Re-energize
Source: Honolulu Community College
Is your energy level dropping? Do you feel burdened with too much work and too little time to do it? Do you sense that your students are becoming lethargic? Then you and your students may be experiencing midcourse droop--an insidious yet common syndrome. Why? When enthusiasm wanes, the ability to cope with stress decreases and the joy of teaching is sometimes lost. Thoreau reminds us that "None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm." "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," says Emerson.
At registration time, energy levels were high as you and your students envisioned the mountaintop of growth and possibilities inherent in the learning experience to come. Now at or near midterm the storm clouds of academic and personal problems may have obscured the summits of success.
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Summer Dreaming
With spring just around the corner, summer isn't far behind, so now is the perfect time to plan your summer vacation. In fact, taking the time to do some research now will greatly increase your chances of finding the perfect vacation destination at significant discounts by booking early.
A great tool to help you find out where to go and how to plan your trip are I Teach America Destination Guides. Get recommendations on attractions, restaurants, hotels, up-to-date weather, health tips, and general information for thousands of destinations, both domestic and foreign. The Destination Guides are provided through ITA’s Online Travel Booking Service.
Once you have decided where to go, save money on your hotel and car rental with the same ITA Travel Booking Service. Book your airfare, too, through the same service. Planning a vacation has never been easier!
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ITA Travel Insurance – Just in Case
In our search for an insurance program that ITA could confidently offer our members, we chose a plan that covers dozens of emergency situations that might be encountered by travelers. How would you get your family home if your plane made an unscheduled stop due to weather and then the flight was cancelled? What if your purse or wallet was stolen overseas? How would you get a replacement passport and cash? And, many travelers think their health insurance, homeowners insurance or even credit card will provide adequate travel insurance protection. Not so!
The ITA Travel Insurance Program makes it easy for you to analyze, compare quotes and purchase travel insurance, for any type of journey, from the top U.S. insurance providers. This unique, one-stop resource is quick, easy, and provides you the best available rates, benefits and coverage options, and the confident knowledge that your trip investment and personal well-being are protected in the event of a cancellation or interruption.
In an emergency, you’d go to the ends of the earth for services like these – so why not just already have them in place? To learn more and get a quote, or call 800-487-4722.
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Federal Education Grants
ITA posts information on federal education grants. Below are excerpts from the "notice inviting applications" for one of the grants that is currently available. For a complete list of the grants that are available, please visit the ITA website listed above.
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries [CFDA# 84.364A]
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to improve student reading skills and academic achievement by providing students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media centers; and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists.
Applications Available: January 27, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 28, 2011.
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools and State-administered schools that are considered LEAs under State law, in which at least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are from families with incomes below the poverty line based on the most recent satisfactory data available from the U.S. Census Bureau at the time this notice is published. These data are Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for school districts for income year 2009. A list of LEAs with their family poverty rates (based on these Census Bureau data) is posted on our website at http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$600,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $371,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50.
Additional information is available online.
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ITA Lesson Planning & Resources
Creating a consistently creative, stimulating classroom is a challenge for teachers of all grade levels. With time to plan and to design effective lesson plans always a premium, ITA is striving to save its members time by providing a number of resources for lesson plans, most already tried and true.
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