Monday Minute
September 16, 2019
Check Out the Great Line Up of Sessions for Our Conference!
We are honored to have Buddy Berry and Lori Desautels as our keynote speakers; both have presented around the state and were highly recommended to us. They frequently keynote in Indiana and other states; teams of educators visit Berry's district in Eminence, KY, and hundreds have attended workshops led by Desautels dealing with SEL and trauma-informed practices.
Boredom Busters Book Available at Conference; Get it Autographed by Katie Powell!
The strategies and activities that she shares can be used in just about any subject, and as you read it, you may come up with other ideas that you can use. Katie regularly encourages others to share their ideas, and is supportive of other educators interested in reaching a wider audience.
5 More Brain Breaks for Your Classroom
Students: Name the Mars 2020 Rover! Teachers: You Can Be a Judge
Robotics & STEM Event-Wawasee HS October 12
What are the Ingredients for High-Powered Teams?
Several of our Indiana Middle Schools that have achieved Schools to Watch status have successfully implemented teaming as part of the process, or improved the structures they had in place. They are willing to serve as mentors to other schools.
Six Ways to Assess Prior Knowledge: What Do Your Students Already Know?
INSPIRE3 UPDATE
Highlights included in Update Document Below: Thank You for sharing these Updates with your staff.
- New – Spotlight on Service-Learning Article – How Do YOU Spell Relief?
- New – Ten more Snapshots of Service-learning stories found here
- New - LTG blog – Video Games and SEL
- LTG Lessons and Resources for September 17 Citizenship/Constitution Day
- LTG TeachOne– “Words Bring Peace” and “calming kits” project
- INSPIRE3 Mini-Grants available for 2019-2020 school year. Click here for requirements
- INSPIRE3 contact information for free on site PD or interest in area workshop
- INSPIRE3 pages on drop down menu on IMLEA website
- Resources and links to support Employability Skills – Grad Pathways support
- IMLEA Conference – Sept. 29-30 – Leading from the Middle
Learning Opportunities
September 17: Constitution Day; 7 TED-Ed Lessons for Constitution Day via Richard Byrne; EDSITEment Guide (Also hosting a #ConstitutionDay slowchat this week)
September 17: DOE eLearning Webinar: Project Green, Schoolwide PBL, Munster HS, 4 pm ET
September 19: Free live webinar with John Hattie, 6:30 ET
September 21: Smithsonian Free Museum Day (Use link to obtain ticket)
September 23: Free live webinar with Sugata Mitra, "The End of Knowing," 6:30 pm ET
September 24: Deadline to Reserve Hotel Room at Conference Rate
September 29-30, 2019: IMLEA Conference, Indianapolis Marriott North
November 7-9: AMLE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN
Until Next Week....
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