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2022 Nonpublic Schools Legislative Day |
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Date: March 22, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: St. Mary Cathedral Parish Hall, 219 Seymour Street, Lansing, Michigan
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EANS, School Choice efforts and state budgeting are the hot topics you'll be discussing at the 2022 Nonpublic Schools Legislative Day. Join your nonpublic colleagues from across the state to learn the issues and engage with your legislators.
Featured Speakers include:
ESSA and EANS Overview
Fred Williams, Michigan Department of Education
Let MI Kids Learn Petition Drive
Beth DeShone, GLEP and Ben DeGrow, Mackinac Center
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Please register by February 25, 2022 to ensure staff ample time to schedule and confirm legislative appointments. |
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Michigan Association of Non-public Schools 2022 Education Conference and Expo |
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The MANS Education Conference and Expo brings together school leaders, teachers and staff from member schools across the state. Enjoy two days of challenging professional development, networking with colleagues, and the unique opportunity for fellowship with the Catholic, Lutheran Schools - Missouri Synod and Christian Schools International communities in Michigan.
This premier event is the only one in Michigan that gathers a broad group of faith-based educators with a commitment to Christian mission and excellence in education. Join us on November 3 and 4, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan for this exceptional event!
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MANS Webinar: The Legislative Process - February 24 at 2:00 p.m. |
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Join Brian Broderick, Executive Director of MANS and Paul Stankewitz, Policy Advocate for the Michigan Catholic Conference, for a webinar on the legislative process:
This session is for all nonpublic administrators and building leaders who need to know what role they play in the legislative process!
TIME CHANGE: February 24 at 2:00 p.m.
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MESC Professional Learning |
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MESC Professional Development Survey |
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The Michigan Equitable Service Collaborative (MESC) seeks input on the professional learning needs of Michigan’s non-public classroom educators and administrators.
The MESC was created to identify the professional development needs of non-public educators in the state and to coordinate training to address those needs. These opportunities are deeply discounted, offering your schools access to high quality training that won't break the professional development budget. This Title IIa funded program is managed by MANS with a committee comprised of diverse non-public school administrators from across the state.
Administrators are asked to complete this survey and to forward it to classroom educators in their building today.
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Using Tech Tools to Promote Learning - FREE Virtual Professional Learning - NEW DATES! |
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Education is awash in technology. But is it really promoting student growth? In this workshop, learn how to classify and evaluate the different uses of technology in the classroom, as well as specific tools and strategies that will help you leverage the latest technology in the best possible way to increase student understanding. Reflect on the technology used in distance and hybrid learning and determine how to effectively implement tech tools in your in-person classroom.
These sessions are offered from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on each date.
Take Action: Putting Ideas into Practice
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February 22 (K-5th grade teachers)
- February 24 (6-12th grade teachers)
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MAP Growth Virtual Consults |
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Join Jean Maertens, Professional Learning Consultant with NWEA for these MESC sponsored events.
March 8 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. - After Winter 2022 Testing School Goal Setting (Administrators) Learn how to apply MAP Growth data in goal setting and data conversations to improve student learning. Experiment with using a variety of data conversation tools and protocols, identifying strengths and areas for growth, and looking for patterns at various levels including student, classroom, grade, school, and district. Review current data and plan conversations, goals, action items to implement with staff for remainder of the 2021-22 school year. Click here to register!
March 9 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. - Student Goal and Growth Setting (should have previously attended Applying Reports). Build on practices that use growth projection data and learning statements to engage students in setting academic goals. Can my teachers access and interpret growth data and apply it to student instruction? Can my teacher use reports and share resources to support student performance and growth data with students and parents? Click here to register!
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Additional Professional Learning |
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Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo - May 11, 2022 |
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The Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo – School Track is being offered Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This year’s School Track provides a wide array of workshops geared toward improving security and safety in Michigan schools. Attendees will learn how to prepare to address the many potential threats and situations they could face within their school environments, while receiving resources on programs and interventions available to improve school safety
This conference is free to the first 300 school officials and personnel by entering code 22SCHOOL.
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Teacher Wellness Summit - March 25, 2022 |
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The Teacher Wellness Summit welcomes educators of all experience levels to come and learn together, and is designed especially for early-career teachers and those who mentor them, because beginnings are delicate times and our newest teachers deserve our best support.
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On Saturday, March 19, from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Dr. Tim Elmore will be sharing his knowledge to impart practical life and leadership skills to young adults that will help them navigate through life and be better equipped to meet the many challenges they face. MANS member educators are invited to this event hosted by Our Savior Lutheran Church, 7910 E St. Joe Hwy. Lansing, MI.
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The EANS I, Round III application is due March 30, 2022.
This is the final opportunity to gain access to the remaining funds for EANS I. MDE has established $100/pupil as a reasonable target for budgeting purposes. If you require more funding, please include that in your application and budget.
This is your time to:
- Request adjustments for any unspent categories from Rounds I and II
- Add in unforeseen vendor fees that we not budgeted for in Rounds I and II
- Add items you may have missed like the MNSAA School Improvement Software and the 2022 MANS Conference and Expo.
Please refer to the MANS EANS spreadsheet here for language for your application.
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School Safety Grant Program
The Michigan State Police (MSP) Office of School Safety Competitive School Safety Grant Program (CSSGP) is now open. The purpose of this grant is to improve the safety and security of students and staff in public and non-public schools through the purchase and installation of technology and equipment for school buildings or to upgrade hardening measures.
Completed and signed applications must be received, via email no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) EDT on Thursday, March 24.
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Dual Enrollment Notification for the 2021-22 School Year |
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Goals 4 and 5 in Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan are to expand secondary learning opportunities for all students and to increase the percentage of students who graduate from high school, respectively.
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Public Comment on the State Board of Education Draft Model Policy on the Management of Asthma in Schools |
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The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) requests public comment on the revised State Board of Education (SBE) Policy on the Management of Asthma in Schools presented at the February 8, 2022, SBE meeting.
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Below are documents that have been vetted by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) on the proper use of the state’s Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR), regarding schools using the MCIR to look up immunization information on their employees.
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MNSAA School Improvement Software - EANS Eligible |
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MNSAA schools will have access to a specialized School Improvement Platform during the 2022-2023 academic year. The SIP platform integrates with Accreditrac and allows administrators to assess school improvement progress relative to mission, academic excellence, leadership, and operations following a self-study or annual report.
MNSAA schools are encouraged to include the $,2000 fee ($1,000 for 2021-22 and $1,000 for 2022-23). Additional options for schools ineligible for EANS will be described in the February MNSAA News.
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Science on the Grand: A STEAM Conference for Inquiry-based Educators |
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Join VAI in creating a classroom culture that supports STEAM instruction while also nurturing your own curiosity for personal growth and enjoyment. Two days of inspiration, practical takeaways, VIP treatment and much more!
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Non-public School Partner Update |
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Students reading below grade level? Beyond Basics delivers data-driven literacy solutions—90% of students in the program achieve grade-level movement in an average of six weeks.
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Enter to Win Books from Scholastic Book Fairs |
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Diverse books help children to broaden their understanding of the world by seeing themselves and others in words, images and stories. Celebrate diversity in your school or classroom with this specially curated book assortment from Scholastic Book Fairs.
The Meemic Foundation, in collaboration with Scholastic Book Fairs, will award 29 selected schools with a preselected assortment of over 300 diverse books for the K-6 grade reader, primarily hardcover and library-bound titles with a few paperbacks mixed in!
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Welcome Friendzy as a MANS Business Partner! |
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Friendzy provides low burden turn-key SEL for students K-8th grade. The Friendzy program teaches SEL skills one time a week for 20-40 minutes using low-burden, turn-key social-emotional learning tools and resources including:
- A “Return to School SEL Plan”
- SEL Curriculum for K-8th grade with digital supplements
- Workbooks for all students
- Year-Long PD and Continuing Education
- Family and Community Resources
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Spend Your EANS Funds on Catapult Learning’s COVID Recovery Services |
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It’s not too late to take advantage of your EANS (Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools) funding! Help your students reduce summer and COVID learning loss and prepare them to start the new school year on the right foot with Catapult Learning’s COVID Recovery services. Catapult's established solutions for non-public schools as well as our COVID Recovery Program combine to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of students, families, and school communities. Best of all, our programs can be customized to fit the unique needs of your school.
Click here to learn more about EANS funding and how Catapult Learning can help you invest in your students.
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Implement Free School-Wide SEL Programming |
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With support from the state of Michigan, the most comprehensive mental health and prevention education program and social emotional learning (SEL) programming is now available to schools and districts at no cost! This highly customizable, scaffolded curriculum contains more than 1,000 lessons that address real issues that K-12 students encounter every day. Administrators can utilize free data reporting to see the real-time effectiveness of the SEL and mental health lessons.
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