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November 2, 2007 |
Vol. 1, Issue 21 |
News Slices
Federal and State Financial Aid
Workshops
The Florida Department of Education’s Office
of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA), in conjunction with the Florida
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (FASFAA), will be
offering workshops designed specifically for guidance counselors relating
to federal, state and institutional financial aid programs.
National Training for Counselors and Mentors (NT4CM): Funding Education Beyond High School, is sponsored by Federal Student Aid, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs.
NT4CM workshops will take place from November through January at various locations throughout the state. For more information or to register, simply visit the official NT4CM Web site at www.fsa4counselors.ed.gov/nt4cm, click on Registration and choose Florida. You may also contact Florida coordinator Kelly Harrison at Kelly.Harrison@fldoe.org for more details.
Following are dates and locations for upcoming
workshops:
November 9 - Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee
November 14 - Keiser University, Pembroke Pines
November 16 - Miami Dade College - North Campus, Miami
November 29 - Thrasher Horne Conference Center (St. Johns River Community
College), Orange Park
December 13 - St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
January 9 - Panhandle Area Educational Consortium, Chipley
Florida’s Proposed New Science Standards
The draft Sunshine State Standards for Science are
now available on www.flstandards.org for public review and comment. In
the interest of ensuring that these standards are clear, concise, and
accurate, the Florida Department of Education’s Office of Mathematics
and Science invites you to rate each of the benchmarks and provide valuable
feedback to the writers. Public input will close on December 14.
Input concerning the proposed standards can also be provided during four public meetings scheduled to take place in November at the following locations:
November 7, RA Gray Building, Tallahassee
November 15, Jones High School Auditorium, Orlando
November 20, Jefferson High School, Tampa
November 28, The Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership, Jacksonville
For more information, please contact Todd Clark,
Office of Mathematics and Science, at (850) 245-0764 or visit www.fldoestem.org.
Call for Proposals -- 2008 Just Read, Florida!
K-12 Leadership Conference
The 7th Annual Just Read, Florida! K-12 Leadership
Conference is scheduled for June 29 – July 2, 2008, in Orlando. The
2008 Leadership Conference promises to be a unique experience for each
educator attending. The conference will feature numerous sessions presented
by principals, reading coaches, and district leaders, giving attendees
the opportunity to hear about successful literacy initiatives taking place
in schools and districts throughout our state.
As we prepare for the upcoming conference, we are
issuing a Call for Proposals. Florida principals, coaches, and district
leaders will have first priority for selection, and team presentations
are strongly encouraged. Please encourage your colleagues to submit a
proposal to celebrate and highlight the literacy accomplishments in your
district. All proposals must be submitted electronically at
www.justreadflorida.com/conference
on or before Dec. 16, 2007. You will be notified of your proposal receipt
upon submission and informed of its acceptance by Dec. 21, 2007.
St. Petersburg College Dedicates EpiCenter to Former
Senator Sullivan
St. Petersburg College President Carl Kuttler, Jr.,
and the Board of Trustees will dedicate its EpiCenter to former State
Senator Donald Sullivan on November 2nd at 4 p.m. in honor of his years
of service to the college.
Sullivan, a respected orthopedic surgeon, is credited
with making St. Petersburg College a four-year institution. Since beginning
his service in the Florida Senate in 1992, Sullivan has taken on the following
positions: chair of the Florida Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education,
member of the Task Force on Public School Funding and Legislative Budgeting
Commission, the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Children and
Families Committee. Sullivan was also appointed by Florida's governor
to the Florida Commission on Education Reform and Accountability. For
more details,
click here.
Environmental Education Grant Competition
The Bingham Environmental Education Foundation (BEEF)
has announced its annual environmental education grant competition. The
mission of BEEF is to help provide quality environmental education for
today's youth through sound environmental education and research. The
grant competition is open for a University of Florida graduate student
and a Florida K-12 educator. Winners will be awarded $1,000 each. For
more information about this opportunity, visit www.cpet.ufl.edu/beef.
Forms are available at www.cpet.ufl.edu/beef/PDF/BEEF.pdf.
Application
deadline is Dec. 5, 2007.
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St. Johns County Teacher Wins Classroom Supplies
from Office Max PRISM Recognizes Outstanding Teachers in
Hillsborough, Lake, Osceola, Polk and Volusia Counties Hillsborough County Lake County Osceola County Polk County Volusia County Founded in 2005 as a response to the myregion.org
priority to improve education in the region, The PRISM Project strives
to enhance the caliber of education in Central Florida. Governor Crist Recognizes Hispanic Heritage
Month Contest Winners School Turnaround Principal of the Year School Turnaround awarded Stangle with the
honor based on the school's improvement from the 2004-2005 to 2005-2006
school years. Stangle became the school's principal starting in
August 2005. Lake Shipp is designated by the federal government
as a Title I school for having a large percentage of students coming
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2007 Florida Charter School Conference
The 2007 Florida Charter School Conference will take place Dec. 3-4, 2007, at the Hilton located in the Walt Disney World Resort. This year's theme "Charters: A Choice for Excellence," will focus on leadership and the pursuit of excellence. The program is designed to provide information needed to continue offering a high-quality educational choice for Florida's students and parents. If you are interested in the success of charter schools and the options they give students in Florida, you should attend. Sessions are targeted at authorizers, administrators, educators and charter school stakeholders. Register by Nov. 12, 2007, to receive the discounted rate.
For more information on this conference, visit
www.charterschoolconference.com.
2008 Effective Strategies Institute The 2008 Effective Strategies Institute will be held Jan. 15-18, 2008, at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Institute is sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC), the Florida Department of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers of Florida, the University of Florida, Communities in Schools of Florida, Inc., and the Florida Association of Alternative School Educators. The Institute will feature three nationally renowned keynote speakers, including Dr. Krystal Kuykendall and U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Consuelo Kickbush. There will be more than 60 workshops representing district, state, and national research-based instructional strategies and best practices in dropout prevention and Exceptional Student Educational programs. District administrators, teachers, student services personnel, and program coordinators who provide services to students at risk of not graduating from high school are encouraged to attend. To register and submit proposals for presentation,
please visit the National Dropout Prevention Center Web site at
www.dropoutprevention.org/ndpcdefault.htm, and click on “2008
Effective Strategies Institute.” The registration fee is $195.00
before Dec. 21, 2007. After that date, the registration fee will
be $225.00. Institute attendees are encouraged to make room reservations
at the host hotel by Dec. 31, 2007, to obtain the conference rate
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For more information on this electronic newsletter, please e-mail thecore@fldoe.org.