Teacher Resources

 

The Salem-Keizer School District employs over 5,000 great educators. It is our intent to honor them with the legacies of the great educators who have gone before them.

Check back often for updated resources.  

 

Get Away Today Vacations

Book your vacation at www.getawaytoday.com to get great deals and help support SKEF.

 

 

The Loving Lens

THE LOVING LENS is a non-profit organization developed by Jill Cannefax as a way to bring non-violent skills and communication into the classroom.  Using digital photography as the platform, students not only learn how to take beautiful portraits of each other, but how to create an atmosphere of respect, trust and safety.

LINK

 

 

Moms like Me

Register and meet with other Moms from your area

LINK

 

 

 

 

The Student Gallery

The Student Gallery is a display of student and classroom projects completed within the Salem-Keizer school district which showcase a variety of subject and content areas, including but not limited to:

  • Science    
  • Math
  • Literature    
  • Art
  • Social Studies    
  • Health
  • Service Learning    
  • And more


Exhibits can be fantastical, practical, high-tech, low-tech, humorous or serious, as long as they showcase education.  Exhibits will rotate monthly beginning on the first Wednesday of each month. Exhibits must be to storefront by 20th of prior month to exhibit being showcased. Must also be able to provide a general write up, including participants names, to be displayed alongside exhibit.

Click Here for more details and sign-up form.

 

Scholarship Season Begins for Oregon Students: One application for more than 400 Scholarship Programs

 

The Oregon Student Assistance Commission (OSAC) has announced the opening of its scholarship application season. The state agency administers more than 400 private scholarship programs and public grant programs to help students finance their college education. Searching and applying for these scholarships is free, according to Vicki Merkel, Scholarship and Access Program Director at OSAC. Students can search and apply online for all 400 scholarships using OSAC’s electronic application known as the eApp, available at www.GetCollegeFunds.org.

To help students apply online OSAC produced the 2010-11 Oregon Scholarship eApp Workbook and sent copies to all Oregon high schools, colleges, libraries, and employment offices. The workbook and a detailed scholarship catalog are also available online. The workbook also includes a worksheet that mirrors the eApp and is designed to help students prepare information before entering their data online. It helps minimize errors that can lead to applications being rejected and provides an efficient way to transfer information and a list of scholarships to the online application. Last year 99% of students applied online however students without internet access can request a paper application by contacting OSAC at 800-452-8807.

 

 

The Chalkboard Project   http://www.chalkboardproject.org

  

Launched in 2004, the Chalkboard Project is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working to unite Oregonians to make our K-12 public schools among the nation’s best. We aim to help create a more informed and engaged public that understands and addresses the tough choices and trade-offs required to build strong schools.

Chalkboard is the first initiative of Foundations for a Better Oregon, a collaboration of six of Oregon’s leading foundations

 

 

Reading for All   http://www.reading4all.com/index.asp


The Marion County Children & Families Commission promotes “Reading for All” as a method to support student success, a necessary component for lifelong success. When all students learn to read and see the adults around them reading, they will be more likely to develop the kind of critical thinking that will help them to stay in school, succeed in life, and contribute positively to the community.

 

 

Common Sense Media  


Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the media and entertainment lives of kids and families.  For more information, visit their site at http://www.commonsensemedia.org

 

 

The Hands Project http://www.handsproject.org


To educate each person in every community about their moral and legal right to live free of abuse and violence. The Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project is an effective tool and a key piece in the puzzle of abuse and violence prevention education.

 

 

Who will be the 2009-10 Oregon Teacher of the Year?

 

“The Oregon Teacher of the Year award honors a representative of all the great teachers in Oregon,” Castillo said. “Candidates for Oregon Teacher of the Year should be exceptionally dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled educators. They should inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn. They should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues. Candidates should play an active role in the community as well as in school, and they should be poised and articulate representatives of all Oregon classroom teachers.”

 

A Blue Ribbon Panel consisting of Legislators, former Teachers of the Year, business leaders, and key education organization leaders will select the finalists. The finalists will be interviewed by representatives of the State Superintendent’s office. State Superintendent Susan Castillo will select the Oregon Teacher of the Year. The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2009. The 2009-10 Oregon Teacher of the Year will be announced at the beginning of October.

 

Superintendent Castillo is especially proud that the Oregon Teacher of the Year program is sponsored by Intel Corporation, the state’s largest private employer and a consistent supporter of education programs, particularly in math and science. Intel provides generous support to Oregon's Michael Geisen, the 2008 National Teacher of the Year, by covering his salary and providing him with a laptop computer and Blackberry during the 2008-09 school year, allowing him to fulfill his national and international duties.

 

For more information contact: Regina McLoud, Communications Officer, 503-947-5803, regina.mcloud@state.or.us


 

TEACHER GRANTS


From its inception, the Foundation has raised money and distributed grants to classroom teachers. As our cornerstone, these teacher grants support innovative projects and programs that are the difference between an adequate and an exceptional education experience.


To view the 2009 Grant Awards, click here.

To view a list of the 2008 Grant Awards, click here.

Example Funded Grant, click here.

Grant Evaluation Forms

Click the links below to download the Financial and Grant Evaluation Forms

 

 

 

National Art Education Association

 

http://www.arteducators.org/learning/

 

Great Resources! 
 
First Lego Robotics www.usfirst.org
ExploraVision Awards www.exploravision.org
Oregon Academic Decathlon www.orad.us
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams http://web.mit.edu/inventeams
Earth Watch Institute www.earthwatch.org
High Five Challenge www.high-five.com
National Ocean Sciences Bowl www.oceanleadership.org/link/nosb
BPA Science Bowl www.bpa.gov/corporate/education/science_bowl
Murdock Trust Charitable Grants www.murdock-trust.org
Toyota TAPESTRY Grants www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/
Science in Africa www.armadaproject.org
Science in Antarctica http://tea.armadaproject.org


 

Working with Senior Citizens and Veterans through Service-Learning

This resource provides background information on service-learning basics, as well as resources and service-learning project ideas for youth working with senior citizens and/or veterans.

http://www.servicelearning.org/library/resource/7915

   

 


SK(m+s+t)i
Salem-Keizer Math, Science, and Technology Initiative


While the SKEF Literacy Initiative has made profound impact on academic achievement, our local school district is faced with the realization that all content areas, particularly those identified in the Federal No Child Left Behind legislation, must be enhanced and supported by every means possible to reach the goals and priorities of our students.

Business and education leaders across the nation identify math, science, and technology skills as crucial for preparing students to compete in the twenty first century.  Currently students in the Untied States score average to below average on international tests of math and science, and in Salem-Keizer, while our elementary students are meeting or exceeding performance standards, our middle and high school students still struggle with meeting them.  The 2007-08 district summary reflects that 68% of our middle school students do not meet, and 48% of our high school students  do not meet Mathematical content performance standards.

National research (National Science Foundation, National Research Council, and the Department of Education) has determined what is needed to provide students with a world-class education in math, science and technology.  Working from this research base, it is concluded that ever student must receive challenging, standards-based instruction utilizing appropriate resources from knowledgeable, well-trained, and well-supported teachers.


The Initiative
The Salem-Keizer Math, Science and Technology Initiative (SKMSTI) exists to to help all students in Grades K-12 develop the math, science, and technology skills necessary for success in postsecondary studies and in the workforce.  SMSTI is designed to significantly raise student achievement by providing local students with a solid background in these core subjects.

The initiative will achieve its goals by supplying two greatly needed services.  SKMSTI will:

  • Provide classroom teachers with the materials, equipment, technology, and supplies needed to deliver high-quality activity-based instruction.  Examples of resources include manipulatives, labware, chemicals, graphing calculators.  Resources will be delivered to classroom teachers and/or school departments based on successful application in the prescribed SKEF process.
  • Support classroom teacher requests for extensive training linked directly to the resources.  Training must be designed to strengthen the content knowledge of teachers, train them to use proven instructional methods and strategies, and/or help them better engage students and provide relevancy to the coursework.


This initiative will benefit the 41,000 students of Salem-Keizer School District, its 5,000 staff, and the local businesses and employers who seek qualified, motivated employees from its local education system.

The SKEF Initiative Subcommittee will, in partnership with administrators, teachers, and parents of the Salem Keizer School District develop an evaluation plan that will include both measurable outcomes and opinion based and anecdotal information.  Initial outcome goals will include the number and amount of grants awarded to K-12 teachers for math, science and technology projects, and the recorded improvement of test scores in the designated grade levels.

 

To view Subject Initiative grants breakdown, click here.

 

Resources:
 
Office of Science and Technology Policy
http://www.ostp.gov/
 
 
History of Support:
 
 
May, 2006       
                      Support to Secondary Math Curriculum
                             adoption $10,000
                      Awarded by Trust Management Services, LLC
                      $500 to each middle and high school to
                             purchase supplies and materials to
                             support math instruction.                     
                      $750 to Academy for Teaching and Learning to
                             provide professional development and
                             cohort group support to secondary
                             math teachers.
 



edHELPER


edHelper is an online subscription service that provides printable worksheets to teachers and homeschooling parents.  edHelper offers a wide range of materials, including math, language arts, reading and writing, social studies, science, and much more!  
SKEF will provide access to any Salem-Keizer educator who wants to access edHelper for free. Email stacy@skeducationfoundation.org to request access.

GoClick Go to go to  edHelper website.

 

Call for Exhibits

Celebrating the true culture of Teaching and Learning

The Student Gallery is a display of student and classroom projects completed within the Salem-Keizer school district which showcase a variety of subject and content areas, including but not limited to:

*Science *Math
*Literature *Art
*Social Studies *Health
*Service Learning *And more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits can be fantastical, practical, high-tech, low-tech, humorous or serious, as long as they showcase education.  Exhibits will rotate monthly beginning on the first Wednesday of each month. Exhibits must be to storefront by 20th of prior month to exhibit being showcased. Must also be able to provide a general write up, including participants names, to be displayed alongside exhibit.

Students, teachers and schools can respond to this call by:

  • Proposing a project
  • Proposing an exhibition of an existing body of work
  • Proposing a collaboration
  • Combining exhibit and studio space
  • Proposing site-specific work


Selection Process:
All proposals will be reviewed first by a core committee. The following factors will be considered in selecting exhibit participants:

  1. Ability to engage community and/or stimulate dialogue
  2. Innovation and creative exploration of ideas
  3. Student work in a content area or areas
  4. Ability to deliver and pick up projects

 

 

Click here for more details

"Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation."

 

— Ernie Fletcher

Try to Learn Something New Every Day.