| Monday, March 31, 2008 - "School Administrator Survey" |
In January, the Ohio Department of Education opened its Web-based School Administrators’ Survey (SAS) to assist the department in evaluating its products and services. The SAS is conducted every other year, and all data received provide valuable information for ODE as it addresses the needs of its customers. At this time, the percentage of response from community school leaders is down from the response levels of the last survey conducted in 2006, and we are asking your help in resending this information. Your response to this survey is very important and we strongly urge you to provide your feedback. By now you should have received an e-mail from Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs with a link to your unique web address for accessing this secure survey. The survey Web page provides detailed instructions for completing the survey. If you are unable to access the survey or wish to submit a hard copy, OU will send you a survey form upon request. Please contact Vlad Pascal at 740-593-4619 or pascalv@ohio.edu to request a copy be mailed to you. As always, individual responses will be confidential and all data will be presented in aggregate form. Thank you in advance for joining us in supporting ODE in this effort. Stacey Callahan |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - "What's for Lunch" Newsletter |
March's issue of "...what's for lunch?" is completed and available via the link below. We hope you find this issue enjoyable and informative. Feel free to contact us with your thoughts/comments on the articles. In this month's issue: -Automation Delivers Bigger Piece of Federal Funding Pie for Schools with Struggling Lunch Programs -BiometricSolution.com is All New Click on the link below to view the newsletter: http://www.foodserve.com/newsletter/FSS_Newsletter_March_2008.pdf Food Service Solutions, Inc |
| Monday, March 17, 2008 - "PA Autism Training - Social Issues" |
April 18, 2008 - Solving the Social Equation in Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Social Stories™ to "Real-Life" Strategies for Home and School It is well documented that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD): 1) struggle to make accurate guesses about what the people around them are thinking and/or feeling; 2) have difficulty retrieving and sequencing information; 3) often miss the underlying meaning in social communication, and may 4) use logic and deduction to process the social information that others arrive at "intuitively." Unable to quickly "get the gist" of what is happening, a day at school may be a frustrating series of events, filled with directions that are misunderstood directions and failed interactions with peers. Understandably, a child with ASD may be attracted to pursuits in line with his/her strengths, i.e. topics and activities that are logical, meaningful, and thus, hold greater promise for success. This fun and practical workshop uses lecture, demonstration, and activities to explore instructional strategies that directly address the core deficits in ASD through utilization of everyone's strengths. This includes: 1) a research based rationale; 2) a very new FAST TRACK to quickly learn/review the Social Stories 10.0™, the most recent defining criteria and guidelines for writing and implementing a Social Story, with demonstration of Social Stories™ in practice, and 3) social and emotional learning strategies that systematically model and teach friendship concepts and skills. Act 48 Hours available - View workshop brochure Location Agenda 8:00 am - Registration 8:30am The rationale supporting Social
Stories™ and the social understanding
techniques 10:00 am - Break 10:15 am - How to write a Social Story™
using Social Stories™ 10.0 11:45 am - Lunch 1:00 pm - Using the social understanding
approaches in the classroom, including
Correct, Confront, Concede, or Teach? 2:30 pm - Break 2:45 pm - Additional strategies to promote
positive social and emotional concepts
and skills 4:15 pm - Questions Registration - Fee: $50.00 Register online with credit card On-site Bookstore Visit our online bookstore |
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - "High School Journalism Workshop" |
The Columbus Association of Black Journalist is calling all future BLOGGERS, REPORTERS and PHOTOGRAPHERS to get free training and compete for a scholarship at a high school journalism workshop! Do you know a high school student have a MySpace page with tons of cool graphics and friends? Is texting their buddies second nature? Is it easy for them to express your thoughts through witty words on a blog? During the workshop they will learn how to transform technology used every day into a cutting-edge media career at the Columbus Association of Black Journalists High School Journalism Workshop. The free workshop will be held Saturday March 22, 29 and April 5, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hale Cultural Center at Ohio State University at 153 W. 12th Ave. Media professionals from local radio, television and newspapers will share the latest techniques and skills being used in today’s newsrooms and news Web sites. The workshop is open to high school students of all grade levels and ages. High school seniors who attend the workshop and plan to major in mass communications (newspaper and television journalism, radio and Web/new media) are eligible to compete for a scholarship to be awarded in May 2008. For more information about the Columbus Association of Black Journalists visit www.cabjcolumbus.net <http://dtnex.dispatch.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://dtnex.dispatch.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.cabjcolumbus.net/> . © 2007 Black Alliance for Educational Options |
| TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 - "Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) Scholarships" |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE NOT APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS! PARENTS, HEADS UP! Even if you do not have a college-aged child at home, please share this with someone who does, pass this scholarship information on to anyone and everyone that comes to mind. Though there are a number of companies and organizations that have donated moneys for scholarship use to African Americans, a great deal of the money is being returned because of a lack of interest. No one is going to knock on our doors and ask if we can use a scholarship. Take the initiative to get your children involved. There is no need for money to be returned to donating companies because we fail to apply for it. Please pass this information on to family members, nieces, nephews, friends with children etc. We must get the word out that money is available. If you are a college student or getting ready to become one, you probably already know how useful additional money can be. Our youth really could use these scholarships. Thanks!! (If clicking on the link doesn\'t work, then type in the Web site address manually.) 1) BELL LABS FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDER REPRESENTED MINORITIES http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/info.html> 2) Student Inventors Scholarships http://www.invent.org/collegiate/ 3) Student Video Scholarships http://www.christophers.org/vidcon2k.html 4) Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholarships http://www.coca-colascholars.org/programs.html 5) Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships http://holocaust.hklaw.com/ 6) Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships http://www.aynrand.org/contests/ 7) Brand Essay Competition http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.htm 8) Gates Millennlum Scholarships (major) http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12 9) Xerox Scholarships for Students http://www2.xerox.com/go/xrx/about_xerox/about_xerox_detail.jsp 10) Sports Scholarships and Internships http://www.ncaa.org/about/scholarships.html 11) National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ) http://www.nabj.org/html/studentsvcs.html 12) Saul T. Wilson Scholarships (Veterinary) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mb/mrphr/jobs/stw.html 13) Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org/sk_v6.cfm 14) FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid scholarships) http://www.finaid..org/ 15) Presidential Freedom Scholarships http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships/ 16) Microsoft Scholarship Program http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/minority.asp 17) WiredScholar Free Scholarship Search http://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship_search.jsp 18) Hope Scholarships &Lifetime Credits http://www.ed.gov/inits/hope/ 19) William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students http://www.apsanet.org/PS/grants/aspen3.cfm 20) Multiple List of Minority Scholarships http://gehon.ir.miami.edu/financial-assistance/Scholarship/black.html 21) Guaranteed Scholarships http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/ 22) BOEING scholarships (some HBCU connects) http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/educationrelations/scholarships 23) Easley National Scholarship Program http://www.naas.org/senior.htm> 24) Maryland Artists Scholarships http://www.maef.org/ 26) Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship (for AA students in South Florida) http://www.jackituckfield.org/ 27) Historically Black College & University Scholarships http://www.iesabroad.org/info/hbcu.htm> 28) Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students http://www.beanactuary.org/minority/scholarships.htm> 29) International Students Scholarships &Aid Help http://www.iefa.org/ 30) College Board Scholarship Search http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html 31) Burger King Scholarship Program http://www.bkscholars.csfa.org/> 32) Siemens Westinghouse Competition http://www.siemens-foundation.org/> 33) GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds http://www.lulac.org/Programs/Scholar.html> 34) CollegeNet> \'> s Scholarship Database http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index> 35) Union Sponsored Scholarships and Aid http://www.aflcio.org/scholarships/scholar.htm> 36) Federal Scholarships &Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excel http://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm> 37) Scholarship &Financial Aid Help http://www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm> 38) Scholarship Links (Ed Finance Group) http://www.efg.net/link_scholarship.htm> 39) FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form &Info) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/> 40) Aid &Resources For Re-Entry Students http://www.back2college.com/> 41) Scholarships and Fellowships http://www.osc.cuny.edu/sep/links.html> 42) Scholarships for Study in Paralegal Studies http://www.paralegals.org/Choice/2000west.htm> 43) HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world) http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html> 44) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities http://ccmi.uchicago.edu/schl1.html 45) INROADS internships http://www.inroads.org/ 46) ACT-SO bEURoeOlympics of the Mind> \">A Scholarships http://www.naacp.org/work/actso/act-so.shtml> 47) ScienceNet Scholarship Listing http://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html 48) Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIES 49) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD http://www.rhodesscholar.org/info.html> 51) The Roothbert Scholarship Fund http://www.roothbertfund.org/schol> See you at Symposium 09 March 4-7, 2009 Newark, New Jersey The Honorable Corey Booker, Mayor Forever in the struggle, Deborah 414.444.6086 |
| MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 - "OCSAA State Tournament Information" |
Subject: OCSAA State Tournament Information visit www.charterschoolsports.org Ohio Charter School Athletic Association |