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SOT FULLSLATE - MAY 26, 2010SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARDSLATE - RACE TO THE TOP		(sot full)
'All in favor...signify by saying 'aye'...	
		(All) 'Aye.'	
		'Those opposed? Those abstaining? Uh, the application is at least ready to be signed by you and me.'	
		(NSG) 'Yes, thank you very much.' (claps)	
SLATE - RACE TO THE TOP		(narrator track)
the maryland board of education approves --	
		unanimously --	
		the state's application for 'race to the top.'	
DISSOLVE TO SOT'S		the vote comes a day after the board held a public comment session.	
		it heard views -- 'for' and 'against.'	
		the critical issue links teacher and principal evaluations to student growth.	
SOT ANN DE LACEY 1319:36CG - ANN DE LACEY         PRES., HOWARD COUNTY EDUCATION         ASSOCIATION		(sot ann de lacy)
'A major concern that the HCEA has is with the teacher evaluation component.'	
SOT ANDRES ALONSO 1300:08CG - ANDRES ALONSO         CEO, BALTIMORE SCHOOLS		(sot andres alonso)
'The reforms that are embedded in the Race to the Top application are all about being -- making us able to move those kids forward.'	
SOT CHERYL BOSTBANNER - AGAINST RTTTCG - CHERYL BOST         PRES., TABCO		(sot cheryl bost)
'Throughout the Race to the Top application, readers are led to believe that this was a wonderful collaboration and communication with educators.'	
SOT JOE HAIRSTON 1454(SHOT HERE IS OF HIS HANDS)		(sot joe hairston)
'The evaulation process isn't new...'	
SOT JOE HAIRSTON 1452CG - JOE HAIRSTON          SUP'T., BALTIMORE CO. SCHOOLS		(sot joe hairston)
'Sometimes we allow ourselves to become so embroiled in sidebar issues that we miss the main issue.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1449:46-53CG - NANCY S. GRASMICK          MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Secretary Duncan -- he really cautioned every state considering submission -- and reform.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1449:55-04		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Please be bold, you may not arrive at consensus immediately -- but you need to be bold.'	
CUT SHOT OF NSG		(narrator track)
superintendent nancy grasmick underlined the state's outreach with more than 80 focus groups involving teachers and principals.	
		and an 'educator effectiveness' workgroup that will tailor the evaluations with input from everyone.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'So our hope is we will arrive at consensus. We hope that our Educator Effectiveness workgroup will be a very powerful group as it's been in the past.	
JIM PAT'S THE STACK		(narrator track)
the 'race' application represents a huge amount of work.	
SOT JIM FORAN 1406:03CG - JIM FORAN         PROJECT DIRECTOR, RACE TO THE TOP		(sot jim foran)
'First of all let me start by presenting to you the current draft of our application.' (he thumps it & smiles)	
SOT JIM FORAN		(sot jim foran)
'Just so that you know, the top part of it here is the actually application itself -- it's 330 pages long -- '	
HOLD VIDEO AND TUCK UNDER		(narrator track)
project director jim foran says another 300 pages are 'budget' and then nearly two thirds of the stack -- appendices --flesh out the document.	
SOT JIM FORAN 141056		(SOT JIM FORAN)
'The Achievement Gap is mentioned throughout this application in a number of the sections.'	
CUT SHOT OF THE BOARD		(narrator track)
maryland built its theme around reducing the achievement gap. --	
SOT ANAND VAISHNAV		(sot anand vaishnav)
'Gonna be a little weird not waking up next week to an email from Jim.' (laughter)	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
it has now submitted the final edition of its race application.	
SOT ANAND VAISHNAV 1420:03CG - ANAND VAISHNAV         CONSULTANT, EDUCATION FIRST		(sot anand vaishnav)
'The application in my mind, and I've read alot of these, has a uniquely Maryland feel to it. By that I mean this was not a cut and paste job.'	
SOT ANAND VAISHNAV 1420:57 ('SOME THINGS PROPOSING')		(SOT ANAND VAISHNAV)
'You know some of the things that the state is proposing in terms of teacher evaluation and principal evaluation has not been done before. There's nothing in the nation that's been attempted on the scale that Race to the Top is asking.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the federal government will evaluate these phase two applications, and inform state finalists by the end of july.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT INSIDE 'SOT JAMES VOTE' IN DAY 2 BIN 1005:24		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'Underemphasized in the discussion is the fact that everybody in the process, and you've heard from Dr. Alonso, Dr. Hairston and others at the superintendent level, are holding themselves accountable based on student growth. '	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT 'NOT TEACHER BASHING'		(SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT)
'And this is not teacher bashing this is teacher support actually because they are the front line that is essential to closing the loop on how we move all students forward and close that achievement gap.'	
DIP TO BLACK & BACK		(fade audio)

SOT COLLEEN SEREMET@ 'GREATER EMPHASIS' IN CC BINCG - COLLEEN SEREMET         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF INSTRUCTION		(sot colleen seremet)
'greater emphasis on technical reading and writing over what previous standards have emphasized...'	
SLATE - COMMON CORE STANDARDS		(narrator track)
the board approves -- in concept - common core standards.	
		common core, backed by governors in 48 states, seeks to align college and career-ready standards nationwide.	
		maryland's curricular revisions near completion.	
		the board approves in advance as the race to the top program looks favorably on common core.	
DIP TO BLACK & BACK		(dip audio & full)

NAT FULL - OIL SPILL		(sot nat full)
'tba/oil spill'	
SOT KEVIN MAXWELL -- SOT MAXWELL IN ENVIRIONMENT BINCG - KEVIN MAXWELL         SUP'T., A.A. CO. SCHOOLS		(sot kevin maxwell)
'There's a tremendous gap between what we know, and what we're doing, as it relates to the environment.'	
HOLDING VIDEO OF OIL SPILLSLATE - ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION		(narrator track)
history's biggest oil spill serves as front-page backdrop to an on-going effort to maintain and advance a pro-active environmental curriculum in maryland.	
NAT FULL VIDEO INSIDE 'NAT - VIDEO' IN ENVIR. BIN(USE THE ACTUAL VIDEO HERE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE WORDS -- THEN COME OUT TO USE THE ON CAMERA PULL)		(nat full video)
'The Chesapeake looms large in Maryland. It's an undeniable presence in the Environmental Education program in Maryland schools.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
the board watches a video of queen anne's county's kennard elementary.	
		Students there built their own wetland.	
NAT FULL VIDEO		(nat full video)
oq- Whoa... that thing's huge.'	
NAT FULL VIDEOGET MK'S REACTION AS SHE LAUGHS		(nat full video)
'Everyone quiet -- let the viewers hear it!'	
SOT LEE FRANKLIN (MIX SHOTS OF VIDEO AND IN BOARD ROOM)		(sot lee franklin)
'My goal is for them to become really interested in studying the Chesapeake Bay ...'	
SOT LEE FRANKLIN'LEE ENVIRONMENTAL GURU'		(sot lee franklin)
(JR) 'And you are the environmental guru -- right?'	
		(Lee) 'Well, (laughing) I don't know about that -- I would say that my students I'm hoping will become environmental gurus...'	
MORE VIDEO		(narrator track)
the board revises and reinforces regulations regarding environmental education.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - TEACHERS OF THE YEAR!		(sot nancy grasmick)
'So it's almost an Oscar awards celebration.' (video of the two -- they smile)	
WIDE SHOT ALL		(narrator track)
and finally -- the board recognizes maryland '20-ten-20-11 'teachers of the year.'	
CG -  JOSHUA COOKE          JOHN HUMBIRD ES          ALLEGANY COUNTY		(music full - allegany)
	
CG - ERIN SULLIVAN         GLEN BURNE HS         ANNE ARUNDEL CO.			
CG - BRIAN RAINVILLE         MAREE GARNETT FARRING ES/MS         BALTIMORE CITY			
CG - RALENE JACOBSON         FRANKLINS ES         BALTIMORE COUNTY			
CG - DORIS O'DONNELL         PATUXENT ES/KINDERGARTEN         CALVERT COUNTY			
CG - JANNA MICHALUK         COLONEL RICHARDSON HS         CAROLINE COUNTY			
CG - SHARON ADEDEJI          CENTURY HS          CARROLL COUNTY			
CG - NICOLE MORRIS-STAUFFER         LEEDS ES         CECIL COUNTY			
CG - MARK HOWELL         WESTLAKE HS         CHARLES COUNTY			
CG - CRYSTAL OWENS          CHOPTANK ES         DORCHESTER COUNTY			
CG - MICHELLE SHEARER         URBANA HS         FREDERICK COUNTY			
CG - ROBYN NAZELROD         YOUGH GLADES ES          GARRETT COUNTY			
CG - LISA MULLEN         NORTH HARFORD MS         HARFORD COUNTY			
CG - MATTHEW KINLOCK         GLENELG HS         HOWARD COUNTY			
CG - JOSEPH EVANS          KENT COUNTY HS          KENT COUNTY			
CG - JAMES SCHAFER          MONTGOMERY BLAIR HS          MONTGOMERY COUNTY			
CG - TIFFANY DOSTER         JAMES RYDER RANDALL ES         PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY			
CG - KRISTIN HURLOCK         KENT ISLAND HS         QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY			
CG - ARLENE SACHS|          LEONARDTOWN ES          ST. MARY'S COUNTY			
CG - TANYA BRIDDELL          WASHINGTON ACADEMY/HS          SOMERSET COUNTY			
CG - JACLYN SPIKER         EASTON MS         TALBOT COUNTY			
CG - MARJORIE KELLMAN         WASHINGTON CO. TECHNICAL HS         WASHINGTON COUNTY			
CG - LISA KING         DELMAR ES         WICOMICO COUNTY			
CG - ANGELA LANDRETH         SNOW HILL MS         WORCESTER COUNTY			
SOT DARLA STROUSE		(narrator track)
the grand prize winner will be selected october eighth and will go on to the national competition.	
		this has been news from the board with msde tv.	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(music sting/fade)