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HIGHLIGHTS
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to ALL our aMAzing educators. Congratulations to Kym Whitney science teacher at Plymouth South Middle School for being honored by OpenSciEd for sharing her #MyOpenSciEdStory.
RESOURCES
Supporting Remote Learning Webinars
DESE’s Center for Instructional Support is providing content-specific support to assist teachers, coaches and instructional leaders with implementation of remote learning building upon the Department’s remote learning guidance. The focus will be on providing guidance for implementing the prerequisite content standards as well as sharing best practices and recommendations for remote learning. These webinars will be recorded live and posted on our website for you to access as needed. Please find the schedule and links for each of the content webinars here! If you have questions, please reach out to Alexia Cribbs, Alexia.J.Cribbs@Mass.Gov.
OPPORTUNITIES
Grant to Implement a STEM Week 2020 Design Challenge
The MA Executive Office of Education, through the STEM Advisory Council, has posted a grant opportunity to support one or more non-profit and/or public education organizations to design and implement a statewide or regional, multi grade-level, week-long design challenge with corresponding curriculum, activities, and teacher support and development for STEM Week 2020 (October 19th – 23rd, 2020). The grant bid information is posted here, to register and apply to bid for this grant (bid #BD-20-1036-EDU02-EDU02-50722) click here! Applications are dueMay 15.
