Join a New BIPOC Partner Committee to Help Diversify Our Region’s Educators

The Northwest Regional Educator Network (NREN) invites you to join a new committee aimed at diversifying our region’s teacher workforce.

12/08/2020 4:10 PM

Antiracist Multicultural Continuum Guides Organizations Toward Meaningful Change

Our Office of Equity and Family Partnerships has created a new resource so organizations can track their progress toward becoming fully inclusive of all marginalized groups.

12/08/2020 4:06 PM

Message from Superintendent Goldman

As we near the end of 2020, I feel optimistic about better days ahead. We have all faced so many challenges in 2020. I am extremely proud and grateful for the efforts of our NWRESD educators.

12/08/2020 2:50 PM

Child Care Provider Spotlight: Rebecca Clifton

Each quarter we highlight a child care provider who is making a difference in Clatsop, Columbia or Tillamook counties.

12/08/2020

Human Resources Staff Invited to Pilot Transformative Diversification Practices

11/24/2020 4:54 PM

NWRESD Donates Special Education Equipment to SOESD After Wildfire Devastation

11/24/2020 4:36 PM

NWRESD’s Board Equity Policy Advisory Committee Now Accepting Applications

NWRESD is seeking great candidates to join our new board equity policy advisory committee. The application deadline is Nov. 9, 2020.

11/24/2020 4:34 PM

NWRESD Secures More Than $6.4 Million in Grants for Partner Districts and ESD-Run Programs

It was a record-breaking first quarter for our grants team. Since July 1, NWRESD has been awarded 21 grants worth more than $6.4 million for partner districts or ESD-run programs.

11/24/2020 4:33 PM

Family Voice Shapes NWRESD School Plans

This summer, NWRESD’s parent support and engagement team surveyed and/or interviewed more than 650 students and families. We created a recap video so families and partners can see how we have integrated their voices into our plans for the 2020-21 school year.

11/24/2020 4:26 PM

Northwest Regional ESD extends distance learning through Feb. 5, 2021; offering limited in-person instruction for some students

We have not reduced the spread of COVID-19 enough in our communities to be able to provide in-person instruction. We will need to extend comprehensive distance learning through at least the end of the first semester Feb. 5, 2021.

10/23/2020

Cascade Alliance for Equity offers free virtual equity training this October

Oregon educator and equity trainer Lillian M. Green, who runs the diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm North Star Forward, will facilitate the events.

10/19/2020

US Department of Education spotlights Daniel Bair, former student in Northwest Regional's vision program

Daniel Bair, a student who experiences vision loss, was recently featured by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Daniel has received orientation, mobility and vision services from NWRESD's team since he was 3 years old.

10/08/2020

Regional school districts host diverse speech-language pathology students

Communication is the essence of human connection, and human connection contributes to a student's identity and sense of belonging. Cultural and linguistic diversity among educators is paramount, particularly for those who help students overcome speech, language and communication barriers.

10/06/2020

Northwest Regional ESD to implement the All Students Belong guidance

When we opened the school year with our staff, I was direct: 'this year will be incredibly challenging.' And so far, the 2020-21 school year has delivered on this promise. But the ways in which we respond to life's most challenging moments often shape who we will become as individuals and as an orga

10/05/2020

Fiscal team receives certificate of excellence in financial reporting

For the 13th year in a row, the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFAO) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Northwest Regional Education Service District for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

10/01/2020

Caring COVID-19 response supports migrant families

When COVID-19 arrived in the Pacific Northwest in March, it hit the migrant community particularly hard. Families turned to the NWRESD migrant education program team for help.

09/30/2020

Kickstart your journey as an antiracist educator

While originally intended for NWRESD staff, popular demand has encouraged us to share these resources with educators across the region.

09/29/2020

Board Establishes Equity Policy Advisory Committee

09/16/2020

Northwest Regional releases 2020-25 strategic plan

09/09/2020

Northwest Regional Educator Network 2020-23 plan will fund community-driven ideas to retain and recruit diverse educators

The 13-member coordinating body identified retention and recruitment as the plan's focus areas.

09/09/2020