PittAdminJobOpening

…social media platforms  Ability to manage multiple tasks, set priorities, and meet deadlines  Excellent organizational skills; able to create and maintain timely, accurate files and filing systems …

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transition-planning-tookit-2016

…Education Obtaining any required licenses Choosing a Field: Job shadowing Job search support Mentorship opportunities Application Process: Resume/cover letter writing Getting references Interviewing practice Obtain employment documents Work Experience: Apprenticeships/internships…

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SDAS – Charter Schools and ELC

…the same pressures as traditional public schools  Underfunding and the school-to-prison pipeline  High-stakes testing  Powerful impact of high poverty and other vulnerable student populations What do we…

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ELCOpenLetterTransRights

…Stat. Ann. § 7-740 (West) prevents schools from allowing transgender students to use the facilities with which they identify; (2) the presence of a transgender person in a sex-segregated space

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CostingOut_PASpecialEd_2_6_09

…with a comprehensive review of available literature to identify education strategies that are likely to be effective. The strategies with appropriate research support were then presented, via an online simulation,…

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Opinion: Fully and fairly fund our schools

…distribute dollars in a fair and predictable way. The budget gridlock has only made things worse: Scores of school districts across the state have been forced to borrow emergency funds…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/special_education/7465 Dispute Resolution Options: Right To Mediate A Dispute  You can also ask for “mediation” to settle a disagreement with the school about the child’s special education program. Mediation:…

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Turzai Brief

…Joseph Scarnati (collectively, “Legislative Respondents”) filed preliminary objections.3 Legislative Respondents raised three preliminary objections: (1) a preliminary 3 Senator Scarnati has since retained his own counsel and is now separately…

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18-08-03 Wolf Answer to Mootness Application

…of Education (collectively referred to as “Executive Respondents”), the State Board of Education, the President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, and the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives….

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2019 03 14 ELC Testimony to SDP Board Committee re English Learners

…See ACCESS for ELLs® INTERPRETIVE GUIDE FOR SCORE REPORTS, available at https://www.nsbsd.org/cms/lib/AK01001879/Centricity/Domain/781/ACCESS%20Interpretive%20Guide%202012.pdf. https://wida.wisc.edu/teach/standards https://www.philasd.org/multilingual/ https://www.nsbsd.org/cms/lib/AK01001879/Centricity/Domain/781/ACCESS%20Interpretive%20Guide%202012.pdf Educational Needs of English Learners in the School District of Philadelphia 6 Education Law Center…

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ELC_StrategicPlan_2014_17_Update10-2016

…equal access to quality public schools. We pursue this mission through a strategic combination of legal advocacy, policy advocacy, media work, parent and community training and empowerment, public education, partnering…

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Every Student Every Day Response

due process,4 as the toolkit suggests. Additionally, even where courts are not invoked and prevention protocols are developed,5 students and parents should have access to unbiased, objective information and resources….

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Derrick et al. v. Glen Mills Schools et al.

…these actions followed groundbreaking investigative reporting by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Lisa Gartner. Read our April 2019 press release here. Read our complaint here. Read our comprehensive brief here, filed Aug….

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