Celebrating 50 years of service to Michigan's non-public schools through stories of dedicated faith-based educators, leaders, and families. |
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MANS 2022 Faith-based Office Professional, Debbie Maloney |
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Each year, the Michigan Association of Non-public Schools (MANS) awards a deserving office professional with the MANS Faith-based Office Professional Award. The award goes to someone who is a positive, faith-filled representative of the school and has relationships with parents, staff, and students that contribute to a positive school culture. This year’s recipient, Debbie Maloney, is the embodiment of these qualities.
Help us celebrate 50 years! Tell us how faith-based education and MANS has impacted you by completing this brief survey. We will use the survey results to help form our communications over the coming year.
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152b Mandate Reimbursement Applications are LIVE |
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In 2016 the Michigan legislature passed, with bipartisan support, an appropriation to reimburse nonpublic schools for complying with state mandates that help ensure the health, safety, and general welfare of school children. The funding has been held up for the past six years in litigation until a recent Court of Claims ruling that allowed nonpublic schools to seek reimbursement for 15 health and safety mandates. Schools that have submitted reimbursement claims in previous years will receive payments!
The 2021-22 application, for expenses you incurred doing school safety drills and other functions during the last school year, is now available and you can access it by logging into your MEGS+ account. Applications are due by August 31st. Many of the items can be calculated quite quickly and will potentially result in thousands of dollars for your school. As we won the court battle, you will receive payment in a timely fashion.
MANS created a 152b worksheet to help schools determine the correct reimbursement amount to request, which can be found here. This document is for planning purposes only and may not accurately reflect final Michigan Department of Education regulations. Do not submit this with your application - retain for your own records.
For questions regarding specific reimbursement categories and calculations, contact Brian Broderick (MANS) or Paul Stankewitz (Michigan Catholic Conference) by email.
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2022 MANS Education Conference and Expo - Early Bird Rate Extended!
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The Early Bird Registration Deadline has been extended until September 9 at 11:59 p.m. As of September 10 at midnight, the price increases to $250 per person! |
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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 professional development, sharing with colleagues, and the unique opportunity for fellowship with the Catholic, Lutheran Schools - Missouri Synod, and Christian Schools International communities in Michigan.
Educational Excursions:
Make the most of your experience at the 2022 MANS Education Conference & Expo by participating in some of our educational excursions to sites around the city of Lansing. Excursions are $25.00 and include lunch. Click here to see a description of the excursions.
Google Form:
Are you registering your teachers for the MANS Education Conference and Expo? Make it easier by asking them to complete this Google Form. Your teachers will be able to indicate if they want to attend an excursion, add a box lunch, or participate in the conference . Then you will have all the information in one place. Instructions on how to use the form are below:
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Click here. A web page will pop up asking you to make a copy of the form.
- All additional conference opportunities will be listed already. If you would like to edit the form to fit your needs, please do so.
- Once you are ready to share with your staff, click the 'Send' button.
- A pop-up window will appear. The second option in the "Send Via" option is to share by a link. Copy and share the link with your staff.
- Review your your staff's submissions by clicking the "Response" tab.
Parent Flyer:
MANS developed this parent flyer that you can personalize and share with the parents at your school to help them understand the importance of educators professional development. |
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Now is the perfect time to invest in your growth and pick up extra clock hours! MANS Summer Connect offers you virtual professional development that an be accesses wherever the summer takes you. With more than 10+ sessions centered on education technology for K-12 educators, participants will enhance their understanding of effectively integrating technology in the classroom.
Registration for Summer Connect gives you access to these content experts through March 2023. Participate when you can or watch a session multiple times. Registration is $125.00 and includes access to the virtual platform through March 2023. SCECHs may be applied for.
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State and Federal Updates |
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CDC Updates COVID Guidance for Schools |
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The new guidance removes the recommendation to cohort; changes the recommendation to conduct screening testing to focus on high-risk activities during high COVID-19 Community Level or in response to an outbreak; removes the recommendation to quarantine, except in high-risk congregate settings; removes information about Test to Stay; and adds detailed information on when to wear a mask, managing cases and exposures, and responding to outbreaks.
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Michigan State Police, Office of School Safety |
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The Michigan State Police, Office of School Safety (OSS) recognize schools commitment to consistently working to improve safety within your schools. They are dedicated to partnering with you to provide valuable material and information designed to support your efforts. They hope that you will find the following "Back to School Safety" resources helpful this school year.
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Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Constitution Day Certifications |
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This notice provides information regarding the submission procedure for certifying a local school district’s compliance with constitutionally protected prayer and Constitution Day. All certifications are due September 23, 2022.
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Public Comment on the Proposed Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Birth to Kindergarten |
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The Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Office of Great Start is opening for public comment the proposed Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Birth to Kindergarten. This document will be used to support the growth and development of all children birth through kindergarten throughout the state. It also will support early childhood professionals in recognizing individual developmental trajectories and expressions of learning, and guide programs toward improved quality in their operations.
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Affordable Connectivity Program Provides Broadband and Device Subsidy for Qualifying Households |
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As the new school year fast approaches, Michigan schools will once again step forward to meet the unique needs of students and their families. Local education agencies (LEAs), both traditional public school districts and public school academies, and nonpublic schools have worked tirelessly to provide off-campus connectivity options, where feasible, to students through the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program and through the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding.
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Out-of-School Time (OST) Grants |
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The Michigan Department of Education is pleased to announce the availability of $24.5 million in funds for a grant to provide in-person before-school, after-school, before-and-after-school or during the summer programming to children in any of grades K to 12. This grant opportunity will be awarded through a competitive application process under Michigan Public Act (P.A.) 144 of 2022, Section 32n. OST programs must provide educational programming in core subject areas, including, but not limited to, mathematics, reading, and science.
Submission of this notice is a prerequisite for this application; it does not obligate the organization to apply.
It is strongly suggested that potential applicants participate in the application information webinar on August 31, 2022, from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Click on the link to complete the mandatory pre-registration process.
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Reminder of Educator Evaluation Requirements and Resources |
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Effective educators are essential to improving student outcomes. High-quality evaluations focus on educator growth by providing important feedback to help educators improve their practice to impact the lives of students.
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Additional Professional Development Opportunities |
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In the interest of making it possible for all students to learn to read well, and all teachers to be equipped to teach even the most struggling readers, the Word Revelation workshop will be offered online in August 2022 free of charge.
Word Revelation workshop is for instructors of beginning readers or struggling readers of any age and will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Monday August 25, 26, and 29, 2022, from 9:00-2:30.
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This Logos Workshop will be offered in four sessions on September 19 & 20, October 18 and November 15, all from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Join your colleagues for this workshop for instructors of pre-readers and pre-writers in East Lansing, Michigan.
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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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Meemic Wants to Celebrate Your Staff! |
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Teacher Appreciation Week is just a few weeks away, and the Meemic Foundation is eager to help you CELEBRATE your teachers and staff! They also want to ensure you and your staff are looped into the monthly grant opportunities available through our Meemic Foundation, a nonprofit started in 1992 by Meemic.
Did you know that our local Meemic Agents are also Meemic Foundation Advocates? Simply give them a call today. They can help you plan a celebration for your staff, as well as drop-in now for an in-school visit to share valuable information about Meemic and our Foundation.
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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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