The mentoring team recently spent the day with novice teachers and their support teachers focusing on increasing rigor in their classrooms. They discussed depth of knowledge, generating higher order thinking questions, dialogic instruction, and maximizing internalization of their lessons for authentic engagement. #ArchFordServes #yourBESTsolution
Dover High CTE, Fine Arts, and Novice teachers recently spent the afternoon working with Systems Specialist Jacob Sisson to align essential standards to assessment and DOK. Teams coordinated assessments to unit plans and set targets to measure student achievement for the year! Great work in building systems at the secondary level. Go Pirates! #yourBESTsolution #ArchFordserves
Principals met today at Arch Ford to network and discuss a variety of topics, including behavior teams, supporting new teachers, literacy look fors, ATLAS data, and more!
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Mentoring Specialists Bethany Hill and Jacob Sisson facilitated a session on tier one behavior systems recently. Participants and behavior teams worked on universal language for expectations, collective commitments for the way adults respond to students, the role of trauma investment as a baseline for the system, establishing essential behavior standards, and analyzing the use of rewards and incentives. Full behavior teams from the West Side and Atkins school districts were in attendance, as well as single participants representing their districts. It was a great day of collaboration and learning! #ArchFordServes #yourBESTsolution
Carrie Tuttle was honored at the Transition Summit for 25 years of dedicated service! We are thankful for everything Carrie has done and continues to do for the students around the State of Arkansas! Here's to 25 more Carrie! Congrats!!
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Do you know a teacher graduating in December and looking for a position? If so, please share this with them! We are always looking for quality candidates to share with our districts!
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To encourage student achievement at Horizons Day Treatment, students that earn 80% or higher each week get a turn at popping a balloon for a prize! Prizes include candy, juice, soda, or even bigger prizes! The students LOVE Balloon Pop Friday! #yourBESTsolution #ArchFordServes
Do you need help passing the Foundations of Reading test? We have one final review session this fall on Saturday, December 14th from 8:30-3:30. All are welcome!
Register here: https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=544434
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River Valley ALE in Morrilton partnered with local community members including Morrilton Fire Department, Morrilton School Resource Officers, Century League, and Arisa Health to provide students with a positive and fun experience for a Halloween Trick or Treat event. Even though it rained they were able to bring the fun indoors and the kids and staff dressed up, played games, and collected candy! They were able to use this opportunity to encourage students to network in order to get mental health information, learn about the fire trucks, and positively engage with law enforcement. #yourBESTsolution #ArchFordServes
Dr. Norton shared what it means to teach like a P.I.R.A.T.E. with second year teachers in the North Little Rock School District. They learned how to bring learning to life and dig into their own passion for content! #ArchFordServes #yourBESTsolution
CyberPatriot Contest Winner: Mena High School
Arkansas teachers have once again brought unprecedented enthusiasm to CyberPatriot! Within 24 hours, the quiz system reached its capacity and temporarily stopped accepting responses. While this is a wonderful challenge to face, we're actively working with CyberPatriot to find a solution.
We’re thrilled to announce that the winner of this contest is Mena High School! Due to the technical issue, we have decided to conclude the current contest. Rest assured, we will hold another contest once we've resolved these challenges to ensure everyone can participate seamlessly.
Students may still pursue CyberPatriot certification, and the quiz will reopen on December 1st. We’ll keep you updated as soon as we have a solution in place. Thank you for your incredible enthusiasm and patience!
Arch Ford and NINE other Education Service Cooperatives across the state have joined together for the Female STEM competitive Event GIRL POWER goes STATE!
$520,000.00 was awarded to these cooperatives to purchase CNC equipment and to host a CNC female STEM competition locally, then top winners from across the state will compete for top prizes.
Over 75 Industry partners support these cooperatives in this popular event by providing guidance from an industry perspective and to join in with prizes for the competitors...dates will be released soon, so watch for GIRL POWER in a location near you!!
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School counselors from the Central region of the state met earlier this week to hear updates, network together, and learn from Dr. Robin Findley. This session was sponsored by ArSca, the state counselor association.
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Mentoring Specialist Bethany Hill and Archie visited Coach Otey's Freshman Seminar class at North Little Rock High School. She is a year two novice teacher and a basketball coach. Bethany spoke to students about Archie's story and how hard he works to support humans with their emotions. She also taught them about the different brain states using the hand model of the brain. #ArchFordServes #yourBESTsolution #ArchibaldFord
CyberPatriot Program Contest Extended Until November 15th!
Due to an overwhelming response from Arkansas teachers preparing their students for CyberPatriot certification, the quiz system experienced a high volume of users, temporarily preventing access for some. We’re happy to announce that testing will resume on November 1st, and to accommodate everyone, we’ve extended the contest deadline to November 15th.
This gives you extra time to participate and ensure you are entered into the contest.
Miss the deadline? Don’t worry—students can still pursue CyberPatriot certification after the contest ends, as the program will continue beyond this date.
The Arch Ford Mentoring Team visited with potential ArPEP and Registered Apprenticeship applicants at the North Little Rock Licensure Pathway Fair yesterday. They gave out information, gave subscriptions to 240 Tutoring for Praxis support, and encouraged applicants. What a great way to engage with potential teachers! 💙💛
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The Teacher Center Committee met for the first time this school year to reflect on Summer 24 professional development and learn about our current work. Communication and Engagement Specialist Candace Smith gave them a tour of our Learning Garden and helped them make bouquets. We appreciate this team, made of representatives from each district, that helps us make decisions about programs and PD!
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The Arch Ford Special Education Supervisors ( from left to right Tammy Rainey, Stephanie Guyse, Susan Lee-Ward, Kelli Rainey, Cheyenne Jordan and Angela Toll) attended the LEA Academy in Hot Springs in October. They are always looking for new ways to better serve our districts. #ArchFordServes#yourBESTsolution
Literacy leaders took time during lunch yesterday to visit the garden and make bouquets! Spending g time in the garden is a great way to de-stress!
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Mentoring Program Specialist Bethany Hill taught a session Monday night for our Principal Prep cohort. She focused on how leaders can create behavior systems that support all students and focus on enhancing self-regulation skills.
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