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The YMCA Louisiana Youth and Government (Y&G) program is a statewide initiative promoting civic engagement through the YMCA's philosophy of being an organization that is continuously active in exercising social responsibility. This particular program prepares high schoolers for moral and political leadership. Through Y&G, teens learn about and experience government policies first-hand and learn how they can be changemakers to improve their communities. Plus, teens form lasting friendships, benefit from mentors, and sharpen their critical thinking, public speaking and writing skills. The mission of the YMCA Youth & Government program is two-fold: To encourage and foster leadership through service, fellowship, responsibility, and respect for oneself and others among all participants, and To educate and engage students in the process of government from local to national to international so that they become more active participants in their communities. DEMOCRACY MUST BE LEARNED BY EACH GENERATION"

Under our new Enterprise Agreement teachers and school leaders in ACT public schools will receive nation-leading pay and conditions in a system that values and supports individuals. We offer a better classification structure that supports experienced teachers, new educators, and school leaders. The new agreement offers teachers: ◾ Better workloads that prioritise educational leadership, teaching and learning. ◾ 4 staff development days a year at the beginning of each term (student free) from 2024. ◾ Guaranteed minimum 3 hours release time per week for all staff within school hours. ◾ The right to disconnect outside of work hours, including a reset on community expectations outside of hours. First year graduates will earn a starting salary of $84,978 from January 2024. By the end of 2026 they will be earning a salary of $104,314. Experienced teachers will earn a starting salary of to $101,447 from January 2024 with increased salaries throughout the agreement reaching a top salary of $129,106 to commence the 2026 school year. To find out more about Teaching in Canberra, visit: https://lnkd.in/gV7Q_wXa.

See our new research, funded by the Stuart Foundation: Beyond Teacher Leadership: The Role of Teachers as Learners, Innovators, and Designers for Whole Child Education. In our case study we reveal how two innovative school districts, Surrey Schools (BC) and Anaheim Union High School District (CA), have advanced a system of leading teachers needed for schools of today and tomorrow. (Our policy brief which summarizes major findings and points to what policy leaders can do to support teachers as innovators and designers.) 

Recognizing exceptional commitment, innovation, and effectiveness in education, the PPSTA aims to celebrate educators who excel in instructional competence, leadership, community involvement, and student impact. | READ: https://loom.ly/Kq5HgK0

“Divisiveness often comes from disinformation.” While civic education helps people develop the knowledge base to participate in our democracy, when provided in schools it also hones critical thinking skills, helps with effective communication and debate, and confidence in speaking up. The California School Boards Association pulled together a plan for creating the next generation of leaders who both understand how democracy works and can hone a "collaborative, across-the-aisle dialogue" through civics education: https://shorturl.at/uMSZ4

From the explicit barriers to the invisible tax teachers and school leaders of color often face, retaining teachers and school leaders of color is a consistent challenge for schools. But there are bright spots of innovation in some states and districts, in the policies and practices that serve to retain these educators. Join our CEO and Founder, Amanda Fernandez, and amazing leaders from TNTP, New Leaders, and NAACP, who will discuss these innovative policies and practices, and the potential for scaling these efforts across the country as part of the One Million Teachers of Color Campaign: https://ow.ly/ES7m50PiBaY

Zot Zot Zot! 💥 College Corps shapes local students into future public leaders. This year's cohort includes 91 Anteaters. ➡️ Learn more at CACollegeCorps.com Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom UC Irvine Orange County Register

James Baldwin — 'You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.' Why are so few Black men teachers in New York City? By Amaya McDonald, NYCity News Service Mar 8, 2023, 5:13pm EDT This story is part of Hard Lessons, the NYCity News Service’s look at what city schools have learned from the pandemic. Black students make up around a quarter of the city’s more than one million public-school pupils. However, Black instructors are disproportionately underrepresented among the faculty who teach them. Only 19% of educators in New York City’s public schools are Black—and only 4% of the city’s educators are Black men.  The scarcity of Black men is glaring for a system in which Black male students are more likely to be chronically absent and are among those least likely to graduate from high school in four years.  https://lnkd.in/gQF5e5d6 The last Sunday of my Birthday Month and #NationalPrincipalsMonth 2023 The two pictures include 8 teachers (Victor John, Cordel Blair, Rachel Hill, Nick Falzone (Rest In Peace), Harold I., Brian Lewis, Will Ehrenfeld, and Duane Williamson) who I mentored through school building leadership programs. I was fortunate enough to be able to hire them in assistant principal positions after mentoring them through school building leadership programs. Two of the 8 are principals during this 2023 National Principals Month, 1 Education Administrator and 4 Interim Acting Assistant Principals. October 29, 2023, is the 3rd anniversary of TheMister Falzone Nicholas Peter Falzone's death. Mr. Falzone worked with all 4 Interim Acting Assistant Principals. https://lnkd.in/e_fgvCDu P-TECH has produced college graduates in the 7 states #Colorado #Connecticut #Illinois #Maryland #newyork #rhodesisland and #texas. The state of Texas had 235 P-TECHs in school year 2021-2022. Dallas, Texas has a P-TECH in each high school in Dallas Independent School District. #skillsbuild #skillsfirst #skills2030 #weareptech www.ptech.org

Here is another clarion call to our policy makers, community leaders, business professionals, civil society organizations, ivory tower leaderships, religious heads, educationists etc. to help the schools. May our society survive. Read full note here: https://lnkd.in/dukSwvav