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Mer's Jobs & Advocacy News - November 26

11/26/2019

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  • Take a Mindful Minute by practicing mindfulness with new Calm app meditation teacher and author Tara Brach
  • Check out Job Leads from 26 companies and discover what wellbeing looks like for Millennials versus Gen X versus Baby Boomers
  • #WonderWomxnWinning: I visited my alma mater Piedmont Hills High school and volunteered at their #Cash4College financial aid workshops with Evergreen Valley College staff
  • Check out Events & Opportunities like Santa Clara Supervisor Susan Ellenberg addressing mental health & behavioral health, the Schools & Communities First Initiative, a training by Gallup in San Diego, LEAD Filipino's 2020 Fly Pinay Conference, SB 89 Implementation in the Bay Area, SVO's Signature Pathway to Political Leadership Program, Cyber Week Offers at TechSoup, and Giving Tuesday
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Mer's College Access News - November 21

11/21/2019

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  • Get College Access updates like the upcoming Nov 30 deadlines for CSU and UC, staying on top of Common App deadlines, college graduate employment rates after 6 months of graduation, new college rankings by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, and exploring majors at the UCs
  • Get Financial Aid & Scholarship updates like opinions on the FAFSA, the 2020-21 Race to Submit Campaign, and how to support homeless students
  • Get Career Exploration & Planning updates like O*Net occupation updates with technology skills and careers for social impact
  • Explore Events for Educators and Advisors like nominations for the 2019-20 Arthur Marmaduke High School Counselor Award, webinars on financial aid and supporting foster youth college transitions, the Social Impact Challenge and Tech4Good End of Year Celebration, and a webinar to contextualize collegiate leadership development
  • Check out Resources for Educators and Advisors like Active Minds' #HugMore campaign, new reports released on bullying online or by text, best practices from CORE Districts, how brain science can help students handle conflict, the relationship between education and homelessness, identification and training for K-12 staff to support homeless youth, and The Education Trust's newest research brief on increasing access to financial aid
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Mer's Jobs & Advocacy News - November 19

11/19/2019

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  • Take a Mindful Minute by practicing mindfulness with your students using tools from Mindful Schools
  • Check out Job Leads from 28 companies and discover what wellbeing looks like for Millennials versus Gen X versus Baby Boomers
  • #WonderWomxnWinning: I networked with the Santa Clara Girls Advisory Team and supported APALI at the AT&T Believe Bay Area - Silicon Valley Signature Launch Event
  • Check out Events & Opportunities like FormAssembly updates, a Special Hearing on Child Sexual Abuse hosted by Supervisors Cindy Chavez and Dave Cortese, updates on this week's PG&E shutoff, the 2020 Census, a theory of change for "Every woman counts," and the Pinay Power 2020 Reunion
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Mer's College Access News - November 13

11/13/2019

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  • Get College Access updates like the "Some College, No Degree" report, a letter sent to the UC regents to drop the SAT, and the use of early decision and early action during college application season
  • Get Financial Aid & Scholarship updates like the use of food scholarships to tackle the issue of food insecurity, the limited number of public universities that are affordable for low-income students, and important tips from Federal Student Aid
  • Get Career Exploration & Planning updates like accounting for cost of living when considering salary and the Passion economy versus the Gig economy
  • Explore Events for Educators and Advisors like Digital Promise's opportunities to shape the 2020 National Education Technology Plan
  • Check out Resources for Educators and Advisors like effective approaches to supporting rural students, data interoperability, organizational management to impact teaching and learning, a Timeline of Social Studies Education in America, helping your students navigate news in a presidential election year, the EdTech Genome Project, local lessons in creating an Ethnic Studies curriculum, and the Open Educational Resources State Policy Tracker
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Mer's Jobs & Advocacy News - November 12

11/12/2019

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  • Take a Mindful Minute by practicing calm using Insight Timer, and learn more about Mental Health
  • Check out Job Leads from 30 companies and prepare to ask for a raise and network
  • #WonderWomxnWinning: I supported the Annual African-American College Readiness Summit and recharged at APALI's Silicon Valley Bay Area Officials Retreat
  • Check out Events & Opportunities like Bridgespan's Nonprofit Hiring Toolkit, the rise of anxiety and depression among U.S. teens, Sunday Soup with Veggielution, Pixar's first film about Filipino-Americans, and SABA North American's 2nd Annual Naturalization Drive
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Mer's College Access News - November 6

11/6/2019

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  • Get College Access updates like Common App's new Family Resources and a message from Michelle Obama, UC's webinar series for November, access to the 2019 CSU Counselor Conference presentations, the AICCU member colleges, and information about the UC freshman and transfer applications
  • Get Financial Aid & Scholarship updates like UC's financial aid fact of the month and how to get ahead this scholarship season
  • Get Career Exploration & Planning updates like Gallup's report indicating a record-high in U.S. women preferring work over homemaking
  • Explore Events for Educators and Advisors like a Brave Space conversation with Shay Franco-Clausen for black identifying students, a webinar on supporting English learner student achievement, a webinar on supporting foster youth from high school to community college, a webinar on co-designing early STEM learning resources, a webinar on measuring students' social and emotional learning, and a webinar to review progress of Senate Bill 89 implementation in the bay area
  • Check out Resources for Educators and Advisors like an ACT report that demonstrates a decline in college readiness among US high school grads, UC's awareness campaign in support of undocumented students, an update to the definition of "pupil achievement" that schools report in their LCAPs, "Being Bilingual is My Super Power," advancing the conversation with youth around mental health with JED, a new law expanding Medi-Cal access to young adults regardless of immigration status, a civil-rights challenge to testing, and the country's massive teacher shortage
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Mer's Jobs & Advocacy News - November 4

11/4/2019

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  • Take a Mindful Minute by practicing calm throughout the year with #YearOfCalm
  • Check out Job Leads from 22 companies and prepare to ask for a raise or request an informational interview
  • NEW! #AdvancEDOnPurpose: I started the AdvancED Consulting Blog in August 2019 to share stories and best practices with anyone who is focused on growing as a human, professional, and citizen. Check it out today!
  • Check out Events & Opportunities like AT&T's event "Believe Bay Area-Silicon Valley, how to get your organization compliant with GDPR and CCPA with FormAssembly, how Filipina Maria Orosa invented banana ketchup and saved thousands of lives, ending incarceration for women and girls in Santa Clara County, exploring live music in San José, and San José's new official gear
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