Welcome to National School Choice Week 2012!

posted by: Alix | January 23, 2012, 08:32 PM

This week is National School Choice Week – a national movement of grassroots organizations calling for more educational options. ASTA supports National School Choice Week because we support educators in all settings and applauds their individual choices about where they practice their profession.

While school choice is often discussed in terms of policies that benefit students, ASTA wants to empower and promote the thousands of teachers benefitting from choice settings nationwide. From the majority of teachers working in traditional public schools, to educators employed in public charter, virtual, and private schools, ASTA celebrates teacher choices–in education setting and in professional associations.

As part of the festivities this week, ASTA is hosting an event celebrating teachers. ASTA will will be premiering a new film by our national partner, the Association oof American Educators (AAE), entitled, Teacher's Choice, presenting portraits of four American educators who've selected their own path. (An ASTA member is featured!) This event is free of charge. Click here to RSVP.

"AAE is privileged to support educators in all settings–traditional public, virtual, charter or private," said AAE Executive Director Gary Beckner. "In signing on to National School Choice Week we can shed light on how our member educators are benefitting from school choice across the country."

We hope that you will participate in National School Choice Week along with ASTA!

Click here to preview AAE's film: Teacher's Choice.

What will you do to celebrate teacher choice?
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