◊Warroad Students Opening Restaurant 

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◊Teaching Writing Across K-12, Feb. 19, 2020

Come and explore the 6+1 Traits of Writing in this day of discovering how to creatively and effectively teach writing in a way that fosters students’ imagination, inspiration, and knowledge -- regardless of their age! Taught by Gina Drellack. Click here for more information.

◊Online Classes now available to meet MN Licensure Renewal Requirements

To renew a MN teaching license, the MN licensure board requires training in each of six different areas: 1)Positive Behavior Intervention, 2)Reading Preparation, 3)Mental Illness Awareness, 4)Suicide Prevention Strategies, 5) English Learners Best Practices, and 6) Cultural Competency Training. NWSC Education Services has developed a set of online classes which allows participants to earn a clock hour in each of these categories. Teachers can meet the requirements for renewal at their own time, own place, and own pace.  Click for more information.

◊ICS Announces Rebranding

ICS Consulting, Inc. is shortening their company name to ICS and changing their website from www.ics-consult.com to https://www.ics-builds.com/. The company’s previous slogan of “innovate, collaborate, sustain” will be replaced with “Building Strong Connections.” All changes are effective on Monday, December 16^th, 2019. ICS specializes in providing innovative facility solutions to help plan, build, and operate buildings well. Their customized services integrate the planning, funding, construction, and ongoing operations of buildings as they help throughout all phases of building projects.  NWSC members receive a discount on ICS services.

◊2019-2020 Region 8 Leadership Series

For Superintendents and education leaders, this series is sponsored by MASA.  Day 1: past.  Day 2: Jan 20, 2020 features the Bounce Back Project: the power of graditude and relations in the development of climate and cluture. Day 3: March 31, 2020 is on building, healthy, happy, high performing lead teams. Day 1 & 3 are led by Dr. Joe Hill. Day 2 by Dr. Corey Martin. For more information, click here.

◊NWSC Partners with the OnToCollege (OTC) Program
OTC has partnered with over 420 schools across 25 states to help create more 2- and 4-year college grads with minimal debt.  Partners routinely jump their school-wide ACT scores 1-3 points.  MREA member districts and Northwest Service Cooperative (NWSC) members receive a discount on OTC Test Prep and College Counseling. Click here for more information.