DEED's reading work is aligned to the mission, vision, and Alaska's Education Challenge through the Alaska Strategic Reading Plan and Alaska Reads Act. In an effort to support educators, DEED has developed a Reading Resource homepage that links to other reading resource pages as a source of information, communication, and connection to initiatives and work related to the Alaska Reading Strategic Plan and Alaska Reads Act. The intent is having a place for all of Alaska's education stakeholders to go for information.
Follow this link to DEED Reading Resources: https://education.alaska.gov/Alaska-Reading-Resources.
Alaska Reads Act
Implementation Webinar
Focus: District Reading Intervention
Through May, DEED is hosting weekly hour-long webinars to take a deeper dive into the Alaska Reads Act. The webinars will focus on each of the four programmatic parts of the Alaska Reads Act, as well teacher certification, data collections, and application to world and Alaska Language programs. Multiple webinars are also scheduled which will be dedicated entirely for Q&A and clarification. These webinars are open to the public but will be tailored to educators leading implementation efforts in each district or school.
To learn more, please visit: https://education.alaska.gov/akreads/webinar-schedules.
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The Department of Education & Early Development is pleased to announce a competitive grant application for Suicide Awareness, Prevention & Postvention funds. The purpose of the Suicide Awareness, Prevention & Postvention (SAPP) grant is to provide an opportunity for schools to support programs, practices, and policies that focus on areas that are related to the State Suicide Prevention Plan Goals and Strategies.
Under this competition, DEED intends to award approximately 10 grants if state funding is made available to the department. Grants up to $25,000 per year will be awarded. These awards will be made to Alaska school districts only. DEED will only fund projects that primarily serve at risk students as demonstrated by Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results and regional suicide demographics.
DEED will give competitive priority to projects that will serve at risk students in: schools designated as alternative schools, correctional facilities and regions that have historically had high suicide rates as reported by the State of Alaska Epidemiology.
Applications are available on the department website at:
http://education.alaska.gov/tls/suicide/
https://education.alaska.gov/forms/05-23-031.docx
Letters of Intent to Apply are encouraged by February 24, 2023. (See application packet for further details.)
The closing date for this competition is 4:00 p.m. AST on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
The department will host one technical assistance opportunity – details are available on the website listed above.
If you have any questions concerning the program or the application process, please feel free to contact Sharon Fishel, (907) 465-6523 or sharon.fishel@alaska.gov.
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) School of Education (SOE) invites applications for the full-time position of Student Placement Outreach Specialist. This position will provide administrative support to the students enrolled in the SOE teacher licensure programs, communicate with Alaska school district partners that schedule and host Early Childhood Education dual enrollment courses, and maintain the Distance Learning Classrooms in a Box library that connects dual enrollment classrooms across the state.
This very important role in the Dean's office cultivates positive relationships with school districts as critical community partners. This position is located in Anchorage but allows for some remote work. Visit the Careers at UA website for more information and to apply. The review of applications will begin on February 14 and continue until the position is filled. All questions about the role should be directed to the UAA SOE Dean's Office: uaa_soedu@alaska.edu or (907) 786-6407.
Youth Alliance for a Healthier Alaska is hosting the 988 Create! art contest with the theme
Safety, Hope, Encouragement & Support to inform your peers about the 988 Suicide &
Crisis Lifeline. Use your creative skills to raise awareness about suicide prevention!
SUBMIT A PHOTO, VIDEO, OR AUDIO RECORDING OF YOUR CREATIONS!
WIN ONE OF FIVE $150 GIFT CARDS!
Performing • Cinema • Fiber Arts • Fashion • Digital Art • Culture Crafts
Paintings • Sculpture • Architecture • Literature • Poetry • Music
Email submissions: yaha.alaska@gmail.com
Provide: your name, age, hometown, and a brief description of how your art meets our theme (maximum 25MB per email).
988 is more than just a number – it is a direct connection to compassionate, accessible support for people experiencing mental health related distress. Call or text 988, or chat Lifeline (988lifeline.org), if you or someone you know needs crisis support.
Federal Programs Coordinators:
The 2021-2022 District and School Report Cards are now live. In an effort to support our districts, DEED has produced report cards through existing data collections that are published on DEED's Report Card to the Public site. Districts must publicly disseminate these report cards to all parents of students in school within your district within 30 days of receipt of this email (4 AAC 06.895). District websites can be revised to include direct links to DEED’s Report Card to the Public site.
Click here to access a sample letter to parents that can be used which includes the notification that the Report Cards are available as well as where the Report Cards can be located. Dissemination of District and School Report cards is a component of ESEA Federal Programs monitoring. Please be sure to save documentation that these Report Cards were publicly disseminated for monitoring purposes.
If you have questions regarding the Report Cards, please contact John Jones at john.jones2@alaska.gov. Thank you.
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