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The stop-tail-turn lamp in the Grote CSA light kit is an LED model with a much longer life expectancy than an incandescent. Many fleets have attempted to minimize outages of lights on the difficult-to-access top rail of the trailer by installing LEDs, says Grote National Accounts Manager Mark Blackford. LEDs are also used in other hard-to-reach areas of the truck.
Owner-operator Bill Taylor, who drives team with his wife, Robyn, leased to FedEx Ground, has outfitted their 2007 Western Star 4964EX with LEDs. "My light problems are minimal," he says, except for occasional corrosion in the plugs, which he'll replace. He carries spare headlights, among other lights, in his bag of replacement parts for "all the normal stuff that goes out," he says.
Taylor consults regularly with ATBS Maintenance Management Consultant Bill McClusky, who advises ATBS owner-operator clients to carry electrical contact cleaner and dielectric grease to prevent corrosion. "Say you've got a marker light and connection corroding," McClusky says. "You can dip them in that and keep them from becoming corroded."
Owner-operator Taylor ran out of luck on a Friday the 13th in Kingman, Ariz., where his truck sustained a steer tire blowout. It was a freak incident for Taylor, who calls himself a "stickler" on preventive maintenance. "A roadside breakdown can absolutely cost you everything you've made this week and the following," he says. The Jan. 13 blowout cost him $1,400.
Closely monitoring tire condition will not alleviate every tire-related emergency, but it will catch many and pay off in other ways. Many of the most common tire violations carry a high severity weighting in the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC's safety ranking system, meaning they will disproportionately impact your or your carrier's overall CSA ranking. Among the top 12 most common violations, only one – having tire tread depth less than 2⁄32-inch – involved tires. But operators cited for it racked up a hefty eight negative points toward their carriers' or their own Vehicle Maintenance BASIC ranking.
Furthermore, if you narrow the list to just out-of-service violations, three relate directly to tires, says J.J. Keller and Associates' Thomas Bray, who supplied the list of the top 2011 violations for this article.
Out-of-service violations each carry an extra 2 CSA points, making that easily monitored tread depth infraction worth 30 points for the first six months after the violation was incurred if it puts you out of service. That's because violation severity weights are multiplied by three for the first six months. In this case, that's 10 points (8 plus 2 for an out-of-service violation) times 3. That violation will hit you with a weight in Vehicle Maintenance equal to what a reckless driving charge will get you in the Unsafe Driving BASIC, clear evidence FMCSA takes tire problems seriously.
Given that kind of risk, it's a good idea to carry a plug kit and use it not just for a flat tire, but for fixing a slow leak. This is OK for an emergency patch, though to prevent moisture from corroding the tire's belts, interior sealing of the puncture should be performed within days.
It's also wise to carry pressure and tread depth gauges on the road and use them regularly during pretrip inspections. Zehrer is considering going beyond that: "I think the next thing I'll do is get one of those tire pressure monitoring systems that monitor pressure in real time. If you get 15 to 20 percent off on a dual, inspectors can write you up for that." If you enjoy the regularity of pulling your own trailer, it can be worth installing such systems to reduce time spent checking tire pressure and to alert you to a dangerous drop in pressure.
The PressurePro system is available with automated drop-and-hook capabilities for connections with multiple trailers. "We give you 100 percent pressure monitoring," says Duane Sprague of PressurePro, "and about 99 percent of tire issues are related to pressure correction." Other systems are the Bendix SmarTire system and one from Esco.
Zehrer priced these systems for 18 wheels at around $1,000. Sprague says the PressurePro system costs about $1,100.
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Unlikely Martyr: Mikhail Khodorkovsky as Noble Dissident in Putin's Russia
Newly released from prison, the Jewish tycoon was Russia's wealthiest oligarch – and the Kremlin's chief critic
At the same time, Khodorkovsky decided to take full control of Yukos by declaring war on the foreign investors who had bought Yukos shares in the privatization bonanza. Khodorkovsky's chief target became Kenneth Dart, the wily heir to an American Styrofoam cup fortune. Dart owned around 13 percent of several of the production companies that made up the Yukos empire. In the spring of 1999, Khodorkovsky began releasing tens of millions of new shares in these companies in order to dilute Dart out of his ownership. Dart protested.
In one particularly brazen—and by most measures illegal—move, Khodorkovsky managed to brilliantly outmaneuver Dart. At issue was the creation of 135 million new shares of Tomskneft, one of Yukos' production companies. There were only 45 million shares in existence at the time, so creating 135 million new shares would dilute Dart's ownership from 13 to 4 percent. In June 1999, when Dart's representatives and other minority shareholders arrived at the meeting in central Moscow where they would vote on the share issue, they were greeted with a sign. The meeting, it said, had been moved to a small town south of Moscow; it would start in two hours. As Hoffman recounts in The Oligarchs, the shareholders raced to the new location, which turned out to be an old building, mid-renovation. After scouring the building, they found a small room up an improvised stairway. Inside was a table, seven chairs, and two copies of the meeting's agenda. When the shareholders asked the construction workers if anyone had been there, they replied that some meeting had just ended about 20 minutes ago.
What was the next step for such an ambitious man? The crash provides yet another hint. The 1997 financial meltdown slashed demand for oil in East Asia, which pushed oil prices to their lowest level in years; soon a barrel of oil would cost barely more than it cost to produce it. With such thin margins, Khodorkovsky realized, the only way to make really, really big money was to sell a chunk of Yukos to a foreign oil company. Such a sale would bring him far more money than pumping more oil, especially if prices remained so low. "But you can't sell to a Western company if you have bad accounts, you can't do that if you're a thief," explains Hoffman. "He had to clean up his act in order to sell part of the company."
Khodorkovsky's metamorphosis into the patron god of Russian corporate governance, in other words, came first and foremost by greed rather than by some sudden fondness for principles. This kind of evolution has happened before—it was common for many Western tycoons, as well. Whatever his motives, Khodorkovsky did clean up Yukos' operations, legitimizing it enough to pursue talks of a sale to Chevron and ExxonMobil and, later, BP. According to Hoffman, Khodorkovsky paid dividends to shareholders for the first time, published accounts meeting international standards, and reinvested profits back in the oil business and towns. Oil prices rebounded suddenly in 1999 and 2000. So did the value of Yukos. Khodorkovksy and his partners revealed that they owned 69 percent of the company. The shares soared from $.20 each to $3.60 on the Russian stock market.
And this is where Khodorkovsky went wrong: He became too big, too rich, and he didn't share with the new people in power, Putin and his siloviki. These ex-KGB and security service officers had been left behind in the free-for-all of the '90s; many of them were now servants of the oligarchs who had outpaced them to the gold pile. Now that they were in power, they too wanted a slice. The working theory—that Khodorkovsky ran afoul of the Kremlin by meddling in politics—only works to some extent: Putin's chief of staff had allegedly told him exactly how much money to donate to which political parties.
In recent years, a different story has emerged. According to the updated version of The Oligarchs, published at the end of 2003, Putin convened a business roundtable in the Kremlin on February 20 of that year. Khodorkovsky, then flying high, raised the issue of a shady deal that had just gone down. A tiny company, Severnaya Neft ("North Oil"), was sold to Rosneft, then still a tiny, state-owned oil company, at a wildly inflated price—up to five times its real value. Khodorkovsky wanted to know who was behind the deal. Putin soured instantly and asked Khodorkovsky where he had gotten his oil reserves. The implication was that a new crew was on the block, and it was best not to get in their way.
This would prove a turning point. Khodorkovsky never got to sell Yukos. Instead, he was arrested and his company driven to bankruptcy by bogus government tax bills. Rendered insolvent, the company was seized and auctioned off—again at bargain prices—to Rosneft. The head of Rosneft? Putin's old friend, rumored to have been a fellow spook.
For a while it seemed that Putin had won, and, to a large extent, he has: Unless the Kremlin experiences a cosmic change of heart, Khodorkovsky will be in prison until 2016. But prison has merely proved to be another in a series of tactical challenges for Khodorkovsky, and from his cell he has managed to parry his torturer. By coupling his political writings with a high-octane PR operation, Khodorkovsky has managed to completely obscure the life he led before 2003. He is now a prisoner of conscience, a victim of a rapacious Kremlin, a martyr. Any naysayers who bring up his past as a robber baron are shouted down as Kremlin apologists. The fact that they often are and that Khodorkovsky's arrest and internment are clearly motivated by politics only helps Khodorkovsky's case.
But there's a catch: The two men have cornered each other. Putin, who has carefully crafted the image of a tough man, a master of his house, was the only president who had the gumption to stand up to the oligarchs like Khodorkovsky who threatened to bankrupt Russia. He cannot, therefore, answer any calls for justice and clemency from the West. The longer he does this, though, the more Khodorkovsky seems to be the David to his Goliath, the more appealing he becomes to the underdog-loving West, the more they call for his release. And if he were released, what would he do? The only realm left to conquer is politics, and Putin cannot risk such a showdown in flat, open terrain.
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The Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation device, which measures about the size of a standard hair dryer, promises to provide significant relief to those with migraine headaches. You place the device up to the back of your head, which sends small electrical pulses through your brain and body. Somehow, someway it stops the headache right in its tracks, at least according to a study performed on a group of individuals.
More than 160 men and women who suffer from significant headaches took part in the study. Half of the group was provided with a real working machine, while the other half was provided with a dummy device. 40% of the participants who used the actual device reported being pain free two hours later, compared with 22% in the other group. According to further studies those that used the device also reported being pain free 24-48 hours later.
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Mexico: Teacher dismissed after showing gay rights film in class
[21 January 2013] - A 28-year-old middle school teacher at a private school in Mexico City has been fired after showing her students the 2008 film Milk, which tells the story of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who was murdered in San Francisco in the 1970s. Mexico's capital has been celebrated as a champion of gay rights in the region, permitting civil unions in 2006 and approving gay marriage in 2009. However, the scandal around the dismissal of the teacher, Cecilia Hernandez, shows some of the ongoing battles for gay rights in the city.
Until December last year, Hernandez was an adjunct professor of civics and ethics at Lomas Hill middle school, which serves a well-heeled community on the outskirts of Mexico City. In a telephone interview, Hernandez said the dismissal surprised her, since she was only "following Mexican educational standards". According to Mexico's Education Ministry guidelines, teachers in public and private schools should provide lessons on tolerance and against discrimination.
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The five main mother tongues of South African Indians will die out completely in 50 years if they are not taught as formal school subjects, the teachers said.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and filmmaker Spike Lee teamed up Monday to urge more black men to consider teaching.
Teachers should look more like the people they serve, Duncan said. While more than 35 percent of the nation's public school students are black or Latino, less than 15 percent of the teachers are black or Latino, according to federal figures. Less than 2 percent of the nation's teachers are black men.
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European Economic Integration and the Effectiveness of Employment Policies
AbstractThis paper examines the qualitative impact and the degree of effectiveness of several labor market policies when domestic union's wage response and economic integration are explicitly taken into account. The employment policies considered include payroll tax cuts, unemployment benefits cuts, aggregate demand expansion and wage subsidies. It is shown that with endogenous wages and an open economy, these policies can in some cases become more potent. But in other instances, they become less effective. In fact, under some conditions derived in this paper, employment policies can even be counterproductive, leading to a drop in domestic employment.
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You love his songs "Gravity" and "Stay the Night," but you may not know what producer and deejay Zedd looks like. Well, you'll be able to get a look at him this Sunday, when a new ad for Bud Light Platinum has its premiere -- starring him.
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NEA is sponsoring a Thunderclap to add supportive voices to the Harris v. Quinn social media world. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, please consider joining the Thunderclap at http://thndr.it/1qsB0QD.
Take a few moments to participate in Education for All's survey conducted by Education International in order to assess teaching and learning conditions worldwide. Education International (EI) is the world's largest federation of unions, representing 30 million education employees in about 400 organizations in 170 countries and territories across the globe. The survey is being completed by education employees in the 170 countries. The Education for All survey asks teachers, higher education faculty, and ESPs for their thoughts on the three pillars of EI's Unite for Quality Education campaign: quality educators, quality tools, and quality environments.
This survey is completely voluntary, and your responses will not be linked to any identifying information. After the survey is complete, EI will use the results to ensure that the global debate on education reflects the reality of the classroom and that the voices of education professionals are heard. In addition, one respondent will be selected to personally hand the results to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at EI's Unite for Quality Education Action Day. NEA will also receive the data for the United States, which will enhance our understanding of U.S. teachers' views on key education issues.
To access the Education for All survey, please visit http://efa-ept.ei-ie.org.
Introducing New Exciting Offers with NEA Travel
from Trafalgar and G Adventures
NEA Member Benefits is pleased to introduce two new travel partnerships that offer exciting opportunities for both domestic and worldwide travel to NEA members and their travel companions:
1. Trafalgar: With more than 67 years of experience and over 230 worldwide itineraries to choose from, Trafalgar is a global leader in creating guided vacations highlighted by local insights. The company features attractive discounts for early payment, young travelers, repeat travel, group travel, and special, limited-time promotions. NEA Members and their travel companions receive an additional 10% discount on the land price of their itineraries. For more information, visit www.neamb.com/trafalgar.
2. G Adventures: Geared to the active traveler, G Adventures explores all seven continents on land or by sea. G Adventures offers small group travel with 100% guaranteed departures and a range of travel experiences including hiking, biking and kayaking adventures; family trips; classic adventures with a balance of activities and access; YOLO budget-minded adventures for 18-to-thirtysomethings; marine small-ship sailing and cruising; and G Adventures' own 134-passenger ship, the M.S. Expedition, for polar exploration. NEA members and up to three travel companions can receive 10% off their next trip. This special NEA offer is combinable with most other G Adventures promotions. For details on trip itineraries and costs, visit www.neamb.com/gadventures. [NOTE: The Web page for G Adventures will be activated in June 2014.]
For information on these and other travel-related discounts and benefits for NEA members, please visit www.neamb.com/travel.
Whether you are done with state testing, or just beginning, the count down to the end of school has begun. Please take some time to explore some professional development opportunities that KEA and NEA are offering to members and potential members in the coming weeks…
• NEA is recruiting applicants for 65 Master Teacher positions-in SCIENCE to create lessons aligned with current, adopted science standards for the 2014 – 2015 school year. These Master Teachers will be exceptional instructors currently teaching elementary, middle school or high school science. They have track records of supporting student learning; they are proven architects of student-centered lessons; they are demonstrably grounded in 21st century STEM skills; they are capable and confident with technology; and they are ready to serve as ambassadors for the NGSS. The NEA/BetterLesson Master Teachers will receive a $15,000 stipend, and the priority application deadline is May 16, 2014. Sorry for the short turnaround, but NEA just finalized a new agreement with Better Lesson. KEA has been told they are working to extend the deadline one week.
• Certified Evaluation Committee (aka 50/50 Committee) webinars by KEA- If you are a teacher member of your local Certified Evaluation Planning Committee or just want to know more about the process, KEA will offer 6 virtual learning opportunities at the end of the month. May 22, 27, and 29th at 4:00PM EST and 4:00PM CST. This information will be archived on the KEA website for later viewing as well.
• KCAS Science Implementation Training by KEA-Local schools or districts that would like introductory training to implementing the new Science Standards can email firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule training.
• KEA PGES Trainings - KEA have several different trainings available around the components of the TPGES. If you would like to know more information or to schedule training please contact email@example.com.
Following is a link to the candidate application for those wishing to provide support in drafting the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards for Social Studies: Social Studies Standards Writing Team Member Application. Candidates are asked to carefully and thoughtfully consider the criteria for success, as well as the dates contained in the application. Plans for standards development call for a draft to be presented to the Kentucky Board of Education in the fall of 2014. This accelerated timeline is one that will require any participants to commit whole heartedly to the process and the deadlines set out below. The need for completion is driven by Senate Bill 1 which required all state standards to be revised.
The new Kentucky Core Academic Standards for Social Studies will be developed by Kentucky educators for Kentucky educators. Work has already begun on this development and has been progressing since late spring 2013. The initial standards revision and advisory team, composed of key stakeholders and experts from around the state, has brought this massive task to the point where development will need to be continued in smaller teams. The new standards will be informed by a document called the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies. The C3 Framework is not a set of standards, but rather designed to assist states in updating, revising, or reinventing their state social studies standards.
When the standards are drafted, there will be a public comment period both before and after they are presented to the Board. KDE realizes that any new set of standards carries a lot of emotional and professional angst. While it is not possible to have every teacher in the state write or reach total consensus around a set of standards, it is our goal and hope that Kentucky will create a solid, defensible, world-class set of standards that moves social studies back into the core of knowledge critical to creating college and career readiness in all our students.
This application process opens the tasks of writing and revision to additional social studies experts across the state in a transparent and open manner. The application deadline for this project is 4:00PM on May 7, 2014. All applications received by the deadline will be blindly reviewed by a committee of education and content experts and ranked according to the criteria listed below; applications completed after the deadline will not be reviewed. Finalists will be notified no later than May 30, 2014.
Criteria for a Social Studies Standards Writing Team Member
Conceptual understanding of information, theories, principles, and research
• Knowledge of the C3 Framework
• Knowledge of Literacy Standards
• Knowledge of 21st Century Skills
• Clear understanding of the difference between standards and curriculum
• Experience in planning and/or teaching multiple Social Studies subjects and/or grade levels
• Experience in planning or design in a collaborative setting
• Leadership roles and responsibilities
Beliefs about the value of particular information or strategies • Values each participant and his/her various views
• Values collaboration as well as a hard work ethic
• Embraces a visionary outlook
• Regards student-centered learning as most effective
Strategies and processes to apply knowledge
• Knowledgeable of and functional in detailed writing
• Adept at listening to and valuing others in a group setting
• Able to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment
• Possesses organization and time management skills
• Exhibits open-mindedness and flexibility but able to solve problems
• Able to intervene at appropriate times
Desires, or internal motivation, to engage in a particular practice
• Desires to work innovatively
• Supports skills integration for future preparedness
• Aspires to influence future assessments
• Wants to improve his/her content area
Consistent application of knowledge and skills
• Exhibits patience and persistence, while participating in productive struggles
• Remains impartial
• Listens attentively but actively participates in discourse
• Ensures that multiple perspectives are considered
• Undertakes tasks in a methodical and timely manner
At this time, KDE anticipates the need for approximately 30-40 participants representing diverse locations, grade-levels taught and social studies content knowledge to move this work forward. A daily stipend will be provided along with reimbursement for all travel, overnight stays and meals for accepted applicants. Before considering your application, please note that you will be required to be available on any or all of the following dates (at a minimum): June 19th and 20th, July 10th and 11th, and July 17th. Writing teams will convene regionally to minimize travel as much as possible.
Thank you for your consideration and involvement in this process.
Additional questions may be directed to Jennifer Fraker.
On April 29, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. ET, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education will present "Guiding Principle 3: Equity and Continuous Improvement." This 90-minute Webinar will review Guiding Principle 3, as outlined in "Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline" from the school discipline guidance package, a product of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative. The Webinar will identify Guiding Principle 3 action steps for eliminating discriminatory school discipline policies and practices and explore how to implement each step.
Register online.
Get more information on the Supportive School Discipline Webinar series.
To date, over 96,000 Kentucky Employees' Health Plan (KEHP) members have completed their LivingWell Promise.
As the May 1st deadline approaches for members to complete their LivingWell Promise, I wanted to provide all the resources you may need to complete the LivingWell Promise.
All KEHP members who elected either the 2014 LivingWell CDHP or LivingWell PPO must complete the HumanaVitality Health Assessment by May 1, 2014 to fulfill their LivingWell Promise. If the KEHP member fails to complete the LivingWell Promise by May 1, 2014, then the member will not be permitted to elect a LivingWell plan option in 2015.
Two Easy Steps to Fulfill the LivingWell Promise:
Step 1: Complete your HumanaVitality Health Assessment (HA)
1. Go to LivingWell.ky.gov
2. Click on "HumanaVitality Login"
3. Sign in or register (Note: The Humana username and password are different from those for KHRIS)
4. Click the "Get Healthy" tab
5. Click "Health Assessment" to answer the questions and receive your Vitality Age (Note: Takes about 15-20 minutes to complete)
Click here to view/print detailed log-in instructions.
Step 2: Update your contact information (Only necessary if there has been a recent change of address, etc.)
1. Log in to KHRIS Employee Self-Service (ESS)
2. Click "Personal Information"
3. Click "Addresses"
4. Review and update your information, if necessary
Click here to view/print detailed log-in instructions.
Contact your retirement system to update your contact information:
Kentucky Retirement System
Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System
KCTCS Retirement
Judicial Retirement or Legislators' Retirement
Additional Resources:
o See a list of frequently asked questions here.
o View or print a sample HumanaVitality Health Assessment (HA) here.
o Watch the Health Assessment webinar (Note: just register with your e-mail to view the presentation)
Still have questions?
Contact your insurance coordinator or call 1-877-597-7474 for Health Assessment information.
Program Assistants
The Lighthouse Community Center is looking for two (2) people to assist in the delivery of programs to children K-8 at the Center.
The hours are
• During school year: Mon. through Thursday, 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. each day JCPS is in session:
• During Summer: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during a 4 week summer session. (2014 session starts June 23rd, 2014)
Applicants need to be willing to work both during the school year and during the summer.
The pay is $10/hr for anyone with a college degree and $8/hr for anyone without a college degree.
Contact person: Dan Austin, phone # 502-228-7005
e-mail resume to firstname.lastname@example.com (preferred) or mail resume to the Lighthouse Community Center at address below.
Lighthouse Community Center
5312 Shepherdsville Road
Louisville, Ky. 40228
Phone # 502-964-5909
On May 15-18, 2014 the Florida A&M University National Alumni Association will be hosting its annual conference at the Galt House in Louisville. Florida A&M University would like to award some of JCPS's best and brightest students during the conference. To be eligible, a student must meet the following criteria:
1. High School junior or senior
2. Minimum SAT of 1800 (including Writing) or ACT Composite of 27 (including Writing)
3. Academic core grade point average of at least 3.5 un-weighted
FAMU Presidential Scholarships
JCPS announces its first Early Childhood Concerted Cultivation Event to families, child care providers and community partners. They will hold the first event at Bethlehem Baptist Church on Tuesday, March 25th at 6:00 p.m.
Please feel free to share the fliers (in English and Spanish) with anyone you would like to invite to the event. Their target audience includes families, childcare providers and community partners.
Early Childhood Concerted Cultivation Event Flier (English)
Early Childhood Concerted Cultivation Event (Spanish)
Webinar for Educators:
How to Support Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) & Undocumented Students
What's DACA? How Does It Impact Me as a Practitioner? How Does it Impact My Students?
More than half a million young people have taken advantage of DACA, a program that allows them to stay in the U.S. without fear of being deported. Many more are eligible to apply but need help to complete the process. DACA, created by President Obama in June of 2012, offers young people born abroad but raised here a way to stay in the US and pursue their dreams of giving back to the country they call home. Educators across the country may be asked for help by their students and their families. This webinar is designed to educate NEA members about ways they can help and provide information that every educator should know.
Please join two of the nation's foremost advocates for DREAMERS and experts on DACA for a webinar for educators who want to help students through the DACA process. Join us online on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 5:00PM PST / 8:00PM EST for this special program.
• WHO: Immigration Advocates Network
National Education Association
National Immigration Law Center
Own the Dream
• WHEN: Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Pacific Time: 5:00PM to 6:00PM
Eastern Time: 8:00PM to 9:00PM
• WHERE: Webinar and Conference Call
• RSVP: http://bit.ly/DACAwebinarRSVP
• MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/DACAwebinar-info
Delia Garcia: email@example.com
Monica Thammarath: firstname.lastname@example.com
On Monday, February 3, JCTA President Brent McKim was a guest on the KET show "Kentucky Tonight" discussing charter schools. Watch this episode and see Brent defending our public schools against efforts to privatize.
"Kentucky Tonight" 2-3-14 Topic: Charter Schools
HB 1 – Increase the State Minimum Wage – is expected to be called in House today for a vote. Be aware that HB 1 has several amendments and we ask that you call your elected representative in Frankfort TODAY. The Legislative Research Committee Hotline Number is 1-800-372-7181. If you want to identify your representative, click this link (https://cdcbp.ky.gov/VICWeb/index.jsp) and leave a message to speak directly with your representative.
Ask them to VOTE FOR HB 1 – HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (HCS) AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ADMENDMENT 1 (HCA 1) – AND TO VOTE AGAINST THE FLOOR ADMENDMENTS – (HFA 1-2-3-4-5-6-7).
The Managing Student Loans and Debt Workshop scheduled for February 6 has been cancelled because the presenter is ill. It will be rescheduled as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact UniServ Director Elana Crane (firstname.lastname@example.com).
VOLUNTEER on MLK Day to make a difference!
We're getting closer to the date and we need more people to volunteer. If you can, please contact Lynda C. at the email or number below and let her know where you want to volunteer, Shelby Park or Westport Road.
JCTA's Volunteer Committee has organized 2 events with Service for Peace and Metro Parks on January 20. This is a time for you to volunteer and show your willingness to make a difference in the community on MLK Day. We need at least 30 people to volunteer at Shelby Park Community Center to paint from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We also need another 30 people to volunteer for Operation Brightside at Westport Road and I-264 from 11 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. We really need your help to show the community how JCTA cares, so please volunteer. Contact Lynda Currington at email@example.com or 502-407-1228 as soon as you read this.
Sample email to forward to teachers around the state:
I teach in Jefferson County Public Schools and we are doing a KTRS FUNDING CRISIS email to fellow teachers in Kentucky to make sure as many people as possible are aware that our Retirement System is in a funding crisis. Gary Harbin, the Executive Secretary of KTRS, has been working very hard on our behalf to notify the Governor and the Legislators that Kentucky must make a plan and start fully funding the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System or it will go bankrupt. It is estimated that KTRS is currently only 51% because the Legislators have not properly funded it since 2008.
What all teachers need to do ASAP:
Please email and share this information with everyone you know who is a Kentucky Educator (actively employed and retired) starting with the administrators and teachers in your building. Share with everyone who cares about you (your parents, siblings, spouse, adult children, friends, neighbors, etc) and make sure they understand this is the ONLY RETIREMENT you are allowed to receive (GPO/WEP Federal laws do not allow Kentucky Educators to receive Social Security).
Please inform people that Kentucky has an constitutional obligation to fund the teacher's retirement. All teachers are legally required to pay more than 11% of the their salary into KTRS and this is taken out of every paycheck. We pay into the system and Kentucky is required to pay but the Legislators haven't been doing what they are suppose to do.
Most people are unaware of this crisis because of various reasons. We are overworked, we are not financial experts, we trust that we will be treated fairly because it is in the state constitution, and most of us don't really want to deal with retirement issues because it seems so far away and complicated...However, we have to act right away or every educator (both actively working and retired) may lose their retirement in the near future. (Being retired doesn't make one "safe", by the way. The retired folks are in the same boat we are in.)
Some people may ask you "What's the problem? Who is at fault?" The answer is the LEGISLATORS are not fully funding KTRS.
The Retirement System has been extremely fiscally responsible and the educators have ALWAYS PAID into the system. When it is funded properly, KTRS has professionals who are doing an outstanding job managing the funds.
Contact your legislators and tell them to "Fully Fund KTRS"! by calling 1-800-372-7181. You don't have to know who your legislator are to make the call. The operator will ask your name and address and find your legislators name for you. Share this number with everyone and ask them to call.
Thursday, January 16 is CALL Steve Beshear Day at 1-502-564-2611 and tell him we are counting on him to
"Fully Fund KTRS in his budget".
Kentucky has $47,000 in Amgen scholarship dollars for Jefferson County. Candidates can access the scholarship application by going to My Profile. On the payment page there is a place to click to apply for a National Board scholarship. Candidates need to fill out the information and submit. They will be notified later about whether or not they have received a scholarship.
If candidates have difficulty applying online, they need to call 1-800-22-TEACH to seek support.
Certificate Areas: EA/EYA Science and EC/MC Gen
There are now dollars for renewal candidates and an increased amount for first time candidates:
Lawmakers begin 2014 session with philosophical gulf on education spending, tax issues
by Ryan Alessi
Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Friday his staff is working on a proposal for a sales tax increase to increase funding for education. One evening earlier, the Senate Republican majority floor leader, Damon Thayer, declared he would oppose any tax increase proposal and didn't see... Read the full article here.
JCTA's Human & Civil Rights Committee invites our teachers and your students to participate in the JCTA Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Visual Arts, Writing and Performing Arts/Speech Contests. All entries must be received in the JCTA office by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2013 (***no entries will be accepted after the deadline***). Please Visit the JCTA website to download the contest theme and information. Contact Deputy Executive Director, James Hughley at 454-3400 or email@example.com if you have any questions.
MLK Contests Theme and Information
According to KRS 161.780 (1) "No teacher shall be permitted to terminate his or her contract within fifteen (15) days prior to the first instructional day of the school term…" The first instructional day for SY 2013-14 is August 16, 2013. Therefore, the last day a teacher can terminate their contract/resign their employment with JCPS will be JULY 31, 2013.
If we let the politicians undermine firefighters, police, and educational support professionals' retirement systems, ours will be next.
Click picture visit the Kentucky Public Pension Coalition's website.
Financial Aid Tip of the Month, January 2013 – "High school seniors planning to attend college or technical school this fall should fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also called the FAFSA, as soon as possible, according to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA)."…
Kentucky students may win $1,500 toward college, $500 for their school – "FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 3, 2013) — Kentucky students in grades K-6 have a chance to win $1,500 toward college and $500 for their school in the "Dream Out Loud Challenge." Students are invited to submit an original drawing, poem, essay or video answering the question: "How will I change the world after I go to college?"…
Please click the title link to read more.
Contact: Contact: Tim Ballard
Phone: 502-696-7372
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
It has been determined that there will be approximately 1843 employees who will miss a paycheck next summer 2013 due to the 2013-2014 working calendar starting in a later pay period . Below is a listing of the Working Calendars and Job Descriptions which will have a gap between paychecks during the summer of 2013.
At the beginning of this school year, the Payroll Department notified employees that there may be the potential for miss paychecks next summer due to calendar changes. At that time, a voluntary after-tax Summer Savings deduction was offered. Employees will again have the opportunity to enroll or change their Summer Savings deduction amount now through December 19, 2012 by logging on to https://webapps.jefferson.kyschools.us/PayrollSurvey/. New or revised Summer Savings deductions will begin on the January 4, 2013 pay date and continue for 12 deductions. Summer Savings balances will be paid in full to employees on June 21, 2013.
PLEASE NOTE: All impacted employees will be notified individually via e-mail as well as a letter sent to the employee's home address.
Working Calendar Changes to Impact Paychecks List
The Division of Certification is in the midst of its busiest time, with thousands of teachers needing quick processing of rank changes and certificate renewals. At present, all available personnel are giving top priority to the processing of these credentials, and there should be no problem in completing these before September 15. Rather than calling the office, teachers are asked to check the status of their applications at www.kyepsb.net by clicking on the View My Application Status link. That site allows a teacher immediate access to the same information that a consultant sees during a phone call.
Effective with the 2013-2014 cycle, NBPTS will no longer distribute federal subsidies as provided in the current model. NBPTS will use future grant monies to partner with programs and initiatives where they believe a broader and deeper impact within schools and districts can be made. Funds will be used to more fully utilize the talents of NBCTs to improve school culture, teacher quality, and student learning. NBPTS is developing a collection of video cases completed by NBCTs during the certification process to demonstrate models of accomplished teaching. Additional supports and training tools are being developed to align and embed National Board Certification and Take One! with school and district initiatives in ways that strengthen professional learning communities and improve teacher quality.
NBPTS will continue to offer federal subsidies to first-time candidates for the 2012-2013 cycle. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply now to increase their chances of receiving this subsidy while the fee support is still available. For questions regarding the NB subsidy, please contact email@example.com.
On Sunday, July 1, 2012 JCTA received NEA's Rosena J. Willis Memorial Award for its contributions to human and civil rights. Please view and share with your family, friends and colleagues the below youtube video.
The Kentucky Department of Education has identified and recognized ten alternative education programs as Best Practice Sites in an effort designed to recognize the work of educators and programs that serve at-risk students.
The programs were nominated in three categories:
• Category 1: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
• Category 2: Culture, Support and Professional Development
• Category 3: Leadership, Resources/Organization and Planning
The three JCPS schools named as Best Practice Sites for 2012 are:
Jefferson County Brooklawn Youth Services Exemplary in all three categories
Jefferson County Maryhurst Exemplary in all three categories
Jefferson County Peace Academy Exemplary in all three categories
School districts nominated their programs for recognition based on criteria developed by the Kentucky Department of Education Alternative Education Advisory Committee. The schools that made the finalists list received site visits from a KDE review committee.
As a Best Practice Site each school will receive $1,000 for instructional support and will be formally recognized at a future meeting of the Kentucky Board of Education. Additional information on the schools will be posted on the KDE's website, so that other schools can use the program as a model.
JCTA congratulates the students, staff and administrations of Brooklawn Youth Services, Maryhurst, and Peace Academy.
An effort to have a Kentucky state teacher "vanity" license plate created is presently underway. If you are interested in supporting this effort please take the below survey.
The survey is located at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5C5MQ9Q. Please take a moment to take the survey and pass this information on to a friend. Thank you!
When I started my career, teaching in a school across the street from a jail in Adelanto, California, I had the choice to pay $50 a month in union dues or not. Either way I was going to receive the same pay and benefits. So at 22 years old, right out of college, with several maxed-out credit cards, I couldn't think of any way that I would be better off with 50 less dollars in my pocket. I declined to join.
Two years later, when I moved back to Ohio, I still wasn't convinced that it was important to be a member of the teachers' union. I joined because everybody else did, even though I really didn't see the point.
Now, a dozen years later, I am the VP of my local association. I'm part of the negotiations team. I represent my local association at regional and state OEA events. I talk contractual rights with teachers most evenings and on weekends. As I mow the lawn, I think about new ways to serve my colleagues through the association and how to engage them in union matters.
What the heck happened to me?
It wasn't electroshock treatment or a near-death experience. It wasn't false allegations lodged against me that required union representation.
My involvement in my local has steadily increased over the past twelve years, and the more involved I have become, the more rewarding the experience has been.
Being active in my local association has been an empowering experience. Through my involvement, I have been "in the know" about a great deal of the inner-workings of the school district. I don't mean that there is some spy ring of teachers, or that people sit around gossiping about district business. I mean that there are critical policy decisions going on all the time in my district, and the union is intricately involved. By being active and attending regular monthly union meetings, I find out all the things that are happening district-wide and how they could potentially affect me and my classroom.
My involvement is beneficial, not only because I am more aware of what's happening in the district. It's beneficial because it's made me more aware and knowledgeable about my collectively bargained contract. So many teachers who are uninvolved with their local have no idea about their rights. They grumble under their breath about being treated unfairly or about unjust situations in their building. If these teachers were more involved in the local association, they would know all the avenues they have to help them satisfactorily resolve disputes with management. Often, when I face a situation that I consider unjust, I can talk comfortably with an administrator and explain that a situation needs to be changed, by citing a section of the contract and explaining past practice.
I work with students everyday and work to develop my skills in delivering meaningful instruction. My growth as an instructor is important, but my growth as a leader amongst my colleagues is also important to me. My union activity affords me many leadership opportunities. As a result, I feel confident speaking to my principal on a teacher's behalf or representing and advocating for a teacher in a meeting. When I or my colleagues have concerns, I can bring them up at labor-management meetings, discussing important issues with the superintendent, treasurer and head of human resources. I can work with management to make changes that are beneficial to teachers, students and the district as a whole.
For example, I worked with the superintendent and head of computer services to assemble a group of teachers to meet monthly to create a "responsible usage" policy for the district, regarding teachers using Facebook and other social media. Another time, I voiced teacher concerns about our web filtering software, which wasn't allowing teachers to access educational videos that they wanted to use during instruction. I worked with administration to figure out how to work within the parameters of our software and allow teachers to use the websites they wanted.
In Sylvania, 100% of our teachers are dues-paying members, which is great, but I also work to get teachers to do more than pay dues, to get involved and become leaders. That means working with other local association leaders to plan association-sponsored social events like a district-wide breakfast before our August teacher in-service and encouraging people to get their feet wet, by being building reps or delegates to OEA conferences. These efforts continue to keep our local association strong, and new leaders emerge. This year, three of our seven executive board members are new.
My perspective on the teacher's union has changed drastically over the course of my fifteen years of teaching. Through the years, I have learned all the benefits of membership and the opportunities that the union provides. I'm thankful that I made the choice to get involved with my local, and I hope that others in the profession will get involved too, so they can take advantage of these same benefits and opportunities, in order to grow as educators.
By Dan Greenberg, Sylvania Education Association
JCTA President Brent McKim and Executive Director DeeAnn Flaherty recently met with US Representative John Yarmuth to discuss federal educational issues. Congressman Yarmuth has been a strong supporter of JCTA.
View this video link to learn about JCTA's disaster relief effort to help teachers in Henryville, Indiana. http://ctv4.criticalmention.com/playerpage/player?shareid=26156&partnerToken=8a80834d361d84fb01363ce3dca81743&clientId=0
The KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION news advisory (FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Nominations are now open for the 2013 Kentucky Teacher Awards, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education and Ashland Inc.
Nominations may be submitted electronically by visiting the 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Web site at kentuckytoy.com. The deadline for nominations is May 15.
Any full-time public school teacher in the state with at least three years of experience is eligible. Additional qualifications are cited on the application. Teachers may be nominated by students, parents, teaching peers, principals or superintendents or anyone from the community who has an interest in honoring an outstanding educator.
All nominated teachers are required to complete a formal application, which must be submitted by June 30. Judging will take place in August by a blue ribbon panel of education professionals from around the state, and up to 24 Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Award winners will be announced in September. Following site visits with nine semifinalists in September and personal interviews with the top three candidates, the Kentucky Teacher of the Year will be announced in Frankfort. At that time, all 24 teachers will be honored with cash awards and other mementos. Teacher Achievement Award winners will receive a cash gift of $500; two of the three finalists will receive a cash gift of $3,000; and the Teacher of the Year will receive a cash prize of $10,000, along with an exciting professional development opportunity. The Kentucky Teacher of the Year then will represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
The Kentucky Teacher Awards program combines the best elements of the Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Awards and the Kentucky Teacher of the Year programs. This is the 12th year for this innovative collaboration between private industry and public education.
The Spotlight Committee has selected the winners for their yearly awards and scholarships. The winners are as follows:
Ethel O'Brien Award – Monica Armstrong
June B. Lee Award – Gail DeVine
Apple From The Teacher Award – Michele H. Pullen
National Board Scholarship – Jackie Guthrie
JCTA Advancing Teacher Scholarship – Katlyn Raderstorf
Annual Spotlight Award 2011 – Letitia Usher
The winners and the people who nominated them will be honored at the March 19th PR meeting. There will be a nice dinner and cake, and they will receive their awards. Congratulations to all the winners.
President Brent McKim met with Arnie Duncan and others to discuss how Kentucky's NCLB waiver will affect teachers. Youtube video of the panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVfheu1hCME.
In an op-ed published in the State Journal on January 29, 2012 Governor Beshear explained why he proposed a $15 million for preschool expansion. Four thousand more four year old Kentucky children will be able to attend preschool. Governor Beshear stated in the op-ed, "Even in the most wretched financial times, there are certain investments that we cannot ignore. But this is more than a financial argument. It's also a moral one. We owe all of our children - whether they live in our inner cities or our mountain hollows, our suburbs or our farms - a chance at a promising and productive life."
Please visit http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/5151441 if you would like to read the entire op-ed piece.
KEA is preparing to deliver the second half of its NBPTS candidate support program called Home Stretch. KEA has a need for NBCTs to serve as "like-cert" facilitators for our candidates as they conduct a peer review of one portfolio entry. The facilitators will follow a protocol developed specifically for the training.
Accepted NBCTs will be paid $125 to work a whole day, and $75 if they conduct only one half day session. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.
Please go to the NBCT Home Stretch Facilitator registration page via the below web link and register to be a facilitator if you are interested. THANKS!
Teachers please find attached below the KY Teacher Effectiveness Framework PDF document. The KY Teacher Effectiveness Framework was discussed by the President McKim in his address in the January 18th ACTION.
KY Teacher Effectiveness Framework
Governor Steve Beshear promoted the cause of public preschool programs and investment in early childhood development in the state of the Commonwealth address Wednesday evening.
PDF Version of the address
JCTA is seeking Cadre Trainers for JCTA Closing the Achievement Gaps Training Cadre. This cadre is a part of a national peer-to-peer training program for NEA members. It provides strategies on how to utilize best practices connected to culture, abilities, resilience and effort in their classrooms to close the achievement gaps from packages and tested curriculum to members at the local and state training events, seminars and conferences. We envision that trainers will span the spectrum of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age as well as NEA membership categories.
Cadre members serve a three-year term. Cadre members are not paid for their services. They are, however, provided association leave days and professional development credit when applicable.
If you are interested in becoming a CARE Cadre Trainer please click the below link to get and complete the application.
CARE Application Booklet
Rally your students' parents, your family members and friends, local business owners and others in your social network to help support your efforts in the classroom. Register online with Adopt-A-Classroom, a program that matches donors with teachers so you can raise funds for classroom supplies and materials. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations are passed through to your account. To get started, visit www.teachade.com and click on the "adopt a classroom" tab.
Brought to you through a partnership of NEA Member Benefits, TeachAde, the online community for teachers, and Adopt-A-Classroom.
Community Foundation of Louisville announces a funding opportunity for teachers through a new partnership with DonorsChoose.org (http://www.DonorsChoose.org).
DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit that connects public school teachers with people who want to support classroom learning. It's an easy way for public school teachers to submit project requests for the specific materials their students need to learn.
1) Projects are submitted by full-time, front line employees in any public school in Jefferson County
(i.e. classroom teachers, school nurses, librarians, FRYSC's, guidance
counselors, etc.)
2) Generous donors from across the country go to Donors Choose.org and browse these project requests and fund the ones they find most compelling.
3) When a request is funded, DonorsChoose.org orders the materials and ships them directly to the classroom.
4) Teachers and students send along their thanks to those generous donors
It's that easy!
Children's books, art supplies, furniture, science kits, computers, toys for dramatic play, listening center equipment … you can request all these and more through DonorsChoose.org.
Please help the Community Foundation of Louisville get the word out to public school teachers. Please share this information with any public school teacher you know. We don't want any classrooms to miss out on this funding opportunity.
JCTA now offers NEA's Diversity Training. We will have various trainings offered at our office this year, but we also have the ability to send NEA-certified trainers to your building to train your entire staff. Click "Read Article" to read the descriptions for all the modules available. Click here to download the request forms.
If you have any ties you no longer want/need or know of anyone who has ties they are will to give to a worthy cause please contact Scott Whitenack a 4th grade teacher at Chenoweth Elementary. Scott's email is email@example.com and the number at Chenoweth is 485-8227.
Teachers below are two PDF documents that provide critical voting information about how to register to vote, how to vote early, and how to absentee vote.
How to Register to Vote in Kentucky
Absentee and Early Voting in Kentucky
ACT QualityCore® has been chosen to provide Kentucky's end-of-course assessments for our high schools in the course areas of: Algebra II, Biology, English II, and U.S. History.
The below listed QualityCore Educational Resources will allow/guide teachers in customizing instruction to meet individual student needs.
Each link will direct you to the following course specific resources:
• Educator's Guide (the same guide for all courses)
• Course Description and Syllabus
• Course Outline
• Course Objectives/Standards
• Rigor and Relevance Template
• Instructional Unit Plan
• Guidelines for Developing an Instructional Unit
• One Sample Instructional Unit
• End-Of-Course Test Blueprint
Below are the resource links for the four end-of-course assessments.
Algebra II QualityCore Educator Resources
Biology QualityCore Educator Resources
English 10 QualityCore Educator Resources
U.S. History QualityCore Educator Resources
For additional information regarding QualityCore Educator Resources, visit: www.QualityCore.org http://www.qualitycore.org/.
Description of Teacher Materials for the End-of-Course Assessments
Note: The proprietary ACT QualityCore® resources are not to be directly or indirectly published, displayed or otherwise disclosed, including the QualityCore Educator Resources, to any party outside of the Kentucky contract.
No. 11-060 August 1, 2011
MEDIA CONTACT: Rebecca Blessing
Office: (502) 564-2000 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Kentucky teachers will have a new 21st-century instructional tool when they return to the classroom for the 2011-12 school year. The Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) is a searchable online database of Kentucky academic standards and student learning targets aligned and linked to high-quality instructional resources from Discovery Education.
The system is designed to help teachers as they implement the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards in mathematics and English/language arts (which also include literacy standards for science, social studies/history and technology classes in grades 6-12).
"Since Kentucky is the first in the nation to fully implement the new common core standards, Kentucky educators face a challenge in identifying high-quality, engaging instructional resources that support and reinforce the new standards," said Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday. "CIITS will put those resources at every teacher's fingertips," he said.
CIITS is free to all Kentucky public school teachers and is available 24/7 from any Internet-connected computer equipped with modern browsing software.
Holliday stressed that this is just the beginning for CIITS. Later this school year, the rest of Kentucky's academic standards and thousands more aligned instructional resources from other leading content providers will be added to the system, along with lesson plans and instructional units developed by Kentucky's Content Leadership Networks. Plans also call for formative assessments to be included in CIITS.
Once an identity management system is in place and access is secured, student data and assessment results will be added to CIITS. This will allow teachers to identify learning gaps and use the CIITS tools and resources to more easily design instructional experiences to meet individual student needs.
CIITS is a multi-phase, multi-year project. Later phases call for the addition of a module to support teacher and leader effectiveness and professional development, and a module to facilitate school and district improvement planning.
"We are designing CIITS to be a one-stop shop for improving instructional outcomes, teacher effectiveness and leadership in all Kentucky schools," Holliday said.
Recently, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills recognized Kentucky for its ability to integrate 21st-century skills into policy, practice and professional development, in part, for its work on CIITS.
CIITS is a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education, Schoolnet, KET and Discovery Education. Other partners will be added as instructional resources are expanded.
The system is designed specifically for Kentucky public school educators and is not open to the public. General information is available at
Request from Rep. Tom Riner to get the information on the film, Forks Over Knives to teachers.
A wonderful scholarship opportunity from State Farm Insurance for Jefferson County National Board candidates has been added to the scholarship listings on the NBPTS website! State Farm is offering a $750 scholarship on a first come, first served basis to JCPS candidates from ALL certification fields and age levels.
The State Farm scholarship money is in addition to the $1250 federal subsidy provided for all Kentucky candidates. You must apply first to be a candidate prior to applying for the scholarship.
Directions for applying for the State Farm scholarship are as follows.
1) Go to the National Board website at www.nbpts.org.
2) Select the tab BECOME A CANDIDATE.
3) Click on FEES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
4) Click on SCHOLARSHIPS.
5) Click on the link "Apply for scholarships here."
There are a limited number of scholarships available, so do not delay in completing your application! Feel free to share this information with any other potential candidates.
If you want to view JCTA's We Teach commercials please click this link http://www.videobred.tv/11-DOG-139/.
Please remember that next school year will be the first in which no teacher who has previously held a full-time Emergency Certificate may receive another such certificate. Districts should be planning for this new regulation and identifying those teachers within the district who are working on emergency certificates. If the district wishes to employ these teachers during 2011-12, plans must be made this spring to get them into an alternative certification program or add the additional area via the TC-HQ route. Information on this change in the regulation has been sent to superintendents and HR personnel since the regulation was passed in the spring of 2010; however, the implementation date for this provision was set for this June to allow districts to prepare for the change.
Classroom Management Training - Elementary
Classroom Management Training - Middle & High
SBDM Training
Erasing Student Loans and Debt Workshop
All-Committee Meeting Day
JCTA Board of Directors Meeting
CARE Training
JCTA's NEA Diversity Training
Rep Council Meeting
Classroom Management Training - Middle & High Part 1
Classroom Management Training - Elementary Part 1
Classroom Management Training - Middle & High Part 2
Classroom Management Training - Elementary Part 2


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Only You - can create, design, work with your hands, make letters, enjoy typography, live a life that's awesome, do things you love, play and be happy. These inspirations have catched our eyes the last week. Especially the Type Deck and the umbrella are fantastically designed. So have a creative and awesome sunday and enjoy the inspirations!
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And finally this are the best 10 fonts released in 2013. Click in the name of every font to see full details. :
- Brandon Text by HVD Fonts.
- Nanami Font by Thinkdust.
- Canaro by Rene Bieder.
- Tide Sans by Kyle Benson.
- Niveau Grotesk by HVD Fonts.
- Trend by Latinotype.
- Core Circus by S-Core.
- Wishes Script by Typesenses.
- Voyage Font by Fenotype.
- Zulia by Sudtipos
You can check the full details in this site dedicated to the 100 fonts of 2013: 2013.betype.co
Illustrations by Laura Di Francesco
HRC Maspex
Polish designer Jan Starzyk has created the identity and stationary for HRC Maspex.
Shanghai Po Po 336
Ken Lo
(Source: alternative-pokemon-art)
(Source: asiletatemi)
Projet etudiant : Concrete blown glass par Benjamin Fournier
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13" sycamore bowl
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llosgi bowl // £30
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This long-awaited sixth edition, with an additional 180 pages of text and more than 80 new color photographs, offers detailed monument-by-monument itineraries and maps to the temple sites. Includes practical information on hip Siem Reap, plus historic Phnom Penh. The great legacy of the ancient Khmer civilization, the temples of Angkor cover an area well over 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) in northwest Cambodia. These monuments, built between the ninth and 15th centuries—the classic period of Khmer art—are unrivaled in architectural greatness. They are, undoubtedly, one of the wonders of the world, astounding in their splendor and evoking a real sense of awe. This beautifully illustrated book contains background information on Khmer history, religious beliefs and legends depicted on the bas-reliefs, as well as descriptions of architectural features. This detailed, monument-by-monument guide to the sites includes detailed maps and plans, plus information about temple complexes accessible by helicopter or four-wheel-drive vehicle. Features: Written and updated by an art historian steeped in the region's art and culture Extensive accounts of all temples and pre-Angkor sites Comprehensive background information on Khmer art, religion and cultural traditions Unique flora and fauna around the Great Lake, Tonlé Sap Profiles the Phnom Penh National Museum and other highlights of Cambodia's capital The hip town of Siem Reap— the base for exploring Angkor Foreword by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia Over 40,000 copies in print 176 color photographs and 44 maps and plans


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Better than I expected, almost lived up to the potential Dune set. Too bad it won't stand alone without the backstories of both Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Looking forward to reading what happens next.
By far my favourite Dune novel this is where the series truly becomes epic. Set some three thousand years after Leto II replaces his father as the controller of the universe's destiny this book takes us through Leto II's last days. Leto has had the courage to do what his father could not and become the God emperor of Dune and now his final sacrifice will reshape the universe. I could have happily seen the Dune series end after this book.
Action, plot twists and drama - all you expect from a Dune book. This time much of the plot is made up of two or three people in arguing in a room and the action is pushed to the sides.
Now I know where some of the stupider ideas in "evolutionary psychology" came from.
The idea of creating a suburban empire for the purpose of collapsing it and forcing the people to compete for survival so that the most creative come out on top: ridiculous and terrible. Competition does not necessarily favor the best, especially if the best don't have a damn clue how to exercise creativity because a big symbiotic man-worm with legions of badass-gun-toting "willing" rape victims "bred" them for three thousand years during which he eliminated all but his own history of the universe, which was not, in any of the excerpts presented therefrom, even slightly concerned with stuff like how to run a business, how to break up a monopoly, what forms of government work on what scales with what types of populations in what sort of geographies, how to meet as diplomats or ecumenical councillors, etc. In fact, competition favors the lucky first, the bully second, and the sycophant third.
The representation of women, especially Yoko Ono, I mean Hwi Noree: appalling. Not even the fact that the eponymous God Emperor was supposed to be foibly excuses the garbage he spouted about "sex differences," let alone were any of the female characters anything other than caricatures.
What happened? Seven Pillars of Wisdom With Spaceships, a/k/a Dune, was so brilliant. How did it devolve into Dr. Jekyll's Lonely Hyde Club Band?
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Centuries have passed on Dune, and the planet is green with life. Leto, the son of Dune's savior, is still alive but far from human, and the fate of all humanity hangs on his awesome sacrifice...
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Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, trades his humanity for immortality and, as the magnificent sandworm of Dune, desperately attempts to save mankind.
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Enes Kanter will receive a platelet rich plasma injection in his right knee and will be sidelined for about two weeks.
Enes Kanter was "clearly miffed" at not receiving more playing time this season.
Enes Kanter will miss Wednesday's finale with a sore knee.
Enes Kanter made 8-of-12 from the field for 19 points vs. the Lakers on Monday to go with 12 boards, two assists, one block and one steal in 37 minutes.
Enes Kanter had 22 points, 14 rebounds, a steal and a block in 37 minutes of Saturday's loss to Denver.
Enes Kanter came off the bench for 15 points, a season-high 19 rebounds and two blocks in 28 minutes on Tuesday.
Enes Kanter will come off Utah's bench on Sunday, with Marvin Williams taking his spot in the starting lineup.
Enes Kanter double-doubled against the Thunder on Sunday with 18 points, 12 boards and three turnovers in 31 minutes.
Enes Kanter had a quiet night during Friday's loss to the Pelicans and only scored eight points with three rebounds and three assists.
Enes Kanter hit 4-of-11 shots for 11 points, 15 rebounds, one steal and no blocks in Wednesday's loss.
Enes Kanter scored 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting with eight rebounds and one assist in a start against the Pistons on Monday.
Enes Kanter will start against the Pistons on Monday night.
Enes Kanter started against the Grizzlies on Wednesday, finishing with 12 points, 12 boards and one steal in 38 minutes.
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The Flaming Lips, The White Stripes Releases Mark Record Store Day 2011
RECORD STORE DAY 2011 The fourth annual Record Store Day, celebrating independent record store culture, will take place April 16. Conceived by Chris Brown, an independent record store employee, and founded in 2007, the celebration takes place across more than 700 stores in the U.S., and hundreds more overseas. Highlights include special releases, meet and […] [Read More]
The Stone Foxes, Noise Pop, The Independent, 2/24/11
Noise Pop The Stone Foxes. San Francisco's The Stone Foxes headlined The Independent Thursday night as part of the 2011 Noise Pop Festival. Despite the rain many were in attendance, yet The Stone Foxes' set still felt marred by normalcy. While the bands' two albums, 2008′s "The Stone Foxes" and 2010′s "Bears & Bulls," provide […] [Read More]


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My baby is now 8 months old and has slept through the night about 6 times in her life. She has been a very sick little girl as a result of daycare and has had cronic colds and ear infections since she was two months old. We just got her tubes 3 weeks ago and she is teething on top of it all. My doctor has suggested the scream it out method but seeing as how my kid was always sick I didn't want to do that. Now that she's getting better shes in the habit of waking in the middle of the night. Any tips on how to get her to sleep all the way through.
by aprilsalcroOctober 9, 2012 at 9:20 PMNo tips my kids just slept on their own. IMO there is no way to make a baby sleep through the night. If they are hungry they will wake up to eat
October 9, 2012 at 9:23 PM
She will do it when she is ready. DS used to sleep through the night between 8-10 months and since then he will wake up screaming halfway through the night.
by Raeann11October 9, 2012 at 9:31 PM
I have no tips. I let them decide when they were ready for that. My first started at 6 weeks(sleeping for 6hours), second was not till she was 3 years old and then our third was 16 months old. My second and third still from time to time get up.
October 9, 2012 at 9:38 PMSorry they'll do it when they are developmentally ready to, somewhat unfortunately:-/
October 9, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Thank you for the replies and to CL1998 I feel your pain I feel like a zombie some days
by YzmaRocksOctober 9, 2012 at 9:54 PMThis.
Quoting KylersMom8-16-7:
Sorry they'll do it when they are developmentally ready to, somewhat unfortunately:-/
by cl1998October 9, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Im there with you......Heres to hoping that it gets better:)
by Mrs.AndrewsOctober 9, 2012 at 9:57 PM
No idea. My daughter is 1 and has only slept through the night like 4 times. I have tried EVERYTHING! And lately she wakes up more and more often.
October 9, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Aww I am sorry Mrs. Andrews thats no fun at all


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When looking a self-service knowledge solution, it can be hard to distinguish between vendors. Most make very similar claims about the capabilities and benefits of their product. To make an informed choice, it is necessary to go beyond marketing rhetoric and assess the specifics of each vendor's offering. Does the vendor's feature set support the way in which you envisage implementing self-service? Can the vendor help to deliver an ideal customer experience? Just as important, it the vendor someone with whom you can see yourself happily working?
This guide gives advice on assessing vendors with some examples and checklists of desirable criteria.
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Undergraduate Research Internships
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North East Water Resources Network (NEWRnet) Undergraduate Research Internships
Application Deadline: February 21, 2014
Are you interested in learning more about protecting our water resources, and getting good information to decision-makers? The North East Water Resources Network has opportunities for undergraduate students to carry out research for 10 weeks during the summer – in our Vermont, Rhode Island and Delaware research locations.
Research interns will be part of teams who are investigating the impact of climate variability and extreme weather events on water quality and quantity across the north-south gradient from VT to DE. They will investigate how to provide valuable and rapid information to stakeholders (resource users, resource managers, and policy makers) to lead to more time efficient and better informed land and water use decision making.
Dates: Tuesday, June 3rd to Tuesday, August 12th 2014.
Stipend: $4500 stipend; required travel and on campus housing provided.
Eligibility: Students who are rising sophomores, juniors, or seniors, and who are matriculated in one of the NEWRnet partner institutions are eligible to apply. Approximately 14 students will be selected for summer 2014.
Students of a variety of academic backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Those with an interest, or a major in environmental science, environmental studies, natural resources, economics, or computer science/data visualization may find these research opportunities of particular interest.
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We've heard all about the wildfires that have been raging in the western US, and the lengths that normal citizens are going to to fight them. Now, Congress is finally stepping in to deliver some aid of its own. The funds, though, could come at the expense of the auto industry.
The Republican House Appropriations Committee is working on a $24.3-billion spending bill, with $1.5 billion earmarked to help the smoldering west. But in this cash-strapped environment, where will the funds come from? The answer, despite previous reports, is the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program, which was approved for $25 billion by Congress in 2008.
With funds managed by the Department of Energy, the ATVM program was meant to spark production of high-mileage and alternative-energy vehicles in the US auto industry. Tesla, along with efforts from Ford and Nissan, have been the only notable successes in a sea of failures.
The high-profile collapse of Fisker, and a certain gun-shy attitude after the Solyndra fiasco, has seemingly led to a lack of loans from the fund. With over $25 billion promised, the DOE has only doled about a bit less than $9 billion, having rejected over 100 companies' requests for funds. As The Detroit News points out, there also haven't been any new loans in two years.


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Honestly is there really any need for petty bickering? (I'm speaking generally here, this is not a slight against the OP or anyone else)
Hinata and Sakura are BOTH awesome characters. Both are cute, both are strong and important/useful, just in different ways. Plus let's not forget both of them are friends. Neither one would ever want their fans to bash or hate the other.