No Change to Hiring Requirement for Paraprofessionals:
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that states ensure that all paraprofessionals working in a program supported with federal Title I, Part A funds meet state certification requirements. The law says that these may be consistent with those previously in place under the No Child Left Behind Act. Massachusetts is not changing its requirements for the hiring of paraprofessionals at this time. All instructional paraprofessionals in Title I school-wide buildings and all instructional paraprofessionals who are funded by Title I or who are working in a Title I Targeted Assistance program must meet existing hiring requirements.
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ESE Resource Corner
Standards-based learning videos: The Department’s Center for Instructional Support is excited to share a new set of videos presenting standards-based learning in Massachusetts. The videos give an overview of how educators are approaching standards-based learning in different content areas and grades. Districts might find the videos useful internally or when communicating about standards-based learning to parents and other community members. The Department is grateful to all the educators who contributed to the videos, particularly those from the Chelsea and Worcester public schools and members of DESE’s Principal and Teacher Advisory Cabinets.
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- Harvard Case Method Project: The Case Method Project at Harvard is inviting teachers to join its 2018-19 program. The Project was created to introduce the case method, which has been so effective at Harvard Business School, to secondary education and to use this methodology to teach U.S. history, government, civics, and democracy. Teachers participating in the program will attend a workshop at Harvard from September 23-25 and then teach four cases during the school year (each case involves three to five class sessions). All expenses of the workshop, including room and board, are covered, and all course materials are free. Interested teachers should get in touch with the Project's coordinator, Joanna Beinhorn, at jbeinhorn@hbs.edu.
- Project Here grant opportunity: The Project Here Substance Use Prevention Curriculum Grant program is open to public middle schools and is part of Project Here, a public-private partnership that tries to empower students to make healthy decisions. Project Here will award grants to multiple applicants for up to two years of implementation of one of three evidence-based substance use prevention curricula: Botvin LifeSkills Training, Michigan Model for Health, or Positive Action. Questions regarding the grant may be submitted to info@here.world until 4:00 p.m. on June 1. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. June 15.
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