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Education Update

Call for Applications: DC Advocacy Partners

  The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) is seeking a diverse group of highly-motivated and enthusiastic men and women to participate in the third class of DC Advocacy Partners (DC AP).  DC AP is a free nine-month leadership training program designed for self-advocates and family members of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities. DC Advocacy Partners is funded by the DC Developmental Disabilities Council. Here’s a little more information:

  DC Advocacy Partners is completely FREE! Classes, meals, transportation, and childcare/respite are at no cost to selected participants.

Participants must be 18 or older and either have an intellectual/developmental disability or be a family member of someone with an intellectual/developmental disability. They must also be DC residents.

Participants must be able to make a commitment to attend nine day-and-a-half sessions (Friday evening and Saturday once a month) between January 2014 and September 2014. They also must commit to completing all assignments and keeping the DC AP staff informed as to their advocacy activities after graduation in September.

Topics to be addressed will include Disability History and Services, Inclusive Education, Integrated Employment, Community Organizing, Local and Federal legislation, and more!

We would greatly appreciate your support by sharing this announcement with anyone you think would benefit from the training. For further information and to download the application, visit http://dcpartners.iel.org/. For questions, please contact Dana Fink, at [email protected] or 202-822-8405 x132.

  The Story Share $50K Writing Contest to benefit teen and adult beginning readers starts October 15

Brought to you by: NCLD, CAST, Benetech and Orca Book Publishers

Calling all writers! On October 15, teen and adult beginning readers will have something to cheer about: your story submission. The Grand Prize winner will receive $10K. Ten other lucky winners will walk away with thousands of dollars in cash prizes. Enter now. The Story Share $50K Writing Contest was created to support the millions of teen and adult beginning readers who have been limited with stories written for young children. They will finally have access to high interest/low literacy stories that are age appropriate and inspire a love of reading. Not a writer? Don’t know what to write? Our expert educators will show you how to write a story and offer tips.

The Story Share Contest is also launching Hoku, the next generation online reader writer platform dedicated to teen and adult beginning readers. Hoku offers writers like you an impressive array of intuitive tools to make your stories fun, interactive, accessible and easier to comprehend.

We need your help, support and your stories. Get involved now!

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  Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Invites Entries from Creative Teens

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is open for entries for 2014. The Awards are sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to recognizing the most talented teen artists and writers in the United States and Canada. Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to submit work in one of 28 categories, including film and animation, video game design, sculpture, photography, fashion design, poetry, journalism, humor, dramatic script, and science fiction. Submissions are judged regionally by the Alliance’s affiliates, and the top winning works are presented to national panels of creative leaders to determine which will receive the highest honors. Fifteen graduating high school seniors will be awarded with Portfolio Gold Medals, which include a $10,000 scholarship. Additional scholarships are made available to Portfolio Silver Medalists and through sponsored awards and stipends to summer arts programs.

Students must be in grades 7-12 in a public, private, parochial, home-school, or out-of-school program in the U.S. or Canada, or in an American school abroad.

Deadlines for submitting work vary by region, ranging from December 15, 2013-January 15, 2014.

  New 2013 publications from PACER Center

Connecting Families to Disability Employment Awareness Efforts

A blog by Sean Roy, Projects Director for Transition and Workforce Partnerships at PACER Center, for the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth.

What do Parent Center Transition Specialists Need to Know

A white paper by Judy Moses and Deborah Leuchovius for PACER Center’s Technical Assistance on Transition and the Rehabilitation Act (TATRA) Project.

TATRA Survey Looks at Ways OSERS-funded Parent Centers Provide Programming for Youth with Disabilities