Flashback

1, 2—Oregon School Public Relations Association.

1—Members of OSPRA gathered at NWREL to hear Oregon Superintendent Susan Castillo's vision for public education in the state.

2—Gay Campbell, communications director for the Everett, Washington, schools also spoke to the group on public relations account—Gability, measurement, and research strategies.

3—Regional Mentoring Workshop.

Representatives of schools and community-based programs attended a workshop at the Laboratory which provided instruction on applying for U.S. Department of Education mentoring grants. The DOE will award 200 grants in 2004, totaling $50 million, to programs that target academic achievement, dropout prevention, and juvenile delinquency prevention for at-risk youth. Several different NWREL departments offered advice on what constitutes high quality mentoring programs.

4—AmeriCorps*VISTA Training.

At a four-day conference, NWREL provided training to the national cadre of facilitators who prepare new recruits for the country's largest domestic anti-poverty volunteer program. A big part of the training was to equip volunteers with the skills for mobilizing resources, building sustainability, and fostering community collaborations.