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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Assistant Superintendent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">June 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">The Oregon Educator Equity Advisory Group is hosting this gathering next week before COSA. It might be of interest to you and your team members. Let me know if you have questions!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">~ Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Teacher Pathway Partnerships: Addressing Educator Workforce Needs Together</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Do you realize that over 20 districts in Oregon now have a strong partnership with a specific College of Education. These partnerships are addressing specific district employment needs and helping identify prospective
new teachers that are more likely to remain in the respective district.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you are frustrated filling teaching positions in your district, you will want to register now for a first-time event sponsored by COSA, OSPA, CEdO, ODE, OACTE, and the Oregon Educator Equity Advisory Group. Click
on this <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teacher-pathway-partnerships-addressing-educator-workforce-needs-together-tickets-35027542322" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">Registration </span></a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teacher-pathway-partnerships-addressing-educator-workforce-needs-together-tickets-35027542322" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">Link</span></a> </b>for
easy and free registration. Priority registration closes 6/16/17 at 5:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This pre-COSA Summer Institute on </span><b><span style="color:red">Teacher Pathway Partnerships</span></b><span style="color:black"> takes place on </span><b><span style="color:red">Wednesday, June 21<sup>st</sup></span></b><b><sup><span style="color:black"> </span></sup></b><span style="color:black">
at the </span><b><span style="color:red">Best Western in Seaside</span></b><span style="color:black">. It starts with a free working lunch and finishes by 4PM and brings district school and district administrators together with deans and directors from Oregon’s
16 education preparation programs to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Learn about current district/higher education partnerships addressing educator workforce needs in rural communities and districts with diverse K-12 students;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Take away lessons on how to initiate and sustain partnerships that result in new career pathways;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Explore innovative ways to leverage resources to address educator workforce needs in rural and/or diverse K-12 districts;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Share districts’ short and longer term pressing educator workforce needs with College of Education leaders; and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Build new networks and relationships that may lead to new teacher pathway partnerships.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attached is an agenda. Join us now and address educator workforce need together!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B75BC">Oregon achieves . . . together!</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B75BC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">R</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">uby Sandberg, Executive Assistant</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> Office of Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> 503-947-5738
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode"><span style="color:blue">www.oregon.gov/ode</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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