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The White House Celebrates NBCTs

Tomorrow, Wednesday December 7th, Secretary Arne Duncan, White House Policy Council Director Melody Barnes and others will host 150 newly certified teachers at the White House.  Read more »

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Reflections on Being an NBCT

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Teachers and Policy: What U.S. Teachers Are Saying - 2011

PROFILE OF TEACHERS IN THE U.S. 2011 is based on the results of NCEI's 2011 survey of public school teachers in the United States.  Read more »

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Washington State Teacher Selected for Teaching Ambassador Fellows

The US Department of Education has selected Kareen Borders, aerospsace and life science teacher in Gig Harbor, Washington as one of six board certified teachers to represent the 2011-12 class of  Read more »

What Studies Say About Teacher Effectiveness

Author and editor Stephen Sawchuk recently took on some of the more timely and frequently debated questions regarding measuring teacher effectiveness in his research brief titled, "What Studie  Read more »

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Introducing Katie Taylor - CSTP's Director of Teacher Leadership Initiatives

CSTP is pleased to welcome the fabulous Katie Taylor to our staff (katie@cstp-wa.org).   She will direct our work in Teacher Leadership Development and the rest of us are thrilled to have her joi  Read more »

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Teacher Leadership Casebook featured in online article

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Seattle Teachers Examine District Evaluation System

In fall of 2010 CSTP initiated an approach focused on developing teacher leader knowledge and skills in the Seattle Public Schools called the Seattle Teacher Leader Cadre.  Read more »

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Seminars at Six: An Introduction to Federal Education Policy

The US Department of Education is offering several web-based seminars designed to share information  Read more »

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