COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PREMIERE OF A NEW PROGRAM CALLED “WHAT’S HAPPENING IN EDUCATION”. THIS NEW SERIES WILL EXPLORE EDUCATION ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH A FOCUS ON K-12 EDUCATION IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE SHOW IS PRODUCED AND HOSTED BY COMMUNITY TV BOARD CHAIRMAN JON SILVER. THE PROGRAM WILL HIGHLIGHT MANY OF THE POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AS WELL AS EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES. A GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BY ENGAGING AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC WITH THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ON IMPORTANT EDUCATION TOPICS.
“WHAT’S HAPPENING IN EDUCATION” CAN BE SEEN ON TUESDAYS AT 7:30 PM ON COMCAST CHANNEL 26/ CHARTER CHANNEL 72 AND FRIDAYS AT 6 PM ON COMCAST CHANNEL 25/ CHARTER CHANNEL 71.
IN THE PREMIERE SHOW, “WHAT’S HAPPENING IN EDUCATION” EXAMINES THE TEACHING PROFESSION THROUGH THE WORK OF UC SANTA CRUZ’S NEW TEACHER CENTER. GUESTS ARE NEW TEACHER CENTER FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELLEN MOIR, OUTREACH COORDINATOR TRINIDAD CASTRO, AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS GARY BLOOM AND WENDY BARON. THE NEW TEACHER CENTER PROVIDES TRAINING AND SUPPORT (THROUGH THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NEW TEACHER PROJECT) TO ALL BEGINNING TEACHERS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND PROVIDES TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO EDUCATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
FUTURE SHOWS WILL FEATURE: THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM PAJARO VALLEY, UPDATES FROM COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MICHAEL WATKINS, TIPS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILDREN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, EFFECTIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTION, BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE LEARNING, CHARTER SCHOOLS, BOOK FLOOD PROJECT, MUSIC EDUCATION, AND THE IMPACTS OF ‘NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND’.
PRODUCER JON SILVER HAS A LONG HISTORY AS AN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCER, AND HAS CREATED MANY VIDEOS FEATURING EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND PROGRAMS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SCHOOLS. SILVER IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE WATSONVILLE-BASED MIGRANT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS AND IS CURRENTLY THE VIDEO DIRECTOR AT UCSC’S NEW TEACHER CENTER. FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE PROGRAM ARE WELCOME. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO JON AT EDUCATION@MIGRANTMEDIA.COM.