Monday Minute
March 9, 2020
Rochester Joins Ranks of Redesignated Schools to Watch
Champions Together: Great Avenue to Build a Positive School Culture
This past weekend, Tri-West Middle School (pictured), Brownsburg East (purple picture) and Brownsburg West (link) and Indian Creek Junior High participated in the Indianapolis Polar Plunge. While students do need to be 12 to participate, some schools do use this event toward the money to earn their Champions Together banner.
Free Audiobooks for Teachers!
Smithsonian Summer Institute: Teaching the Humanities Through Art
Conference Updates for AMLE and IMLEA
- March 22 is the deadline to submit a proposal for #AMLE20 (Nov. 12-14 in National Harbor, MD)
- AMLE is also holding an SEL Institute in Chicago this summer on June 18-19. Members receive a registration discount. Find the details here.
- What about the IMLEA Conference? Our conference is moving from fall to February 21-22, 2021, but staying at the Indianapolis Marriott North. Look for our request for proposals this summer!
More PiDay Fun!
INSPIRE3 UPDATE
Highlights included in this weekly INSPIRE3 Update for 3/9/20: Thank You for sharing these Updates with your staff.
· FREE ½ Day Service-Learning Workshop Opportunity in Southern Indiana will be presented and supported by our INSPIRE3 program. Check out the informational flyer here.
· March is Reading Month – LTG toolkits, guides, tutor tips
- INSPIRE3 $250 mini-grants available for the 2019-2020 school year.
- Other March events to connect service – Women’s History Month, World Water Day
· Plan ahead for Earth Day in April – LTG Environmental Lessons/Projects/Toolkits
· INSPIRE3 conference session PowerPoints available to view, use, and share
· generationOn website Project Ideas, Book lists, Fact sheets on 13 Issue Areas
· All INSPIRE3 Updates archived on our INSPIRE3 webpage under Resources
Learning Opportunities
March 11: Social Studies Focus Group, Children's Museum, 4:30-6:30
March 11: #INedchat, 8 pm
March 12: #INeLearn chat, 9 pm
March 13: IMLEA Board Meeting
March 14: Indiana State EduTech Day
March 14: Pi Day
March 18: Educator Workshop at CANDLES Museum (Terre Haute), 10 am-4 pm ET
March 22: Deadline to Submit Proposals to Present at AMLE 2020
March 31: Deadline for Librarians to Apply for the Real ISD STEM Program
April 2: INSPIRE3 Workshop in Jasper
April 9: INSPIRE3 Workshop in Pekin
Just for Fun....
Who couldn't use a little levity about now? How about Bored Teachers "10 Most Annoying Things That Waste Teachers' Time Every Single Day?"
Please send Susie Highley any ideas or suggestions of things to be included. We would love to feature more school activities. We sent this Monday Minute to our entire mailing list in honor of Middle Level Education Month. You can also access it via this link on our webpage, and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Principals and others: Feel free to forward this newsletter to your staff!
REMINDER: Articles Are Now Being Accepted for Our Spring Newsletter. Please contact Susie Highley
Indiana Middle Level Education Association
Shirley Wright, Executive Director
Susie Highley, Director of Operations
Fax: 317-454-0749
Email: shighleyimlea@iasp.org
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Location: 11025 East 25th Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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