the 2021-22 Intern…
Learn MoreLegislative Update for January 29, 2021
Week three of the legislative session ended today. We saw some of the first floor action this week with several critical bills passing the House and Senate floors. Both houses promised these āearly actionā bills. One of them is HB 1121, which is the graduation waiver bill. The other is SB 5044 which would add…
Learn MoreOSPI School Safety Blog for February 2021
Remember COVID? It is obviously not over yet. The depth, breadth, and duration of the pandemic is something that we had not experienced before. Now, there are hopeful signs among the dire statistics, and more and more schools will be reopening over the coming days, weeks and months. 2020 was a traumatic, tumultuous year. 2021…
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