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CAWS Members Reminder: Choose Your CAWS Student of the Year by April 8th
The CAWS membership deadline for eligibility to select a CAWS 2023/2024 Student of the Year, SOTY, is only a few days away. You can confirm the status of your programme on our current CAWS 2023/2024 Member Schools list. Membership is open throughout the year, however only schools with payments received by our deadline may select a SOTY for 2023/2024.
Toddle Spring Seminar Invite for CAWS Member Schools
As we gear up for our upcoming Spring Seminar, I'm excited to invite you to our post event mixer hosted by our partners - Toddle. Toddle is an AI-powered Teaching and Learning Platform, licensed by the IB and used by 1600+ schools globally. Our partnership is aligned with our mission to bring innovative learning experiences to our IB community.
Gavin Payne - January 2024 Update
This morning, Governor Newsom released his initial draft of the 2024-25 budget.
First, the big news: earlier, the Legislative Analyst had recently opined that the state’s budget shortfall (covering 3 years) would total $68 billion. Significantly, the Department of Finance estimates that shortfall to be only $38 billion. Although revenues are still down, The Governor’s proposed budget reflects that lower deficit number.
First, the big news: earlier, the Legislative Analyst had recently opined that the state’s budget shortfall (covering 3 years) would total $68 billion. Significantly, the Department of Finance estimates that shortfall to be only $38 billion. Although revenues are still down, The Governor’s proposed budget reflects that lower deficit number.
CAWS Concept-Based Learning - Unit Planning
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IB MYP/PYP Teacher Training
Location: Granlibakken Resort in Tachoe City, California
Recent News
Trailer Bill Changes to LRE Block Grant
There appears to be some confusion regarding proposed Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant (LRE) trailer bill language that is related to a recent lawsuit settlement agreement. While we do not have all the answers yet, we can clarify that (1) there is not a new $2 billion pot of funding related to either LRE or the settlement and (2) neither the trailer bill language nor the settlement proposes to scoop up money from some LEAs and/or students and provide it to others.
PowerPoint Slides: IB-CAWS Programme Development Planning: Unlocking Continuous Improvement
Our roundtable event yesterday with Kelsey Day provided excellent practical information, direction and support for the IB Programme Development Plan launched in 2020. Kelsey is happy to share her PowerPoint slides and audio of our meeting through this email.
Revenue Picture and Assessment of Prop 98 Maneuver
On Friday, February 16, 2024, the California Department of Finance (DOF) confirmed that state general fund revenues as of January 31 came in $5.9 billion below the Governor’s budget projections for the current fiscal year. Obviously not good news, but also not surprising in the context of the views shared by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in their November and most recent February forecasts.