March 2016 Newsletter

Governing Board
Election Information
p. 2
Keeping The Teacher
“In” The Classroom
p. 5
Arizona Community Foundation
Grant Cycle Opens
p. 6
Yavapai County Education Service Agency
YCESA
News
The First Choice for Educational Services
Volume 10, Issue 3
March 2016
Arizona Career and Tech Education Funding Restored
Yavapai County’s Joint Technical Education Districts--Mountain Institute JTED and Valley Academy of Career and Technology
Education--are breathing a sigh of relief. Arizona’s career and technical education funding was set to be cut by $30 million, but
that's no longer the case! After months of financial uncertainty and frustration, Gov. Ducey signed into law a bill that immediately repeals most of that funding cut and creates some oversight measures lawmakers believe will reform CTE programs.
Overall, SB 1525 includes:
· restoration of roughly $28 million of the $30 million in funding cuts;
· Added oversight measures for joint technology education districts, such as including them in the state's A-F
accountability system and subjecting them to routine audits;
· the formation of a task force that would be responsible for creating uniformity across career and technical education
programs, including certifications, open enrollment and reducing duplicative programs and courses; and
· language that will tighten the definition of a "career and technical education program" as one where a "majority" of the
learning is taught outside a traditional classroom environment.
The legislation has been viewed as a compromise between joint districts and lawmakers. Both groups unanimously support the
outcome.
Source: AZCentral, 2/18/16
Janice Palmer
Leaves ASBA
Dr. Tim Ogle, the Executive Director of
the Arizona School Boards Association,
has announced the resignation of
Director of Governmental Relations and
Public Affairs Janice Palmer. She has
accepted a position as Vice President
and Director of Policy for the Helios
Foundation. There she will help guide
the Foundation's new strategic direction
in the school reform movement in
Florida and Arizona. While ASBA and
the Arizona education community will
miss her, this is a significant opportunity
for Janice.
In her 15 years at ASBA, she has many
great accomplishments to celebrate and
ASBA and school boards across the state
are fortunate to have had her leadership.
Her last day at ASBA will be Friday,
March 4, 2016.
As they begins the search to fill this
position, Elizabeth Hatch will be
representing ASBA as a temporary
arrangement until the end of this year's
Arizona Legislative Session. She adds
years of experience to the ASBA team as
a legal analyst in the legislature. She has
worked tirelessly to successfully pass
legislation.
Best of luck to Janice. It's good to know
that she will continue contributing to
education in Arizona.
Source: Dr. Tim Ogle, ASBA
On leadership, from John C.
Maxwell in The Leader's Heart…
Every leader should build a formal or
informal inner circle that adds value to
the organization and themselves. Who
belongs in the inner circle of confidants?
Ÿ Loyal people
Ÿ Creative people
Ÿ People who share your vision
Ÿ People who have the ability to
privately disagree with you and tell
you why
Ÿ Wise and intelligent people
Ÿ People with complimentary gifts
Ÿ People of influence in their own right
Ÿ People of faith and integrity
Contributed by Supt. Tim Carter, YCESA
2016
Mar 1
Charter Schools Education Fair, Yavapai College, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Mar 7
FFMA Meeting, Mountain Institute JTED, Mountain Institute, 3003
Centerpointe East Drive, Prescott, 9 am
Apr 4-7 Governing Board Candidate Training, 6 pm (4/4 YCESA Training
Rm; 4/6 Kirkland Multipurpose Rm; 4/7 Yavapai County Cottonwood Annex Board Rm)
Apr 27 County Administrators’ Meeting, Washington Traditional School,
Prescott, 8:00 am
03/01/16
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Spelling Bee Champ’s Reign Continues
The 70th Yavapai County Spelling Bee crowned its champion on Saturday,
February 20th, at Prescott High School. Last year's winner Tanner Dodt again outspelled his competitors.
Thirty-eight spellers representing district schools, charter schools, private schools,
and home school groups participated in the event.
Tanner is a Heritage Christian Home Educators sixth-grader. He won by correctly
spelling “ravioli” after it was missed by the runner-up and then the final word,
“asterisk". Tanner won last year and was very excited to win once more, he said.
The runner up was Anna Fulton (6th grader at Granite Mountain Middle School)
with Naina Misra (7th grader at Bagdad Middle School) placing third and Makayla
Boyd (6th grade at Mayer Elementary School) placing fourth.
Yavapai County Spelling Bee winners, from left,
Tanner Dodt, first place; Anna Fulton, runner up;
Naina Misra, third place; and Makayla Boyd,
Thank you to the corporate sponsor BMO
Harris Bank and all the individuals who
helped make this successful event.
Once again, Tanner will advance to the Arizona Spelling Bee, to be held on March Yavapai County is rooting for you, Tanner!
24, 2016. "I made it to the top nine," Tanner said. "I'm hoping to go a little farther
this year."
Source: Jason Wheeler, The Daily Courier, 2/22/16
Supt. Tim Carter, Yavapai County
Updates
from
Chuck
Director of Governmental Relations
for the Arizona Association of
School Business Officials (AASBO)
keeps us informed...
Estimated Qualifying Tax Rate (QTR) The
Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) has
developed the estimated QTR rates for next
year (FY 2017). The rate is adjusted each year
to reflect changes in statewide property values.
When statewide existing values increase, the
QTR goes down and vice-versa. The estimate is
that statewide existing property values will
increase by 0.91% for FY 2017, and thus the
QTR will decrease. This slight increase results
in the estimated QTR for unified districts—from
the current $4.1954 to $4.1576. For elementary
and high school districts, the estimated QTR will
decrease from $2.0977 to $2.0788. Also, the
State Equalization Assistance Property Tax Rate
(SETR) is estimated to decrease from $.5054 to
$.5008. The SETR rate was formerly called the
County Equalization Rate.
Source: Chuck Essigs, AASBO
03/01/16
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The Impact of ESAs
What do you know about Empowerment Scholarship Accounts? ESAs
allow parents to take tax money that
would otherwise go directly to their
local public schools and put it toward
private-school tuition. Passed in 2011
as a program only for disabled
children, the Legislature has continued
to expand it.
Now, two years after state lawmakers
granted children from poor-performing
schools the right to attend private
schools at taxpayer expense, most
children using the program are leaving
high-performing public schools in
wealthy districts, as revealed by The
Arizona Republic.
Lawmakers are now considering all
students to use ESAs by 2020. The
Republic found that during the 201516 school year, the program
accounted for $20.6 million being
taken out of public schools that were
rated A or B. Only $6.3 million was
taken from schools rated C or D.
School districts may not even be
aware of how much money
empowerment scholarships are taking
from their state funding. With this
story,the newspaper published a
database of the impact on districts
statewide. It can be seen at
http://tinyurl.com/ESAdatabase.
The Republic's analysis shows it's
largely the parents of disabled and
special-needs children from wealthy
and high-performing schools using the
ESAs to put their children into private
schools, while parents of disabled
children from poorer districts are not.
Critics say this creates a system that
subsidizes better-off families, while
poorer Arizonans are unable to use
ESAs because they cannot afford the
remaining costs of private-school
attendance, including transportation
and their share of tuition.
Source: Rob O’Dell and Yvonne W. Sanchez,
AZCentral, 2/24/16
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Oh, The Places That Babies
and Toddlers Can Go!
The first week of March is when classrooms across the nation celebrate the
birthday of famed children's author Dr.
Seuss by hosting reading events for
elementary school children. But, did you
know that Dr. Seuss wanted a love of
reading to start much earlier? It's rumored
that his most popular book, Oh, the
Places You'll Go, was meant to be read in
utero.
Perhaps Seuss knew what so many in our
community are just beginning to understand: that children are born learning, and
that their early experiences lay the
foundation for success in school and in
life. In fact, studies have linked the
number of words children know at ages 3
and 4 to their reading comprehension
levels at ages 9 and 10.
Just 15-30 minutes per day of reading
together can have a tremendous impact
on children now and for years to come.
For infants, reading and other interactions
with adults help their brains learn the
sounds needed to develop language. As
they grow, reading helps babies understand that objects have names, and that
words represent those names. As children
get older, reading helps them to learn
letters, sounds, vocabulary, and higher
concepts such as: past/present tense,
subject/verb agreement, critical thinking
(when asked what comes next in a story);
and, of course, the knowledge the books'
content has to offer.
There are several resources to help
families instill a love of reading in their
children. First Things First’s YouTube
page at https://www.youtube.com/
user/FTFArizona hosts videos that
demonstrate how to read with infants,
toddlers and preschoolers. And, Read On
Arizona, an FTF partner that engages
communities in supporting early literacy
for kids birth to 8 years old, has an early
literacy guide and book suggestions for
every developmental stage on their
website readonarizona.org.
Every adult who knows a child between
birth and 5 years old is encouraged to
read with them as often as possible. To
quote Dr. Seuss, “The more that you read,
the more things you will know. The more
that you learn, the more places you'll go!”
Contributed by Rana Sims, First Things First
03/01/16
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Sat, Feb 6 (3-hr)
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3:30-5:30
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3:30-5:30
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Mon, Jul 11 (3-hr)
9:00-12:00
Tue, Jul 12 (3-hr)
9:00-12:00
Cottonwood
Building depth and complexity
Humboldt USD
Preparing for performance-based
assessments
Incorporating critical and creative
thinking
Gifted 101: Identification and
Characteristics
Using formative assessments for
flexible grouping
Preparing for performance-based
assessments
Incorporating critical and creative
thinking
Using formative assessments for
flexible grouping
Project-based and problem-based
learning
Using DOK levels to tier instruction
Upcoming...
YCESA
Gifted and Talented
Cottonwood/Sedona
Workshops
Prescott
USD
Prescott USD
Verde Valley
REGISTRATION:
Verde Valley
Verde Valley
Prescott USD
Prescott USD
Verde Valley
Verde Valley
Prescott USD
Project-based and problem-based
learning
Using DOK levels to tier instruction
Prescott USD
Gifted 101: Identification and
Characteristics
Gifted 101: Identification and
Characteristics
STEM & STEAM
Verde Valley
STEM & STEAM
Prescott USD
Gifted 101: Identification and
Characteristics
Gifted 101: Identification and
Characteristics
Verde Valley
Verde Valley
Two-Hour Workshops
https://form.jotform.com/53495062855968
Three-Hour Workshops
https://form.jotform.com/53495913256968
Source: Beth Cross, YCESA
Scholarships!
Credit Union West is proud to announce its 2016 Scholarship
Program! Graduating Seniors can submit applications until
Friday, April 1, 2016, to be awarded one of three $1,000
awards.
Each scholarship applicant must:
- Be a 2016 graduating senior in Maricopa or Yavapai
County
- Be a primary member in good standing with Credit
Union West
- Have a cumulative high school grade point average of
2.5 or above
- Enroll in, beginning in the fall of 2016, a full-time
undergraduate course of study at an accredited trade
school, two or four-year college or university
Please get the word out about this program and help get
applications in the hands of qualifying students. You can find
the online application at http://tinyurl.com/CUWscholarships .
Send any and all questions to Evan Norris at 602-631-3244 or
evan.norris@cuwest.org.
Melt Debt with the
Debt-Snowball Method
Are you the type of person who prefers to tackle smaller goals
that lead up to accomplishing a larger goal? Do you have
more than one credit card or loan to pay? Then you should
consider embracing the debt-snowball repayment technique. It
helps you melt debt by paying off your smallest balance first,
then rolling the payment into paying off the next largest debt
and so on.
Here's how to make the debt-snowball method work for you:
1. List your debts in order from smallest to largest balance.
Just look at the total amount that you owe, not the interest
rate.
2. Budget to pay the minimum payment on every balance
except the smallest one.
3. Determine how much extra above the minimum payment
you can pay on the smallest balance, then pay this amount
each month until that balance is paid off.
4. Roll the paid off debt's payment amount to the second
smallest debt's payment.
5. Repeat until you pay the largest balance in full.
Although you may not pay debt with the highest interest rate
first as some financial experts recommend, the debt-snowball
method can motivate you to pay off debt faster when you see
results sooner. If possible, add extra money to the payment
amount with each new "snowball roll" – and heat up your path
to being debt-free!
Once you've paid off your debts, consider putting the amount
you would have paid in payments in your savings. Credit
Union West has excellent account options to set you on the
path to savings. Visit www.cuwest.org or speak with a
representative at 602.631.3200 and let them help you reach
your financial goals.
Contributed by Evan Norris, Credit Union West
03/01/16
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Keeping The Teacher “In” The Classroom
Got a teacher who feels up to teaching, but is too susceptible to classroom germs?
Supt. Dean Slaga of Mayer USD is there! A high school math teacher had bacterial
meningitis and though feeling healthy, he was unable to teach for the past three weeks
because his body can't fend off everyone else's bugs. Slaga himself has been covering
the math classes.
Slaga, IT Director Jesse Bais, and Yavapai County Education Service Agency
Executive Director Stan Goligoski put their heads together and with a little technology,
came up with a solution to keep the teacher connected to the classroom.
Goligoski and Bais set up one of the available ITV units in the math classroom and sent it on to a big screen
through a projector. They then went to the math teacher's home with another ITV unit and connected it through his
internet service provider. Patching it through the video bridge at the Yavapai County MIS Department streamlined
the whole connection. Voila!
Showing all his work with a document camera, the Mayer High School teacher is doing what he loves to do-teaching--and doing it from his living room. Slaga is no longer juggling teaching math and his superintendent
duties. Best of all, students are receiving quality math instruction from their regular teacher.
Problem solved and a great potential for expanding the use of resources we have. Get well soon, Mr. Boyce!
Source: Stan Goligoski, YCESA
YAVAPAI COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR
Fall Semester 2016: August 22 – December 9
Aug 14 Convocation 15 Aug 14-18
Faculty Activities Week
Aug 21 Fall Regular Semester Begins
Sep 4 Labor Day Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
Nov 10 Veterans Day (no classes, offices closed)
Nov. 22-25
Thanksgiving Holiday Dec 8 Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy
Completion Ceremony
Dec 9 Fall Regular Semester Ends
Dec 9 Nursing Pinning Ceremony
Dec 15 Final Grades Due to Registrar
Dec 21 – Jan 3 Holiday Break - Offices Closed
Fall Semester 2017: August 21– December 8
Aug 15 Convocation
Aug 15-19 Faculty
Activities Week
Aug 22 Fall Regular Semester Begins
Sep 5 Labor Day Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
Nov 11 Veterans Day (no classes, offices closed)
Nov. 23-26
Thanksgiving Holiday Dec 7 Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy
Completion Ceremony
Dec 8 Fall Regular Semester Ends
Dec 8 Nursing Pinning Ceremony
Dec 13 Final Grades Due to Registrar
Dec 19 – Jan 1 Holiday Break - Offices Closed
Spring Semester 2017: January 17 – May 5
Jan 11 Convocation 15 Jan 11-13
Faculty Activities Week
Jan 16 Martin Luther King Day Holiday (no
classes, offices closed)
Jan 17 Spring Regular Semester Begins
Mar 12-18
Spring Break (no classes, offices closed)
May 4 Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy
Completion Ceremony
May 5 Spring Regular Semester Ends
May 5 Verde Valley Graduation
May 6 Prescott Graduation
May 6 Nursing Pinning Ceremony
May 11 Final Grades Due to Registrar
Spring Semester 2018: January 16 – May 4
Jan 10 Convocation
Jan 8-12Faculty
Activities
Week
Jan 15 Martin Luther King Day Holiday (no classes,
offices closed)
Jan 16 Spring Regular Semester Begins
Mar 11-17
Spring Break (no classes, offices closed)
May 3 Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy
Completion Ceremony
May 4 Spring Regular Semester Ends
May 4 Verde Valley Graduation
May 5 Prescott Graduation
May 5 Nursing Pinning Ceremony
May 12 Final Grades Due to Registrar
Summer Session 2017: June 5 – July 28
Jun 5 Summer Session begins
Jul 4
Independence Day Observed (no classes,
offices closed)
Jul 28 Summer Session Ends
Aug 3 Final Grades Due to Registrar
Summer Session 2018: June 4 – July 26
Jun 4 Summer Session begins
Jul 4
Independence Day Observed (no classes,
offices closed)
Jul 26 Summer Session Ends
Aug 2 Final Grades Due to Registrar
Source: Scott Farnsworth, Yavapai College
03/01/16
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High School Seniors Sought For
Prestigious National Youth Science Camp®
The Governor's Office of Education is calling for applications
to the 2016 National Youth Science Camp (NYSC), an annual
program that rewards two high-achieving high school students
from each state in the U.S. with a fully funded summer camp
experience dedicated to scientific exploration. The selected
delegates must not only demonstrate academic achievement
in science, but also show potential for thoughtful scientific
leadership.
The NYSC experience is operated by the National Youth
Science Foundation® and offered at no cost to its
participants. Educational and recreational programming, as
well as meals, lodging, and round-trip air passage on
scheduled airlines are provided free of charge.
Board Seat Opening for Bagdad USD
Yavapai County School Supt. Tim Carter has announced
a vacancy on the Bagdad Unified School District Governing Board. The opening was created by long-term Board
Member Golden Brimhall’s relocating outside the school
district. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by
submitting a letter of interest and resume to Supt. Tim
Carter, Yavapai County Education Service Agency, 2970
Centerpointe East, Prescott, AZ 86301, fax 928-7713329, or Tim.Carter@yavapai.us
Please include information about yourself including
education and work experience, why you would like to be
a board member, your residence and mailing addresses,
and home/work phone numbers. You may include letters
of
recommendation or support if you wish. Application
Applications must be submitted by Wednesday, March 16,
deadline
is Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 5:00 p.m.
2016 by 6 p.m. EST. To apply, visit http://apply.nysc.org .
Carter will interview finalists and announce the appointFor more information, visit
ment Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The successful
http://education.azgovernor.gov/edu/stem
candidate will need to begin the process in early April to
run for election to the seat in November. If you have any
For assistance, contact
questions, please call Mr. Carter at 928-925-6560.
Dawn Wallace at: 602-542-1316.
Source: Supt. Tim Carter, Yavapai County
be the bird that gets
that grant...
For grant support, contact
Becky O’Banion at YCESA
becky.obanion@yavapai.us
Check out these offers!
Sponsor: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Name: Young Scholars Program
Who: Schools/teachers representing outstanding 7th grade students in financial need
Cost Share: None
Amount: Up to $40,000 ea.
Deadline: Apr 14, 2016
Description:To help high-ability middle and
high school students with financial need to
realize their full academic potential. Provides
students with individualized educational
advising combined with comprehensive
financial support from grades 8-12
Link: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarshipprograms/young-scholars/
Link: http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/
grants/
Sponsor: Fuel Up to Play 60
Name: School Nutrition Equipment
Grants
Who: Schools with any K-12 grade that
participates in National School Lunch
Program
Cost Share: Unknown
Amount: Up to $5,000 each
Deadline: Jun 30, 2016
Description: To assist in the purchase of
equipment that will enhance the long term
implementation of their school breakfast
and lunch programs. Schools may apply
individually, or districts may apply for
multiple schools within their district.
Link: https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/
funding/nutrition-equipment-grant
Sponsor: U.S. Soccer FoundationSafe
Name: Places to Play Grants
Who: Not-for-profit organization, school,
municipality, college or university, or
sovereign tribal nation
Sponsor: Braitmayer Foundation
Cost Share: Unknown
Name: Innovative K-12 Education
Amount: Up to $25,000 per field
Deadline: Letter of Intent by May 27, 2016; Programs Awards
Who: K-12 Schools with a non-profit group
complete grant by Jun 3, 2016
Description: To support projects designed to as a partner
keep children in underserved communities Cost Share: Unknown
active, healthy, and safe by providing children Amount: Up to $35,000 each
Deadline: March 15, 2016 (take up to 1
across the nation with places to play. May
include synthetic turf, lighting, irrigation, sport year to be funded and may include a
site visit)
court at school.
03/01/16
Description: To support innovative
practices in K-12 education, particularly in
curricular and school reform initiatives; and
preparation of and professional
development opportunities for teachers,
particularly those which encourage people
of high ability and diverse background to
enter and remain in K-12 teaching.
Link: http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/
guidelines/
Sponsor: Arizona Community
Foundation Yavapai County
Name: Annual Competitive Grants
Who: PreK – 12 schools, non-profits
Cost Share: Priority given to matching
fund projects
Amount: $500 - $10,000
Deadline: March 18, 2016
Description: Broad range of projects
accepted, but must service Yavapai
County residents (Sedona projects
must go through ACF Sedona)
Link: http://tinyurl.com/ACFYCgrants
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With almost 70% of jobs in Arizona now requiring some form of job training or degree beyond a
high school diploma, increasing the state's post-secondary attainment rate is a critical strategy
to ensuring a competitive climate for job attraction and creation and making Arizona a great
place to live. To get there, Arizona must have world-class education system, from the early
years through career.
As nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations both committed to Arizona's future, Expect More
Arizona and the Center for the Future of Arizona collaborated to elevate a set of widely
accepted indicators by which Arizonans can measure our state's progress, celebrate successes and take action together.
The Arizona Education Progress Meter at http://www.expectmorearizona.org/progress includes indicators that start with
the early years and continue through each important milestone leading up to graduating high school and achieving career
training or a degree.
Expect More Arizona and the Center for the Future of Arizona invite you to support these indicators by linking to the
Progress Meter at http://www.expectmorearizona.org/progress/site or by hosting the data directly. They look forward to
continuing to share with you the progress Arizona is making in education.
Source: Jennifer Hernandez, Expect More Arizona
Courses target beginners and aspiring programmers
The White House recently took aim at
the lack of computer science education
in the U.S., with a proposal to spend $4
billion to turn up the volume.
glasses and discovers she was beautiful all along. And both coders and
Luddites will benefit from courses like
The History of Technology and The
Digital publisher Shmoop has launched History of the Internet.
a suite of computer science courses in “Going forward, it's going to be a tough
an effort to give students the skills they slog for English majors,” says David
need to land a job.
Siminoff, founder of Shmoop. “The job
In the core Computer Science course, market will require computer science
know-how, and anyone without it might
students will start by writing simple
just be replaced by a robot…which was
programs that can type and doodle.
engineered by the folks with the CS
Once they've mastered the basics,
background.”
they'll work their way up to writing
programs that take charge and teach
them computer science—or something
like that. In Introduction to HTML and
CSS, students will find out how CSS is
the web-equivalent of the stylist who
takes off the female protagonist's
As states continue to decide if
computer languages fulfill foreign
language requirements, Shmoop will
release more computer science
courses, including Java, Python,
Boolean Logic, Raspberry Pi,
Foundations of Web Design, Introduction
to Computer Science.
Individual students and teachers can
subscribe to Shmoop and get access to
every course for a monthly rate.
Source: eSchoolNews, 2/26/16
Free Dyslexia Presentation
The Prescott Unified School District is pleased to sponsor
a free 3-hour presentation featuring Susan Barton, one of
America's leading dyslexia experts, and Founder of Bright
Solutions for Dyslexia.
Wednesday, March 30th 2016 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Prescott High School's Ruth Street Theater
Common Sense Parenting
Please join us for a fun, FREE evidence-based program
for parents and grandparents of children Birth to 5 years
1050 Ruth Street Prescott, AZ 86301
Register: Karen Benson at 928.443-1196 or
http://tinyurl.com/PHSdyslexia
Who should attend? Parents, teachers, reading and
resource specialists, principals, school counselors and
psychologists, school language therapists, pediatricians
Source: Karen Benson, PUSD
03/01/16
Contributed by Arizona Children Association
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How Does Arizona Education Compare?
Wallet Hub is a one-stop destination for all the tools and information consumers and small business owners
need to make better financial decisions and save money. They recently compared the 50 states and the District
of Columbia across 13 key metrics. Their data set ranges from the median starting salary to the projected
number of teachers per student by year 2022. The results of this study, as well as additional insight from experts
and a detailed methodology, can be found https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-teachers/7159/
Here’s a snapshot of some of the Wallet Hub findings:
Delta Kappa Gamma Grant in Aid
APPLY FOR A $1,000 GRANT-IN-AID
If you are a woman and a Yavapai County resident currently
pursuing a career in education, you may apply!
Granted by: ETA Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma
Honor Society for Women in Education
The preferred candidate will have already been accepted into
a college of education and/or currently enrolled in education
classes.
To apply, please submit the following documents:
1. Your resume listing job experience and volunteer
experience in education and in other areas.
2. A brief history of your interest in education and the goals
you hope to attain as a teacher. Include your areas of
special interest.
3. A statement concerning your financial need.
4. A copy of your college transcripts.
5. Two letters of recommendation sent directly to Committee
Chairwoman, KrisFoster.
Please send your application documents to Kris Foster,
25 Woodside Drive, Prescott, AZ 86305 or electronically to
rkfstr@cableone.net
APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY
Friday, March 18, 2016
Contributed by Sherry Baca, Delta Kappa Gamma
03/01/16
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