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Legislative Update – Feb. 1, 2019
What an amazing show of advocacy this week as 40 principals from across our state met with their legislators on Monday, January 28 for our annual “Day on the Hill”. We wore brightly colored plaid scarves in our AWSP colors which were noticed by many (that’s a good thing!) Rep. Mike Chapman from the 24th…
Learn MoreThe Nature Principal
After a recent talk from Richard Louv, Marty revisits an old magazine article talking about Louv's book, The Nature Principle, which outlines a course of action for human restoration by way of the natural world.
Learn MoreJan. 25 Retirement & Benefits Report
The legislative river is running as close to 1,500 bills have been introduced since December’s prefiling. Included among those are a number of bills affecting pensions, health, and job benefits. Hearings and any resulting action moving bills out of committees have begun as both houses move toward the first cut-off date. This is a brief…
Learn MoreJan. 24 School Employee Benefit Board Meeting Summary
The School Employees’ Benefit Board met for an all-day meeting and covered, as usual a wide range of topics. (Read the full post for the whole summary)
Learn MoreAWSP News for January 23, 2019
Welcome to another episode of AWSP News, where we discuss the new legislative session and the Tobacco 21 initiative, Vicki Puckett as the NASSP Quarterly Advocate, two amazing students who won $10,000 US SSSPenate Youth Scholarships, Evergreen Public School's "starting small" video featuring AWSL's James Layman, Central Valley High School's powerful Mental Health Awareness Day,…
Learn MoreSt. Edward State Park Environmental Education and Research Center
Here's an exciting opportunity to learn about plans for a new Environmental Education and Research facility in King county.
Learn MoreTwo WA Students Selected for United States Senate Youth Scholarship Program
The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that high school students Ms. Zaira Bardos and Ms. Lexi J. Rodriguez-Padilla will join Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell in representing Washington in the nation’s capital during the 57th annual USSYP Washington Week, to be held March 2 — 9, 2019. Zaira Bardos of Orting…
Learn MoreWashington State Grants for Outdoor Education Initiatives
Consider a grant to fund something new outdoors! Working with your staff, you may brainstorm an innovative approach using the outdoors to enhance your curriculum. Here is an opportunity to help fund that next great idea...
Learn MoreWhat If All White Leaders Thought Like Jeff?
I had a surprising encounter recently while facilitating leadership training for approximately fifty early career principals and assistant principals. During a break, one of the attendees - let’s call him “Jeff” - approached me to engage in a conversation. To be honest, Jeff did all the talking. I listened, a bit uncertain how to respond…
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