<div dir="ltr">Hi Jocelyn,<div><br></div><div>This email works, but my work contact is <a href="mailto:kmattern@anacondaschools.org">kmattern@anacondaschools.org</a> in case you notice I take too long to respond:)</div><div><br></div><div>I would love to hear about your work and am interested in helping out! This week is already full for me, but the weekend is open, as is the 18-20th just about anytime.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Kate</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:16 PM Washburn, Jocelyn Christine <<a href="mailto:jwashburn@ku.edu">jwashburn@ku.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hi Kate,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">I’m Jocelyn Washburn at KUCRL (the somewhat new Director of PD, as of one year ago). Tom Manthey at the Montana Center for Inclusive Education and I received a grant from the Educational
 Promise Foundation </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,0,0)">to build capacity in SIM professional learning and implementation to improve student outcomes</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. We hope
 you’ll participate in this project.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Developing a self-sustaining SIM initiative in Montana is the primary focus of the initiative with the ultimate goal of improving student outcomes. Funding will empower SIM Professional
 Developers to increase skills in delivering PD and coaching in blended virtual and face-to-face environments, to create opportunities for SIM Professional Developers to expand their networks and school-based expertise with SIM micro-credentials, and to host
 a Montana SIM Update Conference.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As a first step in the project, we’d like to have a conversation with you, as someone who has been involved with SIM in Montana in the past. We estimate the informal interview will
 take about 30 minutes, and we’d like to use video-conferencing.</span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,0,0)"> Please let me know if you are willing to be interviewed and a few times you are available to meet through video-conferencing. </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for considering our request. Your experience and expertise in SIM in Montana is invaluable and will assist us with growing it again in the state. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely, </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Jocelyn</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jocelyn Washburn, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Director of Professional Development</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senior Associate Researcher</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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