{"id":948,"date":"2016-04-01T20:19:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/?p=948"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:37:22","slug":"education-department-newsletter-april-1-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/2016\/04\/01\/education-department-newsletter-april-1-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Department Newsletter, April 1, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education Department Newsletter, April 1, 2016<\/p>\n

\"New\"\u25a0 Attend the American Indian Education Conference: The American Indian Education Conference, sponsored by Minnesota ASCD, has added a student fee of $35 to enable education majors to attend at a lower rate.This learning opportunity will be especially helpful in supporting an understanding of MN SEP Standard 3, criteria G: \u201cunderstand the cultural content, world view, and concepts that comprise Minnesota-based American Indian tribal government, history, language, and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Conference will be held on Saturday, April 9 from\u00a0 <\/span>8:00 am – 3:30 pm at the Minnesota Department of Education. Interested students should contact Charon Tierney <ctierney.ascd@gmail.com> to register at this lower rate. All others should register through the MN ASCD website: <http:\/\/www.minnesotaascd.org>.<\/p>\n

\"New\"\u25a0 Teacher Lead for Family Academy Child Classrooms: The Family Academy is seeking a lead teacher for a part-time position, mostly in the evenings. Pay is $30.00\/hr. The position is a senior-level position and they are seeking a highly qualified candidate. Please email cover letter and resume to Andre Dukes at <rnathan@the-naz.org>. The deadline is Monday April, 11th, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Teach at River\u2019s Edge Academy: River’s Edge Academy is actively recruiting a Science Teacher and Student Support Specialist (Paraprofessional). The science position requires a Minnesota teaching license. More information about the Science position may be found here. More information about these positions may be found at: <http:\/\/www.riversedgeacademy.org>. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Minnesota Literacy Council Summer Reads VISTA: Applications are now being accepted for Minnesota Literacy Council Summer Reads VISTA positions in the Twin Cities metro area for the 2016 program.\u00a0 <\/span>Summer Reads is an AmeriCorps VISTA program of the Minnesota Literacy Council that focuses on the decline of literacy skills in low-income children over the summer months, a phenomenon commonly referred to as the \u201csummer slide.\u201d For more information, contact Wendy Vang Roberts, Minnesota Literacy Council Children\u2019s and Family Literacy Program Assistant\u00a0 <\/span>651-251-9063 ext. 214 or <wroberts@mnliteracy.org>.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Teachers On Call: Teachers On Call is looking for qualified and talented students, alumni, and others to work in your local districts and schools. They provide substitute staff in the form of Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessionals, and Education Assistants to your local districts of St. Paul, Hopkins, Prior Lake\/Savage, Intermediates 916, 917, 287, as well as hundreds of Charter Schools in the Twin Cities, and they are in high need of applicants. For more information, contact Kellie Amos, Recruiter, Teachers On Call at: 952.346.1656 or <kamos@teachersoncall.com>.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Behavioral Dimensions is Hiring: Behavioral Dimensions, a private company based out of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, provides services to children with autism and other disabilities. They are looking to hire for positions throughout the Twin Cities metro, Duluth, & Iron Range. Part time and full-time positions are available. If you are interested, contact Jay O\u2019Neill (Owner & Director of Specialty Services) at 612-889-0278<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Upward Bound Summer Job Opportunity: Design your own course for high school students! Century College Upward Bound seeks teachers, or soon to be teachers, to develop and teach courses for our college-bound students this summer. Contact Caroline Church: <caroline.church@century.edu> for more information. Application deadline is March 25, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Free MTLE Resources: 240Tutoring has study guides for the MTLE. Also, their blog has a lot of articles about how to create a study plan, do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of studying, and a lot of other helpful articles. Go to: <http:\/\/www.240tutoring.com> for more information.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 2016 MTLE Preparation Sessions: The TC2 Collaborative has organized a series of MTLE review and preparation sessions scheduled starting in January and going through summer 2016. These sessions include basic math review, in-depth math review and reading and writing support.<\/p>\n

The mathematics support sessions are offered for any candidate needing a basic refresher on the math concepts on the test. The intensive sessions are for candidates needing more support in mathematics. You may take both. The reading and\/or writing sessions offer support for the reading and writing subtests.<\/p>\n

There is no fee for the sessions, but registration is required. For more information and to register, go to: <http:\/\/www.tcteacher.org\/mtle.php>.<\/p>\n

\u25a0\u00a0 <\/span>Advising and Admissions Up-Dates:<\/p>\n

ACT+Writing and SAT Scores in Place of MTLE\u2014Beginning January 1, 2015, The Minn. Board of Teaching (BOT) will accept passing ACT Plus Writing and SAT scores to meet the requirement for a skills exam in reading, writing and math. The BOT has adopted the following passing scores for these exams:<\/p>\n