 will be responsible for overseeing the Teacher Induction program being offered to our consortium. The Advisory Committee is made up of Administrative representatives from each partnering district along with the Induction Director and Coordinators. The committee will plan the program, analyze program data, review the budget and make decisions regarding the direction of the program.
Leslie Williams, the Induction Director: New Teacher Induction Specialist, will use the guidance from the Advisory Committee to coordinate all aspects of the induction program. She will partner with Katherine Nissen, Coordinator of Dublin Unified School District, and Meghan Sutcliffe, Coordinator of Castro Valley Unified School District, to form the Leadership Team. The Leadership Team will meet bi-monthly to plan all aspects of the induction program. They will also ensure that Induction Coaches are prepared and supported. The Leadership team will also meet with Stakeholder groups to present information and gather feedback for the growth of the program.
Admission and Support
Newly hired teachers, who hold a preliminary credential, will be asked by Human Resources to complete a Credential Screening Form during the intake process.
Upon review, the teacher will receive an email regarding program eligibility. Eligible teachers will be enrolled in TVTIP's two year induction program. Teachers will be assigned a mentor/coach within the first 30 days of enrollment. The mentor/coach and participating teacher will be matched according to credentials held, grade level and/or subject area.
Each induction participant will receive an average of no less than four hours per month of individualized support/mentoring coordinated by their coach.
Goals for each participating teacher must be developed within the context of the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) within the first 60 days of the teacher's enrollment in the program.
The ILP will be designed and implemented solely for the professional growth of the participating teacher and not for evaluation.
*In accordance with the CTC Induction Preconditions, Early Completion Option (ECO) available through TVTIP. Experienced and exceptional candidates who meet established criteria may be eligible to apply for ECO.They'll be there for you - with free coffee
If you are anything like me, life has been feeling particularly discomforting lately.
Ukraine. Ebola. Gaza. Militarized police. Earthquakes. Climate change.
Can't blame a person for seeking a little comfort, a little nostaglia.
Which brings me to Ross and Rachel, Joey and Phoebe, Chandler and Monica...
Just call this episode, "The One with the Free Coffee.''
New York City is now home to Central Perk, a pop-up coffeehouse that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the series premiere of the original Must-See-TV, the smash comedy "Friends.''
Created in partnership by Warner Bros. and Eight O'Clock Coffee, the pop-cup Central Perk will open its doors on Sept. 17 and serve free coffee for a month.
Central Perk, of course, is the fictional coffeehouse where Joey flirted and misunderstood most of what was going on; Ross and Rachel made out, made up, took a break and then made out some more; Phoebe saw the future and sang about Smelly Cats, and Monica bossed everyone around, only on a different couch from the one upstairs.
The pop-up Central Perk will serve a limited-edition Central Perk blend at 199 Lafayette St. (at the corner of Broome Street) in SoHo. Hours are are Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fans can sit on the famous orange couch (selfies!), explore other props from the show and enjoy in-store promotions.
Love NYC star gazing? "Friends'' cast member James Michael Tyler, who played the besotted Gunther, a barista in love with Rachel, will be popping in to greet guests.
Contests, giveaways and more will bring you back in time 20 years, especially if you win the entire series on DVDs.
You can also look for Central Perk blend from Eight o' Clock coffee at your own grocery stores.
For details, check out.EU Commission defiant ahead of Selmayr hearing
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... our join as a group the parliament committee, German centre-right MEP Inge Graessle.
In two tweets in German and English, she asked the commission to "let the committee do its job without that kind of paternalistic interference." She insisted that while the commission's opinion is already known, it will be the MEPs "duty" to have their "own assessment" of the replies to their questions.
Selmayr, who was the head of cabinet of commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, was appointed on 21 February.
The surprise move, decided in a few minutes in a meeting where no commissioner, apart from Oettinger and the commission first vice president Frans Timmermans knew about it, has been followed by outrage over its lack of transparency and possible irregularities.
During the meeting, Selmayr was first briefly appointed deputy secretary general, then within minutes secretary general Alexander Italianer resigned, and Selmayr was proposed by Juncker to take Italianer's position.
While the commission has insisted that rules were "religiously followed", French centre-right MEP Francoise Grossetete said that Selmayr's promotion was a "mystification worthy of the Chinese Communist Party".
"The commission will have to choose what is more important: the credibility of the commission or the career of Mr Selmayr. The two are irreconcilable," liberal MEP Sophie in 't Veld said during a parliament debate on the issue earlier this month.
The controversy was fueled by Selmayr's personality and role - nicknames such as 'Rasputin' or 'the monster' describe his power and ruthlessness inside the EU executive - as well as the commission's early obfuscation of some facts about how the decision was taken.
It also took a political turn from the beginning, since Juncker himself went to the press room to announce it.
'Normal practice'
In its replies to MEPs, the commission insisted that the decision to move Selmayr to the institution's top administrative position was taken "unanimously" by the college and that it followed the same procedure as for the appointment his three predecessors since 2000.
It said that the proposal to move Selmayr was not discussed before the college meeting, even among commissioners' heads of cabinet, "in accordance to normal practice and in order to safeguard the necessary degree of confidentiality".
It also argued that Selmayr's move as secretary general was not a "promotion" but a "transfer in the interest of service" because he already held the AD15 administrative grade.
The commission also added that his appointment had "a negative effect on his salary and emoluments."
The commission confirmed that Selmayr was the only candidate for deputy secretary general after the other candidate withdrew during the process, and it confirmed that this other candidate was Selmayr's own deputy Clara Martinez Alberola.
It also confirmed that while Italianer has kept his resignation secret until the college meeting, he had told Juncker about his intention to leave on 1 March 2018 when Juncker appointed him in 2015, and that Juncker had shared the information with Selmayr.
"The Emperor still looks stark naked to me," MEP in 't Veld reacted in Twitter after reading the commission's replies.
The commission's defiant tone follows report last week by the Politico website that Juncker privately threatened to quit if Selmayr had to go.
"Selmayr will not step down because I'm the only one being capable to ask him to step down," Juncker told reporters at a EU summit last week.
'Consequences must be drawn'
But the bigger goal of MEPs, a senior member of the EU parliament said last week, would be to make Selmayr's position so fragile that he cannot stay in his post when a new commission president comes in in 2019.
At the summit last week, both German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron praised Selmayr's "professionalism" and abilities to hold his job.
While Merkel admitted that "transparency" was need in appointment processes, Macron went further and said that "consequences must be drawn when all the elements about the truth of the procedures will be known."
In a thinly-veiled criticism of the commission's position over the case, Macron added that "the work of journalists and MEPs is very important."Susan Tonkin Susan Tonkin worked in the museum sector for 30 years, including time spent with the Museums Association of Australia Victorian Branch, the History Trust of South Australia and the National Museum of Australia (NMA). Essay And Article On : Our Cultural Heritage!! Stuck on your essay? Our heritage dates back several centuries. Her most recent position at the NMA involved evaluation and visitor research together with public programs and audience development. With time both our tangible and intangible heritages are fading away. My family strictly follows a strong religious background which has influenced my life greatly. All the cultural features and resources which are created, protected and promoted by our ancestor and handed to future generations are called heritages. India is blessed with a vast and rich heritage. Indian Heritage is known for its vastness. India has a rich cultural heritage. One has only to see the various architectural marvels and cultural institutions that dot the geographical expanse