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As you plan for fall, consider building in having your students participate in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest !  It can be a great way to implement any of the following into your classroom: teamwork, project based learning, STEM integration, community collaboration, leadership skills, public speaking...and more. From the site - "The contest challenges students in grades 6-12 to show how STEM can be applied to help improve their local communities. 250 state finalists will be selected to submit an activity plan." Applications are due Sept 6-Nov 13.

Get your district registered today - Speak Up 2017 began on Monday! Let your voices be heard! From the site - Speak Up 2017 Opens Monday ! Speak Up is the research tool districts use to learn what students, educators, parents and the community have to say about education issues. This will be the 15th year Speak Up has supported education leaders in including the voices of their stakeholders in annual and long-term planning. Educators from more than 30,000 schools have used Speak Up data to create and implement their vision for the next generation of learning. You can too! Get registered ! Get started ! View & view the 2017 surveys today! Speak Up will be open for stakeholder participation from October 16, 2017 through January 19, 2018 . Data will be delivered to registered schools and districts in February 2018. If you have any questions, please let us know!

 Infuse Learning with Kindness, Community, and Purpose On #GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, align your students’ attention to gratitude and giving with TeachOne , a giving movement focused on educating young people about service and community. Join more than 10,000 K–12 educators across the country as together they commit to TeachOne philanthropy lesson on November 29 . With more than 1,700 free online K–12 lesson plans aligned to Common Core and state standards, as well as 50 mini-grants available for service learning, Learning to Give makes it easy for teachers to guide students to be compassionate, engaged citizens who become lifelong givers. Consider sharing #GivingTuesday across your network with free Learning to Give K–12 lesson plans. Use #teach1 to spread the movement! Click Here for More Information About Learning to Give Click Here for More Information About TeachOne Click Here for More Information About Mini-Grants (from B...