Weekly Update | March 16

2020 Legislative Session Recap On Sine Die (Thursday, March 12) J. Lee Schultz, SBE Director of Advocacy and Engagement, gave an overview of how Legislative session had gone so far to Board Members via ZOOM. You can find her PowerPoint presentation and the video recap of the presentation online.  Read more about the presentation on the SBE blog .

Graduation Pathways Survey (Deadline Extended) The online graduation pathway options survey will remain open until March 27 . Please share it with your networks! Tweet (feel free to retweet) Facebook (share away!) Link to survey

Partner Highlights Superintendent of Public Instruction COVID-19 resources, guidance (OSPI) Governor's COVID-19 web page (Governor's Office) COVID-19 Resources (Association of Washington School Principals) COVID-19 resources for private schools (Washington Federation of Independent Schools) Broad View Curated Digital Collection of Videos and Learning Resources for Teachers Everywhere (TED Ed Blog) Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus (Child Mind) How Technological Innovation In Education Is Taking On COVID-19 (Forbes) Around Washington Food, mental health support and more: Resources to support the community during the coronavirus outbreak (Seattle Times) Spokane schools begin to implement Inslee’s 6-week closure order, overcome challenges (Spokesman) Black Hills’ Teacher Lisa Summers Is Passionate About Teaching (Thurston Talk) Coronavirus sparks an epidemic of people helping people in Seattle (Seattle Times)

Teacher Voices: Hillary Hull Learn how CTE teacher Hillary Hull encourages students to utilize the High School and Beyond Plan in their planning discussions in the short video from Ready Washington below:

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