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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">Deadline Reminder:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
Monday, October 25, 2021</span><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">HEALTH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND WELDING</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> FACULTY:</span></b></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The State Board is developing </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">introductory </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">textbook</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">s for each of these disciplines</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> that will be available for anyone
to use. Why? Because textbooks can be expensive, and we don’t want that to stop students from taking classes.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>What’s the project?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Write introduct</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;">ory</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> textbooks that will be openly licensed. That means
that they’ll be free for anyone to use, while also being customizable and sharable.</span></li><li class="x_xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Who are you hiring?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> We’re hiring eight faculty members from each discipline (</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;">health, criminal justice, and welding</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">).
They’ll be supported by staff who are experts in copyright/accessibility/instructional design.</span></li><li class="x_xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>What’s the time commitment?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> January 2022 through June 2024. Hourly commitment will vary depending on the project timeline. You can find that in the
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/open-proftech-call"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Project & Call Overview</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></li><li class="x_xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>What will I get?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> You’ll make $10,000 on a performance-based contract.</span></li><li class="x_xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Interested?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/open-proftech-apply"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Submit an application</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> by Monday, Oct. 25 at 11:55 p.m.</span></li><li class="x_xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Want more information?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Check out the
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/open-proftech-call"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Project Call & Overview</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or watch the
</span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/jHcNRVPu5QUN_ebJ1ZS3NQoTPbECGxdhfaLM7PHKs_INjc7MsFIx_r_2ZCvkJonH.r1IDX3kvGBJ-PrQv"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Information Webinar recording</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (for accessibility, choose
“audio transcript” view instead of cc).</span></li></ul>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you, and please </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">reach out to me directly if you have questions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">.
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">We’re excited to start this project with you</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">!</span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Most sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Monique</span></p>
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<img width="60" height="113" align="left" hspace="8" alt="Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass " style="width:.625in; height:1.1805in" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:image003.png@01D7C109.461819D0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">Monique
Belair</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764"> she|her|hers</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">Program Manager - WA Open ProfTech </span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">Program Administrator</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">EdTech & OpenEd | SBCTC</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:mbelair@sbctc.edu"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#44546A">mbelair@sbctc.edu</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003561">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764"> 360-704-3942 </span></p>
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