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Dear teachers:
If you are a K-12 teacher in the United States, you are
invited to participate in a study titled “Teacher Perception
of Technology Integration in the Workplace: A National
Study.” If you teach in a teacher education program, please
feel free to forward this invitation to any graduates...See More/blockquote>
Dear teachers:
If you are a K-12 teacher in the United States, you are
invited to participate in a study titled “Teacher Perception
of Technology Integration in the Workplace: A National
Study.” If you teach in a teacher education program, please
feel free to forward this invitation to any graduates that
you think might be interested in participating in this
study. If you already filled out the survey, thanks for your
assistance and please dismiss this message.
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study is to
investigate teachers’ perceptions of technology integration
in the workplace as it relates to their self-confidence in
computer use, their preparation in formal and informal
technology courses in teacher education programs from which
they have graduated, and administrative and technical
support in their workplace.
Benefits: The findings could be used by teacher educators to
revise technology courses and by K-12 school administrators
to reconsider necessary support of technology integration
for teachers’ practices. The benefits to you in
participating in the study are receiving a copy of a summary
of the study results.
Procedures to be Followed: You as a teacher are invited to
participate in the study by completing a web-based survey.
You will also be asked about your willingness to participate
in a possible telephone interview. You do not have to agree
to being interviewed in order to complete the survey.
If interviewed, you will be asked more detailed questions
about your opinion on the type of experiences you had
regarding technology integration during your teacher
preparation program, whether you feel that you were
adequately prepared, how you have used technology in your
classroom, and your perception of the administrative and
technical support that you have at your school.
Duration: The survey will take approximately 20 minutes of
your time. The interview, if conducted, will take
approximately 30 minutes.
Risks: There are no risks in participating in this study
beyond those experienced in everyday life.
Compensation: There is no compensation for participating in
this study.
Voluntary Participation/Alternative: Your participation in
this project is voluntary. You have the right to withdraw at
any time. You do not have to answer any questions you do not
want to answer. The alternative is not to participate.
Statement of Confidentiality: Your responses will be
confidential to ensure that they cannot be linked to you
personally. Any personal information you provide that is
linked to your name will be held in strict confidence when
the data are presented in a written report.
Right to Ask Questions: If you have any questions, now or
later, you may contact us at the numbers below. If you have
any questions about your rights as a human subject, please
contact the University of South Dakota Institutional Review
Board at 605-677-6184.
Please assist us in our research and complete the survey by
going to
[link removed].
Thank you for considering participation in our survey.
Tzu-Yi Hsu
Co-Project Director
Technology for Education & Training
University of South Dakota
Phone: 605-677-8889
Email: [email removed]
Susan Santo
Co-Project Director
Technology for Education & Training
University of South Dakota
Phone: 605-677-5489
Email: [email removed]
/blockquote>
Teachers interested in Spring Break and Summer Programs
abroad should look to [link removed]
/blockquote>
Affected employees must be warned about unfair offsets
New law requires notice for employees not covered by Social
Security
NEA has long argued the need for the Social Security
Administration and employers to advise employees in jobs
not covered by Social Security of the impact of offsets on ...See More/blockquote>
Affected employees must be warned about unfair offsets
New law requires notice for employees not covered by Social
Security
NEA has long argued the need for the Social Security
Administration and employers to advise employees in jobs
not covered by Social Security of the impact of offsets on
their Social Security benefit entitlement. Now public
employers in non-Social Security states and districts must
alert new employees affected by Social Security offsets.
Section 419(c) of Public Law 108-203, the Social Security
Protection Act of 2004 requires State and local government
employers to disclose the effect of the Windfall
Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset
Provision to employees hired on or after January 1, 2005 in
jobs not covered by Social Security.
These employees also must sign a statement that they are
aware of a possible reduction in their future Social
Security benefit entitlement.
Employers do not have to create the notice. The Social
Security Administration has produced form SSA-1945,
Statement Concerning Your Employment in a Job Not Covered
by Social Security for new employees to sign. This form,
along with instructions for its use, can be found at
[link removed].
Learn more about how the Windfall Elimination Provision and
Government Pension Offset Provision unfairly penalize
public employees and read about the history of these
offsets.
[link removed]
by Let's get to Work!!
Jan 15, 2005
/blockquote>
Thanks to TCTA for this "update". How about a 100%
turnout immediately to get a 100% Texas co-sponsoring on
these bills.
The 109th U.S. Congress convened in Washington, D.C. last
week. A bill (HB 147 by Rep. Buck McKeon) was filed to
repeal the two offsets on Social Security benefits that
affec...See More/blockquote>
Thanks to TCTA for this "update". How about a 100%
turnout immediately to get a 100% Texas co-sponsoring on
these bills.
The 109th U.S. Congress convened in Washington, D.C. last
week. A bill (HB 147 by Rep. Buck McKeon) was filed to
repeal the two offsets on Social Security benefits that
affect most Texas school employees -- the Government
Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.
Repeal of these offsets would entitle government employees
who do not pay into Social Security (as is the case with
most Texas school employees) to unreduced spousal benefits
and to the full amount of any Social Security benefit that
the employee earned through his/her own previous
participation in Social Security. The bill already has 122
co-sponsors, including 10 from Texas: Reps. Henry Bonilla,
Michael Burgess, Lloyd Doggett, Chet Edwards, Gene Green,
Ralph Hall, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Randy Neugebauer,
Solomon Ortiz and Ron Paul. TCTA will continue to advocate
for this legislation and encourage the Ways and Means
subcommittee on Social Security to schedule a committee
hearing for this and any similar bills. Similar legislation
was filed in the 108th Congress but never moved out of the
committee.
Apparently, we have a new man to perhaps give more
attention to the problem than Shaw did. Start talking to
him.
/blockquote>
Am interested in attending a Job Fair for Rogers,
Bentonville, Fayetteville school districts. Is there a Job
Fair coming up this spring? Thank you for the info.
by Cindy Koeppel
Jan 24, 2005
/blockquote>
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Congress in the Classroom® 2005
DEADLINE: March 15, 2005
Congress in the Classroom® is a national, award-winning
education program now in its 13th year. Sponsored by The
Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to
the exchange of ideas and information o...See More/blockquote>
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Congress in the Classroom® 2005
DEADLINE: March 15, 2005
Congress in the Classroom® is a national, award-winning
education program now in its 13th year. Sponsored by The
Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to
the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about
Congress.
Congress in the Classroom® is designed for high school
teachers who teach U.S. history, government, civics,
political science, or social studies. Forty teachers from
throughout the country will be selected in 2005 to take
part in the program.
You will gain experience with The Center's educational Web
site, CongressLink - [link removed].
Throughout the program you will work with national experts
as well as colleagues from across the nation. This
combination of firsthand knowledge and peer-to-peer
interaction will give you new ideas, materials, and a
professionally enriching experience.
In sum, the workshop consists of two types of sessions:
those that focus on recent research and scholarship about
Congress (and don't always have an immediate application in
the classroom) and those geared to specific ways to teach
students about Congress.
The 2005 program theme will be "Our New Congress -- the
109th." Confirmed session titles are:
* A View from Capitol Hill
* The Importance of Teaching Democracy Appreciation
* George W. Bush's Second Term: What's in Store for
Congress?
* Congress Has a Humorous Side
* How Congress Members Decide (Hint: It Looks Like a Game of
Billiards)
* Teaching Congress Through Visuals
* The Struggle to Reform Congress and Its Consequences
* The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Using Document Analysis to
Tell the Story
* How to Get Your Point Across to Congress Members
* The Dirksen Center Web Suite as a Resource for Teachers
* Congressional Insight: A Computer Simulation of a Member's
First Term in the House of Representatives, and more.
The workshop will take place from Monday, July 25 through
July 28, 2005, at the Radisson Hotel in Peoria, Illinois.
Teachers who are selected for the program will be
responsible for (1) a non-refundable $135 registration fee
(required to confirm acceptance after notice of
selection) and (2) transportation to and from Peoria,
Illinois. Many school districts will pay all or a portion
of these costs.
The Center pays for three nights lodging at the
headquarters hotel (providing a single room for each
participant), workshop materials, local transportation, all
but three meals, and presenter honoraria and expenses. The
Center spends between $25,000 and $30,000 to host the
program each year
Those teachers who are not selected for the program will
have an opportunity to register for the Web-based Congress
in the Classroom course.
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2005. Enrollment
is competitive and limited to forty. Selection will be
determined by The Center. Individuals will be notified of
their acceptance status by April 1, 2005.
Take a look at The Dirksen Center Web site -
[link removed].
If you are interested in registering for the Congress in the
Classroom® 2005 workshop, you can complete an online
registration form found at:
[link removed].
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On 1/18/05, Bobo wrote:
> Am interested in attending a Job Fair for Rogers,
> Bentonville, Fayetteville school districts. Is there a Job
> Fair coming up this spring? Thank you for the info.
You'll want to check on the ARkansas board. AK = Alaska
OR, did you just click on the wrong one? I'll g...See More