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K-12 Outreach Offices Educators Rising Alaska students shine at national conference
July 17, 2024Read articleThe 2024 National Educators Rising Conference/Competitions was held in Washington, D.C., June 27-30, with sixteen Alaska students finishing in the top ten.
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Alaska Legislature honoring Alaska Statewide Mentor Project
April 1, 2024ASMP has learned it has been awarded an Honorarium/Citation from the Alaska State Legislature, recognizing the 20 years of service provided to early career teachers across the stateRead legislative citation (PDF) -
UAF's K-12 Outreach/Educators Rising Alaska to host over 200 participants in Juneau
Feb. 14, 2024Read articleThe 2024 State Leadership Competitions and Conference was held at the UAS main campus in Juneau this year, with nearly 200 people attending!
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DEED and UAF AT&P Host Teacher Retention and Recruitment Convening
Feb. 29 & March 1, 2024Read articleAT&P and AK Department of Education and Early Development combined forces and held a Teacher Retention and Recruitment Convening in Anchorage, Feb. 29 and Mar. 1st, 2024.
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UAF secures $14.9 million to mentor teachers new to Alaska
December 2023After celebrating 20 years of serving new teachers across the state, ASMP was alerted in December that it had secured a $14.9 million dollar grant to mentor teachers new to Alaska.Read article -
Being a new teacher is hard. Having a good mentor can help
May 18, 2023Read articleASMP was on National Public Radio! Listen to the story on NPR Morning Edition by clicking on the button below.
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2023 State Leadership Competitions
February 2023Educators Rising Alaska newsThe 2023 State Leadership Competitions and Conference was a success! To read about those who placed, please view our News & Events page.
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EdRising Alaska 2023 Conference - KUAC-FM Story
February 2023KUAC StoryKUAC-FM reporter Robyne's story about the upcoming 2023 EdRising Alaska Statewide Conference, held Feb. 19th-20th at the University of Alaska.
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Torrey McClain elected President of National Educators Rising Student Officers
February 2023Educators Rising national pageTorrey McClain, who was one of our Alaska State Student Officers, was elected President of the National Educators Rising Student Officers! You can also visit our Facebook page to read about this, or the Educators Rising (national) page to read about the national officers.
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March 2023Find out more
Spring 2023 Educator Expo dates and location announced. Read more on our AT&P website.
Also, Alaska Teacher Placement is now Alaska Teacher & Personnel, better reflecting what AT &P does. Please read more on the main AT&P page.
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Fall 2022Read more
The TASK grant has largely wrapped up work after a year of visits and workshops between our partner groups in Hawai'i and Alaska. Students and teachers have traveled to either state to learn more about the flora, fauna and culture of each location. See photos and read more on the TASK website.
Summer 2023 we expect Hawai'i students will be traveling to Nome, and we look forward to their visit.
The teacher-developed curriculum is now available on the website as well.
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Fall 2022Read more
The 2022-23 Mentors met for training in August and have been working with new teachers across the state.
ASMP learned that a previous mentee has been named the 2022-23 Teacher of the Year for Alaska.
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March 20222021-2022 Virtual Conference was a success, now students move onto NationalsRead More
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September 2021AK Job Fairs announced: to be held at the Captain Cook in Anchorage, March 2022.Find out more
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2021-22 Mentors fan out across the state.
Fall 2021Read more -
Educators Rising Alaska Leadership Conferences 2021
Feb 28-March 1-3, 2021Nationals was June 24th-27th, virtually. -
Spring 2021Read more
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October 16-25, 2020ATP Traveled to recruit and attend Job Fairs - 2020Read Article
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Educators Rising Alaska Leadership Conference 2020
March 1-3, 2020Was held March 1 - 3 on the UAF Campus. Students from around the state attended.Read Article
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Educators Rising participated in the Alaska ACTE Conference in Anchorage.
October 13-15, 2019Read article -
TASK project held Fall Workshop in Nome and Anchorage for participating teachers.
October 9-13, 2019TASK project held Fall Workshop in Nome and Anchorage for participating teachers.Read article -
EdRising Students will travel to Dallas
July, 2019Read article -
March-April 2019ATP hosts and travels to job fairs, Spring 2019Read article
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K-12 Outreach hosted a Showcase in Juneau
March 9, 2019Read article -
UAF to celebrate Alaska education in Juneau
March 5, 2019Juneau hosted more than 100 high school students, teachers, administrators, legislators and community members from throughout Alaska on March 9 to celebrate the education profession.Read more -
ATP held advertisement contest
February 11, 2019Read article
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K-12 Outreach hosts Interior Delegation Meet and Greet
December 20, 2018Read article -
ATP has busy fall schedule hosting and attending job fairs
October-November, 2018Read article -
Project offers STEM opportunities for rural Alaska, Hawaii students
October 16, 2018The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received federal funding to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning and cultural knowledge exchange between underserved schools in rural Alaska and Hawai'i.Read more -
K-12 Outreach Curriculum program awarded federal STEM grant
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REACHUp Site Visits featured in Alaska Ocean Acidification Network
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REACHUp hosts final Culture Camp
August 5-8, 2018Read article -
Educators Rising Alaska attended National Conference in Orlando, FL
June 21-24, 2018Read article -
Alaska high school students explore education careers
April 13, 2018More than 70 Alaska high school students from 13 districts gathered in Fairbanks on March 25-26 to explore education careers and develop leadership skills.Read more -
Educators Rising Alaska State Conference in Fairbanks
March 24-26, 2018Read article -
ASMP featured in Education Northwest
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ATP Held Advertisement Contest
Spring 2018ATP held a contest for all University of Alaska Students through the fall until the January 31, 2019 deadline. Students could submit a video, an audio production or a poster. Our winning video contestants are below.
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Science, culture camp energizes rural Alaska teachers
September 11, 2017Teachers and teaching aides from six villages in the Bering Strait School District immersed themselves in a science and culture camp in Unalakleet, Alaska, last month to learn how to integrate science and Native knowledge in the classroom.Read more -
August 30, 2017The ADN reported on the difficulties of hiring and retaining rural teachers statewide in Alaska. Alaska Teacher Placements' General Manager of the project, was one of the people interviewed for the story.Full story
The statewide education job clearinghouse advertised roughly 100 open teaching jobs and 65 special-education jobs in Alaska's public schools by Wednesday — when school had already started in a majority of the state's districts.
Toni McFadden, manager of the clearinghouse, said the statewide job-posting system did not track changes in the number of teaching positions left vacant over the years. However, she said, it seems like the number only grows. "Every year it's harder to fill the jobs and there are more jobs open when school starts," she said. "There's more pressure to hire because, nationwide, there are fewer teachers." -
Future Educators of Alaska Officially Converts to Educators Rising Alaska
April 12, 2017Future Educators of Alaska (FEA) has officially converted over to a new program that is operated at a national level, Educators Rising. Our local chapter will be Educators Rising Alaska, affiliated with the national Educators Rising. Behind the scenes we are undergoing many transitions, but will maintain the principal core of FEA. Features of this new program include:- Increasing the available workforce of teachers committed to Alaska. Less than half
of Alaska’s teachers are prepared in-state.
Invite Alaska students to explore education as a potential career. - Designed for today's high school students with a new, Alaska-specific 4-course CTE Pathway that leads students on an examination of the roles of learner, leader and teacher of others. Students who complete the pathway can join the workforce as a para-educator or continue on at a university taking coursework that will lead to teacher certification.
- Spans Alaska’s vast geography with a robust national virtual community to connect students and teachers with colleagues and ideas.
- Statewide effort that draws students from diverse communities and supports efforts to make best-fit matches to increase years of service in Alaska’s schools.
- Districts choose a delivery model that matches existing structure and available resources.
- Coordinated support beginning in high school, extending through college and into the profession from the UAF K-12 Outreach office and the national Educators Rising organization.
- Increasing the available workforce of teachers committed to Alaska. Less than half
of Alaska’s teachers are prepared in-state.
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FEA holds FEA/CTSO State Conference in Anchorage
March 2017Future Educators of Alaska (FEA) staff, students and guest lecturers have just returned from the Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) state conference and FEA Academy. CTSO was held in Anchorage March 23-25. Approximately 40 FEA students presented in Creative Lecture, Inside Our Schools, and/or Lesson Plan Arts competitive events. The first place winners from Mt. Edgecumbe and Ketchikan are now eligible to compete at the Educators Rising National Conference in Phoenix June 23-26, 2017 with FEA’s ANE grant travel support.
As soon as the conference was over, approximately 50 FEA students plus staff, advisers and presenters went right into the FEA Academy held at Anchorage Embassy Suites and UAA from March 25-27. While at Embassy Suites, students were able to ask questions via a live video link to the Alaska Commissioner of Education; participate in mock interviews; play college prep BINGO; and learn classroom management techniques. At the UAA campus they met with the UAA School of Education dean and staff; took a tour of the campus and Native Student Services led by UAA student ambassadors; and 10 students opted to take the ACCUPLACER test at the UAA Testing Center.
FEA is coming close to becoming an Alaska state chapter of Educators Rising. The Educators Rising national director will be coming to Anchorage from May 30 - June 1 to give a professional development workshop to lead coordinators from multiple school districts. -
SOE K-12 Outreach hosts Teacher Shortage Meeting
January 2017By Brandon Smith
The School of Education's K-12 Outreach Office at the University of Alaska Fairbanks held a workshop today to discuss how they can partner with others to better support the recruiting and retaining of teachers in Alaska.
Information gathered during the discussion will be taken by the Outreach Office so they can better support Alaska's school districts. Normally, rural areas struggle to staff their schools; but recently, urban cities like Anchorage and Fairbanks have seen this challenge as well.
Many were in attendance, including the Executive Director for the Alaska Council of School Administration, Lisa Skiles Parady. According to Parady, within the last four years, there has been a 60 percent turnover rate for superintendents across the state. She says in order to keep teachers in their positions for longer, change needs to start with principals and superintendents.
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K-12 Outreach hosts Open House in Fairbanks
December 2016Teachers, mentors, legislators, site and university administrators and members of the public attended K-12 Outreach's open house on December 1st. It was held in the Board of Regents Room in the Butrovich Building from 5 - 6:30 pm. This evening event was an opportunity for all to learn more about the K-12 Outreach offices, and how these offices support teaching, students and the communities of Alaska. -
K-12 Outreach hosts Open House in Anchorage
October 2016The Open House was held October 12th, 5pm - 6:30pm at the Gorsuch Commons, on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. Representatives from each K-12 Outreach program were in attendance, as well as a few Alaska Statewide Mentors, and some of their Early Career Teachers (ECTs). A number of local Legislators attended, as well as other staff from K-12 Outreach. This event was free and open to the public. -
ASMP is awarded 5 year grant by Alaska Communications
October 2016The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project (ASMP) was recently awarded a $25,000 donation from Alaska Communications, a telecommunications company. The grant, which was facilitated through the University’s Statewide Foundation program, goes toward continued funding for teacher mentors. ASMP is one of four programs within the office of K -12 Outreach, all focused on teacher and student support. The K-12 Outreach office is housed under the School of Education at UAF.
Glenda Findlay, Director of K-12 Outreach, expressed enthusiasm over the recent announcement, “This is an important piece for support of new teachers across our state, and we’re honored to have an Alaskan business make a commitment to our program.” Alaska Communications has been making annual donations to ASMP for the past 5 years.
ASMP provides individualized support to first- and second-year teachers with the goals of improving student achievement and teacher retention. It strives to develop an effective teaching force that is responsive to the diverse academic needs and cultural backgrounds of all students. Currently, ASMP employs 28 skilled, veteran Alaskan educators who mentor over 300 teachers in 24 districts.
“This program is an integral piece to help grow and retain teachers in Alaska. At a time when our state is experiencing shortfalls in funding, the funds from Alaska Communications helps ASMP provide continued support for teachers and education”, Findlay further stated.
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Veteran teachers fly across Alaska to mentor those new to the job
September 2, 2016Read articleAlaska Statewide Mentors met on August 30-31st, in Anchorage, to receive their start-up training for the coming school year before heading out to the numerous classrooms across Alaska where they will mentor Early Career Teachers (ECTs). Thirty-three trained mentors, who are veteran teachers, have fanned out across Alaska to service village and city schools.
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REACHUP Provides Science/Culture Camp in Unalakleet
August 2016Nome NuggetIn August, over two dozen Bering Strait School District educators, District staff, cultural knowledge bearers and scientists participated in the five-day REACH Up Science and Culture Camp seven miles north of Unalakleet. Teachers learned culturally relevant, hands-on, place-based science, focused on Alaska’s changing landscape. Teachers worked with science and cultural experts conducting field experiments such as measuring CO2 flux from tundra soils and analyzing water chemistry of the North River.
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