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NH School Districts Receive Grants to Transform Their Schools Into 21st Century Classrooms (January 14, 2010)

2009 NH Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results Released (December 28, 2009)

Patrick Kaplo , a science teacher at Campbell High School, receives a $25,000 Milken National Educator Award (October 22, 2009)

New Hampshire Students Among Top Performers in the Nation
According to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) (October 14, 2009)

2010 NH Teacher of the Year Announced (September 23, 2009)

New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) Science Test Results Released (September 22, 2009)

Guidance to Help the Public Address H1N1 (September 3, 2009)

2009 NH Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores and Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Results Announced (August 25, 2009)

ACT releases its annual College Readiness Report for the 2009 high school graduating class. (August 19, 2009)

"Response to Intervention" Focus of NH Educators Conference (June 29, 2009)

National School Nurse Day (May 6, 2009)

Release of the 2009 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and Follow The Child Growth Reports (April 6, 2009)

Commissioner of Education, Lyonel B. Tracy, has announced the 2009 Granite State Scholars. (April 2, 2009)

Dropout Rates For the 2007-2008 School Year Have Been Released. (March 25, 2009)

2008 NECAP Results and Information for grades 3-8 and 11, and NH Alt (January 21, 2009)
School Calendars (December 17, 2008)

EVENTS

The NH Department of Education provides this information as a service to educators and others seeking useful information relating to education. The NH Department of Education takes no responsibility for the content, quality, or cost of materials available through any outside site.

The NH State Board of Education meets on the second Wednesday of the month beginning at 9 a.m. Unless posted otherwise, meetings take place at the NH Department of Education building (Londergan Hall), 101 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH.

The Commissioner of Education holds monthly meetings with the Superintendents across the State. Click here for a meeting schedule and agendas.

OPEN NH Online Professional Development Sessions for 2009

Registration forms, course offering list and instructions are available on the OPEN NH web site http://nheon.org/opennh/courses/index.html.

University of New Hampshire Teacher Workshops - UNH Professional Development & Training offers over 250 one-day seminars and short Certificate Programs each semester that are designed to provide you with new or advanced career and professional skills.

Institute on Disability (IOD) at UNH

The IOD offers many events and workshops related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. For further information please visit their Web site at www.iod.unh.edu/events.html.

The New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS) offers a variety of professional development opportunities for middle level professionals. NELMS events align to the standards for high quality professional development advocated by the National Staff Development Council. Individual state standards for the six states are also considered in structuring our professional offerings. NELMS can also come to your school. For more information visit their Web site at www.nelms.org.

The Greater Manchester Professional Development Center (GMPD) provides high quality training opportunities that will empower teachers and show a positive correlation to student achievement. The programs they have developed for The Greater Manchester Professional Development Center will provide opportunities to improve instruction through a high quality professional development program with a focus on improving student performance. For a complete listing of workshops log on to www.gmpdc.org or contact Chris Martin, GMPDC Director, at cmartin@mansd.org.

The Seacoast Professional Development Center is one of six regional training centers established by the State of New Hampshire’s Department of Education to deliver technology based professional development to teachers and staff throughout New Hampshire. For a complete listing of workshops log on to

www.k12opensource.org/spdc/ or contact Rick Chretien, SPDC Coordinator @ rchretien@sau16.org or 603-775-8693.

On-going Monthly Meeting – (Excluding July & August)

First Wednesday of Every Month

STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

State of New Hampshire Department of Education

Londergan Hall – Room 15

For more information contact:

Terry Stafford @ (603) 271-3720

tstafford@ed.state.nh.us

Schedule Of Common Core Standards Feedback Sessions

February 11, 2010
9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

Greater Manchester PD Center (GMPDC)

February 16th, 2010
9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

Seacoast PD Center in Exeter (SPDC)

February 17th, 2010
9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

North Country Educational Services in Gorham (NCES)

February 19th, 2010

9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

NH DOE Room 15

February 24th, 2010
9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

NH DOE Room15

February 25th,2010
9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

Sugar River PD Center in Claremont (SRPDC)

March 2nd, 2010
9am-11:00am Language Arts, 12:30pm-2:30pm Mathematics

Southwesters NH Educational Support Center in Keene (SWnhESC)

Contact: Deb Wiswell, 271-3828

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