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Below is a blurb from an email we sent out last week to the ABCTE mailing list...

News on Teacher Hiring

Though the teaching job market has been tough in some states in recent months, we continue to hear stories of ABCTE teachers being hired. And the recent emergency job legislation passed in the House on August 10 has opened up new positions and or kept positions open in many states.

There have now been over 8,000 votes placed for Teacher of the Year and the voting closes at 5pm EDT tonight.

Next, a national winner will be selected from the state winners and that person will be flown to Washington, D.C. in August to receive their award in a ceremony with a representative from the U.S. Department of Education. Stay tuned to our website in early August for the announcement about the recipient of the National ABCTE Teacher of the Year Award.

Voting opened last week for our first ABCTE Teacher of the Year award and runs until Thursday, July 29 at 5pm EDT. In early August, the state winners will be announced on our website and then a national winner will be selected. The national winner will be flown to Washington D.C. to receive the award before a representative from the U.S. Department of Education as well as members of ABCTE's Board of Directors and staff.

We’ve reached that time of year in most schools when students are watching the calendar counting down the days until summer vacation begins. For teachers, this often means having the additional challenge of keeping students engaged who’d rather be getting an early start on their vacation.

We surveyed ABCTE alumni and asked them what they do to keep students engaged as the end of the school year approaches. Here are a few of the suggestions we got back from our teachers and the comments are open for you to share your own ideas.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about "Solving Problems by Improving Education," after being inspired by a quote from a Mississippi resident who is participating in our Teach & Inspire Scholarship Program.

Sometimes a member of the press will ask us why we’re recruiting aspiring teachers into our teaching certification program or into our teaching scholarship program in areas that are seeing teacher layoffs.

The next deadline to apply for ABCTE's Teach & Inspire Scholarship Program is fast approaching.

If you're interested in teaching in a high-need school and subject in Florida, Mississippi or South Carolina, Teach & Inspire provides accepted participants with a full scholarship and materials needed to become certified teachers through the ABCTE program. Once ABCTE certification is obtained, candidates are eligible for an additional $1,000 stipend for completing classroom observations.

We hear great stories all the time about why someone wants to become a teacher—and we can’t get enough of them.

This week's submissions touch on a variety of topics such as virtual schools, online learning, and ideas for teachers:

Mathew Needleman presents Back to School Week: It’s a Marathon Not a Sprint posted at Creating Lifelong Learners.

Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Education Innovation.