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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Assistant Superintendent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">May 6, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Greetings Oregon Educators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Department of Education is now accepting initial interest surveys from education professionals who would like to be considered as candidates to serve on School Support
 Teams. The link to the initial interest survey is at: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SSTInterest14-16">
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SSTInterest14-16</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">School Support Teams are small groups of education professionals that meet periodically with Priority and Focus School staff to provide guidance and support on their Comprehensive
 Achievement Plans and efforts to improve student achievement. This critical effort is a part of the Oregon ESEA Flexibility Waiver Continuous Improvement Network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The anticipated timelines for the selection and assignment of school support team members is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Initial screening selections May 2014 via initial interest survey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interviews held in June 201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Successful candidates placed on Approved Candidate’s List June/July 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Selection and placement of approved school support team candidates on support teams August 2014 (not all approved candidates will be placed on school support teams)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mandatory trainings for placed support team members will be provided the week of September 15th, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Support teams will begin meeting with Priority and Focus Schools in the fall of the 2014-15 school year.  Selected School Support Team members will be compensated for their
 time and reimbursed for any related travel expenditures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Attached you will find an informational flyer detailing more information about the work of School Support Teams. We welcome the posting of this flyer at your place of employment
 and encourage you to share this e-mail and interest survey link with other education professionals that you think may be interested in this exciting effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information, please contact Erica Anderson at
<a href="mailto:erica.anderson@state.or.us">erica.anderson@state.or.us</a> or at 503-947-5880<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Oregon Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<a href="mailto:ruby.sandberg@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">ruby.sandberg@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The Oregon Department of Education is an equal opportunity agency and employer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Messages to and from this email address may be made available to the public under Oregon law.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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