Course topics include business English, community use of facilities, communication, customer service, keyboarding, technology, LSIS, SASIxp, records management, and time and attendance reporting. Registration begins September 8. All courses in the catalog are offered at no cost to contracted employees. Grants are due on October 27. Fellowships Available The American Assn.
Fellows also receive a trip to Washington, D.C., to attend a five-day summer teacher institute.
The application deadline is January 10, 2001. Direct Connect A message from Nancy Sprague, assistant superintendent, Instructional Services Dept. The ETS report, Does It Compute, is based on findings from a national study using data drawn from the 1996 National Assessment of Education Progress in Mathematics. The ETS report noted that other studies have supported these findings. In 1994, the International Assn. for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement conducted a survey of more than 1,000 teachers.