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| THE MIEM CONNECTION Brought to you by: Michigan Institute for Educational Management |
December 2008 Volume 4 Number 12 |
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Don't Let Bad Weather Prevent You From Earning Credits
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A book was recently highly recommended to me. I found it to be a valuable resource. The title is Influencer: The Power to Change Anything from the authors of Crucial Conversations (Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan, and Switzler). They state, “A few behaviors can drive a lot of change” (Pg.23). I am committed to taking time over the upcoming recess and reflecting on how to figure out what few but key and influential behaviors can help me to take on some of the things that seem to dominate my worries. I hope that each of you will give yourself the gift of reflection and do the same. With that in mind, please know that we at MIEM are committed to helping you to continue your professional and personal growth efforts. We are here to help you to be better prepared to change things that seem unchangeable as well as keeping you moving forward and staying healthy! 2009 will bring many challenges. We hope it will also be a year full of success and joy! |
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| Don’t Let Bad Weather Prevent You From Earning Credits | |
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Winter is here and hopefully provides some relaxation. Winter also provides a great time for you to enhance your skills or to catch up some much needed professional development. MIEM has partnered with Instructional Technology Services to provide you great classes focusing on the topics of podcasting, Microsoft Office 2002, GPS, Creating Webquests, just to name a few. Also under the educational issues module, you will find learning styles, interpersonal communication, working with parents, and much more. These credits can be used toward MSBO Certification and SAPC, as well as university graduate credits and it all can be done in the comfort of your own home or office. For a one-time fee, you can use the module for a WHOLE YEAR. MIEM member districts can have a staff member use this service for $99 each. As a nonmember district, the cost is only $159. Are you a member? |
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| What To Do When You Start At 7AM Sharp And End At 9PM Dull! Walt Stasinski, MEd, MPH |
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Do you know how many times we laughed when we were ten years old? 250 times a day! When we were kids, we laughed all the time and we said the cutest things. In Readers Digest, Kathy Stitt tells us she was playing tooth fairy when her daughter, Shelbey, suddenly woke up. Shelbey saw the money in her mother’s hand and shouted, “I caught you!” Kathy froze and tried to think of an explanation for why she, rather than the tooth fairy, was putting the money under her daughter’s pillow. Shelbey’s next words let her mother off the hook. “You put that money back!” she said indignantly. “The tooth fairy left that for me!” Do you know how many times we laugh as adults. 15 times a day. And that’s on a good day, isn’t it? How did we go from 250 times a day to 15 times a day. What happened to us? As adults, we become more serious, don't we? But life is too important to take yourself seriously. It takes 26 muscles to smile and 62 muscles to frown. Why not make it easy on yourself? Learn to laugh at yourself. Laughing at yourself in a healthy way is a sign of strength. It used to bother me when I started getting bald spots until I learned to use humor to deal with it. I don't look at it as baldness anymore. I now look at it as more face. You know, you don't really lose your hair. It just starts growing out your ears instead. When you’re able to laugh at yourself, your flaws start to disappear. And you feel better about yourself. There are 4 stages in life— As adults, we keep getting older. Why didn’t anyone warn us about this when we were kids? You know you’re getting older when people call you at 9pm and ask, “Did I wake you up?” Remember as a kid how you hated to take a nap and now as an adult, you can't wait to take a nap. You know you’re getting older when you stoop to tie your shoes and you wonder what else you can do while you’re down there. You know you’re getting older when— When we laugh at our imperfections, they become trite. They don’t seem significant anymore. Most importantly, we stop taking ourselves so seriously. Laughter makes you feel so good, don’t wait for something funny to happen. Create your own humor. Turn life into laughter. At first, this may seem awkward, but with practice, you will get better at it. How do you turn life into laughter? I’m glad you asked. One technique is to interpret things in more than one way. Look for the humorous side of what you see and hear. A dry cleaners had this sign in front of their building, “38 years on the same spot.” This sign has both a serious interpretation and a funny interpretation. Now, you try it. Newspaper headlines, “Toilet seats stolen from police department. Police having nothing to go on." See, you’re starting to get the hang of it. The more you practice, the more natural it will feel. And the best part is you will be laughing more often each day. Life is Too Important to Take Yourself So Seriously! |
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Save the Date For These Upcoming Events! MIEM and Oakland Schools are part of “Your Winning Team" |
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The Michigan Institute for Educational Management (MIEM), in cooperation with Oakland Schools, will be offering nine required School Administrative Professional Certification (SAPC) classes in 2008-2009. In addition, two other required classes, "Marketing Your School" and "The Leader in You," are conveniently offered online. January 12 Classes: Building and Maintaining Relationships – 9:00 am-12:15 pm Business Communications – 1:00-4:15 pm |
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| Graduation and Dropout Reporting / Updates on MSDS and EEM | |
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January 14, 2009 8:45 am-3:00 pm Many people are making decisions on the graduation and dropout data you are reporting. Your superintendents and other district administrators examine this information and use it as the foundation of district-wide initiatives they may implement. Administrators in other districts may also compare their graduate and dropout rates with the information that you have reported. It is important for you to understand how the data is collected, how it is being entered and what reporting tools you can use to help you confirm your data submission. Attend this session to gain an understanding of the system and receive updates on the Michigan Student Data System, and the Educational Entity Master (formerly SCM). SB-CEUs: .5 State Board Continuing Education Units can be earned. In order to comply with The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, and as defined in The Michigan Department (MDE) Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook, the State of Michigan must move to an accountability system for high schools in which a graduation rate includes only “on-time” graduates who earn diplomas in four years. This calculation aligns with the guidelines provided by the National Governors Association (NGA) Graduation Counts Compact. It is important that every school district report their data in the same manner to ensure accurate comparisons and data quality. Download the registration form. This program is a requirement of CEPI Sessions in the Pupil Accounting Specialist/Pupil Accounting Auditor MSBO Voluntary Certification Program. It can be used as elective credit for other certification tracks.
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| Michigan School Testing Conference: Assessment in the K-12 Learning Environment | |
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February 23-25, 2009 • Kensington Court Hotel • Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 23 Workshops Large Scale Assessment 101: The Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Large Scale Educational Assessments—full day Michigan High School Graduation Requirements: Things to Pay Attention to Before They Bite You—half day, AM Michigan’s School Accreditation System: From Education YES! to MI-SAS—half day, PM Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24-25
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| January 2009 Events...Register Now! | |
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Building and Maintaining Relationships Business Communications Facilities for the Business Manager Webinar Insurance and Risk Management Webinar Graduation and Dropout Reporting/Updates on MSDS and EEM SB-CEUs |
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| Mark Your Calendar for This Upcoming Conference | |
Michigan School Testing Conference February 23-25, 2009 Location: Kensington Court Hotel, Ann Arbor
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