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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

Success with OAS Awards

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ICYMI: Is your name on this list 2019 Alpha Plus Model Teacher Award Winners? Or maybe a teacher you know? Last week, we sent Alpha Plus Model Teacher awards to 57 awesome educators who did the hard work, and made a difference for their students. If you know one of these great teachers, please help us congratulate them! 

From Wendy Pratt:

"Success with OAS Awards" are out! Based on interim formative and benchmark data for 2018-19, we identified 57 "Alpha Plus Model Teachers," more than 100 classes for "Greatest OAS Growth" awards, and 355 classes for "OAS Goals Met" awards statewide. See all here: Alpha Plus Awards

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2019 Success with OAS Awards

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The 2019 Success with OAS Awards recognize students and teachers for their achievements under the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) in mathematics and reading. Learn more and see a full list of winners here: OAS Awards.

 

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ELA Tag Team for Hollis Middle School

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Ya’ll, I gotta brag on these two RockStar Teachers here.

Traveling this great state, I have met hundreds of passionate teachers. But let me introduce you to Karla Kirby Webb and Bill Flesher. They are a solid ELA tag team for Hollis Middle School. If you don’t know where Hollis is, picture me waking up at 3am getting excited to see my favorite pair of Educators at 8 in the morning. It’s a long drive, but oh so worth it.

Mrs. Webb and Mr. Flesher are so engaged with their students. They have true grit and compassion. Their roles as teenage mind molders is not easy, but these two do it with so much pride and exuberance that I just wish I could bless every middle school with a Webb and Flesher clone pair.

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The Best Help; The Art of Teaching

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Here are some Oklahoma leaders discussing their success using the Alpha Plus Success with OAS material and tools.


Mike Watkins, Principal, Jones Middle School, Jones:
"The key to this transition lies in the art of teaching. Using Success with OAS, we can dissect the standards with Alpha Plus guidance as to how each objective ought to be taught. Our teachers then adjust that to what works for their students. We are not interested in materials not alighed to the OAS. Nor do we want teachers spending time sifting through textbooks written for other states trying to find what works. Alpha Plus is already there."

Brenda Quinn, Prinicpal, Sweetwater Public Schools: Using Success with OAS, we have the standards at our fingertips and examples of problems that are aligned to each objective. It is the best help we could possibly have."

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