Friday, November 2, 2007 Volume 2007 Issue 59
Calendar of Events	PAEC board of directors announces interim director effective Jan. 1, 2008 Patrick L. McDaniel to assume leadership of PAEC upon retirement of long-time executive director, Paula Lovett Waller. PAEC's board of directors has named Patrick L. McDaniel, risk manager of its Risk Management Consortium, as PAEC's interim executive director when Paula Lovett Waller retires at the end of this year. Property tax reform-light passes Legislature; billions of dollars at stake for schools The Legislators' latest property tax reform proposal that voters will be asked to approve via a constitutional amendment next January is a light version of one adopted earlier this year, but it could still cost schools nearly $3 billion over the next five years. PAEC science projects gain momentum Professional development opportunities for science teachers abound as science teachers from Pensacola to Perry reaped benefits during the past two weeks of Science Partnership Projects. PAEC sponsors another Classroom Walk Through Training On October 23, principals, assistant principals and aspiring principals from Gadsden, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties met at the Wakulla Education Center in Crawfordville, Florida, to develop their leadership skills by participating in Classroom Walk Through Training (CWT). The Division of Career Development and Transition holds 14th International Conference in Orlando On Oct. 17-20, PAEC's Rusty Holmes and June Logue attended the DCDT's 14th International Conference in Orlando. A division of the Council for Exceptional Children, the DCDT is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Smart classrooms for smart teachers The smart classroom idea has been around for nearly ten years. Some school districts have implemented them, but few of these classrooms make the most of the technology they are so fortunate to have. FAME's finale PAEC has sent the last load of supplies to the participants in the FloridaLearns Math Expert (FAME) Project. The materials should arrive before they are needed for FCAT prep. www.paec.org passes milestone Since June 23, 2003, www.paec.org has received over 1 million hits. That's about 250,000 times per year or 685 times per day. We're being heard!
11/8/2007 Jump Start Your Transition 11/8/2007 - 11/9/2007 Effective Learning Environment: Invitation to Achievement, Tuesday Teacher Training: Train-the-Trainer #3 Elementary 11/9/2007 REWARDS Plus Training 11/13/2007 Reading Parent Workshop 11/13/2007 Writing Quality Individual Education Plans/Part 1 (DeFuniak Springs) 11/14/2007 IBM Change Toolkit 11/15/2007 PBS for Parents 11/15/2007 IBM Change Toolkit (Tallahassee) 11/15/2007 Transition 101 (PAEC) 11/16/2007 Writing Quality Individual Education Plans/Part 1 (Marianna) 11/27/2007 Round the House Learning 11/27/2007 - 11/30/2007 Effective Questioning in Science Lessons - Sc:iii/SOAR Participants Florida Educational Channel (FEC) View Programming Schedule Go to FEC Schedule PAEC FloridaLearns Clearinghouse Resources to purchase for the classroom www.paec.org/clearinghouse
Panhandle Area Educational Consortium 753 West Boulevard, Chipley, Florida 32428 Toll Free 1-877-USE-PAEC (873-7232) website: http://www.paec.org Patrick L. McDaniel, Executive Director - mcdanielp@paec.org The PAEC Horizon is a communications initiative in support of the PAEC Strategic Plan 2005 and Beyond, "Strategy 1", which states, "We will develop and implement a consistent and congruent communication system that is used by all staff of PAEC member districts to achieve our strategic objectives." If you have suggestions for future articles, please contact us at consortium_news@paec.org.

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