Site Map Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in washington , DC established to meet continuing education needs of state/federal vocational rehabilitation agencies and Centers http://www.rcep6.org/
Extractions: University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions Department of Rehabilitation Education and Research Link here for the RCEC 6 Goals and Contact Information Site best viewed with Internet Explorer browser with monitor setting of 800x600 TEXT ONLY Site Map Site Map Important Announcements Scroll down for resources or Search the Region 6 Web Site MENU Region 6 Rehabilitation Continuing Education Center (RRCEC) Calendar of Training, Events, and Announcements Region 6 RCEC BridgeWorks Distance Learning Network Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (IRI) IRI publications available in print, online, and/or download files
Project WILD Agencies And Organizations Association of Fish and Wildlife agencies 444 North Association for Humane and Environmental education Humane Society of 2100 L Street, NW washington, DC 20037 http://www.projectwild.org/resources/agencies.htm
Extractions: Home Educator Resources Resources on the Web Agencies and Organizations This is a list of federal agencies that have responsibilities involving wildlife and are referenced in Project WILD activities. State wildlife agencies may be contacted directly in each state. Project WILD encourages educators and students to contact a range of organizations, supporting instruction for making informed decisions. It is recommended that requests be as specific as possible, mailed on behalf of a class rather than each individual student and sent with a stamped self-addressed envelope for return of requested materials. Federal Agencies EPA Regional Offices
Consumer World: Consumer Agencies Counsel (Consumer Protection); washington State Attorney of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA); National Center for Financial education; National Charities http://www.consumerworld.org/pages/agencies.htm
National Disability Organizations And Agencies Research (NIDRR), Department of education, 400 Maryland Network, PO Box 42490, washington, DC 20015 org (Makes referrals to protection and advocacy agencies.). http://www.pacer.org/national/ndoa.htm
Extractions: HOME WHO WE ARE LINKS PUBLICATIONS ... GUEST BOOK ABLEDATA , 8630 Fenton St., Silver Springs, MD 20910, (301) 608-8998, (800) 227-0216, (301) 608-8912 TTY, (301) 608-8958 fax, belknap@macroint.com , Web site: www.abledata.com (Database for assistive technology. Provides referral information on assistive technology products.) Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing , 3417 Volta Place NW, Washington, DC 20007, (202) 337-5220 TTY, (202) 337-8314 fax, info@agbell.org , Web site: www.agbell.org Alliance (Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers, c/o PACER) , 8161 Normandale Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55437-1044, (952) 838-9000, (800) 537-2237, (952) 838-0199 Fax, (952) 838-0190 TTY, alliance@taalliance.org , Web site: www.taalliance.org (Provides assistance to 100 federally funded parent centers.) Alliance for Infants and Toddlers, Inc. , 2801 Custer Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. Contact: Michele Myers-Cepika (412) 885-6111x133, (412) 885-1688
ICI Publications By Subject washington, MS Word file (38K) washington, PDF file people who have received education supports from Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies and their http://www.communityinclusion.org/publications/indexb.html
Extractions: ordering info ICI ... WHAT WE DO PUBLICATIONS Education and Transition/Person-Centered Planning State Systems and Employment Employment Policy One-Stop Centers and WIA ... ordering information Many of our publications are available online in text format and/or PDF* versions. Education and Transition/Person-Centered Planning More Than Just a Job: Person-Centered Career Planning Sometimes counselors think that person-centered career planning has to involve a big meeting, or is only for people with the most significant disabilities. The first issue in the new ICI Professional Development Series lays out the principles of listening to job seekers to help them shape and achieve their career goals. More Than Just a Job - text version
Welcome To The Center For Civic Education Genealogy Page, and Historical Records of Government agencies. Of special interest to educators The Digital 1743 Connecticut Avenue NW, washington, DC 20009 http://www.civiced.org/internet.html
NCHELP markets, lenders, loan servicers, collection agencies, schools and and the Access to Higher education publication is Ave., NW, 12th Floor washington, DC 20036 http://www.nchelp.org/
Extractions: Guide. Welcome to the NCHELP Web site. NCHELP represents a nationwide network of guaranty agencies, secondary markets, lenders, loan servicers, collection agencies, schools and other organizations involved in the administration of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). NCHELP members promote student access and choice for post-secondary education and training. Over the past 35 years, FFELP lenders have provided $291 billion in student loans. About NCHELP
NSEA Home Page Involve parents, businesses, community organizations and/or social service agencies. washington, DC The National education Associations Fund for http://www.nsea-nv.org/
Extractions: ESP Resource ... Give us your feedback. Updated 06/09/04 NSEA and its local affiliates are in the process of collecting the more than 50,000 signatures needed to quality the National Average Initiative Petition . Your state association and your local affiliate, as well as the National Education Association are working hard for youthe membersevery day. As expected, there is a groundswell of support throughout the state. Recent polls show that nearly 70% of respondents are in favor of funding to the national average. The Las Vegas Review Journalan outfit that is notorious for attacking useven conducted a poll that measured the public's support for our petition. To no surprise, the results were also 64% in favor. more Reaching for the Stars Just an Application Away! Monies Available for All to Apply The Citibank Success Fund/NSEA Reach For the Stars Grant is available for all to apply. Citibank has allocated $25,000 to give out to NSEA members that pass the application and review process. The grantsdistributed in quantities of $500 and $1,000will be awarded to educators to support the development of innovative programs that encourage students at risk to stay in school. Priority will be given to programs uniquely designed to do one or more of the following:
Advocacy - American Foundation For The Blind statements to Congress and regulatory agencies, can be an advocate) and Words from washington, a free and state programs affecting education and rehabilitation http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3
K-12 Standards Fact Sheet school districts and intermediate education agencies establish and implement standardsbased education. Dakota, North Dakota, and washington with various http://www.mcrel.org/standards/
Extractions: 3rd edition 4th edition home page 3rd edition search Activities ... Economics - 4th Ed. McREL's Contributions to K-12 Standards Published a database of K-12 content standards, entitled Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education online and in print Posted standards-based resources on McREL's website where anyone who has Internet access may examine and use the material Developed with Achieve, Inc. the Achieve+McREL standards database, an on-line tool that enables content providers to align their contentoncewith the McREL standards database and that content will be aligned automatically and instantly with 40+ states' standards in the Achieve+McREL standards database. Posted in 1999 Standards for Career Education Helped over 150 school districts and intermediate education agencies establish and implement standards-based education Developed a comprehensive standards-based vocabulary list derived from an analysis of McREL's standards database that may be used for instructional, organizational, and key word search purposes by teachers, curriculum administrators, students, parents, and content providers. Helped the states of California, Hawaii, Florida, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Washington with various aspects of standards-based education (e.g., standards drafting, reviewing, evaluating, and analyzing)
Code Of Professional Responsibilities In Educational Measurement professionally responsible conduct within educational institutions and agencies that provide Code of fair testing practices in education. washington, DC Author http://www.natd.org/Code_of_Professional_Responsibilities.html
Extractions: Any portion of this Code may be reproduced and disseminated for educational purposes. As an organization dedicated to the improvement of measurement and evaluation practice in education, the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) has adopted this Code to promote professionally responsible practice in educational measurement. Professionally responsible practice is conduct that arises from either the professional standards of the field, general ethical principles, or both. The purpose of the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement, hereinafter referred to as the Code, is to guide the conduct of NCME members who are involved in any tinge of assessment activity in education. NCME is also providing this Code as a public service for all individuals who are engaged in educational assessment activities in the hope that these activities will be conducted in a professionally responsible manner. Persons who engage in these activities include local educators such as classroom teachers, principals, and superintendents; professionals such as school psychologists and counselors; state and national technical, legislative, and policy staff in education; staff of research, evaluation, and testing organizations; providers of test preparation services; college and university faculty and administrators; and professionals in business and industry who design and implement educational and training programs.
Massachusetts Office Of Child Care Services residential programs and adoption agencies will find public education, including public preschool education . Child Care Services, 600 washington Street, 6th http://www.qualitychildcare.org/
Extractions: You've got child care questions. We've got the answers. The Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services web site is the place for parents and child care providers to get answers to their important questions about child care and early education. Our agency aim: to make sure all children receive the highest quality child care from providers in Massachusetts. These revisions allow teens participating in YPP programs access to full time child care; restrict "incapacity of parent" as a service need to one parent only in foster parent or guardian families; and clarify service need hours for college students during the summer term. For a copy of the policy, click here The Office of Child Care Services, in collaboration with the Massachusetts School-Age Coalition (MSAC), is pleased to announce a new multi-year initiative to formalize a professional development and quality improvement system for school-age child care programs serving children ages 5-14 years. To read more about this
Extractions: This on-line, independent study course will help educators and first responders develop effective emergency operations plans for the wide array of potential emergencies that schools face. The course describes emergency management operations, roles and duties; explains how to assess potential hazards that schools may face; and explains how to develop and test an Emergency Operations Plan that addresses all potential hazards.
Washington Alliance For Arts Education Organization dedicated to promoting comprehensive, statewide arts education in partnership with artists, educators, organizations, schools and agencies through collaboration, inservice education, communication and recognition. http://www.halcyon.com/waae/
Extractions: F or a quarter of a century, the Washington Alliance for Arts Education has been working to ensure that the arts remain an essential part of a basic education in Washington state. Supported by educators, artists, parents and citizens, WAAE has promoted comprehensive statewide arts education through collaboration, communication, education and recognition. As a member of the Kennedy Center's Alliance for Arts Education Network, we are part of a national movement that works together to make certain everyone in America is given the opportunity to receive a quality education in the arts that includes music, drama, visual arts and dance. T here is no longer any question that an education in the arts has a profound and lasting impact on the way that children learn to think. But in addition to developing critical thinking and problem solving skills, the arts gift young minds with the fascinating history of human expression. The arts engage students in finding connectedness with the dazzling array of past and present world cultures and infuse a personal spark of faith in the endless creative possibilities of life. P lease browse our web site and consider becoming a member of the Washington Alliance for Arts Education.
International Agencies And Information [Frame Enhanced] CLEAR FRAME. agencies Comprehensive. ADB. APEC. ASEAN. BIS. CABI WIPO. WMO. World Bank. World Trade-org. World-Tourism Web site of the EU delegation to washington and New York http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html
C-SPAN CSPAN Radio. C-SPAN.org. Video Library JOURNAL SEGMENTS washington Journal Entire Program( 05/14/2004) washington School of education Abigail Thernstrom, U.S. Commission on Civil http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Series&Code=WJE&ShowVidNum=6&
NCATE: State Education Agency Websites State education Agency Websites. of over 30 organizations representing teachers, teacher educators, policymakers, and Avenue NW, Suite 500 washington DC 20036 http://www.ncate.org/resources/statelinks.htm
C-SPAN CSPAN Radio. C-SPAN.org. Video Library The Best Democracy Money Can Buy " on washington Journal( 05/05/2004 anniversary of Brown v. Board of education. THURS. ON C-SPAN3 AT http://www.cspan.org/
Washington Women's Employment & Education washington Womens Employment education (WWEE) is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) agency providing job of Pierce and King counties in washington state. http://www.wwee.org/
Extractions: Quota International of Kent Valley Welcome to WWEE! CareerKeys WWEE is excited to announce the opportunity for friends of the agency to take advantage of our training expertise. Beginning in January, WWEE will be offering classes in Word, Excel and Access that are open to anyone wanting to learn these skills or improve on their current skill level. Benefits of this training include: Classes will be offered in both our Tacoma and Kent locations. They are held on Fridays from 8:00 am to Noon. Class sizes are limited to ensure lots of interaction with the instructor. Cost for the classes is $85.00 for two days or $50.00 for one day. To register for classes in either Tacoma or Kent, call Erin at (253) 474-9933. Want to help others help themselves?
C-SPAN: Watch LIVE CSPAN.org. No events are scheduled at this time. Public Affairs Programming. washington Journal. Daily, 7am ET White House, Congress, Courts, Departments, agencies. Media Links http://www.c-span.org/watch
