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Austin Jewish Academy Faculty Members Selected to Participate in 2007 Microsoft US Innovative Teachers Forum
Microsoft Education Program Recognizes and Rewards Exemplary Learning Teams demonstrating 21st Century Skills

Austin,TX - August 15, 2007 - 4th Grade Teacher, Marni Osofsky, Technology Specialist/Math Teacher, Michele Rosen and Director of General Studies, Jeni Tubbs, all of of Austin Jewish Academy were selected from a national pool of candidates to participate in the 2007 Microsoft US Innovative Teachers Forum. The US Innovative Teachers Forum is one of a series of regional events hosted by Microsoft around the world as part of the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Program. The forums are designed to recognize and reward outstanding examples of educators collaborating and sharing expertise to build collective knowledge.
Osofsky, Rosen and Tubbs were one of only twenty learning teams invited to the US Forum. In recognition for their outstanding efforts Microsoft will pay for their travel to the Microsoft Corporate Campus in Redmond, Washington, to participate in the event. A subset of U.S. Forum participants will be selected as ambassadors for the United States at the worldwide Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum in Helsinki, Finland, in October 2007.
Since 2002 the Microsoft Innovative Teachers program has connected a community of educators who share a common interest in enhancing teaching and learning through the use of technology. The program provides classroom learning and professional development resources, and recognizes and rewards teachers who demonstrate exemplary use of technology in the classroom, with their peers, and for their own professional development and productivity.
For more information on the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Program please visit: www.microsoft.com/education/innovativeteachers.mspx