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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

Did You Know? Oklahoma Elements: Helium & Iodine

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DID YOU KNOW?
By Jan Barrick, CEO, Alpha Plus.
Featuring a passage about Oklahoma history from the Success with OAS series.

In Oklahoma history, a favorite source of fun for children and an important nutrient have been produced right here in our state. In this selection, learn more about two essential elements still supplied to the world by Oklahoma today.

Oklahoma Elements: Helium and Iodine

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Alpha Plus Professional Development for Oklahoma Educators

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We appreciate Oklahoma educators from Barnsdall Middle School who joined the Alpha Plus team in an Instructional Leader Professional Development opportunity at our offices in Oklahoma City in February. Pictured from left to right are Seth Juby, Principal Rene Burns, Caleb Hawes, and Alpha Plus Resident Principal, Jim Childers.

Our Professional Development workshops for Oklahoma administrators and teacher leaders include:

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Alpha Plus Professional Development for Educators

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At an Instructional Leader Professional Development meeting in February, Alpha Plus professionals met with Oklahoma educators from Barnsdall Elementary School. We thank the leaders who joined us for this workshop. Pictured are (from left to right) Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick, Principal Leasa Marshall, April Cole, and Ryan McCloud.

Alpha Plus Professional Development is data-driven and job-embedded.  We help train Oklahoma educators on using Alpha Plus common formative and summative benchmark assessments to help identify students' learning gaps in alignment with the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS).

Professional Development Materials include:

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DID YOU KNOW: The Musical "Oklahoma!"

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DID YOU KNOW? 

In Oklahoma history, the musical Oklahoma! is one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time. Based on the 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs, the musical became a major motion picture in 1955.

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ALPHA PLUS NEW PARTNER: Bennett Elementary School

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We welcome Bennett Elementary School in Broken Bow as a new Alpha Plus partner on their Way to an A!

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We Use Data to Help Schools on the Way to an A!

Teachers and administrators can quickly and easily identify students who need more help learning the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Alpha Plus pinpoints the SPECIFIC OAS objectives or "gaps" students have from previous years, then helps school teams address each objective throughout the year.

That is why Alpha Plus schools have OUTPERFORMED the state average every year of the A-F Report Cards.