As your incoming president I am committed to the extensive and challenging work undertaken by our nine statewide ESDs and particularly to the goals of the AESD/OSPI Network. Given the new statewide initiatives to be undertaken as a result of the McCleary decision,...
Governor Jay Inslee and his wife Trudy visited ESD 112 to meet with school, business and community leaders in April to learn more about the Southwest Washington STEM Network, a transformative public-private initiative that brings K-12, higher education and business...
Celebrate 50 years of Team AESD as Champions for Washington’s Children Educational Service Districts are gearing up to celebrate 50 years of service to Washington schools and communities during the 2019 annual conference of the Association of Educational Service...
One agency’s solution to the teacher shortage crisis in Washington state Washington’s demand for teachers increased by 250 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to Washington state’s Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) (WA Office of PI, April 2018). School...
The job of communicating school finances to local taxpayers became even more daunting when in 2017 the Washington State Legislature made changes to school property taxes. Anticipating the public concern when tax statements arrived in the hands of property owners, the...
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...
