Monday Minute
August 12, 2019
Register this week for the best prices! Some conferences might charge $500 for one participant... but for $500, you can send FOUR people to hear 2 different keynotes, attend five different breakout sessions (choosing from 35 topics) and have two meals!
- List of breakout sessions.
- Register your staff members (no price increase) and make hotel reservations (an increase of only $3 from last year.
- Register now for price break, submit names of attendees later.
- You can even use a PD eLearning Day and send your entire staff!
Quick Tips for New T's - -Managing Your Time
Beginning the Year with English Learners in Mind
Learn Your New Students with Google Slides
Looking for a Program to Unify Your Students, Reduce Bullying, Increase Understanding?
*Boston Middle School.........*Lowell Middle School.......................*Tri-West Middle School
*Brownsburg East MS...........*Mt. Vernon Middle School.................Rochester Middle School
*Brownsburg West MS..........*South Ripley Junior High School.......Shelbyville Middle School
These schools are willing to serve as mentors for Champions in the Middle; a key component is that you have students in leadership positions. Mike Hasch from Special Olympics will be at our conference, and we plan to offer trainings later in the fall, but you don't have to wait! If you are interested, you can contact Susie Highley now, and check out the pages on our website.
AMLE Innovation Challenge
Donors Choose Special Opportunities
INSPIRE3 UPDATE
This week's update from INSPIRE3 (click here) includes
· K-12 LTG Service-Learning Toolkit to Grow Kindness in your school – lessons & project ideas
· K-12 Anti-bullying and Character Education lessons and project suggestions
· INSPIRE3 Mini-Grants available for 2019-2020 school year
· INSPIRE3 contact information for free on site PD or interest in area workshop
Professional Learning and Other Opportunities
August 1-14: Hive Summit Online (Free PD with Outstanding Speakers)
August 13: Gates Foundation Boost for Donors Choose Grants
August 15: Early Registration Discount Deadline for IMLEA Conference
August 16: Deadline to Apply for DOE's Teacher Leader Bootcamp
August 17: Children's Museum Educator Preview Day (new Saturday edition)
August 22: Children's Museum Educator Preview Night
August 22: Common Sense Media Webinar: New Digital Citizenship Curriculum, 3 pm ET
September 3: Deadline to Submit Lilly Creativity Grant ($12k/person)
September 5: DOE Sailing Toward Proficiency Conference, Indianapolis Hyatt
September 6: AMLE Innovation Challenge Entries Due
September 29-30, 2019: IMLEA Conference, Indianapolis Marriott North
November 7-9: AMLE, Nashville, TN
That's All for Now...
Welcome to new administrators that we have added to our mailing list! We know that many of you already have weeks of school behind you, some are starting this week, and some have yet to meet! Please forward this to staff or anyone else who might benefit from the content. If you did not receive last week's edition, it can be found here.
Indiana Middle Level Education Association
Shirley Wright, Executive Director
Susie Highley, Director of Operations
Fax: 317-454-0749
Email: shighleyimlea@iasp.org
Website: https://www.imlea.org/
Location: 11025 East 25th Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone: 317.894.2937
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IMLEA-Indiana-Middle-Level-Education-Association-170748717595/
Twitter: @IMLEAorg