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Washington ESDs Celebrate 40 Years of Service
Washington's nine ESDs are celebrating their 40th year of creating efficiencies and quality services. The ESD regional system is an essential link in our state's education system, helping to improve equity and access to educational opportunities for one million public school students.
ESDs play a vital role in helping school districts pools their dollars and leverage resources, especially during tough economic times. Today, Washington's ESDs are recognized as one of the strongest regional educational support networks in the country.
PSESD's contributions and accomplishments include:
- Save millions of dollars annually for schools through cooperatives, grants, and partnerships with districts, higher education, and public and private agencies.
- Leverage a $400,000 state allocation into more than $47 million of services for Pre K-12 schools and students. That equals $118 for every allocated dollar.
- Create customized services to meet specific needs in all areas of Pre K-12 education including technology, learning and teaching, early learning and financial support services.
Are you taking advantage of all that PSESD has to offer? Check out the many programs and services available through PSESD on our website.
Visit www.psesd.org for photos from the celebration in Olympia of the 40th Anniversary of Washington's ESDs and text from Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen's speech.
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Requirements for Reissuance/Renewal of the Residency Teacher Certificate
The residency teacher certificate is the first-level certificate that is issued to first time applicants. The residency teacher certificate may be reissued for five years to teachers who:
- Complete two consecutive years of successful teaching with a Washington public school or approved private school and have signed a third-year contract since the issuance of their residency teacher certificate;
- Have not completed two years of successful teaching in Washington since the issuance of their residency teacher certificate which has a defined expiration date.
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Regional Teachers Become National Board Certified
They spent a year cataloging their teaching experiences, creating portfolios of their work and taking tests. After all the work, 398 teachers from the PSESD region are National Board certified. 919 teachers were Board-certified statewide.
Washington state ranks third in the nation in new National Board-certified teachers, behind only Florida and North Carolina. The 2,726 total Board-certified teachers place the state eighth in the nation.
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Certification and Fingerprinting Contacts and Resources
For answers to your certification questions, visit our website or contact our Certification staff.
Please note: Fingerprinting is by appointment only.
Certification: Jan Mathsen, Certification Officer, jmathsen@psesd.org, 425-917-7612, 253-778-7612, 1-800-664-4549 x 7612. Linda Guile, Certification Specialist, 425-917-7613, 253-778-7613, 1-800-664-4549 x7613
Fingerprinting: Patti Moench; Phone: 425-917-7614, 253-778-7614; Email: pmoench@psesd.org.
PSESD Certification Office: 800 Oakesdale Ave. SW Renton, WA 98057-5221. Visit www.psesd.org for directions.
Hours: 8:00-5:00, Monday-Friday.
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For additional news and resources, visit the PSESD Learning & Teaching page.
Why Professional Learning Communities?
Staff development designed for high levels of learning for all students, teachers, and administrators requires a form of professional learning that is quite different from the workshop-driven approach. The most powerful forms of staff development occur in ongoing teams that meet on a regular basis for the purposes of learning, joint lesson planning, and problem-solving.
These teams, often called learning communities or communities of practice, operate with a commitment to the norms of continuous improvement and experimentation and engage their members in improving their daily work to advance the achievement of district and school goals for student learning.
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Call for 2010 Teacher of the Year Nominations
School district nominations for the Regional Teacher of the Year award are being accepted by Puget Sound ESD through May 30, 2009. The Teacher of the Year program is part of a nationwide initiative to honor and recognize exceptional educators.
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For additional news and resources, visit the PSESD Prevention Center page.
Student Assistance Services: Early Prevention/ Intervention Works!
For twenty years, Washington's Student Assistance Prevention/Intervention Services Program (SAPISP) has been providing interventions to effectively reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors to help all students achieve academic excellence and realize their personal potential. These interventions, based on the findings of other successful prevention programs, have assisted more than 225 schools in Washington (including 86 regional schools).
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Save the Date for the 2009 Student Diversity Summit
September 26-28, 2009 at Camp Berachah in Auburn
High school students, educators, administrators and school directors are invited to come together and develop solutions to promote a positive environment in their own schools and close the achievement gap.
For more information, visit The 2009 Student Diversity Summit page on our website.
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Puget Sound ESD's Technology Services offers training in support of teaching and learning in our schools; technology support; low-cost software purchasing and online programs; K-20 Network support (video, data, and Internet); website design and development; and network-based curriculum development.
For additional news and resources, visit the PSESD Technology Services page.
Did You Know You Have Access to These Library Resources?
The Washington State Library, with funding provided in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), provide special ESD pricing for Washington state schools to access popular online databases: CultureGrams, eLibrary, eLibrary Elementary, ProQuest and World Conflicts Today.
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Adobe Grant Recognizes Local Teachers
The T3 Train the Teachers grant program at Puget Sound ESD is supported with funding from the Adobe software company, and provides inexpensive training for teachers in our region. It also provides recognition as Adobe Fellows to local teachers who have shown leadership in the use of Adobe software in their instruction. This year, six teachers have been recognized as Adobe Fellows. Each will receive a stipend and a significant donation of Adobe software for use in their schools.
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Qwest Teachers and Technology Grants Awarded
Qwest and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction announced the nine projects chosen as recipients of the 2009 Qwest Foundation Teachers and Technology grants. A project from each of Washington's nine ESDs was chosen and the winning school will receive a $10,000 grant to be used for technology in education. The winner from the PSESD region is Federal Way School District's Kilo Middle School.
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Puget Sound ESD offers a wide range of professional development courses for teachers, administrators, paraeducators and classified staff. Below are descriptions of upcoming workshops and classes. Each listing includes a link to our class database and keywords to assist with finding the class in our database.
To register online, click the "Search for Keywords" link at the end of the class description and enter the suggested keywords in the search box that appears. Select the course. Click the "Register Online" link and follow the instructions
You can also register by mail. Download the registration form (PDF) and follow the instructions.
Upcoming Classes
Paraeducator
Risk Management
Technology
Online Tech Courses
Click here to search available classes on psesd.org.
Click here for class registration information.
New classes, dates and topics are added often.
PSESD has also partnered with several vendors to provide additional online professional development opportunities.
Learn more about PSESD's online learning partnerships.
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One-to-One Online
Volume 27 Number 3, Spring 2009
The One-to-One is published four times a year by Puget Sound Educational Service District.
Puget Sound ESD
800 Oakesdale Ave. SW
Renton, WA 98057-5221
425-917-7600 Seattle
253-778-7600 Tacoma
1-800-664-4549
425-917-7833 TTY
425-917-7810 Fax
www.psesd.org
PSESD Board: Chair, David Okimoto; Vice Chair, Barbara Peterson; Alan J. Arjo; Robert Beem; Edward O. Prince; Joanne Seng; Jackie Smith; Charles Staadecker; John Zurfluh
Dr. Monte Bridges, superintendent
Kerry MacDonald, editor
Andrea Desimone, webmaster
Puget Sound ESD does not discriminate in admission to, access to, or operation of its programs, services, or activities. Contact Janice Watson, Affirmative Action/ADA Officer, at the above numbers.
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