Happy New Year! We’re excited to gather with you from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, for our next Ambassador Board Meeting! We will explore the College’s efforts to diversify the educator workforce in our region. Hear from the directors of the College's Teacher Education Program and your fellow Ambassadors who are leading the charge. Surface your questions and perspectives.

Thank you for being a champion for education!  

Warmly,   
Kimberly Mitchell, Tim Burgess and Mia Tuan   

Click below to add our next board meeting to your calendar:              

• April 2, 2019, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Sharing stories with your networks elevates the College’s profile and arms opinion-shapers with examples of our state-wide impact. Action Item: Read one of the stories below and share it strategically. (Be sure to follow the College of Education on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn!)

Enjoy our annual roundup of the College's most popular stories, videos, photos and other content from the past year!:

• Most shared general news stories: UW College of Education ranked #9 in nation and Teachers take charge of their own professional development
  
• Most viewed video: 2018 Graduation Highlights
  
• Most shared general faculty news story: How a community reclaimed its Southeast Seattle high school (Ann Ishimaru)
  
• Most viewed faculty video: More than just loving kids (Carly Roberts EduTalk)
  
• Most shared alumni stories: Expanding possibilities: Research into dance and the mind and Creating spaces where students feel valued
  
• Most viewed Research That Matters 2018 video: Let's do this together (Django Paris)
  
• Most shared student stories: PhD student honored for paper on centering Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies and Supporting students in transition
  
• Most shared story from Research That Matters 2018: Ending the tyranny of the 4-year degree (Thomas Halverson)
  
• Most viewed livestream : "Using the City as a Classroom" with Katie Headrick Taylor and Rogers Hall
  
• Most viewed photo gallery: Graduation 2018 and Banks Professorship Celebration
  
• Most viewed Instagram photo/video: Unveiling of indigenous mural in Miller Hall
  
• Most listened to SoundCloud podcast: Kimberly Mitchell — Experience Inquiry: 5 Powerful Strategies, 50 Practical Experiences

• Join us for "A Place Called School" EduTalks at Sartori Elementry School - March 18, 3:30-5:30 p.m.! During the fast-paced program, speakers will share their insights into how schools can be transformed so that all students have opportunities to fully explore and develop their individual identity and potential — and become optimistic, creative and valued participants in society. In five minutes, each presenter will give their unique take on how to engage communities and educators in reinvigorating our schools. RSVP here, or contact Sasha at [email protected] for more information.
  

YOUR AMBASSADOR SUPPORT TEAM:                                                                                                                               
J. Eric Lawson:  [email protected] | (206) 685-2678                                                               
Grant Twitchell:  [email protected] | (206) 543-8353                                                               
Maya Trachtenberg:  [email protected] | (206) 221-1864                                                               
Sasha Duttchoudhury:  [email protected] | (206) 543-3532