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Teaching & Learning
Apply to be part of the WEALTH of Knowledge. Do you have an exceptional skill or specialized
knowledge that you could share with other WEA members? WEA is interested in forming a training cadre of
talented members to serve as a WEALTH of Knowledge: WEA, Let our Trainers Help. Please consider applying
to be part of a network who could be called upon to train an individual member, members of a Local or a Region,
or at a WEA statewide gathering. Apply now at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/WEAtrainers
Great member resource for professional learning: NEA's Works4ME. NEA's Works4Me
Website offers tips from teachers like you, teaching strategies, and classroom resources – delivered to your
inbox. Featured now: tips and strategies to motivate and inspire even your most reluctant learners. Sign up for
the biweekly newsletter! www.nea.org/tools/Works4Me.html
Online classes for PTSB credits for license renewal. WEA offers a choice of ten online courses
through Professional Learning Board, each earning one PTSB credit. $119/course. Open entry; 24/7 access.
E-mail Kathy Scheurman, WEA Professional Issues Director, kscheurman@wyoea.org, for information.
Wyoming State Library Launches Heart Mountain Digital Exhibit. The Wyoming State Library
has created an online exhibit commemorating life at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, the World War II internment
camp for Japanese-American citizens located between Powell and Cody. The exhibit and fully digitized,
searchable issues of the camp newspaper,The Heart Mountain Sentinel, may be found in Wyoming Newspapers:
newspapers.wyo.gov/. Explore this piece of Wyoming's history: newspapers.wyo.gov/heart-mountain.
"Resiliency in Action": Try the first 2 webinars free, courtesy of the Western
Educational Equity Assistance Center. You can obtain links for the first two webinars on resiliency
and wellness, positive youth development, and school and organizational change for no cost, courtesy of the
Western Educational Equity Assistance Center at eacregion8.wufoo.com/forms/x1nuj92x0t01c4b/. For single
use only; any additional webinars or resources must be acquired directly through Resiliency in Action. This
webinar can also be purchased for your entire organization by contacting Resiliency in Action. Call 800-440-5171
or e-mail nhenderson@resiliency.com for more information. Visit www.resiliency.com for additional articles and
resources.
Spring 2018 Marzano Trainings: Please note: Phase IV are stand-alone, one-day trainings. There is no
pre-requisite to attend Phases I & II or Phase III before attending Phase IV sessions.
• Phases I & II: Assessment Literacy and Formative Assessment Training, April 9-10, Casper.
https://tinyurl.com/MarzanoTrainings1-2
• Phase IV: Standards Based Grading, April 5 - Casper, or May 3 – Evanston.
https://tinyurl.com/MarzanoTrainings4
Colorado/Wyoming American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Spring
Meeting, April 21, Laramie. www.cowyaapt.org/spring2018/
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