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OMA NEWS
September 10, 2010
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In this issue...
2010/2011 Calendar
Membership Renewals Due
Parent Resource Center Under Construction
Fall Workshop: Teaching and Leading
Check the OMA Classifieds
Thank You to Workshop Hosts
Volunteer Opportunities
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OMA 2010-2011 Calendar
Here's
a
quick calendar of OMA and other Montessori events for 2010-2011 School
Year. Over the next few weeks we'll be adding more OMA events for the
year.
October
Friday, October 8 Pub Night
October 8th and 9th OEAYC Conference (OMA presence)
Saturday, October 23rd Fall Workshop: Teaching and Leading
November
Friday, November 12 Pub Night
2011
January
Friday, January 14th Pub Night
Saturday, January 15th Winter Workshop
Open House Week
Saturday, January 22 through Sunday, January 30
February
Friday, February 11 Pub Night
March
Friday, March 11 Pub Night
April
Friday, April 8 Pub Night
Saturday, April 9 Spring Workshop
Thursday, April 28 Steven Hughes Event co-sponsored with MINW
May
Friday, May 13 Pub Night
Saturday, May 14 Spring Tea
OMA Board Meetings:
October 26th
February 1st
For more information contact Jennifer Ryznar.
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School Membership Renewals Due
A big thank you to all of our members who have renewed for the 2010/2011 year.
If you haven't renewed yet, please put your renewal form and check in the mail today.
Download your school membership form here. A summary of OMA benefits is included with this form.
Remember, a new feature of school membership is that all staff members have individual memberships. Please e-mail us your staff and board members names and e-mails and we will get their memberships started.
Including all staff members should enlarge our community network to over 500 Montessorians from our current 150. Supporting our professional community is a powerful reason to be part of OMA.
Thank you for your continued support of OMA.
Please Note: Individual Memberships renewals will be sent out after October 1, in order to give our schools time to return their membership renewals.
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Pub Night: Friday, October 8
Join us for this school year's first Pub Night on Friday, October 8 from 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm at East Burn Tavern at 18th and Burnside.
Pub Nights are an informal way to meet with fellow Montessorians to gather a bit of friendship and inspiration.
Everyone is responsible for their own food and beverages, but fun is shared by all.
If you would like an e-mail reminder of this event the day before, sign up here.
Other Pub Nights are scheduled for the second Friday of the month throughout the year--except for December.
October 8
November 12
January 14
February 11
March 11
April 9
May 13
Mark your calendars and plan to join us.
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Teaching and Leading
A workshop for teachers, assistants and heads of school
Register today for our OMA Fall Workshop on Saturday, October 23 in Portland at Providence Child Center.
OMA welcomes Amy Williams as our fall workshop leader.
The workshop will be geared to help school staff see themselves as leaders and help teachers, assistants and heads of schools see essential elements for their personal professional development. Attendees will learn about the following:
- How to tap into your passion and talent as a leader
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How to set realistic expectations and avoid burn out
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How to navigate your career successfully
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How to understand and make school policy
Read more and register here.
Amy Williams, MA, DTR, RMT, is the Enrichment Director at Providence Montessori School. She has been teaching and training educators and therapists for nearly 15 years. Her work as a movement & expressive arts therapist, counselor, & educator flavors her presentations with a rich and varied perspective. Specialties include movement and the arts, team-building and staff development. She lives in NE Portland with her family and two very grumpy cats.
Amy is also on the Oregon Registry as a level 5 Master trainer.
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Thank You to Our Workshop Hosts
Thank you to Providence Montessori School in Portland and to Ridgeline Public Montessori Charter School in Eugene for hosting our Assistants Workshops last week.
Our Portland workshop had 40 attendees and our Eugene workshop had 18 participants.
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Volunteer Opportunities
As you know, OMA is a volunteer run organization.
Get involved in as big or as small a way as you would like to give back to your Montessori community. From working on developing a workshop to helping with workshop registration to setting up for a meeting, there's probably something you can do.
Needed:
Be a Greeter at Pub Night, Friday, October 8
Help at booth for OEAYC, Friday and Saturday , October 8 and 9
Help at booth for Gift and Talented Workshop, Reed College, October 9
Help with Registration on Saturday, October 23
Write an article for our Forza Vitale e-mails
Contact Jennifer Ryznar at jbryznar@gmail.com.
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Parent Resource Center Under Construction
The new OMA On-line Parent Resource
Center is under construction and we need your help.
Would you please send us two or three of
your favorite articles- the ones you are always giving to the parents at
your school?
Send us either a copy by e-mail, snail mail, or
email us the link to the article.
We'll take it from there.
Email:
officers@oregonmontessori.org
Mail: OMA
P.O.
Box 82932
Portland, OR 97282
Thank you!
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Check Out Our OMA Classifieds
The OMA Classifieds is the place to find the people and materials to run your school.
To view the ads or place an ad go to:
http://www.oregonmontessori.org/classifieds
Free classified ads are a benefit to our OMA members.
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Please forward this news bulletin to all your staff members and board members.
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The Oregon Montessori Association is a group of schools and individuals who support vibrant Montessori education in Oregon and Southwest Washington...and beyond.
Visit www.oregonmontessori.org
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