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Paw n’ Pole Volunteers Needed

12/23/2015

BCEA has partnered once again with the WR Animal Shelter for another amazing volunteer opportunity.

We need volunteers to work the Paw n’ Pole event on January 31, 2016.

Below you can see the volunteer openings that are available.

Set up 8:30-10:30 AM - 4 openings
Registration- 10 AM -12 PM - 3 openings
Start Line 11-1 PM 3 openings
Mid-Course 11- 1 PM - 2 openings
Finish 11 AM - 1 PM- 3 openings
Agility Course 11- 1 PM- 2 openings
Tear Down/Poop Scoop/Clean up- 1- 2 PM - 4 openings

We are hoping to fill in as many slots as possible by the first week of January; please email sslonim@blaineschools.org if you are interested—or if you have any questions!

Check out how fun it is! Enjoy a video from the 2015 event!

Paw n' Pole 2015 on Vimeo

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Our Focus . . .

12/6/2015

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Our focus as the association representing the professional educators of Blaine County will always be about what is best for students. Recently, we find ourselves sucked into a battle of political wills. All of this is a MAJOR DISTRACTION from the real work we do everyday in classrooms on behalf of students. Our focus needs to remain clear:

We need to continue to push for a voice on the Board and therefore the Board will be considering policy language that will add a Teacher Liaison position to the Blaine County Board of Trustees. This position, similar to the student liaison representative will attend Regular Board meetings, sit at the Board table and engage in discussions about how Board decisions directly impact the classroom.
We need to continue to advocate for reasonable class sizes and homework policies.
We need to create a calendar that meets the needs of students AND our community.
We need to continue the dialog and find workable solutions to standards based grading.
We need to continue to explore the viability of the IB program.
We need to advocate for a set work day and reasonable preparation periods.

Ultimately, our working conditions are our students learning conditions!

Please attend the regular December 8th Board Meeting and consider making public comment the Board and the Admin are listening.

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Paw n’ Pole Volunteers Needed

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