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August 2018

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IN THIS ISSUE School Climate Family Engagement Next Generation Science Standards

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Learn about a student-led effort to break down barriers and implement restorative justice practices in Louisiana's largest school district. 

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Register Now for Summer and Fall Professional Learning

Whether you're modeling reading strategies for college freshmen, improving instruction for English learner students with disabilities, engaging science students by putting a new twist on the classic properties of matter, or making other efforts to improve learning, WestEd services build your knowledge and skills, and present strategies designed to help all learners succeed.

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SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, & STATE EDUCATION SYSTEMS Academic Parent-Teacher Teams:

Family Engagement = Student Success

Get the training needed to develop systems and processes that grow and sustain effective family engagement practices that are aligned to your school or district improvement goals. 

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Register Now for English as a New Language: Intensive Instructional Institute

Learn the components of high-quality instruction that integrates English as a New Language content with New York State Standards, August 21–23, in Yonkers, NY.

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STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT, & ACCOUNTABILITY Aligning Instruction with New Standards: Educator Resources

New content standards demand a higher level of rigor than ever in teachers' daily instructional practice. Access resources for curriculum alignment, assessment and accountability, subject-area expertise, diverse learners, and learning conditions.

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TEACHERS & LEADERS Back-to-School Resources

Check out free resources for secondary literacy and for science teaching and learning. Plus, view free archived webinars on a range of topics, from early childhood to restorative justice. 

TEACHERS & LEADERS Build Powerful Professional Learning Communities

Our research-based VITAL Collaboration service is designed to help you create or revitalize professional learning communities that will drive schoolwide improvement in teaching and learning.

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HEALTH, SAFETY, & WELL-BEING Trauma-Informed Practices from Prenatal to Young Adulthood

A new resource looks at how researchers and practitioners in early childhood and K–12 education, health, mental health, and social services translate the research on toxic stress and trauma into practice and policy.

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, & MATHEMATICS Next Generation Science Standards in Practice

Discover 10 resources designed to power up your NGSS lesson planning, instruction, and administrator support.

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SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, & STATE EDUCATION SYSTEMS Tap Federal Funds for Rapid School Improvement

This new guide highlights useful but often overlooked federal resources for states, districts, and schools that are searching for financial support for local improvement initiatives.

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LITERACY Learn Reading Apprenticeship Online this Fall: Course Starts September 9

Learn how to use the Reading Apprenticeship framework to help your students develop the literacy competencies, subject-area knowledge, and the learner dispositions they need for school, college, careers, and life.

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