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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">October 8, 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Teacher Advisory Committee Recruitment</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Office of the Deputy Superintendent at the Oregon Department of Education is creating a state Teacher Advisory Committee (TAC), responsible for advising Deputy
Superintendent of Public Instruction Salam Noor on education initiatives and policies and to provide feedback on how the state can best support Oregon educators and students. Committee members will be selected based on their experience as teacher leaders in
Oregon with an eye to ensuring representation of the state’s diversity. The TAC will meet four times a year, and meeting dates will be determined following the selection of the committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We strongly encourage educators across the state to consider this opportunity, complete the
</span><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/superintendent/priorities/draft-oregon-teacher-advisory-committee-application-fillable.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">fillable PDF application</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">,
and send it back to </span><a href="mailto:Jenni.Knaus@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jenni.Knaus@state.or.us</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> by
<b>Friday, October 23, 2015.</b> If you have questions, please contact </span><a href="mailto:meg.koch@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meg Koch</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
at 503-947-5990. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Extended Assessment Guidance</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ODE has updated guidance on the selection process used by IEP teams in determining whether a student should take the Oregon Extended Assessment. This updated guidance
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">takes into account the current policies regarding the new Smarter Balanced Assessment and the focus on Oregon’s assessments appropriately measuring the student populations they
were designed to measure.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For details, please go to the “Oregon Extended Assessment Guidance” item posted on the Statewide Alternate Assessment webpage at
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For questions or additional information, please contact
<a href="mailto:Brad.Lenhardt@state.or.us">Brad.Lenhardt@state.or.us</a> at 503-947-5755.</span><o:p></o:p></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">503-947-5738 l FAX: 503-378-5156 l
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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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