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FPO Teaching outside 1/2 page the lesson plan. Grace had asked her teacher 100 times to tie her shoes. It wasn’t until the 101st APU offers: • 36 credential/master’s opportunities. • NCATE-accredited programs recognized by all 50 states and internationally. • A degree completion program in human development (HDEV) designed for future teachers. Become a better teacher, counselor, coach, or administrator. Call Click Email (800) TALK-APU www.apu.edu/education/tips graduatecenter@apu.edu as much about her laces as she did about someone taking time for her. That’s the priceless gift of personal attention an educator can give. time that she realized Grace didn’t care Asuza Pacific work with students who are having problems,” said Garcia, a third-year teacher. “There is a much more positive feeling in the classroom.” Teachers and Moreno Valley Educators Association President Janet McMillan are making sure the dialogue continues among par- ents, educators and administrators at all four QEIA schools in Moreno Valley Unified: Mountain View, Badger Springs Middle School, Sunnymead Middle School and Edgemont Elementary. At the 1,400-student Mountain View campus, more teachers were hired and more portable class- rooms purchased to bring class sizes down. “With QEIA, we are doing ev- erything we can possibly do to reach every child at our school,” Garcia says. “The whole culture has changed.” mike myslinski For more information on how QEIA assists our schools of greatest need, visit www.cta.org/issues/ current/QEIA.htm. NEA Foundation awards five educators educators’ ideas to improve teach- ing and learning or professional development efforts. “Some of public education’s T greatest assets are the men and women who inspire our children to learn,” said Harriet Sanford, CEO and president of the NEA Founda- tion. “Through these grants, we are improving the quality of teaching and learning for everyone.” Daina Rose Flores and Debra Ann Lyttle of Sunset Ridge Ele- mentary School in Pacifica re- ceived a $5,000 Learning and Leadership Grant from the foun- dation to obtain training to lead professional development for their colleagues to improve reading comprehension scores. James Jeffrey Reichle of Las- Higher Education for GreaterWorks AZUSA | HIGH DESERT | INLAND EMPIRE | LOS ANGELES | MURRIETA ORANGE COUNTY | SAN DIEGO | VENTURA | ONLINE sen High School in Susanville re- ceived a $2,000 Learning and Leadership Grant to obtain 25 weeks of intensive Spanish im- mersion instruction in Guatema- la. Reichle will support his sci- ence department as a Spanish translator for the school’s rapidly growing ESL population. 26 California Educator | november 2008 he NEA Foundation has awarded three grants to five CTA members in support of Suzanne Osman and Jan Si- monsen of Orville Wright Middle School in Los Angeles received a $5,000 Student Achievement Grant to create a weekly student book club during lunch. Students will read books, discuss them in class, and, for a final project, create advertisements for the books. Since 1999, the NEA Founda- tion has funded 146 grants for Cal- ifornia educators. The Foundation has awarded close to $5.9 million in grants like these in the past decade alone to educators in almost every state in the country. The NEA Foundation plans to fund about 150 of its Stu- dent Achievement Grants and Learning and Leadership Grants nationwide over the next year. Awardees will be announced in three rounds. Deadlines for the next review periods are Feb. 1, June 1, and Oct. 15, 2009. Descriptions of current and past recipients, as well as details about the program, are on the NEA Foundation’s Website. Educators can also now apply for grants on the NEA Foundation website at www.neafoundation.org.