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MESPA Legal Issues Seminars
Have you heard Roger lately? First chance, August 13.
Relevant, practical — and fascinating! Register today to attend the
first full-day MESPA 2009 Legal Issues seminar: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Thursday, August 13 at Michael’s Restaurant in St. Cloud. Breakfast,
lunch and CEUs included! Presented by Roger Aronson, MESPA legislative
and legal counsel. A highly regarded school law expert, Aronson
provides the insights and knowledge that principals need to be
effective in your work. “Lots of new information and clarification of
issues by Roger. Always good to get a legal update.” New this year:
register online.
Does your data raise more questions than it answers?
Own Your Data seminars begin August 20.
Engage your school or district team in more powerful and streamlined use of data for decision making! Brought to you by a partnership of MESPA and TIES and presented by Benjamin Silberglitt, Ph.D., this vital team leadership opportunity is offered at five regional locations statewide:
August 20, New Prague
October 9, Perham
November 2, Aurora
November 6, Sauk Rapids
November 13, Luverne.
Teams will: develop a strong data management plan with strategies tailored to each school/district; begin initial school/district data analysis, with guidance on appropriate interpretation of data. Registration is $550 per team of up to 4 members, and $150 per additional member. The fee includes: continental breakfast, lunch, handouts, and 6 administrator CEUs.
MESPA Colleague to Colleague: Views on retention?
Join our statewide principal blog and check
out the ongoing discussion on holding students back or advancing them. You
can read and track your colleagues' ideas, or add to the
conversations. Click on the link above to join the flow -- quick and
on-line!
INVESTMN: Let's invest in Minnesota together -- Implementing a New Vision to Educate Students for Tomorrow in Minnesota. Click on the INVESTMN logo to download articles and presentations with complete talking points for your use in school communications. Testing for Tomorrow: Growth Model Accountability is a public presentation for use by education leaders with the following key message: "Tests that have the capacity to measure individual
student progress provide the most useful information for improvement.
Testing is just one of several meaningful components of measuring
school and student success."
The Spring 2009 Bits'n Pieces quote collection contains current facts and resources for you to use when talking about the status and needs of education.
The Good News includes: 52 percent of Minnesota kindergartners are
proficient in personal and social development, up from 39 percent in
2002. – Minnesota School Readiness Study, Fall 2007, Minnesota
Department of Education
Request for Proposals for MESPA Institute 2010
Our MESPA Institute 2010 theme is “Bridges to the Future: Valuing Tradition, Leading Change.” We are seeking proposals for concurrent 60-minute focus sessions. The proposals should fit into one of four strands on the role of the principal in increasing student achievement via:
• Diversity
• Technology
• Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
• Response to Intervention (RtI), level 2
We are seeking a broad spectrum of practical approaches to these concepts – as schools fall along on a continuum in interpretation and implementation. For full details on submitting a proposal, click on the link above.
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| MCA-II Results | The Minnesota Department of Education released math and reading MCA-II results on July 1. MDE is scheduled to release Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results in
early August. AYP is the measure for student performance under the
federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
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| Extraordinary Leadership for Challenging Times in Education | Effective principals transform their school communities. Register today for this August 3-4 standards-based seminar offered by MESPA and the Metropolitan Educational
Service Cooperative, in partnership with the National
Association of Elementary School Principals.
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| Three Minute Walkthrough | Learn to use the three-minute walkthrough to guide teachers toward a continuous improvement cycle. Kathy Larson,
national professional growth and development consultant, conducts the
seminar on October 2, using Parkview Center School (Roseville) as a
live laboratory.
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| 2009 National Distinguished Principal | Stacy DeCorsey, principal of Jordan Elementary School in the
Jordan Public School District, is
Minnesota’s 2009 National Distinguished Principal. Click on her photo for details!
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| H1N1 Novel Influenza Update | Update from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) provides continuing guidance on the evolving situation with the H1N1 virus.
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| Education Blogs | Leader Talk: group blog by school leaders for school leaders: PreK-12 administrators. Inservice: ASCD community blog—a place for educators to gather
and share ideas. Principals' Office: NAESP blog connecting elementary principals with
their colleagues. Dangerously Irrelevant: Ruminations on technology, leadership, and the future of our schools.
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