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Three times in a decade - yet another Washington State teacher has been named nationally as the Teacher of the Year.  Congrats to Mandy Manning, a teacher at Ferris High School in Spokane.

Manning joins Jeff Charbonneau (2013) and Andrea Peterson (2007) as the third National Teacher of the Year from Washington state in the past decade.

In addition to teaching English and math to refugee and immigrant students, Manning also coaches fastpitch and girls basketball, advises the writing club, and co-advises the Gay-Straight Alliance.

Manning regularly hosts new teaching candidates, district leaders, school board directors, and legislators in her classroom to experience an inclusive environment and her student-first attitude. As a National Board Certified Teacher, Mandy is an ambassador and facilitator who encourages and guides fellow educators to connect with students and to continually improve their practice.

Batter up!  Good news for SPS kids via SPS Communications:

Thanks to a special partnership and gift of new equipment, this spring, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) elementary students will be learning the fundamentals of bat and ball sports and the positive character skills that go along with playing as a team.

The Fun At Bat program will equip all of the district’s K-5 physical education (PE) teachers with a Franklin Sports equipment kit, a pack of Fun At Bat books focused on character development and digital access to standards-based lesson plans co-developed with SHAPE America.

Fun At Bat, a USA Baseball youth initiative which is supported by Major League Baseball, is a bat-and-ball program for all children created for use in elementary school P.E. classes. The overarching goal of this program is to promote fun and active lifestyles for children, while teaching them the fundamental skills of bat-and-ball sports. The program also includes a literacy component and teaches character traits such as leadership, teamwork and fair play.

The Seattle Mariners have invited all of the district’s K-5 PE teachers to Safeco Field for an afternoon of training followed by special activities during the April 18 game against the Houston Astros. The Seattle Mariners are the first MLB club to have created such an opportunity for their local school district.  

Thank you, too, Seattle Mariners!

Hale showed the film, Mostly Likely to Succeed, during mentorship time yesterday.  Mostly Likely to Succeed is a documentary about an unconventional high school that uses what they call "creative problem solving" to teach students. It has had its critics. 

Ted Dintersmith a venture capitalist who bankrolled the movie is problematic.

https://seattleducation.com/2018/04/04/ted-dintersmith-is-not-here-to-save-neighborhood-schools/

I'll have a longer post but the Colorado Democratic state assembly passed an amendment that was basically a kiss-off to DFER Colorado (Democrats for Education Reform).  I'm pushing for the Washington State Dems to follow suit.

The Democratic Party in Colorado just told an influential group of school reformers to pound sand — and went so far as to ask the group to stop using the word “Democrats” in its name.

At their 2018 state assembly last weekend, Colorado Democrats first booed Jennifer Walmer, head of the Colorado chapter of the national Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), an influential political action committee. It is supported heavily by hedge fund managers favoring charter schools, merit pay tied to test scores and restricting the power of teachers unions.

I note that the head of national DFER is scheduled to speak in our area next weekend at a charter conference in Sea-Tac.

There's a GoFundMe for a girls running club at Lowell Elementary.

The district's Annual Family Survey is out; don't forget to take it.

Community Meeting with Director Eden Mack on Saturday at Magnolia Public Library from 11am-1pm.

What's on your mind? 

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