Alliance for Education Community Blog: Community Forum - Supporting Student Learning and Great Teaching in Seattle Public Schools

Monday, October 12, 2009

Community Forum - Supporting Student Learning and Great Teaching in Seattle Public Schools

The Alliance for Education Invites you to a presentation of the report by the National Council on Teaching Quality (NCTQ), titled Human Capital in Seattle Public Schools.

The event will take place on Wednesday, October 14th at the Seattle University Campion Tower Ballroom. The event will begin promptly at 6:30pm. Please refer to the attached flyer for program details.

http://www.alliance4ed.org/docs/A4ECommunityForum.pdf

You may also be interested in the attached Lynne Varner editorial that references the NCTQ report.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009921599_lynne23.html

The forum will include a presentation by Kate Walsh, President of NCTQ, followed by roundtable discussions about what this report means for our community and students. It is our hope that this forum helps to provide teachers with the tools, structures and support necessary to ensure all students are prepared in school, work and life.

To RSVP or request more information, please contact Rachel Hug at 206.205.0322 or Rachel@alliance4ed.org. We look forward to your attendance at this event.

Best regards,

Solynn McCurdy
Community Engagement Manager

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About the Alliance

The Alliance for Education is an independent non-profit supporting Seattle Public Schools. Since 1995, the Alliance has raised and invested over $130 million to address systemic needs in the district. Through fundraising, advocacy and community engagement, the Alliance acts as a strategic partner and “critical friend” to SPS. The Alliance cultivates the practice of charitable giving to education causes in Seattle and directs resources into three specific areas: building leadership capacity within the district, promoting excellence in teaching, and expanding rigorous academic offerings.

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Rules of Engagement*

· We increase our communities’ sense of belonging and build a common vision for public schools

· We shift our conversations from the problems within our communities to the possibility of communities

· We commit to create a future for our communities that is distinct from the past

· Our power is in the asking of the questions, not in having the answers

We are committed to upholding the following values for meaningful dialogue:

I. INVITATION: the means through which hospitality is created. Honors the importance of choice, the necessary condition for accountability.

II. POSSIBILITY: an act of imagination of what we can create together, and it takes the form of a declaration made publicly.

III. OWNERSHIP: asks citizens to act if they were creating what exists in the world

IV. DISSENT: creates an opening for commitment; explores people’s doubts and resignation

V. COMMITMENT: a promise with no expectation or return

VI. GIFTS: the essence of valuing diversity and inclusion over deficiencies

*Referenced from Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging