Effective teachers and education leaders are critical to raising student achievement, and today’s increasingly competitive and global economy underscores the need for well-qualified educators in every classroom, school, and administrative office.
ASCD is seeking young professional educators who
Educate the whole child, helping to ensure each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
Demonstrate educational leadership in their school, district, and community.
Show a positive impact on student achievement.
Illustrate significant contributions to the education community.
Educators may be nominated in either the Teacher or the Administrator category. Honorees are chosen from a select group of candidates with exemplary applications. Every year, the Outstanding Young Educator Award winner is chosen from among the honorees.
ASCD will recognize each honoree and support opportunities for leadership skill building, professional development, and exchange of ideas among honorees. The OYEA winner and the honorees will form a cadre of exceptional young educators who, throughout the upcoming year, may have opportunities to model, network, and share their best practices with one another and the ASCD community.
The 2010 Broad Prize finalist school districts are:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, N.C.
Gwinnett County Public Schools outside Atlanta
Montgomery County Public Schools, Md.
Socorro Independent School District, El Paso, Texas
Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas
As the President of the Ysleta Teachers Association, I am proud to announce that Ysleta ISD has been named as one of the top five finalist in the country for the Broad Prize for Urban Education. The Broad Prize is awarded each year to honor urban school districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among low-income and minority students.
In the YTA December E-Newsletter, I announced that YISD was selected as one of 100 eligible districts in the nation.
Thank You and Congratulations for the hard work and dedication that you have exemplified. Our children deserve the best and you, as professionals, have continued to step up to the plate.
I am proud to be your President and I look forward to the continued success and dedication to the students in our District!
When YISD Voted to Increase Health Insurance Cost for Employees, who was there to speak out against it and for your interests?
The Ysleta Teacher Association
From the El Paso Times
“Noel Candelaria, the president of the Ysleta Teachers Association, was one of two teachers who spoke against the plan.
Board President Marty Reyes allowed Candelaria to speak only after he stood up and said that he had requested time in an e-mail last week. She first gave him two minutes until he protested that everyone else was allowed three minutes.
“I think our voices were heard, but they weren’t taken into consideration,” Candelaria said. “They had their minds made up.”
Candelaria maintained that the district should have contributed more. He said increases should have been phased in over two years to allow hourly employees who make less than $20,000 a year more time to adjust.
Bob Ward, the school board’s vice president, said that hourly employees in that category could seek state help through initiatives like the Children’s Health Insurance Program.”
Say What?
Why is YISD trying to shift their responsibility to state of Texas? The board believes we should tell our employees to sign up for CHIP because YISD refuses to take care of our own.
Outrageous!
This has to stop.
It is time for every employee to belong to a single organization and for that organization to exclusively speak for all the employees in YISD.
It’s time to come together. Join us and together we will change YISD.
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