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OCDE NEWSROOM
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More than 150 experts to share academic, behavioral and social-emotional strategies at three-day MTSS conference |
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Educators from throughout the state are gearing up to attend a three-day summer conference that will share best practices to support the academic, behavioral and social-emotional success of all students. The California MTSS 2022 Professional Learning Institute — or PLI for short — is expected to draw thousands of teachers, administrators, counselors and other school-based professionals to the Anaheim Convention Center July 12 through July 14. The theme is “Hear Us, Together We Rise,” and there’s still time to register at camtsspli.ocde.us. |
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/more-than-150-experts-to-share-academic-behavioral-and-social-emotional-strategies-at-three-day-mtss-conference/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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COVID-19 funding pries open a door to improving air quality in schools |
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Many schools in California and nationwide were in dire need of upgrades — burdened by leaking pipes, mold, and antiquated heating systems — long before the pandemic drew attention to the importance of indoor ventilation in reducing the spread of infectious disease. The average U.S. school building is 50 years old, and many schools date back more than a century. So, one might assume school districts across the nation would welcome the opportunity created by billions of dollars in federal COVID-relief money available to upgrade heating and air-conditioning systems and improve air quality and filtration in K-12 schools. |
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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-06-13/covid-19-funding-pries-open-a-door-to-improving-air-quality-in-schools |
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CAPISTRANO DISPATCH
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Second Harvest Food Bank Offers Free Food for Children During Summer Break |
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After being forced to close after-school food programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County kicked off its 2022 Summer Food Service Program on June 1 at 39 sites throughout the county. Free meals will be provided to all children, without eligibility documentation, who are 18 years of age and younger, according to a news release. To find the nearest open site, call 211 or text 898211 for hours of distribution. |
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https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/second-harvest-food-bank-offers-free-food-for-children-during-summer-break/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Insults didn’t deter student rep to Chino Valley Unified school board |
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Esther Kim wasn’t naïve when she was named student representative to the Chino Valley Unified school board, whose brand is to wage culture-war battles over sex ed, gay marriage, the Bible, prayer, masking and vaccinations. “I did Google searches. They helped me out a lot,” Esther tells me with a laugh. “I knew what I was getting into.” An early test came in November when the board’s two religious conservatives sought to limit the rights of transgender students. Esther mobilized students via Instagram to speak at the meeting and collected advance testimony from more than 160. The motion failed. It was a win for students, but at an emotional price. |
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https://www.pe.com/2022/06/11/insults-didnt-deter-student-rep-to-chino-valley-unified-school-board/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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Fresno County needs more college graduates. How high school teachers hope to fix that |
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By this summer, over 100 high school teachers will be eligible to teach dual enrollment courses across California’s central San Jaoquin Valley, thanks to a two-year pilot program aimed at creating equity between rural and urban schools. The Upskilling Teachers’ Master’s Program Pathway started in the Fresno area and is funded by a little over $1.5 million from the Fresno-Madera K-16 Collaborative, paying for high school teachers to earn their master’s degrees to teach college classes at their campuses. |
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article262268072.html#storylink=mainstage_card |
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EDSOURCE
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State board to vote on new early childhood education credential |
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The Commission on Teacher Credentialing will consider a new credential for pre-k through third grade at its meeting Wednesday. The early childhood education specialist credential is meant to increase the number of teachers eligible to teach transitional kindergarten, which is being expanded to include all 4-year-olds by 2025. It has been estimated that the state needs 7,000 to 15,000 more TK teachers by then, said Mary Sandy, executive director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. |
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https://edsource.org/news-updates#state-board-to-vote-on-new-early-childhood-education-credential |
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