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Choice of Topics Available in Presentations A variety of videos, slideshows and presentations are available on the web — a sampling may be found here. Please email us with your recommended additions—webmaster. This page is always in progress, thanks for your patience — (You may get the standard WIN-warning message about opening a file — though all these files are virus-free). |
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2007 WSPTA Presentation & Support Materials The original PowerPoint version was available by CD in the spring of 2007 — here are all the files you may need to give that presentation — a brief description follows immediately below. Introduction Info: ¨ Overview & Outline of the Presentation ¨ README File to the Presentation CD An Overview of the 2007 WSPTA Presentation - “The Crisis in Funding For Public Education: Your Child’s Future Is at Stake” Authors: Barbara Billinghurst and Byron Shutz The CD contains ready-to-use educational materials for informing an audience on WA State’s underfunding of public education. Who Presents: Anyone. Presentation Length: Approx. 28 to 40 minutes. What Is Required: A willing- ness to educate others! The Files for the 2007 Presentation, and Support To Deliver It The CD’s files provide all the materials you need to host a presentation, starting with a choice of one of 2 versions of the PowerPoint slideshow: 1a–EF Crisis Msg Narrated Show.ppt: This PowerPoint file has a full narration that runs by itself as a “movie” – play it as-is for a fully ready-to-go presentation–under 28 minutes. (It’s a large file; may run best directly from a computer’s hard drive - copy it from the CD) 1b–EF Crisis Msg Quiet Show.ppt: This PowerPoint version is the same slides with the verbatim text for a live presenter to narrate the slideshow – approx. 40 minutes. 2–EFC Presentation How-To Tips & Notes.doc: This document offers numerous tips and background data plus the full text of the slideshow’s script for 1b-EF Crisis Msg Quiet Show; several appendices elaborating the WSPTA funding positions, the current WA high school graduation requirements, and a ranking by UW of all WA high schools GPA comparisons. 3–EFC Audience Resources Handout.doc: A 1-page flyer handout listing advocacy resources and sources for further information. 4–EFC Advertising Flyer.doc: A simple poster/flyer to advertise the presentation—updated version 5–EFC Sign-In Form.doc: A simple form to collect contact info on your attendees. 6–EFC Letter of Invite.doc: A letter template you may adapt to formally invite your district Superintendent or administrators, or any local officials, to your presentation.
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New Additions to FWS ¨ Online video of Reps. Hunter and Jarret and Sen. Tom presenting an overview of their proposal to the BEF Task Force, Basic Ed Funding: A Model School Approach — great viewing, 1 1/2 hours. ¨ A New Finance Model to Meet the Needs of Today’s Students by BEF member legislators R. Hunter / G. Anderson / F. Jarret / P. Sullivan / R. Tom / S. Priest. Presentations Delivered to the BEF Task Force Many education entities and stakeholders gave presentations on various topics—here are some to date (all may be found on the BEF website too). ¨ K-12 Finance: Depth, Breadth, and Causes of a Looming Finance Crisis, Oct. 2008: OSPI Report to BEF Task Force by Jennifer Priddy ¨ Overview of the Budget Process, July 14, 2008: by Dave Johnson, Office of Program Research. Explains how the legislature develops a biennium budget. ¨ K-12 Public Schools Budget: Base Budget Issues, July, 2008 – by Ben Rarick, Committee Staff. A basic overview of current budget structure & funding metrics; overview of agency (OSPI) budget & activities; analysis of provisos in the base budget; and summary of base budget issues for the coming session. ¨ Together We Can Improve Outcomes for All Children, July 2008: by WA State PTA. PTA’s vision of making every child’s potential a reality, shaped by individual advocacy positions that their Legislative Assembly has approved regarding the definition of basic education and how it is, or should be, financed in Washington state. WSPTA offers a set of principles to respectfully suggest the Committee may want to use as it evaluates the proposals that are being put forward. ¨ School Construction Subcommittee Report: ¨ K-12 Financial Outlook: Why Are District Finance Problems and Looming Cuts Deeper and More Widespread Than In Recent Years? OSPI School Report to BEF Task Force by Jennifer Priddy: ¨ Tom Ahearne's (NEWS) presentation highlights important concepts from the key education decisions (and with a little humor). |
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More Presentations
WA Learns The State Constitution and School Funding in Washington: What Policy-Makers Need to Know . League of Education Voter’s “Did You Know?” campaign More Presentations Available on YouTube The “Do You Know” series of observations of the changing world: Do You Know #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI Do You Know #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wE6yFYgP8&feature=related Do You Know #3 http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=P7J_ereCiTo Other video: Washington Association of School Administrators - Generations of Progress Presentation Toolkit: www.wasa-oly.org/progress/index.htm Presentation by WASA The “Generations of Progress” PowerPoint Presentation: ¨ Outline & Notes PDF of the “Generations of Progress” Presentation ¨ PowerPoint Presentation “Generations of Progress” |
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