Choose the Middle!
November 3, 2020 Indiana Middle Level Education Association
The Successful Middle School Philosophy: Making it Come Alive At Your School
Here's how the website describes it: "I have my copy of The Successful Middle School: This We Believe. Now what? What makes young adolescent learners different? How do I begin to implement this philosophy at my school? Join us as Rick Wormeli leads a conversation about AMLE’s newly updated foundational position paper, The Successful Middle School: This We Believe." (I almost thought it looked like Rick had his hand over his heart in the picture above.) Register and learn more here.
Reminder: You can save by purchasing a joint membership to IMLEA and AMLE, whether at the personal, school, or district level.
Quality Webinars Available on Demand (All Free!)
1. Newsela sponsored session (but they were in no way plugging their product) with Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Dr. Ann Johnson and Amanda Kopp of Humble ISD in Texas. They shared their method of collaborative planning for blended learning. It included a detailed template that could be used for multiple subjects and grade levels. The recording link is here and below.
2. Corwin sponsored session on Assessment with Doug Fisher, Yes, it's another in the Distance Learning Playbook series, and I found it to be very informative and inspiring. Registration for future sessions in the series and links to archived past webinars are here and in the second block below. There are some short videos to accompany the book here as well.
3. Michele Eaton through DOE on The Perfect Blend. The recording will be available here when the captioning is completed, but now you can see a template she shared as a model for asynchronous learning below. You can also hear Michele on the Bam! Radio Podcast explaining "Why the Two Most Important Online Teaching Skills Today Are Grace and Choice."
Math, Math, & More Math (Some from #AMLE20)
The Scholastic Math Contest below is open to students in Grades 5-8. This year's problems deal with bees, and first-round solutions are due on November 23, and would be a great option for students during asynchronous or enrichment times.
Service Learning Grants Through Points of Light
Points of Light is offering grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 to support organizations/ schools in engaging young people, ages 5-18, in volunteer service projects (can be virtual) that are identifying needs and safely addressing them in their communities. Apply by November 24 for projects to be completed in January/February 2021.
This Week's INSPIRE3 Update
Highlights included in this INSPIRE3 Update 11/2/20. Thank You for sharing this Update with your staff and colleagues as these resources are beneficial in service-learning planning for in-school and/or virtual instruction for the 20-21 school year.
- New Snapshots of Service Learning from New Palestine H.S., Eastern Greene M.S., Lakeview Jr. Sr. H.S., Hebron M.S., Wabash H.S., Rochester M.S.
- Access, view, and share this PowerPoint 10-22-2020 INSPIRE3 Service Learning Presentation used in a recent INSPIRE3 Virtual Service-Learning Session
- LTG Lessons, Resources, Toolkits to support: Election and Voting: Youth Knowledge and Action; November Service is for Veteran’s- Veterans Day -Nov. 11; National Day of Giving – Giving Tuesday – Dec. 1 and more national initiatives in November: National Philanthropy Day; Thanksgiving Day and in December: Season of Giving with Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Nov/Dec. lessons/toolkits found here.
- INSPIRE3 PowerPoints available: Service Learning for Science and STEM Educator; K-12 Service Learning/Blended/Virtual Learning in ALL Content area K-5 and 6-12; Service Learning/Employability Skills; Service Learning /SEL - All PPTs and Tutorials found HERE.
- Social Awareness Resources - We do better in learning, relationships, and career when we have opportunities to be generous and connected in community. Incorporate teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Social Justice in remote settings.
- generationOn website free service/service-learning resources for teachers, students, and parents
- Visit our INSPIRE3 page on the IMLEA website HERE or the IASP website HERE
- INSPIRE3 program status update
- Contact information for free assistance
- Thank You Very Much for sharing our updates and the INSPIRE3 web page with your staff and colleagues
Free Learning Opportunities (all times EST)
October 31-Nov. 15: Free Texas Online Book Festival; Adults & Students Have Access to Many Top Authors
November 3: Distance Learning Playbook for Administrators: "Instructional Supervision – A Framework for Distance Learning," 7 pm (Yes, really tonight)
November 4: Keep Indiana Learning/CIESC Distance Learning Playbook, "Planning Instructional Units." 4 pm
November 5: AMLE Webinar with Rick Wormeli, The Successful Middle School Philosophy: Making it Come Alive At Your School, 4 pm
November 7-8: Free Make Math Moments Matter Summit
November 9: Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success (Wake County Public Schools), 5 pm
November 11: Keep Indiana Learning/CIESC Distance Learning Playbook, "Feedback, Assessment, & Grading," 4 pm
November 15: “Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Classroom: Fostering Civil Discourse Through a Facing History and Ourselves Lens.” 1-2:30 pm
November 24: Points of Light Grant Applications Due
2021: IMLEA Conference-Now Virtual!
ONGOING EVENTS
PATINS Trainings for Accessibility for All
The Emergency Home Learning (and More) Summit
Corwin Monday Afternoon Webinar Series
Indiana eLearning Lab (Must Register to See Live Schedule; Tutorials always available)
That's All for Now!
You can access past Monday Minutes 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, and email us at any time.
Do you have suggestions for events, people, or resources we should spotlight? Please let Susie Highley know!
Our continued thoughts are with you for the health and safety of your staff, students, and community!
Indiana Middle Level Education Association
IMLEA/AMLE Joint Membership Available
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
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