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Recent News from NWESD
Ed Talks Read Ed's latest blog post about digital citizenship and smartphones in the classroom at NWESD's website. Congratulations! Congratulations Dr. Jeff Drayer, Assistant Superintendent in the Burlington-Edison School District for receiving the Non-Nurse...
Puget Sound ESD Recruits Record Number of Board Candidates
Puget Sound ESD is striving to become an anti racist, multi cultural institution. In alignment with that goal, our Board of Directors and staff worked together to create and implement a new procedure for recruiting board members during ESD elections. We wanted to go...
NEWESD 101 Awarded $1.1 million YouthBuild Grant
NEWESD 101 has been awarded a $1.1 million YouthBuild grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The competitive grant, one of only three awarded in Washington state, will fund a pre-apprenticeship program for at-risk individuals ages 16-to-24. The three-year...
North Central ESD Apple STEM Network
The Apple STEM Network began two years ago as a grass-roots partnership between educators, government agencies, industry, and nonprofits to support and expand opportunities for youth through STEM education. The Apple STEM Network operates as a collective impact model,...
Students Meet Judges and Law Enforcement
Middle and high school students from across Southeast Washington will attend the 14th annual Tri-Cities Youth and Justice Forum tomorrow, November 3 at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. This full-day forum teaches students about the many professions and resources that...
AESD Director of Statewide Initiatives
On September 18, OSPI submitted the state ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) plan. This Plan is a requirement of the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. The intent of ESSA is to “provide all children significant...
ESD 112 Becomes Certification Provider to Help Alleviate Teacher Shortage
Finding teachers is becoming especially difficult. In fact, the demand for teachers has increased by 250% in Washington over the past five years. ESD 112 is working to alleviate the shortage by helping people already working for schools to obtain their teaching...
NWESD 189 Director of Early Learning
The NWESD is pleased to announce that Sarah Southard has stepped into the position of NWESD Director of Early Learning, replacing long-time director Karma Hugo, who has moved to the Early Learning Director position at OSPI. Sarah should be a familiar name to many...
A Safety-First Approach
New electric can opener reduces risk of injury, saves time, and creates happier employees With the task of preparing food to feed hundreds of students each day, a food service employee devotes a lot of time to prepping meals. This includes tasks such as chopping and...
ESD 105 Opens Newbridge Behavior School Co-op
ESD 105 opened its first-ever day of classes on Sept. 5 at the Newbridge Learning Academy, a program that’s been designed to assist students with challenging behavioral issues by providing them with a progressive system of social-emotional skill development as well as...
What’s Happening on Facebook
Mark your calendars! Registration opens on Tuesday, December 4. Learn more at www.waesd.org/ai-summit
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