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Hillsborough Education Foundation          Issue 6
August 2010
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Acronyms

Every industry has their own codes, initials, and shorthand.  Here are some definitions to help you get familiar with common ones.

BCG = Boston Consulting Group

BMGF = Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

EET = Empowering Effective Teachers

HCPS = Hillsborough County Public Schools

HEF = Hillsborough Education Foundation
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Greetings!

Thanks to those who were able to make our meeting last week.  We got an update on the considerable work that has been accomplished over the summer, a preview of a video which is part of the community presentations now being done, and were given a draft of a report card on district performance which will ultimately be provided to the public.  There was considerable feedback on all of these and we appreciate your thoughts.  They will help the district and their partners as they continue to work on the Empowering Effective Teachers Initiative.

If you missed any of that, please see the summary of that meeting which is posted here within the Community Engagement page of our website. 

As always, if you have thoughts on what other information would be helpful at our next meeting, let us know.
Staying Connected
Here are recent media hits around developments in the EET initiative:

For new Hillsborough teachers, it's all about the Gates grant.
St. Pete Times.
"I am here for you."
With those words, 11-year veteran teacher Woodrow Samuel helped launch a new era in Hillsborough County.
He was one of around 50 mentors appointed this year to help support and evaluate beginning teachers, part of the district's $202 million partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  Read the article ...
 
New teachers get jump on school year.

Fox 13.
It's still July, but it's back to school for hundreds of new teachers in Hillsborough County. They packed into classrooms and sat in student desks Tuesday.
Some are starting new careers, others are learning a new way of teaching. 
 
Read the article ...
 
Gates reforms get aired in Hillsborough contract talks.
St. Pete Times
Eight months after the Hillsborough County school district won a $100 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design a new evaluation and merit pay system, the topic has finally landed on the teachers' union bargaining table.  Read the article ...
 
Business Week: Bill Gates' School Crusade
The Microsoft founder's foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom.  Read the article ...

We'll be setting the next meeting of the CEG group for mid-November.  Be looking for an email on that in the next month.  If at any time you don't wish to be included in the email updates or the meetings, please let us know.

And thanks again for your interest!

We look forward to seeing you then!
Sincerely,
 
Bill

Bill Hoffman
Hillsborough Education Foundation