Welcome to the first edition of CSD's new e-newsletter,
Programs & Services. We hope that you will take the time to read the stories featured here, and link back to our web site for more details.
Programs & Services will feature highlights from across our organization, including the Learning Division, Business Services, legislative advocacy and much more. We hope it provides you good insight into what CSD is doing for education in our region.
We are starting this new e-newsletter in an effort to reduce the number of individual emails coming out of CSD and into your inbox. On occasion you may still get time-sensitive messages, but we are working collaboratively to focus on this communication. Much of the focus of our newly adopted strategic plan is on serving districts better and providing you what you need, and we hope that Programs & Services will be part of that.
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 The Network was created to help states build a system of career pathways that enable all young people to successfully transition from high school through a post-secondary credential of high skills and family-supporting careers. Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis is serving as the regional intermediary and fiscal agent for the project, and hosts an event Friday, February 8th with Harvard Graduate School of Education's Dr. Bob Schwartz and Ursula Renold, the past Director of the Swiss Federal Office for Professional Education. Learn more >>> |
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Conferences from Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis
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Best Practices Conference
Cooperating School Districts' Best  Practices Conference (for just $75) is a full day of learning & sharing the best educational practices on February 11. CSD partnered with the Innovative Technology Education Fund for the conference this year. Learn more >>>
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CSD Winter Conference
The Winter Conference is for School Board Members and Superintendents, and this year will be an evening event at METC on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. Participants will be able to engage in conversation with Dr. C.J. Huff about the challenges & opportunities facing the Joplin Schools today. Learn more >>>
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Midwest Education Technology Conference
 For 30 years, METC has provided a venue for K-12 educators. This year, St. Louis area students are taking a more active role in the conference than ever before, bridging what they learn in class to the real world. Learn more >>>
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Next Generation Assessments: Creating the Classrooms Needed for Success
 This two-day workshop on February 27 and February 28, 2013 will help K-12 teachers & administrators create a more effective learning environment by building upon basic skills and tools to begin to increase rigor, relevance and relationships in the classroom. Participants will be guided through the development of a high rigor/high relevance assessment and aligning instruction to the NGA by speaker Venola Mason. Learn more >>>
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Employees Benefit from CSD Trust
The CSD Retirement Trust is continuing to grow, with the addition of Dallas County School District in central Missouri and Harrisonville of the Kansas City area.
Participation in the Trust is already having a significant positive impact on these districts' employees. Harrisonville doubled and Dallas County quadrupled their number of employees participating in retirement plans. The one-on-one advisor sessions with Trust partner VALIC representatives are helping employees improve their retirement readiness.
If you'd like to find out what kind of impact Trust membership could have on your district and employees, contact Chief Financial Officer Scott Tate at (314) 692-1270 or state@csd.org.
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CSD Members Get Discount at Model Schools Conference
Cooperating School Districts is proud to offer our member districts a group-discounted rate for the Model Schools Conference this summer. The Model Schools Conference is a program of the International Center for Leadership in Education and features several national and international speakers.
More importantly, elementary, middle and high school teachers, administrators and students from around the country share the practices that helped them close the achievement gap, improve student achievement and much more. Schools like Brockton High School in Boston and our own Maplewood Richmond Heights, as well as numerous others across the country, will be sharing their best practices and the data that supports their work.
Learn more >>>
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Weekly Legislative Updates
Every Friday during the Missouri legislative session, CSD publishes a comprehensive update on the week's activities in the state capitol on our web site. Click here to visit our page, and come back weekly to read updates on legislation that could impact education in our state.
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Online Portfolio & Assessment Systems
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