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Volume 7
Number 3
Michigan Bullying Prevention Conference: Preventing Bullying and Cyber Bullying at the Secondary Level
MDE/AdvancED Michigan NCA Spring School Improvement Conference
Educator Evaluation Best Practices Conference
Kick Start Your Certification at MSBO's Annual Conference
March-April 2011 Events...Register Now!
Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Events
Leaders Take Risks
Think about the risks involved in the leadership opportunities you face. What is the worst thing that could happen? What is the best thing that might happen? Are you afraid of change? If you think about the fear of change, consider that the world is changing around us EVERYDAY! Change for the sake of change is counterproductive. But change for the good of the whole is all about leadership. Leaders will challenge the process that holds us in inefficiency or ineffectiveness.
We all need to be “leaders” today. That’s why it’s important to develop those skills that you may have ignored. I invite you to take a class I’m teaching this April called, The Leader in You.
Leadership is about proactively doing the important things rather than being commandeered by the urgent things. Leadership is making conscious and intentional choices, based on a sound thought process. Leadership is in each of us. It requires energy to recognize opportunities that we can uniquely impact. If you don’t make the difference, who will?
I hope you challenge yourself and take MIEM’s The Leader in You.
Dan Pappas
Executive Director, MIEM
Associate Executive Director, MASA
Wednesday, March 30 • Kellogg Center, East Lansing
8:45 am-4:00 pm • SB-CEUs: .6 SB-CEUs
As many as 75% of students experience bullying either as perpetrators, victims or bystanders and bullying is directly linked to student absenteeism, school morale and academic achievement. But what works to reduce bullying and aggressive behavior? Why are some programs more effective than others?
Learn about the pervasiveness of bullying in schools and effective prevention strategies you can employ from a nationally known authority on school bullying and intervention programs, Dr. Susan Swearer.
Conference highlights also include a special presentation of the The Bullycide Project by Fenton High Schools students in Trust Theatre Ensemble directed by Lori Thompson and an afternoon dialogue with legal experts.
The Trust Theatre Ensemble will also perform The Bullycide Project for one performance only at the MSU Wharton Center, Wednesday, March 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $17 and available at the Wharton Center box office or at whartoncenter.com. Books will be available with authors in attendance and all proceeds to fund anti-bullying education in Michigan.
Overnight Accommodations for arrival on March 29 can be made at Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center at 800/875- 5090. The $89 reservation rate deadline has passed. Your reservation will be accepted on a space available basis and may be subject to regular hotel rates. For directions, go to: www.hfs.msu.edu/kellogg.
Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP), MIEM and the Michigan Education Association (MEA) have partnered to host this one-day conference.
Effective School Improvement Practices, Creating An Atmosphere of Change
MDE/AdvancED Michigan NCA Spring School Improvement Conference
April 14, 2011 • Lansing Center, Lansing
The presentation format this spring is on school and district stories of achievement and will begin with a “Beating the Odds” panel representing national schools.
Dayton’s Bluff Achievement Plus Elementary School in St. Paul, MN, is featured in the Karin Chenoweth book, “It’s Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools.” Robert Taft Information Technology High School was once considered one of the worst high schools in the state of Ohio and now has been selected as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education (USED). Taft is featured in the Harvard report, “How High Schools Become Exemplary.” Between the fall of 2009 and the fall of 2010, nearly half of the sixth-grade class gained more than two years in reading, and African American seventh graders posted an average improvement of 30 points on the standardized reading test after their first year at Sherman Middle School in Madison, WI. Approximately 70% of the students live in poverty in the Norfolk Public Schools, yet four schools were chosen as Blue Ribbon Schools and many received Title I Schools of Distinction recognition by USED.
Sessions will also highlight new tools and training for School Improvement, AdvancED Michigan NCA accreditation process information, and updates on the State of Michigan’s EdYES! (pending statutory approval to be changed to MI-SAAS) requirements.
Individual and team support will be available throughout the day in the technical support room – to clarify information and answer questions about online tools, the School Improvement process, and AdvancED Michigan NCA updates.
SB-CEUs: 0.6 State Board Continuing Education Credits may be granted to each participant pending approval. To receive the SB-CEUs, you must be on time and stay until the end of the program.
Register by FaxApril 15, 2011 • Lansing Center, Lansing
Districts are required to develop evaluation systems that include student growth as a significant factor in support of annual educator evaluations. To assist districts as they develop these systems, MDE will host a "best practices" conference to showcase the methods, models, and systems that districts have begun to develop and implement. This conference will feature presentations from administrators, educators, and professionals from other related organizations. The event is supported, in part, by the Great Lakes East Comprehensive Center at the American Institutes for Research.
NOTE: The MDE School Improvement Conference will be held at the Lansing Center on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Overnight Rooms: A block of rooms is being held at the Radisson Hotel (connected to the Lansing Center).
Be sure to mark your calendars and save April 26-28, 2011 to attend MSBO’s 73rd Annual Conference & Exhibit Show in Grand Rapids. The Conference is the place to be to kick start your certification program. MSBO has put together new programs aimed at all levels of school business professionals.
Labor Relations/Employment Law
March 24; 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Location: LCC West, Lansing
Understand the major state and federal employment laws that apply to public schools. Includes: collective bargaining, wage and hour, discrimination, COBRA, Family Medical Leave Act, and federal and state retirement issues.
The Michigan Bullying Prevention Conference
March 30; 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Location: MSU Kellogg Center
As many as 75% of students experience bullying either as perpetrators, victims or bystanders - and bullying is directly linked to student absenteeism, school morale, and academic achievement. But what works to reduce bullying and aggressive behavior? Why are some programs more effective than others?
MASSP, MIEM and MEA have partnered to host a one-day conference focused specifically on bullying at the secondary level. A nationally known authority on school bullying and intervention programs, Dr. Susan Swearer, will discuss what bullying and cyberbullying are, the pervasiveness of bullying in schools, and effective prevention strategies. Conference highlights also include Fenton High School's Bullycide program and an afternoon dialogue with legal experts.
The Leader in You–Online Class
April 1-29
Location: At Your Desk
For today’s administrative professional, the pressures to take on increased responsibilities are greater than ever, and often require the use of leadership skills. In this workshop, you will learn about various leadership styles; the characteristics of your own leadership style; how to observe and understand individual differences in people; how to set the tone for a productive workplace; the importance of being a good role model; decision-making skills; how to look at your work and life goals and find a way to maintain balance; the importance of ethics; and how to be recognized as both a doer and a thinker.
MDE/NCA School Improvement Conference
April 14; 8:30 am-4:15 pm
Location: Lansing Center, Lansing
Educator Evaluation Best Practices Conference
April 15; 8:30 am-4:00 pm
Location: Lansing Center, Lansing
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
SB-CEUs
SB-CEUs will be offered pending approval. In order to receive credit, you must be on time, stay until the end of the program, and complete an online evaluation through the Secure Central Registry (SCR). MIEM pays all fees on the Secure Central Registry.
Fall Facilities/Operations Director Conference
October 2-4, 2011
Location: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville
Registration for this event will be available July 2011
Support Staff Conference for Administrative Professionals
November 17-18, 2011
Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids
Registration for this event will be available September 2011
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