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Oklahoma's Teacher of the Year

Excerpt from Oklahoma State Department of Education

BROKEN ARROW (Jan. 23, 2019) — Oklahoma’s 2018 Teacher of the Year is a step closer to claiming the profession’s highest honor. In a news conference this morning at Broken Arrow High School, Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced that Donna Gradel of Broken Arrow High School has been named one of four finalists for the National Teacher of the Year award.

“Donna’s teaching philosophy is that every student has potential no matter his or her start. Her heart captures perfectly the power of education itself – to see the best in a student and to cultivate that potential so the student can overcome all odds and become a job creator, a future U.S. president or city mayor, a community leader, a professional educator or a scientist,” Stitt said during the announcement.

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Q and A of the Day

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Our educator team answers questions from teachers in 65 schools statewide who are using the Alpha Plus Model to improve student performance. If you have questions, please use this form. – Thanks!

From online ticket submitted 11/26/18

Q:  Can the summative benchmark assessment be taken over two days, if needed? – Grade 3 Teacher

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Help students prove they learned what you taught!

As teachers using the Alpha Plus Model prepare to administer Summative B for their midyear benchmark, we want to remind all that this is a good opportunity to use our simulated state test to teach expected test-taking procedures as well as strategies for determining the best answer to any assessment question.

Download a PDF of our Test-Taking Procedures and Strategies packet that includes student worksheets for reading/ELA and math.  Call Alpha Plus at (405) 842-8408, if you have questions about how to help your students prove they learned what you taught them!

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Lori Graham named Outstanding Educator of the Year

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Congratulations to Lori Graham who was named Outstanding Educator at the 2018 Celebration of Education in Oklahoma!

Carnegie Elementary School Principal Lori Graham received the Outstanding Educator Award at the 2018 Celebration of Education in Oklahoma April 27 from OU’s Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at The University of Oklahoma.

Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick nominated Ms. Graham for the award after Alpha Plus had worked with the school for several years, including before and since Carnegie Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. 

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Success with OAS Teachers of the Year List

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Alpha Plus Success with OAS Teachers of the Year!

Teachers of the Year in Math and Reading were selected from each school administering both Alpha Plus formative and summative assessments in Grades 3-8. Just 35 math teachers and 37 reading teachers with highest Running Proficiency Rates were selected to represent educators leading 523 classes statewide that used Alpha Plus Online in 2017-18.

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We Use Data to Help Schools on the Way to an A!

Teachers and administrators can quickly and easily identify students who need more help learning the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Alpha Plus pinpoints the SPECIFIC OAS objectives or "gaps" students have from previous years, then helps school teams address each objective throughout the year.

That is why Alpha Plus schools have OUTPERFORMED the state average every year of the A-F Report Cards.