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EPLT is proud to announce in a new Master of Education cohort in Counselling Psychology being offered in Kelowna, BC. This program is hosted by the department of Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education. There is a growing need for school counselors, and this cohort gives you the chance to advance your career in this field. CP13 will allow you to participate in a program incorporating small-group experience in addition to a practicum experience.

You can find more information on this program on the cohort web site.

UBC is offering one of the prerequisites for this program, CNPS 362 (Basic Interviewing Skills) at the UBC-Okanagan campus beginning in May 2012.

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Counselling Psychology Kelowna

Publishing teachers’ ratings in the newspaper in the way The New York Times and other outlets have done recently is not a good use of performance data, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in an interview yesterday.

“Do you need to publish every single teacher’s rating in the paper? I don’t think you do,” he said. “There’s not much of an upside there, and there’s a tremendous downside for teachers. We’re at a time where morale is at a record low. … We need to be sort of strengthening teachers, and elevating and supporting them.”

So how does this square with Duncan’s famous endorsement, in 2010, of the Los Angeles Times‘ controversial project to publish a database of teacher “value added” ratings?

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Arne Duncan Ratings

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Keithrick Alexander has been a teacher for ten years and he’s found out that every child learns differently.

He’s a supporter of offering students and their families choices in education.  In recent years, choice and creativity in education have quickly become important parts of successfully reaching all students.

“Every child can have the opportunity to learn and we can give parents options,” said Alexander.

The fifth-grade teacher runs the Elite Learning Academy, an after-school enrichment program for young students in Blythewood.

By August 2013, Alexander plans to be teaching at Hope Academy, a public charter school in Richland District Two that recently won approval from the state after a three-year battle.

The public school is focused on giving students the opportunity to explore their interests through smaller classes and heavy parental involvement.

School organizers think their mission to do that was nearly swept up in the debate over school choice at the State House.

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Choice Choice Debate

Big Dog has moved to a new apartment located across the street from the college and he, along with everyone associated with Madison College Athletics, is very excited for him. No more bus rides or long walks to the college… now he is just 75 steps (according to Big Dog) from the front door of the college. This is exciting news for him but he needs your help… read on to discover how you can help Big Dog.

Big Dog lived in his past residence for 20 years and still has a lease on his old place until the end of June. He cannot afford to pay rent at two apartments so we are requesting help from Madison College Athletic Alumni, staff and those that have been touched by the Madison College icon, Gary “Big Dog” Breneman.  We would like to find a way to pay for at least three months of his rent at his new apartment.

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Big Dog Dog

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is the agency responsible for administering and enforcing the legal requirements imposed on tax practitioners. With the implementation of tax preparer certification by the IRS, OPR oversight covers an expanded number of professionals. Treasury Department Circular 230 addresses the code of conduct for individuals engaged in the tax industry.

Among the provisions of Circular 230 are two types of disciplinary proceedings. Anyone with a tax preparer license could now face such proceedings. A tax practitioner may have a representative at these proceedings as long as OPR is provided with an acceptable power of attorney confirmation, such as execution of form 2848.

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Opr Tax Preparer

In the fast-paced world of Internet start-ups and social media companies Pinterest has been around for a couple of years already. It has however gained a lot of interest in the past few months after high profile names start using it, and a slightly dubious legal issue it needs to address (more later).

But, what is ? Well Pinterest is a virtual pinboard to organize and share the things you love. Does that make sense? I should know better than to turn to for help but this does explain it quite well Pinterest is

a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website that is designed for users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies and more.

• Be Nice!
• Be Creative.

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Pinterest Pinterest What’s