New Member Benefit!
ASCD members can shop online or in-person and get up to 80 percent off school and office supplies at Office Depot and OfficeMax. This benefit is available all year long for the supplies you need in your classrooms, offices, and schools.
More than 90,000 products are discounted with this exclusive offer, so we hope you will take advantage of this new benefit to ASCD membership.
For more details, visit www.officediscounts.org/ascd.html
Interested in Serving on ASCD's Board of Directors?
Do you want to have an impact on ASCD's future? The Nominations Committee is seeking qualified candidates to apply to run for a position on the ASCD Board of Directors in 2017. The application process opens Sept. 1, 2016, and completed applications are due by Nov. 15, 2016. Visit www.ascd.org/nominations for information on qualifications for office and the time commitment involved (Board members serve four-year terms). Contact ASCD's governance unit at governance@ascd.org with any questions.
Awards Roundup!
AAP 2016 REVERE Awards
Educational Leadership received REVERE Awards for both the Best Overall Publication and the magazine with the Best Overall Editorial content in the Association of American Publishers' professional magazine division. In addition, EL was named a REVERE finalist for Best Theme Issue (September 2015, "Questioning for Learning") and Best Cover (March 2015, "Culturally Diverse Classrooms"). One of the judges commented,
This magazine is a winner. Its sharp editorial focus in each issue provides a consistent stream of thinking from cover to cover. With this total-topic approach, the editorial team can tackle all sides of the issue. After reading an issue, readers feel well-informed rather than just more informed.
In the category of Professional Resources, ASCD won REVERE Awards of Excellence for two books, Questioning for Classroom Discussion: Purposeful Speaking, Engaged Listening, Deep Thinking by Jackie Acree Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes; and Leading for Differentiation: Growing Teachers Who Grow Kids by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Michael Murphy.
APEX 2016 Awards
Communications Concepts, Inc., recognized the ASCD Professional Development Sourcebook with an APEX Grand Award for Excellence in Print Media. In addition, EL received two 2016 APEX awards, one for General Excellence (March 2015) and one for cover (September 2015); Education Update won two APEX awards for Writing and Redesign; and ASCD's myTeachSource (a monthly classroom-focused digital subscription platform) won an award in the category of Electronic Media—Education & Training.
AM&P 2016 EXCEL Awards
Education Update swept the 2016 Association Media and Publishing Print Newsletter category with 3 Gold Excel awards for General Excellence, Editorial Excellence, and Redesign. ASCD Express earned a Bronze in the Digital Newsletter category, and ASCD's myTeachSource earned a Silver for Website Excellence.
Upcoming ASCD Conferences
Find details about these upcoming conferences at www.ascd.org/conferences.
2016 Conference on Educational Leadership
Nov. 4–6, 2016
National Harbor, MD
Whether your leadership imperatives are in a classroom, a school, or systemwide, this ASCD event will address your needs with immediate and practical solutions.
ASCD Empower17: The Conference for Every Educator
March 25–27, 2017
Anaheim, CA
ASCD is reinventing the annual conference. Get inspired with a new professional learning experience that will empower you to transform your schools.
Whole Child Program Report
As ASCD continues to support the whole child through our products and services, we also continue to showcase examples of schools and individuals who have demonstrated their commitment to the whole child. One way we do this is through our annual Vision in Action: The ASCD Whole Child Award. One school each year receives this award for its outstanding sustainable and systematic commitment to making sure each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. This award nomination process for 2017 is underway, and the 2017 Vision in Action winner will be announced at ASCD's Empower17 conference in March 2017.
Visit www.ascd.org/visioninaction to see how to nominate a school to apply for this award, and learn more about how the 2016 winner, Jason Lee Middle School, has used community partnerships to support the whole child in Tacoma, Washington.
Resources for Relationships First
Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom (ASCD, 2016) by Kristin Souers and Pete Hall. Stock No. 116014. Price: $19.95 (member); $26.95 (non-member).
This essential resource explores how trauma disrupts learning and explains how to create a safe space where all students can learn at high levels.
Everyday Engagement: Making Students and Parents Your Partners in Learning (ASCD, 2011) by Katy Ridnouer. Stock No. 109009. Price: $19.95 (member); $26.95 (non-member).
Author and teacher Katy Ridnouer provides specific strategies to address the potentially overwhelming, sometimes puzzling, and often delicate work of engaging both students and parents in the pursuit of learning and achievement.
Encouragement in the Classroom: How Do I Help Students Stay Positive and Focused? (ASCD Arias, 2014) by Joan Young. Stock No. SF114049. Price: $9.99 (member); $12.99 (non-member).
Explore practical ways to foster humor, mindfulness, resilience, curiosity, and gratitude for a positive classroom that engages students and enhances their learning.
Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners (ASCD, 2011) by David Campos, Rocio Delgado, and Mary Esther Soto Huerta. Stock No. 110005. Price: $22.95 (member); $30.95 (non-member)
This book provides teachers with a wealth of tools and strategies for communicating with the parents of Latino English language learners and learning more about their communities.
Closing the Attitude Gap: How to Fire Up Your Students to Strive for Success (ASCD, 2013) by Baruti K. Kafele. Stock No. 111004. Price: $17.95 (member); $23.95 (non-member).
Veteran educator and best-selling author Baruti Kafele offers strategies for motivating students from diverse backgrounds to become passionate about learning.
