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Ogden district won't lose accreditation over librarian cuts, says official

Last updated Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 6:32am

OGDEN — Ogden School District will not lose accreditation anytime soon following the reduction in force of the school’s 20 media specialists on Friday.

While many secondary schools in Utah have licensed teachers as media specialists, it is not a requirement by the state, said Tiffany Hall, K-12 literacy coordinator for the Utah State Office of Education.

“It is one of the accreditation assurances, especially at the secondary level,” Hall said. “But it isn’t enough that the school would lose accreditation.”

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Ogden School District notifies librarians of job terminations

Rachel Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 1:22pm

UPDATE:

OGDEN — Twenty media specialists/librarians were told Friday morning they would not have jobs with the Ogden School District next year.

The cut is a “reduction in force,” meaning that no compensation is offered.

Administrators broke the news to the specialists at a specially called meeting Friday morning. Those present suspected something was up when they received an email and phone call earlier in the week to plan the meeting.

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Utah lawmaker wants parents to know which teachers are packing guns

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 1:50pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah legislator alarmed over a gun lobby's call for armed teachers says parents should know when their children's teacher is packing.

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Top of Utah school districts to teachers: Enter rehab before arrest, conviction

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 7:56am

Teachers who enter rehab for substance abuse issues are less likely to lose their job than teachers arrested for being under the influence or possessing an illegal drug, officials say.

“We do know people have issues in their lives and that some people need assistance,” said Christopher Williams, community relations director for Davis School District.

“It is always better for them to seek professional help than getting caught by law enforcement and jeopardizing their jobs because they didn’t take care of it sooner.”

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Utah education ranked 38th in U.S.

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 7:00am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's education system is ranked 38th in the nation according to a new study from a national education magazine.

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Christine Caldwell, left, receives firearms training with a 9mm Glock from personal defense instructor Jim McCarthy during concealed weapons training for 200 Utah teachers Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, in West Valley City, Utah. The Utah Shooting Sports Council offered six hours of training in handling concealed weapons in the latest effort to arm teachers to confront school assailants. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah teachers pack gun training classes

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 6:07pm

WEST VALLEY CITY — Jessica Fiveash sees nothing wrong with arming teachers. She’s one herself, and learned Thursday how to safely use her 9 mm Ruger with a laser sight.

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Clearfield lawmaker: Teachers lining up for gun class

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 7:18am

CLEARFIELD — One local representative is offering a reduced-cost concealed weapon permit training course for educators.

“No one is forcing teachers to do this, but those wishing to do so, we are encouraging them to get more training,” said Rep. Curt Oda, R-Clearfield.

Ever since the Dec. 14 massacre at a Connecticut school, Oda, a concealed weapon permit instructor, has heard from a number of educators who want to take the course.

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Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 7:23am

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training as organizers seek to arm more educators in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting.

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This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo shows the sign in front of the Harrold Independent School District in Harrold, Texas. The K-12 school has a policy allowing teachers and other school employees to carry concealed weapons, a controversial policy that's now being considered in at least five other states in the wake of last week's deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Angela K. Brown)

Teachers allowed to carry concealed guns in Texas town

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:29am

HARROLD, Texas — In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don’t give much thought to safety at the community’s lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons.

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Area educators honored by UEA

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 19, 2012 - 9:52pm

Two area teachers won Superstars in Education awards this week from the Utah Education Association.

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Members of the Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates celebrate after the delegates voted to suspend the strike against the school district Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in Chicago. The city's teachers agreed to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines, ending a spiteful stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that put teacher evaluations and job security at the center of a national debate about the future of public education. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago teachers vote to return to classroom

Sophia Tareen, Tammy Webber The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 5:22pm

CHICAGO — The city’s teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines, ending a spiteful stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that put teacher evaluations and job security at the center of a national debate about the future of public education.

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Smaller, more subdued groups of teachers picket outside Morgan Park High School in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, as a strike by Chicago Teachers Union members heads into its second week. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he will seek a court order to force the city's teachers back into the classroom. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd week

Sophia Tareen, Tammy Webber The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 17, 2012 - 9:57am

CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked a state court Monday to force Chicago school teachers back to work and end a weeklong strike he calls illegal.

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Thousands of public school teachers rally outside Chicago Public Schools district headquarters on the first day of strike action over teachers' contracts on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in Chicago. For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third-largest city — and to a national audience — less than a week after most schools opened for fall. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Chicago teachers strike reverberates nationwide

Bill Turque The Washington Post

Last updated Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 10:41am

Teachers in Chicago went on strike for the first time in 25 years on Monday in a bitter dispute with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that is reverberating across the country as the issues at the core of the conflict - teacher evaluations tied to student test scores, a longer school day and other education policy changes - are being hotly debated from Hawaii to Maine.

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DESK Academy training teachers to improve readers

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, August 31, 2012 - 8:03pm

KAYSVILLE — Learning to better integrate reading and writing into every aspect of a student’s education was the focus of training this week for hundreds of Davis County teachers, librarians, counselors and administrators.

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Collaborating Ogden district teachers yields greater results

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 8:40pm

OGDEN — School hasn’t really been out yet for teachers in Ogden School District. Many instructors have been attending conferences and workshops about new programs and ideas to implement in the classroom once school starts again in August.

This is the second year the teachers have participated in these types of workshops, where they can share ideas and get insights from educators from different parts of the United States.

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