Announcements from North Country Education Services |
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| Current Job Openings at NCES |
| Speech Language Therapist (full-time) |
| School Psychologist (part-time) |
| Accounts Payable/Administrative Support (4 days/wk school year, 2-4 days/wk summer) |
| Persons interested should send cover letter, resume and three letters of references to NCES, 300 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH 03581 or email to nces@ncedservices.org. Positions open until filled. |
| Differentiated Instruction |
The DOE is coordinating with LESCN to bring a Differentiated Instruction workshop series to each regional professional development center. There will be 5 full day workshops offered throughout the
2010-11 school year. At the end of the Differentiated Instruction workshop series, you will understand how Differentiated Instruction interfaces with Response to Intervention and be able to:
Time: 9:00 to 3:00 Location: NCES, Gorham, NH |
| Neurodevelopment Approach to Differentiated Instruction |
| Postponed until the fall of 2010. |
| Response to Intervention |
| Handouts will be available from both RTI conferences at http://nhrti.pbworks.com/ |
| Feedback session for U.S. Common Core Standards |
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| At NCES in February, Deb Wiswell from the NHDOE and Heather Driscoll from Revolutionary Classrooms, met with local math and language arts teachers to gather structured feedback on the drafts of the U.S. Common Core Standards in those content areas. |
| Technology Leadership Cohort 2009-10 |
| There are 22 educators and 13 administrators participating in the North Country Technology Leadership Cohort. They join cohorts in three other regions of the state. This is the second cohort for the TLC program. Learn more. |
| Neil & Louise Tillotson Fund Supporting Technology Integration |
| NCES was awarded funds to work in seven Coos County schools to provide teachers with professional development in technology integration. Learn more. |
| NCES News Goes Green |
| As of November 2008, the NCES News is being distributed by email. Personnel in North Country schools should already be in our database and receiving a monthly newsletter. If not, anyone interested in receiving the monthly e-newsletter may subscribe here. |
| North Country High School Coalition for Alcohol Abuse Prevention |
Six North Country high schools are part of a project receiving federal funding through the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools through the US Department of Education's Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse. The three year project will provide training and resources to Student Assistance Personnel, guidance counselors, health educators, and school nurses in SAMHSA programs. |
| ICT Literacy Standards |
| Learn more about the NCES Professional Development Center process for implmenting ICT Literacy Standards by viewing four video clips overviewing the process. |
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