Teachers and Administrators who received Wisconsin Certification, from Birth-High School, after 2004, are required to complete a Professional Development Plan, or PDP. They may be Initial Educators, those having their first license, or Professional Educators, those holding their second and successive licenses. Teachers who received a teaching license before 2004 MAY also complete a PDP instead of taking 6 credits.

The SWD has a person available who has extensive knowledge of this process and is willing to present seminars about the PDP process. This person is also able to coach individual teachers while they prepare their PDPs, as well as sign their goals and completed PDPs as a teacher or IHE.

We are trying to determine whether there is a need or interest in this service. The initial idea, if there is enough interest, is to hold a workshop to help and support those needing to complete a PDP. If you have a teacher who is in need to assistance through the PDP process, please contact Mark.

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This year again, SWD will be supporting the New Teacher Mentor Program. Data has shown that mentoring programs are valuable and beneficial to new teachers in their first year of teaching.  

This "intentional" mentoring program is designed to assist and resource new teachers who may be considered "at risk" within the first weeks of school. With a hands-on approach and personal intentionality, our hope would be to take good teachers that have been well prepared and give them the personal and professional confidences to be productive and efficient, as well as help build them a system of support as related to the school's mission.  Our teachers are our most valuable resource - we can't expect everything they needed to know has been accomplished in a four year program.

If having a new teacher in your building for the upcoming school year, and looking for ways to support them, please contact Mark (email link to my name).  The following link also describes the different options.  Pending approval, District support for Level A is $1,000 and Level B is $600.

TEC21 opens registration this year with 16 workshop centers in Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. We encourage your early registration of one or two teachers. Open workshop seats will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

On behalf of Lutheran educators, TEC21 continues to explore and offer best practices in learning. TEC21 teachers are connecting to the best technology ideas and applications. TEC21 teachers are connecting with educators across the country who are captivating their students with new technology tools. 

Trends in learning require we keep pace in the classroom. In today's tech-saturated world, your decision to participate in the TEC21 workshop in 2015 is a first critical domino. Join the community.

Here is a link on the Concordia Plan Services Public web site to an article titled "CHP Not Administered by Anthem Health - Update 2/24."

http://www.concordiaplans.org/blog/chp-not-administered-by-anthem-health-update-2/

Below is the content of that news article:
 

We are in regular communication with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBS-MN), our health coverage administrator, about the Anthem data breach. While BCBS-MN and Anthem are separate companies, they have shared some member information with each other in the past.
 

Anthem has notified BCBS-MN that some CHP member data has been breached; this breach involves two levels of information:

1. Approximately 200 former and current employee and dependent social security numbers were included in the breached data. These members will receive a letter from Concordia Plan Services shortly to confirm that they are in this group. These are the only CHP members whose social security numbers were breached.
2. Data for additional former and current members, including name, address and birth date, was also obtained during the breach.

All affected former and current members will receive communications from BCBS-MN and Anthem beginning in March. The letters will detail the data obtained for each member and the identity protection plan that Anthem has put in place for all those impacted.

Both Concordia Plan Services and BCBS-MN are committed to protecting your information. We will continue to monitor this situation very closely and will provide updates when any new information becomes available.

If you have questions about this topic, please contact our Customer Care Representatives toll-free at 888-927-7526.

You are invited to register for

Effective School Tours

Presented by Dana Murray (Dana was in our District three years ago presenting on Admissions Directors)

Please register for Effective School Tours on Mar 9, 2015 6:30 PM CDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3073730200154345729 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. LEA members have access to LEA webinars by virtue of their membership. Nonmembers may participate for a $40 fee.

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

$17 tickets - Loge Outfield Box

Special food pricing at Miller Park:

$4 - nachos & domestic beer, $1 - small sodas & hot dogs 

Orders due at the District office by Wed., March 25. 

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