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CEA convenes educator ESSA Summit
Posted on June 21, 2016 by ceawhatworks
The Colorado Education Association led a gathering of more than 230 educators, June 17, exploring how to give our students the schools they deserve through state implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. They discussed the intersection of school accountability, standardized assessments, educator evaluations, professional learning and funding at the new crossroads provided by ESSA, the new federal education law signed in December.
"We are here today to envision what public education in Colorado might look like in the future, and to strategize on how to improve our state plan so we improve educational opportunities for our students," said CEA Executive Director Brad Bartels in opening comments to a group filling the Aurora Public Schools Professional Learning and Conference Center to max capacity.
The ESSA Summit brought district teams together from across Colorado that included CEA-member teachers and school support staff, administrative members of the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) and school board members of the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB). The Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC), Colorado Education Initiative (CEI), Colorado Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and Colorado Rural Schools Alliance were crucial partners in successfully convening the summit.
"The people who should be close to the conversation, who should be at the center of the circle for ESSA, are those people doing the work in schools and districts. And those are the people who are here today," said Bruce Caughey, CASE's executive director.
The summit began with a detailed ESSA overview from Augustus Mays, the director of government relations for WestEd, a San Francisco nonpartisan, nonprofit agency focused on education research, development and service. "The Every Student Succeeds Act provides a tremendous opportunity for the State of Colorado to rethink and refine your education system. I see this meeting as a first step in envisioning what Colorado wants to do around standards, around funding, around your school improvement system that you have in place, map out what that is going to look like and design it in a way that is meaningful to Coloradans and the students you serve," said Mays.
Discussion panels and group conversations then led participants to describe their goals for students under ESSA. Reimagining accountability in fresh ways was at the top of the priority list for many in the room. "I've heard a lot about moving away from a punitive system and more into a system of support that doesn't punish districts, teachers and students," said CEA Vice President Amie Baca-Oehlert, part of a reporting group who talked through recommendations at the end of the day. "We need to use our collective voice to give feedback in the rule-making process, creating a system of supports versus remaining in this negative, punitive system of consequences."
Standardized testing was another hot topic for discussion, both in looking for test reductions in ESSA and in dealing with the federal requirement for 95% student participation in state assessments, a carry-over in ESSA from the previous No Child Left Behind education law. "We can't continue to penalize our schools, our districts and our teachers for an informed choice a parent is making to opt their children out," said CEA President Kerrie Dallman in a discussion panel.
Group consensus favored reviewing current assessments to better define their purpose in improving educational outcomes for students, perhaps using some formative and interim assessments to meet state requirements. The majority wanted to see more local control in the educator evaluation system, letting districts decide the extent to use test scores and other classroom data to determine the effectiveness of a teacher or principal (the state currently mandates 'student growth' as 50% of the evaluation criteria) and relaxing the annual evaluation requirement for educators with top ratings. Many participants also advocated against the current one-size-fits-all accountability system that doesn't account for differences in educating children in small, rural districts, and that continues to label schools as 'failing' even when students are making significant progress.
Many recommendations appeared counter to state education reforms already passed, but Dallman cautioned her fellow education leaders against being discouraged by current laws, rules and regulations that would seemingly limit ESSA opportunities. "I want to encourage you to think outside that box as you meaningfully consult with others on ESSA. We are going to move forward and push on changes to state legislation and to state board rules and regulations. We've already lost if we can't think outside those limitations to what we know will absolutely benefit our students and help school staff feel more supported."
A distinguished group of summit guests listened in throughout the day to the dialogue, including Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and members of the Colorado Legislature and State Board of Education. The Colorado Department of Education had many staff members in attendance to hear the ESSA discussions. "CDE are listeners today," said Interim Commissioner Dr. Katy Anthes during her remarks to the group. "We have a lot of different ways you can engage and give us feedback. We are staffing the writing of the (state's ESSA) plan, but we are staffing you to help us."
CEA's Bartels concluded the summit served as the 'vision day' to help the CDE understand what school districts and students need under ESSA to succeed. "The power that we have to affect our state plan is basically built into the groups that you're sitting in. We are all going to have an opportunity to have input on exactly what this state plan looks like."
Ken Delay, CASB's executive director, said summit input will be very helpful in developing joint positions with the other associations on ESSA rules and regulations to take up with the State Board and in the General Assembly when legislators take up ESSA implementation in January. "If you haven't been there, you can't appreciate how much power there is in the Colorado Legislature when CASE, CEA and CASB all show up and say the same thing. It's a big deal."
CASE's Caughey agreed. "If we don't say the same thing in deciding the direction we want to go, who decides? So let's decide where we want to go. Let's be clear and let's be resolute in terms of the things that really matter. Let's find those four or five things we want and make sure when the political machine gets rolling again, that we're on the same page and we make the differences we need to make for Colorado."
States must submit their ESSA plans to the U.S. Department of Education between March and July, 2017, with the law going into effect for the 2017-18 school year. Public ESSA resources pages are available on the websites of the National Education Association and the Colorado Department of Education.
Filed under: Evaluation, Public Education, Quality Teachers, SB 191, Teaching Profession | Tagged: BOCES, CASB, CASE, CEA, Colorado Association of School Boards, Colorado Association of School Executives, Colorado Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, Colorado Education Association, Colorado Education Initiative, Colorado Rural Schools Alliance, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, PEBC, Public Education & Business Coalition |	Leave a comment »
'Student-centered' class design leads to White House visit for Colorado Springs math teacher
Posted on September 24, 2015 by ceawhatworks
School is a place where discovery happens for children. While assisting students on this journey, educators too can make their own discoveries. For one veteran teacher in Colorado Springs, a new teaching style has her students looking forward to math class, and put her face-to-face with President Obama.
Kirstin Oseth teaches math at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High in Colorado Springs
For about 20 years, Kirstin Oseth did most of the talking in her math classes at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High. She gave the lecture notes, kids did the homework, and they reviewed the next day to see the progress. Several years ago, discussions with her principal and the move to the new Colorado Academic Standards led Oseth to rethink her approach to instruction. Now in teaching year 29, she runs what she calls a 'student-centered classroom'.
"For me to know what my students are thinking, for them to know what they're able to do, I had to change my classroom so I wasn't doing all the talking," said Oseth in an interview with the Colorado Education Association near the start of this school year. "I started changing things around so I could find out what my students were thinking. Instead of me being the one talking all the time, the kids are now the ones communicating, sharing ideas, growing in that way. When they walk out, I know what every student can do and that helps me adjust my teaching lessons."
Oseth credits her success in student-centered teaching and great support from her administration and district for receiving a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching this summer. PAEMST are the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science teaching, recognizing "those teachers who develop and implement a high-quality instructional program that is informed by content knowledge and enhances student learning." Established by Congress in 1983, the PAEMST program only authorizes the President to bestow 108 awards each year.
"The key word I can say for that is 'surreal', a whirlwind," said Oseth about her trip to the White House to receive the award in late July. "Shaking the President's hand was an amazing experience."
Kirstin joins other honored teachers applauding President Obama's remarks at the White House, July 31
Oseth, a longtime member of Cheyenne Mountain Education Association, was equally impressed that she and the other awardees spent four hours in discussion with White House advisers of science, technology and mathematics.
"They were asking us what the roadblocks are to STEM education in our country and what solutions we could come up with," Oseth recalled. "We were in pull-out groups, coming up with our solutions and presenting them to those advisers. That was the moment that got me, that I was invited to the White House because they wanted to hear what I had to say."
Oseth said the talks with the advisers focused heavily on the need to improve teacher training, how to recruit STEM teachers who can make more money in the business world, and how to help students get through the struggles they need to go through to solve higher-level problems.
Teachers need time to take students through the process of solving hard problems, which is why Oseth has enjoyed the transition to the Colorado Academic Standards (which has adopted the national Common Core standards for math). She says the new standards have reduced the amount of overall lessons she used to teach, from 13 chapters down to eight, which has allowed for more instruction toward students building critical skills.
"I've been able to spend the time having students communicate their thinking, construct viable arguments, and critique the reasoning of others. I've had the time to add a ton of higher-level thinking types of problems and then have the students go more in-depth into solving them rather than just flying through a curriculum," said Oseth.
Kirstin receives her award from Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Dr. France Cordova, director, National Science Foundation
Student participation is now the key part in Oseth's teaching style. It takes time at the beginning of the school year to train students how to communicate what they're thinking and understand why they think in this way, but Oseth says after a couple of months go by, she gets to watch her kids take the learning and run with it. "All of a sudden, they're coming up with things, running the classroom themselves. They're deciding what they need to do in order to learn better. They walk out of the room excited because they were able to share their ideas, because somebody cared what they thought, because they were the ones to suggest what we do in class and how we do it."
Oseth has also changed her approach to assigning homework. She used to send students home with 20 problems, only to find the next day some students have the majority of them incorrect.
"What was the educational value of that time spent doing that homework the night before?" Oseth asked. "A light bulb went off with me. If learning is the goal of the classroom, and there's not learning going on with the homework at home, then the learning has to happen in the classroom."
Oseth now assigns just a few homework problems to make sure students retain what they learned in class, or a single challenge problem where kids present their thinking the next day. She admits it took her a while to get on board with the idea of less homework, but it's turning her classroom around.
"The kids are getting their practice and doing their work in class where I can see exactly what they're learning and give them immediate feedback," Oseth said.
Answering the age-old question How do you get kids to like math?, Oseth says it starts with a student's desire to be successful, especially on something they've never been successful at before. "Students walk out of the classroom feeling good about what they can do and they come in excited the next day. This whole student-centered approach is the piece that has gotten kids excited. When they walk out the door feeling successful with smiles on their faces, nothing that can beat that."
Filed under: Quality Teachers, Teacher Profiles, Teaching Profession | Tagged: Cheyenne Mountain Education Association, Cheyenne Mountain Junior High, Colorado Academic Standards, Colorado Education Association, PAEMST, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, student centered learning |	Leave a comment »
Educators push high standards amidst high poverty in the San Luis Valley
Posted on April 27, 2015 by ceawhatworks
San Luis, Colo. (photo by Coloradoguy.com)
The small town of San Luis near the Colorado border with New Mexico has already made a name for itself. San Luis has the distinction of being the oldest continuously occupied town in the state. The town was celebrating another distinction when the Colorado Education Association visited Centennial K-12, honoring a student wrestler with a school assembly for a second-place finish in the state.
The school's wrestling coach, Gilbert Apodaca, has ideas to further distinguish Centennial and San Luis beyond the mat. Apodaca, a member of Centennial Education Association, is the school's lone high school math teacher, and his employer, Centennial School District R-1, is one of the state's integration districts that first made the shift to teaching the Colorado Academic Standards for its students.
"I think it's one of the best things we could have done," said Apodaca. "We're expecting kids to be able to describe the mathematics, understand the mathematics, and see how the mathematics are applied. It's a big change, and we're hearing feedback from our students and families about how rigorous it is. It's a struggle, but we want our kids to have access to that struggle. It's our job as teachers to make it meaningful and give them opportunity."
'Struggle' is not a new concept for students growing up in the San Luis Valley. Costilla County is among the poorest in Colorado. Centennial K-12 serves a growing number of families setting in undeveloped areas, some going without electricity and running water. Valley educators explored poverty issues plaguing area families at a recent conference hosted by the Ethnic Minority Advisory Council of CEA's San Luis UniServ Unit. Centennial Principal Curtis Garcia was a conference speaker and acknowledges extreme poverty has changed the nature of school work here.
Curtis Garcia and Gilbert Apodaca talk with CEA
"We're not just focused on teaching, learning and academics, but really thinking about the whole child. So we're concerned about access to health care, to mental health care, to other kinds of services that these kids need if they're going to be able to function and succeed in school," Garcia told CEA. "As a small rural district, we've taken on a lot of that initiative, a lot of that work, to identify families and help them get access to services."
"In the classroom, you know who isn't engaged and it's a challenge to figure out why," said Apodaca. "Is something going on at home? Have they had a good meal since yesterday at lunch?
"It's not that the kid doesn't want to try," Apodaca added. "There's something going on and we have to get to the root of it. So we have to dig deep, get to know these kids and see what's going on, see where we can help them out."
As Apodaca works to meet the needs of his students well beyond the classroom, he's going through as much training and conditioning as his wrestlers to perfect his professional practice. With support from the Colorado Education Initiative and the Gates Foundation, Apodaca entered into a national math design collaborative to meet math instructors around the country. They share ideas on what's working well and he introduces the latest cutting-edge strategies on math instruction into his small-town classroom.
Coach Apodaca congratulates his wrestling team at a school assembly
Born and raised in San Luis and himself a graduate of Centennial, Apodaca is unapologetic for pushing his students to reach high standards even when he knows many of them suffer in high poverty. "I firmly believe to give these kids an opportunity to actually succeed in their lifetime, we can't lower the rigor. We cannot go down to their level. We need to give them an opportunity to succeed in life by raising the rigor… without it, our kids are going to fall behind and it's going to continue the poverty cycle."
Garcia enjoys empowering his teachers to push beyond what most would expect from a poor, rural district and create more authentic, relevant learning experiences for Centennial students.
"I see it as an opportunity for us in school to be able to own up to our responsibilities to think about the whole child," said Garcia. "It's that impetus that drives us to create change in our community and in our state to really get the resources in place to help these kids learn. The rigorous standards set the expectation."
"It's a rough area, but I wouldn't be happier working in any other place in the state," said Apodaca. "A lot of our kids come through some big challenges. I know for a fact they can do it, and if they come out of here, they'll be some of the best out there."
Filed under: Public Education, Quality Teachers, Teacher Profiles, Teaching and learning conditions, Teaching Profession | Tagged: Centennial Education Association, Centennial K-12, Centennial School District R-1, Colorado Academic Standards, Colorado Education Initiative, Costilla County, Ethnic Minority Advisory Council, integration districts, math design collaborative, mathematics, San Luis UniServ Unit, San Luis Valley |	Leave a comment »
Stability: School's underrated X-factor makes Belmont Elementary a shining star in Pueblo
Posted on February 24, 2015 by ceawhatworks
Kaelia and Sunny were called into Principal Stephanie Smith's office to tell the truth. They weren't called in to inform on another student's bad behavior, but given the more unusual opportunity to tell on their teachers.
Sunny: "They work together as a team to find out what we're going to do, and if we get stumped on something, like we don't know something, they help us understand it."
And tell on their parents.
Kaelia: "My mom gets along with the teachers, she talks with them, she wants to be their friend. They think it's great that I'm learning a lot from this school."
And talk about the big lessons they're learning.
Sunny: "If you don't strive for success, than you might not get to where you want to be, and you'll just be lonely."
Kaelia: "You can't just say, 'I can't do this.' You always have to say, 'I can do this. I can get through this.' You can't just give up right away. You don't do that."
Kaelia and Sunny love their school
Sunny and Kaelia haven't been inside every school in Pueblo, but these third graders have both attended another school in District 60. Even with that short sampling, they're convinced Belmont Elementary is the best school in the city.
"I love school. I was sick for two days last week and I kept telling my mom that I was better," Sunny confesses with a sly smile. Not to be out-complimented, Kaelia brags, "I wake up earlier than I should just to get ready to go to school."
Many education watchers in the city and state don't share this enthusiasm for Pueblo City Schools. District 60 is better known by the word 'turnaround,' a term for failing schools that are on the clock to bring up student performance. Belmont is not a turnaround school even though its staff faces the same Pueblo realities: high poverty and unemployment, low incomes, and great public reluctance to raise revenue for public education with its limited means.
Belmont's Principal Smith
"In Pueblo we have some of the hardest working educators probably anywhere. We work our tails off, but we don't always see the results of that in numbers, in test scores," said Smith, Belmont's principal of seven years. "I'm not sure that people outside of Pueblo, and even here, get how significantly challenging our schools are as a whole. We don't have a mix of student needs in Pueblo. We have a demographic continuum that starts high-need, and just gets higher and higher and higher."
Belmont has not only survived but thrived in conditions where similar schools are struggling. The key to its success starts at the top, with Principal Smith and her predecessors.
"We've had four principals in 59 years, which is practically unheard of," said 4th grade teacher Terry McCanne. "You have to have stability in leadership. A lot of Pueblo schools have had 25 principals in that time, and the average turnover of every two to three years isn't going to cut it."
Terry McCanne teaches 4th grade math
"Every time you have a new principal, the programs are going to change, the expectations are going to change, and that is really what makes Belmont good. We've stayed stable," added library media specialist Julie Naccarato. "We're not a school that gets a new principal every two years. The stability helps."
Kendra Zerfas, a 5th grade teacher, says principal firing is too often the silver-bullet, quick-fix to whatever issue a school is having. "Administrative offices think, 'Let's just get a change of principal in there and it will make the difference.' That's the absolute wrong approach to take. The more stable your principal is, the more stable your building is going to be."
Principal stability has led to teacher stability at Belmont. "I believe having stability in leadership is really important in developing a good school. Once you get a reputation of being a good school, many teachers want to teach there," said McCanne, who has taught at Belmont for 20 years. Naccarato has taught Belmont students for 17 years, Zerfas for 12.
Kendra Zerfas checks progress one-on-one with her 5th graders
"That is something to celebrate and tell other districts and schools," Zerfas said of Belmont's experienced workforce. "You don't want 90% of your staff to be a first-year staff. You need to have a good mix of veteran teachers because they teach younger teachers how to handle change and problems."
CharLou Simonson, a kindergarten teacher here for 29 years, is proud to be part of the long history of teachers who have stayed Team Belmont. "That's been the trend since I've been here, teachers stay. It's a very cohesive staff and that really helps too."
Principal and teacher stability has led to a solid community reputation that in turn fosters student stability.
"The principals and teachers get to know the families, and the families become very comfortable with them, and that's what makes Belmont special," Zerfas explains. "Many Belmont families have their kids come here kindergarten through 5th grade, then their brothers and sisters come here. Even when families move, they still come here because they don't want to switch schools."
According to Smith, nearly 200 of Belmont's 550 students choice-in to attend Belmont from across the city.
"I get challenged here at Belmont," said Lauren, a 5th grader in the Gifted and Talented program. "If math problems or worksheets are a little too easy, they'll give me a more challenging one. It really helps because I feel like I've grown so much. I've been really successful over the years."
So if stability is demonstrated to be a positive force at Belmont, trickling benefit down from principal to teacher to student, why don't we see more stability at other Pueblo schools?
"That's a good question. Because there hasn't been consistency at other schools, it's a problem that just keeps feeding itself," Simonson offers. "The more instability there is, the more people don't want to stay because it's not a stable feeling. So then people leave, and then it's not stable. That's the real challenge in truly turning a school around."
CharLou Simonson has taught kindergarten at Belmont for 29 years
Though every teacher CEA spoke with felt fortunate to work in a highly successful school, they have aspirations for working in a better school system. Among the roadblocks they face:
Curriculum: "The powers that be are causing what I call curriculum-creep, where what used to be taught in 6th grade is now taught in 5th grade, and now it's even coming down to 4th grade. It's not developmentally appropriate and it's a huge challenge for us to get kids up to the level that's expected. It's gone too far." (McCanne)
Testing: "Testing has taken over the whole feel of a school in many ways. Here, kids know that tests are important, but we're not making it into the be-all and end-all of the school year. I think a lot of schools focus way more than they need to on the whole process because they're scared. They hear rumors of, 'We're going to close you down.' That's scary. So then they think, 'We better make sure we're doing well on these tests.' That doesn't necessarily make you do well on tests." (Simonson)
Funding: "I wish the taxpayers in this city who didn't have children in school anymore would understand how poor our city is and the majority of our kids are. If they would support a mill levy or a bond, it would trickle into businesses and improve everything else. That's what I think the everyday lay person doesn't get. They don't understand what kinds of financial things we're seeing here." (Zerfas)
The education of children like Kaelia, Sunny and Lauren are impacted by these challenges, but Belmont mitigates them better than most through a stable learning environment.
"Schools reflect society. You can't really change society by changing the schools, and yet we all try to do that," Simonson reflected. "That's what we try every day – we try to fix it. I don't really think we can, but we are a positive force toward that change."
Kaelia and Sunny certainly appreciate the stable, caring staff. When asked about the lessons and skills they'll take with them when they leave Belmont, they couldn't even fathom the thought of leaving.
Kaelia: "I just love this school, I don't ever want to leave it."
Sunny: "I'm going to take my principal, my teachers, and my stuff – but mostly my principal and my teachers."
Note: Terry McCanne, Kendra Zerfas, Julie Naccarato, and CharLou Simonson are all members of Pueblo Education Association. Belmont Elementary has 27 members of Pueblo EA and classified employee associations.
Filed under: Funding, Parental Involvement, Public Education, Quality Teachers, Teacher Profiles, Teaching and learning conditions, Teaching Profession | Tagged: Belmont Elementary, curriculum, District 60, Pueblo, Pueblo City Schools, school funding, stability, staff turnover, teacher turnover, turnaround |	Leave a comment »
Educator team brings Theory back to Aurora school
Posted on January 16, 2015 by ceawhatworks
The Colorado Education Association completed its latest series of Theory into Practice professional development training in Loveland. Weekend workshops held in September, October and November engaged educators from across the state to discuss curriculum, assessments, school improvement, student skills, and other topics that continually change and re-define the education landscape in Colorado.
Linda Barker and Peg Portscheller begin the initial Theory discussions at the first Loveland session in September
This round of training brought a group of 120 school teachers and administrators together over the fall to reflect on their professional practice and find ways to improve the school experience for students. The training was led by Linda Barker, CEA's Teaching and Learning Director, with on-site coaching from national education consultants Peg Portscheller and Dr. Janet Alcorn.
"When you're in the building, it's so quick and you're down to business," said Shannon Haney, an Aurora Education Association member who attended the Theory training with a team from Fulton Academy of Excellence. "We're down to business here too, but we're thinking more broadly that just what's happening in the classroom right now or in the next few weeks. We can ask, 'Where are we as a school and how will we get to 21st century skills with our students?' and do that as a team, not just as ourselves."
Fulton's team of seven educators at Theory was led by Principal Jill Lliteras, who shared with Barker how the school is now applying the training concepts to the classroom.
"We were able to work through and identify our greatest needs to continue our momentum. The leadership team has resolved to map out the remainder of the year for professional development, focusing of feedback," Lliteras said. Her staff is now focused on how to facilitate student learning and examining feedback at all levels: teacher-to-student, student-to-student, student-to-teacher and teacher-to-teacher.
"I want to thank CEA for the opportunity to work with my team in order to advance student learning at Fulton. You are helping us make a difference," Lliteras added.
Shannon Haney talks about Fulton's team learning together at Theory into Practice
Haney, a second-grade teacher of nine years, echoed the training helped her school narrow down improvement to items of critical importance, particularly in working through the Colorado Academic Standards.
"As a school, we decided on the power standards that were going to be deeply taught. I really latched onto that because my students leave knowing those things very well. I'm not trying to teach a million things but concentrating on those big things and how to get my students proficient." Haney said her students appreciate having that focus as well.
"Instruction isn't just about the activity but knowing why we are doing it and where we are going as a second-grade class," Haney added. "One of my students was talking about his math problem and he referred back to why we were doing this and I got goose bumps. This is why I'm here."
Theory into Practice reminded Haney that going slower is sometimes faster, and that it helps to go back to why she became a teacher in the first place. "Things get passed down, and passed down, and passed down, and pressure builds, and builds, and builds upon administration and teachers," Haney observed. "We all have the same goal of helping kids and making things equitable, with social justice, but let's ask, 'Why are we choosing to do these things to meet that goal?' More reflection is needed on the changes we're making rather than having us continually try new things."
Theory into Practice brings teachers and administrators across Colorado together for a series of weekend workshops to examine and improve professional practice
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Evaluating beyond teachers: CEA leads counselor evaluation training in Durango
Posted on December 18, 2014 by ceawhatworks
School counselors are vital members of the education team. They help all students with academic achievement, personal/social growth and career development, ensuring today's students become productive, well-adjusted adults of tomorrow. However, not all school counselors in Colorado have had a direct connection with their districts in navigating the state's new educator effectiveness evaluation system.
The new evaluation system went into effect for all teachers and principals in the 2014-15 school year, so the first focus of districts was to prepare teachers and administrators for the change. This left a training gap for school counselors and other Specialized Service Professionals (SSP) to understand and thrive in the new evaluation environment. The Colorado Education Association advocates for all categories of licensed personnel, so it teamed up with Durango School District 9-R to deliver critical training for school counselors in the surrounding region, offering a training program that can be replicated in other districts.
CEA and the district hosted training for area counselors, Dec. 9, in conjunction with the Durango Education Association, the Colorado Department of Education, and San Juan BOCES. The all-day session, called Operationalizing Professional Practices for Counselors, was designed to help school counselors and their evaluators understand what to look for during observations that greatly inform an evaluation. The goals of the training were to:
understand the SSP state model system;
develop "look-fors" to help evaluators provide a fair, credible, and rigorous evaluation based on professional growth; and
understand the process for developing and using measures of student outcomes.
To fully understand the importance of understanding professional practices, the groups divided by grade level to identify specific practices for evaluators. Using the evaluation rubrics, the evaluators defined the "look-fors" during professional practice observations.
"This training helped me get a better view of a clear path around evaluation and my role as a counselor. Counselors need time together to understand the standards, curriculum and connections to our professional practice in the rubrics," said Durango EA member Sallie Kautter, a counselor at Needham Elementary.
Linda Barker, CEA's Director of Teaching and Learning, Dr. Jean Williams and Courtney Cabrera from CDE led the participants through several activities to understand the Colorado State Model Educator Evaluation System and highlighted the differences between the evaluation process for counselors vs. teachers.
CEA Vice President Amie Baca-Oehlert, herself a high school counselor and member of the State Council on Educator Effectiveness, explained how the counselor rubric was developed. "The counselor rubric is one of nine Specialized Service Professionals rubrics developed by the Council in collaboration with practitioner work groups. Our work involved connecting the practices of the rubrics with the real roles and responsibilities of each category of SSP.
"The rubric was designed not only to be a component of the evaluation of school counselors, but also to be used as a tool to elevate the profession," she added.
CEA will post the counselors "look-fors" from the Durango session on its website once finalized from all the groups' work.
"This training gave us an opportunity to network with counselors from the surrounding districts to learn about the tools we can use to improve our practice," said Susie Robertson, a counselor at Sunnyside Elementary and Durango EA member. "It was great hearing from counselors from other districts and how our roles are different based on our school environments."
CEA has the quality standards for SSP on its website and, in partnership with Cherry Creek EA, has created examples of artifacts that may be used as evidence by members to support their practice in evaluations. SSP are encouraged to download and reference the documents to know the standards and demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in their content area.
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Teachers lead the training at Edcamp
Posted on November 17, 2014 by ceawhatworks
Class was in session on a clear, pleasant Saturday at Grand Junction's Central High even though the school's students were nowhere to be found. More than 80 area educators volunteered for an extra day in the classroom to take part in a teacher-led form of professional development sweeping that nation called Edcamp.
Edcamp participants start the day by choosing their training topics
"It was our very first Edcamp today in Mesa Valley and I was wondering what it was going to be like. I've been teaching for a lot of years and I'd never seen one done. I loved it," said Anne Djokic, a teacher at Clifton Elementary. "My favorite moment was the energy at the start when everybody was talking about education, about students. There was a sincere cacophony of excitement to be here on a Saturday, on our own time, sitting in a high school library and getting ready to talk about what's best for kids, what's best for teachers, and how to get there."
Edcamp bills itself as the 'unconference' according to its foundation website (edcamp.org). Unlike traditional conferences, the Edcamp agenda is created by the participants at the start of the event. Built on principles of connected and participatory learning, Edcamp brings educators together to talk about the things that matter most to them: their interests, passions, and questions. The training centers on an expectation that the people in the room will work together to build understanding by sharing their own knowledge.
A group breakout session on student behavior, moderated by CEA's Casey Kilpatrick
Edcamp in Grand Junction was hosted by the Mesa Valley Education Association for all teachers, student teachers, education support professionals, and administrators throughout Mesa Valley County School District 51. "It's exciting because the training is timely, it's relevant, and teachers are getting to choose what's going to impact their classroom the next day," said MVEA President Darren Cook. "And it helps kids when teachers get to improve their professional practices."
The training started in Grand Junction in typical Edcamp fashion with classmates posting notes on a board stating the topics they wanted to learn more about. The day's courses were decided and people stepped up to teach them. Becky Johnson started with Google Docs and Apps, sharing how the technology is "transforming teaching and learning and East Middle School" by allowing students to create and present in multi-media platforms.
Becky Johnson leads the class on Google Docs
"Our kids just finished a project on plate tectonics, where they developed a presentation, wrote explanatory paragraphs, and made a webpage," explained Johnson. "They are products that work together and that's the nice thing about it. Once you are signed into your Google Apps account, you have access to this whole universe."
"I had never heard of Google Docs before," said Cheyanne Gentry, a teacher at Grand Junction High who enjoyed the Edcamp push toward networking and camaraderie. "I have lesson plan ideas exploding in my brain.
"This is a great way to energize people," Gentry added. "I connected with people I hadn't seen in a long time, I made a new friend. I'm just really excited and happy that I came. Edcamp was worth giving up a Saturday."
Bill Johnson finds shared interests in Edcamp discussion
"I had a great time today learning new ideas and meeting new teachers, networking with them," agreed Bill Johnson, a science teacher at Fruita Monument High. "On things that I truly battle every weekend, it's good to find out other teachers are battling the same problems. I love the MVEA's new vision and effort in training, and getting proactive in issues that concern all of us every day."
The Edcampers broke down their issues and concerns in small-group discussions, scattered in classrooms throughout the high school. Topics of interest included navigating Colorado's educator effectiveness evaluation system, managing challenging student behaviors, and diving into the district's gifted and talented program offerings. Changing technology, though, is a popular theme throughout Edcamps as educators strive to bring the latest high-tech tool into the classroom that will engage their students and possibly lighten the heavy instruction load. In fact, Aurora Education Association teamed up with its district's education technology department to host an Edcamp centered on sharing and learning with digital tools and resources.
At the Mesa Valley Edcamp, 'ActivInspire' and 'Padlets' were some of the brand names seemingly pulled from science fiction that captivated the imagination on what is now possible in classroom management. Younger MVEA members like Katie Allen were often at the front of class explaining their capabilities to older colleagues.
Catherine Gardner (second from right) takes in ideas to bring technology into her classroom
Catherine Gardner, a media specialist at Grand Mesa Middle, sat in on a session to learn about Quia, an online education platform offering 16 types of activities for teachers to customize to their classroom instruction and to create engaging, online practice games that motivate student learning. "I came to Edcamp with an open mind, not knowing what to expect, and I have had a fantastic day," said Gardner. "I've been learning about instructional strategies and websites that I can take back and share with my teachers that will help engage students in the classroom."
"The reason why this Edcamp was so successful is that every single teacher left with something to take back to the classroom and try on Monday," added Allen. "It also invigorated the teachers and inspired them. We're pushing each other to be more excited to get back in the classrooms and pass on that inspiration to our students."
Joan Axthelm takes new Edcampers through an online orientation
Edcamp's rising popularity in the United States and in other countries is easy to view by searching #edcamp in social media. Professional development chosen by and led by teachers is getting people excited about what they learn and what they can do to become better teachers for their students. "We had more than 10 groups of people say they will continue the conversations they started today. They're not just getting information, but using that information and checking back to ask, 'Hey, how did this work for you?'" said teacher Joan Axthelm, an organizer of the Mesa Valley Edcamp. "Here's a bunch of folks that came out on a Saturday. They aren't with their families today, they aren't relaxing. They're taking time to make sure they continue to learn and get better as teachers so their students can be the best learners they can be."
After training, three teachers of Orchard Mesa Middle stopped at the official Edcamp trailer parked outside the school to reflect on the day's events. "I never had tweeted before – I now know how to tweet so that's exciting, being old and not social networking much," Krysti Klueber said with laugh. "Every one of the things I did was beneficial and I'm very excited about this way to do professional learning. It was a Saturday well spent."
Pittman, Klueber and Nicholson after Edcamp
"I feel like that too. I came away with something from every single session that I can take back to my classroom and use immediately," Heather Nicholson agreed.
"Some of the content I already knew about, so it was nice for me to be able to help some of my fellow colleagues along," added Becky Pittman. "I was also excited about the vision and seeing where things need to go in our district."
The child is the winner when teachers gather together to find best ways to teach and make the best practices even better for students, concluded Djokic. "You want a teacher in your classroom who believes in the Edcamp because that means he or she believes in the profession. This is the wave of the future and the future is here. Edcamp is the way to make sure that students get the benefit from our time spent learning together."
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Asbestos is a tiny fiber that was used in the past primarily as insulation. It was also added to some building materials to provide added strength and flame resistance. The problem with asbestos is that it has been shown to cause lung cancer and mesothelioma in individuals that were exposed to large amounts of free-floating asbestos fibers in the air. These conditions typically did not become apparent until around 30 years after the exposure. Because of the health hazards of asbestos fibers, its use in insulation and paint was banned in the 1970s.
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You have great ideas. Lots of them. But that is what they are and will remain until you show action.
Ideas are not solutions until they actually help someone get across the chasm of how things were to what they ought to be.
We tend to talk ourselves into waiting until a better solution presents itself before we step up, you might be surprised to discover that if we take more action better solutions tend to open up.


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Professor Esther Johnson's 'Asunder' – Screenings announced
Professor Esther Johnson's Asunder tells the story of what happened to an English town during the First World War, with almost all of its men fighting abroad and its women and children left behind. The North East was in the front line, thanks to its shipyards and munitions factories.
New dates for screenings of Asunder, with Q&As are below:
Q&A with Esther Johnson
The Peacock, Sunderland
08 March 2018 – International Women's Day screening
The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle
Donations for charities Plan International and Newcastle Women's Aid
Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
Screening as part of Changing Lives: 200 Years of People and Protest in Sheffield
The Women's Library, LSE
Screening as part of Suffrage 18: A Centenary Exploration at LSE
11 November 2018 – Armistice Centenary events
Sage Gateshead
With live music by Field Music, Warm Digits, The Cornshed Sisters, and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
FACT Liverpool
The Customs House, South Shields
Esther Johnson works at the intersection of artist moving image and documentary. Her poetic portraits focus on marginal worlds, revealing resonant stories that may otherwise remain hidden or ignored. Work has been exhibited internationally in 40 countries, and has also featured on television and radio. In 2012 Johnson won the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Performing and Visual Arts for young scholars. She is a Professor of Film & Media Art at Sheffield Hallam University. Find out more about Esther's work here.
Asunder is co-commissioned by Sunderland Cultural Partnership and 14–18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, supported by The National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sunderland Business Improvement District, Culture Bridge North East and Sir James Knott Trust.
Asunder is on Twitter @1916asunder.
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Playtech, Teddy Sagi's gambling technology company, said it expects the acquisition to be completed by the September-end.
REUTERS - Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi's Playtech Plc (PTEC.L) agreed to buy retail forex trading company Plus500 (PLUSP.L) for about 460 million pounds ($703.52 million) in cash to strengthen its position in the online trading platform business.
The deal marks the gambling technology company's second acquisition of a trading platform.
Millions in losses from the sudden removal of a long-held ceiling on the Swiss franc in January spurred a merger and acquisition boom that many major companies in the online currency trading market had long predicted.
The directors of Playtech and Plus500 believe that there is strong potential for synergies through the combination of Plus500 and TradeFX, as Playtech agreed to buy a majority stake in trading platform and payment services provider TradeFX, known for the brand markets.com, for $224 million in April.
Sources told Reuters last month that Playtech was in talks to buy currency trading platform AvaTrade.
Shares in Playtech were the top FTSE-250 Midcap .FTMC losers in early trading on Monday, dropping nearly 5 percent. Plus500 shares rose as much as 9 percent.
Playtech said it would pay 400 pence per share, an 8.1 percent premium to Plus500's Friday close. The deal is expected to add to earnings immediately.
"They are being opportunistic but it's not without risk. Because the issues that are going on at Plus500 are still going on, and we don't how far into those issues we are at the moment, you know, the timing could be fantastic, or it could look a bit silly," Peel Hunt analyst Nick Batram told Reuters.
"I think the market is nervous."
Plus500, a sponsor of Spanish soccer team Atletico Madrid, said last month that some clients' accounts had been suspended as it sought to meet money laundering rules and was in "close talks" with the FCA, Britain's financial watchdog.
Playtech provides software used in sports betting and online casino and poker games and counts Betfair (BETF.L), William Hill (WMH.L) and Paddy Power PAP.I as its licensees.
Playtech said it expects the acquisition to be completed by the September-end, subject to regulatory approval.


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Consignments of certain food and feed subject to increased controls must be presented at specially designated and equipped inspection posts for the carrying out of the necessary checks. These controls must be carried out at the point of entry in the EU before the goods are released for free circulation.
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6 area people indicted on trafficking charges
Kathryne Rubright
By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHT
Secret indictments for drug trafficking were recently released for six northwest Ohioans.
Jacob D. Pahl, 20, of Findlay, was indicted for trafficking in cocaine and aggravated trafficking in drugs, both fourth-degree felonies. Pahl allegedly sold cocaine on Feb. 20 within 1,000 feet of Findlay High School and oxycodone on Feb. 21 in Findlay.
Dennis H. Woods, 50, of Lima, was charged with two counts of trafficking in drugs, both fifth-degree felonies. He allegedly sold buprenorphine on Jan. 10 in Findlay and on Jan. 14 in Rawson.
Carl R. Perkins Jr., 37, of Toledo, was charged with two counts of trafficking in cocaine, one fifth-degree felony and one fourth-degree felony, and trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, a fourth-degree felony. Perkins is suspected of selling less than 5 grams of cocaine on April 30 and June 26, 2018, in Findlay. The alleged June sale was within 1,000 feet of Heritage Christian School. Perkins allegedly sold less than 1 gram of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of Heritage Christian School on the same date.
Don C. Stinson, 49, of Findlay, faces two heroin trafficking charges, one fourth-degree felony and one fifth-degree felony. Stinson allegedly sold less than 1 gram of heroin on Oct. 23, 2018, within 1,000 feet of Glenwood Middle School in Findlay, and on Dec. 13, 2018, in Findlay.
Christopher D. Lemons, 25, of Findlay, was charged with two counts of trafficking in cocaine, both fifth-degree felonies, for alleged sales of less than 5 grams on Nov. 5 and 27, 2018, in Findlay.
Jose A. Gallegos was indicted on two counts of trafficking in cocaine, both fifth-degree felonies. Gallegos allegedly sold less than five grams of the drug on Dec. 3, 2018, and Feb. 19 in Findlay.
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Our first week in Australia has fairly flown by but we've been busy. It's always the same after a few months spent away from first-world facilities, so we've been doing laundry, setting up an Australian bank account, getting a local mobile phone contract and re-provisioning in supermarkets that sell everything we could wish for (and more).
We have also been switching Maunie from Ocean to Coastal mode, so Winnie the Windpilot's rudder and wind-vanes have been packed away and the ocean charts have been replaced by coastal pilot books.
The Port Bundaberg Marina is great - really well organised and with some nice facilities.
The only downside is that we are about 20 minutes' drive from the town but there's a daily free shuttle-bus and there's also a small supermarket about 15 minutes' walk away. The marina is suddenly full of foreign boats as the destination of the Down Under Rally from New Caledonia and Vanuatu, so we've enjoyed meeting some new folks to swap stories. The local sailors have also been really helpful, sharing tips of where to visit and the various hazards of this tidal coastline to avoid.
A proper watertight fix - the bolt holes were drilled oversize, filled with epoxy filler then drilled and tapped so that we don't just rely on sealant at the top of the bolt hole to prevent water ingress.
Now, where's my spirit level?
We are getting used to the weather patterns here - it's generally been hot and sunny but once a week or so a weather front brings heavy rain and cold southerly wind. Northern Queensland is no place to be in the summer, though, as this is a cyclone zone so we need to be south of Brisbane by the end of November.
"Bifo yu go long solwater"


A century on from the loss of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' in the Weddell Sea, we're looking at some of the artefacts from this ill-fated expedition. In 1914, Shackleton planned to cross Antarctica via the South Pole, beginning in the Weddell Sea and ending in the Ross Sea.
He sent a party of 10 men – the Ross Sea Party – to his proposed destination, tasking them with laying supply depots of food and equipment along the last leg of the route. This they dutifully did, covering almost 2,000 miles, unaware that 'Endurance' had been trapped in the ice, crushed and sunk, and that no-one was heading their way.
The Ross Sea Party faced its own challenges – their ship 'Aurora' was blown out to sea during a storm, leaving them stranded with few rations and very little in the way of equipment or clothing for what ended up being two years. They were forced to shelter at Cape Evans (the home of Captain Scott's expedition base for his attempt on the South Pole), scrounging what they could from the stores, clothing and equipment left behind by Scott and his men several years earlier.
This hand-made jacket is sewn from canvas material, which is also found in the hut as curtains, insulation and bags. Although sewn with a heavy hand, the jacket with its wooded toggle buttons is very well crafted. The wind-proof trousers are made from green canvas, which is also found as tents, tarpaulins and bags inside the hut at Cape Evans.
The grimy, sooty nature of the clothing tells the tale of the hardship the Ross Sea Party endured. The men saved precious fuel for depot laying and burned seal blubber for their heating and cooking, the greasy soot infiltrating all aspects of their dismal life in the hut.


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NewsAutoLatest Auto NewsSudarshan Venu charts TVS Motor Company's electric road map
Sudarshan Venu charts TVS Motor Company's electric road map
TVS Motor Company have revealed their electric vehicle roadmap that will see an onslaught of new electric 2 &3 wheelers under the brand's new EV vertical over the next 24 months.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jul 18, 2021 17:50 IST
Rs 1,000 Crore commitment to the development and manufacture of electric vehicles.
Will include delivery vehicles, commuters, premium scooters and performance oriented motorcycles.
EVs will be developed under a separate vertical.
It's official! TVS Motor Company has announced a Rs 1,000 crore investment that will be used toward the manufacture and development of electric vehicles through a new independent vertical. While details about the new vertical remain to be announced officially, Sudarshan Venu, TVS Motor Company's joint managing director was quoted on TVS social media channels speaking about the company's future electric plans.
While TVS has already begun the manufacture and sale of their new electric scooter the iQube in select cities, the next 24 months is likely to see an exponential growth with a whole new range of electric vehicles set to hit the market under TVS Motor Company's new vertical. The vehicles are expected to range from two and three wheelers with power outputs ranging between 5kW and 25kW. As of now though the brand's electric vehicle operation will run in tandem to the ICE vehicle department.
Sudarshan Venu who leads the new strategy and vertical is presently being mentored by Ralf Speth, former Jaguar Land Rover CEO who recently took his place as chairman of TVS Motor Company. The project is also being overseen by Kuok Meng Xiong, an investor in leading global ecommerce firms ByteDance, Palantir and Airbnb.
Speaking on his future plans, Sudarshan says "We want to scale up the TVS electric experience pan India, and it is a space where we would like to play a leading role. We've quietly worked on EVs for the last one decade. It is a huge focus area for us as we advance. We are embracing this future; we are investing in it and are excited."
The new vertical presently has a workforce of around 600 engineers that are working on a number of products to meet various opportunities present in the market. The vehicles developed through this new vertical will not just be sold in India but across TVS' extensive global network.
Speaking on the EV ecosystem, Sudarshan Venu says that while there are still a number of factors in play, with sustained policy support and continued fall in battery prices the future of electric vehicles looks bright. This move puts him and his brand among the first movers, with Ola electric recently announcing their own two-wheeler, and market leader Hero MotoCorp already heavily in Ather energy, and likely in the advanced stage of developing their own electric vehicle in-house. Adding that "the bull case of the industry is what we will plan for, and we will invest behind it, and be ready for it"
Venu also says that with continued support from not only center but also state governments, will help improve penetration of electric vehicles. Which could subsequently put India in a position to be one of, if not the global leader in electric two-wheelers.
The two major hurdles that he foresees in the road to adoption include a sustainable eco-system for charging infrastructure that is urgently required across the country to improve reliance on electric vehicles, and the requirement for more locally manufactured batteries and more crucially, cells. All of which presently need to be imported driving up costs.
As of now though, it is likely that the brand is looking for partnerships to reinforce their charging network and meet customer needs. In addition, the brand has also set up a new facility for EVs which will be scalable to meet increases in demand, and looking into the prospects of manufacturing critical backend manufacturing of battery and other critical parts managed in house.
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Episode 1 Companion download has over 2 ½ hours of music.
Each episode in the Beethoven series has over a dozen musical excerpts in under 40 minutes so no single piece is heard for very long. But if you'd like to hear EVERY PIECE on this episode IN ITS ENTIRETY you'll want to purchase the Companion Download. It's a great deal of music! The playlist above lists all the music on the download in the order its heard with the timings for each composition.


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On Tuesday, Shibuya-based Q&A portal site OK Wave officially released its Chinese edition[C] in association with Chubun Industry[J] which publishes a Chinese-language newsletter[C] and provides a multi-channel IPTV service[C] for Chinese residents in Japan, and Aoyama Data Center[J] which has data center facilities in both capital cities of Japan and Mainland China.
The portal site basically targets Chinese residents in Japan and Chinese visitors to Japan. Japanese/Chinese and Chinese/Japanese translation feature will be added by the end of this year.
Three companies plan to develop an advertising business model specifically designed for Chinese market, and also to provide Chinese well-known portal sites with their Q&A system on an ASP basis. The companies expects to earn 2 million users and 50 million PVs by June 2010.
OK Wave says, it's hard for Chinese residents and visitors in Japan to find where they can buy what they want to have despite their population is so large that daily life information should be provided in their mother tongue. Currently the population of Chinese residents in Japan is 650,000, and the number of annual Chinese visitors to Japan exceeded 9 million in late 2008.
The site is reportedly targeting Chinese living in Japan, but its domain name ending with Chinese country code makes us aware that the site is going to target Chinese people living in Mainland China as well.
OK Wave 's Chinese site is not blocked in China now,I can access it.
I thought I would test it with a FireFox plug-in called China Channel which reproduces an environment as though I would browse it from one of Chinese ISPs.
But your information is more useful and real. Thanks for your comment.
Next Next post: Q&A: What's the Japanese equivalent of [enter foreign web service here]?


A classic trend design are the use of textures, especially Websites using Wooden Textures. Wooden Textures is a fantastic texture to use when you want to portray a organic and natural mood to a website. Some Websites using Wooden Textures can be quite bland and boring though, we've found some new and exciting Websites using Wooden Textures.
Wooden textures are often seen in backgrounds and buttons, they're sometimes part of website elements and even logo designs. In today's article we've gathered 24 Creative Websites using Wooden Textures. These websites all use Wooden Textures well, some wooden textures are strong and bold while others are subtle and soft. I hope you find these Websites using Wooden Textures inspiration with you're next design project!


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Freshfields joins largest global business community dedicated to improving LGBTQ+ equality
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ('Freshfields') has joined Out Leadership, the largest global business-focused LGBTQ+ organisation, as part of the firm's continued focus on building a truly inclusive culture, of which LGBTQ+ is a central part, and to allow for more diversity and inclusion collaboration with global firms.
Out Leadership has more than 80 global members across 13 different industries, including banking and law, and its main priority is ensuring that there is LGBTQ+ representation at the top level. Through its partnership with the organisation, Freshfields will have access to talent accelerator programmes and online summits for its LGBTQ+ colleagues, as well as additional tools to recruit, retain and promote diverse talent to senior roles within the firm.
"We are delighted to join the Out Leadership community, to work together to champion LGBTQ+ inclusion globally," said Helen Ouseley, the global head of diversity & inclusion at Freshfields. "LGBTQ+ inclusion is central to our diversity and inclusion strategy and I am confident that our partnership with Out Leadership will not only enable us to provide opportunities for colleagues internally to drive progress and engagement, but will also allow us to collaborate with other member firms, to make a greater collective impact around the world," she added.
Andrew Austin, partner and senior co-sponsor of Halo, the firm's global network for LGBTQ+ colleagues, commented: "Our people are our priority, and ensuring that everyone feels comfortable bringing their whole selves to work is key. Our partnership with Out Leadership will promote this further and I'm looking forward to collaborating on work both internally and externally, championing equality across organisations."
Freshfields' partnership with Out Leadership is part of its broader commitment to championing diversity and inclusion, and more specifically LGBTQ+ equality at the firm and across the industry more broadly. Last month, senior partner Georgia Dawson and head of Asia sanctions, Alexander Dmitrenko, were included in one of the Outstanding LGBT+ Role Model Lists 2020, supported by Yahoo Finance. Georgia's inclusion in the Top 50 OUTstanding LGBT+ Ally Executive List marks the third consecutive year she has been recognised by OUTstanding and celebrated for being a vocal LGBT+ ally.
The firm was also recognised as a top 20 employer in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2020, the leading authority of employer best practice, demonstrating the firm's commitment to social mobility in the wake of Covid-19, and also included in Stonewall's Top Global Employers List 2020, which showcases the best multinational employers for lesbian, gay, bi and trans professionals.


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Spinny and Spike [GEN MD – Cancelled]
Spinny and Spike was a Genesis game, produced by Sega Technical Institute, that got cancelled relatively early on in development. It was unique in that it was one of the first games to be made up exclusively of boss battles, with no segue levels between them. Two characters (presumably named Spinny and Spike) were to fight through various nightmares.
This would have allowed for a great deal of creative flexibility and extremely varied characters.Two of the known enemies were Snake, a robotic snake with two stages of combat and a fake "natural" snakeskin that had to be blown away by the player, and Junkyard Dog, a vicious canine, the defeat of which required the player to abuse the occasional raising of its metallic head-plate.
Not much more is known about this game, apart from a wealth of old production artwork. However, there is a fair bit of interest surrounding it, and the story of its demise is of particular note.
The story goes that the game was originally conceived and planned by the trio of Steve Woita, Jason Plumb and Tom Payne (two programmers and an artist, respectively). It was soon given the go-ahead by Tom Kalinske (then-CEO and president of Sega of America), along with two other games, Comix Zone and Sonic Spinball. However, not long into its production, the three members of the team were reassigned to the Sonic Spinball project, which needed extra assistance in order to reach completion in time for the holiday rush.
Upon returning to Spinny and Spike, the three were rudely surprised by the apparent instigation of a completely new producer and lead artist, who had been hired to continue work on the game. The new team had sent it off in a completely different direction, and had not stayed faithful to the original design, according to Woita. Both he and Plumb decided to leave Sega in disgust, after receiving offers to work at Ocean of America.
While development of the game was meant to continue in the absence of these two key players, it was soon decided that its completion would be impossible without the input of Woita and Plumb; their code was too individual and unconventional, and its efficient use would have first required a complete rewrite. As this was too costly, Sega simply canned the project.
You can see many pieces of concept art, and read more about Spinny and Spike, in the Select Button Forum!
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6 thoughts on "Spinny and Spike [GEN MD – Cancelled]"
Mr. Fox 04-12-2012 at 20:45
I would prefer to talk about this screenshot, if it is just a sketch, I'm not sure that it could be implemented for certain.
Alan Ackerman 24-10-2014 at 04:56
All of that concept art was from the second round of reproduction.
The original concept art by Tom Payne was very whacky and unique. It did not fit into standard video game art / cartoon styles. It embodied much of what was new and fun about the original game concept.
Thanks for the memories Alan! Do you know if the original concept arts are still saved somewhere?
I have no idea if any of the original art work survives.
I would hope that Tom or Steve Woita might have some.
Hmm… interesting typo in that first post. Either I meant pre-production or production, but probably not reproduction. ;)
Thanks Alan! I will try to contact Tom or Steve, it would be nice to preserve more arts from this lost game :) If you have any other memories aboyt the project, they are always welcome!
Chris LoSardo 14-04-2017 at 21:37
Hey, you missed this piece of artwork on the Select Button Forum page that you linked in the article:
http://forums.selectbutton.net/uploads/images/10/27758/745029_0005_sega02.gif
It is located above the snake boss and below the alleyway concept art on the original page.
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Businesses and organisations across Carlisle joined forces on Saturday and offered their time and hard work to projects ranging from garden makeovers to fence painting as part of the 'Give a Day to the City' initiative in association with Carlisle Ambassadors.
The initiative aims to make Carlisle a happier and better place to be, so it is a great place to visit, work and live. The initiative, backed by Carlisle Ambassadors encourages people and businesses to offer their time, skills and services to improve the life in the city.
26 volunteers from Story Contracting and Story Homes including family members descended on a former allotment space in Harraby, Carlisle to undertake a remarkable clear up. The green space situated at the back of Welsh Road had been abandoned as a usable allotment some time ago and the rubbish and waste was piled over 6 foot high. Eden Woodlands kindly offered their supported to the clear up project and began the devegetation process by going and cutting back the site making the site accessible to the army of volunteers. A big thank you goes to Mike Clark, from Story Contracting's Rail division who carried out a CAT Scan on the site prior to the clear up starting which made sure the space was free of any buried cables.
This project could not have got off the ground had it not been for Anouska Chisholm, Stakeholder Manager for Story Contracting's Rail division. Anouska worked alongside external partners to plan and project manage our operation on Saturday morning as well as offering invaluable advice to other projects around the city.
Brampton skips regimentally delivered and collected six full skips which were tirelessly filled with waste and vegetation during the course of the 4 hour morning before 2 Story Mini Diggers from Story Plant department came in to help flatten out the land.
The land has been handed back to the local authority and phase two of its reinstatement will involve it being rotavated so that it is ready for its future as a usable space.


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New Jersey Innovation Institute sells BioCentriq for $73M
By: Dawn Furnas
New Jersey Innovation Institute announced May 16 that GC Group of South Korea finalized the purchase of its subsidiary BioCentriq Inc. for $73 million.
NJBIZ reported on the definitive agreement April 19; at the time financial terms had not been disclosed.
Founded in 2019 as an NJII company, BioCentriq is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that designs and develops scalable cell and gene technologies. NJII was created by the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2014 to serve as a platform for higher education/industry partnerships.
According to GC's April announcement, the acquisition broadens its capabilities to scale CDMO platforms. The company was founded in 1967 with a major footprint across health care sectors.
"Thanks to the foresight of the NJIT board of trustees in supporting the creation of NJII, we were able to create an entity that has built upon NJIT's strengths in life sciences and engineering to serve as a catalyst for entrepreneurship and industry partnership," NJIT President Joel Bloom said in a statement, adding that the sale was a "tremendous success story and a prime example of how effective collaboration between higher education, industry, and government can lead to innovations that positively affect the health and wellbeing of people while also driving economic growth."
NJII CEO Simon Nynens added, "This is a perfect example of what NJII was designed to do."
From left at the BioCentriq ribbon cutting at the New Jersey Institute of Technology Life Sciences & Engineering Center Building in Newark in October 2020 are Robert Cohen, Stryker; Simon Nynens, New Jersey Innovation Institute; Joel Bloom, NJIT; Dan Wessner, Pall Biotech; Haro Hartounian, NJII/BioCentriq; Fadi Deek, NJIT; Jose Lozano, Choose New Jersey. – BIOCENTRIQ
NJII vetted more than 50 companies through a bid process for the sale. The organization, whose board recently approved the deal, also said proceeds will be "redeployed to continue growing an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem that supports the State of New Jersey and its regional economy."
Haro Hartounian, founder, senior vice president and general manager of BioCentriq, said the "transaction marks the start of an exciting new chapter for BioCentriq," allowing it "to deliver superior service and expertise for cell and gene therapy companies.
"BioCentriq's unique expertise in the rapidly growing cell and gene therapy CDMO will be a transformative addition to our business that we believe will accelerate our growth, with additional expansion projects underway in New Jersey," said GC President Yong-Jun Huh.
As stated in April, BioCentriq will operate similar to other GC companies, maintaining its individual culture and identity while sharing best practices. Hartounian will become the CEO of BioCentriq upon the closing of the transaction and will retain his position as affiliated faculty at NJIT.
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Post written by Arjun Lombardi-Singh.
Arjun is a current ELN Executive Committee Member and Communications Manager at RBC. Working and living in the heart of Toronto, he is always on the lookout for the people, places and organizations that contribute to the vitality of urban life and showcase the diversity of our region. Alongside his professional career, Arjun an ardent supporter of arts and culture and spends much of his spare time in venues, theatres and galleries throughout the city.
Around 5:00 p.m. on February 21st, 2017, I finished up at work and made my way to the Gladstone Hotel for the ELN's Art-Works event. I was eager and excited to take part in a conversation intended to unpack the role of the arts in community building and highlight new opportunities for collaboration.
As the moderator on the panel, I was grateful for the opportunity to sit down with such a dynamic group of leaders in the arts sector. I knew our featured panelists would have so much to share as artists and community builders. By 6:30 p.m., Franco Boni (Artistic Director, The Theatre Centre), Alexis Kane Speer (Founder at the STEPS Initiative / the PATCH Project), Letecia Rose (Community Connector & Youth Advocate) and Jordon Veira (Founder & Director, The Heard) and I kicked off the Art-Works panel.
It's easy to paint the downtown core of Toronto as the epicenter of creative and artistic activity, but it's important we widen our gaze. There is a groundswell of work and collaboration that is thriving in smaller neighbourhoods throughout our region. Chances are some of the most meaningful and inspired art is happening right in your backyard.
In certain instances the term "community art" can be misleading. It often undervalues the work and impact of some of the most innovative and exciting projects produced in our region. Taking a moment to challenge our assumptions is important; especially when it comes to the defining and categorizing certain art forms.
There is an abundance of diverse, artistic talent in our region. These artists are tackling issues, starting conversations, and creating safe spaces for some of our most marginalized communities. The more we can leverage their abilities and work collectively to promote their work, the better equipped we will be to build an inclusive region.
Within the ELN we often talk about new ways to connect our region and build inclusive cities. Art-Works provided an excellent platform to expand our ongoing dialogue and highlight the different ways the arts can be used to engage and empower local communities.
A special thanks to all the rising leaders who made this event a success. Especially our knowledgeable and insightful panelists: Franco Boni, Alexis Kane Speer, Jordan Veira and Letecia Rose.


Thanks for that, Lieve. One of my favourite topics.
Humans have lived through narratives since the pre-dawn of civilization. In a sense, the rise and history of civilizations is the rise and history of the narrative as an organizing force in human life. Millennia later, we've come at last to the age of collapsing narratives. The ability of elites to frame and control public discourse is collapsing, and therein lies both great danger and great opportunity.
We will need immense patience, compassion and understanding to make help everyone transition into the new paradigm, the world of the Truth Consciousness.
But the deluded will be destructed. There will be no time to "transition" them. I love more than one of them and know they are unshakable till the destruct button is pushed.
Not your fault or mine. The next age will eat this one, it is the law.
Who will remember you then, oh egoist?
The Jewish Mafia has no intention to retire just yet. The internet is a sine qua non for the global technocratic dictatorship the controllers have meticulously planned for, and relentlessly war-gamed from every possible angle. The fact that the internet also allows goys to talk to each other – how generous ! – and thus recalibrate and readjust their orientation in space and time to reality is of course a slight risk to the overlords, but they are absolutely confident that autonomous, algorithm driven high-tech censorship, NLP perception management, 10+ years of compulsory miseducation for every Delta, and reality-distortion will take care of this nasty, adverse side effect of the internet.
The world of 'Truth Consciousness' couldn't be farther away, frankly, but on the individual level it is available for everybody, under any situation, in any age – yes, right now !
It's not a good idea to equate Caucasian with white–it's no longer used scientifically. For example, North African groups such as Arabs and Berbers, are anthropologically white (white actually includes some very dark people, such as the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka). White refers to one of the three great human groups: if you prefer white, yellow, and black. There are various subgroups, such as Malays, Australoids (melanesians of certain Pacific Islands and the aboriginal people of Australian) Veddoid groups in S. India and Sri Lanka, Nilotics, such as the Dinka and Somalis, etc., etc. Semites refers to groups who spoke or speak a Semitic language as their principal language. It's a frequently abused term.
*Consider 9/11. I'm sure the folks that planned this thought they could get away with it by controlling the major news channels, newspapers, and the official government report. The internet was still in fairly early stages in 2001 and I don't think its power was fully understood. The internet allowed individuals to organize, discuss, and share information (including video) that challenged the official narrative.
But that doesn't mean that the internet can't be brought under control or that there still aren't dominant narratives. Look at what China is doing to censor the internet. Look at what Google, Facebook, and Amazon are doing here in the US.
Thanks for this important thread.
LOL, did my comment on Mind Clones accidentally disappear?
Mind Clones = 100% control of humanity, 100% ownership of humanity's minds.
Who you are talking to on the phone/computer may be not who you think it is.
Yes. Mind Clones have already been made.
This is the most powerful technology to ever have been created. Why aren't people talking about it?


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2JZ-GTE Powered Nissan 240SX
The Fast and the Furious franchise has served the United States well over the years. Aside from learning that Vin Diesel's voice can continue to get deeper each movie, it also put Japanese cars on the map as some of the toughest contenders in the performance world. Before Americans started comparing Japanese cars to domestics, Japan was throwing the craziest aeros on their cars, mixed with as many decals as the body can handle, and racing them on the streets of Tokyo. When we saw Paul Walker racing his Supra, Vin Diesel barely fitting in his RX-7, and Michelle Rodriguez driving her 240SX, we all wanted a part of the action. This shined a whole new light on these cars in the United States, and the results were cars like Anthony Do's widebody 1993 Nissan 240SX.
Text by Bassem Girgis // Photos by Khiem Pham
The Nissan 240SX
It all started in 1964 with the original Datsun Silvia. The Datsun made 96 horsepower and only 554 units were ever produced. The Silvia continued evolving, going through the various awkward phases between smooth, then boxy, then smooth again. In 1990, the Nissan 240SX S13 was born as the replacement for the 200SX. In Japan, this edition was called the Nissan Silvia S13, which was powered by an SR20DET. In the USA, we got the 240SX powered by a naturally-aspirated KA24 engine. The 240 name was sourced from its 2.4-liter engine. Fortunately, the S13/240SX loved upgrades and engine swaps. Its lightweight, aftermarket popularity, and rear-wheel drive configuration made it one of the go-to cars for drifting. Owners of the Japanese car have swapped the stock engine with SR20DET (in the USA), RB26DETT, and even LS engines. For Anthony Do, a 2JZ-GTE was his weapon of choice. Before the engine can find a home, however, Anthony had to find the right car for the job.
$500 and an Idea
Luck was certainly on Anthony's side in 2016. As he was searching Craigslist for his Nissan 240SX, he stumbled upon one that was for sale for $500. "I think it wasn't selling because it had been listed for a good while. So the owner was just trying to get rid of it as fast as he could," Anthony Do recapped. "I think the reason it wasn't selling was because it was listed as a 240XL instead of 240SX. But who knows. I could have just been lucky to find it when I did." Perhaps a typo was enough for Anthony to stumble upon the deal of a lifetime for a car he's always loved. "The 240SX Hatch has always been one of my favorite cars. Ever since I first started watching Initial D back in High School and seeing the blue Sil80, it's been a car I have always wanted to build," he added. With so much potential and even more engine swap kits available for this platform, Anthony knew the possibilities were endless for his new project. Before exploring his options, however, Anthony had to dig in to see what he's working with.
The 240SX was a one owner car with absolutely zero modifications. The previous owner realized he would have to spend as much money to fix the air conditioner as he would on a down payment for a brand-new car. Serving as a clean, rust-free foundation, the goal was to build a SEMA-caliber car. Anthony wanted to enjoy the process of this project with a few of his friends, but the ultimate goal was to one day take it to the track where it belongs. "I like to build cars that can not only win shows, but also put down some decent lap times around a track," said Anthony. With winning shows and putting down fast lap times, it was time he took the old daily-driver and turned it into something very special.
Look Good – Go Fast
Weighing only 2,600-pounds, the Nissan 240SX didn't need much to go fast. However, Anthony wanted to make sure he picks the right engine for the job – enter the 2JZ-GTE. Under the hood of the car sits the mighty 2JZ-GTE usually found in the fourth generation Toyota Supra. He kept the stock internals and displacement, and complemented the engine with an HKS head gasket and ARP head studs. Using the right fuel injectors, pump, and engine management system, the 2JZ-GTE is anticipated to deliver over 600 wheel-horsepower (for now). As for winning car shows, Anthony gave the 240SX a Rocket Bunny Aero kit made by mixing an S15 with a 180SX body parts. Of course, nothing good ever comes easy. This project had more issues than Anthony had anticipated.
"Luckily, I had the entire build already planned out in my head before I started working on the car. So there were no real major changes that needed to be done along the way," Anthony said. "But when building a car, you would be foolish to think that you wouldn't run into any problems." One of the biggest challenges was getting the off-the-shelf body kit to fit. Anthony purchased two S13.5 fenders, but they didn't hold the headlights properly, and the gap between the fenders and the doors were not up to his standards. He finally decided to mix the S13 with S15 body parts, ordering S15 fenders from Japan. The fenders took a long time before they were delivered. Once delivered, Anthony cut and welded them to the back half of the factory S13 fenders, finally creating the perfect custom body kit.
Another obstacle was getting the 2JZ mounts to line up properly. After some fabrications, Anthony was able to customize it to fit. The engine mount issues were followed by wiring problems. Starting with an entirely new wiring harness, Anthony faced the challenge of finding the correct connectors and pins to match up to all of the electronics. After an entire month of wiring, the car got tuned and it fired up for the first time since the engine swap.
The journey for this 240SX was filled with obstacles, but perhaps the biggest achievement was taking a $500 car and making it look this way. With parts taken from multiple other platforms, the 240SX is exactly where it needs to be today. The project is not done, however, with the 2JZ-GTE delivering decent power, it still has a lot to offer. Soon, the 2JZ will get built with performance pistons, rods, cams, etc. to chase big power numbers. In the meantime, Anthony Do will continue to enjoy the product of his hard work with a widebody 2JZ-GTE-powered 240SX that is sure to grab all eyes. The $500 daily-driver is now a force to be reckoned with – but it's only the beginning.
Full 240SX Photo Gallery and Spec Sheet on Page 2 >>
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Technological advances are shrinking our world. People and cultures that were once widely separated by geography are now in direct communication and only minutes or hours apart, making the world a more complex and challenging place to live, work, and minister.
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Q: Auxiliary channel signals in display port Can anyone tell me the significance or functionality of auxiliary channel(P and N) in display port interface.

A: Most important functionality of the auxiliary channel is to exchange information so that the PC can read and identify the display and the resolutions it supports in order to select or limit the resolution selection to include only formats that the display is capable of displaying.

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