NCRVE MDS-1203 - OREGON: PROFICIENCY-BASED ADMISSIONS STANDARDS SYSTEM As mentioned previously, oregon is different from California and Wisconsin legislatively mandated benchmarks and standards in k12 schools, higher education http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-1203/MDS-1203-OREGON.html
Extractions: PASS is designed to accomplish three important goals: (1) to prepare more students to do college-level work successfully, (2) to enable students to make better choices concerning their academic program and subsequent careers, and (3) to decrease the time it takes them to graduate from college. As mentioned previously, Oregon is different from California and Wisconsin because of its recent efforts to create a seamless and aligned K-16 system of education. Following from the legislatively mandated benchmarks and standards in K-12 schools, higher education institutions are adopting a set of proficiency- based admission standards. In 1991 and 1995, two performance-based certificates, the Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) and the Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM), were authorized as the principal vehicles for improving student performance and redefining the K-12 curriculum. These certificates are to be awarded based on students' performance of skills, not grades and credits. Both the CIM and CAM focus on student achievement of high academic standards. Additionally, the CAM focuses on application in a career context and transition to post-high school settings. While much discussion took place in the early 1990s regarding standards and the two certificates of mastery, nothing specifically addressed how the standards would influence or affect the students' admission to institutions of higher education. To this end, the State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) and the State Board of Education (SBE), which governs K-12 schools and community colleges, began discussions about creating a "seamless" transition between systems for students. These discussions led to the creation of the Proficiency-Based Admission Standards System (PASS).
Archives :: The Web Edition Of The Lebanon Express, Lebanon, OR and the nation. The multiyear, $25 million oregon Small schools Initiative represents the largest private investment ever in oregon s k-12 school system. http://www.lebanon-express.com/articles/2004/05/06/news/local/local01.txt
Extractions: It is one of eight high schools in Oregon selected for the Oregon Small Schools Initiative, a project to increase student achievement and graduation rates in Oregon high schools. Each school will receive grant funds and intensive coaching and technical assistance to carry out the transformation. LHS and a few other schools are ready to break into smaller schools as soon as this fall. Others will spend the next year or two preparing for that transformation. LHS faculty have been developing the small schools, or academy, structure and curriculum for a couple of years and have advanced to developing master schedules, "the nuts and bolts of how this thing's going to work," Principal Ken Ray said. Each academy will offer students academic and technical skills needed to prepare them for careers in today's economy.
Inspiration Software®, Inc. Named To Oregon Technology Fast 50 Awards Dinner, an event hosting over 600 representatives of oregon s top technology focus on the importance of supporting education in k12 schools across the http://www.inspiration.com/companyinfo/pressreleases/index.cfm?fuseaction=view&i
Extractions: Jun 7 -Jun 11 Spartan Soccer Camp Jun 10 Graduation - Hillsboro High School Jun 11 Bingo and Pizza Night at Groner Elementary Jun 11 Last Day for Students Jun 11 Graduation - Century High School Jun 11 Graduation - Glencoe High School Jun 15 Glencoe Girls Soccer Summer Camp Jun 16 -Jun 19 5-8th Girls Basketball Camp at Liberty High School Jun 18 -Jun 21 Hillsboro High School Girls Basketball Camp Jun 22 School Board Meeting, 7:30pm Tell us about your event! The Oregon Bilingual Educator's Conference is designed to provide staff development and training opportunities to educators from across the state. This year's conference will be hosted at Liberty High School, Hillsboro's newest facility. The Hillsboro Schools Foundation (HSF) will make surprise visits to 11 Hillsboro Schools on Wednesday, June 2, to award HSF grants for Innovative Education. A total of $63,364 will be awarded to fund 15 grants. The grants range from $1,500 to $5,000, and focus on innovative programs to increase student engagement and achievement. The Foundation is pleased that the amount awarded this year represents a 70% increase in funding over last year. Additionally, 11 schools are recipients this year, up from eight in 2003.
GLSEN: News visit the web site of Basic Rights oregon at www.basicrights.org. GLSEN is the largest national organization working to end antigay bias in k-12 schools. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/185.html
Extractions: As Oregonians face a record 26 ballot initiatives, the national Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, has sent five field organizers and numerous chapter volunteers to Oregon to assist the No on 9 Campaign with its voter education and "get out the vote" efforts. Measure 9 would prohibit any positive or neutral mention of gay people or issues in the classroom, jeopardize in-school HIV/AIDS education, and further isolate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, says GLSEN. "Anti-gay groups have cleverly re-packaged their anti-gay agenda in the language of 'student protection,'" stated GLSEN Field Director John Spear,who is coordinating GLSEN's involvement in the Oregon campaign. "Our chief aim is to help make sure that voters are not confused by a misleading ballot title. A vote for the so-called Student Protection Act is a vote to stigmatize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studentsa group of youth already at risk for harassment and isolation at school" GLSEN partnered with Basic Rights Oregon (BRO), a statewide LGBT rights group, a year ago when it became clear that the infamous Lon Mabon and his Oregon Citizens Alliance were mounting a campaign to place the divisive ballot measure before state voters. This partnership has resulted in GLSEN providing technical and strategic assistance throughout the year, which has amounted to nearly 100 GLSEN staff days on the ground in Oregon. And last spring GLSEN co-sponsored with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force a leadership development training, which identified and trained activists throughout Oregon to play key leadership roles in the campaign.
K12OS :: K12 Open Source In Schools and phone interviews with current k12 users of using open source software in your schools, just wait All Topics oregon Computer Recycling Program Falls Victim http://k12os.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=1
BendBulletin.com Central oregon schools, Colleges and Universities. Information about local schools and colleges can be found at these sites. k12 PUBLIC schools. http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=9317
Extractions: Feb. 3 is a critical day for schools, social services, law enforcement agencies and other groups that rely on state funding. That's the day when Oregon voters will decide whether to approve or reject Measure 30, a bundle of temporary and permanent tax increases and changes aimed at raising $1.25 billion during the 2003-05 biennium. If voters reject Measure 30, Oregon University System funding would be reduced by $15.85 million, community colleges would take a $9.9 million hit and K-12 schools would lose $414 million, according to a report released by the Lane Council of Governments. The Oregon Department of Education estimates school districts statewide would have to bear the loss by laying off approximately 8,000 teachers and other licensed staff members, enlarging class sizes by four or five students and chopping off 27 days from the academic year. At the University level, Vice President and Provost John Moseley said the University would stand to lose between $1.7 and $2.5 million in the wake of Measure 30's failure. He added that the state funding loss would be just the latest in a series of cuts, and the University would no longer be able to continue providing the same level of service using less and less money. If Measure 30 fails, course offerings will be cut back, he said.
Extractions: Home SolWest Fair Program Newsletter Calendar of Events ... RE Links Page " Our g oal is to inform and educate ourselves and the public on renewable energy production and energy efficiency through meetings, workshops, educational materials, and energy fairs." at the Grant County Fairgrounds, John Day , OR The Eastern Oregon Renewable Energ ies Non-profit presents Solwest Fair the last full weekend of each July. SolWest is an occasion for learning, networking, and supporting all types of renewable energy. This three-day event offers engaging activities for all ages and knowledge levels, including the SolWest Electrathon rally ( 2003 results! ). Participants from around the western region and beyond come and learn about energy efficiency, solar and wind energy, alternatively fueled vehicles, and more. Check out the SolWest photos The SolWest 2003 program is archived for your information About EORenew : The Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies Association (EORenew) was founded in 1998. It is a grass-roots 501(C)(3) nonprofit educational organization. EORenew's mission is to inform and educate ourselves and the public on renewable energy production and energy efficiency through meetings, workshops, educational materials and energy fairs. We put out a quarterly
School Of Eduation & Business - EOU teachers. The oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century of 1991 set in motion a series of changes for k12 schools. Among these http://www2.eou.edu/edbus/ctl/
Extractions: @import "../edbus.css"; Eastern Oregon University Search EOU EOU Home Business ... SEB Home Continuing Teacher Licensure The Continuing Teaching License Program is for teachers holding an Initial Teaching License. Teachers holding a Basic Teaching License may enroll in a Standard Teaching License Program. Requirements for admittance to Eastern Oregon University's Continuing Teaching License Program include:* The Initial Teaching License is issued for three years and is renewable for an additional three years. Teachers holding the Initial Teaching License are not required to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements, but are expected to be working toward the requirements for the Continuing Teaching License.
Oregon Bioscience Online webbased state-wide k-12 staff development Information Sharing Project at oregon State University Consortium for Northwest schools oregon Obtain information http://www.oregon-bioscience.com/education/k12.htm
Extractions: Oregon K-12 Education Resources National Suggested Reading Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE) The Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE) is an Oregon State System of Higher Education approved research and outreach center dedicated to investigating and promoting the use of advanced technology in education. Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) CBM and its use in a Problem-Solving model provides functional and ecologically valid assessments of basic skills that can be used to improve and evaluate instructional programs for students with and without disabilities. Division for Research (DR) of the Council for Exceptional Children The Division for Research (DR) of the Council for Exceptional Children promotes research and the utilization of knowledge to enhance the education of exceptional children and youth, from birth into adulthood.
FLES@WEB Samples k12 Interactive Learning Cuentilandia by Doug Shivers from Portland, oregon, USA for LiveText schools Page, ILT, Teachers College Columbia University http://www.public.iastate.edu/~egarcia/fles.html
IMLS: Publications Conferences & Resources: Conferences oregon Public Education Network (OPEN) The mission of OPEN is to enable all of oregon s k12 schools to participate in a coordinated information network; and http://www.imls.gov/pubs/whitehouse0602/stevewisely.htm
Extractions: School districts define the function of a library and the role of the library media specialist in a variety of ways. As a youngster growing up in Medford, Oregon, and graduating from its school system, I did not have an opportunity to meet a "real" librarian until entering junior high school in grade 7. In elementary school, classroom teachers filled the narrowly defined role of the librarian, which at the time was simply to assist students in checking out library books. In 1985, after a 16 year absence, I returned to Medford and became superintendent of schools. At that time, I found that the function of the library had remained basically the same, that is, a warehouse of books, but support for those responsible to oversee it had deteriorated even more. Classroom teachers had minimal involvement in the library. Non-certified staff, with no formal training in instruction, no child development background, no knowledge of reading levels of students, and no course work in libraries were ordering library books and checking them out to students. A concerted effort to place certified library media specialists in the district's thirteen elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools began in 1986 and was completed in 1990. At the same time, the classified employees previously assigned to the library media center were retained and inserviced to support the program to ensure that the certified library media specialists had time to perform the duties for which they had been trained.
Ron MacKinnon's Teacher Resources Physics and Science, ZEBU U oregon Physics Dept., very impressive science page, a Reasons for the Internet in k12 schools, required reading for web beginners. http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/teacher.htm
Extractions: Ed Bookmarks Ed Resources Elementary Lesson Plans ... A.Word.A.Day Home Page , a good resource for english or languare arts teachers. Academic Innovation's Hot Web Sites , a huge collection of ed sites with useful comments. Bill's Library , a MUST VISIT, some of the best pages on the Web! Biological Sciences Resources, CSUBIOWEB , a must visit for biology teachers. Biology Teaching Links , an excellent collection of teaching links. a must visit. Busy Teachers Website, K-12 , useful sites, highly recommended. Chemistry Internet Sites, ChemDex, U Sheffield , great resource for chemistry teachers. Chemistry Resources , from Education Index. Chemistry Teachers Resources , by James Aldridge. Cisco Educational Archives Clearinghouse:Education great resource for rated education collections! CNIDR K-12 Opportunities Mailing List Connections+" , excellent collection of teacher resounces. Cyberspace Middle School Teacher Resource Center , nice list of major educational sites. Educational Applications, John December , extensive resources, highly recommended.
Extractions: Taking the Lead with Cisco Content Delivery Network Technology The University of Oregon has long been a leader in the use of computers and the Internet. Recent awards include a $1.2 million grant from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct research on technologies related to the next-generation Internet (Internet2, a consortium of U.S. universities, corporations, and government to develop and implement advanced network applications and technologies) and recognition from the United States National Science Foundation for supporting the development of technology in education. The university has also appeared twice on Yahoo Internet Life's annual list of "Top 100 Most Wired Colleges." Always looking to the future, the university decided to deliver even more educational and technological services to students and communities everywhere. "We wanted to reach out to different audiences and communicate more effectively with the Internet2 community," says Joanne Hugi, Director of Computing at the University of Oregon. University staff evaluated technology from Real Networks, Microsoft, and Cisco with several criteria in mind: High-quality video delivery that didn't affect network performance, simple implementation, ease of use, interoperability, and cost. "Previously, we could only broadcast several streams of low-quality, herky-jerky video," says Hans Kuhn, Academic User Support Specialist at the university. "We wanted to lay the groundwork for the future and offer distance learning. So our primary requirement was the ability to deliver high-quality MPEG-1 video and audio without exhausting the network. We wanted something that would be simple to deploy on campus. It had to interoperate with other tools. We wanted to avoid the need for any reverse engineering. And cost was also important."
Extractions: GreatSchools.net is your objective source of school information on elementary, middle and high schools. A nonprofit organization, GreatSchools.net provides information about public, private and charter schools in all 50 states and detailed school profiles for California Arizona Texas Florida and Washington Get your school's profile Get tips to help your child succeed Compare schools Stay informed with free newsletters -Select state- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ABOUT US ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRINCIPALS ... SITE MAP GreatSchools.net
Oregon City Schools Visits since 2003. oregon City schools 5721 Seaman Road oregon, OH 43616. http://www.oregon.k12.oh.us/
K-12 Home Page k12 Home Page. The oregon k-12 Site is dedicated to supporting educators and students in their use of the Internet. Our site lists many of the resources on the World Wide Web that are of educational http://www.k14.peak.org/
Extractions: The Oregon K-12 Site is dedicated to supporting educators and students in their use of the Internet. Our site lists many of the resources on the World Wide Web that are of educational value. We hope that these pages will assist you in finding the information that you seek. @ OREGON K-12 Version 1.0, Webmaster's home page
PPS Leveled Books Lists 1999 Portland Public schools · 501 North Dixon Street, Portland, oregon · 972271804 USA +1 (503) 916-2000 · Email the Web Team with comments on this Web http://www.pps.k12.or.us/curriculum/literacy/leveled_books/
Extractions: You can search the database online by title, author, RR level or grade level. A great resource for teachers and families to help them choose appropriate books for their students. NOTE THE FILES BELOW ARE IN ADOBE ACROBAT FORMAT. Depending upon how your browser is configured to handle Acrobat files, the files may automatically open in Acrobat, or your browser will simply download the file to your hard drive, and then you will need to double click the files to open them in Acrobat. If you are having trouble with Acrobat files, please contact the PPS Technology Help Desk 503-916-3375 Leveled Books Database Adobe Acrobat Versions:
K12Linux In Schools Project - Home Page K12Linux in schools Project schools start here Linux.org. k-12 Linux Listserv k-12 Linux Archives for Linux in schools server tutorials and administration Server diskless client software. Open Source schools. for the on-line http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux
