The Alliance of Charter School Employees is a community of charter school teachers and staff organized by the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania (AFT PA). The Alliance’s goals are to strengthen our profession, to promote quality professional development and to improve the conditions of teaching and learning in Philadelphia charter schools.
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Welcome to Philadelphia ACSE!
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- Welcome ACSE's New Officers!
It was great to see everyone who came out to the ACSE general membership meeting and leadership elections on Monday, April, 30.
Congratulations to our new union officers:
President Kim "Mama Omotayo" Johnson (Khepera Charter School)Vice President Jamie Warner (West Oak Lane Charter School)Secretary Lara Griffith (West Oak Lane Charter School)Treasurer Akil Parker (Delaware Valley)We would also like to recognize all of the building reps for the work they do everyday:Kim "Mama Omotayo"Johnson (Khepera Charter School)Lara Griffith (West Oak Lane Charter School)Beryl Cohen (Delaware Valley Charter High School)Kim Kennedy (Multi-Cultural Academy Charter School)Tysean Gross (Wakisha Charter School)Upcoming Dates: Our next Executive Board Meeting is May 14th at 4:30Finish Line Happy Hour is June 8th at 4:30 at the Manayunk Brewery, 4120 Main St.Read More - May Free PD Workshop: Essential Supports for Academic Learning
Please join us for our upcoming free Act 48 PD workshops in Philadelphia.
Thursday, May 7th from 4:30PM to 8PM orSaturday, May 19th from 10am to 1:30PMEssential Supports for Academic LearningACSE office, 1816 Chestnut St., PhiladelphiaStudents learn both social and academic lessons in the classroom, and the most effective teachers do both. This sesson examines: what effective teachers do to address the three basic human needs in the classroom; how caring is linked to academic learning; and what concrete, research-based methods can be used to help all students reach their social and academic potential.
Read on for more information and to register for either date.
Read More - Kim Johnson, ACSE member at Khepera Charter School awarded National Science Teacher Association Fellowship
Kim Johnson, known by students and colleagues as Mama Omotayo, is one of 19 Pennsylvania science teachers selected for the prestigious New Science Teacher Academy. The Pennsylvania Fellows will join 215 others from across the country, who were selected from a large pool of applicants for their strong backgrounds in science and interests in growing as science educators. The National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) runs the New Science Teacher Academy, a year-long professional development fellowship program. According to the NSTA, the program is designed to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge.
Each fellow will receive an NSTA membership package, access to online professional development activities, and a scholarship to the 2012 NSTA National Conference on Science Education. Mama Omotayo’s fellowship is being sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company.
Mama Omotayo is a middle school science teacher and robotics team coach at Khepera Charter School in Mt. Airy. She has been an ACSE, AFT member-activist since she worked with her colleagues to form their union in 2010. The members of the Alliance of Charter School Employees are very proud of Mama Omotayo for her commitment to science education and selection as a 2011-2012 NSTA fellow.
Read More - March Free PD Workshop: Using Questioning to Teach and Learn
Please join us for our upcoming free Act 48 PD workshop in Philadelphia.
Saturday, March 10th "Using Questioning to Teach and Learn" at the ACSE officeSign-in and refreshments begin at 9:30 A.M. and the workshop begins promptly at 10:00.Read on for a description of the workshop, and register here.
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